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Administrative (all arms) Access control. Cantonment: a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters; in South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations. Chief of defence. Cloak and Dagger. Combat information center. Command (military formation) Command center. Command and control.
[6] Most reference works, including the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, supply an origin date of 1940–1944, generally attributing it to the United States Army. [citation needed] Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical G.I.s ridiculing the Army's penchant for acronyms. [7]
Pontoon bridge across the James River in Virginia in 1864. The Army Corps of Engineers played a significant role in the American Civil War. Many of the men who would serve in the top leadership in this organization were West Point graduates. Several rose to military fame and power during the Civil War.
Military logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement, supply, and maintenance of military forces. In its most comprehensive sense, it is those aspects or military operations that deal with: Design, development, acquisition, storage, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of materiel. Transport of ...
Tactic is usually implemented through surging at the enemy after their attack. Counterforce – A strategy used in nuclear warfare of targeting military infrastructure (as opposed to civilian targets) Countervalue – The opposite of counterforce; targeting of enemy cities and civilian populations. Used to distract the enemy.
(United States Army In World War II – The Technical Services – The Transportation Corps: Movements, Training, And Supply, p.474.) The Paul P. Hastings tugboat (ex U.S. Army LT-814) in China Basin, San Francisco in 1982. At this time she was the last of the Santa Fe Railroad tugs still in service.
Cin1 lei5 zi1 hang4, ci2 jyu1 zuk1 ha6. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" is a common saying that originated from a Chinese proverb. The quotation is from Chapter 64 of the Dao De Jing ascribed to Laozi, [ 1] although it is also erroneously ascribed to his contemporary Confucius. [ 2]
Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. A Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) is a combat service support battalion of the United States Army. A CSSB can be attached to a sustainment brigade to support the brigade combat teams and support brigades assigned to a corps with maintenance, transportation, supply, field services, and ...