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A Dictionary of Military Architecture: Fortification and Fieldworks from the Iron Age to the Eighteenth Century by Stephen Francis Wyley, drawings by Steven Lowe; Victorian Forts glossary Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. A more comprehensive version has been published as A Handbook of Military Terms by David Moore at the same site
Combat support units provide specialized support functions to combat units in the following areas: Chemical Warfare; Combat Engineering; Military Intelligence; Security; Communications [1] Combat support should not be confused with combat service support. Combat Support units are focused on providing operational support to combat units, while ...
A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...
Maneuver warfare - a military strategy which attempts to defeat the enemy by incapacitating their decision-making through shock and disruption Motitus - A Motitus or Motti is a double envelopment manoeuvre, using the ability of light troops to travel over rough ground to encircle and defeat enemy troops with limited mobility.
March 2023 edition cover page of the Multi-Service Brevity Codes. Multiservice tactical brevity codes are codes used by various military forces. The codes' procedure words, a type of voice procedure, are designed to convey complex information with a few words.
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
Plans for the military to participate in the detention and deportation of 9 million immigrants will have negative consequences for current service members and future veterans, as well as damage ...
In the United States, the term combat service support has been phased-out in favor of the term "sustainment." [3] but the mission remains the same; to manage the logistics supply chain and provide all materiel, maintenance, transportation, health services, personnel services and other services required by the warfighting units to permit those units to accomplish their missions in combat.