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  2. List of U.S. Department of Defense and partner code names

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    This is an incomplete list of U.S. Department of Defense code names primarily the two-word series variety. Officially, Arkin (2005) says that there are three types of code name : Nicknames – a combination of two separate unassociated and unclassified words (e.g. Polo and Step) assigned to represent a specific program, special access program ...

  3. Close Combat (series) - Wikipedia

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    Close Combat is a series of real-time computer wargames by Atomic Games. In the Close Combat series, the player takes control of a small unit ( platoon or company sized) of troops and leads them in battles of World War II from a top down 2D perspective.

  4. List of military strategies and concepts - Wikipedia

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    Offensive (Seize, retain, and exploit the initiative) Mass (Concentrate combat power at the decisive place and time) Economy of Force (Allocate minimum essential combat power to secondary efforts) Maneuver (place the enemy in a disadvantageous position through the flexible application of combat power)

  5. List of military tactics - Wikipedia

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    Penetration of the center: This involves exploiting a gap in the enemy line to drive directly to the enemy's command or base.Two ways of accomplishing this are separating enemy forces then using a reserve to exploit the gap (e.g., Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)) or having fast, elite forces smash at a weak spot (or an area where your elites are at their best in striking power) and using reserves ...

  6. List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001 ...

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    Was designed to search out al-Qaeda and Taliban forces and information about the terrorist organizations Operation Mountain Thrust: 15 May 2006: 31 July 2006: Kandahar, Helmand, Paktika, Zabul and Uruzgan Provinces: A major offensive, the primary objective of which was to quell the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan Operation Mountain Viper

  7. 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines - Wikipedia

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    3rd Battalion 8th Marines (3/8) was an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was consisted of approximately 1,100 Marines and sailors.

  8. Offensive Combat, or what some ex-Call of Duty fellows ... - AOL

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    When a few veterans of the seminal Call of Duty franchise branched off to craft a social game of their own, we had no idea what to expect. (Well, aside from the fact that it would probably be a ...

  9. List of established military terms - Wikipedia

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    Charge: a large force heads directly to an enemy to engage in close quarters combat, with the hope of breaking the enemy line. Chequered retreat, (retraite en échiquier, Fr.) a line or battalion, alternately retreating and facing about in the presence of an enemy, exhibiting a deployment like chequered squares