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  • noun US, military An execute order: an order to implement a specified plan.

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Abbreviation of execute order.

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Examples

  • Operate the DIOCC to plan, prepare, integrate, direct, synchronize, and manage continuous full-spectrum Defense Intelligence operations and other functions in accordance with the Secretary of Defense guidance in the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Messages conveying the Joint Intelligence Operations Center Execute Order (JIOC EXORD) (Reference (e)) and the DIOCC EXORD

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • Still, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little tweeted on Sunday morning that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has " approved the order officially ending the Iraq war: EXORD 1003 Victor, Mod 9 ."

    Wired Top Stories Spencer Ackerman 2011

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