Editing Task force (section)

===Army===
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In the [[U.S. Army]], a task force is a [[battalion]]-sized (usually, although there are variations in size) ''ad hoc'' unit formed by attaching smaller elements of other units.  A [[Company (military unit)|company]]-sized unit with an [[armored warfare|armored]] or [[mechanized infantry]] unit attached is called a ''company team''. A similar unit at the [[brigade]] level is called a ''[[brigade combat team]]'' (BCT), and there is also a similar ''[[Regimental combat team]]'' (RCT).

In the [[British Army]] and the armies of other [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth countries]], such units are traditionally known as [[battlegroup (army)|battlegroup]]s.

The [[1st Australian Task Force]] (1 ATF) was a [[brigade]]-sized formation which commanded [[Australian Army|Australian]] and [[New Zealand Army]] units deployed to [[South Vietnam]] between 1966 and 1972.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Horner |editor-first=David |date=2008 |title=Duty First: A History of the Royal Australian Regiment |edition=Second |location=Crows Nest, New South Wales |publisher=Allen & Unwin |isbn=9781741753745 |page=177}}</ref> More recently, Australian task forces have been designated to cover temporary support elements such the battalion-sized force which operated in [[Urozgan Province]], Afghanistan from 2006 to 2013,<ref name="APH Afghanistan chronology as of 2010">{{cite web|last1=Brangwin|first1=Nicole|last2=Rann|first2=Anne|title=Australia's military involvement in Afghanistan since 2001: a chronology|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/1011/MilitaryInvolvementAfghanistan|publisher=Parliament of Australia|access-date=31 December 2016|date=16 July 2010}}</ref> and the [[Northern Territory National Emergency Response|Northern Territory Emergency Response Task Force]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Operation OUTREACH|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/opEx/global/opoutreach/index.htm|work=Global Operations|publisher=Department of Defence|access-date=18 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824180209/http://www.defence.gov.au/opEx/global/opoutreach/index.htm|archive-date=24 August 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>