- Industry: NGO
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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
A grid co-ordinate system based on the transverse Mercator projection, applied to maps of the earth's surface extending to 84 N and 80 S latitudes.
Industry:Military
A group of vehicles moving under a single commander over the same route, in the same direction.
Industry:Military
A headquarters company is in charge of clerical tasks, protection of headquarters, escorting and driving the staff, quartering and catering for the officers, etc.
Industry:Military
A kind of vehicle patrol or mobile surveillance, in which the military observers follow openly a vehicle of interest.
Industry:Military
A lightly armored, highly mobile, full tracked or wheeled vehicle, used primarily for transportation personnel and their individual equipment during tactical operations.
Industry:Military
A logistics support concept for troop contingents in a peace-keeping mission area whereby the contributing country provides some or all logistics support to the contingent on a reimbursable basis; the term "self-sufficiency" is sometimes incorrectly used with this meaning.
Industry:Military
A logistics support concept for troop contingents in a peace-keeping mission area whereby the contributing country provides some or all logistics support to the contingent on a reimbursable basis; the term "self-sufficiency" is sometimes incorrectly used with this meaning.
Industry:Military
A logistics term that specifies the location at which equipment is collected for evacuation.
Industry:Military
A machine gun with a larger caliber than a GPMG. Its mostly mounted on vehicles with the main of air defense. (Examples: Browning cal .50 HMG)
Industry:Military
A major administrative and tactical unit in which is combined the necessary arms and services required to operate independently and for sustained combat; larger than a regiment or brigade and smaller than a corps; a division may have 3 regiments plus supporting units and is commanded by a major (two star) general.
Industry:Military
