Naval task verbs

Alla Inga Spara

• advance to conduct conduct offensive operation to gain or re-establish contact with the enemy
• ambush conduct suprise attack by fire from concealed position
• arrest sieze and hold a person under authority law
• attack take offensive action against a specified objective
• attack by fire engage the enemy with direct fires, supported by indirect fires, without closing
• block deny enemy acces to a given area or prevent advance in a particular direction
• bypass manouver around an obstacle/position/enemy forces to gain momentum to advance
• breach break through/secure passage through an enemy defence/obstacle/fortification
• capture gain possesion of specified enemy personnel/materiel/information
• canalize restrict enemy movement tp a narrow zone
• clear remove all enemy forces and eliminate organized resistance in an assigned area
• contain restrict freedom of movement of an enemy force in a specified area
• control maintain physical influence over a specified area to prevent its use by an enemy
• cover provide security
• defeat diminish the effectiveness of an enemy, to the exetent that it cannot fight or fulfill its intetion
• delay prevent an enemy force arriving at a specified location
• disengage break contact with enemy
• disrupt break apart an enemys formation and temppo, interupt enemy timetable casue premature/picemeal commitment of forces
• feint deceive the enemy by seeking contact but avoiding
• interdict keep enemy forcesout of range so it cannot be used a friendly force
• isolate seal off enemy force from its support to deny it freedom of movement, prevent contact with other enemy forces
• locate determine the position of a specified thing
• penetrate break through enemy defence and disrupt the defensive system
• withdraw disengage from the enemy and move in a direction away from the enemy
• seize clear a designated area and obtain control of it
• supress temporarily degrade an enemy capability to enable an friendly action
• support by fire engage the enemy by direct fire in support of another manouvering force
• secure gain possesion of a terrain feature, with or without force, and make such disposition as will prevent its destruction or loss to enemy action
• retain keep possesiof a terrain feature to ensure it is free of enemy occupation or use

Alla Inga Spara