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U.S. Department of Defence
Industria: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
Number of blossaries: 0
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One day of active duty for training required each year for Individual Ready Reserve members so the Services can keep current on each member’s physical condition, dependency status, military qualifications, civilian occupational skills, availability for service, and other information.
Industry:Military
On a ship that has embarked units, a designated officer (usually the senior embarking unit commander) who is responsible for the administration, discipline, and training of all embarked units.
Industry:Military
Official information that has been determined to require, in the interests of national security, protection against unauthorized disclosure and which has been so designated.
Industry:Military
Officer responsible for the visual control of aircraft in the terminal phase of the approach immediately prior to landing.
Industry:Military
Officer responsible for the safe movement of aircraft on or about the flight deck of an aviation-capable ship.
Industry:Military
Offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, but as close to their source as possible. Offensive counterair operations range throughout enemy territory and are generally conducted at the initiative of friendly forces. These operations include attack operations, suppression of enemy air defenses, fighter escort, and fighter sweep.
Industry:Military
Of, or pertaining to, Earth’s envelope of atmosphere and the space above it; two separate entities considered as a single realm for activity in launching, guidance, and control of vehicles that will travel in both entities.
Industry:Military
Of or pertaining to cryptology.
Industry:Military
Ocean waves that have traveled out of their fetch. Swell characteristically exhibits a more regular and longer period and has flatter crests than waves within their fetch.
Industry:Military
Ocean limit defined as greater than 12 nautical miles (nm) from shore, as compared with high seas that are over 200 nm from shore.
Industry:Military