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Direct support   /dərˈɛkt səpˈɔrt/   Listen
Direct support

noun
1.
A mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance.





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"Direct support" Quotes from Famous Books



... second partition is built, again with a side-passage, which is stouter, owing to its distance from the centre, and better able to withstand the numerous comings and goings of the housewife than a central orifice, deprived of the direct support of the wall, could hope to be. When this partition is ready, the provisioning of the second cell is effected; and so on until the wide cylinder ...
— The Wonders of Instinct • J. H. Fabre


Words linked to "Direct support" :   mission, military mission


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