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  2. DLA Disposition Services - Wikipedia

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    DLA Disposition Services (formerly known as the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service) is part of the United States Defense Logistics Agency.Headquartered at the Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, the organization provides personnel to support the US military in 16 overseas deployments, including Iraq and Afghanistan, 2 US territories (Guam and Puerto Rico ...

  3. Defense Readiness Reporting System - Wikipedia

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    The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (NDAA 1999) added Section 117 to United States Code Title 10, which directed the Secretary of Defense to establish a "comprehensive readiness reporting system" that would "measure in an objective, accurate, and timely manner" the capability of the U.S. military to carry out the National Security Strategy, Defense Planning Guidance ...

  4. Defense Logistics Agency - Wikipedia

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    On October 1, 1986, the Goldwater-Nichols Reorganization Act identified DLA as a combat support agency and required that the selection of the DLA Director be approved by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The act also directed the Office of the Secretary of Defense to study the functions and organizational structure of DLA to determine ...

  5. Drain-waste-vent system - Wikipedia

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    A sewer pipe is normally at neutral air pressure compared to the surrounding atmosphere.When a column of waste water flows through a pipe, it compresses air ahead of it in the system, creating a positive pressure that must be released so it does not push back on the waste stream and downstream traps, slow drainage, and induce potential clogs.

  6. Defense Information Systems Agency - Wikipedia

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    Enterprise services provided by DISA to its mission partners fall under three categories: Applications, Infrastructure, and Identity and Access Management. Applications. Global Video Services (GVS) DoD Enterprise Email (DEE) DoD Enterprise Portal Service (DEPS) Defense Collaboration Services (DCS) FORGE.MIL; Defense Messaging Service

  7. Purging (gas) - Wikipedia

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    The purge gas is inert, i.e. by definition [1] non-combustible, or more precisely, non-reactive. The most common purge gases commercially available in large quantities are nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Other inert gases, e.g. argon or helium may be used. Nitrogen and carbon dioxide are unsuitable purge gases in some applications, as these gases ...

  8. United States Transportation Command - Wikipedia

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    The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is one of the eleven unified commands of the United States Department of Defense.In both times of peace and war, USTRANSCOM's role is to provide the Department of Defense with air, land, and sea transportation.

  9. MIL-STD-810 - Wikipedia

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    MIL-STD-810 is maintained by a Tri-Service partnership that includes the United States Air Force, Army, and Navy. [2] The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, or ATEC, serves as Lead Standardization Activity / Preparing Activity, and is chartered under the Defense Standardization Program (DSP) with maintaining the functional expertise and serving as the DoD-wide technical focal point for the ...