Nato mission task verbs

Advance to contct

To gain or re-etablish contact with an enemy withing assigned boundaries

To engage a target with direct or indirect fire without closing that target

To deny access to a given area, movement in a given direction

To force a passage through an obstacle

To constrain movement to a specific narrow zone

To take possession of enemy personnel, material or info

To ensure an area is free of enemy troops and their obstacles

To restrict an entity freedom of movement to within a specific aream

To diminish the effectiveness of an enemy of adversary to the extent that is unable of unwilling to resist or achive its intent

To damage a target to such an extent that is unable to fulfil its intended function

To break contact with a hostile entity

To prevent any part of a hostile entity from moving from a specifik location for a specific period of time

To covertly move into or through an area under hostile control

To determine the geographical postion of a specific entity of object

To position a force in a specific aream of location that is free of active opposition

To extract a friendly entity of material from an area of location not under friendly control

To take possession of a specific area, location of object by force

To disengage and move away from a hostile entity