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MILITARY OVERALL [19 records]

Record 1 2023-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of NATO Bodies
  • National and International Security
OBS

The NATO Office of Security(NOS) is responsible for the overall coordination of NATO security among member, partner and Mediterranean Dialogue nations and NATO civil and military bodies. In this connection it is responsible for ensuring the correct implementation of NATO security policy NATO wide.

OBS

NATO Office of Security; NOS: designations to be used by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres d'organismes de l'OTAN
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
OBS

Le Bureau de sécurité de l'OTAN [...] est responsable de la coordination globale de la sécurité en ce qui concerne les pays membres, les pays partenaires et les pays du Dialogue méditerranéen ainsi que les organismes civils et militaires de l'OTAN. À cet égard, il est responsable de la bonne application de la politique de sécurité de l'OTAN à l'échelle de l'Alliance.

OBS

Bureau de sécurité de l'OTAN : désignation d'usage obligatoire à l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Exercises
OBS

The Military Committee sponsors an annual NATO Exercise Conference in early summer, the main purpose of which is to discuss training policy and to co-ordinate the overall exercise programmes.

OBS

NATO Exercise Conference; NEC: designations to be used by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Exercices militaires
OBS

Conférence des exercices de l'OTAN : désignation d'usage obligatoire à l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
DEF

Trousers with legs that become narrower at the ankle and fastened by an under-strap.

CONT

Military overalls. ... Overalls are worn with full dress uniforms for parade purposes and also with the "shell" or mess jacket.

OBS

overall; military overall; overall trouser : designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • overalls
  • military overalls
  • overall trousers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
DEF

Pantalon dont les jambes, se rétrécissant jusqu'à la cheville, sont terminées par un sous-pied.

OBS

pantalon fuseau : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of NATO Committees
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
  • Combined Forces (Military)
OBS

The JMC is a combined military/civil committee under the auspices of the NATO Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee(SCEPC). Its mission is to carry out international coordination of civil and military medical planning. Its overall task is to see that the [NATO alliance] makes optimum use of its limited medical resources and is prepared to expand the essential medical and health services in all types of emergencies.

OBS

Joint Medical Committee; JMC: designations to be used by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres des comités de l'OTAN
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
  • Interarmées
OBS

Comité médical mixte; JMC : désignations d'usage obligatoire à l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

A structure that consists of the overall organization and hierarchy, processes and systems within which the NATO military intelligence structure interacts and operates with other national and international agencies and organizations to support decision-makers at all levels.

OBS

intelligence architecture: designation and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
DEF

Structure consistant en l'organisation et la hiérarchie générales et l'ensemble des processus et systèmes dans le cadre desquels la structure du renseignement militaire de l'OTAN interagit et opère avec d'autres organismes et organisations nationaux et internationaux en appui des décideurs à tous les niveaux.

OBS

architecture du renseignement : désignation et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
DEF

The advantage gained from an action, in relation to the achievement of an operational-level objective.

OBS

A "concrete and direct" military advantage exists if the commander has an honest and reasonable expectation that the attack will make a relevant contribution to the success of the overall operation.

OBS

Military advantage may include a variety of considerations [such as] the security of attacking forces.

OBS

military advantage: designation and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel in 2017.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
DEF

Avantage tiré d'une action, par rapport à l'atteinte d'un objectif du niveau opérationnel.

OBS

Si le commandant a une attente raisonnable que l'attaque contribuera de façon pertinente au succès de l'opération, on considère qu'il y a avantage militaire «concret et direct».

OBS

L'avantage militaire peut tenir compte de divers facteurs, notamment la sécurité des troupes assaillantes.

OBS

avantage militaire : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées en 2017.

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-08-22

English

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

The loss of civilian life, injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects incidental to the engagement of a legitimate military objective, in the circumstances ruling at the time.

OBS

[Collateral] damage is not unlawful if it is not excessive relative to the overall military advantage anticipated from the engagement.

OBS

collateral damage; CD: designations and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel in 2017; designations officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board in 2015.

OBS

collateral damage: designation standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Perte en vies humaines dans la population civile, blessures aux personnes civiles et dommages aux biens de caractère civil accessoires suite à l'engagement d'une cible militaire légitime dans les circonstances prévalant à ce moment.

OBS

Ces dommages ne sont pas illégaux tant qu'ils ne sont pas excessifs par rapport à l'avantage militaire concret et direct attendu de l'engagement les ayant entraînés.

OBS

dommage collatéral; dégât collatéral; dégât subsidiaire : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

OBS

dommage collatéral; DC : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées en 2017; désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense en 2015.

OBS

dommage collatéral : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN et uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Key term(s)
  • dommages collatéraux
  • dégâts collatéraux
  • dégâts subsidiaires

Spanish

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Record 8 2018-07-18

English

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

The determination of the overall effectiveness of the employment of force during military operations.

OBS

Combat assessment consists of battle damage assessment, weapons effectiveness assessment, mission assessment and reattack recommendation.

OBS

combat assessment; CA: designations and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel in 2017; designations officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board in 2014.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Processus servant à déterminer si les objectifs de mission ont été atteints, selon les effets produits sur la cible.

OBS

L'évaluation du combat consiste en l'évaluation des dommages de combat, l'évaluation de l'efficacité des munitions et la recommandation d'une nouvelle attaque.

OBS

évaluation du combat; EC : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées en 2017; désignations uniformisées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense en 2014.

Spanish

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Record 9 2017-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

The overall space, conditions and surroundings within which the military intelligence structure interfaces and operates with other national and international information and intelligence agencies to support decision-makers at all levels.

OBS

[The single intelligence environment] aims to harmonise all elements of the intelligence process to achieve the optimal use of intelligence specialists, agencies, sources and activities to produce the best possible products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 10 2017-02-27

English

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

[As part of the Operation FRICTION, ] Canada sent forces to the Persian Gulf region in 1990-1991 to support the UN in its Security Council resolutions to liberate Kuwait. Within the overall military operation, Canadians provided detachments of air, navy, and land forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
OBS

[Dans le cadre de l'opération FRICTION, le] Canada a envoyé des militaires dans le golfe Persique en 1990 et en 1991 afin d'appuyer la résolution du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies visant à libérer le Koweït de l'Iraq.

Spanish

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Record 11 2015-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
DEF

The organization of military personnel and materiel for operations, missions and tasks.

OBS

Detailed force structures describe the organization and equipment of a military, while more general force structure descriptions focus on the overall nature of the force. For example, some force structures are designed for specific circumstances, while others are designed for a variety of possibilities and may therefore be described as multi-purpose.

OBS

force structure: term officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel; term and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
DEF

Organisation du personnel militaire et du matériel en vue des opérations, des missions et des tâches.

OBS

Des structures de forces détaillées précisent l'organisation et le matériel, tandis que les structures plus généralisées décrivent le caractère global de la force. Par exemple, certaines structures de forces sont conçues pour des circonstances particulières, alors que d'autres visent un éventail de possibilités pouvant donc être désignées polyvalentes.

OBS

structure de forces : terme uniformisé par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre; terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées.

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position and Functional Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Military Transportation
OBS

The Commander, Military Traffic Management Command... shall develop the [DoD Personal Property Shipment and Storage Program] and periodically review the Program in collaboration with DoD [Department of Defense] Components concerned, and shall provide technical direction, supervision, and evaluation of the traffic management aspects of the Program worldwide, subject to the overall guidance prescribed by the ASD(A&L) [Assistant Secretary of Defense(Acquisition and Logistics) ].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes et fonctions (Forces armées)
  • Transport militaire

Spanish

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Record 13 2010-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
  • Military Finances
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The squeeze created by limited financial resources on the one hand and spiraling costs on the other spawned other proposals for strengthening NATO's conventional forces at little or no additional expense, which became collectively known as rationalization, standardization, and interoperability(RSI). These proposals, which included a wide range of possible measures, all involved improving the coordination of national defense programs in the service of overall alliance military requirements through greater cooperation and long term planning. RSI seemed to have tremendous potential benefits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
  • Finances militaires
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 14 2010-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Historical Names
  • Air Transport
OBS

The format of what would become the Shearwater International Air Show or SIAS began to crystallize in 1981. Obviously, it could not compete with bigger shows playing to larger population centres. So, if the biggest was not possible, SIAS aimed to be the best. The show's search for excellence was rewarded by many successes; air displays equaling any in the country and over 75 different static aircraft from as many as seven countries. In addition, over 80 high-quality ground exhibits were displayed, including such as an Iraqi Scud missile and the weapon which brought it down, the US Army's Patriot System. Efforts to raise the Nova Scotia International Air Show(NSIAS) from the ashes were unsuccessful in 1996, but a few dedicated believers took on the task to try again for 1997 and were more than rewarded for their efforts. NSIAS 97 was a co-production of the three levels of government, the private sector and the military in the Atlantic Region. A lot of hard work, negotiations and good will produced a first class show that had all the trade marks of past SIAS events and then some. With a superb two-day attendance and an overall economic impact exceeding 14 million dollars, Shearwater and Nova Scotia were clearly on the air show map.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations historiques
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 15 2007-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industries - General
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Another key challenge is that of size, weight and power consumption(SWAP). Many embedded systems are used in industries where there is constant additional pressure to reduce SWAP. Examples include medical imaging, where there is a push to develop portable diagnostic imaging systems enabling easier use and increased flexibility necessitating smaller, lighter processing solutions. In military and aerospace applications, many systems will be used in airborne, sea-going or land-based vehicles where space and payload for processing electronics is generally limited, as is the overall power consumption that can be supported.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries - Généralités
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 16 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Military Logistics
OBS

UNAVEM [United Nations Angola Verification Mission] Division of Administration and Management, Logistics Section. Overall provision of logistic support to military personnel throughout the Mission area(food, fuel, pre-fabricated housing and specialized equipment). Source : DPKO [Department of Peace-keeping Operations].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Logistique militaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puestos gubernamentales
  • Logística militar
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Record 17 1988-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

We have borrowed two terms from military usage... for describing levels of study organization in environmental assessment. A study strategy is considered an overall plan used to co-ordinate various individual activities and sources of knowledge in seeking answers(e. g., predictions or hypothesis tests) concerning specific effects on valued ecosystem components. A study tactic represents a component study within the strategy which contributes specific, partial knowledge toward the answer sought. Examples include distribution and abundance surveys, laboratory experiments and simulation modelling exercises.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Nous avons emprunté au vocabulaire militaire deux termes ... pour décrire les niveaux d'organisation dans les évaluations d'incidences sur l'environnement. Une stratégie d'étude est un plan général qui sert à coordonner les différentes activités individuelles et sources d'information, dans la recherche de réponses (par ex., prévisions ou vérifications d'hypothèses) au sujet de divers effets sur les éléments importants d'un écosystème. Une tactique d'étude est une étude d'éléments, dans le cadre de la stratégie, qui fournit des informations déterminées et partielles menant vers la réponse cherchée (par ex., études au sujet de la répartition et de l'abondance des espèces, expériences en laboratoire et modélisation pour simulation).

Spanish

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Record 18 1988-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

We have borrowed two terms from military usage... for describing levels of study organization in environmental assessment. A study strategy is considered an overall plan used to co-ordinate various individual activities and sources of knowledge in seeking answers(e. g., predictions or hypothesis tests) concerning specific effects on valued ecosystem components. A study tactic represents a component study within the strategy which contributes specific, partial knowledge toward the answer sought. Examples include distribution and abundance surveys, laboratory experiments and simulation modelling exercises.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Nous avons emprunté au vocabulaire militaire deux termes ... pour décrire les niveaux d'organisation dans les évaluations d'incidences sur l'environnement. Une stratégie d'étude est un plan général qui sert à coordonner les différentes activités individuelles et sources d'information, dans la recherche de réponses (par ex., prévisions ou vérifications d'hypothèses) au sujet de divers effets sur les éléments importants d'un écosystème. Une tactique d'étude est une étude d'éléments, dans le cadre de la stratégie, qui fournit des informations déterminées et partielles menant vers la réponse cherchée (par ex., études au sujet de la répartition et de l'abondance des espèces, expériences en laboratoire et modélisation pour simulation).

Spanish

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Record 19 1988-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

We have borrowed two terms from military usage... for describing levels of study organization in environmental assessment. A study strategy is considered an overall plan used to co-ordinate various individual activities and sources of knowledge in seeking answers(e. g., predictions or hypothesis tests) concerning specific effects on valued ecosystem components. A study tactic represents a component study within the strategy which contributes specific, partial knowledge toward the answer sought. Examples include distribution and abundance surveys, laboratory experiments and simulation modelling exercises.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Nous avons emprunté au vocabulaire militaire deux termes pour décrire les niveaux d'organisation dans les évaluations d'incidences sur l'environnement. Une stratégie d'étude est un plan général qui sert à coordonner les différentes activités individuelles et sources d'information, dans la recherche de réponses (par ex., prévision ou vérifications d'hypothèses) au sujet de divers effets sur les éléments importants d'un écosystèmes. Une tactique d'étude est une étude d'éléments, dans le cadre de la stratégie, qui fournit des informations déterminées et partielles menant vers la réponse cherchée (par ex., études au sujet de la répartition et de l'abondance des espèces, expériences en laboratoire et modélisation pour simulation).

OBS

"Hypothèse": Solution à laquelle sont rattachés des enjeux importants donnant une orientation majeure à un projet. Note: Hypothèse, variantes et mesures d'insertion poursuivent le même but, soit l'intégration à l'environnement.

Spanish

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