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The word "mission" dates from 1598, originally of Jesuits sending ("missio", Latin for "act of sending") members abroad. [4] A mission is not simply a description of an organization by an external party, but an expression, made by an organization's leaders, of their desires and intent for the organization. A mission statement aims to ...
Mission-type tactics MEDEVAC : the tactical medical evacuation of wounded from the field of battle by air, bringing them to a higher level of medical care and treatment, e.g. from a forward field location or a forward aid station to a combat support hospital, forward surgical team or other treatment facility able to provide significant ...
Mission Dawah is one of the largest contemporary Islamic missionary organizations. The tombs of historic Islamic missionaries in China , Sa-Ke-Zu and Wu-Ko-Shun at Mount Lingshan, Quanzhou Dawah means to "invite" (in Arabic, literally "calling") to Islam , which is the second largest religion with 2.0 billion members. [ 44 ]
Mission creep is the gradual or incremental expansion of an intervention, project or mission, beyond its original scope, focus or goals, a ratchet effect spawned by initial success. [1] Mission creep is usually considered undesirable due to how each success breeds more ambitious interventions until a final failure happens, stopping the ...
Mission-based organization is often used as an alternative to terms such as non-profit and non-governmental organization. Mission-based organizations range from formally incorporated foundations and philanthropic agencies to informal neighborhood groups that undertake an ad hoc project.
In military aviation, a sortie is an aircraft flight or mission (training or combat), [4] starting when the aircraft takes off. For example, one mission involving six aircraft would tally six sorties. The sortie rate of a unit is the number of sorties that it can support in a given time.
Parachurch organizations are Christian faith-based organizations that usually carry out their mission independent of church oversight. Most parachurch organizations, at least those normally called parachurch , are Protestant and Evangelical .
An Imperial FU (An Imperial Fuck Up) was used during World War I by soldiers of the outlying British Empire, e.g. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Kenya, Tanganyika, India, in reference to odd/conflicting orders from British authorities.