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A bivouac sack is a smaller type of bivouac shelter. Generally it is a portable, lightweight, waterproof shelter, and an alternative to larger bivouac shelters. The main benefit of a bivouac sack shelter is speed of setup and ability to use in a tiny space as compared to tent-like shelters.
Camp of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy during World War II, 1945. A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent military base, for the lodging of an army.Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations, and often have the form of large campsites.
Bivouac is a type of camp or shelter. The term may refer to: Bivouac Peak, a mountain in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States; A military camp; Bivouac shelter, an extremely lightweight alternative to traditional tent systems; Bivouac (ants), an ant nest constructed out of the living ant worker's own bodies
Wiktionary:Appendix:Glossary of military slang; Wiktionary:Category:Military slang by language; Meaning of SNAFU on Dictionary.com; Acronym Finder's SNAFU entry; Acronym Finder's FUBAR entry; Command Performance Episode 101 from 15 Jan 1944 includes a song about SNAFU by the Spike Jones band. Glossary of Military Terms & Slang from the Vietnam War
A Dictionary of Military Architecture: Fortification and Fieldworks from the Iron Age to the Eighteenth Century by Stephen Francis Wyley, drawings by Steven Lowe; Victorian Forts glossary Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. A more comprehensive version has been published as A Handbook of Military Terms by David Moore at the same site
As currently understood in international law, "military occupation" is the effective military control by a power of a territory outside of said power's recognized sovereign territory. [2] The occupying power in question may be an individual state or a supranational organization, such as the United Nations.
An old copy of The Army & Navy Co-Operative Society Limited's catalogue will show that there was a large variety of items, from portable beds to collapsible candlesticks (also known as Brighton Buns), that were available to ease life for the soldier or traveller by the end of the 19th century.
This publication supplements standard English-language dictionaries with standard terminology for military and associated use. However, it is not the intent of this publication to restrict the authority of the joint force commander (JFC) from organizing the force and executing the mission in a manner the JFC deems most appropriate to ensure ...