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Terms for subject United States (7770 entries)

paramilitary forces	Forces or groups distinct from the regular armed forces of any country, but resembling them in organization, equipment, training, or mission
pard	a mate or friend	Val_Sh­ips
Pardon and Parole Board	PPB
Parental Loan for Undergraduate Student	PLUS
Park Quality Management	PQM
parkway	pkwy	Michae­lBurov
partial mobilization	Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress (up to full mobilization) or by the President (not more than 1,000,000 for not more than 24 consecutive months) to mobilize Ready Reserve Component units, individual reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security
Participatory Budget Analysis	PBA
Participatory Poverty Assessment	PPA
Participatory Technology Development	PTD
partner nation	A nation that the United States works with in a specific situation or operation
Partners In Parks	PIP
Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security	PCIS
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