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Recon
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Outlaws
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Protect
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Sqdn
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Analysis
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CSS
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Advance
Advantage
Art
Attack
Audacity
Concentration
Consolidation
Contact
Counterreconnaissance
Def
Eng
Obj
Off
Defeat
Defense
Disruption
Economy of Force
Enemy Forces
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Flank
Flexibility
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Phase
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Rear Ops
Reorg
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Sec
Tac
Rear Operations
Reorganization
Retain Ground
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Science
Security
Simplicity
Speed
Strategy
Surprise
Tactics
Theater of Operations
Turning Movement
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Alt
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Altitude
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AG
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