Quote Originally Posted by Chris jM View Post
I'll ignore doctrinal definitions, which often get caught up in detail and try too hard to link in with other related terms (thus you get a lovely collection of esoteric labels such as 'neutralise, destroy, suppress,' etc) that end up getting horribly misused.

A definition should also span all levels at which the activity van be conducted - in the case of a raid a section/squad through to a Corp can conduct it, so it should not be dependent on span of command or scale of execution.

With that in mind, I would define a raid as "an offensive operation that does not involve occupation".

You do something offensive and then you leave, in other words.
You meant "an offensive action that is not meant to be followed by holding the captured terrain" ?

Operation and occupation don't sound very squad-level-esque.