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Yakima Training Center

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The Yakima Training Center (YTC) is a United States Army training center, used for maneuver training, Land Warrior system testing and as a live fire exercise area. [1]

53 relations: Anticline, Army National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, Columbia Plateau, Columbia River, Cyberspace, Doc Hastings, ECHELON, Ellensburg, Washington, Five Eyes, Intelsat, Interstate 82, Interstate 90 in Washington, James Bamford, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Land Warrior, Law enforcement agency, Live fire exercise, Manastash Ridge, Maneuver warfare, Military organization, National Reconnaissance Office, Pacific Northwest, Purshia, Saddle Mountains, Sagebrush, Seattle Weekly, Selah Airstrip, Shrub-steppe, Signals intelligence, The Seattle Times, Tussock (grass), U.S. state, Umtanum Ridge, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Army Reserve, United States Coast Guard, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Special Operations Command, Vagabond Army Heliport, Vietnam War, Washington (state), Washington Army National Guard, World War II, Yakima Fold Belt, Yakima Herald-Republic, ..., Yakima, Washington, 7th Infantry Division (United States), 9th Infantry Division (United States). Expand index (3 more) »

Anticline

In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core.

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Army National Guard

The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is a militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States.

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Buckley Air Force Base

Buckley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Aurora, Colorado, that was established by the U.S. Army in 1942.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Columbia Plateau

The Columbia Plateau or Columbia Basin is a geographic region located almost entirely in Eastern Washington and north-central Oregon—with the eastern edge spilling over into North Idaho The area is characterized by its mostly semi-arid climate (Bsk under the Köppen classification)—with some areas falling under the desert (BWk) and mediterranean (Csa and Csb) classifications—resulting in a shrub-steppe environment.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Cyberspace

Cyberspace is interconnected technology.

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Doc Hastings

Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings (born February 7, 1941) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative for from 1995 until his retirement in 2015.

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ECHELON

ECHELON, originally a secret government code name, is a surveillance program (signals intelligence/SIGINT collection and analysis network) operated by the US with the aid of four other signatory nations to the UKUSA Security Agreement Given the 5 dialects that use the terms, UKUSA can be pronounced from "You-Q-SA" to "Oo-Coo-SA", AUSCANNZUKUS can be pronounced from "Oz-Can-Zuke-Us" to "Orse-Can-Zoo-Cuss".

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Ellensburg, Washington

Ellensburg is a city in, and the county seat of, Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

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Five Eyes

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Intelsat

Intelsat, S.A. is a communications satellite services provider.

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Interstate 82

Interstate 82 (I-82) is an Interstate Highway in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, traveling through parts of Washington and Oregon.

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Interstate 90 in Washington

Interstate 90 (I-90), a transcontinental Interstate Highway that runs from Seattle, Washington, to Boston, Massachusetts.

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James Bamford

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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

The (JGSDF), sometimes referred to as the Japanese Army is the land-warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and is the de facto army of Japan.

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Joint Base Lewis–McChord

Joint Base Lewis–McChord (JBLM) is a U.S. military installation home to I Corps and 62d Airlift Wing located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Headquarters, Joint Base Lewis–McChord.

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Land Warrior

Land Warrior was a United States Army program, cancelled in 2007, U.S. Army Budget Request Documents FY2008 (page 4) but restarted in 2008,http://www.army-technology.com/projects/land_warrior/ Land Warrior at Army-Technology.com that used a combination of commercial, off-the-shelf technology (COTS) and current-issue military gear and equipment designed to.

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Law enforcement agency

A law enforcement agency (LEA), in North American English, is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.

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Live fire exercise

A live-fire exercise or LFX is any military exercise in which a realistic scenario for the use of specific equipment is demonstrated.

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Manastash Ridge

Manastash Ridge is a long anticline mountain ridge located in central Washington state in the United States.

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Maneuver warfare

Maneuver warfare, or manoeuvre warfare, is a military strategy that advocates attempting to defeat the enemy by incapacitating their decision-making through shock and disruption.

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Military organization

Military organization or military organisation is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer military capability required by the national defense policy.

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National Reconnaissance Office

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense.

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Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and (loosely) by the Cascade Mountain Range on the east.

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Purshia

Purshia (bitterbrush or cliff-rose) is a small genus of 5-8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to western North America, where they grow in dry climates from southeast British Columbia in Canada south throughout the western United States to northern Mexico.

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Saddle Mountains

The Saddle Mountains consists of an upfolded anticline ridge of basalt in Grant County of central Washington state.

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Sagebrush

Sagebrush is the common name of several woody and herbaceus species of plants in the genus Artemisia.

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Seattle Weekly

The Seattle Weekly is a freely distributed newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Selah Airstrip

Selah Airstrip is located on the Yakima Training Center (YTC) with a single runway of about in length and in width.

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Shrub-steppe

Shrub-steppe is a type of low rainfall natural grassland.

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Signals intelligence

Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication (electronic intelligence—abbreviated to ELINT).

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The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Tussock (grass)

Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the Poaceae family.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Umtanum Ridge

Umtanum Ridge is a long anticline mountain ridge in Yakima County and Kittitas County in the U.S. state of Washington.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Reserve

The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is the federal reserve force of the United States Army.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Special Operations Command

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) is the Unified Combatant Command charged with overseeing the various Special Operations Component Commands of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force of the United States Armed Forces.

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Vagabond Army Heliport

Vagabond Army Heliport, formerly Vagabond Army Airfield, is located at the Yakima Training Center (YTC) in the state of Washington.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Washington Army National Guard

The Washington Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the Washington National Guard based in Washington.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yakima Fold Belt

The Yakima Fold Belt of south-central Washington, also called the Yakima fold-and-thrust belt, is an area of topographical folds (or wrinkles) raised by tectonic compression.

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Yakima Herald-Republic

The Yakima Herald-Republic is a newspaper published in Yakima, Washington, and distributed throughout Yakima, Kittitas and Klickitat counties as well as northwest Benton County.

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Yakima, Washington

Yakima is a U.S. city, the county seat of Yakima County, Washington and the state's eleventh largest city by population.

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7th Infantry Division (United States)

The 7th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army.

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9th Infantry Division (United States)

The 9th Infantry Division ("Old Reliables") was created as the 9th Division during World War I, but never deployed overseas.

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Yakima Bombing Range, Yakima Firing Center, Yakima Firing Range, Yakima Research Station.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_Training_Center

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