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Cantilever lifting frame (CLF)

Military; General military

Used to move Navy lighterage causeway systems on to and off of lighter aboard ship (LASH) vessels. This device is suspended from the Morgan LASH barge crane and can lift one causeway section at a ...

United States Armed Forces

Military; General military

Used to denote collectively only the regular components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

Sea-air-land team (SEAL)

Military; General military

US Navy forces organized, trained, and equipped to conduct special operations in maritime, littoral, and riverine environments.

Special boat team (SBT)

Military; General military

US Navy forces organized, trained, and equipped to conduct or support special operations with patrol boats or other combatant craft.

Isolated personnel

Military; General military

US military, Department of defence civilians and contractor personnel (and others designated by the President or Secretary of Defense) who are separated from their unit (as an individual or a group) ...

Blue Bark

Military; General military

US military personnel, US citizen civilian employees of the Department of Defense, and the dependents of both categories who travel in connexion with the death of an immediate family member. It also ...

Acute radiation dose

Military; General military

Total ionising radiation dose received at one time and over a period so short that biological recovery cannot occur.

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