Detachment left in contact (DLIC) is a military maneuver.
A portion of the main force is left in contact position while the rest of the unit maneuvers to another attacking position. "Detachment left in contact" maintains the appearance of a full unit in contact until ordered otherwise.
Famous quotes containing the words detachment, left and/or contact:
“There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.”
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“While the old couple, just astir,
Fancy the sunrise left the door ajar!”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“... it is nearly impossible to understand those who are beyond our sight, who are not explained to us by ties of birth or the contact of the flesh.”
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