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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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• M242 Bushmaster
  | origin = [[United States]] ...the [[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
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} ...e War]] <br>[[Falklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operat
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• MK 108 cannon
  ...ting down enemy bombers. Some of the aircraft deploying, or intended to be armed, with the MK 108 were [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]], [[Messerschmitt Bf 110]], [ ...its adoption was much slower than usual in reaching British night-bombing forces, as there were rarely any survivors from the attacks to report the new thre
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• Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher
  | origin = {{Flagcountry|United States}} ...t has been replaced by the Mark 19 in service with the United States Armed Forces.
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• Phalanx CIWS
  | origin = United States ...']] and [[USCG Maritime Security Cutter, Large|''Legend'']] class [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutters]] and the navies of 23 allied nations.{{Citation
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ==United Kingdom service==
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...ionary, or moving targets on the surface or in the air. This gave American forces a technological advantage in WWII against the Japanese who did not develop ...urned back just before it could have finished off survivors of the lightly armed task force of screening escorts and escort carriers of Taffy 3. The [[Battl
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• TEC-9
  {{flag|United States}} The TEC-9 was not accepted by any armed forces leading to its use as a civilian gun. The civilian model of the TEC-9 quick
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• Type 93 torpedo
  ...IJN had fewer [[battleship]]s than the U.S. Navy, IJN planned to use light forces ([[light cruiser]]s, [[destroyer]]s, and [[submarine]]s) to whittle down th ...ts]] offering protection against splinters, and tube reloaders. While IJN armed nearly all of its cruisers with Type 93s, no American heavy cruisers, and o
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...nued to achieve export sales for some time, equipping the newly formed air forces of Egypt, India, Israel, and [[Yugoslavia]]. It was considered to be a capa ...June 1938, p. 631.</ref> On 19 June 1937, the first prototype Oxford, ''[[United Kingdom military aircraft serials|L4534]]'', conducted its [[maiden flight|
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• The World Factbook
  ...nce resource produced by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] of the United States with [[almanac]]-style information about the [[List of countries|countries ...le from the other 270 country listings. }}</ref> As a [[Work of the United States Government|work of the U.S. government]], it is in the [[public domain]].<r
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• Depleted uranium
  ...ons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, developmental, or carcinogenic ef ...e/faq16.cfm How much depleted uranium hexafluoride is stored in the United States]</ref><ref>[http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/documents/index.cfm Depleted UF<
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• Oil analysis
  ...int Oil Analysis Program]] (JOAP) involving all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. The JOAP results proved conclusively that increases in component wear coul
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• COSHH
  parliament=United Kingdom Parliament| territorial_extent=United Kingdom, overseas<ref>[[Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974]], s.84; re
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• Emergency management
  ...obability and the level of impact of a specific hazard. The equation below states that the hazard multiplied by the populations’ vulnerability to that haza ...most technical and financial assistance for recovery efforts in the United States.<ref name=haddow />
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• List of terrorist incidents, 1980
  ..." and are not believed to have been carried out by a [[government]] or its forces (see [[state terrorism]] and [[state-sponsored terrorism]]). *{{flagicon|United States}} March 15: armed members of [[FALN]] raided the campaign headquarters of President [[Jimmy C
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• Assassination of George Tiller
  ...who was nationally known for being one of the few doctors in the [[United States]] to perform [[late-term abortion]]s, was shot and killed by '''Scott Roede Calling the murder "an abhorrent act of violence", [[United States Attorney General|U.S. Attorney General]] [[Eric Holder]] announced,
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• Militant
  ...confused with a [[Sovereign state|political state]] or [[nation]] that is armed and aggressive.</ref> More precisely, a person or group which is in a psych ...[[Geneva Conventions]] gives lawful combatant status to those engaging in armed conflicts against alien (or foreign) [[Military occupation|occupation]], [[
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• Counter-terrorism
  .... [[Image:US Customs and Border Protection officers.jpg|thumb|250px|United States Customs and Border Protection officers]] ...to include limited response and containment by local military and civilian forces."'' <ref name=JP1-02 />
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• Insurgency
  ...nstituted authority (for example, an authority recognised as such by the [[United Nations]]) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognised as [[ ...power, and thus Confederate warships were given the same rights as United States warships in foreign ports.
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...ted comprehensive definition of terrorism. During the 1970s and 1980s, the United Nations attempts to define the term foundered mainly due to differences of ...igious or any other nature that may be invoked to justify them." <ref>1994 United Nations Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism annex
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• History of terrorism
  |publisher=[[United Nations]] *'''1989'''. [[United States of America|United States]]: premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncomb
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• Leaderless resistance
  ...via)|Yugoslav partisans]] of [[World War II]]. In the same conflict, the [[United Kingdom|British]] leadership had extensive plans for the use of such resist ...as a backup for the possibility of a [[Communist]] seizure of the [[United States]].
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• Terrorism
  ...alif Deen. [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29633 POLITICS: U.N. Member States Struggle to Define Terrorism], [[Inter Press Service]], 25 July 2005.</ref> ...ef name=tws11janx33225/> and potentially legitimize the state's own use of armed force against opponents (such use of force may itself be described as "terr
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• Aircraft hijacking
  ...surrender, authorities sometimes employ armed [[Counter-terrorism|special forces]] to attempt a rescue of the hostages (notably [[Operation Entebbe]]). ...n Rickards]], flying a [[Ford Tri-Motor]], was approached on the ground by armed revolutionaries. He refused to fly them anywhere and after a ten day stand-
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• Hostage
  ...ng hostages as security for the carrying out of a treaty between civilized states is now obsolete. The last occasion was at the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in ...acts of war or violence by persons not members of the recognized military forces of the enemy.
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• Guerrilla warfare
  ...ts in which a small group of [[combatant]]s including, but not limited to, armed civilians (or "regulars") use [[military tactics]], like [[ambush]]es, [[sa ...on of 1857]], as well as by [[Pazhassi Raja]] of [[Kerala]] to fight the [[United Kingdom|British]].
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• Islam and violence
  ...el Muhammad, professor of religious studies at San Diego State University, states, regarding his discussion with the critic Robert Spencer, that "when I am t ...sed as a last resort.<ref>[[Abdullah Yusuf Ali]] in his Quranic commentary states that: "In case of family jars four steps are mentioned, to be taken in that
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• Organized crime
  ...it (economics)|profit]]. The ''[[Organized Crime Control Act]]'' ([[United States|U.S.]], 1970) defines organized crime as "The unlawful activities of [...] ...ed in [[Sicily]], known to its members as [[Cosa Nostra]]. In the [[United States]], "the Mafia" generally refers to the [[American Mafia|Italian American Ma
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• Taliban
  ...fghanistan, including 34,000 U.S. troops, and some 150,000 Afghan security forces. '''They face an estimated 7,000 to 11,000 insurgents''', according to U.S. |international = [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Pakistan]], [[United Arab Emirates]] (before [[September 11 attacks|11 September attacks]])
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