AEF units

(noun)

United States Armed Forces sent to Europe under the command of General John J. Pershing in 1917 to help fight World War I.

Examples of AEF units in the following topics:

  • Military Segregation

    • By the end of the war, more than 350,000 African Americans served in AEF units on the Western Front, earning pay equal to that of white soldiers, although they were assigned to segregated units commanded by white officers, under a policy approved by Wilson.
  • The War in France

    • The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) served alongside the French and British armies on the Western Front.
    • Overall the AEF sustained about 320,000 casualties and 204,000 wounded.
    • By the end of the war, more than 350,000 African-Americans served in AEF units on the Western Front, although they were assigned to segregated units commanded by white officers under a policy approved by President Wilson.
    • The AEF sustained over 300,000 casualties.
    • Summarize the role and battle approach of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in France.
  • America's Early Role

    • The American Expeditionary Forces, or AEF, were the United States Armed Forces sent to Europe in World War I .
    • During the United States campaigns in World War I, the AEF fought in France alongside French and British allied forces against Imperial German forces in the last year of the war.
    • The AEF helped the French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive (at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood) in June 1918.
    • In addition, Pershing insisted that the American force would not be used merely to fill gaps in the French and British armies, and he resisted European efforts to have U.S. troops deployed as individual replacements in decimated Allied units.
    • The Harlem Hellfighters fought as part of the French 16th Division, earning a unit Croix de Guerre for their actions at Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, and Sechault.
  • The Call to Arms

    • From 1917–1918, the AEF took part in 13 military campaigns against the Imperial German Army alongside French and British forces.
    • The AEF helped the French Army on the Western Front in June 1918 during the Aisne Offensive at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood, and later that year fought major actions in the Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne.
    • Despite the mixed feelings of Allied leaders who distrusted an army lacking experience in large-scale warfare, Pershing insisted that American forces would not be used merely to fill gaps in the French and British armies or act as replacements in decimated Allied units.
    • He made an exception for African-American combat regiments who were used in used in French divisions, notably the Harlem Hellfighters, who earned a Croix de Guerre unit medal for actions with the French 16th Division at Chateau-Thierry, Sechault and Belleau Wood.
  • Motor Units

    • The motor unit is the functional unit of muscle contraction and includes the motor nerve fiber and the muscle fibers it innervates.
    • Precision is inversely proportional to the size of the motor unit.
    • Thus, small motor units can exercise greater precision of movement compared to larger motor units.
    • For example, a small motor unit in the biceps can be activated for small precise movements, while a larger motor unit can be activated to facilitate more forceful actions.
    • Spatial – The recruitment of more or larger motor units to increase force.
  • Prefixes and Other Systems of Units

    • SI prefixes precede a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or fraction of the unit.
    • A metric prefix, or SI prefix, is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or fraction of the unit.
    • Some units that are widely used are not a part of the International System of Units and are considered Non-SI Units.
    • These units, though not officially part of SI Units, are generally accepted for use in conjunction with SI units.
    • Apply prefixes to units and distinguish between SI and customary units
  • Converting from One Unit to Another

    • These units are called base units, and other units are derived units.
    • Different systems of units are based on different choices of base units.
    • There are seven SI base units, and all other SI units can be derived from these base units.
    • The seven base SI units are: [Physical Quantity: unit symbol (unit name)]
    • Derived units are based on units from the SI system of units.
  • SI Units of Pressure

    • The units are divided into two classes: base units and derived units.
    • Derived units are unlimited in number and are formed by multiplying and dividing the seven base units and other derived units; for example, the SI derived unit of speed is meters per second, m/s.
    • Some derived units have special names; for example, the unit of resistance, the ohm (Ω), is uniquely defined by the following relation:
    • Another unit of pressure used in meteorology is the bar:
    • A prefix may be added to a unit's name to describe a multiple of the original unit.
  • SI Unit Prefixes

    • The basic SI units can be expressed as fractions and multiples of basic units by using a set of simple prefixes.
    • The SI system utilizes a standard system of prefixes to the basic units that allow them to be more relevant to and descriptive of relative magnitude.
    • Briefly review the basic SI units before you study the prefixes.
    • A prefix may be used to identify multiples of the original unit or fractions of the original unit.
    • The prefixes redefine the measurement as either a multiple or a fraction of the basic unit.
  • Average Cost Method

    • Note that we compute weighted average cost per unit by dividing the cost of units available for sale, $690, by the total number of units available for sale, 80.
    • The per unit cost of inventory is USD 25 (5,000 / 200 units).
    • The current cost per unit is $\frac{$5000}{200\text{ units}}=$25$.
    • On 12/31/12, sales for the period were 50 units and ending inventory is 150 units.
    • Since the units are alike, firms can assign the same unit cost to them.
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