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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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Army corps
Military; Peace keeping
A tactical unit larger than a division and smaller than a field army; a corps usually consists of two or more divisions, together with auxiliary arms and services (engineer, reconnaissance, ...
Identification friend-foe (IFF)
Military; Peace keeping
A system using electromagnetic transmissions to which equipment carried by friendly forces automatically responds, for examples, by emitting pulses, thereby distinguishing themselves from enemy ...
United Nations Logistics Officers Centre
Military; Peace keeping
A training centre in Vatneleiren, Norway, offering a logistics course, under the authority of the Joint Nordic Committee for Military United Nations Matters.
Buddy system organisation en bin mes
Military; Peace keeping
A system that requires two (or more) persons to work together and give each other mutual protection and assistance.
Position
Military; Peace keeping
A tactically sited location, permanently occupied by armed troops, from where are carried out various operational tasks, such as checkpoints, roadblocks, observation and patrols.
Pyrotechnics
Military; Peace keeping
Ammunition containing chemicals that produce a smoke or brilliant light in burning, used for signalling or for lighting up an area at night. Includes explosives and launching gas, as well as signal ...
