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UDUpdate
UDUniversity of Dayton (Dayton, OH)
UDUniversity of Delaware
UDUnanimous Decision
UDUsted (Spanish: Formal You)
UDUrban Dictionary (slang web site)
UDUpper Deck
UDUdine (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy)
UDUniversal Design
UDUniversity of Dallas (Irving, TX, USA)
UDUtility Dog
UDUndisclosed
UDUndead (gaming)
UDUser Defined
UDUsaha Dagang (Indonesian trading company)
UDUtenriksdepartementet (Department of Foreign Affairs)
UDUpper Division
UDUp/Down
UDUnder Development
UDUnidirectional
UDUnified Defense
UDUniform Design (mathematics)
UDUniversity of Dubuque (Iowa)
UDUgly Duckling (band)
UDUniversal Declaration of Human Rights (UN; also seen as UDHR)
UDUniversity of Denver
UDUser Domain
UDUnder Duress
UDUrban District
UDUniversity of Detroit
UDUnlawful Detainer
UDUnión Democrática (Spanish: Democratic Union)
UDUnderdark (roleplaying games, Dungeons & Dragons)
UDUnited Defense
UDUltimate Doom (game)
UDUniversitair Docent
UDUnited Devices, Inc.
UDUnderwater Demolition
UDUltimate Disney (website)
UDUnderwater Diving
UDUnit Diary
UDUndesirable Discharge
UDUnited Diesel
UDUniversal Default
UDUtility Degree (AKC Obedience Degree)
UDUt Dictum (Latin: As Directed)
UDUnder Defeat (game)
UDUtility Driver
UDUnidoom (gaming clan)
UDUniquely-Decodable
UDUniquely Decipherable
UDUtilisation Declaration
UDUnitary District (UK)
UDUlcerative Dermatosis
UDUnit Designator
UDUrban Disease
UDUnofficially Dropped (grading system)
UDUnable to Approve Departure for the Time Specified
UDUnabsorbed Depreciation (accounting/finance)
UDUnremove Directory (Norton Utilities)
UDUnder Digging (pipeline construction)
UDUltraDiagnostics (South Attleboro, MA)
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For underwater demolition of granite rocks at a depth of ten meters, Sales SpA is using an Atlas Copco HB 4100 breaker, with a machine weight of 4,150 kg, attached to a Liebherr 984 tracked excavator mounted on a floating pontoon.
-Atlas Copco HB 4100 breaker used for underwater demolition in Italy
He enlisted in 1954 and it took him three years to get into the Navy's Underwater Demolition Team training.
SEAL still stands proud
Chosen in 1943 to establish an underwater demolition school in Fort Pierce, Florida, Kauffman rigorously trained teams later known as frogmen (later to be known as the Navy SEALs) to defuse bombs and destroy submerged obstacles deployed by the Nazis to impede the invasion of France.
Bush, Elizabeth Kauffman. America's First Frogman: The Draper Kauffman Story
Determined to serve his country, Liberman signed a contract with the Navy guaranteeing him a seat in the Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUDS) course after high school graduation.
People, planes, places
They had been experimenting with underwater demolition for two months at an amphibious training base in Florida, when in May 1943 the Navy announced the creation of its own combat demolition program.
Joint-service beach obstacle demolition in World War II
Starting with the famed Underwater Demolition Teams of WW II, the Navy trained its frogmen in all forms of land warfare, and then taught them to parachute into action, anywhere and anytime.
Dockery, Kevin. Navy SEALs, a history
The Navy use of underwater demolition teams in partisan support was the first form of special operations missions for Navy swimmers.
In the Devil's Shadow, UN Special Operations During the Korean War
The Navy had some use for special warfare and underwater demolition tactics, but not much, and certainly not in third-world jungles.
Special ops forces are 'tool of choice': when U.S. policy makers need a job done quickly, they often turn to SOCOM. (Commentary)
They were formed by personnel from Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT), or frogmen, at the direction of President John F.
`Silent option': Navy's elite SEALs: for 40 years, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, the SEALs have combatted the nation's enemies, be they Communists or terrorists. Though small in numbers, their lethal efficiency in combat is legendary. (War On Terrorism)
Silbergard later told the paper that he was not a SEAL, but a member of a Navy underwater demolition team.
Professor accused of falsifying background
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