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US Army Tank-Automobile and Armaments Command (TACOM). US Department of Defense (DoD). 

US Department of Defense, DOD 5015.2-STD—Design Criteria for Electronic Records Management Software Applications, November 1997. 

Non-lethal weapons (NLW) or less-than-lethal weapons have been defined by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to be explicitly designed and primarily employed so as to incapacitate personnel or materiel, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property and the environment. NLWs are being developed and evaluated because the US military and other military and law enforcement organizations... 

The ability of the US Department of Defense (DOD) to respond rapidly and effectively to national security and foreign policy commitments can be adversely affected by equipment-related failures. Using available resources, minimization of downtime and maximization battle readiness must be accomplished through the useful operational lifetime of the equipment. If this is done effectively, equipment can be deployed in a timely and responsive manner and maintained in the Add with a minimum of downtime. 

MIL-STD-882E, February 2000. System Safety. US Department of Defense (DOD), Standard Practice. 

US Department of Defense (DoD). 2005. Chemical and biological defense program. Annual report to Congress, March 2006. http //www.acq.osd.mil/cp/nbc05/ cbdpperfoimanceplanly04-06.pdf [accessed 24 April 2011]. 

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with the US Department of Defense (DOD), continues to support the US military and the nation s counterterrorism efforts. The FDA has helped make critical medical products available for combat readiness so that armed forces are better-equipped for combat. It has helped US Special Forces obtain medical products for airborne hospitals used in evacuating battlefield casualties. The FDA has provided consultation and review to help make investigational and licensed medical products such as vaccines and drugs available to combat... 

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