Overwatch

By next fall the Marines plan to be in what they call an "overwatch" role. ❋ By ROBERT BURNS (2011)

= SPEED!., transit open terrain, especially at night, day travel and leap frogging or overwatch is to slow and depends on the crew mack up. unless contact is expected and unavoidable, then leap/overwatch is noty a big issue. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A little more than a decade on, his most common mission is what is called an "overwatch," scanning the ground via infrared sensors and radioing what he sees to troops below. ❋ By C. J. CHIVERS (2012)

In recent months, senior U.S. officials, including Gen. David Petraeus, a McCain favorite who is the top commander in Iraq, have also begun talking about gradually moving U.S. forces out of direct combat and into a so-called overwatch role, where they would support the Iraqi security forces but no longer undertake regular operations designed to protect Iraqi civilians. ❋ Unknown (2008)

MILIBAND: Well, the so-called overwatch capacity that we have maintained which is, first of all, about supply routes, secondly about training and mentoring and support of the Iraqi forces, is also third about reintervention capacity. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They're staying in their base in Basra in a so-called overwatch position, ready to move back in if things start to go wrong. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They could have been flying what's called overwatch, protecting their military assets, maybe troops on the ground or other helicopters in the area. ❋ Unknown (2002)

He added: "That does not mean the end of international support for the Afghan forces and air support of the kind you describe and the so-called overwatch role that has developed for the circumstances of Iraq will remain an issue beyond that." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Petraeus is to decide which provinces and districts are stable enough to turn over to Afghan national security forces, with coalition troops remaining in an "overwatch" capacity as they head toward complete combat withdrawal by the end of 2014. ❋ Joshua Partlow (2010)

The answer is very simple: an 'overwatch', a supervising organization, an enforcing institution which makes sure that strict security requirements are always fulfilled. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Obama speak on having our troops in an 'overwatch' position and indicated that the overwatch position was outside of Iraq in Kuwait? ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Just as last year we moved from combat to 'overwatch', we would expect a further fundamental change of mission in the first months of 2009." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Kilcullen points in a different direction: "Taking the Coalition out of the loop and into 'overwatch' requires balancing competing armed interest groups at the national and local level." ❋ Unknown (2008)

He talks the al-Qaeda-babble just as enthusiastically as Dick Cheney, in fact, and has called for a permanent US occupation of Iraq, linguistically disguised as "overwatch" with Special Operations on call. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Obama claims that he is going to fight terrorism by attacking Afghans instead of Iraqis, as well as maintain an "overwatch" presence of tens of thousands of troops in Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hey, [dad], [can you] [pass] the overwatch? Wow that guy is really playing like overwatch today. ❋ Oofooferson (2018)

I [broke] [way too] many controllers [playing] overwatch ❋ Cfree417 (2021)

[Hey] [wanna play] some Overwatch? No, ❋ OwenOrRetro (2018)

Person 1: Look at that dude! He's been salty all day! Person 2; Yeah. [Rumour] [has it] that he was [up all night] playing Overwatch. ❋ TheD.vaMainer (2017)

Person 1: hey how are you? Person 2: GO AWAY! Person 1: [geez] why so salty? Person 2: IM PLAYING [OVERWATCH] person 1:[aah]. ❋ Lemouse (2018)

Friend 1: hey wanna play some [overwatch]? Friend 2: [no thanks], I don't think my penis [can handle] that much use. ❋ Sir J Cavallo (2016)

[I beat my meat] to [overwatch] every [night] ❋ Zach Keizer Loves Anime (2017)

[hey dud], wanna play some OVERWATCH no my mom said that it is not [family friendly] then die *[pew pew]* ❋ Simon The Scientist (2017)

PERSON1:[Hi guys] wanna play a game? PERSON2-5:[GET THE FUCK] AWAY,WE ARE PLAYING [OVERWATCH]! ❋ Dogelife (2016)

Friend: Hey you want to play [Overwatch]! Other Friend: Oh yeah! [Hold on] let me [delete Fortnite]! ❋ THE TRUTH GIVER/THE STALKER (2019)