battle group

Noun

Meaning

an army unit usually consisting of five companies

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I’ve been there basically since 79 or 80. My destroyer was one part of a carrier battle group that went to the North Arabian Sea and eventually to the Persian Gulf to work up for the assault, the eventual assault in Tehran to free the 52 hostages. Source: Internet

The ship normally operates as the centerpiece of a carrier battle group commanded by a flag officer embarked upon John C. Stennis and consisting of four to six other ships. Source: Internet

US forces played a limited role in the campaign, training and supplying the Ethiopian army, mounting air raids on militia targets and stationing a US Navy carrier battle group off the Somali coast. Source: Internet

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and its battle group, which joined in last year and drew a threat of “merciless, ultra-precision strikes” from the North, were absent. Source: Internet

However, a primary mission of the Soviet Navy's attack submarines was to track every allied battle group and, on the outbreak of hostilities, sink the carriers. Source: Internet

It receives petroleum products, ammunition and stores from various shuttle ships and redistributes these items when needed to ships in the carrier battle group. Source: Internet

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