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...tary Art and Science (MMAS) degrees on completion of a thesis. It prepares officers for planning and leadership at the level of [[operational art]]: [[brigade] ...yees of the [[United States Department of Defense]]. There are often a few officers from friendly nations. In practice, graduation from CGSC is a requirement f

...Guard|Coast Guard]])—all '''casualty assistance officers''' in the United States share the unenviable task of personally notifying family of military person In all branches of the military, casualty assistance officers must meet certain qualifications. They typically must have served a number

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...the [[United States Army]]. Founded in 1802, it is now part of a system of Army educational institutions under the [[Training and Doctrine Command]]. While ...ve a significant career advantage, automatically graduating with a Regular Army commission. This is no longer the case; graduates of the [[Reserve Officer

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...is the [[United States Army]] Aviation Center, the home of [[army aviation|Army Aviation]] doctrinal development, training, and management. [[Ozark, Alabam ...M]] Tod Glidewell, and, to reflect the large number of warrant officers in Army Aviation, CWO5 Jeffery Reichard is Chief Warrant Officer of the Aviation Br

...immediately after the [[Second World War]], the United States created four officers with a rank above four-star general, giving them protocol equivalence to Br ...hat the "marshal" term was not adopted because the [[Chief of Staff of the Army]], George C. Marshall, refused to be designated Marshal Marshall.

...drawn considerable interest in its parallel between failure of the German Army to prepare for post-combat operations in the Soviet Union, and is a substan | title = After the Blitzkrieg: The German Army’s Transition to Defeat in the East

...GSC), subordinate to the [[Training and Doctrine Command]]. It is aimed at officers in [[battalion]]-level command and staff jobs, or people with equivalent re

...y, made up of two or more corps plus units under the direct control of the army commander ...sed of two or more field army| field armies plus units subordinated to the army group commander

...every level from platoon to Third United States Army, to the United States Army (i.e., DCSOPS, or deputy chief of staff for operations). He was the Ground ...nsurgents. Gates agreed this would end his career, although many four-star officers serve in only one assignment before retiring; there are few promotions avai

have comparable seniority to Generals in the Army or Air Force. These ranks may have command of fleets, squadrons or task fo These are roughly comparable seniority to the army ranks '''Colonel''', '''Lieutenant Colonel''', '''Major''', '''Captain''' a

...eld]]'s choice to replace GEN [[Eric Shinseki]] as [[Chief of Staff of the Army]] in 2003, had retired instead, needing to care for a sick wife. He stayed ...the George C. Marshall Foundation, chairman of Senior Executive Committee, Army Aviation Association of America.

...erations Command of the United States Special Operations Command. While an Army unit, it will often have special operators from other services attached to ...working with foreign military personnel in unconventional warfare (United States doctrine)|unconventional warfare and foreign internal defense. Rangers are

...tiple channels to the top level of government (e.g., through cabinet-level officers for foreign policy, armed forces, law enforcement, etc.). There may very w ==United Kingdom==

...n Barbarossa]], the invasion of the [[Soviet Union]] in which he commanded Army group North. He received a minimal sentence of three years from the NMT. ...Subsequently, after listening to a January 23, 1933 speech to senior army officers by [[Adolf Hitler]], he said "A businessman whose wares are good does not n

...n a Japanese puppet state of the same name was in operation. The [[United States of America]] rejected Japanese control and it became one of many issues tha The Japanese [[Kwangtung Army]] was initially in the [[Kwangtung Leasehold]] on the border of Manchuria.

*Collier, Ellen C. 1993. ''Instances of Use of United States Forces Abroad, 1798 - 1993''. at [http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/foabroad *Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, 1815-1829: Tuesday, December 23, 1823. P. 352. at [http://memor

...ngs" was Allied Control Commission Law 10, which empowered "the commanding officers of the four allied zones of occupation to conduct criminal trials on charge ...ar Crimes. While Taylor was a [[brigadier general]] in the [[United States Army]], the trials were conducted by American civilian judges.

...r Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JFCC-ISR) of the [[United States Strategic Command]] (USSTRATCOM). Prior to DIA, he was Deputy [[Director ...nt Executive Officer to the [[Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army]], Washington, D.C. From June 1991 to June 1993, he commanded the 125th Mi

...quote>Provide fully capable Special Operations Forces to defend the United States and its interests. Plan and synchronize operations against terrorist networ ...Joint Chiefs of Staff. As of 2007, Admiral Eric Olson is the first United States Navy SEAL] to head USSOCOM.

The [[United States Army]] '''Ranger School''' is an extremely demanding, and prestigious, school in ...estone for [[combat arms]] officers and noncommissioned officers; [[United States Military Academy]] cadets sometimes attempt it in the summer between their

...military rank, near the top of the "general officer " system that divides officers into junior, field, and general/flag. In the NATO designation system (STANA ...ional Security Agency, or a Deputy Chief of Staff of a service (e.g., U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations).

...professionalism in the American military. It contrasts the careers of two officers, Sam Damon, an extremely ethical soldier that prefers to stay in the field, ...oth Damon and Massengale are Army officers, there are interesting [[United States Marine Corps]] parallels, such as [[Evans Carlson]] or [[Samuel Griffith]],

...on to cover an underground rebellion against Asian occupiers of the United States. Its title contrasts the [[Fifth Column]] of traitors in the [[Spanish Civ ...that just before the United States was occupied, a researcher at a secret Army laboratory both establishes a [[unified field theory]], and goes beyond to

'''Kanji Ishiwara''' (1889-1949) was an [[Imperial Japanese Army]] officer deeply involved in the military and Palace intrigue of the 1920s ...ash; the personification of [[gekokujo]] &mdash; that brought the Japanese Army to this deplorable situation."<ref>{{citation

...''United States against [[Otto Ohlendorf]], et al.'', charged twenty-three officers of the SS in charge of [[Einsatzgruppe]]n, or field killing task forces, th | Army Group North

...ontrol over the operating forces of the [[United States Navy]] or [[United States Marine Corps]]. ...the President and Secretary of Defense (SecDef), who direct the commanding officers of the [[Unified Combatant Command]]s (UCC). The UCCs, which have component

...l Navy, and rank immediately below [[Second Lieutenant]]s in the [[British Army]] and [[Pilot Officer]]s in the [[Royal Air Force]] and above all enlisted ...four years, being at least 19 years of age. Today the rank is only held by officers under the age of 20, at which age they are appointed [[Sub-Lieutenant]]s (o

...seen in the German General Staff. For all the value Napoleon placed on key officers such as Berthier, [[Napoleonic military staff]] was just that -- an organiz ...y historian that would record how things were done in a given conflict, so officers could study and avoid mistakes of the past. Current staffs still have a his

| journal = Army Communicator ...s by [[U.S. Army]] infantry, with interpretation by regular communications officers rather than security specialists; the matter infuriated GEN [[Creighton Abr

...itary, the '''Joint Chiefs of Staff''' (JCS) are a committee of the senior officers of the uniformed services, headed by a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staf | Chief of Staff of the Army

...neral in the [[United States Army]], who served as [[Chief of Staff of the Army]] during the [[Korean War]]. Subsequently, he was the U.S. representative t Graduating from the [[United States Military Academy]] in 1917, he served in various Infantry positions, rising

...]] (TRADOC) in 1973.He was at the heart of the restructuring of the [[U.S. Army]] after the [[Vietnam War]] disrupted its tradition, discipline, and abilit He entered the Army as a second lieutenant from the Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1941, landed in the [[Battle of Normandy]], and, by the e

[[Image:M1911a1.jpg|left|thumb|300px|M1911A1 pistol (US Army)]] ...ht design changes in 1922, and the weapon was in production until 1945. In Army service, it was replaced, in 1984, for reasons of [[NATO]] standardization,

While the U.S. military during the [[Vietnam War]], and the Soviet Red Army throughout its existence, tried to accelerate NCO development by taking sel During [[World War Two]], however, the [[United States Navy]] did find that it could be useful to give NCO rank to recruits with s

===United States=== ...e program ended, supplemented by a further 51 million acres granted by the states, and by various government subsidies. This program enabled the opening of n

'''Donald Blackburn''' (1916 - 2008) ) was a [[United States Army]] officer who, throughout a long career, was a specialist in insurgency, [[ He became a U.S. Army reserve [[second lieutenant]] in 1938, and was assigned to duty in the Phil

...aylor''' (1901-1987) was a general in the U.S. Army, Chief of Staff of the Army, special representative to the military under President John F. Kennedy, Ch After graduation from the Army War College, he held both command and Army staff positions before the start of the Second World War.

...t]], was a [[brigadier general]] in the [[United States Army|United States Army Reserve]]. He went ashore in the most dangerous first wave of the "D-Day" i Senior officers had refused his repeated requests to land with his troops, based on his unq

...He was a field marshal in the [[Imperial Japanese Army]], who commanded an army in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] and had headed aeronautical defelopment *Head of Army Aeronautical Department, Ministry of War, 1938

...rdinate but even more politically critical to his prior command of United States Central Command (CENTCOM). His immediate prior assignment was commanding Mu }}</ref> and he was a major contributor to the main U.S. Army doctrinal manual on counterinsurgency.

The United States Department of Defense held '''Combatant Status Review Tribunals''' (CSRT) f All the tribunals convened in a room, with space the three officers presiding over the tribunal, a clerk to keep a record, an officer familiar

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...merica|American lawyer and retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army reserve, who was the first officer who served with the Office for the Admin ...in rejecting an amendment by Sen. Lindsey Graham (Republican Party (United States)|R-South Carolina (U.S. state)|South Carolina), which would have banned the

...he [[thirteen colonies]], which would later become the basis of the United States) position as part of the British Empire was made truly apparent because Bri ...cers, such as [[Robert Rogers]], taught tactical insights to the [[British Army]]. Also, colonial legislatures and officials had to cooperate intensively,

He was a member of a family of senior military officers. His namesake was a Confederate [[colonel]] killed at the [[Third Battle of ...he couterpart of a traininbg center run by [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in the States). Patton organized the First Tank Brigade, which he commanded in the St. M

...Tribunals]] (NMT), the '''Hostages Case''', charged twelve senior military officers for "criminal disregard of the rules of warfare for of hostages and civilia ...d colleges}}</ref> The fourteen defendants were all senior officers in the army and navy, or in the German High Command, OKW. Defendant Blaskowitz committe

...SOC)''' focuses on much more secret operations than the rest of the United States Special Operations Command, its parent headquarters. It provides task force | publisher = U.S. Army War College

...el''' is a military rank, the top of the "field grade" system that divides officers into junior, field, and general/flag. In the NATO designation system (STANA ...igade as the basic field formation (see restructuring of the United States Army), some militaries have brigades made of more than one regiment. A colonel m

...as an official aide to the Prince and his wife when they toured the United States.<ref>{{citation A diary entry of 1933 described the army as in a "fascist mood", and he was concerned both that "90 percent of the n

* Craven, Wesley Frank and J. L. Cate. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II'' (5 vol 1949), detailed official U.S. history; ...hl, Manfred. ''Luftwaffe over America: The Secret Plans to Bomb the United States in World War II.'' (2004). 256 pp.

...y the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Netherlands]], [[France]] and the [[United States of America]]. ...the [[Satsuma Clan]] and [[House of Fushimi]]. In the [[Imperial Japanese Army]], it was supported by the [[Control Faction]]. It had backing from industr

...ound forces in the Vietnam War. He later commanded the Sixth United States Army in the Presidio of San Francisco. ...nd of Task Force Alpha, an imterim headquarters forces in the areas of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) II and III Corps. The ARVN called its geo

...became clear that new constitutional methods must be applied to bring the states back into a normal status. #Until states were readmitted, they would be under the control of a governor appointed by

...Akin, who had been MacArthur's Chief Signal Officer, and formerly with the Army's [[Signals Intelligence Service]]. <ref name=MI>{{citation | url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/mi/ch6.htm

This article discusses activities of the [[United States intelligence community]] specific to Cambodia, and multinational matters, s ...ating covert paramilitary harassing operations directed against [[People's Army of North Vietnam]] in the sanctuary areas just over the Cambodian border

'''Colin Luther Powell''' (1937-) is a retired general in the [[United States Army]], who served in military posts including [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ...ated in 1958 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army.

...herhood''' was an [[Irish nationalist]] organization based in the [[United States of America]] in the mid-nineteenth century. It was a precursor to [[Clan na ...ic'' and swore to take up arms when called upon and to obey their superior officers. After a convention held at Chicago under O'Mahony's presidency in November

...f]]. He was the last officer named to the five-star rank of General of the Army. ...uctor in tactics. In 1938 he was transferred to Washington to serve on the Army General Staff, becoming its assistant secretary in July 1939.

Anthony Taguba is a retired major general (MG) of the United States Army, best known for his highly critical report on irregularities at the Abu Ghr ...support of the Land Component Command (Third United States Army) of United States Central Command (CENTCOM) and had no connection to the activities under Mul

...advocates of the concept, although not the only ones, are in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. ...l Peter Leahy, Chief of the Australian Army, as <blockquote>the Australian Army must begin to foster a military

[[Ray Odierno]], General, [[United States Army]], heads [[United States Joint Forces Command]], a prestigious [[Unified Combatant Command]]. <ref> ...tter job. GEN [[James Mattis]] former USJFCOM commander, moved to [[United States Central Command]] as Gen. [[David Petraeus]] moved from CENTCOM to the Afgh

The '''[[United Nations]] Relief and Rehabilitation Administration''' ('''UNRRA''') was an ...members wore a gray outfit with an UNRRA shoulder patch, which stood for ''United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration''. "UNRRA" was an acronym

...ers parachute into Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury.jpg|right|350px|US Army Rangers parachute into Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury, Oct. 25, 1983. ...l [[Caribbean]] island nation of [[Grenada]], involved some 7,000 [[United States of America|U.S.]] troops spearheaded by special forces units and air assaul

...ons Command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The Army Special Operations Command and Special Forces Headquarters are at Fort Brag | unconventional warfare (United States doctrine)

...d States]] by [[Tomiyuki Yamashita]], a general of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] convicted of war crimes by a U.S. military tribunal in [[Manila]]. <ref>{ |court = [[Supreme Court of the United States]]

[[Image:US_Army_Seal.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Seal of the United States Army]] ...s in defense of the United States and its allies, especially [[NATO]]. The Army's official motto is "This We'll Defend".

...ific) (1948), very thorough U.S. Army official history [http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/okinawa/ online edition] * Craven, Wesley, and James Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II.'' (1958). Official history in 7 vol; [http://w

The United States Office of Personnel Management([[OPM]]) manages the civil service resources * [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]

...Society) group of elite officers who graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army's War College, Ishihara said, 'The nation could stand being in a state of w ...s said, a plan was drawn up whereby, if the Chinese attacked, the Kwantung Army would concentrate its main forces in the vicinity of Mukden and deliver a h

...nment, beginning with the [[Meiji Restoration]] of 1838. Radical military officers had a considerable role in starting [[World War Two in the Pacific]], parti ...no civilian control of the military]], and who were split into independent Army and Navy structures. <ref>{{citation

...e's Grand Army swept from the Rhine to the Danube surrounding the Austrian army at Ulm and initiating a revolution in military affairs (RMA) whose effects | publisher = School of Advanced Military Studies, [[U.S. Army Command and General Staff College]]

...by [[U.S. Secretary of Defense]] [[Robert S. McNamara]], who directed the Army "examine aviation in a new light and be more audacious in using it."explore | publisher = School of Advanced Military Studies, [[U.S. Army Command and General Staff College]]

...912-1983) was a United States Army full general, and Chief of Staff of the Army during the key years of the Vietnam War between 1964 and 1968. | url = http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/PARAMETERS/98SPRING/sorley.htm}}</ref>}}

...sions comprising 170,000 combatants. [[Raymond Spruance]] and his [[United States Fifth Fleet]] carriers would provide tactical air support since land bases ...y all his experienced officers. Japan's inability to train enlisted men as officers exposed the brittleness of its hierarchical society.

...lent aircraft for battlefield air interdiction, and several hundred United States Air Force maintenance personnel who would stay out of the combat zone. "Eis ...erican and Operational Perspective|3rd Radio ResearchUnit, a United States Army Special Forces training team came to Nha Trang in the summer of 1957 to set

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

.../><ref name=MarineLog2017-07-07/><ref name=NavalTechnology/> The [[United States Navy]], which will play an oversight role in the ship's construction, also Like the [[United States Coast Guard]]'s very successful [[Marine Protector patrol boat]]s, also bas

|branch= [[United States Coast Guard]] ...Guard Distinguished Service Medal]]<br>[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]] (4 awards)<br>[[Coast Guard Commendation Medal

...ry of Nebraska, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States make any regulations respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or oth ...cision of the President can be made known thereon; he shall commission all officers who shall be appointed to office under the laws of the aid Territory, and s

| 321 (20 officers, 301 men), plus 255 embarked troops ...g Army veterans from Eniwetok and [[Saipan]] to [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] ports.

...mmanded the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A). He was relieved of command, in June 2010, by ...ry &mdash; a "lightfighter". McChrystal was the personal choice of United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to replace McKiernan before his assignmen

* Craven, Wesley Frank, and James Lea Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. IV, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, Au ...ve'' (1949), the official Army history in the “Green” series; [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/guadc/gc-fm.htm online edition]

...ful of [[World War II]] AKAs manned by officers and crew from the [[United States Coast Guard]]. She served as a commissioned ship for 2 years and 6 months. ...fficult beaches near [[Agat]], where [[Imperial Japanese Army|the Japanese army]] offered stiff resistance. She completed offloading cargo and vehicles, an

...ne of a handful of WWII AKAs manned by officers and crew from the [[United States Coast Guard]]. She served as a commissioned ship for 2 years and 9 months, ...owing a repair period lasting until [[25 November]], she embarked [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] and got underway for amphibious training exercises o

...rior responsibility''', it is a principle of international law that senior officers, who did not literally dirty their hands in atrocity, are as responsible fo ...d who are capable of bearing arms in actual hostilities against the United States." [[Major]] Littleton Walker executed eleven guides, without trial, and cla

...''United States foreign policy''' rests with the [[President of the United States of America]]. For the ratification of formal treaties, he or she must obta ...etary [[Robert Gates]], obviously has a major effect, as does the [[United States intelligence community]], coordinated by [[Director of National Intelligenc

While the other military services had a presence in United States Special Operations Command, the USMC avoided participation for some time. I ...units, but did not represent a separate career path such as United States Army Special Forces. Still, the CAP units performed well at the joint doctrinal

Erhard Dabringhaus, a U.S. Army (CIC) intelligence officer in post-war Germany from 1946 to 1952 (i.e., the ...e rat line was used to evacuate a person wanted…" But, he did find, "that officers of the CIC engaged in obstruction of justice… although "prosecution is mo

| 321 (20 officers, 301 men), plus 255 embarked troops ...sailed on [[26 September]] for the [[Philippines]] to pick up [[U.S. Army|Army]] troops and equipment for transportation to Sasebo.

...nt of Defense]], as well as a joint civilian-military role in the [[United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam]]. <ref name=Arl>{{citation | title = Robert William Komer; Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army; Foreign Service Officer

| 321 (20 officers, 301 men), plus 255 embarked troops ...he [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] for overhaul, and loaded Army men and supplies at [[Seattle]] sailing [[15 June]] for [[Tinian]], where s

| 321 (20 officers, 301 men), plus 255 embarked troops ...ged and unloading of cargo commenced. The ship then returned to the United States reaching [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] [[3 July]].

| url = http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/bismarck/bismarck.htm | publisher = U.S. Army}}</ref> today part of [[Papua New Guinea]] It is sometimes called the '''Ba

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

'''Tomiyuki Yamashita''' (1885-1946) was an [[Imperial Japanese Army]] general, highly regarded as an operational commander, but not always in p ...e was also a member of the ''Issekikai'', an informal association of staff officers who believed in a military solution to the problems of Manchuria and Mongol

...nctions were then narrowed to be a counterpart to the main [[United States Army Special Forces]] role in the [[Vietnam War]], in organizing the [[Civilian ..., the 300-man 1st Observation Group was formed, trained by [[United States Army Special Forces]] for [[special reconnaissance]] and [[unconventional warfar

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ''Alamance'' returned to Sasebo on 18 October. After the embarked Army troops left the ship, she began the long journey back to American waters, s

...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

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...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 [

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...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

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...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

...gence agency, as well as having coordinating role over the entire [[United States intelligence community]] (IC), it is impossible to understand US counterter ...ucture than other close allies, such as Australia, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. Each has a structure that fits its particular legal system and cul

...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

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...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>

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...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

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...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

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...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

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...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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...ich allowed attacks to be launched or controlled from their territory. The United Nations neither approved nor censured the invasion, which was never a forma ...of 1991, following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The Gulf War had United Nations authorization. Further, both these wars should be differentiated f

...his own image was equally a desire to perpetuate the spirit of the Union's army, and its patriotism and suffering. "As the story of his life is pursued, th There have been some suggestions that one of his junior officers originally started the bayonet charge, but there is little question Chamber

This article deals with activities of the [[United States intelligence community]] in the region of Americas; since the creation of t | title = Foreign Relations of the United States 1961-1963, Volume X Cuba, 1961-1962

...nchamber.com/history/parthians/parthian_army.php History of Iran, Parthian Army]. Iran Chamber Society. Retrieved 2007-06-11</ref> The heavy cavalry fought ...a pinching motion after the opponent has advanced towards the center of an army which is responding by moving its outside forces to the enemy's flanks, in

...Hitler, and their only real strategy was to persuade leaders of the German Army to stage a [[Coup d'état|coup]] against the regime: the 1944 assassination ...in 1942, they were able to make contact with a significant number of Army officers who were convinced that Hitler was leading Germany to disaster, although th

...coordination of high-performance [[United States Air Force]] and [[United States Navy]] high-performance aircraft in [[close air support]]. [[Special reconn | publisher = US Department of the Army

...tee (HASC)''' has legislative jurisdiction over the military of the United States. Specifically, under the House Rules, it has authority over: #Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; Army, Navy, and Air Force reservations and establishments.

...1917), later joined by [[Italy]], and many other countries. The [[United States of America|U.S.]], initially neutral, tried to broker a settlement but in A ...-Hungarian, Russian, and Turkish empires, ruin Italy, and leave the United States the dominant power on the globe. The British Empire survived the war, altho

...in 1947 by President Harry S. Truman to advise the president of the United States on matters relating to national security. Established by a [[National Secur ...t, in hindsight, may not have been in the long-term interest of the United States.

...by Civilian Irregular Defense Group light forces. In 1966, a small United States Marine Corps base was built next to it. The main '''Battle of Khe Sanh''', ...ion-size elements of the People's Army of Viet Nam (PAVN). Massive United States Air Force support, using what, for the time, were Controlling close support

...lt.aspx}}</ref>, whose conduct was the subject of an adverse report by the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights<ref>[http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEven ...rotests by sacking his Cabinet and appointing a new Prime Minister, former army general Marouf Bakhit<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-1233

...ish Army in Concord Detail.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Depictions of the British Army marching to Concord in April, 1775. This is a hand colored engraving by Amo ...ical tactics had failed, and the [[Great Britain|British]] sent a combat [[army]] to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to overawe the rebels. On April 18, 1

...1814. In 1815 he returned from exile, took control of France, built a new army, and in 100 days almost succeeded--but was defeated at Waterloo and exiled ...f from counter-revolutionaries, and became the operational planner for the Army of Italy and planned two successful attacks in April 1794. He married Jose

The diplomatic history of the United States oscillated among three positions: isolation from diplomatic entanglements ( ==Timeline of United States diplomatic history==

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...uelapdex.htm ''The Sequel of Appomattox, A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States''(1918)]. Popular summary of Dunning School by leading scholar. * Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. ''A History of the United States since the Civil War''. Vol 1 and vol 2 (1917). Based on [[Dunning School]]

Air targeting officers did not see enemy cities as mere passive housing tracts filled with innocen ...ing to tactical ground-support and interdiction bombers (medium land-based Army and Marine, and light carrier-based Navy planes), and 20% to fighters (whic

| authorlink = United States Department of Defense ...e checks and balances, as in the Soviet Union relying on the Party and the Army to check the Organs of State Security.

...les for the northern provinces, far from major cities, with the [[People's Army of Viet Nam]] being willing to sustain exceptionally heavy casualties {{seealso|Vietnam, war, and the United States of America}}

...phazardly attacked them. <ref>Zucchino, pp. 14-15</ref> Senior Iraqi Army officers seemed to believe their own propaganda and assume that the war would go wel | author - Army Maj. Gen. Buford C. Blount III | date= May 15, 2003

...'' or "Klan") is the name of various secretive hate groups in the [[United States of America|U.S.]], a movement begun directly after the [[American Civil War ...t in, with the Klan's leadership disowning violence, and [[Southern United States|Southern]] elites seeing the Klan as an excuse for federal troops to contin

...r the full implementation of the Vietnamization doctrine, the U.S. saw the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) as taking responsibility for '''ground c ...in 1975, according to Bui Diem, South Vietnam's Ambassador to the United States between 1969 and 1972, said that President Thieu, even after the resignatio

...to GEN (ret.) Chuck Horner, then commanding air forces (CENTAF) for United States Central Command. Horner, a lieutenant general at the time, found he did not ...here have been land-based air officers who formed a close team with ground officers:{{quotation|This voyage strengthened Quesada’s conviction that cooperatio

...[[North Vietnam/Definition|North Vietnam]] and its allies fought [[United States of America|U.S.]] forces and eventually took over [[South Vietnam]], formin .../ref> It provided for unification elections under the supervision of the [[United Nations]], but was rejected by the Soviet delegation and North Vietnamese.<

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...ublican vote, Wilson was elected President as a [[Democratic Party (United States), history|Democrat]] in 1912. He proved highly successful in leading a Demo ...ir church. The father also briefly served as a chaplain to the Confederate army. Wilson’s father was one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Chu

...ger law enforcement organization such as the FBI in the United States. The United Kingdom has the separate Security Service, also known as MI-5, which does n ...taches who work for the FBI, as well as State Department Regional Security Officers. Legal attaches often work on transnational law enforcement, but may well h

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