combat team

American  

noun

Military.

1. a combination of military units, usually of different types, as infantry and artillery, temporarily under one command while on special combat mission.

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combat team

Army confirmed last week that soldiers from a brigade combat team of the 101st Airborne Division will return to Kentucky “without replacement.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

One of Mineta’s colleagues in this was the Hawaii senator Daniel Inouye, who lost his right arm fighting with a celebrated all-Nisei combat team in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025

While they might also have some capacity to communicate with each other, they’ll be part of a “networked” combat team whose mission will be dictated and overseen by human commanders.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2024

Details are still being worked out, but a littoral regiment is made up of roughly 2,000 Marines, and includes a combat team with an anti-ship missile battery, a logistics battalion and an air defense battalion.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

A brigade combat team from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C. will be sent to Poland to bolster its defenses.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

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