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Time on target (TOT) is the military co-ordination of artillery fire by many weapons so that all the munitions arrive at the target at roughly the same time. The military standard for coordinating a time-on-target strike is plus or minus three seconds from the prescribed time of impact.
The specific time at which deployment for an operation commences. (US) L-Day For "Landing Day", 1 April 1945, the day Operation Iceberg (the invasion of Okinawa) began. [5] M-Day The day on which mobilization commences or is due to commence. (NATO) N-Day The unnamed day an active duty unit is notified for deployment or redeployment. (US) O-Day
The 14th Quartermaster Detachment, is a United States Army Reserve water purification unit stationed in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.During Operation Desert Storm, the detachment lost 13 soldiers and 43 would be wounded in an Iraqi Al Hussein ballistic missile attack on 25 February 1991 at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; the 14th, which had been in Saudi Arabia only six days, suffered the greatest number ...
On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building in New York City while flying in thick fog. The crash killed fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven people in the building), and an estimated twenty-four others were injured.
Leave: Vacation time nearly completely free unless an emergency recall occurs. [11] Shore leave or Liberty (US): Permission to leave the ship/base to enjoy non-work activities. [11] Maritime Insertion: Mid-watch: Tends to be the midnight to 0400 watch. Also known as "balls to four" due to military time equivalent 0000-0400. [11]
The confirmation of the next Army chief and Marine commandant are among more than 300 military nominations stalled by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican, over the Pentagon's policy to pay ...
A proximity fuze (also VT fuze [1] [2] [3] or "variable time fuze") is a fuze that detonates an explosive device automatically when it approaches within a certain distance of its target. Proximity fuzes are designed for elusive military targets such as aircraft and missiles, as well as ships at sea and ground forces.
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