support mission

noun

1. assistance given by one military unit to another to assist in the accomplishment of the supported unit's mission.

Example Sentences

The new government and the presidential council will then need to ready the country for the deployment of the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission and then appoint a nine-member provisional electoral council to begin working on organizing elections.

From Seattle Times

Some 1,000 Kenyan police officers are set to arrive soon in Haiti, part of a multilateral security support mission that aims to help quell gang violence.

From Seattle Times

“The deployment of the multinational security support mission in Haiti is urgent, and we’re doing all we can to advance that goal,” Brian A. Nichols, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, told reporters last week.

From New York Times

Türk reiterated the need for the urgent deployment of a Multinational Security Support mission to help the Haiti National Police protect the public and restore the rule of law in the country.

From Seattle Times

The State Department requested the funding last year as part of $100 million it had pledged for a multinational security support mission in Haiti, approved by the United Nations Security Council, to be led by Kenya.

From New York Times