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2. R&R (military) - Wikipedia

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   A young sailor returns home to his mother and siblings in this 1904 illustration. R&R, military slang for rest and recuperation (also rest and relaxation, rest and recreation, or rest and rehabilitation), is an abbreviation used for the free time of a soldier or international UN staff serving in unaccompanied (no family) duty stations.

3. Nike (rocket stage) - Wikipedia

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   The Nike stage or Nike booster, a solid fuel rocket motor, was created by Hercules Aerospace for the Nike Ajax (M5) Nike Hercules (M5E1) (and M88 late in Hercules career). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was developed for use as the first stage of the Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules missiles as part of Project Nike .

4. Fort Totten (Queens) - Wikipedia

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   In 1954, the fort became a Project Nike air defense site. Although no Nike missiles were located at Fort Totten, it was the regional headquarters for the New York area; administrative offices and personnel housing were located at the fort. By 1966 the fort was home to the headquarters of the 1st Region, Army Air Defense Command.

5. MIM-23 Hawk - Wikipedia

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   The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing All the Way Killer") [2] is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile.It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules, trading off range and altitude capability for a much smaller size and weight.

6. List of the United States military vehicles by model number

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   M254 truck, missile rocket motor, Nike Ajax; M255 truck, body section, Nike Ajax; M256 truck, inert, Nike Ajax; M257 truck, inert, Nike Ajax; M258A1 Trailer, radar-tracking van, 4-dual wheels (G789) M259A1 Trailer, Nike Hercules director station, 4-dual wheels (G789) M260 trailer, drop bed, antenna mount, Nike (G789)

7. Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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   A former military-associated police force, the Iranian Gendarmerie, was merged with the National Police and Islamic Revolution Committees in 1990. Iranian soldiers during Iran-Iraq war , 1980s In 1991, the Iranian armed forces received a number of Iraqi military aircraft being evacuated from the Persian Gulf War of that year; most of which were ...