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List of [[military]] [[strategy|strategies]] and concepts and [[term]]s and the key people who created them:

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==A==
* [[Achilles|Achilles' heel]] - deadly weakness in spite of overall strength, which can actually or potentially lead to downfall
* [[Aircraft]]
* [[Aircraft carrier]]
* [[Air Force]]
* [[:Category:Air Power|Air power]]
* [[AK pattern rifle]]
* [[Alexander the Great]]
* [[ALICE]]: All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment
* [[Allied Powers]]
* [[Ally]]
* [[Amateur radio]]
* [[Ammunition]]
* [[Arsenal]]

==B==
* [[Balance of terror]]
* [[Ballistic missile]]
* [[Barbed wire]]
* [[Battle of Asculum]] - [[Pyrrhic victory]]
* [[Battle of Britain]]
* [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] - [[Pyrrhic victory]] - "Don't shoot 'till you see the whites of their eyes!"
* [[Battle of Heraclea]] - [[Pyrrhic victory]]
* [[Battle of Stalingrad]]
* [[Battle of the Bulge]]
* [[Beretta 92FS]]
* [[Blitzkrieg]] and [[The Blitz]]
* [[Blockade|Blockade / Siege / Investment]]
* [[Bombing a civilian population]]
* [[Bombing of Japan]]
* [[Bug-out bag]] ([[BOB]]) and [[Everday carry]] ([[EDC]])
* [[Bug-out gear]]
* [[Bullet]]
* [[Bullying]]

==C==
* [[Camouflage]]
* [[Cartridge (firearms)]]
* [[Censorship]]
* [[Coercion]]
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Come and take it]]! - [[Molon labe]]]!
* [[Concertina wire]]
* [[:Category:Conquerors|Conquerors]]
* [[Containment]]
* [[Propaganda#Counter-propaganda|Counter-propaganda]] and [[Propaganda]]
* [[Cruiser]]
* [[Cryptology]]

==D==
* [[Decapitation]]
* [[Delaying action]]
* [[Deception]]
* [[Dehydrated meal]]
* [[Denial]]
* [[Deterrence theory]]
* [[DLP]]: [[defense of life and property]]
* [[Doctrine]]: [[Monroe Doctrine]], [[Truman Doctrine]], [[Reagan Doctrine]], [[Bush Doctrine]]

==E==
* [[Electronic warfare]]
* [[Emergency ration]]

==F==
* [[First strike]] - [[nuclear weapons]]
* [[From my cold, dead hands]]
* [[Food storage]]
* [[Foreign policy]] - [[American foreign policy]]
* [[:Category:Fortifications|Fortification]]
* [[FOB]]: [[forward operating base]]
* [[Force multiplier]]: A capability that, when added to and employed by a [[combat]] [[force]], significantly increases the combat potential of that force and thus enhances the probability of successful [[mission]] accomplishment. (US [[DOD]] definition.)

==G==
* [[Geneva Convention]]
* [[Genghis Khan]]

==H==
* [[Hannibal]] - [[Second Punic War]]

==I==
* [[Infantry]]
* [[Intercontinental ballistic missile]]
* [[Interdependence]]
* [[Isolationism]]

==J==
* [[Julius Caesar]]

==K==
* [[Kamikaze]]
* [[Knife]]

==M==

* [[Maneuver warfare]]
* [[M4 carbine semi-automatic rifle]]
* [[M14 automatic rifle]] - [[M1A semi-automatic rifle]] - [[M1 Gardand semi-automatic rifle]]
* [[M16 automatic rifle]] - [[AR-15 semi-automatic rifle]]
* [[Machine gun]]
* [[Maginot Line]]
* [[Marine Corps]]
* [[Meal, Ready-to-Eat]] ([[MRE]])<ref name="MREInfo">{{cite web|title=MRE Info|url=http://www.mreinfo.com/us/mre/mre-menus.html |accessdate=April 17, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Media censorship]]
* [[Military hand signals]]
* [[Military ration]]
* [[Military specification]] ([[Milspec]])
* [[Molon labe]]]! - [[Come and take it]]!
* [[Monroe Doctrine]]
* [[Morse Code]]
* [[Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle]]
* [[Mutually assured destruction]]

==N==
* [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]
* [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]]
* [[Naval warfare]]
* [[Naval Special Warfare]] - [[Navy]] [[SEAL]]s
* [[Nonverbal communications]]
* [[Nuclear target structures]]
* [[Nuclear war]]
* [[Nuclear weapons]]

==O==
* [[Liberal obfuscation|Obfuscation]]
* [[OPSEC]] - [[Operational security]]

==P==
* [[George S. Patton, Jr.]]
* [[Pillbox (military)]]
* [[Pistol]]s: [[M1911]], [[Beretta 92FS]]
* [[Second Punic War]] - [[Hannibal]]
* [[Propaganda]] and [[Propaganda#Counter-propaganda|Counter-propaganda]]
* [[Pyrrhic victory]]

==R==
* [[Reagan Doctrine]]
* [[Rifle]]s: [[M-16]]/[[AR-15]], [[M-14]]/[[M1A]], [[M1 Garand]]
* [[Rollback]]
* [[Erwin Rommel]]
* [[Saul_Alinsky#Alinsky.27s_.22Rules_for_Radicals.22|Rules for Radicals]]
* [[Rules of engagement]]

==S==
* [[SEAL]]s
* [[Shock and awe]] 
* [[Shotgun]]
* [[Siege]]
* [[Sniper]]
* [[Soldier]]
* [[SOP]] or [[S.O.P]].: [[standard operating procedure]](s)
* [[Strategy]]
* [[Strategic Nuclear Triad]]
* [[Submarine]]
* [[Sun Tzu]] - author of the [[Art of War]]

==T==
* [[TEOTWAWKI]]: [[The End of the World As We Know It]] ([[acronym]] used by [[soldier]]s and coined by [[Mike Medintz]]) (Spoken “Tee-ought-[[walk]]-ee”).
* [[Terrorism]] - [[Terror]] - [[Terrorist]]
* [[Trojan Horse]]

==U==
* [[United States Marine Corps]]
* [[United States Navy SEALs]]

==V==

==W==
* [[War]]
* [[Warship]]
* [[Win without fighting]] – According to [[Sun Tzu]]'s [[Art of War]] a brilliant commander is one who wins without fighting
* [[World War II in the Air]]
* [[WROL]]: [[Without Rule Of Law]]. (A [[lawless]] [[situation]].)
* [[WTSHTF]]: When the [[s*** hits the fan]].  Also synonymously use the [[term]]s [[TEOTWAWKI]], [[The Crunch]], [[worst case]], and the old [[military]] saying "[[when the balloon goes up]]"


==Seealso==
* [[Military]]
* [[Firearms]]
* [[Veteran]]s
* [[Military History]]
* [[Napoleon]]
* [[United States Army]]
* [[United States Navy]]
* [[United States Air Force]]
* [[United States Marine Corps]]
* [[American Military Decorations]]

==References==
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