(Archaic) Regulation and control of the affairs of a community, especially with respect to maintenance of order, law, health, morals, safety, and other matters affecting the public welfare. Army A tactical and administrative military unit consisting of a headquarters, two or more corps, and auxi...
In addition to the construction of barracks and bases, asbestos was used to manufacture vehicles, weapons, ships, and military assets. Why was asbestos used in military barracks? Although the advantages of asbestos were well known dating back to the 1930s, it would take decades for the U.S....
known simply asP.S.started its run around the beginning of the Korean War in June 1951. These magazines were intended as a postscript to the various equipment maintenance manuals that soldiers used. They offered all kinds of preventive maintenance procedures as well as protips for Army life. Th...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Army and Air Force Exchange Service imprest fund activity A military-operated retail activity, usually in remote or forward sites, when regular direct operations exchanges cannot be provided. It is a satellite activit...
The COBRA was the first helicopter designed expressly as a weapons carrier" some units using a TOW system in Vietnam were: May 2, 1972 - 155th ATK HEL First Combat Aerial TOW Team, 155th ATK HEL used the XM26 TOW subsystem-combat for the first time May 20, 1972 at Kontum - 361st...
command. This includes ensuring that the equipment is properly maintained and serviced, and that any defects or issues are promptly reported and addressed. They are also responsible for the safety and security of the equipment and weapons, as well as for the proper handling and use of these ...
... for example, that an armor[ed] shield installed on Stryker vehicles to protect against unanticipated attacks by Iraqi insurgents using low-tech weapons works against half the grenades used to assault it. The shield, installed at a base in Kuwait, is so heavy that tire pressure must be ...
Japan’s defence budget has witnessed remarkable growth, driven by its increasing security concerns and the need to enhance its combat potential. Rising tensions with China and North Korea, coupled with the constant monitoring of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and past abductions of Japanese...
They broke and ran, not realizing that one more attack would have carried the hill for them. At the end of the battle, the slopes of Little Round Top were littered with bodies. Saplings halfway up the hill had been sawed in half by weapons fire. A third of the 20th Maine had ...
Mounted to the left of the 90 mm gun is a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, for which 2,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition are carried in the turret with a further 4,000 rounds in the hull. Both the main and coaxial weapons are fired electrically and above the coaxial machine gun is an ...