(1) A combat service support function which involves the movement of recovered materiel from a main supply route, maintenance collecting point, and maintenance activity to higher levels of maintenance (2) The process of moving any person who is wounded, injured, or ill to and/or between medical treatment facilities
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means
Organized, phased, and supervised dispersal of people from dangerous or potentially dangerous areas (FEMA definition) See also mandatory evacuation; spontaneous evacuation; voluntary evacuation
The orderly withdrawal of individuals from a hazardous or threatened area until such time as the area is again deemed safe for use (DOE TRADE Glossary and Acronyms of Emergency Management Terms ORAU 91/K-37 November 1991 ) Back to Top
Used to describe the mass removal of Japanese nationals, naturalized citizens, and Canadian born Japanese from the "protected area" as documented in PC 1486, February 24, 1942 This process lead to the eventual resettlement of over 15,000 Japanese Canadians outside of British Columbia