T-wall
[perimeter defence (e.g. of observation posts); prefabricated, T-shaped, cement wall sections (T-blocks) are set up side to side to build a defence wall]
see also: U-wall
table of organization and equipment; TOE 1. in national armed forces, the TOE details the authorized levels of personnel and major equipment in formations and their subunits (nominal or "paper" strengths) and defines the order of battle; 2. under the UN standby arrangements system, the tables of organization and equipment list the standard components from which can be constructed peace-keeping operations, provide guidelines on taks, organization, size and equipment, etc.
see also: order of battle; building block
tactical air control party; TACP
[a subordinate operational component of a tractical air control system designed to provide air liaison to land forces and to control aircraft]
tactical satellite; TACSAT
[for use by forward air controllers]
tailing
[a kind of vehicle patrol or mobile surveillance, in which the military observers follow openly a vehicle of interest]
tailor (to) forces (or units)
[to fit the need of a particular operation]
task force; TF
[ A temporary grouping of units, under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission. ]
see also: joint task force; force package
task force [Navy]
[ A component of a fleet organized by the commander of a task fleet or higher authority for the accomplishment of a specific task or tasks. ]
tasking
[the process of translating the allocation (personel, supplies and equipment) into orders, and passing these orders to the units involved]
see also: air tasking order
task organization
[A temporary grouping of forces designed to accomplish a particular mission. Task organization involves the distribution of available assets to subordinate control headquarters by attachment or by placing assets in direct support (DS) or under the operational control of the subordinate.]
technical survey team
[dispatched to the problem area (prior to submission of a mission plan and financial implications) to report of the political, diplomatic, military and administrative support situation; the logistics, finance and administrative officers on the team assess the topography, infrastructure and availability of local and regional equipment, supplies and services to support a peace-keeping mission]
see also: United Nations survey mission handbook
terrain (-following) flight; contour flying
[ Flight at low altitude conforming generally to, and in the proximity of, the contours of the earth. It is characterized by varying altitude and airspeed as dictated by vegetation, obstacles, and ambient light. ]
see also: nap-of-the-earth flying
third-line maintenance
[as applied to PKOs, maintenance done by local, national or international industrial facilities, often under contract; as regards MPVs, it refers to maintenance done by logistics battalion maintenance companies, but for SCPV to maintenance done by contract]
see also: first-line maintenance; second-line maintenance
third-line stocks (or holdings)
[stocks procured outside the mission area, and which may or may not be centrally warehoused in the mission area]
see also: general support; second line stocks
track 1. A series of related contacts displayed on a plotting board.
2. To display or record the successive positions of a moving object.
3. To lock onto a point of radiation and ovtain guidance therefrom.
4. To keep a gun properly aimed, or to point continously a target locating system at a moving target.
5. The actual path of an aircraft above, or a ship on, the surface of the earth.
6. One of the two endless belts on which a fulltracked or half track vehicle runs.
7. A metal part forming a path for a moving object, e.g., the track around the inside of a vehicle for moving a mounted machine gun.
see: radar track
tradesman; artisans
[includes carpenters, electricians, generator and refrigeration mechanics, plumbers, masons, welders and painters; they are part of a pioneer unit]
traffic control; TC
traffic post; traffic point; TP
training assistance team
see: United Nations Training Assistance Teams
Training Unit; TU
[established 1993 on request of the General Assembly in order to coordinate and standardise peace-keeping training, organic to Planning Division, Office of Planning and Support, Department of Peace-Keeping Operations]
train(ing)-the-trainer workshop
[workshop in which UN training assistance teams train the national military instructors who will later train the national contingents in peace-keeping]
see also: United Nations Training Assistance Teams
transfer of authority; TOA
[eg: from the UNPROFOR Commander to the IFOR Commander]
transport cell
[part of Logs Branch at HQ]
transport office
[of a peace-keeping operation]
transport unit
[specialized in personnel transport, light, medium or heavy cargo, composite transport, off-road, medical evacuation, or petroleum transport]
travel subsistence allowance; TSA
triage
[evaluation and classification of casualties for purposes of treatment and evacuation, according to type and seriousness of injury, and likelihood of survival]
trip-flare
[used as warning and protection devices in defensive operations, or around the perimeter of a key point or static installation; it consists of 2 metal spikes or pickets, positioned up to 20 m apart, a reel of trip-wire fitted to each, a tensioning spring and a metal body containing the flare and the percussion cap igniter; once the safety pin has been removed the flare will ignite is the tripwire is pulled or cut]
trip-wire force
[a military force, too small in itself to resist successfully, but nonetheless deployed against a potential enemy, e.g. stationed along what, in the case of war would become a military front line, or in a contested area to dissuade enemy from attacking with the knowledge that such attack would trigger a massive counter-attack and/or the intervention of a major power; the UN Emergency Force played this role along the Israeli-Egyptian armistice line (until May 1967)]
see also: prepositionning force
Troop Contributors Committee; TCC
[creation proposed by Canada; a formal ad hoc TCC, consisting of all Member States contributing to a particular mission would be formed for each UN peace operation, as mandates are developed and contributors are approached, but prior to action in the Security Council; it would examine the operational plan, command and control arrangements and rules of engagement for that mission]
see also: Troop Contributors Forum
Troop Contributors Forum (or council)
[creation proposed by Canada; institution, consisting of major Member States engaged in peace operations or having standby arrangements with the UN, where troop contributors could share their expertise and experience on a range of operational issues which cut across many peace-keeping operations]
trunking system
[the system monitors and identifies the transmissions of each radio operating within a given network and performs multiplexing of radio transmissions and assignment of frequencies]
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