military mission

Noun
  1. An operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters (synset 100972749)
    "the planes were on a bombing mission"
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: military operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
    subtypes:
    • combat mission - a mission to capture or defend something
    • search mission - a mission to discover something
    • search and destroy mission - an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam; troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them
    • direct support - a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance
    same as: mission

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