wartime supply system
1wartime manpower planning system — A standardized Department of Defense (DOD) wide procedure, structure, and database for computing, compiling, projecting, and portraying the time phased wartime manpower requirements, demand, and supply of the DOD components. Also called WARMAPS.… …
2Bretton Woods system — The Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world s major industrial states. The Bretton Woods system was the first example of a fully negotiated monetary order intended… …
3Swedish allotment system — Drawing of Swedish soldiers belonging to the new allotment system and wearing uniforms of the 1830s The allotment system (Swedish: indelningsverket; Finnish: ruotujakolaitos) was a system used in Sweden for keeping a trained army at all times.… …
4political system — Introduction the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a “government” or a “ state.” This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined,… …
5Christchurch tramway system — A Christchurch Tramway tram, Worcester Street (March 2005) Operation Loca …
6digestive system disease — Introduction any of the diseases that affect the human digestive tract. Such disorders may affect the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), pancreas, liver, or biliary tract. A prevalent disorder of the digestive… …
7rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
8ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
9logistics — /loh jis tiks, leuh /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the …
10education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
