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USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) is a United States Coast Guard Cutter and former United States Navy vessel that was recommissioned for Coast Guard duty on 10 July 1999. It first entered service as USS Edenton (ATS-1), an Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship on 23 January 1971.
ATs develop specialist skills to look after the MoDs global stockpiles of ammunition by carrying out surveillance tasks, testing, inspecting, maintaining and disposing of all sorts of ammunition, from bullet clips, anti-aircraft guided weapon systems, mines, mortars, tank rounds and aircraft bombs.
Abbreviation Term Description (notes) AC: Anterior chamber: fluid-filled space between the iris and the endothelium: AC 4/4: Grade 4 anterior chamber angle: open angle between cornea and iris
Mk 16 Mod 0, Mk 17 Mod 0 SCAR: Assault rifle (SCAR L) Battle rifle (SCAR H) FN Herstal: 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO: USSOCOM, USMC Maritime Raid Force: M14: Battle rifle: Springfield Armory Winchester Harrington & Richardson Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge, Inc. 7.62×51mm NATO: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard: Limited service ...
After VE Day I Corps took over administration of a very wide area of occupied Germany and the unit became 1st Corps District Signal Regiment of nine squadrons, including one composed of Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) women, and two from captured Wehrmacht signal companies. The regiment disbanded in 1947.
It uses the same gun and mount of the M-1978, but is mounted on a modified ATS tracked artillery tractor chassis. [ 4 ] Unlike its predecessor, the M-1989 has occasionally been put on public display by the North Koreans during parades and news broadcasts. [ 9 ]
The Automated Targeting System (ATS) is a United States Department of Homeland Security computerized system that, for every person who crosses U.S. borders, scrutinizes a large volume of data related to that person (see below), and then automatically assigns a rating for which the expectation is that it helps gauge whether this person may be placed within a risk group of terrorists or other ...
The GM Ecotec engine, also known by its codename L850, is a family of all-aluminium inline-four engines, displacing between 1.2 and 2.5 litres.Confusingly, the Ecotec name was also applied to both the Buick V6 Engine when used in Holden Vehicles, as well as the final DOHC derivatives of the previous GM Family II engine; the architecture was substantially re-engineered for this new Ecotec ...