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prime vendor
A contracting process that provides commercial products to regionally grouped military and federal customers from commercial distributors using electronic commerce.
View Other Definitionsbasic encyclopedia
A compilation of identified installations and physical areas of potential significance as objectives for attack.
View Other Definitionsbasic load
The quantity of supplies required to be on hand within, and which can be moved by, a unit or formation, expressed according to the wartime organization of the unit or formation and maintained at the prescribed levels.
View Other Definitionschief of staff
The senior or principal member or head of a staff who acts as the controlling member of a staff for purposes of the coordination of its work or to exercise command in anothers name.
View Other Definitionsdirect air support center
The principal air control agency of the US Marine air command and control system responsible for the direction and control of air operations directly supporting the ground combat element. It processes and coordinates requests for immediate air support and coordinates air missions requiring integration with ground forces and other supporting arms. It normally collocates with the senior fire support coordination center within the ground combat element and is subordinate to the tactical air command center.
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