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Appendix G: Definitions
Pages 193-195

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... Deployment. Unless specifically defined differently by the com mander/leader responsible for the mission at hand, a deployment is defined as a troop movement resulting from a JCS/Unified Command deployment order to a land-based location outside the Continental United States that does not have a permanent U.S.
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... An estimated chemical concentration above which certain types of adverse health effects might begin to occur in individuals within the exposed population after a continuous, single exposure of specified duration. Occupational and environmental health.
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... . This term is also used to describe an adverse health effect that persists for a relatively short period of time before subsiding completely (De partment of the Army, HQDA Ltr 1-0-1, 27 June 2001)
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  • health threat
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  • fit force

  • service support
  • location outside
  • common modes
  • injury prevention
  • multiple chemicals

  • casualty care
  • deployment order
  • joint publication
  • health hazards
  • comprehensive strategy

  • combat effectiveness
  • natural environment
  • movement resulting
  • reduce unit
  • cause health

  • force promotion
  • ingredients include
  • short period
  • dose range
  • sickness incurred

  • specified duration
  • major ingredients
  • unit strength
  • chemical concentrations
  • exposed population


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