The phrase "a temporary mission" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a task or assignment that is not permanent and has a limited duration.
Example: "The team was assigned a temporary mission to assist with disaster relief efforts in the affected area."
Alternatives: "a short-term assignment" or "a provisional task."
About 75 American troops remain in Haiti today, on a temporary mission to provide humanitarian aide.
They warned the White House that a temporary mission, measured in months, might even give an edge down the road to Iraq's many armed factions — including Al Qaeda's foreign fighters, Sunni insurgents, and Shiite militias.
Another 130 US troops arrived in Iraq on Tuesday on what the Pentagon described as a temporary mission to assess the scope of the humanitarian crisis facing thousands of displaced civilians trapped on Mt Sinjar, Associated Press reported.
But a previous plan to build a new Chinese embassy in the traditional diplomatic district of Panama City was also blocked by objections from Washington, and Beijing has now established a temporary mission in an office block.
They warned the White House that a temporary mission, measured in months, might even give an edge down the road to Iraq's many armed factions including Al Qaeda's foreign fighters, Sunni insurgents, and Shiite militias.
If more troops are a potential source of time-buying stability, but it is understood that they cannot play a lead role indefinitely, how likely is it that they can succeed in a temporary mission aimed at developing Afghan forces and Afghan governance?
Or at least, that's the message officials for FIFA, the sport's global organizing body, seemed to give Friday when they announced that they'd dissolved their anti-racism task force, declaring its "temporary mission" a success.
If for no other reason, Nordstrom said, Clinton was planning to travel to Libya later in the year and had signaled that she wanted the United States to turn its temporary mission in Benghazi into a formal diplomatic post.
A one-time base in Côte d'Ivoire has been downgraded to a temporary "overseas mission", and wound down from 2,400 troops to 1,150.
The hotel was declared a temporary foreign mission during the week of the summit, with hundreds of Soviet officials occupying the top six floors.
It was not immediately clear whether the incursion was a temporary reconnaissance mission or a Russian attempt to secure the Ukrainian energy outpost just off the Crimean coast.
