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  • 61troop carrier — noun any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops • Syn: ↑troop transport • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine • Hy …

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  • 62troop transport — noun any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops • Syn: ↑troop carrier • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine • Hypern …

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  • 63troop committee — noun : a group of parents and other interested adults organized as a committee for advising and assisting a Girl Scout troop …

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  • 64To troop the colors — Troop Troop, v. t. {To troop the colors} or {To troop the colours} (Mil.), in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single… …

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  • 65To troop the colours — Troop Troop, v. t. {To troop the colors} or {To troop the colours} (Mil.), in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single… …

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  • 66troop basis — An approved list of those military units and individuals (including civilians) required for the performance of a particular mission by numbers, organization and equipment and, in the case of larger commands, by deployment …

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  • 67troop safety (nuclear) — An element that defines a distance from the proposed burst location beyond which personnel meeting the criteria described under degree of risk will be safe to the degree prescribed. It is expressed as a combination of a degree of risk and… …

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  • 68troop space cargo — Cargo such as sea or barracks bags, bedding rolls or hammocks, locker trunks, and office equipment, normally stowed in an accessible place. This cargo will also include normal hand carried combat equipment and weapons to be carried ashore by the… …

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  • 69troop test — A test conducted in the field for the purpose of evaluating operational or organizational concepts, doctrine, tactics, and techniques, or to gain further information on material. See also service test …

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  • 70troop — I. noun Etymology: Middle French trope, troupe company, herd, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English thorp, throp village more at thorp Date: 1545 1. a. a group of soldiers b. a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company c. plural armed… …

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