Meanings
ALCON1
- abbreviationgovernmentAbbreviation of all concerned.
2. Conduct safety brief for ALCON. Discuss type of approach, safety precautions, and sound signals.
a. 2007, James Stavridis and Robert Girrier, Watch Officer's Guide, Fifteenth Edition, Naval Institute Press (2007), page 3752 more examples
AERIAL PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD IS ESSENTIAL TO FUTURE OPERATIONS, AND ARCENT WILL CONTINUE COORDINATION WITH ALCON TO EFFECT REALIGNMENT OF AIR APPORTIONMENT PRIORITIES.
1991 February 14, Steven Arnold, ARCENT [Army Central Command] SITREP [Situation Report], quoted in Richard M. Swain, Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm, DIANE Publishing (1999), page 188page 249: 3.C.1. DIRECT COORDINATION AUTHORIZED FOR ALCON./ page 365: 1.D. […] AS SUCH, ALCON SHOULD BE PROACTIVE IN PLANNING SUPPORT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. […] .// page 377: 4.C. DIRLAUTH ALCON. KEEP THE DOMS AND THE JOINT STAFF INFORMED./
a. 2004, various sources, quoted in Center for Law and Military Operations, Domestic Operational Law (DOPLAW) Handbook for Judge Advocates, William S. Hein & Co., Inc. (publisher, 2004)
Alcon2
Origin
- Ancient GreekἌλκων
- LatinAlcon
- SpanishAlcón
- EnglishAlcon
* (surname): From Spanish Alcón * (given name): From Latin Alcon, from Ancient Greek Ἄλκων (Álkōn)
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