- Industry: Government; Military
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The horizontal dimensions of the beach measured at right angles to the shoreline from the line of extreme low water inland to the landward limit of the beach (the coastline).
Industry:Military
The horizontal angle at a given point measured clockwise from a specific datum point to a second point.
Industry:Military
The highest deck running the full length of a vessel (except for an aircraft carrier’s hanger deck).
Industry:Military
The highest altitude above mean sea level that a projectile reaches in its flight from the gun to the target; the algebraic sum of the maximum ordinate and the altitude of the gun.
Industry:Military
The height of burst at or above which no militarily significant fallout will be reproduced as a result of a nuclear weapon detonation.
Industry:Military
The health care capability that provides immediate clinical care and stabilization to the patient in preparation for evacuation to the next health service support capability in the continuum of care.
Industry:Military
The head of a Department of Defense component assigned a responsibility by the Secretary of Defense when process improvement involves more than one Military Service or Department of Defense component.
Industry:Military
The guidance applied to a missile between termination of the boost phase and the start of the terminal phase of flight.
Industry:Military
The group of nodes (air and/or sea) designated by the supported combatant command, in coordination with the host nation and United States Transportation Command, that receives, processes, services, supports, and facilitates onward movement of personnel, equipment, materiel, and units deploying into, out of, or within a theater line of communications.
Industry:Military
