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  • That the idea of the country's foreign policy being dictated by a theater-level commander doesn't sound equally ludicrous is a measure of how much our political discourse has been distorted by Republican propaganda.

    At Presser In Jordan, Obama Details His Conversation With Petraeus 2009

  • Permanently deployed with the new regional headquarters in Kuwait will be a theater-level logistical command, a communications command, a military intelligence brigade, a "civil affairs" group and a medical command.

    Wash Post: US Quietly Expanding Permanent Bases Throughout Middle East & Asia 2008

  • Instead of nation-building, or what the Marines call SASO (Stability and Security Operations), they were about to lead a theater-level attack on a large urban area, with assistance from the CIA and the Army's Delta Force, 5th Special Forces Group, and the Psy-ops branch of Special Operations Command.

    Five Days in Fallujah 2004

  • Instead of nation-building ... they were about to lead a theater-level attack on a large urban area.

    In the Line of Fire 2004

  • American Marines — including 1/5 — counterattacked, leading to a month of brutal theater-level urban combat in which primarily three undermanned Marine infantry battalions fought house to house.

    Five Days in Fallujah 2004

  • Instead of nation-building ... they were about to lead a theater-level attack on a large urban area.

    In the Line of Fire 2004

  • American Marines — including 1/5 — counterattacked, leading to a month of brutal theater-level urban combat in which primarily three undermanned Marine infantry battalions fought house to house.

    Five Days in Fallujah 2004

  • Instead of nation-building ... they were about to lead a theater-level attack on a large urban area.

    In the Line of Fire 2004

  • Instead of nation-building, or what the Marines call SASO (Stability and Security Operations), they were about to lead a theater-level attack on a large urban area, with assistance from the CIA and the Army's Delta Force, 5th Special Forces Group, and the Psy-ops branch of Special Operations Command.

    Five Days in Fallujah 2004

  • Besides the long-range fire strike at the onset of theater-level hostilities, doctrine calls for air support of ground forces in offensive operations.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 10 Air Support United States Army 1998

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