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Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL aircraft)

Military; General military

Fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters capable of taking off or landing vertically.

Theatre patient movement requirements centre (TPMRC)

Military; General military

The activity responsible for intratheater patient movement management (medical regulating and aeromedical evacuation scheduling), the development of theater-level patient movement plans and ...

Hazards of electromagnetic radiation to fuels (HERF)

Military; General military

The potential hazard that is created when volatile combustibles, such as fuel, are exposed to electromagnetic fields of sufficient energy to cause ignition.

Tactical intelligence and related activities (TIARA)

Those activities outside the National Foreign Intelligence programme that accomplish the following: a. Respond to operational commanders' tasking for time-sensitive information on foreign entities; ...

Naval coordination and protection of shipping (NCAPS)

Military; General military

Control exercised by naval authorities of movement, routing, reporting, convoy organization, and tactical diversion of allied merchant shipping. It does not include the employment or active ...

Joint meteorological and oceanographic officer (JMO)

Military; General military

Officer designated to provide direct meteorological and oceanographic support to a joint force commander.

International military education and training (IMET)

Military; General military

Formal or informal instruction provided to foreign military students, units, and forces on a nonreimbursable (grant) basis by offices or employees of the United States, contract technicians, and ...