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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 ...march or running-in-formation (double time) march. This serves the purpose of keeping soldiers "dressed", moving in step as a unit and in formation, whil
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• List of basil cultivars
  ...and [[shrub]]s native to Africa and other tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New World.<ref name="hsa">{{cite web | title=Basil: An Herb Society of America Guide
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• Abbreviations (military)
  ...l come. In general terms, fighter cover between a strike force and an area of expected threat, also known as a "MiG screen". ...itical area of a combat zone, or over an air defense area, for the purpose of intercepting and destroying hostile aircraft before they reach their target
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• Sugar Pine
  ...hat occurs in the mountains of Oregon and California in the western United States, and Baja California in northwestern Mexico; specifically the Sierra Nevada ...t) tall, exceptionally up to 81 m (265 ft) tall, and with a trunk diameter of 1.5-2.5 m (5-8 ft), exceptionally 3.5 m (11 ft).
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• Fallout shelter
  ...ioactive material then falls to earth, subjecting anything within the line of sight to radiation, a significant [[radioactive contamination|hazard]]. A f ...r attack might have rendered these basements either buried under many tons of rubble and thus impossible to leave, or removed their upper framework, thus
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• U.S. Soldier's Creed
  ...ds to compete for the rank of [[Sergeant]] and above, as well as ''Soldier of the Month'' boards. ...s.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/31/4/599] ''Leave No Man Behind: Recovering America’s Fallen Warriors'' Wong, Leonard, Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 31, No. 4
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• Rifleman's Creed
  ...ng]] and they are expected to live by it. Different, more concise versions of the creed have developed since its early days, but those closest to the ori |title= My Rifle: The Creed of a U.S. Marine
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• Sailor's Creed
  ...ed]] of the [[United States Navy]], originally developed for the promotion of personal excellence. ...o form a group that would create a Code of Ethics for the Navy. The result of this meeting at the Naval War College was the eight point ''The Navy Unifor
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  |image=Beirutbarr.jpg|300px|caption=A smoke cloud rises from the rubble of the bombed barracks at Beirut International Airport. ...dmark|name=USMCBarracksatBeirutAirport|display=inline,title}}<br/>[[United States Marine Corps]] [[barracks]], [[Beirut Airport]]
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• Hooah
  '''Hooah''' ({{IPA-en|ˈhuːɑː|pron}}) is a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[battle cry]] used<ref>[http://www.cavhooah.com/hooah.htm ...ce Combat Control Team|Combat Controllers]] or "[[Hooyah]]" among [[United States Air Force Pararescue|Pararescue]]<ref>http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joints
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• USS Swasey (DE-248)
  |Ship out of service= ...Swasey]] who was wounded during an engagement with [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces near [[Donaldsville, Louisiana]], on 4 October 1862 an
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• USS Howard D. Crow (DE-252)
  |Ship out of service= ...ed inboard of ''[[USS Oklahoma (BB-37)]]'' and received two bomb hits, one of which killed Ensign Crow.
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• USS Harveson (DE-316)
  |Ship out of service= ...of Lt. Harold Aloysius Harveson who was killed in action during early days of the war. She was laid down by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, Texa
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  |Ship out of service= ..., Texas]]; launched 26 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Harold T. Joyce, mother of Ensign Joyce; and commissioned 30 September 1943, Lt. Comdr. R. Wilcox, [[U
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• USS Mills (DE-383)
  |Ship out of service= ...]. Post-war, she performed additional duties for the Navy, including those of a [[radar picket]] ship and a safety and support ship for [[Operation Deep
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  |Ship out of service= ...ssioned on October 29, 1943 manned by a Coast Guard crew under the command of Lieutenant Commander Oscar C. Rohnke, USCG. On 18 November, 1943, she was
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• USS Stewart (DE-238)
  |Ship out of service= ...f only two preserved U.S. destroyer escorts and the only surviving example of her class.
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• USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
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• USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} |Ship namesake=[[Unimak Bay]] on the coast of [[Unimak Island]] in [[Alaska]] (previous name retained)
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• USS Unimak (AVP-31)
  |Ship namesake=[[Unimak Bay]] on the southern side of [[Unimak]] Island, [[Alaska]], in the [[Aleutians]] |Ship notes=Served as [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|Coast Guard cutter]] [[USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379)|USCGC ''U
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