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• ration — /ˈræʃən / (say rashuhn) noun 1. a fixed allowance of provisions or food: a ration of chocolate. 2. Also, rations. a. Military the allowance of supplies given to an individual soldier. b. (in colonial times in Australia) an allowance of food,… …  

• K-ration — The K ration was an individual daily combat food ration which was introduced by the United States Army during World War II. It was originally intended as an individually packaged daily ration for issue to airborne troops, tank corps, motorcycle… …   Wikipedia

• Meal, Combat, Individual ration — Elements of a USAF Meal, Combat, Individual ration, as served in Da Nang, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, 1966 or 1967 The Meal, Combat, Individual (MCI) was the name of canned wet combat rations issued by the United States Armed Forces… …   Wikipedia

• HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Meal, Ready-to-Eat — MRE redirects here. For other uses, see MRE (disambiguation). Two MRE packets: beef teriyaki and meatloaf with gravy The Meal, Ready to Eat commonly known as the MRE is a self contained, individual field ration in lightweight packaging bought by… …   Wikipedia

• Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …   Wikipedia

• Home front during World War II — U.S. Government Publicity photo of American machine tool worker in Texas. The home front covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland production became even more invaluable to both the Allied… …   Wikipedia

• logistics — /loh jis tiks, leuh /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the …   Universalium

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• Society of the People's Republic of China — The People s Republic of China, the world s largest society, is united by a set of values and institutions that cut across extensive linguistic, environmental, and subcultural differences. Chinese society, since the second decade of the twentieth …   Wikipedia

• Circumstances prior to the Malayan Emergency — In 1948, the Communists and the British colonial government in Malaya entered a period of guerrilla fighting which has become known to history as the Malayan Emergency. The name derives from the state of emergency declared by the colonial… …   Wikipedia