Nato mission task verbs
Advance to contct
To gain or re-etablish contact with an enemy withing assigned boundaries
Attack by fire
To engage a target with direct or indirect fire without closing that target
Block
To deny access to a given area, movement in a given direction
Breach
To force a passage through an obstacle
Canalize
To constrain movement to a specific narrow zone
Capture
To take possession of enemy personnel, material or info
Clear
To ensure an area is free of enemy troops and their obstacles
Contain
To restrict an entity freedom of movement to within a specific aream
Defet
To diminish the effectiveness of an enemy of adversary to the extent that is unable of unwilling to resist or achive its intent
Destroy
To damage a target to such an extent that is unable to fulfil its intended function
Disengage
To break contact with a hostile entity
Fix
To prevent any part of a hostile entity from moving from a specifik location for a specific period of time
Infiltrate
To covertly move into or through an area under hostile control
Locate
To determine the geographical postion of a specific entity of object
Occuopy
To position a force in a specific aream of location that is free of active opposition
Recover
To extract a friendly entity of material from an area of location not under friendly control
Seize
To take possession of a specific area, location of object by force
Withdraw
To disengage and move away from a hostile entity