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  2. Aerospace bearing - Wikipedia

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    Aerospace bearings are the bearings installed in aircraft and aerospace systems including commercial, private, military, or space applications. Materials include M50 tool steel (AMS6491), carbon chrome steel (AMS6444), the corrosion resistant AMS5930, 440C stainless steel, silicon nitride (ceramic) and titanium carbide-coated 440C.

  3. Pouch Attachment Ladder System - Wikipedia

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    The PALS grid is easily visible in this image of the US Marine Corps' Interceptor Body Armor; note the pouches attached to the system in the background (2005). The Pouch Attachment Ladder System or PALS is a grid of webbing invented and patented by United States Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center used to attach smaller equipment onto load-bearing platforms, such ...

  4. United States Army Drill Team - Wikipedia

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    Soldiers are selected for this unit after 6 months of drill practice. Trim military bearing, strength, and dexterity are mandatory requirements for qualification in the platoon. [5] A typical training day begins at 5 a.m. and runs to 11:30 a.m., when the team takes a break for lunch. Training then continues from 1 to 5 p.m..

  5. Individual integrated fighting system - Wikipedia

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    The IIFS load carrying vest, as having been a major conceptual improvement over precursing load bearing systems, was designed to replace the individual equipment belt, individual equipment belt suspenders, and small arms ammunition cases. These components have been an integral part of the ALICE system. The small arms ammunition cases continue ...

  6. People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps (PLANMC), also known as the People's Liberation Army Marine Corps (PLAMC), is the marine force of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and one of five major branches of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) responsible for amphibious warfare, expeditionary operations and rapid responses. [5]

  7. Modernized load-carrying equipment - Wikipedia

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    The United States Army entered the conflict in Southeast Asia with the canvas and cotton duck M-1956 load-carrying equipment (LCE). Developed in the early 1950s, the LCE was designed for use with all small arms then in service with the Army.

  8. Standard-bearer - Wikipedia

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    A soldier bears the Regimental Colours during an inspection of No. 7 Company Coldstream Guards prior to the start of the ceremonial season.. A standard-bearer, also known as a colour-bearer or flag-bearer, is a person who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a formal, visual ...

  9. Thyreophoroi - Wikipedia

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    Fresco of an ancient Macedonian soldier wearing chainmail armor and bearing a thureos shield; 3rd century BC The thyreophoroi or thureophoroi ( Greek : θυρεοφόροι ; sg. : thureophoros / thyreophoros , θυρεοφόρος) [ 1 ] were a type of infantry soldier , common in the 3rd to 1st centuries BC, who carried a large oval shield ...