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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United Nations Stand-by Arrangements System (UNSAS)

Military; Peace keeping

A system that provides the UN with a database containing military units of member states which can in principle be made available to the UN at short notice.

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Military; Peace keeping

A system that requires two (or more) persons to work together and give each other mutual protection and assistance.

identification friend-foe (IFF)

Military; Peace keeping

A system using electromagnetic transmissions to which equipment carried by friendly forces automatically responds, for examples, by emitting pulses, thereby distinguishing themselves from enemy ...

military grid reference system (MGRS)

A system which uses a standard-scaled grid square, based on a point of origin on a map projection of the surface of the earth to permit either position referencing or the computation of direction and ...

army corps

Military; Peace keeping

A tactical unit larger than a division and smaller than a field army; a corps usually consists of two or more divisions, together with auxiliary arms and services (engineer, reconnaissance, ...

position

Military; Peace keeping

A tactically sited location, permanently occupied by armed troops, from where are carried out various operational tasks, such as checkpoints, roadblocks, observation and patrols.

task organization

Military; Peace keeping

A temporary grouping of forces designed to accomplish a particular mission. Task organization involves the distribution of available assets to subordinate control headquarters by attachment or by ...