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Terms for subject Military (71893 entries)

ECCA	electronic component checkout area
ECCCS	emergency command, control and communications system
ECCM	electronic countercountermeasures
Eccm Remote Fill	ERF
ECCMO	electronic countercountermeasures operator
ECD	earliest completion date
ECD	electronic communications division
ECD	electronic components and devices
ECD	environmental conditions determination
ECDLOSR	electronic countermeasure-resistant digital line-of-sight radio
ECE	environmental control equipment
ECE	experiment checkout equipment
ECG	electronic component group
echelon	ech
echelon	ech
echelon	Name given to a fraction of the forces, according to its position (1 st, 2nd echelon) or to its function (forward, service support, combat support, reserve) It is always related to a given tactical level. (FRA) 2. An element of a grouping of national armed forces to which strategic missions have been assigned. 3. An element of operational order of battle (order of battle) of forces. The operational order of battle may include one or several echelons -attack echelon, support echelon etc. 4. On redeployment of an air unit, aircraft or helicopters flying to new airfields form a flight echelon, while its subunits transported by land form a ground echelon. 5. The prescribed altitude at which aircraft must fly on air routes in order to ensure flight safety.
echelon	An element of a grouping of national armed forces to which strategic missions have been assigned. 2. A force element of operational order of battle to which a principal combat mission is assigned, e.g. attack echelon, support echelon, reserve echelon. 3. A subdivision of a headquarters, i.e. forward echelon, rear echelon. 4. Separate level of command. As compared to a regiment, a division is a higher echelon, a battalion is a lower echelon. 5. A formation in which subdivisions are stepped one behind another, with a lateral and even spacing to the same side. 6. A unit or several subunits transported on the same train or vessel 7. On redeployment of an air unit, aircraft or helicopters flying to new airfields form a flight echelon, while its subunits transported by land form a ground echelon
Echelon Above Division	EAD
ECB	echelon corps and below
Echelon-Above-Corps Intelligence Center	EACIC