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wait (the time that one is waiting or the state of waiting) / expectation (act or state of expecting) / shoulder strap insignia (military) https://www.acoram.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/20181122_NP_ASC_1940-IP-instruction-relative-au-port-de-l-uniforme-dans-la-marine.pdf http://circulaire.legifrance.gouv.fr/pdf/2014/10/cir_38770.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190717154226/http://unor-reserves.fr/ressources%20pdf,%20xls,%20doc/Instruction%2010300%20-%20Port%20de%20la%20tenue%20AdT.pdf