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Portuguese Armed Forces, the Glossary

The Portuguese Armed Forces (Forças Armadas) are the military of Portugal.^[1]

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Aérospatiale Alouette III

The Aérospatiale Alouette III (Lark; company designations SA 316 and SA 319) is a single-engine, light utility helicopter developed by French aircraft company Sud Aviation.

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Academic degree

An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.

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Aerial firefighting

Aerial firefighting, also known as waterbombing, is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires.

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Aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.

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AgustaWestland AW101

The AgustaWestland AW101 is a medium-lift helicopter in military and civil use.

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AgustaWestland AW119 Koala

The AgustaWestland AW119 Koala, produced by Leonardo since 2016, is an eight-seat utility helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine produced for the civil market.

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AIM-9 Sidewinder

The AIM-9 Sidewinder ("AIM" for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile.

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An airbase (stylised air base in American English), sometimes referred to as a military airbase, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base, is an aerodrome or airport used as a military base by a military force for the operation of military aircraft.

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Air Force blue

Air Force blue colours are a variety of colours that are mostly various tones of the colour azure, the purest tones of which are identified as being the colour of the sky on a clear day.

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Air navigation

The basic principles of air navigation are identical to general navigation, which includes the process of planning, recording, and controlling the movement of a craft from one place to another.

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Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Amphibious transport dock

An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Anti-tank guided missile

An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles.

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Argos-class patrol boat

The Argos-class patrol boat is a model of patrol boat in service in the Portuguese Navy since 1991.

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Armed Forces General Staff (Portugal)

The Armed Forces General Staff (Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas), or EMGFA, is the supreme military body of Portugal. Portuguese Armed Forces and Armed Forces General Staff (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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Armed Forces Movement

A mural dedicated to the MFA, it reads: "Towards freedom. Long live the 25th of April!" The Armed Forces Movement (Movimento das Forças Armadas; MFA) was an organization of lower-ranking officers in the Portuguese Armed Forces.

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Armoured personnel carrier

An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones.

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Army engineering maintenance

Army engineering maintenance consists of those engineers, technicians, and military organizations responsible for the expert repair and maintenance of army vehicles, weapon systems, and other equipment.

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Army Geospatial Information Center

The Army Geospatial Information Center (Centro de Informação Geoespacial do Exército; CIGeoE) is the military geographical, cartographical and geospatial intelligence agency of the Portuguese Army. Portuguese Armed Forces and Army Geospatial Information Center are military of Portugal.

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Army Light Aviation Unit (Portugal)

The Army Light Aviation Unit (Unidade de Aviação Ligeira do Exército, UALE) was the planned aviation unit of the Portuguese Army.

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Army Police (Portugal)

The Army Police (Polícia do Exército, PE), usually called the Lanceiros, is the military police of the Portuguese Army — formerly designated as Polícia Militar (Military Police) between 1953 and 1976. Portuguese Armed Forces and Army Police (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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Arsenal do Alfeite

Arsenal do Alfeite, SA is a company with an area of 36 hectares of implantation included in the Lisbon Naval Base.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Assault rifle

An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine.

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Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)

The Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República), commonly referred to as simply Parliament (Portuguese: Parlamento), is the unicameral parliament of Portugal.

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Attack aircraft

An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pressing the attack.

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Auto mechanic

An auto mechanic is a mechanic who services and repairs automobiles, sometimes specializing in one or more automobile brands or sometimes working with any brand.

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Azores

The Azores (Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira).

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Azores Military Zone

The Azores Military Zone (Zona Militar dos Açores) or ZMA, headquartered in Ponta Delgada, is the Portuguese Army's command responsible for the readying, the training and the operational command of the ground forces stationed in the archipelago of the Azores. Portuguese Armed Forces and Azores Military Zone are military of Portugal.

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Baltic Air Policing

The Baltic air-policing mission is a NATO air defence Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in order to guard the airspace above the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.

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Battle rifle

A battle rifle is a service rifle chambered to fire a fully powered cartridge.

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Belém Palace

The Belém Palace (Palácio de Belém), formally the National Palace of Belém, (Palácio Nacional de Belém), is the current official residence of the president of the Portuguese Republic, the head of state of Portugal.

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Bissau

Bissau is the capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau.

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Black beret

The black beret is a colour of beret, a type of headgear.

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Blue beret

A blue beret is a blue-colored beret used by various (usually special) military and other organizations.

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Carnation Revolution

The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos), also known as the 25 April (25 de Abril), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Lisbon, producing major social, economic, territorial, demographic, and political changes in Portugal and its overseas colonies through the Processo Revolucionário Em Curso.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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CBRN defense

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense) or Nuclear, biological, and chemical protection (NBC protection) is a class of protective measures taken in situations where chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (including terrorism) hazards may be present.

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Centauro-class patrol boat

The Centauro-class patrol boat is a series of four patrol boats in service with the Portuguese Navy.

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Central African Republic

The Central African Republic (CAR), formerly known as Ubangi-Shari, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.

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Centro de Informações e Segurança Militares

Centro de Informações e Segurança Militares (Portuguese for "Military Security and Informations Center") or CISMIL is the joint military intelligence service of the Armed Forces of Portugal. Portuguese Armed Forces and Centro de Informações e Segurança Militares are military of Portugal.

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Chevron (insignia)

A chevron (also spelled cheveron, especially in older documents) is a V-shaped mark or symbol, often inverted.

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Close air support

In military tactics, close air support (CAS) is defined as aerial warfare actions—often air-to-ground actions such as strafes or airstrikes—by military aircraft against hostile targets in close proximity to friendly forces.

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Coat of arms of Portugal

The coat of arms of Portugal is the main heraldic insignia of Portugal.

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Colégio Militar

Colégio Militar (Portuguese for "Military College") is a military secondary school in Lisbon, Portugal. Portuguese Armed Forces and Colégio Militar are military of Portugal.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Combat search and rescue

Combat search and rescue (CSAR) are search and rescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near combat zones.

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Combat uniform

A combat uniform, also called field uniform, battledress or military fatigues, is a casual type of uniform used by military, police, fire and other public uniformed services for everyday fieldwork and combat duty purposes, as opposed to dress uniforms worn in functions and parades.

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Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve

Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF–OIR) is a multinational military formation established by the U.S.-led international coalition against the Islamic State with the stated aim to "degrade and destroy" the organization.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.

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Commando

Royal Marines from 40 Commando on patrol in the Sangin area of Afghanistan are picturedA commando is a combatant, or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force, specially trained for carrying out raids and operating in small teams behind enemy lines.

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Commandos (Portugal)

The Commandos (Comandos) are a special forces unit in the Portuguese Army.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Communist party

A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism.

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Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies

The Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies (Conferência das Organizações Nacionalistas das Colónias Portuguesas CONCP) was an organization for coordination and cooperation between the national liberation movements of the Portuguese colonies in Africa during the Portuguese Colonial War.

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Constitution of Portugal

The present Constitution of Portugal was adopted in 1976 after the Carnation Revolution.

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Continental Portugal

Continental Portugal (Portugal continental) or mainland Portugal comprises the bulk of the Portuguese Republic, namely that part on the Iberian Peninsula and so in Continental Europe, having approximately 95% of the total population and 96.6% of the country's land.

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Council of Ministers (Portugal)

The Council of Ministers (Conselho de Ministros) is a collegial executive body within the Government of Portugal.

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Cyberattack

A cyberattack (or cyber attack) occurs when there is an unauthorized action against computer infrastructure that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of its content.

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Dassault Falcon 50

The Dassault Falcon 50 is a French super-midsize, long-range business jet, featuring a trijet layout with an S-duct air intake for the central engine.

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Dassault Falcon 900

The Dassault Falcon 900, commonly abbreviated as the F900, is a French-built corporate trijet aircraft made by Dassault Aviation.

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Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet

The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany.

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De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer aircraft designed and developed by Canadian aircraft manufacturer de Havilland Canada.

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Decolonization

independence. Decolonization is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas.

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Disruptive Pattern Material

Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) is the commonly used name of a camouflage pattern used by the British Armed Forces as well as many other armed forces worldwide, particularly in former British colonies.

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EADS CASA C-295

The Airbus C295 (previously CASA C-295) is a medium tactical transport aircraft that was designed and initially manufactured by the Spanish aerospace company CASA, which is now part of the European multinational Airbus Defence and Space division.

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Edisoft

Thales Edisoft – Thales Edisoft Portugal, S.A. is a company of Thales Group that offers software development and engineering solutions, systems integration and technological consulting for critical systems in land, maritime, space or cyberspace for the defense and civil markets.

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EID, S.A.

(Empresa de Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Electrónica, S.A.) is a Portuguese research and development company, established in 1983.

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Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.

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Embraer C-390 Millennium

The Embraer C-390 Millennium is a medium-size, twin-engine, jet-powered military transport aircraft designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer.

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Estado Novo (Portugal)

The Estado Novo was the corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933.

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Eurocopter EC635

The Eurocopter EC635 (now Airbus Helicopters H135M) is a multi-purpose light helicopter developed by Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) as a military version of the Eurocopter EC135.

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European Gendarmerie Force

The European Gendarmerie Force (EUROGENDFOR) is a European rapid reaction force composed of elements of several European police and gendarmerie forces.

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European Maritime Force

The European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR or EMF) is a non-standing,.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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European Union Training Mission in Mali

EUTM Mali (European Union Training Mission in Mali) was a European Union multinational military training mission headquartered in Bamako, Mali.

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European Union Training Mission in Somalia

The European Union Training Mission Somalia (EUTM Somalia) is a training operation for the Somali Armed Forces conducted by military officials from European Union states.

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European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic

The European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM-RCA) is a European Union multinational training mission headquartered in Bangui, Central African Republic.

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Exercise Real Thaw

Real Thaw is an annual military exercise organized and hosted by the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) with the participation of forces from the Army and Navy and foreign military forces. Portuguese Armed Forces and exercise Real Thaw are military of Portugal.

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Exercise REP(MUS)

REP(MUS) (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) is an annual military exercise organized and hosted by the Portuguese Navy and NATO with the participation of forces from foreign military forces, universities and tech companies. Portuguese Armed Forces and exercise REP(MUS) are military of Portugal.

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Expeditionary warfare

Expeditionary warfare is a military invasion of a foreign territory, especially away from established bases.

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Farrier

A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary.

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Fábrica de Braço de Prata

Fábrica de Braço de Prata (Portuguese for "Silver Arm Factory"), (Braço de Prata Factory), originally Fábrica de Material de Guerra de Braço de Prata (Braço de Prata War Material Factory) was a small arms, light artillery, ammunition and ordnance factory owned by the Portuguese Government.

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Field artillery

Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field.

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Fishery

Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place (a.k.a., fishing grounds).

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Flechas

The Flechas (Portuguese for Arrows) were an elite paramilitary tactical unit of the Portuguese secret police (PIDE, latter renamed DGS) that operated in Angola and Mozambique during the Portuguese Colonial War.

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Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel

The Flyvefisken-class patrol vessels ("Flying fish" in Danish) are warships of the Royal Danish Navy.

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FN SCAR

The FN SCAR (Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle) is a family of gas-operated short-stroke gas piston automatic rifles developed by Belgian manufacturer FN Herstal (FN) in 2004.

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Force protection

Force protection (FP) is the concept of protecting military personnel, family members, civilians, facilities, equipment and operations from threats or hazards in order to preserve operational effectiveness and contribute to mission success.

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French ship Siroco (L9012)

The French ship Siroco (L9012) was a of the Marine Nationale.

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Frigate

A frigate is a type of warship.

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Frontex

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, commonly known as Frontex, is an agency of the European Union headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.

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Full dress uniform

Full dress uniform, also known as a ceremonial dress uniform or parade dress uniform, is the most formal type of uniforms used by military, police, fire and other public uniformed services for official parades, ceremonies, and receptions, including private ones such as marriages and funerals.

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Gendarmerie

A gendarmerie is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population.

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.

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Global Peace Index

Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness.

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Government of Portugal

The Government of Portugal, also referred to as the Government of the Portuguese Republic, the Portuguese Government or simply the Government, is one of the four of the Portuguese Republic, together with the President of the Republic, the Assembly of the Republic and the courts.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Green beret

The green beret was the official headdress of the British Commandos, a special-forces unit active during World War II.

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Grey

Grey (more common in Commonwealth English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white.

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Guard of honour

A guard of honour (Commonwealth English), honor guard (American English) or ceremonial guard, is a group of people, typically drawn from the military, appointed to perform ceremonial duties – for example, to receive or guard a head of state or other dignitaries, the fallen in war, or to attend at state ceremonials, especially funerals.

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Heckler & Koch G3

The Heckler & Koch G3 (Gewehr 3) is a select-fire battle rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO developed in the 1950s by the German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch, in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned firearms manufacturer CETME.

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Helena Carreiras

Maria Helena Chaves Carreiras (born 26 September 1965) is a Portuguese sociologist who has specialized in issues relating to the military, particularly gender aspects.

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Highway patrol

A highway patrol is a police unit, detail, or law enforcement agency created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways within a jurisdiction.

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Hueste

Hueste (in Spanish), hoste (in Portuguese/Galician), host (in Catalan) or ost (in French) was the designation, used in the Iberian Peninsula and France, during the Middle Ages, to refer to a group of armed men under the command of a prelado or rico-hombre, with the objective of executing expeditions or warfare.

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Icelandic Air Policing

Icelandic Air Policing is a NATO operation conducted to patrol Iceland's airspace.

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Indian Armed Forces

The Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of India.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

The insurgency in Cabo Delgado is an ongoing Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, mainly fought between militant Islamists and jihadists attempting to establish an Islamic state in the region, and Mozambican security forces.

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International Force East Timor

The International Force East Timor (INTERFET) was a multinational non-United Nations peacemaking task force, organised and led by Australia in accordance with United Nations resolutions to address the humanitarian and security crisis that took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of UN peacekeepers.

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International Security Assistance Force

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a multinational military mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014.

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Intervention Brigade (Portugal)

The Intervention Brigade (Brigada de Intervenção) or BrigInt is an infantry brigade in service with the Portuguese Army. Portuguese Armed Forces and Intervention Brigade (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), known and marketed under Oshkosh development as the L-ATV (Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle), is a light utility/combat multi-role vehicle.

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Jordan

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.

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Junior officer

Junior officer, company officer or company grade officer refers to the lowest operational commissioned officer category of ranks in a military or paramilitary organization, ranking above non-commissioned officers and below senior officers.

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Karel Doorman-class frigate

The Karel Doorman-class frigates are a series of eight multi-purpose vessels built for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action.

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Kingdom of Portugal

The Kingdom of Portugal was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.

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Kosovo Force

The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

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Landing platform helicopter

Landing platform helicopter (LPH) is a term used by some navies to denote a type of amphibious warfare ship designed primarily to operate as a launch and recovery platform for helicopters and other VTOL aircraft.

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Law of Portugal

The Law of Portugal is part of the family of what in English-speaking countries are sometimes called the "civil law" legal systems, referring to legal systems that developped at least in conversation or close ties with systems influenced by the ius commune medieval European tradition of Roman law (however, Scandinavian legal systems are often counted as such, despite the former not penetrating in influence, as opposed to local North Germanic customary law).

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Legal profession

Legal profession is a profession in which legal professionals study, develop and apply law.

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Leopard 2

The Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank (MBT).

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LET L-23 Super Blaník

The LET L-23 Super Blaník is a two-seat, all-metal structure glider with fabric covered control surfaces.

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Light infantry

Light infantry refers to certain types of lightly equipped infantry throughout history.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Lisbon Naval Base

The Lisbon Naval Base (Portuguese: Base Naval de Lisboa), is the main installation and operational base of the Portuguese Navy. Portuguese Armed Forces and Lisbon Naval Base are military of Portugal.

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List of military diving units

This is a list of notable naval frogman and may contain combat units, salvage units, training units and diving research units which are present or past commands of any branch of the armed forces of any country.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.

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Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).

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Lockheed P-3 Orion

The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s.

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Luís Montenegro

Luís Filipe Montenegro Cardoso de Morais Esteves (born 16 February 1973) is a Portuguese politician and lawyer currently serving as the Prime Minister of Portugal since 2024.

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M113 armored personnel carrier

The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation.

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Madeira

Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of two autonomous regions of Portugal, the other being the Azores.

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Main battle tank

A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank,Ogorkiewicz 2018 p222 is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Manuel António Vassalo e Silva

Manuel António Vassalo e Silva (8 November 1899 – 11 August 1985) was an officer of the Portuguese Army and an overseas administrator.

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Marcelo Caetano

Marcelo José das Neves Alves Caetano (17 August 1906 – 26 October 1980) was a Portuguese politician and scholar.

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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa (born in 12 December 1948) is a Portuguese politician and academic.

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Marines

Marines (or naval infantry) are soldiers who primarily operate in littoral zones, both on land and at sea.

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In Portugal, the coast guard role is performed by several government agencies that, together, form the Maritime Authority System (Sistema de Autoridade Marítima, SAM).

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Materiel

Materiel is supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commercial supply chain context.

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Mechanized Brigade (Portugal)

The Mechanized Brigade (Brigada Mecanizada) or BrigMec is a mechanized infantry brigade in service with the Portuguese Army. Portuguese Armed Forces and mechanized Brigade (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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Medic

A medic is a medical practitioner or student such as a medical doctor or an emergency medical responder such as a paramedic.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Merchant navy

A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country.

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Military academy

A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps.

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Military Academy (Portugal)

The Military Academy (AM; Academia Militar in Portuguese) is a Portuguese military establishment, which has the ability to confer educational qualifications equivalent to a university. Portuguese Armed Forces and military Academy (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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Military and Technical Training Center of the Air Force

The Military and Technical Training Center of the Air Force (Centro de Formação Militar e Técnica da Força Aérea) or CFMTFA is the unit responsible for the military, humanistic, technical and scientific training of the personnel of the Portuguese Air Force. Portuguese Armed Forces and military and Technical Training Center of the Air Force are military of Portugal.

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Military beret

Troops began wearing berets as a part of the headgear of military uniforms in some European countries during the 19th century; since the mid-20th century, they have become a component of the uniforms of many armed forces throughout the world.

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Military camouflage

Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by an armed force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces.

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Military campaign

A military campaign is large-scale long-duration significant military strategy plan incorporating a series of interrelated military operations or battles forming a distinct part of a larger conflict often called a war.

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Military communications

Military communications or military signals involve all aspects of communications, or conveyance of information, by armed forces.

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Military engineering

Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications.

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Military exercise

A military exercise, training exercise, maneuver (manoeuvre), or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations.

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Military history of Portugal

The military history of Portugal is as long as the history of the country, from before the emergence of the independent Portuguese state. Portuguese Armed Forces and military history of Portugal are military of Portugal.

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Military logistics

Military logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement, supply, and maintenance of military forces.

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Military operation

A military operation (op) is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation.

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Military operations other than war

Military operations other than war (MOOTW) are military operations that do not involve warfare, combat, or the threat or use of violence.

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Military police

Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state.

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Military ranks of Portugal

The military ranks of Portugal form the system of hierarchical relationships in the Portuguese Armed Forces. Portuguese Armed Forces and military ranks of Portugal are military of Portugal.

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Military star ranking

Military star ranking is military terminology, used in mainly English speaking countries, to describe general and flag officers.

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Military strategy

Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals.

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Military transport aircraft

A military transport aircraft, military cargo aircraft or airlifter is a military-owned transport aircraft used to support military operations by airlifting troops and military equipment.

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Ministry (government department)

Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration.

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Ministry of Internal Administration (Portugal)

The Ministry of Internal Administration (Ministério da Administração Interna or MAI), is the Portuguese government ministry responsible for public security, civil defense, electoral administration, road traffic safety, and immigration and refugee affairs.

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Ministry of National Defence (Portugal)

The Ministry of National Defence (Ministério da Defesa Nacional or MDN) is a Portuguese government ministry, which is responsible for preparing and executing the national defense policy, within the scope of its powers, as well as ensuring and supervising the administration of the Portuguese Armed Forces. Portuguese Armed Forces and ministry of National Defence (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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Ministry of War (Portugal)

The War Ministry (Ministério da Guerra) was the government department responsible for the administration of the Portuguese Army. Portuguese Armed Forces and Ministry of War (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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MINUSCA

United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (also called MINUSCA, which is an initialism of its French name Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations unies pour la stabilisation en Centrafrique) is a UN peacekeeping mission, which started on April 10, 2014, to protect Central African Republic civilians under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.

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Missile

A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.

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Mogadishu

Mogadishu (also; Muqdisho, Wadaad: or Xamar, Wadaad:; مقديشو, Italian: Mogadiscio), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia.

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Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest.

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MultiCam

MultiCam is a camouflage pattern designed for use in a wide range of environments and conditions which was specifically developed and is produced by American company Crye Precision.

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National Republican Guard (Portugal)

The National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana) or GNR is the national gendarmerie force of Portugal. Portuguese Armed Forces and national Republican Guard (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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National security

National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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Naval architecture

Naval architecture, or naval engineering, is an engineering discipline incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the engineering design process, shipbuilding, maintenance, and operation of marine vessels and structures.

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Naval base

A naval base, navy base, or military port is a military base, where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or need to restock.

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Naval School (Portugal)

The Naval School (Escola Naval) is a higher education level naval academy in Alfeite, Portugal. Portuguese Armed Forces and naval School (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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Navy blue

Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue.

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Navy Ministry (Portugal)

The Navy Ministry (Ministério da Marinha) was the government department responsible for both the Portuguese Navy and all civilian maritime matters.

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Necessidades Palace

The Necessidades Palace is a historic building in the Largo do Rilvas, a public square in Lisbon, Portugal.

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NHIndustries NH90

The NHIndustries NH90 is a European medium-sized, twin-engine, multirole military helicopter.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.

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OGMA

OGMA – Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal S.A. is a Portuguese aerospace company focused on aircraft maintenance and manufacturing.

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Olive (color)

Olive is a dark yellowish-green color, like that of unripe or green olives.

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Operation Active Endeavour

Operation Active Endeavour was a maritime operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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Operation Atalanta

Operation Atalanta, formally European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia, is an ongoing counter-piracy military operation at sea off the Horn of Africa and in the Western Indian Ocean, that is the first naval operation conducted by the European Union (EU), in support of United Nations resolutions 1814, 1816, 1838, and 1846 adopted in 2008 by the United Nations Security Council.

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Operation Ocean Shield

Operation Ocean Shield was NATO's contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA), an anti-piracy initiative in the Indian Ocean, Guardafui Channel, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea.

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Operation Sea Guardian

Operation Sea Guardian was launched as a maritime security operation by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the Warsaw Summit in July 2016, aiming to expand NATO's role within the Mediterranean Sea.

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Operation Sophia

Operation Sophia, formally European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EU NAVFOR Med), was a military operation of the European Union that was established as a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean.

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Ordenanças

The ordenanças (ordinances), sometimes misspelled ordenanzas in English, were a militia-type organization that existed in Portugal and in some parts of the Portuguese Empire (especially in Brazil), between the 16th and the 19th centuries.

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Overseas Ministry (Portugal)

Former headquarters of the Portuguese Ministry of the Overseas, in Lisbon. The Overseas Ministry (in Portuguese: Ministério do Ultramar) was the department of the Government of Portugal responsible for the administration of the overseas provinces.

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Pandur II (8×8)

The Pandur II is an improved modular all-wheel-drive version of the Pandur 6×6 APC wheeled armoured vehicle.

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Panel beater

Panel beater or panelbeater is a term used in some Commonwealth countries to describe a person who restores vehicle bodies back to their factory state after having been damaged (e.g., after being involved in a collision).

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Paratroopers' Regiment

The Regimento de Paraquedistas (formerly: Escola de Tropas Pára-Quedistas - Parachute Troops School), based in Tancos, Portugal, is a unit of the Portuguese Army and serves as the instruction center for recruitment and training of the Portuguese paratroopers. Portuguese Armed Forces and Paratroopers' Regiment are military of Portugal.

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Pathfinders Company (Portugal)

The Air-Land Pathfinders Company (Companhia de Precursores Aeroterrestres) - known as the Precs - is a forward observer, long-range penetration, and special reconnaissance unit of the Portuguese Paratroopers. Portuguese Armed Forces and Pathfinders Company (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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Patrol boat

A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement.

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Paulo Portas

Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962) is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has, since the 1990s, been one of Portugal's leading conservative politicians.

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Peacekeeping

Peacekeeping comprises activities, especially military ones, intended to create conditions that favor lasting peace.

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Physician

A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

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Polícia Aérea

The Polícia Aérea (Portuguese for "Air Police") or PA is the air force ground forces and special forces and military police of the Portuguese Air Force. Portuguese Armed Forces and Polícia Aérea are military of Portugal.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Portuguese Air Force

The Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) is the aerial warfare force of Portugal. Portuguese Armed Forces and Portuguese Air Force are military of Portugal.

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Portuguese Air Force Academy

The Portuguese Air Force Academy (AFA, Academia da Força Aérea in Portuguese) is a Portuguese military higher education institution whose aim is to provide all its students with the training and the experience that will enable them to graduate having gained the knowledge and the character qualities that are essential for leadership, and the motivation to become Portuguese Air Force officers. Portuguese Armed Forces and Portuguese Air Force Academy are military of Portugal.

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Portuguese Angola

In southwestern Africa, Portuguese Angola was a historical colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951), the overseas province Portuguese West Africa of Estado Novo Portugal (1951–1972), and the State of Angola of the Portuguese Empire (1972–1975).

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Portuguese Army

The Portuguese Army (Exército Português) is the land component of the Armed Forces of Portugal and is also its largest branch. Portuguese Armed Forces and Portuguese Army are military of Portugal.

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Portuguese Colonial War

The Portuguese Colonial War (Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation, and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican War of Independence, was a 13-year-long conflict fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974.

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Portuguese Empire

The Portuguese Empire (Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas or the Portuguese Colonial Empire, was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the Kingdom of Portugal, and later the Republic of Portugal.

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Portuguese Guinea

Portuguese Guinea (Guiné Portuguesa), called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a West African colony of Portugal from 1588 until 10 September 1974, when it gained independence as Guinea-Bissau.

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Portuguese India

The State of India (Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (Estado Português da India, EPI) or simply Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal.

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Portuguese irregular forces in the Overseas War

In various theaters of operations in the Portuguese Colonial War arose at the outset the need to create various types of irregular forces to help the Portuguese Armed Forces.

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Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College

The Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College (Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares) or IESM is the military university establishment that provides training and education to experienced officers of the three service branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces and of the Portuguese National Republican Guard (GNR). Portuguese Armed Forces and Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College are military of Portugal.

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Portuguese Marine Corps

The Portuguese Marine Corps (Corps of Fusiliers) constitutes the Elite Marine Commandos (special operations capable) and the Special Operations Branch of the Portuguese Navy. Portuguese Armed Forces and Portuguese Marine Corps are military of Portugal.

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Portuguese Mozambique

Portuguese Mozambique (Moçambique Portuguesa) or Portuguese East Africa (África Oriental Portuguesa) were the common terms by which Mozambique was designated during the period in which it was a Portuguese colony.

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Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation (Aviação Naval Portuguesa) constituted the air component of the Portuguese Navy, from 1917 to 1957. Portuguese Armed Forces and Portuguese Naval Aviation are military of Portugal.

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Portuguese Navy

The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa), also known as the Portuguese War Navy (Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa) or as the Portuguese Armada (Armada Portuguesa), is the navy of the Portuguese Armed Forces. Portuguese Armed Forces and Portuguese Navy are military of Portugal.

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Portuguese Paratroopers

The Portuguese Paratroopers (Tropas Paraquedistas) are an elite infantry assault force, representing the bulk of the airborne forces of Portugal. Portuguese Armed Forces and Portuguese Paratroopers are military of Portugal.

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Power projection

Power projection (or force projection or strength projection) in international relations is the capacity of a state to deploy and sustain forces outside its territory.

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President of Portugal

The president of Portugal, officially the president of the Portuguese Republic (Presidente da República Portuguesa), is the head of state and highest office of Portugal.

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Preventive police

Preventive police is that aspect of law enforcement intended to act as a deterrent to the commission of crime.

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Prime Minister of Portugal

The prime minister of Portugal (primeiro-ministro) is the head of government of Portugal.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Psychologist

A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior.

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Pupilos do Exército

The Pupilos do Exército (Portuguese for "pupils of the Army") is military vocational education school of Portugal. Portuguese Armed Forces and Pupilos do Exército are military of Portugal.

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Rapid Reaction Brigade (Portugal)

The Brigada de Reacção Rápida (Rapid Reaction Brigade) is a unit of the Portuguese Army which was known as BAI - Brigada Aerotransportada Independente (Independent Airborne Brigade) until 2006. Portuguese Armed Forces and Rapid Reaction Brigade (Portugal) are military of Portugal.

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Red beret

The red beret is a military beret worn by many military police, paramilitary, commando, and police forces and should not be confused with the maroon beret worn by airborne troops all around the world.

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Regiment

A regiment is a military unit.

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Replenishment oiler

A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores during underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea.

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Revolutionary Council (Portugal)

The Revolutionary Council (Conselho da Revolução) of Portugal, was created on 14 March 1975 by the Assembly of the Armed Forces Movement (Assembleia do Movimento das Forças Armadas) with the goal of achieving the objectives of that movement's program as fast as possible and to provide the Portuguese people the security, the confidence, and social peace necessary achieve those governmental reforms.

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Roads in Portugal

Roads in Portugal are defined by the Plano Rodoviário Nacional (PRN, National Road Plan), which describes the existing and planned network of Portuguese roads.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Rover-class tanker

The Rover class is a British ship class of five small fleet tankers, active from 1970 to 2017 with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom.

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Salgueiro Maia

Fernando José Salgueiro Maia, GOTE, GCIH, GCL (1 July 1944 – 4 April 1992 in Santarém), commonly known as Salgueiro Maia, was a captain in the Portuguese army.

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Santarém, Portugal

Santarém is a portuguese city and municipality located in the district of Santarém.

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Sapper

A sapper, also called a combat engineer, is a combatant or soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties, such as breaching fortifications, demolitions, bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, preparing field defenses, and road and airfield construction and repair.

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Sappers Divers Group

The Divers Group (AGRUMERG, Agrupamento de Mergulhadores) is the Portuguese Navy's sapper clearance diver unit. Portuguese Armed Forces and sappers Divers Group are military of Portugal.

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São Bento Palace

The São Bento Palace (italic, "Saint Benedict's Palace") in Lisbon is the seat of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, the parliament of Portugal.

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Schleicher ASK 21

The ASK 21 is a glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) two-seat glider aircraft with a T-tail.

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Sergeant

Sergeant (Sgt) is a rank in use by the armed forces of many countries.

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Service dress uniform

Service dress uniform is the informal type of uniform used by military, police, fire and other public uniformed services for everyday office, barracks and non-field duty purposes and sometimes for ceremonial occasions.

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Shades of green

Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation or intensity) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities.

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Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft.

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Socata TB 30 Epsilon

The Socata TB 30 Epsilon is a light military trainer aircraft produced by SOCATA (then part of Aérospatiale).

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Somalia

Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Special Actions Detachment

The Special Actions Detachment (Destacamento de Ações Especiais) or DAE is the tier one special force maritime unit of the Portuguese Navy. Portuguese Armed Forces and special Actions Detachment are military of Portugal.

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Special Groups (Portugal)

The Special Groups or GE (Grupos Especiais in Portuguese) were commando of platoon size, set up from 1966 to 1974 by the Portuguese Armed Forces in Angola and in Mozambique.

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Special operations

Special operations or special ops are military activities conducted, according to NATO, by "specially designated, organized, selected, trained, and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment." Special operations may include reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counterterrorism, and are typically conducted by small groups of highly trained personnel, emphasizing sufficiency, stealth, speed, and tactical coordination, commonly known as special forces.

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Special Operations Troops Centre

The CTOE - Centro de Tropas de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Troops Centre), based in Lamego, is a unit of the Portuguese Army with the mission of instructing troops in unconventional warfare and counter-terrorism. Portuguese Armed Forces and Special Operations Troops Centre are military of Portugal.

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Squadron (aviation)

A squadron in an air force, or naval or army aviation service, is a unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force.

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Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian War.

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Standing army

A standing army is a permanent, often professional, army.

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Standing NATO Maritime Group 1

Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) is one of NATO's standing naval maritime immediate reaction forces.

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State of emergency

A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens.

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Stripe (pattern)

A stripe is a line or band that differs in color or tone from an adjacent area.

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Supply chain

A supply chain, sometimes expressed as a "supply-chain", is a complex logistics system that consists of facilities that convert raw materials into finished products and distribute them to end consumers or end customers.

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Takuba Task Force

The Takuba Task Force was a European military task force placed under French command, established to advise, assist and accompany Malian Armed Forces, in coordination with G5-Sahel partners and other international actors on the ground.

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Technology company

A technology company (or tech company) is a company that focuses primarily on the manufacturing, support, research and development of — most commonly computing, telecommunication and consumer electronics-based — technology-intensive products and services, which include businesses relating to digital electronics, software, optics, new energy and internet-related services such as cloud storage and e-commerce services.

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Tekever

Tekever is an IT, aerospace, defence and security technologies company based in Lisbon region, Portugal.

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Theater (warfare)

In warfare, a theater or theatre is an area in which important military events occur or are in progress.

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Tridente-class submarine

The Tridente-class submarines, also designated as U 209PN, are diesel-electric submarines based on the Type 214 submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW) for the Portuguese Navy.

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U.S. Woodland

The U.S. Woodland is a camouflage pattern that was used as the default camouflage pattern issued to the United States Armed Forces from 1981, with the issue of the Battle Dress Uniform, until its replacement in the mid to late 2000s.

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UAVision

UAVision Aeronautics is a company with more than 18 years of experience in the development of Unmanned aerial vehicles and subsystems.

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Umbrella organization

An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources.

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Underwater diving

Underwater diving, as a human activity, is the practice of descending below the water's surface to interact with the environment.

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United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (قوة الأممالمتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL (يونيفيل, יוניפי״ל), is a UN peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by United Nations Security Council Resolutions 425 and 426, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon which Israel had invaded five days prior, in order to ensure that the government of Lebanon would restore its effective authority in the area.

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United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali.

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United Nations Operation in Mozambique

The United Nations Operations in Mozambique (ONUMOZ, Operação das Nações Unidas em Moçambique) was a UN peace mission to Mozambique established in December 1992 under Security Council Resolution 797 with the assignment to monitor the implementation of the Rome General Peace Accords agreed upon by the Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano of FRELIMO, the Front for Liberation of Mozambique, and Afonso Dhlakama of RENAMO, the Mozambican National Resistance.

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University

A university is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines.

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.

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Unmanned underwater vehicle

Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), also known as uncrewed underwater vehicles and underwater drones, are submersible vehicles that can operate underwater without a human occupant.

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URO VAMTAC

The URO VAMTAC (Vehículo de Alta Movilidad Táctico, "High Mobility Tactical Vehicle") is a Spanish four-wheel drive military vehicle manufactured by UROVESA.

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Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessel

The Viana do Castelo class is a class of offshore patrol vessels planned by and for the Portuguese Navy, as a result of the NPO2000 Project (Portuguese, Navios de Patrulha Oceânica, for Oceanic Patrol Vessels), that are being constructed in the West Sea Shipyard.

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Visit, board, search, and seizure

Visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) is the term used by United States military and law enforcement agencies for maritime boarding actions and tactics.

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Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Armed_Forces

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