torch party n.— «Some of the soldiers were returning for graduations and births of their children, Auer said, but a number of them are part of what’s known as a “torch party.” A torch party clears the way for a larger advance...
torch party n.— «We ascertained the need to have several personnel deploy with the first group (“Torch Party”) of personnel to arrive in Albania even before arrival of the advance parties. These three ACE soldiers coordinated...
torch party n.— «Members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “torch party”…joined colleagues from Combined Joint Task Force 76 in operating areas at Bagram Airfield, Forward Operating Base Salerno and Forward Operating Base Orgun-E...
home going n.— «If the dead have died in Christ, then dying is a home going.» —“Reminiscenses of the War” by Benjamin B. Bausman Herald and Torch Light (Hagerstown, Md.) Apr. 29, 1874. (source: Double...