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SPECIAL DESPATCH SERVICE [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Signals (Military)
DEF

A method of communication in which urgent dispatches are delivered by qualified messengers from one headquarters to another outside of the routine signal dispatch service delivery schedule.

OBS

special dispatch service; SDS: designations and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

Key term(s)
  • special despatch service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
DEF

Méthode de communication selon laquelle les dépêches urgentes sont transmises d'un quartier général à un autre par des messagers qualifiés à l'extérieur de l'horaire régulier du service des estafettes.

OBS

service spécial des estafettes; SSE : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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