military expedition

Expeditionary warfare is the deployment of a state's military to fight abroad, especially away from established bases. Expeditionary forces were in part the antecedent of the modern concept of Rapid Deployment Forces. Traditionally, expeditionary forces were essentially self-sustaining with an organic logistics capability and with a full array of supporting arms.

Als Expeditionsstreitkräfte oder Expeditionskorps werden militärische Einheiten bezeichnet, die in Gebieten außerhalb ihres Heimatlandes eingesetzt werden.