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Expeditionary Operations
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Air & Space Power Journal
- Article date:
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Berg, Paul D
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Copyright informationCopyright U.S. Superintendent of Documents Summer 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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TRADITIONALLY, EXPEDITIONARY operations have called for the physical deployment of forces, but that notion is evolving. Practically all Airmen are assigned to one of 10 air and space expeditionary forces, and Air Force leaders constantiy reiterate the importance of being ready to deploy. Yet, current joint doctrine defines an expeditionary force as "an armed force organized to accomplish a specific objective in a foreign country," a definition that does not specifically require physical deployment overseas.1 Is the Air Force properly emphasizing the physical-deployment aspect of expeditionary operations?
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