echelon
noun
a level of command, authority, or rank.
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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The echeloning of the specialists in front is also the most favorable formation to progress by rushes in a terrain cut up by shell holes.
From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker