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Terms for subject Military (74177 entries)

HOL	holiday and leave
hold	hld
hold	In an attack, to exert sufficient pressure to prevent movement or redisposition of enemy forces. 2. In land operations, to maintain possession of a position or area by force. (UKR/NATO) 3. In an attack, to exert sufficient pressure to prevent movement or redisposition of enemy forces. (FRA) fix (to) 4. A tactical task in which actions are taken to prevent the enemy from moving any part of his forces from a specific location and/or for a specific period of time by holding or surrounding them to prevent their withdrawal for use elsewhere; A tactical obstacle effect that integrates fire planning and obstacle effort to slow an attacker within a specified area, normally an engagement area.
HF	hold fire
Hold The Horse	HTH
holder	hldr
holder	hlr
H/A	holding activities
holding area	Waiting area, usually indicated by road signs and under surveillance, where troops are stationed waiting for the order to resume their movement.
holding attack	An attack designed to hold the enemy in position, to deceive him as to where the main attack is being made, to prevent him from reinforcing the elements opposing the main attack and/or to cause him to commit his reserves prematurely at an indecisive location.
holding attack	An attack designed to hold the enemy in position, to deceive him as to where the main attack is being made, to prevent him from reinforcing the elements opposing the main attack and/or to cause him to commit his reserves prematurely at an indecisive location
holding line	In retrograde river-crossing operations, the outer limit of the area established between the enemy and the water obstacle to preclude direct and observed indirect fires into crossing areas.
holding position	Place where a unit or weapon is stationed before its employment, transport or setting up.
HOP	holding procedures
holding yard	A designated area within a military installation where trucks or railwagons or cars loaded with explosives are held for interim periods prior to storage or shipment
HOLF	helicopter outlying field
HOL	holiday and leave
HP	holiday pay
Holloman Air Development Center	HADC
Holloman Air Force Base	HAFB