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Terms for subject Military (71894 entries)

MAIT	maintenance assistance and instruction team
Maj	major
MAJCOM	Major Air Force Command
MAJCOM	major joint command
MAJCOM	Major Command
MAJCON	major air command controlled
MAJCON	major air command controlled
MAJGEN	major-general
Major Automated Information System Acquisition Program	MAISAP
Major Automated Information System Review Council	MAISRC
Major Command Planning Board	MCPB
Major Communications Relay Ship	AGMR
Major Defense Program	MDP
major effect	Essential condition, to be obtained either directly or indirectly over the enemy's centres of gravity in order to fulfil the mission.
major equipment	Items of equipment which are specifically kept track of by the commander, because of its operational significance.
Major Equipment Files	MEF
Major (or Master) Force List	MFL
Major Force Program	MFP
major formation	A military force suited by its size and composition for employment at the operational or strategic levels of war, in which a number of tactical formations or smaller major formations are brought together under one command. Major formations usually conduct major operations, as distinct from tactical formations and units which engage in battle at tactical level. The composition of a major formation is not, as a rule, fixed and depends on the operational situation and the objectives. Such formations may be strategic, operational/strategic, operational/strategic and territorial, purely operational, operational and territorial or operational/tactical and territorial in nature. They are led by a commander or a commander-in-chief.
major formation	A military force suited by its size and composition for employment at the operational or strategic levels of war, in which a number of tactical formations or smaller major formations are brought together under one command