Task Force

Definition: Task Force

Task Force

Noun

1. A temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective.

2. A semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Economics

Military & Defense

Public Administration

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Assemblage

Crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host; (multitude); populousness.

Crosswords: Task Force

Task Force (1949)

Urban Task Force (2001)

Task Force 2001 (2000)

L.A. Task Force (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Eitf Abstracts 2001: A Summary of Proceedings of the Fasb Emering Issues Task Force (Eitf Abstracts, 2001) (reference)

• Every Person a Reader: An Alternative to the California Task Force Report on Reading (reference)

• The Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Market Speculation and Corporate Governance: Who's Minding the Store (reference)

• Wild Atom: Nuclear Terrorism: Global Organized Crime Project (Csis Task Force Report) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Miller Gaap From The Emerging Issues Task Force (reference)

• Indian Center Task Force Newsletter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Task Force (reference)

• Urban Task Force (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• Delta Force: Task Force Dagger (reference)

• Task Force Harrier (reference)

• Justice League Task Force (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Gen. Gregory Martin, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and Lt. Col. Patrick Carpenter, U.S. Army G-3 Southern European Task Force commander, prepare to jump from a C-130 Hercules Oct. 19. Martin and 78 other U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and Italian Arm.

Joint Task Force repatriates remains from Vietnam.

AMC team paves way for Tanker Task Force.

Steams into heavy seas on 24 February 1945, while en route to take part Task Force 58's second Tokyo raid of the month. Photographed from atop the battleship's forward fire control platform. Spray is enveloping the forecastle 40mm gun mounts in weather that curtailed the number of strikes flown on 25 February and forced the cancellation of those planned for the 26th. Credit: NAVY.

Steaming with Task Force 58.1 on 27 January 1944, en route to attack Taroa Island airfield, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands. Taken by a USS Enterprise (CV-6) photographer. Credit: NAVY.

Japanese Carrier Division Three under attack by Task Force 38 planes, 20 June 1944. The battleship in the lower center is either Haruna or Kongo. The carrier Chiyoda is at right. Photographed from a USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) plane. Credit: NAVY.

With Vice Admiral Harold M. Martin, Commander Seventh Fleet (center), and Rear Admiral George R. Henderson, Commander Carrier Division Five and Commander Task Force 77 (right). Credit: NAVY.

Japanese battleship Musashi is hit, during attacks by Task Force 38 aircraft in the Sibuyan Sea. Credit: NAVY.

Task Force 38 aircraft attack the Japanese battleship Musashi (foreground) and a destroyer in the Sibuyan Sea. Credit: NAVY.

A North Korean railroad train is attacked just south of Pyongyang by planes from the joint U.S.-British Task Force 77, 4 July 1950. The carriers involved were USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and HMS Triumph. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Medical Task Force on Anencephaly. (references)

National Task Force on Prevention and Treatment of Obesity. (references)

The AAP Task Force on Infant Sleep Position and SIDS has considered these questions and prepared the following responses. (references)

Business

The Government has accepted the first set of 108 recommendations of the IT Action Plan submitted by the Task Force. (references)

Taiwan authorities have revised Copyright Laws and have set up a special task force to protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). (references)

Some of the IT Task Force recommendations pertaining to tax incentives, infrastructure/ manpower development, domestic market enhancement, and cyber laws have been accepted by the Government. (references)

Children

Swaziland

A government task force educates the public on children's issues. (references)

Pakistan

In 1999 one member of the Prime Minister's education task force estimated that up to 50 percent of the education budget is "pilfered." Information about progress in educating girls is contradictory. (references)

United Kingdom

In March the Government responded to a disability rights task force report by announcing new measures to cover nearly 7 million jobs previously excluded from the DDA, such as police, firefighters, and prison officers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kenya

The Ministry of Information, Transport, and Communication continued to argue that it was waiting for the recommendations on media liberalization from the Attorney General's Task Force on Press Law. (references)

Canada

The plan is scheduled to be phased in over the next 5 years, beginning in 2002. In 1999 the government-mandated Proulx task force submitted a report on religion in schools to the Quebec provincial assembly. (references)

Kenya

That Task Force made its initial report in December 1998; however, it still has several outstanding issues to resolve, including the manner of selection of the 13-member Media Commission, which would act as an independent body issuing broadcast licenses. (references)

Economic History

Armenia

The U.S.-Armenia Task Force, established in 2000, is a bilateral commission that meets every 6 months to review the progress and objectives of U.S. assistance to Armenia. (references)

Malaysia

A special task force, chaired by the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, includes representatives from all ministries and agencies with responsibilities for IPR. (references)

Honduras

The U.S. Joint Task Force (JTF) stationed at the Honduran Soto Cano Air Base plays a vital role in supporting combined exercises in Honduras and in neighboring Central American countries. (references)

Human Rights

Uganda

For example, on January 10, unknown assailants shot and killed a Museveni campaign task force member after he attended a strategy meeting. (references)

Bolivia

The soldiers were not part of the Joint Eradication Task Force (JTF). On May 8, a policeman was ambushed and received serious bullet wounds. (references)

Philippines

The nongovernmental organization (NGO) Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) documented 17 summary executions of civilians by government forces. (references)

Minorities

Argentina

In 2000 President de la Rua committed the Government to implementing a Holocaust Education Project to be carried out under the auspices of the International Holocaust Education Task Force. (references)

Ireland

A 1993 task force on the travelling community produced a comprehensive report in 1995 on various aspects of Travellers' lives, including education, work, accommodation, health, and discrimination. (references)

Argentina

Pursuant to that commitment, in 2000 the Government appointed a special representative to the task force, began a number of projects including a Holocaust monument in Buenos Aires, and donated a building for a Museum of the Shoah. (references)

Political Economy

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The International Police Task Force (IPTF), which was established by the U.N. under Annex 11 of the Dayton Accords, monitors, advises, and trains the local police. (references)

Lesotho

These events also precipitated intervention by a SADC military task force in September 1998 to quell the army mutiny and return society to a state of law and order. (references)

BRAZIL

The federal government coordinates a task force, comprising seven different ministries, to combat forced labor, and the Ministry of Labor has augmented the task force with mobile inspection teams. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has recently named Guatemala to a list of countries not cooperating in the fight against money laundering. (references)

Lebanon

In 2000, Lebanon was listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-the body established by G-7 nations to combat money laundering- as a non-cooperative country in the international fight against money laundering. (references)

Women

Kenya

The Task Force on Laws Relating to Women, established by the Attorney General in 1993, has produced a draft report; however, it was not published by year's end. (references)

Worker Rights

Moldova

Human Trafficking Task Force. (references)

Romania

In November another prosecutor was assigned to assist the task force. (references)

Nepal

Two representative NGO's are members of the MOWCSW's National Task Force Against Trafficking. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "task force": desktop Management Task Force ♦ European Police Chiefs Operational Task Force ♦ Headline Task Force ♦ internet Engineering Task Force ♦ internet Research Task Force ♦ joint amphibious task force ♦ multiddiscipline task force ♦ multidiscipline task force. Additional references.

Albanian

dërgatë ushtarake. (various references)

Bulgarian 

отряд със специална задача. (various references)

Czech

komando (commando). (various references)

Danish

projektgruppe, midlertidig sammensat styrke for løsning af speciel opgave, kampgruppe. (various references)

Dutch

Task force rationalisatie en modernisatie van audit en controle (Task Force for the rationalisation and modernisation of audit and control procedures), Task force Fusiecontrole (Merger Task Force), operationele Task Force van Europese Hoofden van Politie (European Police Chiefs Operational Task Force), actiegroep chemische produkten (Chemical Action Task Force). (various references)

Finnish

Euroopan poliisipäälliköiden toimintaryhmä (European Police Chiefs Operational Task Force). (various references)

French

mission, groupe opérationnel (multiddiscipline task force), groupe de travail (multidiscipline task force), groupe de projet, groupe d'études (multidiscipline task force), groupe d'étude, force opérationnelle, détachement spécial, équipe opérationnelle (multidiscipline task force). (various references)

German

Task-Force "Fusionskontrolle", Task Force "Rationalisierung und Modernisierung von Rechnungsprüfung und Kontrolle", operative Task Force der Polizeichefs (European Police Chiefs Operational Task Force), Einsatzgruppe für die wissenschaftliche Feldarbeit (task force for scientific field missions), Aktionsgruppe für chemische Erzeugnisse (Chemical Action Task Force). (various references)

Greek 

ειδικό απόσπασμα, απόσπασμα (abstract, detachment, detail, excerpt, extract, fragment, passage, quotation), ομάδα σχεδιασμού. (various references)

Hebrew 

כוח משימ�". (various references)

Hungarian

kikülönített harci kötelék, különleges feladattal megbízott harci kötelék, alkalmi harci kötelék. (various references)

Italian

task force, unit� operativa, gruppo d'intervento, gruppo di lavoro (work group, working group, working party), gruppo di azione. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�隊 , 任務部隊 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

したい (body, cadaver, corpse, detached force, figure, form, limbs, members, style), に�"むぶたい. (various references)

Pig Latin

asktay orcefay

Portuguese

Task-force "Controlo das Operações de Concentração entre Empresas", Task Force "Racionalização e modernização da auditoria e do controlo", unidade operacional de chefes de polícia europeus (European Police Chiefs Operational Task Force), IETF (IETF, Internet Engineering Task Force), Grupo de Trabalho de Engenharia Internet (IETF, Internet Engineering Task Force), grupo de acção sobre os produtos químicos (Chemical Action Task Force), "task force" destinada a missões científicas no local. (various references)

Russian 

оперативная группа. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udarna eskadra, operativna grupa. (various references)

Spanish

fuerza especial. (various references)

Swedish

specialstyrka. (various references)

Thai

หน่วยปฏิบัติการเฉพาะกิจ. (various references)

Turkish

tim (platoon, team), özel tim, özel görev grubu. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: forecast.

-2 letters: coaster, coaters, factors, forsake, rackets, restack, restock, retacks, rockets, stacker, stocker, tackers.

-3 letters: actors, afters, arkose, carets, cartes, casket, caster, castor, caters, coarse, coater, corset, costae, costar, coster, crafts, crakes, crates, creaks, croaks, crofts, escort, facers, facets, factor, fakers, farces, faster, fetors, forces, forest, fortes, foster, freaks, fresco, frocks, korats, krafts.

+1 letter: aftershock.

+2 letters: aftershocks.