egress
[extricating oneself from untenable situation; e.g. when UNMO
come under sniper fire, they should radio for assistance and an
armed armoured escort will be dispatched to protect their egress
from the area]
electoral division
[one of the division within a PKO mission; headed by a Director
(D-2 or D-1)]
electoral observer
[within a PKO's electoral division; visits polling stations,
observes the transport of ballot boxes and the counting process
and prepares a post-referendum evaluation; can be P-4, P-3, P-2, FS or GS]
Electoral Assistance Division
[Office of Operations, DPKO]
electronic counter measure; ECM
[ Actions taken to prevent or reduce the enemy's effective use of
the electromagnetic spectrum. Includes jamming and electronic
deception. ]
embarkation
[The loading of troops with their supplies and equipment into
ships and/ or in aircrafts]
Emergency Response Team
[HCR; deployed in case of humanitarian emergencies, such as
refugee crises, sometimes in conjunction with a peace-keeping
operation]
equipment use charge
[a monthly reimbursement rate used with the wet/dry lease
system: the generic fair market value divided by the equipment's
expected useful life expressed in months plus a factor for
attrition for wear and tear; or the replacement value divided by
the equipment's expected useful life expressed in months,
whichever is less]
equipment-operating country; equipment-using country
[under a dry lease arrangement, equipment operated by one
country but provided by another]
see also: dry lease arrangements
equipment-providing country; equipment-owning country
[under a dry lease arrangement, equipment provided by one
country may be operated by another country]
see also: dry lease arrangements
escort patrol
[unit tasked with escorting refugees being repatriated or with
protecting civilians on their way to and from work where the
route passes dangerously close to a hostile party; the term
refers also to the mission entrusted to the unit]
see also: reconnaissance patrol; standing patrol
estimated time of arrival; ETA
see also: actual time of arrival
estimated time of completion; ETC
estimated time of departure; ETD
see also: actual time of departure
evacuation (of equipment)
[1. in the recovery system, evacuation is the movement of
equipment casualties (in or out of theatre) within a logistics
system; it is distinct from recovery.
2. The process of moving any person who is wounded, injured, or
ill to and/ or medical treatment facilities.
see also: recovery
evacuation point; EP
[logistics; the location at which equipment is collected for
evacuation]
evacuation system; chain of evacuation
[a series of medical-treatement stations and facilities and the
evacuation routes along which they are positioned; "chain of
evacuation" is also used to refer (a) to the series of prisoner-of-war collecting points and cages, and routes by which prisoners of
war and civilian internees are collected and evacuated from a
combat zone to rear areas and (b) to the series of installations for
evacuating disabled or salvaged materiel]
see also: aeromedical evacuation system
exfiltration
[the withdrawal of personnel or units from areas under enemy
control by stealth, deception, surprise or clandestine means]
see also: extraction; infiltration
explosive ordnance disposal; EOD
[ The detection, identification, field evaluation, rendering- safe,
recovery and final disposal of of unexploded explosive
ordonance. It may also include the rendering- safe and/ or disposal of explosive ordonance which have become hazardous by damage
or deterioration when the disposal of such explosive
ordinance is beyond the capabilities of personnel normally assigned
the responsibility for routine disposal. ]
see also: danger zone (UXO/UXB)
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