Battle group

Battle group

Battle group may refer to:
* Carrier battle group, an aircraft carrier and its escorts, examples of which are:
** the Abraham Lincoln Battle Group
** the John C. Stennis Battle Group
* Battlegroup (army), the basic building block of an army's fighting force
* Battleship battle group, a battleship and its escorts
* European Union Battlegroups, an army battle group project of the European Union


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