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contact

Military/field terminology for enemy sighting, tradecraft

Used by military personnel to report an encounter with enemy forces. Enemy forces are not necessarily human enemy but can be enemy IDF (Indirect fire) ie Artillery, or IED's/mines.

"Hello 0, this is 12, contact, enemy infantry, wait out"

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contact in mining and extraction

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