NATO Task verbs

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• Advance to contact Conduct offensive operation to gain or re-establish contact with the enemy.
• Ambush Conduct surprise attack by fire from concealed positions. Bakhåll
• Arrest Seize & hold a person under authority of law. Arrestera
• Attack Take offensive action against a specified objective.
• Attack by fire Engage enemy with direct fires, supported by indirect fires, without closing.
• Block Deny enemy access to a given area or prevent advance in a particular direction. Blockera
• Breach Break through/ secure passage through an enemy defence/ obstacle/ fortification.
• Bypass Manouver around an obstacle/ position/ enemy force to gain momentum of advance.
• Canalize Restrict enemy movement to a narrow zone.
• Capture Gain possesion of specified enemy personnel/ materiel/ information.
• Clear Remove all enemy forces & eliminate organized resistance in an assigned area.
• Conduct exploitation Exploitation- an offensive operation that follows a successful attack designed to disorganize the enemy in depth.
• Contain Restrict freedom of movement of an enemy force in a specified area.
• Control Maintain physical influenec over a specified area to prevent its use by an enemy.
• Counter-attack Attack against an enemy attacking force.
• Cover Provide security for main force before an enemy can attack, observe or defend.
• Defeat Diminish the effectiveness of an enemy, to the extent that it cannot fight or fulfill its intention.
• Delay Prevent an enemy force arriving at a specified location.
• Demonstrate Deceive the enemy by making a show of force without seeking contact.
• Deny Prevent enemy use of a specific thing.
• Destroy Damage an object or enemy force so that it is rendered useless until reconstituted.
• Disengage Break contact with enemy.
• Disrupt Break apart an enemy’s formation & tempo, interrupt enemy timetable/ cause premature/ piecemeal commitment of forces.
• Envelop Pass around or over the enemy’s defensive position to secure objective’s to its rear.
• Escort Accompany and protect.
• Exfiltrate Withdraw through or around enemy positions without detection.
• Feint Deceive the enemy by seeking contact but avoiding a decisive engagement.
• Fix Prevent enemy from moving any part of its forces from a location for a specified period of time.
• Follow and assume Follow a force conducting an offensive op and BPT continue mission if lead force is fixed/ unable to continue.
• Follow and support Follow and support a lead force conducting an offensive operation.
• Guard Protect main force by fighting to gain time while observing & reporting information.
• Infiltrate Move a force into or through areas under enemy control without detection.
• Interdict Keep enemy force out of range so it cannot be used effectively against a friendly force.
• Isolate Seal off enemy force from it’s support to deny it freedom of mevement, prevent contact with other enemy forces.
• Locate Determine the position of a specified thing.
• Neutralize Render enemy element temporarily incapable of interfering with the operation.
• Occupy Position a unit in a specified area without enemy opposition.
• Penetrate Break through enemy defence and disrupt the defensive system.
• Pursue Catch or cut off hostile force attempting to escape, with aim of destroying it.
• Recover Extract a friendly force element or materiel from a location not under friendly control, with or without force
• Retain Keep possession of a terrain feature to ensure it is free of enemy occupation or use.
• Retire Move a force, out of contact, away from the enemy.
• Screen Observe, identify and report information on threats to main force. Fight in self-protection only
• Secure Gain possession of a terrain feature, with or without force, and make such disposition as will prevent its destruction or loss to enemy action.
• Seize Clear a designated area and obtain control of it
• Support by fire Engage the enemy by direct fire in support of another maouvering force.
• Suppress Temporarily degrade an enemy capability to enable an friendly action.
• Turn Force an enemy from one direction to another
• Withdraw Disengage from the enemy and move in a direction away from the enemy.

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