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  2. Computer (occupation) - Wikipedia

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    It was not until World War I that computing became a profession. "The First World War required large numbers of human computers. Computers on both sides of the war produced map grids, surveying aids, navigation tables and artillery tables. With the men at war, most of these new computers were women and many were college educated."

  3. Command center - Wikipedia

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    War room at Stevns Fortress used in Denmark during the Cold War. A command center (often called a war room) is any place that is used to provide centralized command for some purpose. While frequently considered to be a military facility, these can be used in many other cases by governments or businesses. The term "war room" is also often used ...

  4. Commanding officer - Wikipedia

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    In this respect, commanding officers have significant responsibilities (for example, the use of force, finances, equipment, the Geneva Conventions), duties (to higher authority, mission effectiveness, duty of care to personnel), and powers (for example, discipline and punishment of personnel within certain limits of military law).

  5. United Nations Military Observer - Wikipedia

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    United Nations Military Observers from the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in the Golan Heights, 2013. A United Nations Military Observer (UNMO) is a military official deployed by the United Nations to provide support to a UN mission or peace operation.

  6. Information Operations (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Information Operations is a category of direct and indirect support operations for the United States Military. By definition in Joint Publication 3-13, "IO are described as the integrated employment of electronic warfare (EW), computer network operations (CNO), psychological operations (PSYOP), military deception (MILDEC), and operations security (OPSEC), in concert with specified supporting ...

  7. United States Office of War Information - Wikipedia

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    The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was a United States government agency created during World War II.The OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, the OWI was the connection between the battlefront and civilian communit

  8. Chief of Staff of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    The chief performs all other functions enumerated in 10 U.S.C. § 3033 under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Army, or delegates those duties and responsibilities to other officers in his administration in his name. Like the other service counterparts, the chief has no operational command authority over army forces ...

  9. United States Department of War - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the ...