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A '''operation''' is the use of military resources to fulfill a specific mission objective or set of objectives. Operations are usually identified by specific code words (ie [[Operation APOLLO]]). These operations may or may not involved armed conflict with an opposing force. Operation PEREGRINE, for example, referred to the fighting of forest fires.
A '''operation''' is the use of military resources to fulfill a specific mission objective or set of objectives. Operations are usually identified by specific code words (ie [[OP ARCHER|Operation ARCHER]]). These operations may or may not involved armed conflict with an opposing force. Operation PEREGRINE, for example, referred to the fighting of forest fires.


An Operation should not be confused with an [[Exercise]], though both are identified by code names; an operation is based on achieving a specific real world mission.
An Operation should not be confused with an [[Exercise]], though both are identified by code names; an operation is based on achieving a specific real world mission.
==See Also==
*[[Operations|List of Current and Past Operations]]


[[Category: Training]]
[[Category: Training]]

Revision as of 14:28, 27 June 2006

A operation is the use of military resources to fulfill a specific mission objective or set of objectives. Operations are usually identified by specific code words (ie Operation ARCHER). These operations may or may not involved armed conflict with an opposing force. Operation PEREGRINE, for example, referred to the fighting of forest fires.

An Operation should not be confused with an Exercise, though both are identified by code names; an operation is based on achieving a specific real world mission.

See Also