chalk number

The number given to a complete load and to the transporting carrier. See also chalk commander; chalk troops.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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In one activity, we drew a chalk number line on the ground where students physically moved their bodies along the line to learn about integers.

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It refers to a chalk number that is assigned to an aircraft and the corresponding chalk number given to personnel, equipment, and supplies that will be loaded on that aircraft for transport.] Although most units can adapt on the fly to succeed, these seven lessons learned will better prepare your unit to conduct intermodal operations.

Boat to plane to foxhole: seven key steps to intermodal operations: transferring cargo from sea to aft transportation can be a very challenging part of an overseas deployment. But units can ease the difficulty by concentrating on seven critical areas

Each bore a chalk number to denote its former owner.

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Close inspection of the work reveals it sits on a grid of white chalk lines with corresponding red chalk numbers for reproducing the work on a larger scale in oil.