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...tice]]''. His writings helped shape the political landscape of the United States and Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and continue to be in ...pprenticed to his father. In 1756, he left home and set out for [[London, United Kingdom]] as a journeyman staymaker. This endeavor did not last long, howe

Senator ([[Republican Party (United States)|R-]][[Alabama (U.S. state)]]) '''Jeff Sessions''' (1946-) is the ranking | publisher = United States Senate}}</ref>

...The Forgotten Soldier | publisher = Potomac Books, Inc.| location = United States|isbn=9781574882865}} 2000 Edition, </ref> ...he Forgotten Soldier | publisher = Potomac Books, Inc. | location = United States |isbn=9781574882865}} 2000 Edition, pp 30</ref>

...ndicted or even held. [[Seizo Arisue]], the last wartime chief of Japanese Army intelligence, who worked with U.S. occupation forces, recruited him into c | chapter = Chapter 8: The Intelligence that Wasn't: CIA Name Files, the U.S. Army, and Intelligence Gathering in Occupied Japan

| 321 (20 officers, 301 men), plus 255 embarked troops ...n]] between the 16th and 18th. On the 19th, the ship embarked 200 [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] and 514&nbsp;tons of cargo; and, on the 27th, she sa

.... Johnson]]. He was a key architect of the overt combat role of the United States in the [[Vietnam War]], although he lost confidence in U.S. policy and resi ...returned to the Harvard Business School, teaching from 1940 to joining the Army Air Forces in 1943 as a captain.

...uch more limited role in the Pacific, primarily in China. [[General of the Army]] [[Douglas MacArthur]] essentially banned the OSS from his [[Southwest Pac | chapter = Chapter 8: The Intelligence that Wasn't: CIA Name Files, the U.S. Army, and Intelligence Gathering in Occupied Japan

...ll was graduated from West Point in 1904, and eagerly made a career in the Army. Stilwell spent years at West Point teaching French and Spanish, tactics, E Stilwell, already noted for his language skills, became the army's first language officer in China, with service in Beijing (1920-1923), wh

...n]] contract, sponsored by Mrs. P. A. Peeples; transferred to the [[United States Navy|Navy]] on 1 February 1944; converted by [[Bethlehem Steel Corporation] ...carried General [[Holland Smith|Holland M. "Howlin Mad" Smith]], [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]], and his staff, and [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[James F

...f the Confederacy]] for descendants of soldiers serving in the Confederate Army. Numerous instances of individuals portrayed in the monuments were also mem ...ement has provoked a variety of responses. For example, the website of the United Daughters of the Confederacy contained the following statement in January,

| nationality = [[United States of America]] '''Melvin Bell''' was a sailor who served in the [[United States Coast Guard]], and was the first Pacific Island sailor in the Coast Guard t

...olilad County, one hundred miles southeast of San Antonio, Texas, [[United States of America|USA]]. It was the apex of a series of ill-timed events resulting ...ance” on 12 February 1836. Their purpose was to guard against the Mexican army’s advance into the interior of the Texas colonies. The fort covered about

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...SS-338)]]. While en route, the ships conducted joint exercises, exchanging officers between the ships at various intervals to enable them to each observe the d

...rs of the [[Department of Defense]] and the senior officials of the United States armed services, but the Department long ago exceeded the space inside the f ...vy and Air Force; and the immediate offices of the [[Chief of Staff of the Army]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]], and Commandant of the Marine Corps.

...gency'',<ref name = FM3-24>{{citation | publisher = US Department of the Army | url = http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24.pdf}}</ref> he believes the subject is ever-developing and needs mod

...nation was formed on July 4, 1776, but its government (called "the United States in Congress assembled") operated until 1781 without a written constitution. ...dams]] in Massachusetts and [[Patrick Henry]] in Virginia tried to achieve united opposition to British policies. The colonies, without British permission, f

...1814, President James Madison proposed conscription of 40,000 men for the army, but the War of 1812 ended before Congress took any action. ...ilies used the substitute provision to select which man should go into the army and which should stay home. There was much evasion and overt resistance to

...ter for the Study of Intelligence; and consulted with retired intelligence officers who were directly involved. From this information, a retrospective report a ...ile date back to the late 1950s and reflect the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union for influence throughout the Third World. The growing

...to the United States and the Republic of Korea. In the case of the United States, the failure to anticipate may well have been the lack of senior government | title = United States Army in the Korean War, Policy and Direction: the First Year

| title = Lucien E. Conein, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army ...ventional warfare (United States doctrine)|guerrilla role of United States Army Special Forces, he landed behind German lines in Southern France in 1944. H

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ..., ''Valencia'' moored at the Army Transport Dock and loaded a total of 145 officers and enlisted men before getting underway on the 14th for the [[Marshalls]].

The '''USS ''Shenandoah''''' was the first of four [[United States Navy]] rigid [[airship]]s. She was built from 1922 to 1923 at [[Lakehurst N ...ship was thought to be well suited to such work. [[President of the United States of America|President]] [[Calvin Coolidge]] approved Moffett's proposal, but

| publisher = Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College}}, p. ix</ref> that ''the Japanese decision for war against the United

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...out to make a polar expedition. On 26 July, ''Skagit'' departed the United States with the [[Point Barrow, Alaska]], Expedition and remained there until 23 A

...d to combat the poverty and unemployment of the [[Great Depression, United States|Great Depression]]. The CCC became the most popular New Deal program among ...clothing and caring for nearly twice as many men as we have in the regular Army itself. In creating this civilian conservation corps we are killing two bir

...she exchanged the New Zealanders for a complement of Hawaii-bound [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]]. ...the [[Philippines]] on [[24 September]]. There, she embarked troops of the Army's 27th Regimental Combat Team (RCT). On [[1 October]], she set sail for [[J

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...r training for the assault, she combat-loaded the men and equipment of the Army's 77th Infantry Regiment at Tarranguna, Leyte, and on [[21 March]] departed

...e normalized to a large extent. They were much better trained than regular army units, with dangerous simulated combat exercise; it was rigorous, realisti ...rg/content/en/article/ss-and-police?series=27 SS and police] at the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum, last access 5/19/2023.

...combat force, although it should be noted that an ancestor of the [[United States Coast Guard]], the Revenue Cutter Service, is older and can claim to be the | title = Brief History of the United States Marine Corps}}</ref>

...riminal cases: the right not to incriminate themselves by answering police officers' questions after they are arrested. ...was released and "deported" back to Arizona, where he enlisted in the U.S. Army.

.... were backed up by 37 shore batteries with heavy guns. When foreign naval officers in Hong Kong learned about Dewey's new mission, they thought he was headed ...commanded the harbor, and he told a German fleet to stay back. The Spanish army with 15,000 was trapped as Dewey set up a blockade.

...en under active consideration for promotion to full general to head United States Southern Command, the nomination was not made due to his association with t ...t President Bush." Major General David Edgington, chief of staff of United States Joint Forces Command said that the command, not the university, dropped him

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...n she got underway for [[Saipan]]. She was ordered to return to the United States via [[Eniwetok]] and [[Pearl Harbor]].

After the 9/11 attack, the United States of America|U.S. determined that the al-Qaeda senior leadership who had plan ...he heart of the NATO Charter. The United States and NATO also interpreted United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 as permissive of military action,

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...or [[25 August]] to embark men of the Army [[6th Infantry Division (United States|6th Division]] for [[Japan]], arriving there [[22 October]]. She departed [

| 321 (20 officers, 301 men), plus 255 embarked troops After discharging her cargo, she embarked 172 [[U.S. Army|Army]] troops and departed the Hawaiian Islands on [[7 September]], setting her

| title = The US Army’s Bradley Remanufacture Program | date = 23-Sep-2008}}</ref> The Army plans coexistence of the ODS and A3 versions, building fire direction varia

...He also wrote about the origins of the [[Secret Army Organization|Secret Army Organization (SAO)]] (the OAS in French) during and after the fiasco of the ...ld be demanded and to whom all sorts of tricks would be taught. That's the army in which I should like to fight."<ref>''ibid.''</ref></blockquote>

...rate entity with a devolved government in [[Belfast]] but remaining in the United Kingdom. Opposition to the Irish Free State was rife, with many ardent [[Re ...move that shocked the country. Even without Collins' leadership the Irish army speedily destroyed the insurgency, after the Free State declared martial la

...tates of America]] from 1775-1797, leading the American victory over the [[United Kingdom]] in the [[American Revolution]] and being a unanimous choice to se ...ed Fairfax family, but failed to get a permanent commission in the British army. From the West came experiences on the Ohio frontier, where Washington carr

...s under General [[Andrew Jackson]] decisively defeated an invading British army intent on seizing [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] and control of the [[Mississip ...other-in-law to the Duke of Wellington, who refused command of an invading army in America. In 1814 Pakenham was made the land commander of the expedition.

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...he moved to [[Lingayen]] in northern [[Luzon]] to load soldiers of the 6th Army's 33d Division for transportation to the Japanese home islands and occupati

...nto the Civil War he took command of the main Confederate combat army, the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee immediately emerged as the swiftest and shrewdest ...independence. He won many battles but never destroyed or captured a Union army. In any case the Union will to win was greater than the the Confederate, a

...a, to the rout of the last Tibetan guerrilla redoubt by the Royal Nepalese Army in 1974. It is a record of almost unmitigated failure. [http://www.amazon.c ...lin. ''Facing the Phoenix: The CIA and the Political Defeat of the United States in Vietnam.'' (1991). 395 pp.

The United States intelligence community spent much effort to detect and interfere with threa ...en a United States Army supply sergeant at the main base for United States Army Special Forces, returned to Afghanistan, where he gave training in al-Qaeda

...ns, the '''Battle of Ap Bac''' took place between [[Viet Cong]] (VC) and [[Army of the Republic of Viet Nam]] (ARVN) forces on January 2, 1963. It took pl In December, U.S. Army [[signals intelligence]] aircraft, using [[direction finding]] techniques,

...al chemistry from the University of Berlin. In 1926, he came to the United States and taught at Princeton University for two years, and then joined the facul | title = Foreign Relations of the United States 1958-1960

| contribution = Civil Defense: The Truman Administration: United States. 1945-1952 ...onal Guard (ARNG)]], usually under state control, and sometimes the [[U.S. Army]], has been the principal Federal responding organization in disasters and

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...rked elements of the 5th Marine Division and departed Japan for the United States on [[7 December]].

...m]], the [[Second Party System]] and the [[Third Party System]] the United States invented or developed a number of new methods for conducting '''American E ...he local, state and national level, and enlisted most voters into a loyal "army" of supporters. By 1776 the great majority of white men had the vote; rema

...rations before retiring in 1948. In retirement, he served for a time as a United Nations good will ambassador. ...ary Academy]] at West Point. He subsequently was admitted to the [[United States Naval Academy]]. He graduated seventh of 114 in the Class of 1905.

| 321 (20 officers, 301 men), plus 255 embarked troops ...i|Honolulu]] on 5 January 1945 and immediately began loading cargo for the Army's 752d Anti Aircraft (AA) Battalion. On the 7th, she embarked 235 soldiers

...e paper." The National Intelligence Council, and its National Intelligence Officers, act as an intelligence "think tank", and routinely consult with experts ou ...ity into policy advocacy. It would also give some leverage to intelligence officers in resisting any such future attempts."

...Navy was so powerful it blockaded the American coast and moved the British army from point to point at will. The American Navy's role was to attack British The [[United States Marine Corps]] was formed to support the Navy. The Navy was briefly out of

...reedmen and Abandoned Lands''), was a federal agency created by the United States Congress and President [[Abraham Lincoln]] in March 1865 to help aid distre ...hite army veterans. George T. Ruby, a northerner who served first with the Army in Louisiana and moved to Texas in 1866, was one of only a handful of Afric

...nal parties that competed for control of the Presidency, Congress, and the states: the '''[[Federalist Party]]''' (created by [[Alexander Hamilton]]) and the ...the first to be contested on anything resembling a partisan basis. In most states, the congressional elections were recognized in some sense, as Jefferson st

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...n [[Okinawa]]. On the 14th, she embarked troops, vehicles, and gear of the Army's 82d Signal Construction Battalion. The next day, she got underway for a s

The '''United States supported Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War''' as a counterbalance to Iranian ...ngwala}}</ref> Other countries that supported Iraq during the war included United Kingdom|Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and Germany.

...anto]] where she joined the rest of her squadron and embarked units of the Army's 27th Division. After a brief stop at [[Guam]] to draw replacement boats and to allow her officers and men to get ashore for some rest and recreation, ''Yancey'' rejoined her

...army officers in [[Russia]].<ref>See the [[Decembrists]], a group of army officers who plotted against autocracy</ref> In the highly charged political environment of the [[United States of America]], "liberal" tends to mean almost anything except the 19th centu

...nd, on the day after Christmas, embarked 17 officers and 210 enlisted men (Army) at Langemak Bay. After fueling on the 27th, ''Warrick'' sailed for Manus, ..., she commenced offloading her cargo, some two days after the first of the Army troops under the overall command of [[General Douglas MacArthur]] had splas

...on 1483|United Nations (UN) Resolution 1483]], which recognized the United States and Great Britain as “[[occupying power]]s” and urged the two powers to |title = ON POINT II: Transition to the New Campaign; The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom May 2003-January 2005

| title = The Real Home Dads Army At first British Army General Headquarters (GHQ) controlled the Home Guard, but as their numbers

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...], and use the latter to land weapons, supplies, [[soldiers]] and [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] on enemy shores during [[Amphibious warfare|amphibio

...r proved to be a training ground for young military officers from [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] who would be caught little more than a decade ...awks led by President [[James K. Polk]] and his [[Democratic Party (United States), history|Democratic party]], and the opponents based in the [[Whig Party]]

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...d some of her own men to other ships for transportation back to the United States; and took on supplies for a second trip to Japanese ports. She arrived at [

[[Image:US_Navy_Seal.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Seal of the United States Navy]] The '''U.S. Navy''' is a branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is charged with sea operations in both international and

...e 1920s, Taylorism was transforming the industrial workplace in the United States. According to architectural writer Billie Ann Lopez, around 1922, Schütte- ...nal sent by the [[Young Turks]] in government, who were mostly career army officers. Arguably, the role model she provided can be credited for the fact that cu

A '''Littoral Combat Ship''' (LCS) is a [[United States Navy]] warship intended to reverse the Cold War trend towards large, expens ...d. An LCS can carry 25 passengers, which could be appropriate for [[United States Navy SEAL]] operations, but the Marines have not been involved with the dev

...he luxury ocean liner SS Manhattan. The Manhattan was built for the United States Lines (a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan's Roosevelt International Mercantile Mar ...ts in case of loss or sinking. The ship was manned with a complement of 50 officers and 900 enlisted men, and a detachment of 30 Marines. It could carry up to

...is said to have observed "an army marches on its stomach", meaning that no army can function without a supply of food, and making sure that food is availab In the United States military, chosen here because it tends to write down more about the way it

...nt Cyr military academy in 1908; in 1911 he was commissioned in the French army. ...ppe Pétain]], and wrote several books on military strategy. His book ''The Army of the Future'' (1934), daringly proposed mechanization of the infantry, wi

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...n [[21 March]], the attack cargo ship embarked the men and materiel of the Army Engineers 305th Regimental Combat Team and joined a convoy bound for the [[

...analysis. As of March 2009, the Director is LTG [[Ronald Burgess]], [[U.S. Army]]. The DIA director is "dual hatted" as the commander of the Joint ...r Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JFCC-ISR) of the [[United States Strategic Command]] (USSTRATCOM).

| title = The United States and the European Right, 1945-1955 ...nce agency, was the Gehlen Organization. [[Reinhard Gehlen]] approached US Army intelligence shortly after the end of the war, and offered his files and st

...pparent to the throne and was commissioned a second lieutenant in both the army and navy. After his graduation in 1914 from the Peers' School, the Crown Pr ...y to its downfall. His forthright opposition to the coup attempted by army officers in the 26 February Incident in 1936 did much to facilitate its suppression.

The United States intelligence community has had extensive involvement with Iran, as a target In the 1920s, an army officer engineered a coup against the weak Qazar Dynatsy and took the name

...rengthened the powers of the judiciary while [[Chief Justice of the United States]]. ...irst ones to be contested on anything resembling a partisan basis. In most states the congressional elections were, as Jefferson str [[John J. Beckley|John B

...all unit, in the Italian campaign at Caporetto, which captured 150 Italian officers, 9,000 soldiers, and 81 guns. ...t: "the [[Reichswehr]] considered every officer a rifleman as the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] consider every Marine a rifleman." In 1932, h

...on Abrams, commander of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, said the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) had been steadily improving, and the poi ...into the broader Nixon Administration detente policy, in which the United States no longer regarded its fundamental stategy as containment policy|containmen

...consumers of intelligence outside the military, especially since both the Army and Navy wanted to have the prestige of providing them with diplomatic COMI ...elligence Coordinating Committee, which soon changed its name to the Joint Army-Navy Communications Intelligence Coordinating Committee.

...egic thought of naval officials across the world, especially in the United States, Germany, Japan and Britain. His ideas still permeate the U.S. Navy. ...y plan of 1890 in case war should break out between Britain and the United States. Mahan concluded that the British would attempt to blockade the eastern por

...''' (February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865), was 16th President of the [[United States of America]] and served during the [[American Civil War]] (1861-1865). He i ...h of freedom for the American nation. The destruction of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]], and of the slave power that menaced republican id

| authorlink = United States Department of Defense ...Manual,<ref name = FM3-24>{{citation | publisher = US Department of the Army | first1 = John A. | last1 = Nagl | first2 = David H.| last2 = Petraeus |

...oboken, N.J.]], ''Almaack'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at the Army Transport Service Base, [[Brooklyn]], on 15 June 1941, CDR Thomas R. Cooley ...mber]], [[Ernest King|Admiral Ernest J. King]], Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet, agreed to recommend independent routing for fast cargo ship

...years. After witnessing the shooting of hostages by the revolutionary "Red Army" in Munich, he acquired a lifelong hatred of communism. <ref name="evans200 ...lists assembled in the [[Führerbunker]] in central [[Berlin]] as the [[Red Army]] fought its way into the city. One of his last tasks was the arrest and ex

...nts, but certainly not the only ones involved. At present, only the United States, France, and Brazil operate CATOBAR carriers. Two 65,000 ton British [[Quee *United States

...2 1/2 years of efforts by President [[Woodrow Wilson]] to keep the United States neutral. ...and made no preparations or plans for the war. He insisted on keeping the army and navy on its small peacetime bases. Indeed, Washington refused even to s

...(United States), history|Democratic party]] was highly competitive in most states, but won the presidency only in 1856, 1884 and 1892. In 1892, the [[Populis ...usually controlled the House of Representatives. The northern and western states were largely Republican, save for closely balanced New York and Indiana. Af

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...she was named, ships of her type were named after U.S. counties. Eighteen states have counties or parishes named Union. USS ''Union'' served as a commission

The '''American Expeditionary Force''' ('''AEF''') was the United States Army contingent which served in Europe during [[World War I]], in 1917 and 1918. ...pe. President [[Woodrow Wilson]] at one point grew angry when he heard the Army was preparing war plans, and ordered it to stop.

...inanced by British interests and operated by the British (using Royal Navy officers on leave) and ran between Confederate-controlled ports and the neutral port ...ports within the States aforesaid, in pursuance of the laws of the United States, and of the law of Nations, in such case provided. For this purpose a compe

Especially since the [[Second World War]], the United States has been involved, for many reasons, in '''U.S. government training of fore | volume = Foreign Relations of the United States, Volume XII

...y by a coalition of countries led by the [[United States of America|United States]]. It was appointed March 15, 2006 and published its report, which included ...which they believed would strengthen Iraq, the Middle East, and the United States of America <ref>ISG Report, p. xviii</ref>

Intelligence activities of the United States go back to the latter part of the Second World War, long before the Central ...tial CIA team in Saigon was the Saigon Military Mission, headed by United States Air Force Colonel Edward Lansdale, who arrived on 1 June 1954. His Clandest

...by the United States, and lasted longer than any war involving the United States between the [[American Revolution]] and the [[Vietnam War]]. ...ida tribes" was interchangeable with "Seminole tribe". (In 1823 the United States Senate amended the Treaty of Moultrie Creek to replace "Seminole tribe" wit

===Irish Republican Army=== As opposed to the French Resistance, the modern Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) has a history going back to Irish revolutionary forces in the early

...he Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), which formally issued the first Army doctrinal guidance in 1976. Many planners also cite, not as a guide but an Essentially, the Army decided that in the next few decades, when it has to deploy large numbers o

...arming Kurdish rebels. There are U.S. court records indicating the United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war|CIA militarily and monetarily a On February 7, 1963 United States Department of State|State Department executive secretary William Brubeck wr

| publisher = United States Strategic Bombing Survey ...jo]] could have the triple authority of Prime Minister, Army Minister, and Army Chief of Staff. <ref>{{citation

'''Ticonderoga class''' cruisers are major surface combatants of the United States Navy, principally as the primary escort ship for a Carrier Strike Group or *Crew: 24 Officers, 340 Enlisted.

...latin''' (1761 - 1849) was an American politician who served as the United States [[Secretary of the Treasury]] from 1801 to 1814 under presidents [[Thomas J ...ilitia, terrorized conservatives in Pittsburgh, threatened federal revenue officers with death, and called for rebellion.

...'', and by people not supporting the withdrawal from the U.S., ''the rebel states''. ...a period of [[reconstruction]] before returning to full standing again as states in the U.S.

{{r|Anne Cahn}} treasurer (Member of the Board of Directors, United States Institute of Peace; Author of Killing Détente; former Director, Committee ...has written about the right to information in Latin America and the United States. She is a member of the advisory boards of the World Policy Journal, the Jo

..., Count Rumford.jpg|right|266px|Colonel Benjamin Thompson, FRS, in British army uniform. Painting by Thomas Gainsborough 1783}} ...r career achievements include attaining the rank of colonel in the British army, being elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in England in 1779, being

...which affected their approach to the Strategic Hamlet Program wanted the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] to be mobile and aggressive against the Viet c ...ce Agency]], [[Agency for International Development]], and [[United States Army Special Forces]]. The Marines, with responsibility for [[I Corps tactical z

...ter 1828 Calhoun reversed directions and became the foremost spokesman for states rights and slavery.<ref> Capers says it was caused by opportunism; when Cal ...fective navy, including steam frigates, and in the second place a standing army of adequate size; and as further preparation for emergency "great permanent

...at many other nations did not either provide materials or encourage client states to do so, or that there was not a brisk business by private arms traders. | title = The United States and the Gulf War

...e of Midway]] in June, the field was pressed into American service. [[U.S. Army]] forces later supplemented, and eventually relieved, the Marines. ...eved strongly in a Germany-first policy and who did not want to divert any army or air force resources to support a Pacific offensive. Eventually, King thr

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...1945, she on-loaded her first combat cargo-miscellaneous units of the 10th Army, including signal battalions, military police, a weather squadron, communic

...itary men regarded the United States as a potential enemy, that the United States intelligence effort towards Japan was inadequate, and developed insights it ...], brother of [[Hirohito]], when the Prince and his wife toured the United States.<ref>{{citation

..., who had also been supported by the U.S., who had sent in [[United States Army Special Forces]]. Some minor territorial disputes also were resolved. ...sheltered an actual military force of 3,000 soldiers, the "Iran Liberation Army (ILA)", under Ghoylam Ali Ovisi, who had been the military commander of Te

...h Vietnam was that a government seen as too much of a client of the United States would have trouble with its own legitimacy, but, at least in 1964-1965, nee | publisher = Foreign Relations of the United States

...y to break down class distinction and make the leadership (i.e., political officers, cadre, commissars) more legitimate to the troops. It should be noted that ...ounter the new U.S. techniques, inflict significant casualties on the U.S. Army, and, if very lucky, still cut II CTZ in half. That planned movement was ve

'''[[Republicanism]]''' (not synonymous with the [[Republican Party (United States)]]) is the political value system that has dominated American political tho ...it with luxury, Royal appointees not answerable to the people, a standing army, unconstitutional taxes, and, ultimately, an system of rule by an inherited

...) represents both a plan and a planning process which specifies how United States of America|American nuclear weapons would be used in the event of Nuclear w The United States Strategic Command is responsible for the execution of such plans, by whatev

In the United Kingdom, there were both direct sales to both sides in the Iran-Iraq War, b ...Scott arms-to-Iraq inquiry, were subsequently secretly relaxed. After "The United Nations imposed an embargo, to try to restore stability to the region. Brit

The major Allied participants were the United States, Britain and is Commonwealth, including Britain, Australia, New Zealand, an The Axis states which assisted Japan included the Japanese puppet states of [[Manchukuo]] and the Wang Jingwei Government]] in China. [[Thailand]]

...own testimony as proof but it was ignored. He then sued IHR in the United States and the case was subsequently settled for $50,000, plus $40,000 in damages ...many Jews who actually emigrated to Russia, Britain, Israel and the United States are included in the number.''

...ng how much of a change it was, he said "With the advent of the surge, the Army effectively turned the war over to its internal dissidents."<ref name=Ricks ...manual,<ref name = FM3-24>{{citation | publisher = US Department of the Army

...ission was a CIA activities in Asia-Pacific#Korea|battleground between the Army tactical information requirements and the need for more global information Since 1954, oversight of United States, high-risk clandestine intelligence collection and covert action has been

| location_country = United States * 1917: The NAACP wins the fight to commission African-Americans as officers during World War One.

...ber 19, 1919&ndash;August 10, 2005), [[Captain (naval)|Captain]], [[United States Navy]] (retired), was an aviator, a [[World War II]] flying ace, and founde ...r significant driving factor for Voris (and the secrecy) was the fact that Army Air Corps aeronautical genius, hero and legend, [[James Doolittle|Jimmy Doo

| title = IN ITS OWN WORDS: The U.S. Army and Antipersonnel Mines in the Korean and Vietnam Wars ...ired the use of those undeniably militarily useful weapons." Many of these officers had direct and personal combat experience; one, GEN H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr

'''William F. "Bull" Halsey''' (1882-1959) was a admiral of the [[United States Navy]], a colorful and inspirational combat leader in the [[Second World Wa Born into a Navy family, he graduated from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in 1904, specializing in [[torpedo]] warfare. "He commande

...of major powers, especially France and the United States of America|United States, and to a lesser extent China and the Soviet Union, were as much an influen ...ifties, the U.S. advisors focused on building a "mirror image" of the U.S. Army, designed to meet and defeat a conventional invasion. <ref name=PntV1Ch05Se

...CNT support for the Popular Front in 1936 was an important motive for the army's decision to rebel. ===The Army===

...s of the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. Among the wealthiest men in the [[United Kingdom|British]] American colonies, he is known as the ''Penman of the Rev ...753 it was apparent that the place he really needed to study was [[London, United Kingdom|London]], and in spite of having already lost three sons while maki

...asized states rights. The party opposed a strong judiciary and opposed the army and navy (calling for reliance on the state militias instead). Its guiding ...e [[Bank of the United States]]) as unconstitutional. The party promoted [[states' rights]] and the primacy of the yeoman farmer over bankers, industrialists

...and Secretary of Commerce who was elected the 31st President of the United States. Elected in 1928, his [[associtationalism|associationalist]] policies were ...ith a proposal of marriage. Herbert traveled to China by way of the United States, and on [[February 10]], 1899, he and Lou Henry were married in the sitting

...34th [[President of the United States of America|president]] of the United States (1953-1961). ...out of politics until 1952, when he became the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s presidential nominee and was elected president by a l

...c Party (United States), history|Democratic]] 33rd President of the United States, 1945-1953. He dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force Jap ...one daughter, Margaret, who married a ''New York Times'' editor. With an army buddy he invested his savings in a Kansas City haberdashery, but this ventu

...European Union's Eurocorps and the U.S. Restructuring of the United States Army. A trend in these organizations is to assign considerable resources for th ...U.S., had assistants that coordinated subgroups of the staff. In the U.S. Army, the executive officer typically was responsible for personnel and logistic

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...ng as a '''military leader''', often to a level that professional military officers considered micromanaging. He served as an enlisted courier in [[World War O ...ary, eventually sacrificing Ernst Roehm and his plans for a "revolutionary army" in which the SA would replace the Reichswehr. Eventually, however, Hitler

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...exchange gifts, while maintaining complete autonomy. Many of the tributary states received from China the rights toward the international trade within the tr ...ion, China had to fulfill its promise to provide security to its tributary states. The Chinese authorities feared greatly that the China's loss of legitimacy

...srupted by the [[Mongol]] invasion of 1253, when part of [[Kublai Khan]]'s army advanced down the Mekong to attack the Khmers. In the wake of the Mongol wi ..., where he married a royal princess. In 1353 he returned at the head of an army (presumably with Khmer aid), captured Xiang Dong Xiang Thong and founded a

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...pril 12, 1945), often called '''FDR''', was 32nd [[President of the United States of America]] from 1933 to 1945. He is best known for confronting the Great ...r unions and big city machines re-energized the [[Democratic Party (United States), History|Democratic Party]]. The millions of new voters he attracted cause

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...of aid to Africa and other developing regions. He sought to modernise the United Kingdom's public services, encourage enterprise and innovation in its priva ...Party (UK)|Labour party]], and ran unsuccessfully for [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] in 1982 in the safe [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conserva

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...er to persuade him to create a three-man junta representing the State, the Army and Party, represented by the head of the Reich Chancellery [[Hans Lammers] ...vilian morale and lead to a repeat of the debacle of 1918, when the German army had been undermined by a collapse of the home front. Nor was Hitler willing

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...r Kabír bypassed the governor and instructed his brother, secretary of the army in the province, to perform the execution. The latter obtained a religious ...arly years of his ministry, were greatly strengthened. While in the United States he laid the cornerstone of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illin