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  • wargame (to) [ A simulation, by whatever means, of a militatry operation involving two or more opposing forces, using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real life situation. ]

  • warning order; Wng O [ A preliminary notice of an action or order that is to follow. Usually issued as abrief oral or written message, it is designed to give subordinates time to make necessary plans and preperations. ]

  • watching brief [closely follows the situation on the ground so that changes to the mandate of an operation can be made as necessary]

  • water provisioning sub-unit [1. standby forces; locates and accesses sources of water in a severely degraded mission area, and purifies and provides not less than 40,000 gallons of potable water per day]

  • weapon exclusion zone; exclusion zone; EZ

  • weapon pylon [equipment on a plane] see also: pod

  • weapons collection point; WCP

  • weapons platform [aircraft, ship or vehicle considered as the carrier of a set of weapons, as distinct from an observation platform] see also: observation platform

  • weapons storage site; WSS

  • weapons-limitation zone see also: area of limitation in armaments; restricted weapons zone

  • welfare officer; WELO

  • wet lease (arrangements) (or system) [a contingent-owned equipment reimbursement system where the troop-contributing country assumes responsibility for maintaining and supporting deployed major or minor items of equipment and is entitled to reimbursement] see also: dry lease (arrangements)

  • white helmets [international volunteer rapid-response teams in the field of humanitarian relief (in case of natural or man-made emergencies), whose creation was launched with an initial contribution from Argentina; the term may also refer to ECOMOG troops deployed in Liberia by ECOWAS]

  • wing; wg [air force unit composed of one mission group and the necessary supporting organizations (supply, maintenance, hospitalization, etc.); a fighter wing consists usually of 3 squadrons of 25 aircraft each]

  • working dress [UK]; fatigue [US] [work uniform worn while on fatigue duty (cleaning, moving supplies, etc.)] see also: battle dress uniform

  • Working Group on a Multinational UN Stand-by Forces High Readiness Brigade [established by troop-contributing nations to explore the option of creating a rapid deployment force within the framework of the UNSAS, and thus safeguarding national sovereignty issues; a number of Member States can, by forming an affiliation between appropriate contributions to the UNSAS, make a pre-established Multinational UN Stand-by Forces High-Readiness Brigade available to the UN, thus providing a rapid deployment capability for deployments of a limited duration; employment of the Brigade mandated by the Security Council will be subject to approval by the participating nations for their individual troop contributions, thereby satisfying the government's national obligations] see also: Group of Fiends of Rapid Reaction

  • World Geodetic System 84; WGS 84 [DMA's modeling of the Earth from a geometric, geodetic and gravitational standpoint; it allows referencing of local geodetic systems to a single geocentric system; also serves as the reference system for GPS equipment] see also: referenced to; local geodetic system

  • wounded in action; WIA [ A battle casualty other than "killed in action" who has incurred an injury due to an external agent or cause. The term encompasses all kinds of wounds and other injuries incurred in action. ]

  • write-off [write-off follows the condemnation of equipment or rations] see also: condemnation

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