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BAJA COMBATE [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
DEF

A casualty incurred as the direct result of hostile action, sustained during that action or relating thereto, or sustained during tactical movement to or from the action.

OBS

With regard to personnel, battle casualties consist of: killed in action (KIA); missing in action (MIA); captured in action (CIA); wounded in action (WIA); died of wounds received in action (DOW); combat stress reaction (CSR); and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) casualties.

OBS

battle casualty; BC: designations and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board; designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

battle casualty; BC: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
DEF

Perte découlant directement d'une action hostile qui est survenue pendant ou à la suite de cette action, ou qui est subie pendant un mouvement tactique à destination ou en provenance des lieux de l'action.

OBS

En ce qui concerne le personnel, les pertes au combat sont catégorisées de la manière suivante : tué au combat (TAC); disparu au combat (DAC); capturé au combat (CAC); blessé au combat (BAC); décédé des suites de blessures de guerre (DSB); stress suite au combat (SSC); pertes chimique, biologique, radiologique ou nucléaire (CBRN).

OBS

perte au combat; PAC : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense; désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

perte au combat; BC : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conducción general de las operaciones militares
  • Servicios médico y dental (Militar)
DEF

Cualquier baja producida como resultado directo de una acción hostil infligida en combate o derivada de ella.

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