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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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• USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
  ...etime between 1949 and the Coast Guard{{'s}} 1967 adoption of the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships.. |Ship country=United States
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• USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)
  ...ommissioning]] in 1949 and the Coast Guard's 1967 adoption of the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships. |Ship country=United States
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• USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship fate=Turned over to the [[United States Coast Guard]]
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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 Porter (DD-59)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} ...p=Note>''Conway's'' (p. 123) lists eight torpedo tubes; the ''[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/p
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• Sugarcane
  ...harum bengalense''{{Verify source|date=June 2009}}<!-- "benghalense"? syn. of arundinaceum? --> <br/> ''Saccharum munja''{{Verify source|date=June 2009}}<!-- syn. of arundinaceum? --> <br/>
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• AT4
  |wars= <li>[[United States invasion of Panama|U.S. invasion of Panama]]<ref name="amnestysweden">http://www.svenskafreds.se/english/vapene ...). [[Saab]] has had considerable sales success with the AT4, making it one of the most common light [[Anti-tank warfare|anti-tank]] weapons in the world.
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• Vickers Vigilant
  ...], [[Finland]], [[Kuwait]], [[Dubai]], [[Switzerland]], [[United States of America]] ...controller. The launcher box is placed on the ground facing the direction of expected targets, and then connected by the cable to the sight controller,
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• 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} |part_length= {{convert|720|in|m}} bore (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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• 12"/50 caliber Mark 8 gun
  ...ps>{{cite web | last = DiGiulian | first = Tony | title = United States of America 12"/50 Mark 8 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_12-50_mk8.htm | ...573 yards (35,271 meters) at an elevation of 45°, while the "barrel life" of the guns was 344 shots;
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
  ...{{Sclass|Iowa|battleship}} {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} fires a full [[broadside]] of her 16"/50 Mark 7 guns. ...Iowa''-class battleships]]. Due to its power it is regarded by many as one of the most effective [[naval artillery|battleship gun]]s ever designed.<ref>{
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• 3"/50 caliber gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} |part_length= {{convert|150|in|m}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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• 3"/70 Mark 26 gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} |part_length= {{convert|210|in|m}} bore (70 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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• 4"/50 caliber gun
  ...fired the [[first American shots fired in World War II|first American shot of World War II]] at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 194 |used_by=<small>{{flagicon|United States|size=22px}} United States<br>{{UK}}<br>{{flagicon|Canada|size=22px}} Canada
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  |origin= United States The '''Mark 12 5"/38 caliber gun''' is a [[United States|US]] naval gun.
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• 5"/51 caliber gun
  |origin= United States ...ted States Navy [[battleship]]s built from 1907 through the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5&nbsp;inches (1
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun
  |origin= United States ...te [[World War II]]-era [[naval artillery]] gun mount used by the [[United States Navy]] and [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]]. While designed for the n
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• Advanced Gun System
  | caption = Test firing of Advanced Gun System ...vy on 25 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web | title=BAE Systems Delivers First Piece of Production Hardware for U.S. Navy's Advanced Gun System | publisher=BAE Sys
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• Close-in weapon system
  Nearly all classes of modern [[warship]] are equipped with some kind of CIWS device. ...le rapid-fire medium-calibre guns placed on a rotating gun mount. Examples of gun based CIWS products in operation are:
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• M230 Chain Gun
  |origin= [[United States]] |used_by= [[United States of America]], and other countries
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• M42 Duster
  ...County (LST-1153)|USS ''Talbot County'' (LST-1153)]] offloads M42 Dusters of the 517th Artillery at the [[Rio Hato]] training area in [[Panama]] during ...atic twin 40&nbsp;mm M2A1 [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors]], with a rate of fire of 240 rounds per minute (rpm) and either a .30 cal. [[M1919 Browning machine
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• Mark 14 torpedo
  |origin= [[United States]] |manufacturer=[[Bureau of Ordnance]]
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• Otobreda 76 mm
  ...a]] [[76/62mm Allargato]], which was bigger, heavier and had a slower rate of fire. A vehicle-mounted version known as the [[Otomatic]] was built for the The gun is capable of very high rates of fire, making it suitable for short-range anti-missile point defence. Its ca
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• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  |origin= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |used_by=[[Image:Flag of Transvaal.svg|22px]][[South African Republic]]<br>[[British Empire]]<br>{{f
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...GFCS for 5 inch and larger guns, up to battleships such as the [[Armament of the Iowa class battleship|USS ''Iowa'']]. After the 1950s, GCFSs were integ ...NNERY, VOLUME 2 FIRE CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A|publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|date =1958 edition|location =Washington 25, D.C.}}</ref>
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• Thunder fish
  ...e.<ref name="hellions">{{cite book|last=Gannon|first=Robert|title=Hellions of the Deep|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|date=30 April 1996|p The words '''Thunder fish''' is literally translation of Japanese ''gyorai'' that means "torpedo" (''gyo'' = fish, ''rai'' = thunder
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• Type 91 torpedo
  ...igned to be launched from an aircraft. It was used in the [[naval battle]] of carrier task forces in [[World War II]]. The Type 91 aerial torpedo rev.2 won the admiration of the world. This torpedo had two unique characteristics:
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• Hydroelectric
  ...l 2006.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The [[Three Gorges Dam]] in China, the [[List of the largest hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power stati ...approximately 20% of the world's electricity, and accounted for about 88% of electricity from renewable sources.<ref name="REN21-2006">[http://www.ren21
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• Quinine
  | pregnancy_category = C <small>([[United States of America|USA]])</small>, D <small>([[Australia|Au]])</small> ...nti-inflammatory]] properties and a bitter taste. It is a [[stereoisomer]] of [[quinidine]] which, unlike quinine, is an [[anti-arrhythmic]]. Quinine con
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• Chloroquine
  ...wɪn}}) is a [[4-aminoquinoline]] drug used in the treatment or prevention of [[malaria]]. ...s introduced into clinical practice in 1947 for the prophylactic treatment of malaria.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/history/index.htm#chloroquine</ref>
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