extraction (military)

{{Short description|Military operation to remove personnel}}

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In military tactics, extraction is the process of removing personnel or units from an area; when conducted with stealth in an area controlled by the enemy it is referred to as exfiltration.{{cite web|url=https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf|website=TRADOC.army.mil|title=DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 2017}}

An example of a hostile extraction was Battle of Boz Qandahari, in which U.S. Army Special Forces used donkeys to reach their extraction point while under enemy fire.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-09 |title=Until Dawn: Surviving the Battle of Boz Qandahari |url=https://www.army.mil/article/181848/until_dawn_surviving_the_battle_of_boz_qandahari |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=www.army.mil |language=en}} Another example of an extraction was the joint U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-Canadian government operation to smuggle six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran in 1980 in an operation later known as the Canadian Caper.{{cite news

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