field exercise
Americannoun
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
Prosecutors in her military trial argued that Cogswell added more peril to an already dangerous situation when she handed out the chocolate cupcakes while in charge of the canteen during a field exercise.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2021
It was the first day of the Crucible, the final 54-hour field exercise that signified the transition from recruit to Marine.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2020
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
In the field exercise and drill of troops, one body is said to cover another exactly in rear of it.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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