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escort patrol

Military; Peace keeping

Unit tasked with escorting refugees being repatriated or with protecting civilians on their way to and from work where the route passes dangerously close to a hostile party; the ...

camp

Military; Peace keeping

Unit which includes dormitories, ablution units, laundries, recreation halls, power supply, drainage, waste, venting and water distribution systems; can be soft-walled or ...

de-facto forces (DFF)

Military; Peace keeping

Unofficial armed groups; paramilitary organizations or independent partisan groups which disown any allegiance to host governments and have no legal or officially recognized ...

upgrading of airstrips or roads

Military; Peace keeping

Upgrading goes beyond repairing and returning an infrastructure to its initial state: for an airstrip, it often involves lengthening the landing strip, adding beacon lights and ...

cantonment/barracks area

Military; Peace keeping

Used alone, "cantonment area" can be used with respect to troops or to heavy weapons, as in the case of the implementation of the Dayton Agreement.

trip-flare

Military; Peace keeping

Used as warning and protection devices in defensive operations, or around the perimeter of a key point or static installation; it consists of 2 metal spikes or pickets, positioned ...