civilian agency

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civilian
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
relating to a person who is not a member of the police or the ...
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agency
noun
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
a business that represents one group of people when dealing with ...
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(Definition ofcivilianandagencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am more interested in the air as acivilianagencythan as a war making agency.
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Under his plan, a powerful, centralizedcivilianagencywould have coordinated all the intelligence services.
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Ontario is the first province to have such a civilian oversight agency in place, and one of the few jurisdictions worldwide with an independentcivilianagency.
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These are produced in consultation with the appropriate local authorities, emergency services and other civilian agencies with a direct involvement, all of whom hold copies.
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If so, what power is it intended to give to these civilian agencies, and are they to be the trade federations?
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These welfare officers, in some instances, have to work with social work departments and other civilian agencies.
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There has been constant upheaval, with reorganisation of headquarters and garrisons, and the creation of many civilian agencies.
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Where are the civilian agencies and contractors that should be undertaking these tasks?
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During the war incalculable good was done in many parts of the world through the medium of civilian agencies which voluntarily cared for the welfare of our troops.
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Many of the vehicles were transferred to civilian agencies and some are still in use today in rural areas.
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Troops of this division were also deployed to the support of civilian agencies during large natural disasters such as disastrous floods in 1997.
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The program was originally developed to provide situational awareness for the civilian agencies.
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Outbreak s plot speculates how far military and civilian agencies might go to contain the spread of a deadly contagion.
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To gather this information, the two relied on a wide variety of military and civilian agencies.
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Many civilian agencies use, or used to use, the frequencies 27.575 and 27.585 for low-power use.
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When the facilities are not used by military organizations, state and local civilian agencies also conduct training at the site.
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The 305th also supported counterdrug operations to civilian agencies from 1994.
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The company specialized in secure web-enabling for clients in homeland security, criminal justice and intelligence, defense and civilian agencies within the federal government and at state and local levels.
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This resulted in an expanded mission for the depot, which included supply management of more than 30,000 general supply items for the military services and certain civilian agencies worldwide.
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