The glossary lists acronyms and terms with Army, multi-Service, or joint definitions, and other selected terms.
The complete military glossary of acronyms and terms (tactical and offense series).
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DARPA issues urgent (and creepy) call for access to privately owned “underground tunnels”.
The requirements are unusual – complex structures with multiple levels and ideally covering “several city blocks”. Oh yeah, and they need to be underground. That’s the “urgent” call DARPA issued this week to private company and university-managed underground tunnels. And it’s got lots of people freaked out.
The complete guide to defensive retreating in combat operations (tactical and offense series).
The Army categorizes the retrograde as one of three primary defensive tasks. The enemy may force these operations or a commander may execute them voluntarily.
The complete Senate Intel Releases on the Russia Investigation.
The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence examined Russia’s attempts to gain influence in the American political system during the 2016 elections. The Committee’s investigation totaled more than three years of investigative activity, more than 200 witness interviews, and more than a million pages of reviewed documents. All five volumes total more than 1300 pages.
The complete guide to mobile defense in combat operations (tactical and offense series).
A mobile defense focuses on destroying the attacking force by permitting the enemy to advance into a position that exposes the enemy to counterattack and envelopment. The commander retains the majority of available combat power in a striking force for the decisive operation, a major counterattack.
Man wearing TV on head drops more than 50 TV sets on random front porches.
Doorbell surveillance cameras across Virginia captured video of a mysterious man with a TV set over his head laying older television sets on various people’s front porches. Outdated TV boxes were found at more than 50 homes.
The complete guide to area defense in combat operations (tactical and offense series).
An area defense capitalizes on the strength inherent in a closely integrated defensive organization on the ground. The conduct of an area defense facilitates the consolidation and reconstitution of forces in order to transition to a focus on another element of decisive action, such as stability.
Eight mysterious repeating radio bursts have been detected coming from the far reaches of space.
Earlier this year, only a single repeating FSB (fast radio burst) had been discovered. The mysterious repeating radio burst had been detected from the far reaches on the universe and then lost. This week, scientists say they have discovered an astonishing eight new repeating radio signals. Seven of the repeating radio signals fired only once…
Woman survives fall from plane after parachute and backup parachute fail to open.
A 30-year-old woman has survived a fall from an airplane after her parachute and backup parachute failed to open. The woman, an experienced skydiver, had jumped at the skydiving facility Parachutisme Adrenaline in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec when her chutes failed to open. She fell approximately 1-mile to the ground.
Russian authorities deny nuclear weapons explosion poses radiation risk but order residents to stay indoors and take iodine tablets anyway.
Russians are claiming it was a rocket explosion but residents in the area near the village of Nyonoksa in Arkhangelsk region say it is a nuclear weapons test facility – and today they had an explosion so large, nearby towns have been instructed to stay indoors and take their iodine tablets.
