| 单词 | rear echelon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrear echelon rear echelon n. Military (in later use chiefly U.S., freq. depreciative) the section of a military unit located farthest from active combat; esp. one concerned with support or administrative duties; cf. REMF n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > administration and supply branches baggage1603 field train1692 Corps of Wagoners1802 wagon-corps1810 subsistence department1820 baggage-train1841 rear echelon1852 Control Department1867 Army Service Corps1869 A.S.C.1871 pay corps1876 Q1916 echelon1922 1852 H. Jervis-White-Jervis Man. Field Operations ii. ii. 256 The men, when near the enemy, should be divided into two or three sections, which should..echelon one another; the worst mounted men being placed in the rear echelon. 1917 Chicago Tribune 18 Aug. 4/2 In the irresistible assault the foremost enemy troops were overpowered and his rear echelons were thrown back. 2004 New Yorker 8 Mar. 66/2 Field soldier-medics like Brown and Blohm get the same level of training that used to be reserved for rear-echelon sergeant-medics. < as lemmas |
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