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DIRECT SUPPORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does direct support mean?
• DIRECT SUPPORT (noun)
The noun DIRECT SUPPORT has 1 sense:
1. a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance
Familiarity information: DIRECT SUPPORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("direct support" is a kind of...):
military mission; mission (an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters)
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