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Sentence Examples Their armed forces were crippled and the country's morale was vastly deflated. Around 5 000 of them have been reintegrated into the southern African country's regular armed forces. The partial identity of aims required a new definition of the relationship between the armed forces and the state. The flag of 20 Armoured Brigade will be lowered as British combat patrols come to an end and our armed forces prepare to draw down. It is far more familiar, unfortunately, to consider a president as a commander-in-chief of a nation's armed forces. In practice many monarchs tried to eliminate duelling, which was disruptive, particularly at court or in the armed forces. On September 11, 1973 the Chilean armed forces attacked La Moneda, the presidential palace in the centre of Santiago. The presidential decretal law no.33 of 1992 regarded salaries and rewards for armed forces and security. Legal barriers to sending the armed forces into U.S. streets have existed for more than a century under the Posse Comitatus Act. Only then could the elite of Britain's armed forces really get to grips with the enemy. The total strength of the armed forces in 1998 was 104,000 active members and 35,000 reserves. Members of the armed forces in combat fatigues ran down the street between stationary cars. Labour organisations suspect members of the armed forces or police are responsible for his murder. Arbitrary arrest and detention is common and the armed forces are directly implicated in several murders. Kerensky cabled the front for additional armed forces but he hoped he would not have to use them. The existence of armed forces does not automatically lead to militarization. This is a current mission for select members of our armed forces, but should it not be the primary mission given its importance? The law enforcement community, like the armed forces, has always been very close-knit. It was a knowledge that would allow him to impose a true revolution upon the generals and to recast the entire structure of the armed forces. All other nations' armed forces involved in Asia are deployed in peacekeeping missions. Show More Sentences The aim is to damage an adversary's capacity to attack by crippling its advancing armed forces. This instrument is a favourite tool of the armed forces and mountain climbers all over the world. The most ardent backers of the opposition were the business magnates and the armed forces. Most of the new alliance members contributed armed forces units to the invasion of the country. Service in the armed forces can be risky, but it is not tantamount to a death sentence. Both military and civil defense are well developed, and the armed forces are equipped. So long as he has only conventional weapons we can overawe him with our armed forces and clobber him back into line if he misbehaves. Congress, under the Constitution, is the body that makes laws and regulations governing the armed forces. What was not fully understood at the time was how the quality of the armed forces had fallen. He remains the idol of the Russian armed forces today, and his portrait presides over most commanders' offices. A group of former members of the armed forces who were discharged from the military for being gay have filed suit asking to be reinstated. More than 65,000 Puerto Ricans served in the U.S. armed forces during the war, most of them as soldiers garrisoning U.S. bases in the Caribbean. Here was the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, in a combat zone on Thanksgiving day, serving chow to his soldiers. The United States has 130 training programmes in universities, medical schools, teaching hospitals, colleges, and the armed forces. The first two conventions cover members of armed forces involved in a conflict who are no longer able to fight. The quickest way to find a solution is the immediate dismissal of the chiefs of the armed forces and the police. It stands to reason that the Philippine armed forces contained the rebellion by pounding the rebels with helicopter gunships and bombers. This last component supposedly arose in response to the scarceness of Arabic speakers in America's armed forces and intelligence organizations. Many other Western countries have also accumulated considerable experience in recruiting women for service in the modern armed forces. Women who had stayed at home took jobs vacated by men serving in the armed forces. Show More Sentences The government's purges of the civil service, unions, police, and armed forces also weakened the party's potential for political action. His principal aim was a purge of the top ranks within the armed forces and police, beginning with his personal enemies. Within sections of the armed forces too, a particular interpretation of religion was institutionalised. Men were subtracted or added to industry, agriculture, or the armed forces on the basis of skills and experience. They go against armed forces numbering 120,000, armed with AK 47s and strutting with pride and arrogance. People entitled to full membership must have served in the British armed forces or voluntary reserves. This campaign has opened old wounds and is now creating divisiveness between officers and other ranks in our armed forces. To send armed forces onboard a civil ship sending out Mayday signals is piracy. This regulation could well mean forcible conscription into the armed forces. The loan repayment period may be extended for a member of the armed forces for the period he or she had active duty. But in the last analysis discipline is a crucial part of the cement which binds armed forces together. This last example suggests that the driving force for women's full integration into the armed forces has been manpower shortage. In 1957, I was back in Jamaica serving Her Majesty as a conscript in her armed forces there. Advisory medical standards are in place for certain occupations, such as in the armed forces and police, railwaymen, and professional divers. Although friends pointed out that he was not actually in command of the armed forces at the time. Cadet, a 17th Century French word meaning a young trainee in the armed forces or the police force, is commonly used in India. An aggressor might see a country whose armed forces project a poor public image as an easy target. Such a transformation realigns governments, legislatures, and armed forces to multinational collective security and collective defense. The latter term would be reserved for actions relating to the armed forces and the defence of the realm. The armed forces consist of an army, a navy, a coast guard, and an air force. Show More Sentences An understanding of internal and segmented labor markets helps explain variations in the social composition of the armed forces. The president serves as the head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces. Until 1980, Rhodesia was an internally self-governing colony with its own legislature, civil service, armed forces, and police. The ministry also demanded that he change the script, alleging that it would discourage recruitment to the armed forces. Yet the fact was that British armed forces had suffered a resounding defeat. Yet, in a very short time, we had to operate across the length and breadth of that remote nation, using every branch of the armed forces. American popular culture once again wins hearts and minds where the armed forces not always can. The first capability that armed forces need to achieve deterrence is an offensive capability. The four applicants, three men and one woman, had been administratively discharged from the armed forces under this policy. The reuse of some object-oriented code has caused tactical headaches for Australia's armed forces. Its armed forces are toothless, and its rhetoric is tired, repeated out of habit rather than conviction. First, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the armed forces had to be unified into an integrated system. Similarly the judge would have no right to complain of or countermand a lawful posting overseas of a ward who was in the armed forces. These treaties apply when the armed forces of sovereign nations engage in armed hostilities, and some sub-rules apply during civil conflicts. Unlawful belligerents are never entitled to the status and protection accorded members of national armed forces. Another is the United Nations convention on the rights of the child, which restricts recruitment of children into the armed forces. The trip north passed bombed antiaircraft guns, empty foxholes and berms dug for tanks that had been abandoned by armed forces. There is a feeling that the numerical strength of the armed forces is dwindling and that the Navy, too, is feeling the pinch. This has created a crisis in the armed forces with high desertion rates, poor morale and a sharp drop in military recruitment. Militarily, it is hard to make the case that the insurgents stack up against our armed forces. Show More Sentences The due process clause permits military justice but restricts its application to the armed forces or to the militia during times of war. Initially the armed forces said they have plucked all the 87 infiltration routes in various border areas of Jammu by heavily mining them. Soviet assistance enabled Afghanistan to improve the structure, armament, training, and command and control system of its armed forces. This was because the disposition and armament of the armed forces had been for centuries in the exclusive discretion of the Crown. Some working dogs go to the armed forces or the police, as German Shepherds are one of the largest groups in the home. Tor M1 missiles are short-range, surface-to-air missiles already used by several other armed forces, including China. When the war started many young men enlisted in the armed forces and the merchant marines. In the regular armed forces of all the combatant powers women remained a small minority. I am married and come from a family with a history of service in the armed forces. Only blanks were used for the Royal war games when she visited the armed forces at Portsmouth. We are not configured as a nation in our armed forces or the State Department to deal with nation-building. The armed forces consist of a small army and a police force with six hundred members. There is talk of landowners denying the armed forces access to their firing ranges and a blockade of London is mooted. The armed forces lost their permanent seats in parliament, and the police were hived off from the army. Being a Mountie is pretty close to being a member of the armed forces, with detachments sprinkled all over this wide country. Many were recruited to the armed forces, or conscripted to labour on sisal and rubber plantations. Today we see the growing importance of joint staffs in western armed forces. The Tornado is a two-seat, all-weather, multi-role combat aircraft, in use with the armed forces of the UK, Germany, Italy and Saudi Arabia. Second World War veterans and serving members of the armed forces will march together to commemorate the end of the war in Europe. We deploy the only armed forces who are required to pay UK income tax while on operations overseas. Show More Sentences A manifest example of such activities is provided by the armed forces and the police. Others were recruited when applying for posts in the armed forces or the Civil Service. At 18, he joined his seven brothers in the armed forces and five years later they were all demobbed without injury. The British adopt patterns that leave some skin unpainted, while the US armed forces prefer to paint the face completely in two-colour creams. Moreover, the armed forces are increasingly unrepresentative of the society they serve. In Sweden, X is used by the armed forces on maps to denote that blasting or other type of destruction has been prepared. Contributions made by your employer are based on compensation that you would have received had you not been an active member of the armed forces. The ministry, with about 1 million men under arms, is the country's largest armed forces agency. But the State Department said the United States and its international partners do not recognize the rebel leader as head of the Haitian armed forces. The armed forces insist every recruit passes through this ordeal with flying colours before they take charge of real kit worth millions of pounds of taxpayers' money. There are matters relating to the level of recruitment for the armed forces at the moment, both in terms of the regular forces and the territorial forces. Direct defense refers to the use of armed forces to thwart an adversary's attempt to capture or destroy possessions such as territory, population, and strategic resources. Erskine, the Quaker, offered to serve as a stretcher-bearer, but the British Embassy refused to repatriate people not prepared to join the armed forces. Large armed forces operating in centralized command structures would not be suited for such fighting, they argued, and in fact would be vulnerable. It has neither an official signature nor letterhead of the armed forces. Radical coups introduce potentially revolutionary changes into society and place members of the armed forces into positions of unquestioned control. The male family line had served in the armed forces for generations. It's like armchair generals who've never served in the armed forces. To many Britons, including government politicians, they are traitors, willing to take up arms to fight the armed forces of the country they grew up in. All armed forces like to know their logistic base is secure. Show More Sentences Because Hitler regarded the Slavs as inferior to the Aryans, he considered that they should not be afforded the privilege of serving in the German armed forces. There's no way we could stretch our armed forces to a third front. Meanwhile, the Druze and the Circassian Muslims serve in the armed forces. The armed forces number 18,500 men divided into an infantry, a navy, an air force, paramilitary forces, border guards, and auxiliary troops of the Interior Ministry. I prefer telethetic and telethesia to telemetry because the word telemetry is also used by the armed forces to describe a mechanical means of gathering long range data. In it, I argued that the interoperability problems of the armed forces reflected their long and separate traditions. Our nation's security is not just the responsibility of the armed forces. There is a widening difference in values and perspectives between Americans serving in our armed forces, including the Army, and the society they serve. Machine power, manifested in steam, internal combustion, and jet engines, provides strategic and tactical mobility and logistic lift to armed forces. And let's not trot out the tired old argument that sponsorship would undermine the dignity of the most successful armed forces in the whole of human history. According to published reports, a couple, one of whom is a member of the armed forces, were arrested in Lancashire. The appropriate social control secures the order of and framework for the activities of each serviceman, thus achieving the stability of the armed forces social structure. At first the committee had to work covertly as under the Neutrality Acts an American could lose his citizenship if he fought in the armed forces of a belligerent power. What might have happened was bad, indeed, but the way the two sister wings of our armed forces went to town with charges against each other was, of course, much worse. On the outskirts of the city, armed forces have constructed an 80-mile network of earth barriers, or berms, to stop vehicles getting out across country. Veterans from all of the armed forces, the medical corps and the spies and code-breakers are on hand and, we can vouch for this, love to talk about their experiences. Electors can appoint a proxy if they are unable to vote themselves, if they are out of the country on holiday or on business or in the armed forces. Just as there are groups within groups within the mb, so it is with the armed forces. The channels accused him with all their might of a variety of crimes, from destroying the armed forces to personally mismanaging the rescue operations. Dwelling on the reality of service doesn't really fit in with the mentality of success or mind-set of anyone in the armed forces. Show More Sentences The legion is a charity which safeguards the welfare, interests and memory of those who have served in the armed forces and their families and dependants. The guiding strategic principles are sustained defence capability, integrability, operational partnership, and modernisation and restructuring of the armed forces. Whether or not that support will be forthcoming in the numbers expected is a moot point following revelations about the parlous state of Britain's armed forces. And regardless of financial plight, many schools award bursaries or grants to the children of parents employed in the armed forces or clergy, or as teachers. Once the pride of Russia's armed forces, the Northern Fleet has been allowed to degenerate to a state in which it is positively dangerous for the ships to put to sea. According to the lawsuit, 238,000 jobs across the armed forces are off-limits for women. We have even read stories of clients of the smugglers being forced at gunpoint by Indonesian armed forces to join and stay on obviously unseaworthy boats. Of course, recent events to ensure border security in places like the Solomons also highlight the need to upskill and increase the availability of our armed forces. As president you were also commander-in-chief of armed forces. If the armed forces of a country are defending it against an invading force, then their operations must be directed against the enemy forces quite generally. The official went on to say that the US military usually invites the commander-in-chief of a branch of Taiwan's armed forces to visit the US each year. This language seems to take for granted that the armed forces of the parties to a conflict will abide by the four criteria specifically applicable to irregular troops. However, it also relies on the immunity from action in respect of claims brought against it by members of the armed forces conferred by the 1947 Act. Sons of peers and members of the gentry dominated the House of Commons, although there was a significant smattering of representatives from the armed forces and professions. Bron wants to solve the current armed forces recruitment drought. Modern armed forces uniforms utilize synthetic materials, nonseasonal schemes, and increased informality, doffing the coat and tie for open-collar casualness. But at the same time that the U.S. armed forces are hurting for qualified soldiers, they're also firing qualified soldiers just because they're gay. Why should we have to suffer the failings of civvies in the armed forces? Now, our global commitments grow ever wider, as our armed forces contract. These include the capacity to block legislation, sack governments, dissolve parliament, assume executive power and take control of the armed forces. Show More Sentences Three members of the panto's cast are also in the armed forces and, if they were needed for action in the Gulf, the show would also lose its dame and leading baddy. Survivalists are buying armed forces supplies and building bunkers. The army followed the Military Code, which allowed it a direct path of communication to the president as the supreme authority of the armed forces. Besides the shooting, a series of accidents and other incidents in the armed forces have raised grave concern among the people over the suspected slackening of discipline. One dominant factor is the fact that comparatively superior armed forces aren't enough when it comes to securing democracy, pluralism, and human rights. In their midst stands a soldier with the Lebanese armed forces in a red beret, sporting an assault rifle and an unblinking stare. Taken together, it gives them a huge tactical advantage over the beleaguered Ukrainian armed forces. The armed forces of NATO members have also been working with their counterparts in the Russian military, on and off, for years. Nonfighting members of the armed forces have important strategic and logistical roles. The military engineering of Ancient Rome's armed forces was of a scale and frequency far beyond that of any of its contemporaries. At the time of war the President is authorized by law to induct persons into the armed forces involuntarily. Priests also serve as chaplains of hospitals, schools, prisons, and in the armed forces. The Crown took over its Indian possessions, its administrative powers and machinery, and its armed forces. Traditionally, members of the armed forces line the procession route from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster. Interventionism and strong armed forces were to prove a hallmark of Toryism under subsequent Prime Ministers. After the defeat of Poland's armed forces, the Polish resistance established an Underground State and a partisan Home Army. The Ottoman Empire had failed to raise revenue and a monopoly of effective armed forces. Many of its staff joined the armed forces and it was more difficult to build and maintain equipment than in peacetime. The Indian and Bangladeshi armed forces maintain robust strategic engagement. Their armed forces maintain regular dialogue and both depend on Chinese military supplies. Show More Sentences As the Vatican City is an enclave within Italy, its military defence is provided by the Italian armed forces. Detailed Characteristics tables for travel to work and armed forces, MSOA and ward level car or van availability for local authorities. They were schools for the gentlemanly elite of Victorian politics, armed forces and colonial government. During the First World War many undergraduates and Fellows joined the armed forces. The security operation was led by the police, with 10,000 officers available, supported by 13,500 members of the armed forces. The town of Dieppe was the site of the unsuccessful Dieppe Raid by Canadian and British armed forces. As a result, the English Parliament refused to pay for a royal army to put down the rebellion in Ireland and instead raised its own armed forces. The United States Department of Defense administers the armed forces, including the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. News of Germany's impending military defeat spread throughout the German armed forces. Following Hitler's suicide during the Battle of Berlin, German armed forces surrendered on 8 May 1945, ending World War II in Europe. Top leaders of the armed forces were not in favour of the plan, as Germany was not yet ready for war. The unified armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 were called the Wehrmacht. From 2 August 1934, members of the armed forces were required to pledge an oath of unconditional obedience to Hitler personally. The most important mission of the armed forces is the defence of Polish territorial integrity and Polish interests abroad. The armed forces are loyal, and we live in a democracy, but actually their ultimate authority is the Queen. Military deployment is the movement of armed forces and their logistical support infrastructure around the world. After Neptune Spear, ISAF forces accidentally attacked Pakistan's armed forces on 26 November, killing 24 Pakistani soldiers. As a dependency of the UK, the UK is responsible for Anguilla's military defence, although there are no active garrisons or armed forces present. In addition to considerable building work, the armed forces needed to source food and other materials from local vendors. In most countries the basis of the armed forces is the military, divided into basic military branches. Show More Sentences The obvious benefit to a country in maintaining armed forces is in providing protection from foreign threats and from internal conflict. The armed forces are managed by the Defence Council of the Ministry of Defence, headed by the Secretary of State for Defence. With the Acts of Union 1707, the armed forces of England and Scotland were merged into the armed forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It has been claimed that this includes the power to prevent unconstitutional use of the armed forces, including its nuclear weapons. The GDR joined with the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990, upon which the GDR's constitution and armed forces were abolished. The Minister of Defence has the primary ministerial responsibility for the armed forces, which are formally a part of the Ministry of Defence. Although much smaller than BAOR, it is still the largest concentration of British armed forces permanently stationed outside the United Kingdom. However, SIPRI writes, Qatar's plans to transform and significantly enlarge its armed forces have accelerated. Before induction into a specific branch of the armed forces, recruits undergo at least 9 weeks of basic military training. By the war's end, everyone realised the profound weaknesses of the Russian armed forces, and the Russian leadership was determined to reform it. Activists for Bosch's Dominican Revolutionary Party were violently harassed by the Dominican police and armed forces. Government buildings are those used by civil servants, the Crown, or the armed forces. The package represents a considerable improvement in the offensive capability of the Saudi armed forces. In 2008, fighting continued and Iraq's newly trained armed forces launched attacks against militants. The armed forces are regularly deployed in peacekeeping missions around the world. Kenya's armed forces, like many government institutions in the country, have been tainted by corruption allegations. A month later, British armed forces invaded and occupied the country, violating Icelandic neutrality. Various NGOs have reported human rights violations in committed by Pakistani armed forces. The armed forces of Brazil are the second largest in Latin America by active personnel and the largest in terms of military equipment. The Czech armed forces consist of the Czech Land Forces, the Czech Air Force and of specialized support units. Show More Sentences Lieutenant admiral Rob Bauer is the current Commander of the Netherlands armed forces. Discipline in the armed forces was harsh, and the lash was used to punish even trivial offences, nor was it applied sparingly. In the United States protection of coats of arms is for the most part limited to specific units of the armed forces, with a few exceptions. We must keep our armed forces in a constant state of readiness. However the integration of the armed forces into NATO did not begin until after the Korean War. At the beginning of the war the Government, underestimating the value of strong younger coal miners, conscripted them into the armed forces. At that time the Bevin Boys received neither medals nor the right to return to the jobs they had held previously, unlike armed forces personnel. The Brecon Beacons are used for training members of the UK armed forces and military reservists. The deficit spending proved to be most profound and went into the purchase of munitions for the armed forces. Total armed forces manning numbers about 401,000 active personnel, including moreover especially conscripts. The supreme commander of the armed forces is the President of the Republic of Yemen. It was believed she was invited because of her charity work with the armed forces. For East Asia it was the first confrontation after thirty years involving two modern armed forces. Control of the skies was still lacking, and coordination among three branches of the armed forces was out of the question. Information on the exact date and location of the landings was provided only to the topmost levels of the armed forces. Much of the population of military age had already joined the British or French armed forces. Their support extends to the national and international armed forces, civilians and the armed opposition. It was in Valois France, under the heavy demands of the Hundred Years' War, that the armed forces gradually assumed a permanent nature. They returned to England the following year with armed forces, gaining support and compelling Edward to restore his earldom. The total Ukrainian armed forces deployment around the world is 562 servicemen. Show More Sentences This provided an opportunity for Octavian, who already was known to have armed forces. Under General Henri Guisan central command, a general mobilisation of the armed forces was ordered. Following the end of the Cold War there have been a number of attempts to curb military activity or even abolish the armed forces altogether. In general, it refers to the physicality of armed forces, their personnel, equipment, and physical area which they occupy. Zheng He was placed as the admiral in control of the huge fleet and armed forces that undertook these expeditions. According to the constitution, serving in the armed forces is a duty of all Thai citizens. The Senegalese armed forces consist of about 19,000 personnel in the army, air force, navy, and gendarmerie. Emigrants from the Cape Verde islands to North America have a long history of involvement with the armed forces. The Uruguayan armed forces are constitutionally subordinate to the president, through the minister of defense. The armed forces have been in a continuous mobilised state for the last 30 years. Colombia's armed forces are the largest in Latin America, and it is the second largest spender on its military after Brazil. The National Police of Peru is often classified as a part of the armed forces. The Peruvian armed forces report through the Ministry of Defense, while the National Police of Peru reports through the Ministry of Interior. These Cossacks elected Yermak as the leader of their armed forces, and in 1582 Yermak set out with an army of 840 to attack the Khanate of Sibir. Central African armed forces troops were forced to pull back from the town and were planning an operation to retake it, the source said. Economic conditions improved during World War II as many Belizean men entered the armed forces or otherwise contributed to the war effort. The age to serve in the armed forces is 17 and conscription is not imminent. The flame of independence is lit by the president after parades by the presidential family and members of the armed forces of Zimbabwe. The Munitions of War Act 1915 brought private companies supplying the armed forces under the tight control of the Lloyd George. As war approached, Walpole realised that his poor eyesight would disqualify him from serving in the armed forces. Show More Sentences A lot of them joined the Canadian or British armed forces early. These two boys are leading the life of Riley and drawing pay from the armed forces. Initially, the Luger was adopted as the official sidearm of the German armed forces and was also issued to German police. But pockets of Talibanisation remain and skirmishes between armed forces and terrorists are common. A TATTOO artist is offering free designs to men and women in the armed forces. The purges that followed the 1993 rebellion of military units in Misrate indicate that the armed forces are heavily infiltrated by the Islamists. At midnight on August 7-8, 2008 Georgian armed forces advanced to Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. Indeed, why did the armed forces as a whole not revolt against collectivization, the purges, etc? Downing Street said the Government was prepared if necessary to instruct the armed forces to commandeer more civilian tenders. The report examines the overall structure of the Spanish armed forces, their orders of battle and command structures. And the film has crystalised the argument over gays in the French armed forces. Not surprisingly then, many veterans of the armed forces leave active service displaying an overdependence on alcohol. At NYU, she became passionate about preventing lynchings, desegregating the armed forces, and reforming the criminal justice system. However, Pavani Parameswara Rao, a senior lawyer, believed the move would have adverse mpact on the discipline of the armed forces. She normally dialyses at home but when her armed forces husband Nick is away she has to go to the Cardiff hospital. This is not a semantic hairsplitting but part of the reaffirmation of the Constitutional principle of civilian control of the armed forces. A FORMER Army General has accused the armed forces of turning soldiers into softies by issuing them with duvets. He said our armed forces are giving innumerous sacrifices in the fight against terrorism. In addition to the Defense Intelligence Agency, each branch of the armed forces has its own intelligence office or agency. The 42 boarders include twelve children whose parents are in the armed forces and thirteen Foundationers, nearly all from the Birmingham area. Show More Sentences It's about time these freeloading royals were taken out of the armed forces. The fuel tank is used the armed forces to national and international fuel storage, transport and distribution to the end user. The Iranian armed forces also displayed the tactical troposcatter system which is an advanced home-made communications system unveiled by Esmayeeli last year. Labour MP Alistair Darling won a standing ovation from the Tory party faithful at the launch of a campaign to keep the British armed forces together. As a result, the English Parliament refused to pay for a royal army to put down the rebellion in Ireland and instead raised their own armed forces. In a rural community in El Salvador in 1980, overnight literally a thousand people were murdered by death squads set up within the Salvadorian armed forces. So urgent was the need to supply the armed forces in the United Kingdom, America and elsewhere that the authorities sometimes turned a blind eye on the untaxed sales. In El Salvador in the 1980s, the government's armed forces are already recruiting twelve year olds, rousting them out of their classes at the local middle school. As many as 172,016 people were evacuated and 1150 life jackets and 100 life rings were provided by armed forces and federal and provincial disaster management authorities. Their military research is concentrating on the robotisation of the armed forces where even the infantry could become mechanical instead of human. The armed forces were represented by officers from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers REME, and associated military support organisations. In the early 1950s, with the help of technicians from Beretta, the Dominican government established the Armeria San Cristobal to provide their armed forces with weapons. Listen to hysterical Conservatives and their allies and you'd think the armed forces were on iron rations when Labour's record is better than the last Tory administration. Railcards were previously only available to those who were either under 26, over 60, disabled, serving in the armed forces or travelling with children. See the Anderson shelters being delivered and erected, the munitions factories and women doing their share to produce what the armed forces needed on the front line. Regarding your comments about Royals in the armed forces, the Duke of Kent was killed in 1942 when the flying boat he was in developed engine trouble. During the Second World War, to ensure production levels were met, conscript labour redirected from the armed forces, the Bevin Boys, was used in the collieries. He regarded the intellectuals as a disturbance to the Law by employing their literature, and thought that knights violate the prohibition of the state by using armed forces. The structural history of the Roman military describes the major chronological transformations in the organisation and constitution of the Roman armed forces. The British armed forces played a key role in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Find more words! 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