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Terms for subject United States (7423 entries)

Partnership For Public Service	PPS
Partnerships for Quality Transportation	PQT
Partnerships in Health Reform	PHR
passage of lines	An operation in which a force moves forward or rearward through another force’s combat positions with the intention of moving into or out of contact with the enemy
passive air defense	All measures, other than active air defense, taken to minimize the effectiveness of hostile air and missile threats against friendly forces and assets
passive defense	Measures taken to reduce the probability of and to minimize the effects of damage caused by hostile action without the intention of taking the initiative
passive mine	A mine whose anticountermining device has been operated preventing the firing mechanism from being actuated
passive mine	A mine which does not emit a signal to detect the presence of a target.
Past Action	PA
Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Lab	PSWMRL
patient movement	The act or process of moving a sick, injured, wounded, or other person to obtain medical and/or dental care or treatment. Functions include medical regulating, patient evacuation, and en route medical care
patient movement items	The medical equipment and supplies required to support patients during aeromedical evacuation, which is part of a standardized list of approved safe-to-fly equipment
patient movement policy	Command decision establishing the maximum number of days that patients may be held within the command for treatment
patient movement requirements center	A joint activity that coordinates patient movement by functionally merging of joint medical regulating processes, Services’ medical regulating processes, and patient movement evacuation requirements planning
patient movement requirements center	Term used to represent any theater, joint or the Global Patient Movement Requirements Center function
Patriot	A point and limited area defense surface-to-air missile system capable of intercepting aircraft and theater missiles, including short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in the terminal phase
Patriotic Peoples, Science, And Technology	PPST
Patriotic Quotient	PQ
patsy	scapegoat	Val_Sh­ips
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and Refuge	PWRCR