coast artillery
Americannoun
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artillery used for defending coastal areas.
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a military unit manning such artillery.
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After routine duty in the coast artillery in the U.S. and the Philippines, he taught philosophy at West Point in 1934, went on to Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, graduating in 1936.
From Time Magazine Archive
Naval personnel, including the naval Air Force and coast artillery, is 15,000 men, with 100,000 in reserve.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Army, which garrisons Navy bases, will have to put barracks, men, coast artillery and antiaircraft, land-based fighters and bombers on the islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last month some Manhattan 1-Bs got a tryout in a coast artillery anti-aircraft unit, began working with the guns without even the usual 13 weeks' basic training.
From Time Magazine Archive
From 1765 onwards, however, Gribeauval strove to build up a complete system both of personnel and mat�riel, creating a distinct mat�riel for field, siege, garrison and coast artillery.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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