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.…“The main focus of the torch party was to prepare conditions for the reception, staging, onward movement and integration of the unit.…It’s designed for [reception, staging, onward movement and integration].”» —“Spartans Pave Way for Future Afghan Operations” by Michael Pintagro in Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan Defend America Feb. 2, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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