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improvised explosive device
A device placed or fabricated in an improvised manner incorporating destuctive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals and designed to destroy, incapacitate, harass, or distract. It may incorporate military stores, but is normally devised from nonmilitary components. Also called IED.
unconventional warfare
A broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations, normally of long duration, predominantly conducted through, with, or by indigenous or surrogate forces who are organized, trained, equipped, supported, and directed in varying degrees by an external source. It includes, but is not limited to, guerrilla warfare, subversion, sabotage, intelligence activities, and unconventional assisted recovery. Also called UW. nonbattle injury
A person who becomes a casualty due to circumstances not directly attributable to hostile action or terrorist activity. Also called NBI
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what is a "click" or "klick"?
A measure of distance from point A to point B. Usually measured in kilometers thus the word klick.
Thanks Twana for this, I really need to get more savvy.
LADYS a simple civilian terms is a click is about a mile long, we really don't need to go deep into this subject
Thanks ... it makes it all more familiar now ... when I hear "klick" I see it as a "mile" in my mental image ... very helpful ...
very helpful information. but in dealing with many of our discussion group's lack of expertise in this matter, maybe we could come up with something simpler for our general usage?
Rather than learning a whole new set of symbols, how about adapting the best of them?
It took many of our group, who are military trained, years to assimilate all these acronyms; we don't have that much time to get shakin' and bakin'...