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General prudential rule
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Caveat in the rules of the road permitting a privileged or stand-on vessel to depart from the rules if necessary to avoid immediate danger. general quarters!: usn voice or bugle call for all hands to don combat gear and go to battle stations. all guns are loaded and ready-use ammunition is placed to hand (cf. action stations).
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Privileged, английский
Привилегированный
Ammunition, английский
- Боеприпасы
- This word had an infinite variety of meanings. it includes every description of warlike stores, comprehending not only the ordnance, but the powder, balls, bullets, cartridges, and equipments.—ammunition bread, that which is for the supply of armies or garrisons.—ammunition chest, a box placed abaft near the stern or in the tops of men-of-war, to contain ammunition, for the arms therein placed, in readiness for immediate action.—ammunition shoes, those made for soldiers and sailors, and particularly for use by those frequenting the magazine, being soft and free from metal.—ammunition waggon, a close cart for conveying military effects.—ammunition wife, a name applied to women of doubtful character.
- The explosive and propellant components of military projectiles, including bullets, bombs, cartridges, fuses, grenades, mines, missiles, powder, primers, pyrotechnics, rockets, shot, shrapnel, and the like.
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Geneva conventions, английский
A series of international agreements, first reached at geneva in 1864, covering the status and treatment of captured and wounded military personnel in wartime. the most recent maritime treaty—the geneva convention for the wounded, sick, & shipwrecked members of the armed forces at sea—was negotiated on 12 august 1949. it specifies the treatment and protection of prisoners of war; wounded and sick enemy persons who are not prisoners of war; religious, medical, and hospital personnel caring for enemy wounded and sick; military hospi- 133 geneva tal ships, and coastal rescue craft and lifeboats. after 9/11 the bush administration withheld its protection from “unlawful enemy combatants” of the usa. see also humanitarian emblems.
General officer, английский
The army and marine equivalent of a flag officer (i.e., above the rank of colonel).
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