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covering force

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1. A force operating apart from the main force for the purpose of intercepting, engaging, delaying, disorganizing, and deceiving the enemy before the enemy can attack the force covered.
2. Any body or detachment of troops which provides security for a larger force by observation, reconnaissance, attack, or defense, or by any combination of these methods. See also force(s).
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113) Concentration was also still a guiding principle of the employment of the fast battleships specifically: "In acting as a covering force have [carrier] task groups which are screened by fast battleships operate in as close tactical support of each other as the nature of their tasks and enemy action will permit.
U.S. Navy surface battle doctrine and victory in the Pacific by Hone, Trent / Naval War College Review
Its aim was to provide additional units to covering forces and forming artillery groups during the period of mobilization.
Estimation of security threats and Estonian defence planning in the ... by Salo, Urmas / Acta Historica Tallinnensia
7) In October 1996, the 45th, recovering the 3-ship FSMT, deployed 15 helicopters to replace the 236th Medical Company (AA) as part of the Covering Force for Operation Joint Endeavor, the US contingent of NATO's IFOR in the Balkans.
45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) by Kneeland, Robert A.; Risio, Andrew / U.S. Army Medical Department Journal
 
 
 
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