Peace keeping

Peace keeping

Hybrid of politico-military interventions aimed at conflict control usually with the involvement of the United Nations presence in the field by military and civilian personnel.

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Peace keeping

Department of Humanitarian Affairs; a humanitarian crisis of an essentially political nature, i.e. which involves a complete disruption of authority resulting from internal or external conflicts and ...

rapid deployment force (RDF)

Military; Peace keeping

Described as short-notice contingency forces, RDFs can be formed both unilaterally and with partners, and be deployed in situations where their military organization, training, and equipment, such as ...

grid bearing

Military; Peace keeping

Direction of an object from a point, expressed as a horizontal angle, measured clockwise with reference to grid north.

evacuation point (EP)

Military; Peace keeping

A logistics term that specifies the location at which equipment is collected for evacuation.

heavy machine gun (HMG)

Military; Peace keeping

A machine gun with a larger caliber than a GPMG. Its mostly mounted on vehicles with the main of air defense. (Examples: Browning cal .50 HMG)

division

Military; Peace keeping

A major administrative and tactical unit in which is combined the necessary arms and services required to operate independently and for sustained combat; larger than a regiment or brigade and smaller ...

palletized load system (PLS)

Military; Peace keeping

A materials handling equipment, with a hydraulic loading system and a demountable flatrack body, used to transport cargo such as fuel, water, containers, hospital shelters, MLRS pods, missiles and ...