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• Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations ^[e]
• Ambush [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Battle of Cannae [r]: Fought between Carthage and the Roman Empire, this Roman defeat is the classic example of double envelopment. ^[e]
• Beach Jumpers [r]: U.S. Navy special warfare units, specializing in deception and psychological warfare. ^[e]

• Bulldozer [r]: A piece of construction equipment, with military applications, characterized by a movable blade for pushing earth or debris on the front of a tracked vehicle with great traction and power ^[e]
• Forward edge of the battle area [r]: "The foremost limits of a series of areas in which ground combat units are deployed, excluding the areas in which the covering or screening forces are operating, designated to coordinate fire support, the positioning of forces, or the maneuver of units." (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) ^[e]

• Grenade [r]: A small explosive charge, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a weapon that can be carried by infantry ^[e]

• Julius Caesar [r]: Roman general and politician who conquered Gaul, won a civil war, and was assassinated in 44BC. ^[e]
• Meeting engagement [r]: "A combat action that occurs when a moving force, incompletely

deployed for battle, engages an enemy at an unexpected time and place." Joint Chiefs of Staff ^[e]

• Middle East [r]: A geographical region in Asia that also contains small parts of Europe and Africa. ^[e]
• Military doctrine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mortar [r]: A piece of artillery, sometimes light enough to be carried by infantry, which has a short barrel length relative to the shell caliber, and fires in a high indirect trajectory, often desirable to fire over obstacles. ^[e]
• Old Testament [r]: Christian name for the Hebrew Bible, which is a collection of Hebrew and Aramaic texts sacred to Muslims and especially Jews and Christians. ^[e]
• Operation Desert Storm [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operation Rolling Thunder [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operational art [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Preemptive attack [r]: A military attack intended to neutralize an attack imminently being prepared by one's opponent, and justified as self-defense ^[e]
• Preventive attack [r]: A doctrine in which an actor uses military force on an opponent who is not believed to be preparing an attack on the actor using prevention, but whose activities, such as taking control of territory or building weapons of mass destruction pose a long-term threat to the critical interests of the actor. The attack may signal the start of a war, or be a strategic move within an existing war. ^[e]
• Psychological operations [r]: Any form of communications, directed at a human audience, that influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behavior of any group in order to benefit the interest of the sponsor. Psychological operations can and do take place at every level from grand strategy to tactics, from overt statements by government to tricky loudspeaker broadcasts to get barricaded opponents to leave their protected location. ^[e]
• Republican Guard [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Special reconnaissance [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Swarming (military) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sword [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tactical land movement [r]: Add brief definition or description