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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • |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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  • File:USMC logo.svg
    |Description=Seal of the [[w:United States Marine Corps|United States Marine Corps]]. It is defined in [[wikisource:Executive Order 10538|Executi ...n gold letters. The central device of the seal is the emblem of the United States Marine Corps.</blockquote>
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  • '''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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  • File:United States Department of the Navy Seal.svg
    ...d within a rim in the form of a rope; inscription, rope, mullet, and edges of annulet all gold. ...d States by Executive Order 10736 dated October 23, 1957. Request for use of the Navy emblem should be submitted in writing to Defense Printing Service,
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  • |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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  • |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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  • |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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  • |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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  • |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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  • |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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  • |Ship out of service= ...f only two preserved U.S. destroyer escorts and the only surviving example of her class.
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  • |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
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