organic assets

English translation: your own assets, as opposed to someone else's

09:11 Sep 18, 2017
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Military / Defense
English term or phrase: organic assets
The movement of patients and human remains is normally a Service responsibility using organic assets (personnel, surface vehicles, and aircraft). This movement is complicated when the patients or human remains are contaminated.

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) platoons are organized as organic assets to brigade combat teams (CBRN reconnaissance platoons) or to CBRN companies.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 09:45
Selected answer:your own assets, as opposed to someone else's
Explanation:
'An organic unit is a military unit that is a permanent part of a larger unit and (usually) provides some specialized capability to that parent unit. For instance, the US Marine Corps incorporates its own aviation units (distinct from the US Air Force and US Navy) that provide it with fire support, electronic warfare, and transport.

'At a lower level of organization, infantry units commonly incorporate organic armour or artillery units to improve their combined arms capability. **Organic assets** are closely integrated into their parent unit's command structure and their personnel are familiar with other personnel in the parent unit, improving coordination and responsiveness and making the parent unit more self-sufficient.'

However, over-emphasis of organic assets can create wasteful redundancy. For instance, an infantry unit assigned to urban peacekeeping duties might have little use for its organic artillery,

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Note added at 9 mins (2017-09-18 09:21:17 GMT)
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"Internal" might be a good way of translating it.
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4 +3your own assets, as opposed to someone else's
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4 +2Resources accessible within (as against outside) a military unit/division...
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your own assets, as opposed to someone else's


Explanation:
'An organic unit is a military unit that is a permanent part of a larger unit and (usually) provides some specialized capability to that parent unit. For instance, the US Marine Corps incorporates its own aviation units (distinct from the US Air Force and US Navy) that provide it with fire support, electronic warfare, and transport.

'At a lower level of organization, infantry units commonly incorporate organic armour or artillery units to improve their combined arms capability. **Organic assets** are closely integrated into their parent unit's command structure and their personnel are familiar with other personnel in the parent unit, improving coordination and responsiveness and making the parent unit more self-sufficient.'

However, over-emphasis of organic assets can create wasteful redundancy. For instance, an infantry unit assigned to urban peacekeeping duties might have little use for its organic artillery,

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Note added at 9 mins (2017-09-18 09:21:17 GMT)
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"Internal" might be a good way of translating it.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_unit
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Jörgen Slet
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Resources accessible within (as against outside) a military unit/division...


Explanation:
Such resources can entail personnel, food supplies, working dogs, etc, depending on the mission.

Morad Seif
Türkiye
Local time: 09:45
Native speaker of: Persian (Farsi)

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agree  Jörgen Slet
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agree  acetran
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