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Jungle warfare is a ___MASK5___ used to cover the special techniques needed for ___MASK15___ units to survive and fight in jungle terrain . The Malayan Emergency was a Malayan guerrilla ___MASK41___ fought between Commonwealth ___MASK37___ and the Malayan National Liberation Army ( MNLA ), the ___MASK15___ arm of the Malayan Communist Party ( MCP ), from 1948 until 1960 . A ___MASK92___ is a type of ___MASK51___ in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors . This allows the ___MASK92___ to take off and land vertically , to hover , and to fly forward , backward , and laterally . These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed - wing aircraft and many forms of VTOL ( vertical takeoff and landing ) aircraft cannot perform . The Vietnam ___MASK41___ , also known as the Second Indochina ___MASK41___ , and known in Vietnam as Resistance ___MASK41___ Against America or simply the American ___MASK41___ , was a ___MASK41___ that occurred in Vietnam , Laos , and ___MASK88___ from ___MASK75___ November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 . It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the ___MASK27___ of South Vietnam . The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union , China and other communist allies and the South Vietnamese army was supported by the United States , South Korea , Australia , Thailand and other anti - communist allies and the ___MASK41___ is therefore considered a ___MASK97___ - era proxy ___MASK41___ . Search and Destroy , Seek and Destroy , or even simply S & D , refers to a ___MASK44___ that became a large component of the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War . The idea was to insert ground forces into hostile territory , " search " out the enemy , " destroy " them , and withdraw immediately afterward . The strategy was the result of a new technology , the helicopter , which resulted in a new form of warfare , the fielding of " air cavalry ", and was thought to be ideally suited to counter - guerrilla jungle warfare . The complementary conventional strategy , which entailed attacking and conquering an enemy position , then fortifying and holding it indefinitely , was known as " clear and hold " or " clear and secure ." In theory , since the traditional methods of "" taking ground "" could not be used in this war , a war of attrition would be used , eliminating the enemy by the use of " searching " for them , then " destroying " them , and the "" body count "" would be the measuring tool to determine the success of the strategy of " search and destroy ." It is common practice among military forces to enforce strict rules on a search and destroy mission . The ___MASK15___ , also called the ___MASK37___ , are forces authorized to use deadly force , and weapons , to support the interests of the state and some or all of its citizens . The task of the ___MASK15___ is usually defined as defense of the state and its citizens , and the prosecution of war against another state . The ___MASK15___ may also have additional sanctioned and non - sanctioned functions within a ___MASK42___ , including , the ___MASK43___ of a political agenda , protecting corporate economic interests , internal population control , construction , emergency services , social ceremonies , and guarding important areas . The ___MASK15___ can also function as a discrete subculture within a larger civil ___MASK42___ , through the development of separate infrastructures , which may include housing , schools , utilities , food production and banking . ___MASK24___ ( from Greek  " stratgia ", " ___MASK19___ of troop leader ; ___MASK25___ of general , ___MASK98___ , generalship ") is a high level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty . In the sense of the " ___MASK19___ of the general ", which included several subsets of skills including " tactics ", siegecraft , logistics etc ., the term came into use in the 6th century C . E . in East Roman terminology , and was translated into Western vernacular languages only in the 18th century . From then until the 20th century , the word " strategy " came to denote " a comprehensive way to try to pursue political ends , including the threat or actual use of force , in a dialectic of wills " in a military ___MASK95___ , in which both adversaries interact . Operation ___MASK49___ was a search and destroy ___MASK21___ in the Que Son Valley carried out by the 1st Marine Regiment from 21 April to 16 May 1967 . The object of the operation was to engage the People ' s Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ) 2nd Division . A body ___MASK4___ is the total number of ___MASK33___ killed in a particular event . In combat , a body ___MASK4___ is often based on the number of confirmed kills , but occasionally only an estimate . Often used in ___MASK96___ to military combat , the term can also refer to any situation involving a number of deaths , such as those of a serial killer .