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==Subtopics== | ==Subtopics== | ||
{{r|Air defense artillery}} | {{r|Air defense artillery}} | ||
{{r|Armor ( | {{r|Armor (military unit)}} | ||
{{r|Army Cooperation Aviation}} | {{r|Army Cooperation Aviation}} | ||
{{r|Army aviation}} | {{r|Army aviation||**}} | ||
{{r|Artillery}} | {{r|Artillery}} | ||
{{r|Infantry}} | {{r|Infantry}} | ||
{{r|Paratroop||**}} | |||
{{r|Naval infantry||**}} | |||
{{r|Air assault||**}} | |||
{{r|Combat engineer}} | {{r|Combat engineer}} | ||
{{r|Special operations}} | {{r|Special operations}} | ||
{{r|United States Army Special Forces | {{r|United States Army Special Forces||**}} | ||
==Other related topics== | ==Other related topics== | ||
{{r|Combat service support}} | {{r|Combat service support}} | ||
Latest revision as of 23:20, 17 August 2009
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Parent topics
- Army [r]: Either the largest type of formation for a land-based military force, or the entirety of a nation's military force responsible for its land defenses. [e]
Subtopics
- Air defense artillery [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Armor (military unit) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Army Cooperation Aviation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Artillery [r]: Large-calibre guns used in land-based warfare; also the term for an armed forces branch trained in its use. [e]
- Infantry [r]: Soldiers that directly confront the enemy, overcoming them with fire and maneuver while on foot or in specialized vehicles [e]
- Paratroop [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Naval infantry [r]: Personnel assigned to naval ships, who are qualified to engage in combat using individual weapons, against enemy personnel on land or on ships that were boarded [e]
- Air assault [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Combat engineer [r]: Ground combat troops trained and equipped to improve the mobility of one's own side by breaching enemy obstacles, building bridges, etc.; blocking enemy mobility with barriers, demolition, mine warfare, etc. [e]
- Special operations [r]: Military or paramilitary operations that differ from conventional operations in degree of physical and political risk, operational techniques, mode of employment, independence from friendly support, and dependence on detailed operational intelligence and indigenous assets; they are often controlled at a national or strategic level of command [e]
- United States Army Special Forces [r]: United States Army organization originally created to train and lead guerrillas, highly qualified to work with other cultures; acquired additional missions including foreign internal defense, direct action (military), special reconnaissance, counterterrorism, etc. [e]
- Combat service support [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Combat support [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Command and control [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Counter-rocket, artillery and mortar [r]: Military equipment and techniques to detect unguided rockets, artillery shells, and mortar rounds in flight, warn friendly forces that are threatened, and, with new methods, intercept and destroy the projectiles before they can do damage [e]
- Direct support [r]: "A [military] mission requiring a force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly to the supported force’s request for assistance." (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) [e]
- Restructuring of the United States Army [r]: Add brief definition or description