theater of operations

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noun

the part of the theater of war, including a combat zone and a communications zone, that is engaged in military operations and their support.

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Origin of theater of operations

First recorded in 1875–80

Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Watching him now being accused of illegal operations will not see them shedding any tears.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He prepared operations south of Samarra and north of Baghdad.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq|IranWire|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Carlisle writes that the Air Force would want a crew ratio of 10 to one for each drone orbit during normal everyday operations.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Nothing in it was meant to change the basic operations of the capitalist economy or to intervene aggressively in class relations.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
This short interval had more than sufficed for De Lucenay's mysterious operations.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Devoted to the task that he had inflicted upon himself, he grudged every hour that kept him from the field of operations.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Of course, the usual international operations for obtaining gold were denied to Germany.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips