expeditionary forces
Military sent abroad
Expeditionary forces are military units sent to conduct operations in foreign territory.
The term implies deployment away from home soil for a specific campaign or mission: The expeditionary forces landed on the beaches at dawn.
Distinguished from defensive or garrison troops, expeditionary forces project power abroad.
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- marchRhythmic group walk
- platoonSmall infantry formation
interventionism · division · disaster relief · peacekeeping · amphibious assault · humanitarian aid · corps · boots on the ground · troop deployment · joint operations · supply · gunboat diplomacy · staging area · beach landing · naval fleet · advance · logistical planning · counterinsurgency
- amphibious warfareamphibious assault, beach landing, amphibious warfare, landing craft, amphibious vehicle
- French militaryFrench Foreign Legion, French Army, legionnaires, chasseurs, gendarme
- NATOArticle 5, mutual defense, alliance, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, member states
- MarinesUSMC, marines, Marine Corps, leathernecks, Semper Fidelis
- military unitsarmy, battalion, squad, brigade, company
expeditionary forceshomeland defense
Safeguarding one's own nation
home guard · national guard · civil defense · border guards · coast guard
expeditionary forcesdefense forces
Nation's military personnel
occupation forces · reserve forces · rear echelon · peacekeeping forces · standing army