Refimprove date August 2008 War A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use ... actual or Threat of force public international law perceived threats . The military may have additional ... social control. As an adjective the term military is also used to refer to any property or aspect of a military. Militaries often function as societies within societies, by having their own military communities. The profession of soldier ing as part of a military is older than recorded history ... of its military Leadership leaders . The Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BC was one of the defining points ... military might that he was buried with an army of Terracotta Army terracotta soldiers . ref name ... ref The Ancient Rome Romans were dedicated to military matters, leaving to posterity many treatise ... Guard s, Elite Roman Soldiers The first recorded use of military in English, spelled militarie ... someone that is skilled in use of weapons, or engaged in military service or in warfare. ref ... 2011 08 01 ref As a noun the military usually refers generally to a country s armed forces or sometimes ... which they occupy. As an adjective military originally applied only to soldiers and soldiering, but it soon ... name OED The names of both the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Royal Military Academy 1741 and United States Military Academy 1802 reflect this. However, at about the time of Napoleonic Wars military ... military service , military intelligence and military history reflect this broader meaning. As such, it now connotes any activity performed by the military personnel. History Main Military history Refimprove date April 2011 Military history is often considered to be the history of all conflicts, not just the history of the state militaries. It differs somewhat from the history of war with military ... on the evolution of war itself in the face of changing technology, governments, and geography. Military ... so as to more effectively wage war in the future. Another is to create a sense of military tradition ... more details
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Military Park can refer to Local parks Military Park Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana Military Park Newark in Newark, New Jersey Military Park NCS station National Parks National Military Park run by the United States National Park Service , these include Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park Gettysburg National Military Park Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Kings Mountain National Military Park Moore s Creek National Military Park Pea Ridge National Military Park Shiloh National Military Park Vicksburg National Military Park disambiguation ... more details
Military rule may mean Militarism or militarist ideology the ideology of government as best served when under military control Military occupation , when a country or area is occupied after invasion. List of military occupations Martial law , where military authority takes over normal administration of law Police state , where people s lives are subject to constant and often covert police surveillance Military law , the legal system applying to members of the armed forces Military dictatorship , a form of government where political power resides with the militaryMilitary junta khakistocracy , where the military regime colludes with the elite and industrial classes for perpetuating their rule Military tribunal Military rule may also be When a military applies a court martial and Nonjudicial punishment non judicial punishment When specific laws are applied in a military context as in the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice by the Judge Advocate General s Corps JAG See also Military administration disambiguation disambig Category Military law Rule Category Military sociology ... more details
Military of Korea could refer to Korean People s Army Military of North Korea , known as the Korean People s Army Military of South Korea , the armed forces of South Korea Republic of Korea Military history of Korea , the military history of Korea n civilization Disambig Category Military of Korea ... more details
Military Council may refer to Military Council for Justice and Democracy , the supreme political body of Mauritania Military Council of National Salvation , a military dictatorship quasi government administering Poland during the martial law Revolutionary Military Council , the supreme military authority of Soviet Russia Transitional Military Council , a period in the history of Sudan Military council was an organisational grouping of senior ranking officers in the European armies of the 19th century during operational planning. It also refers to the practice retained in the Red Army until 1947. disambig de Milit rrat ... more details
Military power may refer to The armed forces of a nation A great power , in a military context The maximum power setting of a military jet aircraft without afterburner disambig es Poder militar ... more details
Image Austrian military hospital WWI.jpg thumb 250px Catholic service in Austria n military hospital during World War I . Military hospital is a hospital , which is generally located on a military base and is reserved for the use of military personnel , their dependents or other authorized users. In the United Kingdom, military hospitals have been abolished, with all military personnel being treated at any one of the hospitals of the National Health Service . Gallery Pictures of Israel i military hospital in 1948. gallery Image PikiWiki Israel 7053 Military hospital 11 1948 Ziv.jpg Image PikiWiki Israel 7049 Military hospital 11 1948 Ziv.jpg Image PikiWiki Israel 7052 Military hospital 11 1948 Ziv.jpg Image PikiWiki Israel 7050 Military hospital 11 1948 Ziv.jpg gallery See also Commons category Military hospitals Field hospital References Reflist Category Hospitals Category Military hospitals Category Military medical facilities Hospital mil stub kk ru fi Sotasairaala uk ... more details
otheruses Military administration identifies both the techniques and system s used by military departments, agencies, and Armed Services involved in the management of the armed forces. It describes the processes that take place within military organisation s outside of combat , particularly in managing military personnel , their military training training , and services they are provided with as part of their soldier military service . In many ways military administration serves the same role as public administration in the civil society, and is often sited as a source of bureaucracy in the government as a whole. Given the wide area of application, military administration is often qualified by specific areas of application within the military , such as logistics administration, administration of doctrine development or military reform administration. ref p.xxiv, Weber, Eliasson ref Citations and notes reflist References Weber, Jeffrey A., Eliasson, Johan, Handbook of Military Administration , CRC Press, 2007 military stub DEFAULTSORT Military Administration Category Military organization ja ko ... more details
A military threat , sometimes expressed as danger of military action, a military challenge, or a military risk, is a concept in military intelligence that identifies an imminent capability for use of military force in resolving diplomatic or economic disputes. It is the ultimate escalation in international relations conflicts, and follows explicit diplomatic Threat of force public international law threat to use force as a means of coercion . In general a military threat is identified when military personnel are detected conducting operations that can be interpreted as a Phase combat phase that precedes combat , i.e. occupying positions, preparing weapons for use, and Force concentration concentrating forces in an Offensive military offensive manner. Category Military intelligence ... more details
See also Catholic Church hierarchy Equivalents of diocesan bishops in law A military ordinariate is an ecclesiastical ... Churches Eastern Rite, responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics serving in the military armed forces of a nation. Until 1986, they were called military vicariates and had a status similar to that apostolic ... the military vicariates to diocese s. ref Spirituali militum curae , I 1 ref Each of them is headed ... cleric. Some nations have military ordinariates of the Anglican Communion , Lutheranism and Eastern ... October 2009 are similar in some ways to the existing military ordinariates. ref http 212.77.1.245 ... for Anglicans entering the Catholic Church ref But the jurisdiction of military ordinariates is cumulative ... military ordinariates class wikitable border 1 Country Military Ordinariate Notes valign top colspan 4 Africa valign top Flag Kenya Military Ordinariate of Kenya created military vicariate and first military vicar appointment 20 January 1964 elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 valign top Flag South Africa Military Ordinariate of South Africa created military vicariate and first military vicar appointment 17 May 1951 elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 it is vested in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria Archbishop of Pretoria valign top Flag Uganda Military Ordinariate of Uganda created military vicariate and first military vicar appointment 20 January 1964 elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 vested in a Metropolitan valign top colspan 4 Americas valign top Flag Argentina Military Bishopric of Argentina created military vicariate 8 July 1957 first military vicar appointment in 1957 elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 valign top Flag Bolivia Military Bishopric of Bolivia created military vicariate 19 March 1961 first appointment military vicar 26 July 1961 elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 valign top Flag Brazil Military Ordinariate of Brazil created military vicariate and first military vicar appointment 6 November ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Cleanup date March 2008 The military of Dominica consists of the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force includes Special Service Unit, Coast Guard . Military expenditures dollar figure NA Military expenditures percent of GDP NA Military of North America DEFAULTSORT Military Of Dominica Category Government of Dominica Category Military by country Dominica Category Regional Security System Dominica Dominica stub ja ... more details
Military polonaise may refer to Polonaises Op. 40 Chopin Polonaise in A major Military by Fr d ric Chopin A List of Polish divisions in World War I Polish military division of World War I disambig ... more details
About a military tactic other uses of the term Stockpile disambiguation Unreferenced date May 2009 In Strategic planning military preparation , to stockpile is to move materiel, personnel, and Command and Control Military command and control infrastructure to a suitable location in preparation for deployment, or to move such materials into the theatre of war in preparation for combat. Category Military terminology mil stub ... more details
Military Museum may refer to Aldershot Military Museum , in Aldershot, England Athens War Museum , in Athens, Greece Base Borden Military Museum , Borden, Ontario, Canada California State Military Museum , California, United States Elgin Military Museum , St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Istanbul Military Museum , in Istanbul Keep Military Museum , Dorchester , England Military Museum Belgrade , a museum in Belgrade Military Museum of the Chinese People s Revolution , in Beijing Military Museum of Finland , Helsinki, Finland Military Museum Station , station at Line 1, Beijing Subway The Military Museums , museum in Alberta, Canada Military museums in Denmark Republic of China Armed Forces Museum , museum in Taipei, Taiwan Staffordshire Regiment Museum , Staffordshire, United Kingdom The Defence and Garrison Museum , in Aalborg, Denmark Liberation War Museum , a museum in Dhaka, Bangladesh The Queen s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Museum , in Winnipeg, Canada See also Category Military and war museums Military and war museums disambig ja ru tr Asker m zeler ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 A military psychiatrist is a psychiatrist whether Officer armed forces uniformed officer or civilian consultant specializing in the treatment of military personnel and military family members suffering from mental disorder s that occur within the statistical norm for any population, as well as those disorders consequent to warfare and also stresses associated with Military sociology Military as a society military life . Military psychiatry encompasses counseling individuals and families on a variety of life issues, often from the standpoint of life strategy counseling , as well as counseling for mental health issues, substance abuse prevention and substance abuse treatment and where called for, medical treatment for biologically based mental illness, among other elements. Notable military psychiatrists W. H. R. Rivers 1864 1922 Ernst R din 1874 1952 Simon Wessely ? living DEFAULTSORT Military Psychiatrist Category Aftermath of war Category Military psychiatry Psychology stub Military stub ... more details
Military Trail may refer to Florida State Road 809 in Florida , United States Military Trail, a road in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . See Danforth Avenue . Roadindex ... more details
File Arkhangelsk.Nabereznaya.47.JPG thumb 250px Military commissariat, Arkhangelsk Military commissariat is a military institution in some Europe an counties. Russia and former USSR Military commissariat lang ru , abbreviated as voyenkomat voenkomat is local military administrative agency in the former Soviet Union as well as in present day Russia and some other CIS countries that prepares and executes plans for military mobilization , maintains records on military manpower and economic resources available to the armed forces, provides premilitary training, conscription draft s men for military service, organizes reserves for training, and performs other military functions at the local level. Voennyi komissariat is headed by an officer called voenkom lang ru in Russian, which is an abbreviation for voennyi komissar lang ru , translated simply as military commissar . France The word commissariat , within the Military of France , designates services providing supplies, as well as financial and legal support to units, roughly equivalent to the Quartermaster s in the US military. Officers from these services are called commissaires . Euro mil stub soviet stub Category Military of Russia Category Military of the Soviet Union de Kreiswehrersatzamt kk ru ... more details
Orphan date December 2009 Military humanism is the term used to describe a situation whereby force and violence are used to further a humanitarian cause. Although it can easily be disputed whether or not furthering a humanitarian cause is the real intention behind such an action, the theoretical descriptive guideline still applies. The U.S. led North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO intervention in the Balkans is the most well known case, and brought the term to prominence. The term is most widely explored in Noam Chomsky s book The new Military Humanism Lessons from Kosovo 1999 in which he argues that 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia NATO s 1999 bombing of Kosovo was not conducted for humanitarian reasons but to further the military hegemony of western democratic powers such as the United States. , The term may also refer to humanism humanist s in the military, including the Military Association of Atheists 26 Freethinkers Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers ref http www.militaryatheists.org Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers website ref , a US organization supporting humanists in the military around the world. DEFAULTSORT Military Humanism Category Military sociology references Mil stub ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 In military terminology, resistance or organised resistance refers to the ability of a military unit to continue to oppose an attack. Resistance ends when a unit surrender military surrender s, when all members of unit are killed or captured, or when a unit disperses. The term is used in the phrase organized resistance has ceased to describe the end of a battle or military campaign campaign when no formal surrender occurs after a unit is defeated. The term also occurs in the phrase Salients, re entrants and pockets pocket of resistance . When a unit disperses, individuals who avoid capture may continue to resist the opposing force, e.g. by joining or forming a resistance movement , but this resistance is no longer organized resistance in the military sense. DEFAULTSORT Resistance Military Category Military strategy Mil stub ... more details
orphan date April 2010 Military occupations are the chosen or assigned Trade profession trade or career specialities in the armed forces which demand from the individuals achievement of Professional certification qualifications , and a degree of knowledge and skill in the tradecraft to perform tasks and assignments to an acceptable level of completeness or quality. Commonly military occupations are specific to the Arm, Service or Branch of the armed forces because of the different requirements of the personnel to operate in different environments, using different technologies and working within different Military operation Military operations operational systems. The general term of reference to service personnel in the land component of an armed forces is a soldier , that of the naval component a sailor , that of the naval infantry component a marine military marine , and in the air component an airman , which are sometimes also the lowest military rank in these Services. See also Military Occupational Specialty Category Military occupations Category Military personnel mil stub ... more details
Military slang is an array of colloquial terminology used commonly by military personnel, including slang which is unique to or originates with the armed forces . It often takes the form of abbreviation s acronym s or derivations of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet , or otherwise incorporates aspects of formal military concepts and terms. Military slang is often used to reinforce or reflect usually friendly and Military humor humorous interservice rivalries . See also Wiktionary Appendix Military slang Wiktionary Appendix Canadian military slang Wiktionary Appendix U.S. Navy slang Grande Arm e slang French Army slang during the Napoleonic Wars List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions List of U.S. Navy acronyms and expressions External links http webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk http www.royalnavy.mod.uk training and people rn life navy slang covey crump a to aye covey crump a to aye Archived Covey Crump Slang from the Royal Navy http www2.iath.virginia.edu sixties HTML docs Resources Glossary Sixties Term Gloss K P.html Glossary of Military Terms & Slang from the Vietnam War http www.all acronyms.com ?tg military 20slang&o a Military Slang Acronyms and Abbreviations &ndash list of expressions used by soldiers Category Military slang and jargon Slang Category Military humor lang stub mil stub de Soldatensprache el nl Militair jargon ru fi Sotilasslangi tr Askeri argo ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2008 Military theory is the analysis of Norm sociology normative behavior and trends in military affairs and military history , beyond simply describing events in war and military theories, especially since the influence of Carl von Clausewitz Clausewitz in the nineteenth century attempt to encapsulate the complex cultural, political and economic relationships between societies and the conflicts they create. Theories and conceptions of warfare have varied in different places throughout human history. The Chinese Sun Tzu is recognized to be one of the earliest military theorists. His now iconic The Art of War laid the foundations for operational planning, Military tactics tactics , Military strategy strategy and Military logistics logistics . See also Military doctrine Books Sun Tzu. The Art of War . New York City Barnes & Noble Books, 2003. ISBN 978 1 59308 016 7 cite book author Clausewitz, Carl Von others edited and translated by Michael Howard historian Michael Howard and Peter Paret . title On War location Princeton publisher Princeton University Press year 1976, rev.1984 isbn 0 691 05657 9 Category Military theory Category Military doctrines military stub uk ... more details
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