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  2. List of U.S. Navy acronyms - Wikipedia

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    NMTI – Navy Military Training Instructor; NNPTU – Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit; NNSY – Norfolk Naval Shipyard; NOSC – Navy Operational Support Center (a U.S. Navy Reserve shore command) NOSR – Network On-Site Representative; NPC – Navy Personnel Command [7] NROTC – Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps; NS – Naval Station

  3. List of equipment of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and equipment being trialled.

  4. United States Special Operations Command - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Navy's Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU, SEAL Team Six) is the second of the two counter-terrorism, special mission units that fall under the Joint Special Operations Command. [58] DEVGRU is the U.S. Navy's counterpart to Delta, specializing in maritime counter-terrorism.

  5. Derrick Van Orden - Wikipedia

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    Van Orden joined the United States Navy in 1988 when he was 18 years old. He received orders to Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training (BUD/S) at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in 1992. After months of training, Van Orden graduated with BUD/S class 184 in October 1992.

  6. Indian 841 - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, the US Army requested experimental motorcycle designs suitable for desert fighting [1] and offered Indian $350,000 in exchange for 1,000 shaft-drive, side-valve, twin-cylinder test motorcycles. In response to this request, Indian designed and built the 841 (8 for the new engine design and 41 for the year).

  7. Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape - Wikipedia

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    The Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) School (A-2D-4635 or E-2D-0039) at CENSECFOR Detachment SERE East, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire offers several SERE courses including the outdoor/field course at the Navy Remote Training Site, Kittery, Maine, a "Risk of Isolation Brief" course, and the SERE Instructor Under ...

  8. Welbike - Wikipedia

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    The original prototype was designed by SOE motor cycle enthusiast Harry Lester, [3] from an idea developed by Lt. Colonel John Dolphin, the Commanding Officer of Station IX, the secret Inter-Services Military Research Establishment based in a mansion called The Frythe (latterly owned by the pharmaceutical company GSK) an hour's drive north of London near the village of Welwyn in Hertfordshire ...

  9. Weapon systems officer - Wikipedia

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    A Weapon Systems Officer (WSO), nicknamed "Wizzo", is an air flight officer directly involved in all air operations and weapon systems of a military aircraft.. Historically, aircrew duties in military aircraft were highly specialised and rigid, because the relevant controls, instruments/displays, and/or weapons were concentrated in front of particular seats, panels or positions.