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LAD

Lance

land arm mode

land control operations

land effect

landing aid

landing approach

landing area

landing attack

landing beach

landing craft

landing craft and amphibious vehicle assignment table

landing craft availability table

landing diagram

landing force

landing force supplies

landing force support party

landing group

landing mat

landing plan

landing point

landing roll

landing schedule

landing sequence table

landing ship

landing ship dock

landing signalman enlisted

landing signal officer

landing site

landing threshold

landing vehicle, tracked, engineer, model 1

landing zone

landing zone control

landing zone control party

landmark

land mine warfare

land projection operations

land, sea, or aerospace projection operations

land search

lane marker

lap

lap course

LAPES

lap track

lap turn

lap width

large-lot storage

large-scale map

large spread

laser

laser footprint

laser guidance unit

laser-guided weapon

laser illuminator

laser intelligence

laser linescan system

laser pulse duration

laser rangefinder

laser seeker

laser spot

laser spot tracker

laser target designating system

laser target designator

laser-target/gun-target angle

laser-target line

laser target marker

laser target marking system

laser tracker

lashing

lashing point

LASINT

late

lateral gain

lateral route

lateral spread

lateral tell

latest arrival date

late time

latitude band

lattice

launch

launcher

launch pad

launch time

launch under attack

laundering

Law Enforcement Agency

law of armed conflict

law of war

lay

laydown bombing

layer depth

layer tint

lay leader or lay reader

lay reader

lay reference number

lazy

LCC

LEA

lead agency

lead agent

lead aircraft

lead collision course

lead pursuit

leapfrog

Leap Second

leaver

leaver convoy

leaver section

left (or right)

left (right) bank

letter of assist

level

level of detail

level-of-effort munitions

level of effort-oriented items

level of supply

leveraging

LGM-30

LGW

LHA

L-hour

liaison

liberated territory

LIC

licensed production

life cycle

lifeguard submarine

life support equipment

light artillery

light damage

lightening

lighterage

light filter

light line

lightweight amphibious container handler

limited-access plan

limited access route

limited denied war

limited production type item

limited standard item

limited war

limiting factor

limit of fire

line

linear scale

line of communications

line of demarcation

line of departure

line of position

line overlap

liner

line-route map

line search

lines of operations

link

link encryption

link-lift vehicle

link-route segments

liquid explosive

liquid propellant

listening watch

list of targets

litter

litter patient

LKA

LOA

load

load control group

loading

loading chart (aircraft)

loading (ordnance)

loading plan

loading point

loading site

loading time

loadmaster

load signal

load spreader

LOC

localizer

localizer mode

local mean time

local procurement

local purchase

local war

LOCAP

lock on

lodgment area

loft bombing

logair

logistic assessment

logistic estimate of the situation

logistic implications test

logistic routes

logistics

logistics marking and reading symbology

logistics over-the-shore operation area

logistics over-the-shore operations

logistics sourcing

logistic support

logistic support (medical)

LOMEZ

long-range bomber aircraft

long-range transport aircraft

long ton

look

loran

lost

lot

LOTS operations

low

low airburst

low-altitude bombing

low altitude bombing system mode

low-altitude missile engagement zone

low altitude parachute extraction system

low angle

low angle fire

low angle loft bombing

low dollar value item

low intensity conflict

low level flight

low level transit route

low oblique

low velocity drop

low visibility operations

LPD

LSD

LSE

LSO

LST

L/T

LTD

LTON

LVTE-l

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