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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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Airlift
Military; Peace keeping
The carrying of troops and equipment over large distances by air to bring them into crisis areas rapidly also found: 'airlifters' (referring to personnel or planes)
Sealift capacity
Military; Peace keeping
The capacity to move troops, equipment, and supplies rapidly to a conflict zone by ship; includes sea movement, sea landing and sea support.
Flight
Military; Peace keeping
The basic tactical unit in the air force, consisting of four or more aircraft in two or more elements.
Supplies
Military; Peace keeping
The US distinguishes Class I supplies (subsistance), Class II (clothing, tentage, individual tools), Class III (POL), Class IV (construction), Class V (ammo), Class VI (equipment of troops), Class ...
Trunking system
Military; Peace keeping
The system monitors and identifies the transmissions of each radio operating within a given network and performs multiplexing of radio transmissions and assignment of frequencies.
Validation system
Military; Peace keeping
The validation system (both for unit training and for individual training) should be left to Member States and not be international, although the UN should establish standards that Member States can ...
Claims administration unit (CAU)
Military; Peace keeping
The unit that processes claims for reimbursement from troop-contributing countries, deals with COE backlog, death and disability, wet/dry leases, LOAs, third party claims and commercial disputes.
