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  2. List of U.S. Department of Defense and partner code names

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    This is an incomplete list of U.S. Department of Defense code names primarily the two-word series variety. Officially, Arkin (2005) says that there are three types of code name : Nicknames – a combination of two separate unassociated and unclassified words (e.g. Polo and Step) assigned to represent a specific program, special access program ...

  3. Defense Logistics Agency - Wikipedia

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    By late June 1963 the agency was managing over one million different items in nine supply centers with an estimated inventory of $2.5 billion. On July 1, 1965, the Defense Subsistence Supply Center, Defense Clothing Supply Center, and Defense Medical Supply Center were merged to form the Defense Personnel Support Center in Philadelphia.

  4. State defense force - Wikipedia

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    A Georgia State Defense Force Volunteer passes a sandbag to a Georgia Army National Guard Soldier during a flood preparation mission. An April 2014 Department of Defense report by the Inspector General's office reported confusion and inconsistency among state adjutant generals as to the use and status of state defense forces.

  5. United States Army during World War II - Wikipedia

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    In addition to these training duties, GHQ was assigned command and planning for military operations in the Zone of Interior on July 3, 1941. GHQ was replaced by the Army Ground Forces on March 9, 1942. The four defense commands and all operational areas were transferred to the War Department General Staff. [1]

  6. 1972 in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    MACV announced that U.S. airstrikes over the preceding five days had destroyed all pumping stations in the southern panhandle of North Vietnam, effectively cutting the fuel supply pipeline to South Vietnam. [6]: 405 U.S. aircraft attacked Bach Mai Airfield, the VPAF air defense command and control center in Hanoi and destroyed several buildings.

  7. Humanitarian response to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes ...

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    A contingent composed mostly of Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel and some from the Office of Civil Defense, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, and 30 emergency medical technicians from the Department of Health arrived in Turkey on 9 February. [272]

  8. Corruption in Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    According to the United States Department of Defense's PRISM journal, the $800,000 in cash may have also been a payment from Iran to Cristina Kirchner. It was alleged that Chávez helped a deal for Iran to obtain nuclear technology from Argentina and to cover up the AMIA bombing information, with Venezuela also purchasing Argentine debt in the ...