forward echelon

noun

1. (in a military operation) the troops and officers in a combat zone or in a position to engage the enemy.

Example Sentences

Everything from the rear echelon to the forward echelon and back was sent through us.

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Agriculture is the trench on the first line of the forward echelon of the campaign to defend socialism and the main thrust area for the building of an economic giant!

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