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• Military cadence
  ...k song sung by military personnel while running or marching. In the United States, these cadences are sometimes called jody calls or jodies, after Jody, a re In the United States, what are now known as cadences were called jody call or jody (also jodie)
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• Ranger Creed
  ...United States Army Rangers, and is also adopted by Rangers in other armed forces around the world. It was initiated by then-LTC Leuer and his Command Sergea *[[Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)#Quartermaster Creed|Quartermaster Creed]]
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• Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
  ...Sustainment (formerly combat service support (CSS)) branch of the [[United States Army]]. It is also one of three U.S. Army logistics branches, the others be {{see also|Quartermaster General (United States)}}
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• U.S. Soldier's Creed
  The '''U.S. Soldier's Creed''' is a standard that all [[United States Army]] personnel are encouraged to adhere to. All U.S. Army enlisted person ...Man Behind: Recovering America’s Fallen Warriors'' Wong, Leonard, Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 31, No. 4, 599-622 (2005)</ref>
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• USS Fiske (DE-143)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship complement=8 [[officer (armed forces)|officer]]s<br />201 [[enlisted rank|enlisted]]
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• USS Forster (DE-334)
  |[[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]]
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• USS Vance (DE-387)
  ...aircraft entering or approaching the air space of the northwestern United States. On Labor Day 1957, ''Vance'' drew emergency duty—an engineering casualty ...t escort ship was rapidly approaching obsolescence. However, as the United States stepped up its efforts to aid the South Vietnamese government in countering
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• USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  ...in the [[Mediterranean]] and the [[United Kingdom]] and back to the United States. Here is a list of the ETO convoys: The ships maintained a condition of modified general quarters and stationed armed guards on shore. A detail headed by ''Thomas J. Gary''{{'}}s communications
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Transferred to [[United States Coast Guard]] 27 May 1946
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• USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Transferred to [[United States Coast Guard]] 27 May 1946
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} ...ight.pdf | format = pdf | work = | publisher = Historian's Office, United States Coast Guard | accessdate = 25 April 2009 }}</ref>
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• USS Escape (ARS-6)
  ...ry 1960 ''Escape'' got underway to assist in [[Project Mercury]], a United States space-flight program. She continued to give essential support to the fleet * [[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]] (1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic)
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  The '''''Barnegat'' class''' was a large class of [[United States Navy]] small [[seaplane tender]]s built during [[World War II]]. Thirty wer ..., repairs, and berthing for assigned [[seaplane]] squadrons, and were well-armed so that they could serve as the primary line of defense of the seaplane bas
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• AT4
  |wars= <li>[[United States invasion of Panama|U.S. invasion of Panama]]<ref name="amnestysweden">http: ...lb]]) <ref name="mcmanners2003">McManners, Hugh (2003). ''Ultimate Special Forces''. DK Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-7894-9973-6.</ref>
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• XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon
  |origin={{flagcountry|United States}} ...Grenade Launcher used by the [[German Army]] and other [[Europe]]an armed forces.
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• 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 gun
  |used_by=[[United States Navy]]<br>[[Royal Hellenic Navy]] ...duty aboard two of the American battleships of the [[6th Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)#Reformation|6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet]], it was never
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• United States 40 mm grenades
  ...it calls [[High-Low System|High-Low Propulsion System]] which keeps recoil forces with in the boundaries of infantry weapon. Presented on this page is a basi ...y rifles, development commenced on non-explosive cartridges to allow those armed with grenade launchers to engage targets at shorter ranges safely.
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...of the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as the '''''Bofors gun'''''. ...the year before, this became known as the '''40&nbsp;mm akan M/32'''. Most forces referred to it as the '''Bofors 40&nbsp;mm L/60''', although the barrel was
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• Carl Gustav M/45
  The Swedish armed forces have phased out the Kpist m/45 submachine gun from inventory, officially de ...S Navy had ended most SEAL missions in Asia. Many of the m/45's used by US forces and agencies were "sanitized", which means that they were devoid of any mar
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• Dahlgren gun
  Aside from use in naval service, boat howitzers saw service with the land forces as well. The boat howitzers were occasionally used in artillery batteries, ...be left behind during the unit's withdraw and were captured by Confederate forces.
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