advance guard
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advance guard
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A detachment of troops sent ahead of a main force to reconnoiter and provide protection.
Oxford Dictionary of the US Military:
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advance guard
A detachment sent ahead of the main force. Its functions are to ensure the main body's uninterrupted advance, to protect the main body against surprise, facilitate the advance by removing obstacles and repairing roads and bridges, and to cover the deployment of the main body if it is committed to action.
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advance guard
(DOD) Detachment sent ahead of the main force to ensure its uninterrupted advance; to protect the main body against surprise; to facilitate the advance by removing obstacles and repairing roads and bridges; and to cover the deployment of the main body if it is committed to action.
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