See also captures and entering. See also advancing and engaged. Unit seizes objective as result of attack. See also entering. Unit is involved in attacking and defending during the span of time, or in attacking or defending combined with periods of lower intensity combat.
Unit seizes objective as result of relatively bloodless advance.
See also captures and arriving. Often means the unit has the initiative. Depending on circumstances, this could be when the unit is authorized, when its components are mobilized, when its headquarters is formed, etc. Depending on the individual unit, the process of forming its various components may continue for a long period of time. Unit is stationed in an area where there is little or no chance of immediate contact with the enemy.