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English Military / Defense Translation Glossary

English term		English translation
4-off		4 items
area array configuration		the configuration of an ordered arrangement of elements over a specific area	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
barrier and denial plans		plans to create obstacles and deny access
BASC (abbreviation)		"British" Army Service Corps
BRN		Bahraini Royal Navy
BT /ASSA		boarding team / at sea space accountability
carrier forces		Armed units based on an aircraft carrier
chalk		plane-load/helicopter-load of troops
Colonel of Pioneers		Colonel in the Royal Pioneer Corps
demanufacturing		taking apart and discarding appropriately (recycling, destroying etc.)
disabling fire		firing to disable an enemy ship, tank, etc.
Disposition		what to do with something (or somebody)
doodlebug		V-1 flying bomb	Cristian Brinza
Entered by: Cristian Brinza
drive		campaign
dual-axis attack with roll		angled dive with roll turn and/or roll-out after weapon delivery
elevation		height adjustment
Exdigitate (Mil. slang)		Pull your finger out	Mårten Engelberg
Entered by: Mårten Engelberg
first round response		see explanation
framestrap		Misspelling: FRONT STRAP
freak raid		outside of the usual parameters of raids at that time	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
full unit designation		FUD
Gr.		Grenade	ErichEko ⟹⭐
Entered by: ErichEko ⟹⭐
Graduating Student. Discharging Soldier?		Graduating Student. Soon-to-be-Discharged Soldier?
H.O. Authority FRM		Home Office Authority Form	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
Installation plans		regulations/plans effective on that (military)base/installation	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
kittyhawk		Curtiss P-40D aircraft
lancelet		lancet
land-heavy operations		operations that are mostly land-based
Leading Rating/Leading Hand		Leading Seaman / Leading Writer / Leading Airman etc.
Lean forward (in this context)		push the envelope
March Battalion		a provisional unit made up of companies from various battalions
marry-up		bring units and equipment together	Monika Coulson
Entered by: Monika Coulson
NFI		No Further Information
non-transfer and use certificate		a license required for export
obscuration		obscuration affects visibility in some way (hide/mask from detection etc. See below for examples)	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
on the edge of manufacturing tolerance		close to or exceeding the tolerance expected.
Real Escuela Militar (Reino Unido)		Royal Military College (pre-1947) / Royal Military Academy (since 1947)
recruit - enlist		Commandeer
Rice Bowl		Operation Rice Bowl
ROA (acronym used by the USCG)		reconnaissance, observation and appraisal/assessment

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