myrmepropagandistOH. "incursion" **that's*** what he's trying to say.
pfffft "excursion" like the army is going fell-walking for their constitutional or something.
(The US president keeps calling the war he started an "excursion" which... IDK. Odd word choice. )
Pete Kirkham@futurebird it's a bit archaic, but 'excursion' does also have the meaning of 'a raid into foreign territory without a formal declaration of war'. It's entirely possible a member of staff used the term in that meaning and he's picked it up.
OK. But it sounds really dated how old was that staffer? 200?
@futurebird I don't know about US usage, but I think I recognised it from writing software for training UK army officers around 2005.