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2 unusual facts about armed forces


Hollywood Victory Committee

The Hollywood Victory Committee was an organization founded on December 10, 1941 during World War II to provide a means so that for stage, screen, television and radio performers that were not in military service could contribute to the war effort through bond drives and improving morale for troops.

Len Garwood

Garwood was born in India where his father was serving with the Armed forces.


Achim Lidsba

From 1981 to 1985 was in the Infantry Battalion 52 in Rotenburg an der Fulda twice as company commander and received the promotion to captain during this time.

Alfred Baxter-Cox

Brigadier Alfred Richard Baxter-Cox CBE, ED (7 September 1898 – 18 October 1958) was an Australian military officer and architect, who served during both the First and Second World Wars.

Alliance-Union universe

Union augments its population and armed forces with genetically engineered and psychologically conditioned human clones, called azi, which are seen as an abomination by Earth.

Army Navy Match

Although a match was played between the officers of the British Army and the officers of the Royal Navy at Kennington Oval, London on 13 February 1878, it was not until 1909 that the Army Navy Match became an annual fixture, when it was jointly administered by the newly formed Royal Navy Rugby Union (RNRU - 1906) and the Army Rugby Union (ARU - 1906).

At Mrs. Lippincote's

Julia and the others have joined Roddy, who is an officer in the Royal Air Force.

Battle of Jersey

The 800 men of the first division landed at La Rocque, Grouville, and passed close by the guards without being noticed; a French officer even said that he had slept beneath the guards, but that the guards had not heard the French.

Benjamin Franklin Davis

Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis (1832 – June 9, 1863) was an American military officer who served in Indian wars, and then led Union cavalry in the American Civil War before dying in combat.

Bingham County, Idaho

As a young officer in the Civil War, Bingham rose from lieutenant to brigadier general; he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of the Wilderness.

Bonneville County, Idaho

Bonneville County was established in 1911, named after Benjamin Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in the U.S. Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West.

Captain William Mackintosh

Captain William Mackintosh was an Irish-born British Army officer and Canadian surveyor and engineer.

Carl Osburn

Carl Townsend Osburn (May 5, 1884 – December 28, 1966) was an United States Navy officer and sports shooter from Jacksontown, Ohio.

Chapter 2 of the Syrian Constitution

The constitution stipulates that the President of the Republic is the head of the state, the chief executive officer of the executive authority and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

Chloe Sutton

Her father is a U.S. Air Force officer who was in the Pentagon at the time of the September 11 attacks and is a former football player who played for the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Eastern Distribution Center

Tenants at DDC’s New Cumberland base include all branches of the Armed Forces.

Edward E. Cross

Edward Ephraim Cross (April 22, 1832 – July 3, 1863) was a newspaperman and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Elias Durnford

Elias Durnford (13 June 1739 – 21 June 1794) was a British army officer and civil engineer who is best known for surveying the town of Pensacola and laying out a city plan based on two public places (now the Plaza Ferdinand VII and the Seville Square).

Emirates Foundation

Emirates Foundation (EF) was launched in April 2005 as an initiative from General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

Emmanuel Goffi

Emmanuel Roberto Goffi (born December 10, 1971), is a French Air Force Officer (Captain).

Enrique Líster

Enrique Líster Forján (April 21, 1907, Ameneiro, A Coruña – December 8, 1994, Madrid) was a Spanish communist politician and military officer.

Francisco Louçã

The second son of António Seixas Louçã, a Portuguese Navy Officer, and his wife Noémia da Rocha Neves Anacleto, lawer, grandson of António Neves Anacleto, from Silves, brother of Isabel Maria, António, João Carlos and Jorge Manuel, and cousin of the Minister of Finances Vítor Gaspar.

Goldman v. Weinberger

Subsequently, Goldman entered service at March Air Force Base in Riverside, California as a commissioned officer and clinical psychologist at the on-base mental health clinic.

Hans Gaede

Hans Emil Alexander Gaede (19 February 1852 in Kolberg – 16 September 1916 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I.

Hellenic Airlines

Hellenic Airlines was a joint-operation with Scottish Aviation, Ltd., which took a 40% stake in the company and the Greek state and armed forces jointly held 60% of the company.

Hermann von Strantz

Hermann Christian Wilhelm von Strantz (13 February 1853 in Nakel an der Netze – 3 November 1936 in Dessau) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I.

Israeli Naval Academy

The course is nearly three years long, and cadets graduate with a B.A. from Haifa University and an Officer rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.

José Antonio Mijares

As a Lieutenant, he was sent to Baja California Sur, joining the command of Captain Manuel Pineda Munoz, who had defeated a U. S. Navy attempt to capture Mulege in the Battle of Mulege and was moving south to attack American forces in La Paz.

Kugel-erlass

The decree stated that escaped Allied prisoners of war, especially officers and senior non-commissioned officers, should be handed over to the Sicherheitsdienst who should execute them, "im Rahmen der Aktion Kugel", in concentration camp Mauthausen.

Louis-Charles Foucher

Originally a baker, Antoine Foucher had a successful career as a notary at Terrebonne, but he is best remembered as the owner of the first Francophone theatre (staging in 1774 the first production of Molière with various English officers at his home in Montreal) to which he dedicated his small fortune.

Ludwig von Schröder

Ludwig von Schröder (17 July 1854 Hintzenkamp bei Eggesin – 17 July 1933 in Berlin-Halensee) was a Prussian officer and Admiral during World War I.

M4 carbine

The United States Marine Corps has ordered its officers (up to the rank of lieutenant colonel) and Staff Non-commissioned officers to carry the M4 carbine instead of the M9 handgun.

Maximilian von Laffert

Maximilian August Hermann Julius von Laffert (10 May 1855 in Lindau – 10 May 1917 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Saxon officer, later General of Cavalry during World War I.

Military Spouse Day

Many United States citizens take this day to acknowledge the significant contributions, support, and sacrifices of spouses of their Armed Forces.

Moira Lister

In 1951, Moira Lister married Jacques de Gachassin-Lafite Vicomte d’Orthez, a French officer of the Spahis, owner of a champagne vineyard and hero of the Rif War; they had two daughters, Chantal and Christobel.

National Jewish Welfare Board

In 1941, in a response to a mandate from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, six private organizations - the YMCA, YWCA, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler's Aid Association and the Salvation Army were challenged to handle the on-leave morale and recreational needs for members of the Armed Forces.

Neil Thorne

In 1989, Thorne founded the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, which aims to improve the quality of debate on military issues, and does this by exposing Members of Parliament to first-hand experience of the armed forces.

Niagara, New York

The Town of Niagara was founded in 1812 (originally as the "Town of Schlosser" after the local fortification Fort Schlosser and after Captain Joseph Schlosser, a German officer in the British Army) from the Town of Cambria.

Oflag VIII-F

Oflag VIII-F was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager) located first in Wahlstatt, Germany (now Legnickie Pole, Poland) and then at Mährisch-Trübau, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Moravská Třebová, Czech Republic).

Petition of Fifty

At a general meeting of the commanders of Indonesia's Armed Forces (ABRI) on 27 March 1980, President Suharto said that ABRI had promised to commit itself to not amending the Indonesian state philosophy of Pancasila or the 1945 Constitution.

Staff captain

Instead of being promoted to the rank of major, specialist officers that were holding the rank of Hauptmann (Captain) for a specific time are promoted to the rank of Stabshauptmann and given the salary of a Major.

Ten Year Rule

The Ten Year Rule was a British government guideline, first adopted in August 1919, that the armed forces should draft their estimates "on the assumption that the British Empire would not be engaged in any great war during the next ten years".

The Kaiser's Last Kiss

The story is set in 1940 and concerns Untersturmführer Martin Krebbs, a young and recently commissioned SS officer who has been sent to Huis Doorn to guard the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II as the German Army advances into the Netherlands.

United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment

"I, XXXXXXXXXX, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

Walter Warlimont

Walter Warlimont (born 3 October 1894 in Osnabrück, Germany; died 9 October 1976 in Kreuth near the Tegernsee) was a German officer and war criminal known for his role as a deputy chief in the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), Germany's Supreme Armed Forces Command during World War II.


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194th Engineer Brigade

Active duty and reserve troops from the U.S. and Bulgarian Armed Forces helped renovate the dilapidated hospital, located in the picturesque city of Trun.

1958 Paraguayan general strike

The strike was organized in the backdrop of an internal power struggle within the Colorado Party, between the civilian wing led by Epifanio Méndez Fleitas and the Colorado elements in the armed forces led by General Alfredo Stroessner.

Alfred von Kropatschek

was a General in the Austrian Army and a weapons designer of the late 19th century, who was responsible for several rifle and revolver designs in affiliation with the Steyr Mannlicher; these weapons were used by the armed forces of the Austrian Empire and several other nations.

Amparo and habeas data in the Philippines

Reynato Puno's 49-page unanimous ponencia granted amparo relief to the Manalo brothers who were abducted by the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) in San Ildefonso, Bulacan in February 2006.

Anthony Pigott

After retiring from the Armed Forces, Pigott took a position of Independent Member of Steering Board at the Intellectual Property Office.

Anthony Sawoniuk

In 1944 Sawoniuk fled westwards when the Red Army advanced towards Domaczewo and in July 1944 joined the German armed forces, serving in the 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian).

Battle of Taegu

The United States, a permanent member of the Security Council, immediately deployed armed forces (U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force units) to southeastern South Korea because of their immediate availability from their bases in Japan and Okinawa, where the military occupation of Japan was still in effect (through 1952).

Bhowani Junction

It starred Ava Gardner as Victoria Jones, an Anglo-Indian who has been serving with the British armed forces, and Stewart Granger as Colonel Rodney Savage, a (British) Indian Army officer.

Chris Keeble

After kneeling alone in prayer amongst the burning gorse he took the actions which brought the battle to a successful conclusion (interview in video "Command and the Christian Faith", published by the Armed Forces Christian Union) and he accepted the surrender of the Argentine forces at Goose Green on 29 May.

Code Breakers

Code talker, Native American Marines serving in the United States Armed Forces who primarily transmitted secret tactical messages

Constitutional dictatorship

In the 21st century, John Yoo, attorney and legal theorist, has offered a theory of the unitary executive supporting virtually unconstrained authority to be wielded by the United States President in his capacity as commander in chief of the armed forces.

David Holsinger

It is his largest selling work and has been used in several televised memorial performances in recent years, including commemorative services for the Challenger astronauts, Ronald Reagan, and the fallen heroes of the American armed forces.

Deployment

Military deployment, the movement of armed forces and their logistical support

Domkat Bali

General Domkat Bali is a retired four star General of the Nigerian Army, he was minister for defense and member of the Supreme Military Council of 1984-1985 and the Armed Forces Ruling Council of 1985-1990.

Doom novels

Multiple armed forces are sent to Salt Lake City to detain or fight the resistance, including the United States Army, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Internal Revenue Service 'revenue collection' strike force.

Drifting and Dreaming with Jo Stafford

Originally known as The Carnation Contented Hour, and co-hosted by Stafford and Dick Haymes on CBS Radio, the show was renamed as The Melody Hour and its commercial content edited out for re-broadcast to the Armed Forces.

Emergency management

& The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), the German Federal Police and the 16 state police forces (Länderpolizei) all have been deployed for disaster relief operations.

Ernest Coxhead

From 1918 to 1919, Coxhead went to LeMans, France, to organize and direct the American Expeditionary Force's University School of Architecture, established by John Galen Howard, for members of the United States armed forces stationed in France.

Fermán Cienfuegos

José Eduardo Sancho Castañeda, better known by hius nom de guerre Fermán Cienfuegos (born 6 March 1947) was the leader of the Salvadoran organization Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional (National Resistance Armed Forces in English, part of Resistencia Nacional or RN).

FV103 Spartan

It was reported to the House of Commons in 2006 that 478 FV103 vehicles were in service with the armed forces of the United Kingdom in April of that year, with 452 of them in deployable state.

General Amherst High School

The school is named after Jeffery Amherst, who was commander of the British armed forces in North America during the Seven Years War.

German surrender at Lüneburg Heath

The German officers returned the next day at 18:00 with an additional delegate, (Colonel Fritz Poleck) representing the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, (the German armed forces high command).

Henry Munro Middle School

Tom Cruise, actor -- attended Grade 6 (1973-74) when his father Thomas Cruise Mapother III was a consultant to the Canadian Armed Forces

Hernando Calvo Ospina

As a journalist he has also interviewed several Colombian Guerrilla leaders such as Raul Reyes (†) from FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombian) and Manuel Perez Martinez (†) head of ELN (National Liberation Army).

Hillberg

Hillberg Carbine, a light rifle concept for the US armed forces during WW2

L23

Beechcraft L-23 Seminole, the United States Armed Forces designation for the Beechcraft Twin Bonanza and Queen Air aircraft in its inventory

Liberal democracy period in Indonesia

1959, 5 July: With armed forces support, Sukarno issues a decree dissolving the Constituent Assembly and reintroducing the Constitution of 1945 with strong presidential powers, and assumes the additional role of Prime Minister, which completes the structure of 'Guided Democracy'.

Marylene Dosse

Ms Dosse was born in Domfront in Normandy, France - the only place in which her mother could find a hospital which had not been taken over by the invading German armed forces.

Mel Levine

He supported the 1991 Gulf War Authorization Act, which authorized the use of United States Armed Forces pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 678.

Military history of the Three Kingdoms

Since Emperor Guangwu had disbanded the recruit (募兵) units in the first century AD, the provincial armed forces were purposely left weak and territorial armies were only raised in times of emergency.

Murtala Mohammed

The counter-coup led to the installation of Lieutenant-Colonel Yakubu Gowon as Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces, despite the intransigence of Muhammed who wanted the role of Supreme Commander for himself.

Oerbke

During the Third Reich the German armed forces, the Wehrmacht established a prisoner-of-war camp in Oerbke in which up to 30,000 soldiers from the Red Army were housed.

Rafael Aghayev

From 2007 to 2008 he served in the armed forces on the territory of Aghjabadi District of the Republic, then he was transferred to the Central Sports Club of the Ministry of Defense as a promising sportsman.

Rally for Congolese Democracy–Goma

However Armée Nationale Congolaise (ANC) troops, the armed forces of the RCD-Goma, continued to occupy the city of Kanyabayonga along with local mostly Hutu militias created and directed by the North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli.

Reza Pahlavi

In 1980, at the start of the Iran–Iraq War, Reza Pahlavi, a highly trained fighter pilot, wrote to General Valiollah Fallahi, Chief Commander of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic, offering to fight in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.

Roman army of the late Republic

The Roman army of the late Republic refers to the armed forces deployed by the late Roman Republic from the end of the Social War (91-88 BC) to the establishment of the Roman Empire by Augustus in 30 BC.

Royal Canadian Air Force Police

Following amalgamation of the three services into the Canadian Forces in 1968, the AFP was merged with the police units of the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Army to become simply the Military Police; under the Canadian Armed Forces Security and Intelligence Branch.

Seppuku

In 1970, famed author Yukio Mishima and one of his followers committed public seppuku at the Japan Self-Defense Forces headquarters after an unsuccessful attempt to incite the armed forces to stage a coup d'état.

Sergiy Kirichenko

On June 6, 2005 by Decree # 961/2005 of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, he was assigned to be the Chief of the General Staff – Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Special Forces Support Group

The SFSG was initially composed of personnel from the British Army's Parachute Regiment, the Royal Marines and the RAF Regiment, but is now open to all personnel in the United Kingdom's Armed Forces that have passed either P company run by the Parachute Regiment or the Royal Marines Commando Course.

Stansell

Keith Stansell, American who was held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia during 2003–2008

Supreme National Security Council

# Chief of the Supreme Command Council of the Armed Forces (SCCAF)- Major General Hassan Firouzabadi

Swedish Armed Forces

The Supreme Commander is a four-star general or flag officer that is the agency head of the Swedish Armed Forces, and is the highest ranking professional officer on active duty.

Thill

The nearest hospital is the Civil Hospital in Jalalpur Sharief, which gives free service for everyone; and the Fauji Foundation Hospital in Dariala Jalap, which give services to all, but is free only for those who served in the Armed Forces and their families.

Unit 124

At the time of the identification by Kim Shin-Jo, Park was believed to be an aide to Kim Jong-il and vice minister of the North Korean People's Armed Forces.

Vietnam Veterans

Vietnam veteran, a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War

Volker Wieker

Volker Wieker (born 1 March 1954 in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony) is the Chief of Staff (Generalinspekteur) of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces.

Wellington Cantonment

The list of alumni of the DSSC at Wellington reads like a Who's Who of the armed forces and includes Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, former Fijian strongman Sitiveni Rabuka, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, head of German special forces Hans-Christoph Ammon, Naval Commander Dhananjay Joshi and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India R.N.Malhotra.

WVUB

WVUB was previously used by a radio station operated by the US armed forces in the Panama Canal Zone.