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The unnamed day on which an order, normally national, is given to deploy a unit. (NATO) H-Hour. The specific time at which an operation or exercise commences, or is due to commence (this term is used also as a reference for the designation of days/hours before or after the event). (NATO); also known as 'Zero Hour'.
Date-time group. In communications messages, a date-time group ( DTG) is a set of characters, usually in a prescribed format, used to express the year, the month, the day of the month, the hour of the day, the minute of the hour, and the time zone, if different from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). [citation needed]
59 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 4 days Israeli–Lebanese conflict: 14 May 1948: August 18, 2006: 58 years, 3 months and 4 days Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: 18 May 1967: Ongoing: 57 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days Texas–Indian wars: 1820: 1875: 55 years Civil conflict in the Philippines: 29 March 1969: Ongoing: 55 years, 4 months, 1 week ...
Under normal circumstances, all personnel are granted 30 days of leave per year. This time is usually used for vacations and other extended time periods away from the service that are longer than three days or need to be taken in the middle of the week. Leave is accumulated at the rate of 2.5 days per month. [ 1]
1920: China: On March 14, a landing force was sent ashore for a few hours to protect lives during a disturbance at Jiujiang. 1920: Guatemala: From April 9 to 27, U.S. forces protected the American Legation and other American interests, such as the cable station, during a period of fighting between Unionists and the Government of Guatemala.
February 15: Susan B. Anthony Day. March 10: Harriet Tubman Day. March 19: National Day of Honor [5] March 25: Greek Independence Day [6] March 29: National Vietnam War Veterans Day [7] [8] March 31: Cesar Chavez Day [9] March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility [10] April 6: National Tartan Day.
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15. Presidents’ Day ...
D-Day (military term) Coordinates: 49.3333°N 0.5667°W. Battle plans for the Normandy Invasion, the most famous D-Day. In the military, D-Day is the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. [ 1] The best-known D-Day is during World War II, on June 6, 1944—the day of the Normandy landings —initiating the Western Allied ...