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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Combined Rescue Coordination centre (CRCC)

Military; Peace keeping

US-French centre to coordinate operations of Combat Search and Rescue (of downed pilots) in the former Yugoslavia; based in Brindisi (Italy)

Dragon teeth

Military; Peace keeping

Wedge-shaped concrete anti-tank obstacles laid in multiple rows.

Diplomatic process of brokering an end to a conflict, principally through mediation and negotiation, as foreseen under Chapter VI of the UN Charter; military activities contributing to peacemaking ...

Universal transverse Mercator grid

Military; Peace keeping

A grid co-ordinate system based on the transverse Mercator projection, applied to maps of the earth's surface extending to 84 N and 80 S latitudes.

Blast-wall

Military; Peace keeping

A generic term which can refer to: thick concrete walls, sandbag walls, earth mounds, and, more rarely, trenches (in this case the surrounding ground is used as a natural barrier)

Headquarters company

Military; Peace keeping

A headquarters company is in charge of clerical tasks, protection of headquarters, escorting and driving the staff, quartering and catering for the officers, etc.