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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Third-line stocks

Military; Peace keeping

Stocks procured outside the mission area, and which may or may not be centrally warehoused in the mission area.

Tradesman

Military; Peace keeping

The group of personnel that includes carpenters, electricians, generator and refrigeration mechanics, plumbers, masons, welders and painters. They are part of a pioneer unit.

The datum includes both a reference system (a mathematical assumption regarding the shape of the earth, or spheroid), such as the WGS 84, and a projection (usually UTM for low and middle latitudes, ...

Special operations

Military; Peace keeping

The concept formerly covered only military commando-like actions against strategic or tactical targets; nowadays it includes any form of action with a military purpose, yet not necessarily involving ...

Useful life component

Military; Peace keeping

The estimated useful life in years: based on normal operations (a mission-approved environmental and intensified operational use factors can be applied to the wet and dry lease rates, when necessary ...

Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD)

Military; Peace keeping

The detection, identification, field evaluation, rendering- safe, recovery and final disposal of unexploded explosive ordinance. It may also include the rendering- safe and/ or disposal of explosive ...

Network control station (NCS)

Military; Peace keeping

The commander of the radio organisation or the base station, to whom, e.g., a convoy commander reports at the time of departure, when passing certain points along the route and at time of arrival at ...