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USS Liberty
USS Liberty ¦ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER The Liberty Incident refers to the June 8, 1967, attack on the United States intelligence ship Libertyby Israeli Defense Forces. The Libertywas stationed near the Sinai Peninsula and charged with monitoring Soviet... Read more |
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ford
ford shallow place in a body of water, especially a river, that may be crossed by wading. Around the crossings habitually forded, cities sprang up; hence fords came to be the sites of numerous river towns. They have been of particular importance in migrations and in the deployment of armies in... Read more |
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Telnet
Telnet Telnet was officially adopted as a widely accepted computer communications protocol in May 1983. It was created and implemented to allow servers and PCs to communicate through the creation of a widely deployed communication interfacewhere commands that were... Read more |
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Yuan (dynasty)
Yüan , Mongol dynasty of China that ruled from 1271 to 1368. It was a division of the great empire conquered by the Mongols . Kublai Khan , who adopted the Chinese dynastic name Yüan in 1271, swept down from N China, which the Mongols had ruled since the 1230s, and finally defeated the... Read more |
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Gulf War
Gulf War (January 16, 1991–February 28, 1991) Military action by a US-led coalition of 32 states to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait (August 2, 1990) and claimed it as an Iraqi province. On August 7, 1990, Operation Desert Shield began a mass deployment of... Read more |
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Technophobia
Technophobia BIBLIOGRAPHY The word technophobia derives from the Greek words techne, an art or craft, and phobia, fear. As Hal Hellman notes, this word is most often used to refer to fear: “fear of technology, fear of science, fear of change in general” (Hellman 1976, p. xi). The... Read more |
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France. Army. Foreign Legion
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION French military unit created by Louis Philippe in 1831 and made up of foreign volunteers. Deployed only outside metropolitan France, the French foreign legion saw combat first in Algeria. It played a decisive role in the capture of Constantine in 1837 and fought in... Read more |
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Matsu
Matsu or Ma-tsu , Taiwanese island, in the East China Sea, off Fujian prov., China, E of Fuzhou, and c.100 mi (160 km) from Taiwan. Along with Quemoy , it remained a Chinese Nationalist outpost after the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949. The People's Republic of China began bombarding... Read more |
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Battle of Oudenarde
Oudenarde, battle of, 1708. As French forces under the duke of Burgundy and Marshal Vendôme laid siege to Oudenarde, the duke of Marlborough marched against them at the head of some 78,000 English, Dutch, and German troops. The French offered battle on 11 July, but were badly deployed. Allied... Read more |
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CRAFTSMAN ANDREW FOUND KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.
...served in Afghanistan on Operation...deployed to Afghanistan with the WARTHOG...command of 30 Commando Royal Marines...and into our deployment to Afghanistan. "Craftsman Found was killed by the blast...until his ... |
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Hundreds mourn Welsh soldier killed on night out; TWIN PAYS TRIBUTE TO 'BEST...
...paid their final respects to...dangers of Afghanistan only to be...knocked down and killed by a car at...second tour to Afghanistan next year...run down and killed by a taxi...attendance on the Commando course and ... |
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Town's tribute to Marine killed in Helmand blast; 1.Military honours: Fellow...
...bade its final farewell...Province in Afghanistan. Alec Lucas...posted to Afghanistan in October...strong deployment from 45 Commando Royal Marines...have to be killed for us to...killed in ... |
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TOWN'S TEARS FOR A HERO; Tribute to Marine killed in Afghan blast.(News)
...pay their final respects to...posted to Afghanistan in October...700-strong deployment from the Royal Marines 45 Commando. A specialist...returned from Afghanistan to represent...serviceman killed in ... |
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Chivenor troops bound for Afghanistan in April
...deployed to Afghanistan in April, the...will deploy to Afghanistan for six months, as part of 3 Commando Brigade. The...servicemen during the deployment, Corporal Rob...Marine Davies was killed by a remote...carry out in ... |
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RIFLEMAN MARTIN JON LAMB KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.
...deployed to Afghanistan in April 2011...Rfn Lamb was killed by an improvised...Battalion to Afghanistan where he excelled...the All Arms Commando Course before...of our Army Commandos. "Rifleman Lamb was killed by the ... |
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Deployment of troops is on hold.(News)
...Wayne Veysey THE deployment of thousands...British troops to Afghanistan has been put...been working in Afghanistan since Thursday...Royal Marine Commandos were originally...give up their final stronghold of...man has been ... |
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MARRY ME, PRINCESS; THE HEROES OF HELMAND ARE HONOURED IN ROYAL CEREMONY.(News)
...recent tour of Afghanistan. In one episode...Arbroathbased 45 Commando led a bayonet...going out to Afghanistan, you reflect...his six-month deployment to Helmand province...unit. In the final incident, Bradley...commander was ... |
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FED:Ramp ceremony in WA for fallen trooper
...An SAS trooper killed in a firefight...Brown, 29, was killed in a firefight with insurgents in Afghanistan on Friday. Federal...then with the commando battalion 4RAR...farewelled in Afghanistan by fellow members...to pay their ... |
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Operation Veritas: ALLIES GO FOR JUGULAR; Hundreds of troops fly in as...
...the Taliban's final stronghold looks...city in north Afghanistan still held by...is the biggest deployment of US soldiers...at least 600 commandos had landed near...bin Laden were killed in a fortress...prisoners were killed ... |
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