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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombings [r]: Destruction of French and U.S. barracks containing peacekeepers, on October 23, 1983, by suicide bombers, by unknown actors often believed associated with Iran or Iranian-backed Hezbollah ^[e]
• AH-1 Cobra [r]: The first purpose-built U.S. attack helicopter, introduced by the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War; the U.S. Marine Corps still operates a much-modified version ^[e]
• Air Force Special Operations Command [r]: The Air Component of United States Special Operations Command; lineage includes Air Commando units in the Vietnam War ^[e]
• Air force [r]: The part of a nation's military that is responsible, at the least, for long range air warfare. ^[e]
• Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft. ^[e]
• American Revolution [r]: The political and military action of the American colonists who overthrew British control between 1763-1789. ^[e]
• Amphibious ready group [r]: The group of amphibious warfare ships, not including escorts, that can land and support a United States Marine CorpsMarine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a reinforced naval infantry battalion and an air component ^[e]
• Anthony Zinni [r]: A retired U.S. Marine Corps four-star general, whose assignments included heading United States Central Command and serving as a special envoy for the Israel-Palestinian process. He is strongly critical of the George W. Bush Administration and resigned, in protest, from his diplomatic role. ^[e]
• Attack helicopter [r]: A helicopter equipped with built-in heavy weapons, which has no standard cargo capacity and is used as a "flying tank" in close air support or battlefield air interdiction. ^[e]
• Battle of Iwo Jima [r]: An exceptionally vicious battle, fought in February 1945, which solidified the U.S. strategic bombing of Japan by providing a closer island base, which both could support P-51 escort fighters and provide an emergency landing field for damage B-29 bombers ^[e]
• Battle of Khe Sanh [r]: While there had been fighting at Khe Sanh as early as 1964, with U.S. forces arriving in 1966, the main Battle of Khe Sanh ran from January to April 1968, capturing attention before the start of the Tet offensive at the end of January ^[e]
• Combined arms [r]: Military actions that involve the coordinated effort of different types of ground troops (e.g., infantry, artillery, engineers) or different military services (e.g., Army and Air Force) ^[e]
• Diego Garcia [r]: The largest island of the Chagos Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory (B.I.O.T.), which has had all native inhabitants removed, and is a major U.S. military base; it is the base for a prepositioning ship squadron and a forward base for bomber aircraft and air refueling tankers ^[e]
• F-18 Hornet [r]: A relatively lightweight carrier-capable multirole fighter, developed by the United States Navy and used by several nations, including Canada, in land-based roles; a fourth-generation fighter gradually being replaced by the F-18E/F Super Hornet, and then the F-35. ^[e]
• F-35 Joint Strike Fighter [r]: A family of 5th generation multirole fighter, being developed in versions to operate from conventional airfields, in short takeoff and vertical landing for small carrier and forward-based land operations, and in carrier-capable conventional takeoff and landing. ^[e]
• F-35B Lightning II [r]: Short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, to be used on small carriers (i.e., without catapults and from minimal forward airfields ^[e]
• Forward air controller [r]: An individual or team, knowledgeable in both ground and air warfare, who coordinates close air support for a ground unit to which they are responsible ^[e]
• Guam [r]: A civilian-governed U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands of the Western Pacific, it is a major U.S. military base, including a prepositioning ship squadron and Anderson Air Force Base for bomber aircraft and air refueling tankers ^[e]
• Infantry [r]: Soldiers that directly confront the enemy, overcoming them with fire and maneuver while on foot or in specialized vehicles ^[e]
• Korean War [r]: A modern conflict (1950-1953) fought on the Korean peninsula between the US-led UN forces, and the Communist coalition of North Korea and China. ^[e]
• Landing craft [r]: A boat or other self-propelled watercraft, carried aboard a ship, intended for amphibious warfare or similar operations where landings at a prepared seaport are not practical. Such a craft may discharge troops or equipment on the beach, or may be capable of independent movement on land. ^[e]
• Large Amphibious Landing Ship [r]: A new class of U.K. Royal Fleet Auxiliary amphibious warfare ships, carrying Royal Marines and equipment, and intended to discharge troops and equipment without needing to beach themselves as did their predecessors ^[e]
• Marine Air-Ground Task Force [r]: The basic structure of United States Marine Corps combined arms, task-organized units ^[e]
• Marine Special Operations Command [r]: The Marine component of United States Special Operations Command, this unit absorbed the existing Marine special reconnaissance "Force Recon" companies (but not battalions), but also added a support organization, school, and a system of developing training teams for foreign internal defense and other special operations missions ^[e]
• Military [r]: The standing armed forces of a country, that are directed by the national government and are tasked with that nation's defense. ^[e]
• Naval warfare [r]: The military history of the organized navies of the world from 300 BCE to the present. ^[e]
• Operation DESERT SABRE [r]: That part of the Gulf War that began when conventional units of the Coalition crossed the Kuwaiti or Iraqi border, and ended with the cease-fire. ^[e]
• Operation DESERT STORM [r]: That part of the Gulf War, beginning with the first air strikes at 02:00 local time, 17 January 1991, until the main ground assault into Kuwait, Operation DESERT SABRE ^[e]
• Operation EAGLE PULL [r]: The air evacuation, shortly before the fall of South Vietnam, of U.S. and friendly personnel from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 12, 1975, by U.S. Marines, taking them to a naval task force in the Gulf of Siam ^[e]
• PRC-343 [r]: British Army and U.S. Marine Corps interim, modified commercial intra-squad radio ^[e]
• Paul X. Kelley [r]: Retired general, United States Marine Corps; Commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings; Adviser, Foundation for Defense of Democracies ^[e]
• Royal Navy [r]: By long naval tradition, when there is no qualifier but "Royal", the navy being discussed is that of the United Kingdom. ^[e]
• Secretary of the Navy (U.S.) [r]: U.S. civilian official, of Assistant Secretary of Defense rank, who heads the U.S. Department of the Navy and to whom the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps report ^[e]
• Ship [r]: Vessel larger than a boat for transporting people, goods, or defence by sea, and capable of crossing open waters. ^[e]
• Short takeoff and vertical landing [r]: A carrier-capable aircraft that takes a short takeoff, without catapulting but possibly a "ski jump" ramp, but lands vertically. ^[e]
• Soldier [r]: Member of the land component of national armed forces; also used more generically to refer to uniformed members of any component ^[e]
• Special reconnaissance [r]: Also known as SR, missions deep in denied areas, conducted by special operations personnel. They may be in or out of uniform. While SR units may direct air, missile, or artillery strikes, they strive to stay undetected. ^[e]
• Squad tactical radio [r]: The designation, in U.S. and many other militaries, for a backpack radio assigned to squads of 9-13 soldiers, used for tactical coordination over a range of approximately 5 miles/8 kilometers; subsequent generations are more rugged, secure, and more power-efficient ^[e]
• U.S. Department of Defense [r]: The military forces of the United States and their supporting civil servants. ^[e]
• U.S. Navy [r]: The branch of the United States Armed Forces charged with sea operations ^[e]
• ULQ-30 [r]: A mobile system for collecting information on electronic transmitters and optionally jamming them, developed for the United States Marine Corps giving capabilities to temporarily block cellular telephony ^[e]
• United States Air Force [r]: One of the uniformed services of the United States, with principal responsibility for land-based long-range and high-performance aircraft, as well as land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles ^[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]
• United States Forces Korea [r]: The senior U.S. command, primarily the Eighth United States Army and Seventh Air Force is a sub-unified command of United States Pacific Command ^[e]
• United States Marine Corps [r]: A branch of the United States Armed Forces, with primary responsibilities as naval infantry and in amphibious warfare, are organized in Marine Air-Ground Task Forces capable of serving as up to corps headquarters with integrated close air support ^[e]
• United States Navy SEAL [r]: [under]sea-air-land special operations organization of the United States Navy, specializing in direct action, special reconnaissance, combat search and rescue and counterterrorism ^[e]
• United States Seventh Fleet [r]: The forward-deployed forces of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps that operate in the western Pacific Ocean; a major operating command under United States Pacific Command ^[e]
• Warfighter Information Network–Tactical [r]: Deployed in several increments of increasing capability, this is the future tactical communications system for the U.S. Army, which will be easier to deploy, have far more bandwidth, and eventually will be a continuously mobile self-organizing network compatible with Future Combat Systems. Through the Army Battle Command System, it interfaces to the Global Information Grid. ^[e]