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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
A materials handling equipment, with a hydraulic loading system and a demountable flatrack body, used to transport cargo such as fuel, water, containers, hospital shelters, MLRS pods, missiles and launchers, construction materials and command/control shelters, pallets of ammunition, bridging components; originally 'PLS' referred to a US equipment; a similar equipment is called 'Demountable Rack Off-loading and Pick-up System' (DROPS) in the UK, and, in France, 'systŠme ampliroll' et 'moyen de transport et de manutention' (MTM)
Industry:Military
A means of identifying an approximate area on the surface of the Earth by relating it to information appearing on a map, generally the graticule or grid; in military field reports, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system is often used, combining the transverse Mercator projection with a series of zones designated for different parts of the Earth's surface; the approximate location being given by the grid zone (eg 31), the area designator and the grid reference.
Industry:Military
A medical aid station located close to the locus of combat.
Industry:Military
A military force, too small in itself to resist successfully, but nonetheless deployed against a potential enemy, e.g. stationed along what, in the case of war would become a military front line, or in a contested area to dissuade enemy from attacking with the knowledge that such attack would trigger a massive counter-attack and/or the intervention of a major power; the UN Emergency Force played this role along the Israeli-Egyptian armistice line (until May 1967)
Industry:Military
A military officer who heads up all medical support activities in the mission area and is the senior medical adviser to the force commander and to all contingent senior medical officers of the mission; this term is now used for all types of missions, whether these have a force or not (such as observer missions)
Industry:Military
A modified main battle tank, with a demolition gun (to reduce obstacles), a bulldozer blade (to clear debris), an A frame derrick, a boom and winch assembly, etc.
Industry:Military
A modified main battle tank, with a demolition gun (to reduce obstacles), a bulldozer blade (to clear debris), an A frame derrick, a boom and winch assembly, etc.
Industry:Military
A monthly reimbursement rate used with the wet/dry lease system: the generic fair market value divided by the equipment's expected useful life expressed in months plus a factor for attrition for wear and tear; or the replacement value divided by the equipment's expected useful life expressed in months, whichever is less.
Industry:Military
A national commander, territorial or functional, who is normally not in the chain of command.
Industry:Military
