deliberate crossing

The crossing of an inland water obstacle that requires extensive planning and detailed preparations. See also hasty crossing.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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What is supposed to be a division deliberate crossing turns into separate brigade crossings that are not synchronized with the division's plan.

CTC Notes

During this exercise, the LCD and the 937th conducted detailed planning for a deliberate crossing of the Yesong River in Korea, but once again did not execute a deliberate crossing.

To support a deliberate crossing of the Yesong, III Corps allocated the 937th Engineer Group two corps combat-engineer battalions (one wheeled and one mechanized) and four bridge companies (one assault-float-bridge company and three multirole bridge companies) to the 1CD.

A key element of both the synchronization drill and the rehearsal was the development of a battlefield-operating-system checklist (Figure 4, page 32) to ensure that the conditions for a deliberate crossing were set.