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field exercise

American  

noun

  1. a military exercise in which mock warfare is staged between two forces.


Etymology

Origin of field exercise

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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Each multiday field exercise introduced additional vehicles, and every 10 minutes swarm commanders provided information about their workload and how stressed or fatigued they were.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024

The allies are also scheduled to hold a large combined field exercise in South Korea in mid-March.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2023

One night, the two sat in the back of an Army vehicle on a live-fire shooting range during a field exercise, recalled McNeill, a retired four-star general.

From Reuters • Dec. 27, 2018

Wilson’s course is somewhere in between: part tutorial, part field exercise, tailored to the needs of the client.

From Slate • May 15, 2015

He lets us go to his reviews in field exercise instead of marching order.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various