field exercises
Outdoor military practice
Field exercises are military training activities conducted outdoors under realistic conditions, as opposed to classroom instruction or simulations.
Troops practice maneuvers, tactics, and operations in actual terrain: The battalion spent two weeks on field exercises in the desert.
The term extends to any hands-on training that takes participants out of controlled environments and into real-world settings.
- live fireActual ammunition in use
- drillsRepetitive training routines
- maneuversPlanned strategic movements
- troop movementsRelocation of military forces
- survival trainingLearning to endure harsh conditions
map reading · combat readiness · night ops · reconnaissance · weapon handling · training · mission planning · command post · physical fitness · chain of command · teamwork · discipline · battalion · wildlife tracking · march · boots · infantry · environmental monitoring
- drillsdrill, drills, drilling, fire drill, earthquake drill
- mock combatsparring, war games, paintball, laser tag, airsoft
- military dutiesguard duty, sentry duty, patrol, combat duty, active duty
- military exercisesmilitary drills, maneuvers, combat training, naval drills, combat drills
- military readinessreadiness, mobilization, deployment, drills, training
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
field exercisesclassroom instruction
Teaching in school setting
classroom training · book learning · desk work · e-learning · lecture
field exercisesgarrison duty
Military base assignment
administrative duties · classroom instruction · war games · desk duty · military theory