nap-of-the-earth flying; NOE flying
[flight profile used by helicopters for maximum terrain cover (a
few feet off the ground)]
see also: terrain (-following) flight
national command
[a command that is organized by, and functions under the
authority of, a specific nation and may or may not be placed
under a UN commander]
national commander
[a national commander, territorial or functional, who is normally
not in the chain of command]
national line (of command)
[national chain of command (for administrative affairs), as
opposed to UN chain (or line) of command]
national owned equipment; NOE
[equipment not approved by the UN, but considered essential by
a troop-contributing country, for security, communications,
medical or welfare purposes, and which remains that country's
responsibility (without reimbursement)]
see also: contingent owned equipment; United Nations owned equipment;
host nation owned equipment
negotiated access
[a process in which humanitarian organizations negotiate with
one warring party the right to deliver a specified number of aid
shipments, along a specified route, to a population in need
(usually in exchange for helping other groups less in need at the
request of the warring party), instead of demanding unhindered
access and delivery of relief aid strictly according to need; this
process is sometimes criticized as it tends to confer legitimacy
upon warring parties and coincidentally facilitates the
incorporation of relief aid into military strategies, reinforcing their
capacity to wage war and offering an incentive to starve captive
civilian populations to bolster a negociating position; also found:
"integrated UN/NGO negociated access programmes", under
which international NGOs gain access to conflict zones]
net(work) control station; NCS
[the commander of the radio organization or the base station, to
whom, e.g., a convoy commander reports at the time of
departure, when passing certain points along the route and at
time of arrival at the destination]
see also: call sign; outstation
night vision; night observation device (NOD); night sight; night
viewing weapon sight; night vision equipment
(NVE); night viewing aid (NVA); night viewing goggles
(NVG)
[a variety of devices, using (passive) image intensifiers
(intensification of residual light) and/or thermal (infrared)
imagers to improve observation, target acquisition or aiming in
low light conditions; they can be coupled with (active) laser
aiming lights (laser illuminators or designators, target markers,
spot projectors); they take the form of hand-held or helmet-mounted binocular and monocular goggles, pocketscopes, rifle-mounted weapon sights, or armoured vehicle periscopes]
see also: image intensifier; thermal imager; laser illuminator
no later than; NLT
no-fly zone; NFZ; no-fly area; air exclusion zone
[An airspace in which air operations only allowed to UN forces.
Violations will be stopped by air defence measures or the use of
fighter planes. one was established in october 1992 by
S/RES/781 in Bosnia airspace, monitored by UNPROFOR]
see also: overflight interdiction
non-commissioned officer; NCO
[an enlisted person promoted from the ranks, in any of the
graduations of corporal or sergeant]
see also: junior officer; commissioned officer
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