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Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced / ˈ p æ z ɡ ə t / PAZ-gət) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the early or mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet (LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor body armor (IBA) respectively.
The average household size was 3.32 and the average family size was 3.54. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 35.0% from 18 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 1.3% from 45 to 64, and 0.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 158.3 males.
Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare, biological warfare and radiological warfare, which together make up CBRN, the military acronym for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (warfare or weapons), all of which are considered "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs), a term that ...
The cloth tab is a teal blue colored arc tab 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (8.3 cm) in length and 11 ⁄ 16 inch (1.7 cm) in height overall, the designation "SPECIAL FORCES" in gold-yellow letters 5 ⁄ 16 inch (0.79 cm) in height and is worn on the left sleeve of utility uniforms above a unit's Shoulder Sleeve Insignia and below the President's Hundred ...
The United States Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a system of categorizing career fields.All enlisted and officer Marines are assigned a four-digit code denoting their primary occupational field and specialty.
Special operations vehicle: 116 Developed for and in cooperation with the special operations forces of the Korps Commandotroepen by Dutch manufacterer DEfenture, currently part of a joint NLD SOCOM pool. [53] Additional 41 vehicles ordered on 19 December 2022, for use by the Rangers of 11 Air Assault Brigade for SOF support purposes. [54 ...
2DRY FM – 107.7FM – community radio station Radio 1656 AM – Independent Local Radio ABC Local Radio as ABC Broken Hill – 999 AM (Since Broken Hill is on Central Time, ABC Local Radio's national and statewide programming is received from Adelaide instead of Sydney when the Broken Hill studios are not broadcasting local programming.)
The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle that has been in service from 1966 to the present. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1 (Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты 1; БМП-1), meaning "infantry fighting vehicle, 1st serial model". [11]