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OPTEMPO
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English
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en optempo
Noun
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en US military en operations tempo.
en 2024-10-14 Lolita C. Baldor Sending a THAAD air defense system to Israel adds to strain on US Army forces AP News https://apnews.com/article/army-israel-thaad-air-defense-strains-e49a65aaaf3a4ff051b54eebb869f241 “The air defense, artillery community is the most stressed. They have the highest ‘optempo’ really of any part of the Army,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said, using a phrase meaning the pace of operations. Christine Wormuth https://web.archive.org/web/20260531185939/https://apnews.com/article/army-israel-thaad-air-defense-strains-e49a65aaaf3a4ff051b54eebb869f241 31 May 2026