Advance Party

An advance party is a group set ahead of a military force to perform reconnaissance or secure a position.

The term Advance Party can also refer to:

  • Advance Party (film series), a projected trilogy of films that are Scottish/Danish coproductions, of which the first is Red Road
  • Advance Party (religious movement), a one part of Brahma Kumaris spiritual family.

Famous quotes containing the words advance and/or party:

    “Let that which stood in front go behind,
    Let that which was behind advance to the front,
    Let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions,
    Let the old propositions be postponed.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “Pull out a Monte Cristo at a dinner party and the political liberal turns into the nicotine fascist.”
    —Martyn Harris (b. 1952)