vertical envelopment

noun

, Military.

1. envelopment of an enemy accomplished by parachuting and landing airborne troops at the rear of the enemy's position.

Example Sentences

From the development of landing craft before World War II, to the use of aircraft for close air support, to establishing the concept of vertical envelopment, to the use of the Harrier and development of the V-22, the Marine Corps has always been at the forefront of fighting wars in new ways.

From Washington Post

Armchair strategists speculate that the armored attack to the west might be accompanied by a Marine amphibious landing on the Kuwaiti coast, using high- speed hovercraft and "vertical envelopment" -- meaning helicopters -- to disgorge large numbers of troops onto the beaches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lacking large helicopter forces to carry out the vertical envelopment tactics that they developed in Korea, the Marines often seemed immobile and oldfashioned, as if forced to substitute raw courage and tenacity for flexibility and cunning.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some hopefully point to the fact that the usually resourceful Viet Cong have not yet developed a way of coping with the "vertical envelopment" by the U.S. helicopters.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Germans showed the way in the airtroop tactic of "vertical envelopment"�broad-jumping across the opposing Army and destroying its defense from within.

From Time Magazine Archive