Usually means: Support units behind combat lines.
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  1. rear echelon: Merriam-Webster
  2. rear echelon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rear echelon: Wiktionary
  4. rear echelon: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. rear echelon: Dictionary.com
  6. rear echelon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (rear echelon)

noun:  (military) That part of an army that is not needed to directly combat the enemy.
noun:  (military, by extension) The administrative and supply departments of an army.

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