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combatant commander logistic procurement support board
A combatant commander-level joint board established to ensure that contracting support and other sources of support are properly synchronized across the entire area of responsibility.
View Other Definitionstactical air control party
A subordinate operational component of a tactical air control system designed to provide air liaison to land forces and for the control of aircraft.
View Other Definitionsreligious support
Chaplain-facilitated free exercise of religion through worship, religious and pastoral counseling services, ceremonial honors for the fallen, crisis intervention, and advice to the commander on ethical and moral issues, and morale as affected by religion.
View Other Definitionsflight deck
The upper deck of an aircraft carrier that serves as a runway. The deck of an air-capable ship, amphibious aviation assault ship, or aircraft carrier used to launch and recover aircraft.
View Other Definitionsretained personnel
Detainees who fall into one of the following categories: a. Designated enemy medical personnel and medical staff administrators who are exclusively engaged in either the search for, collection, transport, or treatment of the wounded or sick, or the prevention of disease; b. Staff of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and that of other volunteer aid societies, duly recognized and authorized by their governments to assist medical service personnel of their own armed forces, provided they are exclusively engaged in the search for, or the collection, transport or treatment of wounded or sick, or in the prevention of disease, and provided that the staff of such societies are subject to military laws and regulations; c. Chaplains attached to enemy armed forces.
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