host nation


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host nation

A nation that receives the forces and/or supplies of allied nations, coalition partners, and/or NATO organizations to be located on, to operate in, or to transit through its territory. Also called HN.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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South Africa was the host nation for the first ever Football World Cup on African soil in 2010.
They were written off with many predicting they would become only the second host nation to fall at the group stage after South Africa eight years ago.
Britain's 4 x 100m women recorded the host nation's only victory on the second day to follow wins by Lorraine Ugen (long jump) and Holly Bradshaw (pole vault) on Saturday.
Standing in front of Spain now are the host nation and Iniesta, 34, insists the atmosphere inside the Luzhniki Stadium won't put Spain off.
To bridge this gap, NDMA with the support of the Australian High Commission in Islamabad, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, and a team of locally-based consultants, developed the Host Nation Support Guidelines for Pakistan.
He said that a national level exercise would be planned after the launch of Host Nation Support Guidelines to synergize disaster management mechanism in the country.
Moscow [Russia], June 15 ( ANI ): The host nation, Russia, blanked Saudi Arabia in a 5-0 victory in the opening match of the World Cup at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Thursday.
As in Iraq, the host nation led the tactical fight, while our TAA efforts helped build capability and capacity by improving Afghan institutional processes.
Former Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz and Morgan Lake will contest the men's and women's high jump thanks to host nation places, Grabarz missing the British Indoors due to injury and Lake failing to achieve the qualifying height.
Morocco was announced as the host nation in October 2017.
The SPEAR program enhances the security of high-threat, high-risk posts by helping a host nation's security elements better respond to emergencies at U.S.