re-hat

re-hat

(riːˈhæt)
vb (tr)
(Military) to assign a new designation to (a soldier), for example when installing a national army as UN peacekeepers
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Nairobi has proposed its troops "re-hat" to join AU forces, with the pan-African bloc on Thursday saying it will ask the United Nations to authorise an increase of 5,700 troops to bring the force up to 17,700 strong.
The other half of the contingent is provided by Burundi but Ban, speaking in Nairobi on Thursday, welcomed Kenya's plans to "re-hat" its military intervention in the south and bring the troops under AMISOM command.
We have worked in close partnership at all levels to facilitate the transition and most European troop contributors will re-hat their soldiers under the UN follow-on mission to ensure there is no security gap.
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