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Terms for subject United States (7706 entries)

ship-to-shore movement	That portion of the action phase of an amphibious operation that includes the deployment of the landing force from ships to designated landing areas
Shipboard Meteorological And Oceanographic Observing System	SMOOS
Shit Out Of Luck	SOL
Shitty Little Job	SLJ
Shoot To Kill	STK
shore fire control party	A specially trained unit for control of naval gunfire in support of troops ashore
shore party	A task organization of the landing force, formed for the purpose of facilitating the landing and movement off the beaches of troops, equipment, and supplies; for the evacuation from the beaches of casualties and enemy prisoners of war; and for facilitating the beaching, retraction, and salvaging of landing ships and craft
Short Form	SF
Short Service Commission	SSC
short takeoff and landing	The ability of an aircraft to clear a 50-foot (15 meters) obstacle within 1,500 feet (450 meters) of commencing takeoff or in landing, to stop within 1,500 feet (450 meters) after passing over a 50-foot (15 meters) obstacle
Short Term Contract	STC
Short Term Disability	STD
short title	A short, identifying combination of letters, and/or numbers assigned to a document or device for purposes of brevity and/or security
short-range air defense engagement zone	In air defense, that airspace of defined dimensions within which the responsibility for engagement of air threats normally rests with short-range air defense weapons and may be established within a low-or high-altitude missile engagement zone
short-range ballistic missile	A land-based ballistic missile with a range capability up to about 600 nautical miles
shortfall	The lack of forces, equipment, personnel, materiel, or capability, reflected as the difference between the resources identified as a plan requirement and those apportioned to a combatant commander for planning, that would adversely affect the command’s ability to accomplish its mission
shotgun wedding	a forced wedding to avoid embarrassment due to a pregnancy	Val_Sh­ips
show of force	An operation designed to demonstrate US resolve that involves increased visibility of US deployed forces in an attempt to defuse a specific situation that, if allowed to continue, may be detrimental to US interests or national objectives
Shrine	Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
shylock	a loan shark	Val_Sh­ips