expeditionary force
Military mission abroad
An expeditionary force is a military unit sent to fight in a foreign territory.
The term emphasizes deployment abroad rather than homeland defense: The American Expeditionary Force arrived in France in 1917.
Such forces are typically organized for specific campaigns rather than permanent occupation.
- Roman legionsAncient Italian imperial armies
- foreign legionMilitary unit of non-citizens
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- brigadeLarge military unit
- theater of warMilitary operations zone
forward operating base · Operation Overlord · boots on the ground · troop deployment · peacekeeping · battalion · division · naval blockade · reconnaissance · rules of engagement · mission creep · corps · amphibious assault · landing craft · field hospitals · coalition building · joint operations · humanitarian aid
- naval forcesnavy, fleet, warships, Royal Navy, US Navy
- military forcesarmy, soldiers, troops, militias, reserve army
- naval operationsfleet, admiral, patrol boats, commander, fleet command
- 1898 AmericaSpanish-American War, USS Maine, McKinley, Rough Riders, Cuba
- alliancesalliance, allies, ally, coalition, NATO alliance
- ANZAC historyANZAC, ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, dawn service
expeditionary forcehome guard
Local civilian defense volunteers
occupation force · reserve force · militia · national guard · border guard
expeditionary, expedition, expeditions, expedite, expedited, expediting, expedites, expeditious, expeditiously