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Burner, Burner Go: Afterburner on full power; Carry on: An order given to continue work or duties. [10] Cast off: To throw off, to let go, to unfurl. [10] Colours: Raising and lowering of the National Ensign, the National flag, and organization flags. [10] Fathom: Unit of measurement generally used for depth from sea level to sea floor. [10]
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
The Defense Base Act ( DBA) (ch. 357 of the 77th United States Congress, 55 Stat. 622, enacted August 16, 1941, codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 1651 – 1654) is an extension of the federal workers' compensation program that covers longshoremen and harbor workers, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 – 950.
An "A" sticker on a car was the lowest priority of gasoline rationing and entitled the car owner to 3 to 4 US gallons (11 to 15 L; 2.5 to 3.3 imp gal) of gasoline per week. "B" stickers were issued to workers in the military industry, entitling their holder to up to 8 US gallons (30 L; 6.7 imp gal) of gasoline per week.
The Department of Defense announces contracts valued at $7 million or more each business day at 5 pm. [2] All defense contractors maintain CAGE (Commercial and Government Entity) Codes and are profiled in the System for Award Management (SAM). [3]
The 820th Base Defense Group is the United States Air Force 's only first-in, fully-integrated, world-wide deployable, base defense capability currently based at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The BDG (approximately 800 personnel) was re-activated in 1997 (prior to was designated the 1041st TEST) [ 1] and is composed of three rapidly-deployable ...
Air base defense was officially implemented by Air Force Regulation (AFR) 355–4 on 3 March 1953. AFR 355-4 defined air base defense "as all measures taken by the installation commander to deny hostile forces access to the area encompassing all buildings, equipment, facilities, landing fields, dispersal areas and adjacent terrain."
A little less than two hours after touching down at Joint Base Andrews, the three Americans and some of their family members continued on to San Antonio where they landed early Friday morning.