The ArmyBoard is the top single service management committee of the British Army , and has always been staffed by by senior politicians and soldiers. ref http www.armedforces.co.uk army listings l0003.html ref Until 1964 it was known as the Army Council 1904 Army Council . ref http www.flagdom.com fotw flags gb 5Earmco.html ref ArmyBoard members Civilian The Secretary of State for Defence Minister for the Armed Forces Minister for Defence Equipment and Support Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence British Army Chief of the General Staff United Kingdom Chief of the General Staff Assistant Chief of the General Staff Adjutant General to the Forces Quartermaster General to the Forces Master General of the Ordnance Commander in Chief, Land Forces Commander UK Support Command Germany The Executive Committee of the ArmyBoard ECAB dictates the policy required for the Army to function efficiently and meet the aims required by the Defence Council of the United Kingdom Defence Council and government. The Chief of the General Staff is the chairman of the Executive Committee of the ArmyBoard. See also Air Force Board for the RAF Admiralty Board United Kingdom for the Royal Navy Notes and references reflist Category British Army Category British defence policymaking UK mil stub fr ArmyBoard ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2008 The Australian Army Inventions Board , otherwise known as the Army Inventions Directorate , was a government body of the Australia Commonwealth of Australia , set up in 1942 to handle the thousands of inventions submitted by the public. These inventions numbered some 27,000 a mere 127 of which were eventually accepted by the Australian ArmyArmy as being of notable value or suitable for military purposes. The best known invention accepted by the Army Inventions Board was the Australian designed Owen Gun , a submachine gun machine carbine which took a few years to get off the ground Citation needed date September 2010 . The Army Inventions Directorate was located at Victoria Barracks in Melbourne . See also History of Australia since 1901 Category 1942 establishments Category Australian Army Australia mil stub ... more details
Image Army Science Board.jpg right The Army Science Board ASB is a Federal Advisory Committee organized under the Federal Advisory Committee Act . It is the Department of the Army senior scientific advisory ... reappointment. History The Army Science Board ASB has served as the Army s senior scientific advisory ... board be established to assist the Secretary of the Army in R&D matters. Based on this report, General ... colspan 2 Past Army Science Board Chairs 1978 1981 Dr. J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. 1981 1983 Dr. Richard ... colspan 2 Past Army Science Board Executive Secretaries 1979 1981 COL Roger Mickelson 1982 1986 Mr ... docs pubs alt 2006 1 JanFebMar articles 70 Army Science Board 200601.pdf last Haraburda first Scott S. publication date 2006 year 2006 title Army Science Board Providing More Than 50 Years of Scientific ... Magazine. pages 70 73 Citation id url http asc.army.mil altmag JanFebMar Army Science Board Chairs.cfm last Haraburda first Scott S. publication date 2006 year 2006 title Army Science Board Chairs. volume ... Army Science Board Vice Chairs.cfm last Haraburda first Scott S. publication date 2006 year 2006 title Army Science Board Vice Chairs. volume issue periodical Army AL&T Magazine Website. pages Citation id url http asc.army.mil altmag JanFebMar Army Science Board Exec Sec.cfm last Haraburda first Scott S. publication date 2006 year 2006 title Army Science Board Executive Secretaries. volume ... Army Science Board Photos.cfm last Haraburda first Scott S. publication date 2006 year 2006 title Army Science Board Photos. volume issue periodical Army AL&T Magazine Website. pages External links https www.alt.army.mil portal page portal oasaalt ASB Army Science Board Website at the Army Acquisition, Logistics, & Technology website. http www.armyscienceboard.com Army Science Board Meeting Site for members of the Army Science Board only. http www.army.mil usapa epubs pdf r15 8.pdf Army Regulation 15 8 Army Science Board regulation. http www.acq.osd.mil dsb Defense Science Board Website at the Defense ... more details
Infobox Court Case name Sirdar v The ArmyBoard court European Court of Justice image caption date decided 26 October 1999 full name Sirdar v The ArmyBoard & Secretary of State for Defence citations 1999 C 273 97, 1999 ECR I 7403 judges prior actions subsequent actions opinions transcripts keywords Discrimination Sirdar v The ArmyBoard 1999 http eur lex.europa.eu LexUriServ LexUriServ.do?uri CELEX 61997CJ0273 EN HTML C 273 97 is a UK labour law case concerning genuine occupational requirements for a job. Facts Ms Sirdar was refused a position in the marines, and made redundant from position as chef. In the marines there had to be interoperability, so all marine members had to be capable of combat. There was a ban on combat for women. Judgment The ECJ held Member States depending on the circumstances, national authorities have a certain degree of discretion when adopting measures which they consider to be necessary in order to guarantee public security in a Member State . Because marines were the point of the arrow head the competent authorities were justified in having it be exclusively male. See also Clist directdiscrim UK labour law UK employment equality law Notes refs 2 References External links Category United Kingdom labour case law Category European Union case law Category 1999 in case law Category 1999 in the United Kingdom nl Arrest Sirdar The ArmyBoard ... more details
The Army Officer Selection Board , more usually referred to as the A.O.S.B. , is located at Leighton ... it is more time pressured. The Army Cadet Force Officer will also do the same course under the same time scale. The only difference being that they do not have to do the Physical tests. Army Scholarship Board The Army runs two Scholarship Boards each year for boys and girls aged between sixteen and seventeen .... The Fitness requirements for the Welbeck Board and the Army VI form scholarship board are citation ... for entry into the Regular Army Regular and Territorial Army United Kingdom Territorial Army . Other boards are also run for Army Scholarships, entry to Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College , Professionally Qualified Officers in the Army Medical Services , Army Legal Services Branch and the Royal Army Chaplains Department , as well as for Army Cadet Force Officers. AOSB Briefing This is a two day ... easy course, in comparison with the main board intended to give potential officers an idea of what is required and expected on the main board. There will also be a series of three aptitude tests on verbal ... form an overall Officer Intelligence Rating, which will be carried forward to Main Board. Before ... to the main board as soon as desired. Required to delay for between three and twenty four months ... at the Main Board. However, they are allowed to attempt the Main Board if, after further consideration ... 3 candidates to be successful at the Main Board. Rejected entirely, further applications ... forward to the Main Board . AOSB Regular Main Board This is a four day course consisting of many ... of the board, making it common for strong friendships to develop during the process. As candidates ... team member commands the rest. There is also an end of board team race across an obstacle course ... for the race victory. AOSB TA Main Board This is the course that is primarily intended for the selection ... candidates midweek, with one universal AOSB Main Board Pass, valid for both Regular and TA Commissioning ... more details
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Other uses File JapaneseArmy1900.jpg thumb 300px Japanese Imperial Army c.1900 File Conscription map of the world.svg thumb 300px Map of the world of the army forms legend 8cd19d No armed forces legend ... legend b9b9b9 No information An army from Latin arma arms, weapons via Old French arm e , armed ... force via means of aviation corps. Within a national military force, the word army may also mean a field army an army composed of full time career soldier s who stand over , in other words, who do not disband during times of peace. They differ from army reserves who are activated only during such times as war or natural disasters . In several countries, the army is officially called the Land Army to differentiate it from an air force called the Air Army , notably French Air Force France . In such countries, the word army on its own retains its connotation of a land force in common usage. The current largest army in the world, by number of active troops, is the People s Liberation Army ... reserve personnel followed by the Indian Army with 1,325,000 active troops and 2,142,821 reserve personnel. By definition, irregular military is understood in contrast to regular army regular armies ... June 2011 Main Army history Sparta The Spartan Army was one of the earliest known professional armies ... labor. This allowed the Spartans to field a full time army with a campaign season that lasted all year. The Spartan Army was largely composed of hoplite s, equipped with arms and armor nearly ... thumb The Roman army laid the foundation of military organisation and Military tactics tactic s The Roman Army had its origins in the citizen army of the Roman Republic Republic , which was staffed by citizens serving mandatory duty for Rome. Reforms around 115 BC turned the army into a professional ... effectively, such as light skirmish troops and heavy cavalry . After their service in the army ... mercenaries, became the core of the Roman Army moreover, by the time of the Late Roman Empire tribes ... more details
Infobox Film name This Is the Army image image size caption director Michael Curtiz producer Hal B. Wallis ... This Is the Army is a 1943 American wartime motion picture produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner .... Ronald Reagan , while both the stage play and film included soldiers of the United States Army U.S. Army that were actors and performers in civilian life. Basis Infobox Musical name This Is the Army ... at Camp Upton , his old Army base in Yaphank , New York during World War I . There he spoke with the commanding ... original 1917 Army play, Yip Yip Yaphank Yip Yip Yaphank . ref name Irving Berlin Comes to Yaphank ... 17, 2006 ref Gen. George Marshall approved a Broadway production of a wartime musical for the army ... be for the United States Army no whites and African Americans would appear on stage simultaneously ... Theatre from July 4, 1942 to September 26, 1942. ref name This Is the Army Production Credits Internet Broadway Database. This Is the Army at http www.ibdb.com production.asp?ID 1208 . Retrieved ... Online Inflation Calculator at http data.bls.gov cgi bin cpicalc.pl . ref for the Army Emergency Relief Fund. ref name Irving Berlin This Is the Army, Part 2 NARA, by Laurence Bergreen at http www.archives.gov ... the play were the only Army outfit to be fully integrated, but only so off stage. The title of the movie ... a dozen, ref cite web url http www.listal.com movie this is the army cast title Cast and Credits of This Is the Army publisher listal.com accessdate 2011 07 03 ref the only scene that includes ... Navy Navy and the United States Army Air Corps Air Corps . Although the core of the movie consists of the musical ... War II raging in Europe, Jones son Johnny enlists in the Army shortly after Pearl Harbor is attacked ... This is the Army premiere The movie premiered at the Warner Theatre Washington, D.C. Warner s Earle Theater on August 12, 1943. It grossed 9,555,586.44, which was donated to Army Emergency Relief ... his Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning. The Army Emergency Relief Fund collected millions of dollars ... more details
Army Council may refer to Army Council 1647 , of the New Model ArmyArmy Council 1904 , of the British Army, renamed as the ArmyBoard in 1967 IRA Army Council , of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Ulster Army Council , set up in 1973 as an umbrella group by the Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Volunteer Force to co ordinate joint paramilitary operations. Continuity Army Council of the Continuity Irish Republican ArmyArmy Council RIRA of the Real Irish Republican Army disambig ... more details
of the Army. ref name cgraham rp p 55 blockquote The former board was incorporated into the British ... Board had extended its scope to encompass more than just the safety and approval of the Army ...The Board of Ordnance was a United Kingdom British government body responsible for the supply of armaments and munitions to the Royal Navy until 1830 and British Army . It was also responsible for providing ... by the Ordnance Survey . The board existed under various names from 1414 until 1855, with headquarters ... . ref http homepage.ntlworld.com mike.comerford ORDNANCE 01.htm Part 01 Arms of the Board of Ordnance ... the Board of Ordnance in 1597, ref http www.crwflags.com fotw flags gb bordn.html Board of Ordnance ..., stores and equipment to the King s Navy. The Board of Ordnance consisted of six principal officers Master General of the Ordnance head of the board Lieutenant General of the Ordnance Surveyor General ... of the department, although he did not sit on the board. This office was consolidated with several others in 1836 to form that of Paymaster General . A number of other inferior officers reported to the board ... RA Institution, Woolwich 1939 ref rp p 53 brought about the Board s demise in 1855. See also the reference ... of transport and hospital arrangements during the first winter of the war, the Board of Ordnance ... General of the Ordnance . Subdivisions of the Board of Ordnance The Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers answered to the Board of Ordnance instead of the War Office until 1855. The Ordnance Medical Department was established to provide surgeon s for these corps. Ordnance Board Almost fifty years later, after the Second Boer War , and unease that the British Army had been ill equipped, a new office called the Ordnance Board was created. It consists of a board of munition s experts, whose purpose was to advise the Army Council 1904 Army Council on the safety and approval of weapons. The Ordnance Board , and its name, survived within the Ministry of Defence United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ... more details
In abstract board game s, an asymmetric board is one in which the game board does not have reflectional symmetry . Category Board games ... more details
Multiple issues cleanup August 2011 refimprove August 2011 Howze Board is the informal name of the Tactical Mobility Requirements Board that was created at the request of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to review and test new concepts integrating helicopters into the United States Army . It gave birth to idea of Air assault airmobility . It was named after its chairman, Hamilton H. Howze . It convened at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1962. ref http www.armyavnmuseum.org history war rvn rvnhelo2.html The Role of the Helicopter in the Vietnam War ref After investigating, testing, and evaluating the organizational and operational concepts of airmobility, the board concluded that blockquote The adoption of the Army of the Airmobile Concept however imperfectly it may be described and justified in this report is necessary and desirable. In some respect the transition is inevitable, just as was that from animal mobility to motor. blockquote The board recommended the creation of an air assault division with 459 aircraft as compared to about 100 in a standard division. The new division, the 11th Airborne Division United States 11th Air Assault Division , tested the airmobile concept, and its ... resources csi Spiller Spiller.asp Combined Arms in Battle Since 1939 Airmobile Operations ref The Board s Structure The Board was created by a letter from General Herbert B. Powell , Commanding General, Forces Command United States Continental Army Command , dated 3 May 1962. Its eventual membership ... tests, operational analysis, and war gaming. The governing board consisted of Members of the Board ... Airmobility airmobility fm.html series Vietnam Studies publisher United States Army Center of Military ... of working committees. Other senior board members eventually added to the Steering and Review committee ... USGovernment sourceURL http www cgsc.army.mil carl resources csi Spiller Spiller.asp US army stub Category United States Army ... more details
otheruses The Transport Board was the British Royal Navy organisation responsible for the transport of supplies and military. It is also referred to as the Board of Transport and Transport Office . It existed between 1690 and 1724, and again between 1794 and 1817, when it was merged into the Board of Admiralty . ref cite book title Naval power and British culture, 1760 1850 public trust and government ... in the need to transport the British Army to Ireland in 1689 to meet the Jacobitism Jacobite invasion of Ireland. The responsibility for the transportation was given to a board, later named the Commission ... Board in 1794, which was one of three Boards Navy Board Navy , Victualling Commissioners Victualling , and Transportation that then ran the Royal Navy until 1817. The Transportation Board centralized and unified the function of military transportation overseas. The Army therefore had to arrange all movement by sea through the Transport Board. The establishment in 1794 of the Board reflected experience ... Board assumed responsibility for the care of prisoners of war on 22 December 1799 from the Sick and Hurt ... page 4 author Abell, Francis ref and in 1806 the Transport Board had taken over the business of the Sick and Hurt Board. In its Transport Service role, the Board was responsible ... lately Received in the Several Public Offices therein Mentioned Ninth Report. ref The Board maintained resident Agents at British ports and at those foreign ports transports frequented. The Board also ... uniformed Navy officers under the employ of the Transport Board, but not being sea officers, were ... was in charge of the convoy. 1817 to 1862 In 1817, the Transport Board was abolished and the Board of Admiralty took over its functions. The Crimean War led to the Board s re establishment. Then in 1861 ... both Navy and Army officers, recommended unanimously the formation of a separate and distinct Transport ... Transport Board, In Letters And Orders... ADM MT&ET , National Maritime Museum http www.pdavis.nl ... more details
Single board may refer to Single board computer , a complete computer built on a single circuit board Single board microcontroller , a microcontroller pre built onto a single printed circuit board disambig ... more details
The Board of War was created by the Second Continental Congress as a special standing committee to oversee the American Continental Army s administration and to make recommendations regarding the army ..., 1776 . ref and the large volume of military business led Congress to establish the Board of War and Ordnance ... the Board of War. They assumed the prescribed responsibilities for compiling a master roster of all Continental Army officers monitoring returns of all troops, arms, and equipment maintaining correspondence files and securing prisoners of war. The Board of War began functioning on June 21, 1776. ref Board of War to Washington June 21, 1776 . ref Organization of the Board of War underwent several significant changes after its inception. ref Wright, p. 121 122. ref The original board could not keep ... a plan that called for a Board of War consisting of three permanent members men who were not members of Congress plus a clerical staff. ref Ford, v. 9, pp. 818 820. ref Congress also expanded the board s duties. In addition to the administrative functions of its predecessor, the new board s responsibilities ... intermediary in dealing with the Army and the states on military affairs. On November 7, 1777 .... 874. ref although Harrison promptly declined. Mifflin persuaded Congress to expand the board to five ... board and Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates for the new vacancies. ref Ford, v. 9, pp. 959 960. ref Congress ... Trumbull to replace Harrison. At Mifflin s suggestion, Gates was named president of the board. ref Ford, v. 9, pp. 971 972. ref Various modifications to the structure and duties of the Board of War ... the membership of the Board to now include two members of Congress and three permanent commissioners ... of Purchases and Issues were placed under the direction of the board on November 25, 1779. ref ... mgw&itemnum 17&ndocs 100 Board of War to Washington June 21, 1776 Library of Congress, George Washington ... 8. Wright, Robert K., Jr. 1983 . The Continental Army . Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Center of Military ... more details
Health board might mean in the following countries a current or historical body concerned with health services and or public health. Australia Canada Denmark a National Board of Health Denmark National Board of Health England a Board of Health obsolete by 1894 Republic of Ireland a Health Board New Zealand a District Health Board New Zealand District Health Board Scotland a NHS Scotland Health Boards Health Board South Africa Wales a NHS Wales Health boards Health Board disambig ... more details
board and then applied to calculating the set forward point. See also List of U.S. Army fire control ...A plotting board was a mechanical device used by the U.S. Coast Artillery to track the observed course ... ref Before firing, the uncorrected firing data from the plotting board were corrected to account for such factors ... is the Whistler Hearn Plotting Board, Model of 1904 which was widely employed by the Coast Artillery between about 1905 and 1925. ref Other boards included the Cloke plotting and relocating board and the so called 110 Degree plotting board. For a summary see Coast Artillery Plotting Boards 1904 ..., each of which leaves certain aspects of the board s design and use unexplained. ref The Service of Coast ... of the Whistler Hearn Plotting Board Model of 1904 , Mortar Plotting Board Model of 1906 and Model of 1906 MI , and Submarine Plotting Board Model of 1906 and Instructions for Assembling, Adjusting, Caring the, Etc., Ordinance Department, U.S. Army, Government Printing Office, Washington, April 24, 1907, Revised December 13, 1909. This source contains engineering quality drawings of the board ... also describes the Whistler Hearn board. ref FM 4 15 Coast Artillery Field Manual Seacoast Artillery ..., 1940, p. 84ff. ref Overview The Whistler Hearn plotting board ref It has been about 90 years since the Whistler Hearn plotting board was widely used, and the details of its operation must be inferred ... board and was enabled by adjustments to the gun arm center of the board see plate and explanation below ref Image Whistler Hearn Plate XXV.jpg thumb alt Photo of Plotting Board Table Top Photo of Plotting Board Table Top Image Plotting Board Analog.jpg thumb border left Relation Between Plotting Board and the Actual Geography of the Harbor The mechanism of radial arms and adjustable slides, arcs ... board. The plotting board for a given gun battery was located in the plotting room for that battery ... Artillery fire control process was organized and staffed and how the plotting board was employed is contained ... more details
too far back. It was back to the drawing board for the army captains. The phrase was coined in the caption ... recently engineers and draftsmen use the drawing board for making and modifying drawings on paper ... century and the first of the 21st century, the drawing board is becoming less common. A drawing .... Modern day idiom The expression wikt back to the drawing board back to the drawing board is used when ... tables File Zeichenmaschine.jpg thumb right A drawing board with drafting machine , eliminating ... drafting table frames and much easier portability. Typically the drafting board surface is a thick ... board surface is usually secured to the frame by screws which can easily be removed for drafting table ... and angle of the drafting board surface. Typically, a single foot pedal is used to control a clutch which clamps the board in the desired position. A heavy counterweight full of lead shot is installed in the steel linkage so that if the pedal is accidentally released, the drafting board will not spring .... The drafting table surface is usually covered with a thin vinyl sheet called a board cover. This provides ... without damaging the wooden surface of the board. A board cover must be frequently cleaned to prevent ... used which hold pencils even while the board is being adjusted. Various types of drafting machine may be attached to the board surface to assist the draftsperson or artist. Parallel rules often span the entire width of the board and are so named because they remain parallel to the top edge of the board ... machine Technical drawing tools Plane table External links wiktionary back to the drawing board ... more details
International Board may refer to International Football Association Board , association football governing body International Rugby League Board , defunct rugby league football governing body Disambig ... more details
National Mediation Board , an independent agency of the United States government A. L. Alexander s Mediation Board , 1940s radio show See also United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation disambiguation ... more details
Cotton Board may refer to the following organisations promoting the cotton industry Cotton Board England , in Manchester , United Kingdom Cotton Board United States , in Memphis, Tennessee , United States disambig ... more details
Board of Control can mean A British governmental body headed by the President of the Board of Control that oversaw the activities of the British East India Company from late 18th to the mid 19th centuries Board of Control municipal government Board of Control for Cricket in India Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency Florida Board of Control , a former statewide governing body for the State University System of Florida Sri Lanka Cricket , formerly known as the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka disambig ... more details
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