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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 ...ns overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30
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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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• Bumbar
  | service = 2007-present | used_by = [[Serbia]], [[Iraq]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...am War]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]] |cartridge= Complete round: -<br>L/60 40x311mmR (1.57 in), L/70 40x364mmR
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• Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station
  [[File:M240 CROWS.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[M240|M240 machine gun]] mounted in the Common Remotely Operated Weapon System.]] ...436.htm U.S. GAO - B-310436; B-310436.2, Recon Optical, Inc., December 27, 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> KONGSBERG received a frame-contract of m
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• M242 Bushmaster
  | part_length = {{convert|85.6|in}} ...US armed forces]], as well as by [[NATO]]'s and some other nations' forces in ground vehicles and watercraft.
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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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• Phalanx CIWS
  | type = [[Close-in weapon system]] ...//www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_Phalanx.htm |title=USA 20 mm Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) |publisher=Navweaps.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-13}
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• Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
  ...; and it does claim to be a 'complete account of all things' - to contain, in epitome, all that was known at the time it was written. ...ia'' contributed to the popularization and legitimization of [[Platonism]] in the Arabic world.<ref name="ency-borges">"George Sales observes that this u
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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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• White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921
  It was established in 1921: ...certain proposals with regard to the prohibition of the use of white lead in painting, ...</blockquote>
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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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• Chlorine
  ...-containing molecules such as [[chlorofluorocarbons]] have been implicated in the [[ozone depletion|destruction]] of the [[ozone layer]]. ...ersity of Sheffield and WebElements Ltd, UK]}}</ref> Solutions of chlorine in water contain chlorine (Cl₂), hydrochloric acid, and hypochlorou
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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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• Toledo terror plot
  ...ctivity<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Cleveland FBI Special Agent in Charge [[C. Frank Figliuzzi]] and the U.S. attorney's general office credit ...oad by using Mazloum's car dealership as a cover for traveling to and from Iraq, and making verbal threats against the President of the United States.<ref>
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• 1993 shootings at CIA Headquarters
  ...three others wounded. The perpetrator, Mir Aimal Kasi, shot CIA employees in their cars as they were waiting at a stoplight. ...al]] and first-degree [[murder]], and was executed by [[lethal injection]] in 2002.
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