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A brigade support battalion (BSB) is a combat service support battalion of the United States Army. A BSB is an organic part of a brigade combat team (BCT), providing self- sustainment to the BCT for up to 72 hours of high-intensity combat before requiring replenishment. It consists of a headquarters and headquarters company, field maintenance ...
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 ...
Special Forces Underwater Operations (SFUWO) is the term for United States Army Special Forces combat operations involving the use of underwater infiltration methods. These typically involve the use of closed circuit dive equipment to infiltrate a beach landing site (BLS) undetected. [1] The US Army Special Forces, also known as Green Berets ...
Avon Rubber. Produced. 2006–present. Specifications. Weight. 1.9 lbs (M50) The M50 series protective mask, officially known as the Joint Service General Purpose Mask ( JSGPM or JSGPM/M50 ), is a lightweight, protective mask system consisting of the mask, a mask carrier, and additional accessories. It was adopted and manufactured by Avon ...
Four billion gallons of water per day are drawn from the Corps of Engineers' 136 multi-use flood control projects comprising 9,800,000 acre-feet (12.1 km 3) of water storage, making it one of the United States' largest water supply agencies. [28]
Leave: Vacation time nearly completely free unless an emergency recall occurs. [10] Shore leave or Liberty (US): Permission to leave the ship/base to enjoy non-work activities. [10] Mid-watch: Tends to be the midnight to 0400 watch. Also known as "balls to four" due to military time equivalent 0000-0400. [10]
The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and JLTV variants, as well as M2 and M3 Bradley. The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee.
(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.