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Kombat, a famous World War II photo by Max Alpert, depicting battalion commander A. Yeremenko leading his soldiers to the assault. Kombat (Russian: комбат) is the abbreviation from Battalion commander (Russian: Командир батальона, romanized: Komandir bataljona). It was a military rank in the Red Army from 1918 to 1935. At ...
ABCS – Army Battle Command System; ABD – Airbase Defense; ABU – Airman Battle Uniform (U.S. Air Force) ABV – Assault Breacher Vehicle (U.S. Army) ABFC – Advanced Base Functional Component; ACU – Army Combat Uniform (U.S. Army) ADOS – Active Duty, Operational Support; ADSW – Active Duty, Special Work; AE – Armed Forces Europe
A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...
The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has a complex organizational structure.It includes the Army, Navy, the Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, the Unified combatant commands, U.S. elements of multinational commands (such as NATO and NORAD), as well as non-combat agencies such as the Defense Intelligence Agency ...
[a] Each time the Unified Command Plan is updated, the organization of the combatant commands is reviewed for military efficiency and efficacy, as well as alignment with national policy. [4] [5] Each unified combatant command is led by a combatant commander (CCDR), [6] who is a four-star general or admiral.
Considered a higher grade than sergeant major (or than command sergeant major from 1968), the Sergeant Major of the Army didn't receive its unique rank insignia until 1979. In 1968, the rank of command sergeant major was established as an assistant to the commanding officer at battalion, brigade, division, and corps levels.
A combat command was a combined-arms military organization of comparable size to a brigade or regiment employed by armored forces of the United States Army from 1942 until 1963. The structure of combat commands was task-organized and so the forces assigned to a combat command often varied from mission to mission.
Battalia: an army or a subcomponent of an army such as a battalion in battle array (common military parlance in the 17th century). Blockade: a ring of naval vessels surrounding a specific port or even an entire nation. The goal is to halt the movement of goods which could help the blockaded nation's war effort. Booby trap