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  • noun Plural form of battlegroup.

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Examples

  • And there’s a reason why carriers operate in battlegroups with escorts.

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Another Day in Paradise 2008

  • They are developing "battlegroups" of 1,500 soldiers that the EU can send quickly into nearby trouble spots.

    Who cannot understand whom? Helen 2005

  • The paper said the army would be able to combine its combat and combat support units to generate 10 battalion-sized "battlegroups" tailored for a wide range of operations.

    Radio New Zealand News Headlines 2009

  • The paper said the army would be able to combine its combat and combat support units to generate 10 battalion-sized "battlegroups" tailored for a wide range of operations.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2009

  • EU top military official general Henri Bentegeat has welcomed moves by Ukraine to prepare forces that could in future join EU crisis-fighting "battlegroups," AP reports.

    EUobserver.com - Headline News 2008

  • EU top military official general Henri Bentegeat has welcomed moves by Ukraine to prepare forces that could in future join EU crisis-fighting "battlegroups," AP reports.

    EUobserver.com - Headline News 2008

  • Yet, the United States continues to maintain, for example, up to 11 classic warfare aircraft carrier battlegroups, with their associated cruisers, destroyers, submarines, oilers, supply ships and more -- all in the absence of an opposing conventional navy.

    Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010

  • F-22's and carrier battlegroups don't defeat terrorists or win localized wars.

    NASA Budget Details: Constellation Cancelled, But Where To Next? | Universe Today 2010

  • Yet, the United States continues to maintain, for example, up to 11 classic warfare aircraft carrier battlegroups, with their associated cruisers, destroyers, submarines, oilers, supply ships and more--all in the absence of an opposing conventional navy.

    Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010

  • Yet, the United States continues to maintain, for example, up to 11 classic warfare aircraft carrier battlegroups, with their associated cruisers, destroyers, submarines, oilers, supply ships and more--all in the absence of an opposing conventional navy.

    Winslow T. Wheeler: Memo to Tea Party Senators Winslow T. Wheeler 2010

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