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MILITARY NETWORK [19 records]

Record 1 2025-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Public Administration (General)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

... a network that focuses on the wellbeing of civilian and military Black employees within the Defence Team.

Key term(s)
  • Defense Team Black Employee Network

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

[...] réseau qui met l'accent sur le bien-être des membres noirs de l'Équipe de la Défense – civils comme militaires.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Organization
  • Social Legislation
  • Sexology
OBS

TMC is a network of Canadian and international academic researchers, defence scientists, military members, veterans, youth and people with relevant lived experience. The network takes a feminist intersectional trauma-informed approach to reimagine and transform CAF [Canadian Armed Forces] culture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Organisation militaire
  • Législation sociale
  • Sexologie
OBS

[TCM est] un réseau composé d'intervenants et d'intervenantes du Canada et du monde entier, soit des chercheurs et des chercheuses universitaires, des scientifiques de la défense, des militaires, des vétérans et des vétéranes, des jeunes ainsi que des personnes ayant une expérience vécue pertinente. Le réseau adopte une approche féministe intersectionnelle qui tient compte des traumatismes pour réinventer et transformer la culture des FAC [Forces armées canadiennes].

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • Radiotelephony
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
DEF

A regularly interacting group of base, mobile and associated control and fixed relay stations intended to provide land mobile radiocommunications service over a single area of operation.

CONT

A land mobile radio(LMR) system is a public or private two-way wireless communication network commonly used by public safety organizations such as police, firefighters and emergency responders for critical communications. These systems are also used for industrial, transportation, utilities, security, logistics and military applications. A typical LMR system consists of handheld portable radios, vehicle mounted mobile radios, base stations and repeaters, and other supporting network infrastructure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
  • Radiotéléphonie
  • Émission et réception radio

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Occupational Training
  • Training of Personnel
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

The LCCs are a vital element of the six Regional Civilian Human Resources Service Centres(CHRSC) located across Canada and part of the Defence Learning Network(DLN). [Their] objective is to promote continuous learning for civilian employees and military members through the provision of learning and career advisory services.

OBS

Learning and Career Centre; LCC: designations to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • Learning and Career Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Orientation professionnelle
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Les CAC représentent un élément vital des six Centres de services des ressources humaines civiles (CSRHC) régionaux répartis au Canada et font partie du Réseau d'apprentissage de la Défense (RAD). [Leur] objectif [est] de promouvoir l'apprentissage continu chez les employés civils et les militaires par la prestation de services de consultation en matière d'apprentissage et de carrière.

OBS

Centre d'apprentissage et de carrière; CAC : désignations d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Communications (Air Forces)
CONT

The network uses the automatic communications processor(ACP) developed for MAC [Military Airlift Command] to perform adaptive frequency selection and automatic link establishment(ALE).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications aériennes (Forces aériennes)

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Informatics
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Combined Forces (Military)
OBS

CENTRIXS networks ... form the backbone of what is envisioned to become a global infrastructure, allowing the U.S. to share information rapidly with coalition partners worldwide, in support of local, regional, and global combined operations. CENTRIXS is designed to be a global, interoperable, interconnected, inexpensive, and easy-to-use information sharing system. ... The basic mission of CENTRIXS is to support the secure sharing and exchanging of intelligence and operational information through reliable communications connectivity, data manipulation, and automated processes. CENTRIXS services will provide Combatant Command (COCOM) commanders with: common operational picture (COP); common intelligence picture (CIP); electronic mail (Email) with attachments; Web-enabled services, office automation, bulletin boards, and chat service (collaboration services); [and] voice over secure Internet Protocol (VoSIP).

OBS

CENTRIXS is the premier network for coalition interoperability in support of military operations. Ongoing coalition operations continue to test and prove the viability of the CENTRIXS enterprise. Information flow to coalition partners via the multiple versions of CENTRIXS networks achieved unprecedented volume and continues to expand. CENTRIXS dissemination capabilities must become even more robust as the trend to move more command and control operations to the coalition networks continues.

OBS

CENTRIX: incorrect abbreviation sometimes found in certain sources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Informatique
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Interarmées

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
OBS

The Canadian Peace Alliance(CPA) is Canada's largest umbrella peace organization. Since its foundation in 1985 the organization has been helping member groups to act as a broad network, in order to provide a strong, coordinated voice for peace issues at the national level.... Our goals include redirecting funds from military spending to human needs; working toward global nuclear disarmament; making Canada a consistent leader for world peace; strengthening world institutions for the peaceful resolution of conflict; and protecting the rights of all people to work for peace, social & economic justice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
OBS

L'Alliance canadienne pour la paix cherche à supporter certains buts qui incluent : la réorientation des dépenses militaires vers des questions d'ordre humanitaire travaillant pour le désarmament nucléaire à travers le monde; faire du Canada un acteur de la paix internationale; renforcer le rôle des institutions mondiales pour résoudre les conflits pacifiquement; protéger les droits de tous à travailler pour la paix et la justice. L'Alliance canadienne pour la paix, la plus grande coalition de groupes de paix au Canada, a été fondée en 1985.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Air Forces
CONT

Airspace allocation and route activation will be achieved through a collaborative and transparent decision-making process of civil and military partners supported by improved coordination and simulation tools. The result of this airspace allocation and route activation process is a multiple-choice route network with different options.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Forces aériennes

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of NATO Bodies
  • Military Organization
  • International Relations
OBS

NATO has a vast network of support staff. The International Military Staff(IMS) is responsible for making the high ranking political and military decisions a reality. A General or Flag Officer of a Member State elected by the Military Committee heads the IMS. This officer, the Director of the International Military Staff(DIMS), is responsible for the coordination and oversight of the IMS. The IMS consists of military personnel who have been assigned to NATO to work for the collective good of the Alliance and not their own country.

OBS

International Military Staff; IMS: title and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres d'organismes de l'OTAN
  • Organisation militaire
  • Relations internationales
OBS

État-major militaire international; EMI : titre et abréviation d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
CONT

Fourth generation warfare(4GW) is a concept in American military doctrine... used to describe warfare's return to a decentralized form. In terms of generational modern warfare, the fourth generation signifies the nation states’ loss of their monopoly on combat forces, returning in a sense to the uncontrolled combat of pre-modern times. The simplest definition includes any war in which one of the major participants is not a state but rather a violent ideological network. Fourth generation wars are characterized by a blurring of the lines between war and politics, soldier and civilian, peace and conflict, battlefield and safety.... Fourth generation warfare is defined as conflicts which involve the following elements : high technology, terrorism, a non-national or transnational base, a direct attack on the enemy's culture, highly sophisticated psychological warfare, especially through manipulation of the media.

CONT

Fourth generation warfare involves operations against non-state combatants or remnants of armies in a battle space where there are no definable battlefields or front lines, where deadly threats emerge suddenly and disappear just as quickly and where combatants mingle freely with non-combatants. The division between combatant, criminal opportunist and civilian is often blurred.

Key term(s)
  • 4th generation warfare
  • fourth-generation warfare
  • fourth-generation war
  • 4th generation war

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
CONT

La guerre de quatrième génération se caractérise par des opérations contre des combattants non étatiques ou des restes d'armées, et ce, dans un espace de combat où les champs de bataille et les lignes de front sont impossibles à définir, où les menaces meurtrières apparaissent soudainement, et disparaissent tout aussi rapidement, et où les combattants se mêlent librement aux non-combattants. La distinction entre combattants, criminels opportunistes et civils est souvent imprécise.

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Educational Institutions
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
OBS

The Officer Professional Development System is a second network, comprising the... Canadian Military Colleges which provide university education; the Canadian Forces Staff School; the Canadian Land Forces Staff College; the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College; and the National Defence College. Together these institutions provide professional education from the level of junior officer to that of general officer.

Key term(s)
  • Land Forces Staff College

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Établissements d'enseignement
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
OBS

Système de perfectionnement professionnel des officiers. Il s'agit d'un deuxième réseau formé des éléments suivants : les [...] collèges militaires canadiens qui offrent une formation universitaire, l'École d'état-major des Forces canadiennes, le Collège d'état-major des Forces terrestres canadiennes, le Collège de commandement et d'état-major des Forces canadiennes et le Collège de la Défense nationale. Ensemble, ces organismes dispensent la formation professionnelle, du niveau d'officier subalterne à celui d'officier général.

Key term(s)
  • Collège d'état-major des forces terrestres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones militares varias
  • Establecimientos de enseñanza
  • Conducción general de las operaciones militares
Key term(s)
  • Colegio del Estado Mayor de las Fuerzas Terrestres
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Record 12 2004-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
CONT

Military grid system in which a grid network is applied to polyuconic projections of zones of the earth's surface covering nine degrees of longitude with one degree of overlap between zones, and extending to 72 degrees north and south latitude.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Telecommunications
DEF

A telephone microwave-relay satellite network that allows a person to direct-dial any military telephone number in the United States.

OBS

AUTOVON is the principal long-distance unsecured telephone system in use with the Department of Defense; military forces can communicate with each other, as can the National Command Authorities with Unified/Specified Commanders in Chief. A highly survivable network, AUTOVON features automatic override for Flash communications. More than 60 switching stations are located around the world : from Spain to Japan, and from Guam to Hawaii.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Télécommunications
Key term(s)
  • réseau téléphonique automatique
  • réseau AUTOVON

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Transportation
DEF

Land route allocated to a command for the conduct of a specific operation, derived from the corresponding basic military route network.

OBS

operational route: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport militaire
DEF

Itinéraire terrestre attribué à un commandement pour la conduite d'une opération particulière et faisant partie du réseau routier militaire de base correspondant.

OBS

itinéraire opérationnel : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte militar
DEF

Ruta terrestre asignada a un mando para la realización de una operación determinada. Se deriva de la red básica de itinerarios militares.

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Record 15 2002-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Transportation
  • Military Administration
DEF

Axial, lateral, and connecting routes designated in peacetime by the host nation to meet the anticipated military movements and transport requirements, both allied and national.

OBS

basic military route network : term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport militaire
  • Administration militaire
DEF

Itinéraires axiaux, latéraux et de raccordement désignés dès le temps de paix par la nation hôte pour faire face aux besoins prévisibles en mouvements et transports militaires tant alliés que nationaux.

OBS

réseau routier militaire de base : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte militar
  • Administración militar
DEF

Rutas axiales, laterales y de enlace, designadas en tiempo de paz por la nación anfitriona para realizar los movimientos militares previstos y los transportes requeridos tanto nacionales como aliados.

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Record 16 2001-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
DEF

A simulation network of nonimmersive battleground environments started at the Institute for Simulation & Training, University of Central Florida for U. S. army military communication and training purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
DEF

Réseau de simulation non immersive de champ de bataille commencé à l'institut de simulation et de formation de l'université de Floride centrale pour l'entraînement et les communications de l'armée américaine.

Spanish

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Record 17 1997-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Transportation
DEF

Network of axial, lateral and connecting routes serving the military movements and transport needs within an area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport militaire
DEF

Réseau des pénétrantes, rocades et itinéraires de raccordement qui sont utilisés aux fins des mouvements et du transport militaires à l'intérieur d'une zone.

OBS

réseau routier: terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du soutien au combat.

Spanish

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Record 18 1996-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A network of US military sites(part of the original ARPAnet) that carries non-classified military information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Réseau IP de la Défense américaine créé en 1983.

Spanish

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Record 19 1996-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The network of networks used by the US Military, connecting with the Internet in some places and not in others.

OBS

See also DDN NIC.

OBS

UD-1 1994: U.S. Department of National Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. Includes U.S. acronyms and abbreviations and NATO terms (English only).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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