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• Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
  ....S. military operation from the Revolutionary War to current operations in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom) and Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom). ...litary transportation (given to the newly established Transportation Corps in 1942)[http://www.qmfound.com/former_missions.htm]
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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...Corps, rendering emergency medical treatment to include initial treatment in a combat environment. Qualified hospital corpsmen may be assigned the respo The colloquial form of address for a Hospital Corpsman is "Doc". In the U.S. Marine Corps, this term is generally used as a sign of respect.
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...ry of France|French military forces]]—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization [[Is [[Suicide bomber]]s detonated each of the truck bombs. In the attack on the American Marines barracks, the death toll was 241 America
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• Soap
  ...oaps.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A collection of decorative soaps, usually found in hotels]] ...]], which historically comes either in solid [[molding (process)|bars]] or in the form of a viscous liquid.
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• AT4
  ...oduces a large back blast, a significant problem when operating the weapon in urban environments. ...hanistan (2001-present)|Afghanistan War]]<ref name="amnestysweden"/><li> [[Iraq War]]<ref name="amnestysweden"/>
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• 9M133 Kornet
  ...M). It is a heavy ATGM intended to replace an older generation of missiles in the Russian inventory, Kornet was designed to deal with current and future .... The missile is believed to have also entered service in the Russian army in 1994<ref>http://www.deagel.com/Anti-Armor-Weapons-and-Missiles/Kornet_a0010
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• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
  |caption=61-K in Saint Petersburg Artillery Museum. ...930s and used during [[World War II]]. The land based version was replaced in Soviet service by the [[ZSU-57-2]] during the 1950s. Guns of this type were
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) |length= {{mm to in|1650|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes}}
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• Mk 19 grenade launcher
  ...[[Cold War]], first seeing action during the [[Vietnam War]] and remaining in service today. ...MIL-EX 2003.jpg|thumb|left|Mk&nbsp;19 40 mm grenade launcher during MIL-EX 2003.]]
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• Airspeed Oxford
  |caption=Oxford II inflight over [[Saskatchewan]], Canada in 1942 ...use for training [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] aircrews in navigation, radio-operating, bombing and gunnery roles throughout the [[Wor
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• Petroleum
  ...roleum'' was first used in the treatise ''De Natura Fossilium'', published in 1546 by the [[Germany|German]] mineralogist [[Georg Bauer]], also known as ...nes from [[pentane]] and up are in the form of liquids or solids. However, in the underground [[oil reservoir]] the proportion which is gas or liquid var
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• Depleted uranium
  ...rs |accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38' ...>]]. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and
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• Glossary of textile manufacturing
  ...arily by [[spinning (textiles)|spinning]]. (Both fibre and fiber are used in this article.) The yarn is processed by [[knitting]] or [[weaving]], which :[[Appliqué]] is a [[sewing]] technique in which [[textile|fabric]] shapes, [[lace]] or [[trim (sewing)|trim]], are se
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• Hexavalent chromium
  ...llus, Herbert Knopf, Peter Schmidt, Manfred Ohlinger, "Chromium Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005.{ ...in humans for the carcinogenicity of chromium[VI] compounds as encountered in the chromate production, chromate pigment production and chromium plating i
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• List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans
  {{sync|List of terrorist incidents in the United States}} * 1881 - [[James A. Garfield]], 20th US President, is shot in Washington by [[Charles J. Guiteau]]
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• 1993 World Trade Center bombing
  {{About|the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 1993|the 2001 attack and destruction of the World Trade Center|September 11 ...hilders.htm |title=Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings: Foreign Terrorists in America: Five Years After the World Trade Center |accessdate=2008-01-08 |la
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• List of foiled Islamic terrorist plots in the post-9/11 United States
  ...tary targets. The following is a '''list of foiled Islamic terrorist plots in the [[Post-9/11]] United States'''. ...=http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020909/aattendants.html|title=Courage In The Air|last=Thomas|first=Cathy Booth|date=September 1, 2002|work=Time Maga
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• Counter-terrorism
  ...itaries]], [[police department]]s and [[corporation]]s adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed. ...ticular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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• Internet and terrorism
  ...vary due to difficulties measuring but, there is a general consensus that in 1996 there was just under 100 websites and to well over 5000 websites today ...ed messages.<ref name="Weimann 2004: 12">Weimann 2004: 12</ref><ref>Thomas 2003: 1</ref>
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• Insurgency
  [[File:Vcfightersboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Viet Cong]] insurgents in the mid-1960s]] ...rd English Dictionary]] second edition 1989 "insurgent B. n. One who rises in revolt against constituted authority; a rebel who is not recognized as a be
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