redeploy
[ree-di-ploi]Military
- to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- to move or allocate to a different position, use, function, or the like; reassign.
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- to execute a redeployment.
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Origin of redeploy
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Contemporary Examples of redeployment
That message is lost on the soldiers of Bravo who, on the eve of redeployment, have no reason to feel hopeful about their lives.
Some say that the uncertainty and ultimate disappointment of redeployment may have taken a heavy toll on Bales.
“Redeployment,” by debut author Phil Klay, puts you in the boots of a soldier returning home.
Gates, however, views these cuts as a redeployment of resources rather than a reduction of defense spending.
Historical Examples of redeployment
World War II officers had to abide by this standard in dealing with the general malaise which arose out of redeployment.
The Armed Forces OfficerU. S. Department of Defense
redeploy
- to assign new positions or tasks to (labour, troops, etc)
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Word Origin and History for redeployment
1945, from re- + deployment.
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