Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL | a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces |
armored personnel carrier
armoured personnel carrier
APC | (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry |
biology lab
biology laboratory
bio lab | a laboratory for biological research |
body bag
personnel pouch
human remains pouch | a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed |
chemistry lab
chemistry laboratory
chem lab | a laboratory for research in chemistry |
| defense laboratory | a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense |
fragmentation bomb
antipersonnel bomb
anti-personnel bomb
daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
lab
laboratory
research lab
research laboratory
science lab
science laboratory | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research |
lab bench
laboratory bench | a workbench in a laboratory |
lab coat
laboratory coat | a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory |
Naval Research Laboratory
NRL | the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines |
| personnel carrier | a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment |
physics lab
physics laboratory | a laboratory for research in physics |
space station
space platform
space laboratory | a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research |
| staff | a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose, he walked with the help of a wooden staff |
United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
USACIL | a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command, the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence |
staff
stave | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written |
| staff line | any of the horizontal marks comprising a staff |
treble clef
treble staff
G clef | a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff |
| staff | a rod carried as a symbol |
personnel casualty
loss | military personnel lost by death or capture |
bread
breadstuff staff of life | food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked |
personnel department
personnel office
personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs | the executive agency that advises the President on military questions, composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps |
Department of Defense Laboratory System
LABLINK | a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness |
force
personnel | group of people willing to obey orders, a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens |
staff
faculty | the body of teachers and administrators at a school, the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university |
office
office staff | professional or clerical workers in an office, the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard |
| research staff | a group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory |
| sales staff | those in a business who are responsible for sales |
| security staff | those in an organization responsible for preventing spying or theft |
service staff
maintenance staff | those in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant |
military personnel
soldiery
troops | soldiers collectively |
| general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy |
| headquarters staff | military staff stationed at headquarters |
| staff | personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task, the hospital has an excellent nursing staff, the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions |
| line personnel | personnel having direct job performance responsibilities |
| management personnel | personnel having overall planning and direction responsibilities |
half-mast
half-staff | a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress |
testing ground
laboratory | a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation, the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories, Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism |
| chief of staff | the senior officer of a service of the armed forces |
serviceman
military man
man military personnel | someone who serves in the armed forces, a member of a military force, two men stood sentry duty |
staff member
staffer | an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) |
| staff officer | a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff |
| staff sergeant | a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman st class in the Air Force |
ocotillo
coachwhip
Jacob's staff
vine cactus
Fouquieria splendens | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
Celastraceae
family Celastraceae
spindle-tree family
staff-tree family | trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having brightolored fruits |
| staff tree | any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus |
bittersweet American bittersweet
climbing bittersweet
false bittersweet
staff vine
waxwork
shrubby bittersweet
Celastrus scandens | twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
| staff | building material consisting of plaster and hair, used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration |