infobox military unit unit name Romanian VolunteerCorps in Russia image caption dates March 8, 1917 ... Caracal and 26th Rovine Regiments br VolunteerCorps Command command structure 11th Mechanised Division ... br VolunteerCorps Command garrison Kiev Darnytsia , Podil br Ia i br H rl u garrison label nickname ... symbol 4 identification symbol 4 label The Romanian VolunteerCorps in Russia lang ro Corpul Voluntarilor rom ni din Rusia , or VolunteerCorps of Transylvanians Bukovinans Corpul Voluntarilor ... name ii 97 102 Units of the VolunteerCorps distinguished themselves in the defense of eastern Romania ... VolunteerCorps Command, located in H rl u . ref erban 1997 , p.105. See also P rean, p.4 ref ... to be a VolunteerCorps veteran. ref Bodea, passim ref Legacy Diaspora units and the cut off troops ... up for the VolunteerCorps were cut off from Romania by the Russian Civil War and left to fend for themselves ... from the western Siberian camps became a second VolunteerCorps, grouping as many as 5,000 volunteers ... Horia VolunteerCorps was reportedly formed on the Cri ul Alb River , as a first line of defense ... Rom nia Mare Gazette, Press Organ of the Romanian VolunteerCorps in Russia July December 1917 , in AUASH , Nr. 8, 2004, p.175 182 Category Divisions of Romania VolunteerCorps Category Divisions of World ... which, in both tone and scope, announced Great Union Day Union Day 1918 . The Corps was effectively ... War I Entente camp , the Corps was left without backing and purpose. However, it inspired the creation ... volunteers or prisoners symbolically tied to the Corps were left behind in Russia after the Russian ... ultimately repatriated to Greater Romania in 1920. Darnytsia Corps Origins During 1916, Romania ... non commissioned officer s, who formed the nucleus and general command of a Romanian Corps ... s Ministry of National Defense Romania Minister of War , Vintil Br tianu , created the VolunteerCorps as a special formation of the national army. ref Mamina et al. , p.40 41 P rean, p.2 erban ... more details
Minister for DefenceAustralia Minister for Defence minister2 name Warren Snowdon minister2 pfo br Minister for Defence Science and Personnel minister3 name Senator Kim Carr minister3 pfo br Minister for Defence Materiel Australia Minister for Defence Materiel minister4 name Mike Kelly minister4 pfo br Parliamentary Secretary for Defence minister5 name Senator David Feeney minister5 pfo br Parliamentary Secretary for Defence chief2 name chief2 position chief3 name chief3 position chief1 name Major General Australia MAJGEN Duncan Lewis , Officer of the Order of Australia AO , Distinguished Service Cross Australia DSC , Conspicuous Service Cross Australia CSC Ret d chief1 position Secretary, Department of Defence SECDEF parent agency Australian Defence Organisation ADO child1 agency Defence ... Australia child6 agency Frontline Defence Services child7 agency Army Amenities Fund ref http ... www.defence.gov.au www.defence.gov.au footnotes The Australia n Department of Defence is a Government of Australia Federal Government Department. It forms part of the Australian Defence Organisation ADO along with the Australian Defence Force ADF . The Defence mission is to defend Australia and its ... Australia JOC and Vice Chief of the Defence Force Australia VCDF . The Defence Materiel Organisation ... for DefenceAustralia Minister for its budget and performance. Diarchy The Chief of the Defence Force Australia Chief of the Defence Force CDF and the Secretary, Department of Defence SECDEF ... Minister for DefenceAustralia Minister for Defence Minister for Defence Science and Personnel ... DEFAULTSORT Department Of DefenceAustralia Category Government departments of AustraliaDefence Category Defence ministries Australia Category Military of Australia fr D partement de la D fense Australie ...Infobox Government agency agency name Department of Defence logo Department of defence.png logo width ... Commonwealth of Australia headquarters Canberra employees 65,647 budget A 26.35 billion 08 09 br ... more details
The Defence of Australia Policy was Australia s dominant defence policy between 1972 and 1997. The policy was focused on the defence of continental Australia against external attack. Under this policy the Australian Defence Force was tailored to defending Australia rather than developing capabilities to operate outside Australian territory. Development The Defence of Australia DOA Policy was adopted after the previous policy of forward defence was discredited in the public eye by Australia s involvement .... In particular, it is argued that Australia s foreign relations and defence interests require a defence ... intervention into East Timor in 1999 highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the Defence of Australia policy. While the enhanced defence infrastructure in northern Australia and high tech naval and air ... northern Australia, the units developed for the Defence of Australia are inherently capable of deploying ... last Australian Department of Defence title The Defence of Australia 1987 publisher Australian Government ... title Review of Australia s Defence Capabilities publisher Australian Government Publishing Service ... formalised in the Dibb Report of 1986 and the 1987 and 1994 Defence White Paper s. Implications Under DOA the focus of Australian defence planning was to protect Australia s northern maritime approaches the air sea gap against enemy attack. In line with this goal, the Australian Defence Force ADF was restructured ... power overseas such as Australia s aircraft carrier , HMAS Melbourne R21 HMAS Melbourne , which ... included Increasing the number of units based in northern Australia Raising three Regional Force Surveillance ... Bases bare bases for the RAAF in northern Queensland and Western Australia Development of the Jindalee ..., however, that the adoption of the DOA policy did not involve Australia adopting a policy of Neutral ... era Australia maintained its alliances with the United States and New Zealand and sought to develop stronger defence relationships with South East Asian countries. In addition, the Australian Defence ... more details
III Corps was an Australian Army unit during World War II . It was responsible for the defence of Western Australia in 1942 45. The founding unit of the corps was a West Australian formed Australian Army Reserve Militia unit, the Australian 13th Brigade 13th Brigade . In mid 1942, as fears of Empire of Japan Japanese surface attacks against the Australian mainland were increasing, the Australian 4th Division World War II 4th Division , a Militia division raised in Victoria Australia Victoria , was included and Major General Henry Gordon Bennett Gordon Bennett was appointed corps commander. In August 1942, the Australian 2nd Division World War II 2nd Division , a New South Wales Militia unit joined III Corps. According to the Army History Unit At its peak, in Apr May 1943, 3rd Corps included, in addition to 2nd and 4th Divisions, the Australian 1st Armoured Division 1st Armoured Division 1st Armoured Brigade Australia 1st Armoured Brigade and 3rd Motor Brigade Australia 3rd Motor Brigade . As the tide of war against Japan turned in favour of the Allies of World War II Allies , the role of 3rd Corps in defence of WA diminished. http www.defence.gov.au army ahu books articles Articles Brief History 2ndDiv.htm The main function of the corps then became the preparation of smaller units for active service in New Guinea and Borneo . A succession of units then passed rapidly through it. Australia mil stub Category Corps of Australia 3 Category Military units and formations established in 1942 Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 ... more details
3 Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party 1951 1956 rowspan 3 Minister for Defence Production Howard ... Lists of government ministers of AustraliaDefence Materiel ...Infobox Political post border parliamentary minister not prime post Minister for Defence Materiel incumbent ... of Australia Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia inaugural Richard Casey formation 1939 The Australia n Minister for Defence Materiel is Jason Clare , who was appointed on 14 September 2010. The ministry is part of the portfolio of the Minister for Defence and is administered through the Department of DefenceAustralia Department of Defence . This position was separated from the position of Minister for Defence Personnel Australia Minister for Defence Personnel in 2010. There have also been ministers responsible for defence materiel at different times ... there was also a Minister for Munitions and from 1941 to 1958 there was a Minister for Defence Production. List of Ministers for Defence Materiel class wikitable Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Richard Casey, Baron Casey Richard Casey rowspan 4 United Australia Party 1939 1940 ... and Development Richard Casey, Baron Casey Richard Casey rowspan 8 Liberal Party of Australia ... 2 Minister for Defence Support Brian Howe politician Brian Howe rowspan 6 Australian Labor Party 1983 1984 Ros Kelly 1987 1989 rowspan 5 Minister for Defence Science and Personnel David Simmons ... Punch 1994 1996 Bronwyn Bishop Liberal Party 1996 1998 Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon rowspan 4 Australian Labor Party 2007 2009 rowspan 2 Minister for Defence Science and Personnel rowspan 2 Greg Combet 2009 2010 2010 Minister for Defence Materiel and Science Jason Clare 2010 Minister for Defence Materiel Ministers for Munitions class wikitable Minister Party affiliation Period Robert Menzies rowspan 2 United Australia Party 1940 Philip McBride 1940 1941 Norman ... more details
Defence Housing Australia is an Australian government statutory authority that provides housing for members of the Australian Defence Force . The organisation was established in 1988. In addition to building houses, it also sells them to investors and then leases them back for its own use. This commenced in 1996. Developments have happened in Harrison, Australian Capital Territory Harrison , ref cite web url http www.pbspropertygroup.com.au content homes casestudies DHA.html title PBS Homes Case Studies Defence Housing Australia ref and Muirhead, Northern Territory Muirhead . ref cite web url http www.abc.net.au news stories 2010 06 23 2934684.htm title 43m housing estate gets federal approval author Iskhandar Razak date 23 June 2010 ref The organisation was established in 1988 as a result of an ACT of parliament, Defence Housing Australia Act 1987. 17,000 houses are managed. ref cite web url http www.dha.gov.au about about.html title About DHA ref The organisation also used to look after relocations to a new house, but this has been outsourced to Toll Holdings on 1 July 2010. ref cite web url http www.dha.gov.au about publications.html title Publications ref References references Category Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia Category Housing in Australia ... more details
2010 style The Honourable appointer Governor General of Australia Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia inaugural James Robert Dickson James Dickson formation 1901 The Minister for Defence of Australia administers his portfolio through the Australian Defence Organisation , which comprises the Department of DefenceAustralia and the Australian Defence Force . ref Refer to Australian Defence Organisation , Department of DefenceAustralia and Australian Defence ... for Defence Materiel Australia Minister for Defence Materiel is Jason Clare . There have also been ministers responsible for defence personnel for most of the period since 1987. The current Minister for Defence Personnel Australia Minister for Defence Personnel is Warren Snowdon . class wikitable ... References and notes Reflist External links Commons category Defence ministers of Australia Category Lists of government ministers of AustraliaDefence Category Military of Australia fr Ministre de la ...Infobox Political post border parliamentary minister not prime post Minister for Defence incumbent Stephen .... Ministers for Defence There was a Minister for Defence from 1 January 1901 until 13 November ... separate Ministers for the Navy, the Army and the Air, with himself as Minister for Defence ... 1942, when he took the title of Minister for Defence. The separate titles of Ministers for the Navy ... portfolio between 1915 and 1921. There have also been ministers responsible for defence materiel at different ... Australian Labor Party br Nationalist Party of Australia 1921 1923 Walter Massy Greene rowspan 4 Nationalist Party of Australia 1923 1925 Eric Bowden Nationalist Party of Australia 1925 1927 Neville Howse Nationalist Party of Australia 1927 1929 Thomas William Glasgow William Glasgow Nationalist Party of Australia 1929 1931 Albert Green Australian politician Albert Green rowspan 3 Australian ... Australian Labor Party 1932 1934 George Pearce rowspan 3 United Australia Party 1934 1937 Archdale ... more details
Criminal defenses In the criminal law of Australia , self defence may be a complete defence to criminal liability for causing injury or death in defence of the person or, to a limited extent, property, or a partial defence to murder if the degree of force used was excessive. For the general theory, see the self defense theory theory of self defence . Self defence In the South Australian Court of Criminal Appeal in R v Howe 1958 SASR 95, Mason J formulated six propositions on the law of self defence were accepted as a model direction on self defence in murder trials. Thus, a full acquittal was achieved ... reasonable grounds that it was necessary in self defence to do what he did. If he had that belief ... proved that he had not acted in self defence specifically whether he believed that it was necessary to do what he did and whether that was a reasonable belief. This question seems advantageous to the defence ... to the reasonable person objective test . Under South Australian law, the general defence ... subjectively perceived them. No 28 of 2003 Criminal Law Consolidation Self Defence Amendment ... ref Excessive self defence The rationale of the defence recognises that the degree of culpability .... The defence was first recognised in the common law in R v McKay 1957 VR 560 where a farmer shot and fatally ... defence, to prevent the consummation of that attack by force exercises more force than a reasonable ... defence was abolished in Zecevic v Director of Public Prosecutions which expressed the view that provocation legal provocation should be the alternative considered. The defence was re introduced in statutory form in South Australia in 1991, revised in 1997. The Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 SA s15 now reads 2 It is a partial defence to a charge of murder reducing the offence to manslaughter ... acts a in self defence or in defence of another or b to prevent or terminate the unlawful imprisonment of himself, herself or another. s15A extends the partial defence to circumstances where ... more details
Studies, Australian Defence College ADF Leadership Category Military of Australia Category Australian ... Category Chiefs of the Defence Force Australia fr Commandant en chef des Forces arm es Australie ...dablink This article is about the Australian Defence Force ADF appointment Chief of the Defence Force . For the current CDF, see David Hurley Infobox Political post post Chief of the br Australian Defence ... incumbent David Hurley incumbentsince 4 July 2011 style Admiral Australia Admiral br General Australia General br Air Chief Marshal Australia Air Chief Marshal termlength Three years renewable inaugural Lieutenant General Australia Lieutenant General br Henry Wells general Sir Henry Wells website Chief of the Defence Force CDF is the most senior appointment in the Australian Defence Force ADF . The CDF commands the ADF under the direction of the Minister for DefenceAustralia Minister of Defence , in a coequal arrangement a diarchy with the Secretary of Defence, the most senior public servant in the Department of DefenceAustralia Department of Defence . ref http www.defence.gov.au cdf role.htm Chief of the Defence Force Roles & Responsibilities . Retrieved on 29 March 2008. ref ref http www.defence.gov.au cdf diarchy.htm Chief of the Defence Force The Diarchy . Retrieved on 29 March 2008 ... Chief of the Defence Force Previous Chiefs . Retrieved on 29 March 2008. ref During peacetime, the CDF is the only 4 star rank four star officer in the ADF Admiral Australia admiral , General Australia general , or Air Chief Marshal Australia air chief marshal . He is assisted by the Vice Chief of the Defence Force Australia Vice Chief of the Defence Force and the individual service chiefs Chief of Navy Australia Chief of Navy , Chief of Army Australia Chief of Army , and Chief of Air Force Australia Chief of Air Force all of whom are 3 star rank three star officers Vice Admiral Australia vice admiral , Lieutenant General Australia lieutenant general , or Air Marshal Australia air marshal ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name National DefenceVolunteer Forces NDVF image Image Emblem of the Lithuanian Volunteer Force.jpg caption Sign of NDVF dates 1991 present country flag Lithuania allegiance branch Lithuanian Armed Forces type military volunteer forces role size more than 4,300 active personnel ... 4 label The National DefenceVolunteer Forces or NDVF lang lt Kra to apsaugos savanori paj gos ... Council of the Republic of Lithuania passed the law on the National DefenceVolunteer Service, which ... SKAT in Lithuanian was reorganised as the National DefenceVolunteer Forces, KASP in Lithuanian and became ... thumb 200px Soldier of the Lithuanian National DefenceVolunteer Forces during training. provide ... CCBYSASource sourcepath http kariuomene.kam.lt en structure 1469 national defencevolunteer forces 1357 ndvf history.html sourcearticle Lithuanian Armed Forces Structure National DefenceVolunteer ... 1469 national defencevolunteer forces 1357 ndvf tasks.html sourcearticle Lithuanian Armed Forces Structure National DefenceVolunteer Forces NDVF tasks revision 422865151 CCBYSASource sourcepath http kariuomene.kam.lt en structure 1469 national defencevolunteer forces 1357.html sourcearticle LithuaLithuanian Armed Forces Structure National DefenceVolunteer Forces revision 422865151 reflist ... Armed Forces . Volunteer forces were officially established on 17 January 1991 by the law of the Supreme Council of Lithuania on the National DefenceVolunteer Service providing basis for establishing Voluntary National Defence Service. This decision made legal already existing volunteer formations that began appearing as early as 1990. Voluntary National Defence Service was reorganised into the National DefenceVolunteer Force. In 2003 Volunteer Force was integrated into the Lithuanian Land Force. Tasks of volunteer soldiers were inevitably altered when Lithuania became a full fledged member of NATO approach of territorial defence was changed into territorial defence and training of modern ... more details
The Australian II Corps was an Australian Army corps . II Corps was established in early 1942 to command Australian Army units deployed to protect the Sydney region and later commanded operational units in New Guinea , Bougainville Province Bougainville and New Britain . II Corps was disbanded on 24 September 1945 following the end of the Second World War . Units Units assigned to II Corps at various times included 3rd Division Australia 3rd Division ref name Dennis Dennis et al 1995, p. 162. ref 5th Division Australia 5th Division ref name Dennis 11th Division Australia 11th Division ref name Dennis Citations reflist References cite book last Dennis first Peter coauthor et al year 1995 title The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History publisher Oxford University Press location Melbourne isbn 0 19 553227 9 DEFAULTSORT II CorpsAustralia Category Corps of Australia 2 Category Military units and formations established in 1942 Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Australia mil stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date February 2011 Other uses I Anzac Corps Refimprove date March 2011 Infobox Military Unit unit name I Corps image File Aust soldiers Wewak June 1945.jpg 250px caption I Corps troops fighting in the Aitape Wewak campaign in 1945 dates 1940&ndash 1945 country flag Australia allegiance branch type Corps role size command structure First Army Australia First Army current commander garrison ... Corps HQ was relocated to Australia and the 6th Division less the 19th Brigade was detached to Ceylon ... War II 1 Category Corps of Australia 1 Category Military units and formations established in 1940 Category Military units and formations of Australia in World War II fr Ier corps australien ... Blamey anniversaries decorations battle honours I Corps of the Australian Army was its main frontline corps during World War II . Various Australian and other Allies of World War II Allied division military divisions came under its control at different times. In 1940 42, the corps was based in the Mediterranean ... units in the South West Pacific Area . The corps was established on 11 April 1940 in Melbourne, Victoria ... GOC . Mediterranean Theatre Blamey left Australia to set up his headquarters in British Mandate of Palestine Palestine on 10 June 1940. The corps took over control of Cyrenaica in Libya on 16 February 1941, replacing the XIII Corps United Kingdom British XIII Corps . I Corps HQ was transferred to Greece for the Balkans Campaign World War II campaign there in April 1941. The corps controlled the Australian ... 1st Armoured Brigade . On 12 April, it was officially renamed the ANZAC Anzac Corps , a reference to the combined ... by the Nazi Germany German advance and I Corps HQ left Greece on 23 24 April . In June, as part of the initial plan for the Syria Lebanon campaign invasion of Lebanon and Syria , I Corps was to take ... road. However, on 18 June 1941, prior to that objective being reached, I Corps took charge, to improve ... , I Corps assumed responsibility for occupying all of Lebanon and Syria north of the Beirut Damascus ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 File Forsvarets Auditoerkorps.jpg thumb Logo of Forsvarets Audit rkorps, note the two fasces Defence Judge Advocate Corps Lang da Forsvarets Audit rkorps , short FAUK is a Danish independent military prosecutor and the legal branch of the Danish military . It is a Level.I command and is under the Ministry of Defence Denmark Ministry of Defence . The Generalaudit r Judge advocate General heads the Defence Judge Advocate Corps. It is located at Kastellet, Copenhagen Kastellet in Copenhagen . The Judge advocate General and Judge advocates are members of the military system, but outside the military rank system. The Chief of Defence Denmark Chief of Defence , otherwise the commander of all Danish military personal, does not have authority over Judge advocates prosecutors. In a military criminal case the Defence Judge Advocate Corps conducts investigation and decides whether or not a charge should be brought up. See also Judge Advocate General disambiguation Navboxes list Military of Denmark Category Military of Denmark Category Danish law Category Region specific legal occupations Category Legal occupations in the military Denmark org stub Europe law stub da Forsvarets Audit rkorps no Forsvarets Audit rkorps ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps image Image RoyalMarineBadge.png 180px role Volunteer Youth Organisation garrison Plymouth , Lympstone and Portsmouth garrison label Headquarters motto Be Worthy current commander current commander label dates 14 February 1901 Present The Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps RMVCC is a cadet organisation in the United Kingdom which is linked to the Royal Marines . History The RMVCC was first formed on 14 February 1901 at the now closed Royal Marines barracks in Eastney , Portsmouth . It was formed, so the story goes, to gainfully occupy the spare time of sons of senior Non Commissioned Officer s SNCOs after an occasion when the colonel s office window was broken by a ball kicked by an SNCO s son playing outside. The RMVCC was formed with the title of Royal Marines Artillery Cadet Corps with the motto Manners Maketh Man . It was known as the Royal Marines Volunteer Boys Corps for a while mid 20th century and Girl Ambulance Corps units existed alongside for some time. These were merged with the RMVBC after the Second World War and the current title adopted in the 1970s. However, RMVCC Portsmouth only accepted girls from the mid 1990s. Soon, units were also formed at the Royal Marines barracks in Chatham, Medway Chatham , Deal, Kent and Plymouth , Devon. Later on, another unit was formed at Lympstone , Devon Commando ... the Portsmouth Area Volunteer Cadet Corps PAVCC . These units often meet in sports and field gun ... and moved to HMNB Portsmouth . RMVCC Chatham transferred to the Sea Cadet Corps when Pay & Records ... from the parent establishment. The RMVCC is sponsored by the Ministry of Defence United Kingdom MOD which provides some funding to each unit. The organisation is overseen by the Corps Colonel Royal ... the Royal Marines Cadet Detachments of the Sea Cadet Corps United Kingdom Sea Cadet Corps ... Sea Cadet Corps Royal Marines Cadet Detachment ex RMVCC Chatham Category Royal Navy Category Royal ... more details
for short. Citation needed date February 2007 Civil Defence is one of the five pillars of Total Defence Singapore Total Defence it refers to the protection of the Singapore people by the Singapore Civil Defence Force SCDF . NCDCC is a component of the Home Team Cadet Corps Initiative. Rank structure ... out new things. Promotion is based on merit alone. Image National Civil Defence Cadet Corps Singapore ... Chevron. As part of the rank, the letters NCDCC are embroidered which forms part of the Corps Insignia ... of their race, religion, gender and academic ability, can choose to become members of the corps ... so in consultation with their respective schools and if the need arises with the Corps Headquarter. Units would also need to submit a nominal roll to the Corps Headquarter for monitoring purposes. While ... to be part of the corps throughout their four or five years of their secondary school education. However, members may be discharge from the corps based on valid reasons, See also Ministry of Education Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs Singapore Minister for Home Affairs Singapore Singapore Civil Defence ... more details
Image PSVAC Logo.jpg thumb right PSVAC Logo The Park Slope Volunteer Ambulance Corps , or PSVAC, is a community organization that provides Emergency medical services emergency medical response , rescue operations, patient assessment, treatment, and transport, regardless of ability to pay in Brooklyn , New York . ref New York State Department of Health Kings County EMS http www.health.state.ny.us nysdoh ems counties kings.htm ref Since 1992, members have responded to over ten thousand calls for help. Mission PSVAC s mission is as follows ref www.psvac.org http psvac.org psvac content view 32 45 ref Provide emergency medicine emergency medical response , rescue operations, patient assessment, treatment, and transport, regardless of ability to pay Provide placement, educational and event services to members of the community History The Park Slope Volunteer Ambulance Corps was founded by members of the Park Slope , Brooklyn community in 1992 ref New York Times Volunteer Ambulance Corps Fills In the Gaps http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9E0CE5D71F31F932A15750C0A964958260 ref , in response to a scarcity of EMS resources and increased call times. PSVAC has served the community for over 15 years, and has won a number of recognitions and awards ref PSVAC Awards http psvac.org psvac content view 50 64 ref and sponsorships. Today, the Park Slope Volunteer Ambulance Corps has over 50 active members , including 10 crew chiefs. PSVAC has three ambulances , patrol bicycles and a first response fly car. The Corps responds to thousands of calls every year, resulting in treating and or transporting over seven hundred patients. By comparison, there are entire communities around the country whose annual response is less than 500 calls. PSVAC is a participating member of the FDNY Fire Department of New York FDNY s NYC 911 system. Membership The Corps is composed of unpaid volunteering ... Reflist External links http www.psvac.org Park Slope Volunteer Ambulance Corps Website www.psvac.org ... more details
orphan date November 2007 Infobox Ambulance Company name Middleburgh Emergency Volunteer Ambulance Corps. logo motto established headquarters Middleburgh, New York Middleburgh , New York NY jurisdiction staff type Volunteer employees BLS or ALS Both ambulances 1 helicopters 0 chief commissioner CEO director medicaldirector revenue yearly responses website MEVAC Middleburgh Emergency Volunteer Ambulance Corps. is a volunteer driven Emergency Medical Service organization in Upstate New York USA rendering emergency ambulance service to the Towns of Broome, New York Broome , Blenheim, New York Blenheim , Middleburgh town , New York Middleburgh , Middleburgh village , New York village of Miidleburgh , a portion of Fulton, Schoharie County, New York Fulton and a portion of the Town of Berne, New York Berne that is covered by the Huntersland Fire Department . MEVAC provides EMS service at both the Advanced Life Support ALS and Basic life support BLS levels. The pre hospital care is provided by http www.health.state.ny.us nysdoh ems main.htm NYSDOH Certified Paramedic s, AEMT CC s, Emergency medical technician EMT B s who are assisted by non certified trained Personnel. MEVAC gives special first aid instruction in handling and attending the sick and disabled to all persons who may at any time be called upon to assist in the maintenance and operation of such emergency ambulance service. MEVAC conducts its operations without profit to the members thereof and co operates with nearby municipalities during any emergency. External links Category Ambulance services in the United States ... more details
Motorcycles 83 Cars 350 Trucks 13 Tractors See also Commons category Swedish VolunteerCorps Sweden ... War http surfcity.kund.dalnet.se swedish aviators swedes finland.htm Volunteer Swedish aviators in the Winter War http www.svenskafrivilliga.com Swedish language site of the Swedish Volunteer organization ... hist stub fr Corps des Volontaires su dois no Svenska Frivilligk ren pl Szwedzki Korpus Ochotniczy ... more details
Border Defense Corps Regiment Sarny was a unit of the Second Polish Republic Second Polish Republic s Border DefenceCorps , stationed in Sarny , Wo y Voivodeship 1921 1939 Wo y Voivodeship now Ukraine , near pre 1939 Polish Soviet Union Soviet border. It was created on May 18, 1931 and was part of the Border DefenceCorps Brigade Polesie. Its original commandant was Colonel Jerzy Plachta Platowicz , who was replaced with Colonel Nikodem Sulik . Later, Sulik became commandant of the 5th Border Infantry Division, part of General s W adys aw Anders Polish II Corps . Plachta Platowicz died on September 18, 1939 near Jan w Lubelski . In the summer of 1939, the Regiment sent bulk of its forces to western Poland. Part of it headed to Upper Silesia , to man the Fortified Area Silesia , and some units went to the fortress of Osowiec Fortress Osowiec , near border with East Prussia . Among those, who gave their lives fighting the Germany German Polish September Campaign aggressors , was Regiment s Captain W adys aw Raginis Those units that remained in Wo y Voivodeship 1921 1939 Wo y Voivodeship , manned the Sarny Fortified Area , which guarded the Polish Soviet border. On September 17, following the Soviet aggression on Poland see Molotov Ribbentrop Pact , the Regiment s forces engaged in heavy fights with more numerous and much stronger troops of the Red Army s 60th Rifle Division . Polish soldiers fought to the last bullet, halting Soviet advance until September 20. The Soviets, unable to break the defenses, set bunkers on fire, also murdered a number of Polish soldiers. After withdrawal from the Sarny Fortified Area, the remaining part of the Regiment joined the Independent Operational Group Polesie and took part in Battle of Szack and Battle of Wytyczno . Sources Dr. Jerzy Prochwicz, Walki oddzial w KOP na obszarach p lnocno wschodniej Polski , Bialoruskie Zeszyty Historyczne nr 13, Bia ystok 2000. Dr. Jerzy Prochwicz, Andrzej Konstankiewicz, Jan Rutkiewicz, Korpus Ochrony ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Orphan date February 2009 The Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps BSVAC is the world s first non profit, minority run, volunteer Emergency medical services ambulance corps , founded in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn , New York in 1988 by James Robinson. Citation needed date January 2008 BSVAC pron. Beesvac was established organically in response to the lack of city wide first aid services coming to the area. In 1988 James Rocky Robinson and col. Victor Perez started the corps in response to lackluster services in the area. Although the majority of all homicides in New York City occur within the confines of this neighborhood, BSVAC remains the dominant ambulance service. Programs BSVAC is reported to respond to emergency calls with an average response time of less than four minutes. Citation needed date January 2008 BSVAC has established a neighborhood first aid center. Citation needed date January 2008 BSVAC has a Youth Corps program that provides CPR , first aid and basic emergency medical training to teens and young adults. Citation needed date January 2008 A program for younger children, called the Trauma Troopers , has also been developed by BSVAC. Citation needed date January 2008 BSVAC has reached out to other minority communities, from Harlem , New York to Los Angeles , California , providing emergency medical training and assistance in setting up programs. Citation needed date January 2008 Awards BSVAC has received the Robin Hood Foundation Hero of the Year Award, New York City Hero Award , American Institute for Public Service Jefferson Award , Thousand Points of Light Award awarded by President George H.W. Bush , and the Maxwell House Hero Search Award . Citation needed date January 2008 Category Ambulance services in the United States ... more details
class infobox bordered style width 25em text align left font size 95 style font size larger Ardsley Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps colspan 2 style text align center Image Star of life.svg Thumb br Star of Life Established 1962 Type Volunteer Location Ardsley, New York Website http www.asvac.org www.asvac.org colspan 2 style font size smaller footnotes The Ardsley Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps ASVAC , established in 1962, provides emergency medical services to the village of Ardsley, New York and Ardsley school district excluding Dobbs Ferry, NY . All members are volunteers who live or work in the community. ref cite web url http asvac.org history 20page.htm title ASVAC HISTORY accessdate May 15, 2006 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref ASVAC runs two basic life support ambulance, identified by Westchester County as 50 B1 and 50 B2. ref http www.westchestergov.com emergserv ems PDF Files MutualAidPlanDec03 v5.pdf Westchester County Emergency Services Mutual Aid Plan ref Advanced life support is provided by the Greenburgh Police Department via Fly car . ref http www.greenburghny.com cit e access webpage.cfm?TID 10&TPID 2853 Town of Greenburgh Emergency Medical Services ref History On December 16, 1965, the Ardsley Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps accepted delivery of its first headquarters. This convert 1300 sqft m2 sing on building was a donation of the First National City Bank now Citibank , who had formerly been using the building as a temporary branch in Mount Vernon, New York . ref cite news last Special to The New York Times title ARDSLEY AMBULANCE GETS HOME AS GIFT pages 57 publisher New York Times date 1965 12 19 url http proquest.umi.com pqdweb?did 96725096&sid 1&Fmt 2&clientId 56233&RQT 309&VName HNP accessdate 2007 04 07 ref External links http www.asvac.org Official ASVAC Web Site References references Category Ambulance services in the United States Emergency services stub ... more details
Refimprove date November 2007 Infobox military unit unit name Serbian VolunteerCorps image caption dates ... VolunteerCorps or SDK lang sr Srpski dobrovolja ki korpus , lang ... to the Serbian VolunteerCorps. Unsourced image removed Image Sdkteren.jpg thumb 300px right Volunteers ... replaced General Mu icki as commander of the Serbian VolunteerCorps and the SDK became a component ... area. However the regiments of the Serbian VolunteerCorps arrived too late and never made ... VolunteerCorps, 1941 1945 , Axis Europa Books , 2001, ISBN 1 891227 38 6 H.L. deZeng IV, http www.axishistory.com ..., http www.vojska.net eng world war 2 serbia serbian volunteercorps Serbian VolunteerCorps Yugoslav Axis collaborationism DEFAULTSORT Serbian VolunteerCorps World War Ii Category Collaboration during World War II Category Serbia under German occupation VolunteerCorps, Serbian Category Foreign volunteer ... the Serbian Volunteer Command was formed under the command of Colonel Konstantin Mu icki , a Serbs ... which had centres all over Serbia. The spiritual needs of the corps were maintained by protojerej Aleksa Todorovi . The corps often operated in close alliance with the Russian Corps . Uniform Serbian VolunteerCorps troops received Yugoslav or Italian uniforms on which they wore black cloth collar patches, rank badges on the shoulder straps, and a metal corps badge on the right breast. Their helmets ... November a joint military formation called the umadija Corps was formed under the command of Konstantin Mu icki . The Corps was put under the command of the German 113th Division with which they fought ... familiar with the case had left Belgrade at the end of 1942. By 15 February 1942, the Corps had ... killed Du an Markovi , commander of the 4th volunteer battalion with 20 of his volunteers and soon after Milo Vojnovi Lautner , commander of the 3rd volunteer battalion. On 15 May the Wehrmacht ... in Kru evac . Corps headquarters stayed in Belgrade . removed image Image Sdkprota.jpg thumb 300px ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 http usmc mccs.org kvn The Key Volunteer Network KVN was an official United States Marine Corps family readiness program. ref http usmc mccs.org kvn USMC Retrieved on 2008 07 04 ref The network consists of Marine spouses called Key Volunteers and they serve in both active duty and Marine Forces Reserve reserve units . KVs receive formal training either from classes on base or http marinenet.usmc.mil marinenet on line and are appointed by the unit Commander. ref http marinenet.usmc.mil marinenet USMC Retrieved on 2008 07 04 ref The KVN structure includes a Key Volunteer Advisor KVA who is usually the Commanding Officer s spouse or spouse of another senior officer , a Key Volunteer Coordinator KVC who is the Executive Officer s spouse or spouse of another senior officer as well as a number of additional Key Volunteers KV who are spouses of other Marines within the unit. The Commanding Officers CO of individual active duty units rely on the KVN to provide additional support and resource referrals to the Marine families of that unit. Reserve units also utilize the KVN. However, if a unit is widely geographically dispersed, the CO may appoint a parent to serve as a KV or KVC. http usmc.mccs.org kvn downloads MARFORRES Difference.pdf Marine Forces Reserve parents that are local often have insight into resources and assistance that are available and helpful to unit families. ref http usmc.mccs.org kvn downloads MARFORRES Difference.pdf USMC Retrieved on 2008 07 04 ref The goal of the KVN is to help families achieve and maintain family readiness. This means that they communicate official command information as directed, serve as a communication link between the command and families, and provide information to Marine families through resource referrals as needed ... s and tasks of individual units. The Marine Corps believes that if Marines feel their families are supported ... Reflist USMC stub Category Organizations associated with the United States Marine Corps Category Military ... more details
Infobox organization name North Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps bgcolor fgcolor image image border size alt caption map msize malt mcaption abbreviation NAVAC motto formation February 1970 extinction type Non profit status purpose headquarters location North Syracuse, NY region served membership language leader title Executive director leader name main organ parent organization affiliations num staff 32 num volunteers 140 budget website URL http www.navac.org remarks The North Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps NAVAC is a non profit organization providing emergency medical services to the communities north of the city of Syracuse, New York Syracuse , in Onondaga County, New York Onondaga County , New York . History Prior to the formation of NAVAC, local fire departments responded to emergencies and funeral homes provided ambulance service. In 1969 a group of firefighters and citizens began meeting to organize a formal ambulance organization to better meet the needs of the community. The North Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. was incorporated in the State of New York on February 17, 1970. ref cite web url http centralny.ynn.com content 521618 navac celebrates 40 years of service title NAVAC Celebrates 40 Years of Service publisher Post Standard date 2010 10 24 ref The certificate of incorporation was signed by John Abulencia, Alfred Farnam, Doug Goettel, Michael Grillo Jr., Richard Jones Sr., Walter Killius, and George Needle. ref cite book title Articles of Incorporation, North Area Ambulance Corp year 1970 ref On October 24, 1970 Richard Beach and Grace Beach need name of third person responded to NAVAC s first ambulance call. Programs and services Ambulance and emergency medical services Operating out of its main station as well as two sub stations NAVAC provides emergency medical and ambulance services to the communities of Bridgeport, Cicero, and South Bay in the town ... define its membership to be composed of volunteer and career individuals who work to further ... more details
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