standing patrol

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A patrol which will be of a strength decided by the commander allotting the task. Its task may be recce, listening, fighting, or a combination of these. It differs from a recce, fighting, or listening patrol in that, having taken up its allotted position, it is not free to maneuver in the performance of its task without permission. See also patrol.

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No references found			Appendices follow the rather short text, giving facts and figures of men and machines available to the leading commanders (particularly Army Lieutenant General Walter Short and Navy Admiral Husband Kimmel) to mount standing patrols over the vulnerable target areas during the ongoing, political negotiations between Tokyo and Washington. Defenseless: Command Failure at Pearl Harbor by Mersky, Peter B. / Naval Aviation News We went out every night on fighting patrols, reconnaissance patrols and, the easiest of the lot, standing patrols. I will always remember the war the world forgot; Former Kingsman ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) He came under attack on November 11 from Chinese troops who had been lying in wait at the bottom of a hill for more than an hour after they had been spotted by a standing patrol he had sent out. Not enough tribute has been made to the men who fought in the Korean ... by McConkey, Alison / Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			standby mode Standby Reserve standdown standee Standel Stander Stander-by Standerath Standergrass standfirst Standgale standing standing army Standing bolt standing chop standing committee standing crop Standing cup Standing finish Standing off Standing on standing operating procedure standing order standing ovation Standing part standing patrol standing press standing rib roast standing rigging standing room standing stone standing wave Standish standoff standoff insulator standoff missile standoffish standoffishly standoffishness standout standover man standpat standpattism standpipe standpoint stands standstill standstill agreement standup standup comedian stane			Standing Order/Justification for Continued Operation Standing orders Standing orders Standing orders Standing orders standing out standing out standing out standing out standing out a mile standing out a mile standing out a mile standing out clearly standing out like a sore thumb standing out like a sore thumb standing out like a sore thumb standing out like a sore thumb standing ovation standing ovations standing over standing over standing over standing over standing panel Standing Panel on Mobilizing Science Standing part standing parts standing pat standing pat standing pat standing patrol standing press Standing Quad Stretch Standing Recovery Postpassive Inversion standing rib roast Standing rig of a barque Standing rig of a barque Standing rigging Standing rigging Standing Rock Community College Standing Rock Sioux Tribe standing room standing room Standing Room Only Standing Route Order Standing Rules for the Use of Force standing rules of engagement Standing Scientific Group on GeoScience Standing Sea Emergency Party standing seam Standing Seam Metal Roof Standing Seam Roof Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs

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