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Wiki: letter C
Terms and abbreviations beginning with C in the SERE and combat survival wiki. Meaning, usage and national variants.
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SERE and isolationCAAFCAAF are authorised civilian contractor personnel accompanying US forces. Status, preparation for isolation and captivity, recovery and post-isolation care.Training organisations and military rolesCAC TCCAC TC is Canada’s military training centre for conduct and survival in captivity. Resistance to exploitation, information protection and managing strain.Fieldcraft and behaviourCamouflageCamouflage in evasion: background, outline, contrast, shine, shadow and movement; available materials, personal checks and the limits of visual adaptation.Personnel recovery and rescueCasualty evacuationCASEVAC during military isolation: nonmedical transport, care, carrying routes, information and handover. NATO and US Army usage explained.NavigationCatching featureCatching features during evasion: position beyond the destination, recognition, location evidence and correcting movement after a missed halt point.Training organisations and military rolesCentre de formation à la survie et au sauvetageCFSS is France’s survival and rescue training centre: preparing aircrew for isolation and training ground forces for recovery.Training organisations and military rolesCFSSATCFSSAT explained: Canada’s aircrew school, land survival and SERE, Arctic emergency equipment, sea survival and the relationship with Personnel Recovery.Signals and communicationsChallenge and ReplyChallenge and Reply in Personnel Recovery: challenge, response, recipient checks, validity, signal methods and the effects of errors, interception and coercion.SERE and isolationCode of ConductCode of Conduct explained: the six US military principles, responsibility in captivity, protection of information and the connection to SERE.Human performance and first aidCold shockCold shock is the acute respiratory and cardiovascular response to entering cold water. Airway protection, flotation, necessary movement and later cold effects.Environment and survival fundamentalsCold weather survivalCold weather survival: preserve body heat and functional ability, use available protection, balance rest with evasion, and understand national training uses.Personnel recovery and rescueCombat RecoveryCombat Recovery explained: recovery under hostile threats using conventional procedures, force tasks, response options and the distinction from CSAR.Combat SurvivalCombat Survival as a military term: survival under hostile threat, return to friendly forces and its overlap with SERE training.Fieldcraft and behaviourConcealmentConcealment during military evasion: viewpoint, body outline, camouflage, concealed observation and the different protective function of cover.SERE and isolationConduct After CaptureCAC: conduct in POW captivity, government detention and hostage situations, information protection, group responsibilities and possible ways out.Signals and communicationsCospas-SarsatCospas-Sarsat receives distress signals via satellites, locates the transmitter and routes alert information to the responsible search and rescue authorities.Fieldcraft and behaviourCountertrackingCountertracking during evasion: reduce signs, mask footprints, mislead direction and distinguish visible signs from scent information.Fieldcraft and behaviourCoverCover during evasion: assess material, threat direction and body position, distinguish concealment and understand bullet, fragment and blast limitations.Personnel recovery and rescueCSARCSAR explained: Combat Search and Rescue, cooperation between isolated personnel and recovery forces, distinctions from SAR and CR, and national terminology.Signals and communicationsCSELCSEL combines GPS positioning, protected data messages to recovery staff, direct radio contact and open distress signals.