direct support

1. 1.

   a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance

   Broadermission

Questions about direct support

What does direct support mean?

direct support means "a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance".

Is direct support a common word?

direct support is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.