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  2. Military career of Elvis Presley - Wikipedia

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    Elvis Presley's two year active duty service obligation, March 24, 1958. On January 8, 1956, Presley became eligible to be drafted into the military at 21. Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager, was well aware of his client's draft status and how it could affect his career. [3]

  3. Racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces

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    When the United States Army Air Service, the precursor to the Air Force, was formed in 1918, only white soldiers were allowed. [43] During World War II, the Army Air Service needed more people, and recruited black men to train as pilots in the Tuskegee Airmen program. Black men and women also served in administrative and support roles. [43]

  4. United States Army Criminal Investigation Division - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division [1] [2] (CID), previously known as the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC), is the primary federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Army.

  5. Web service - Wikipedia

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    A web service (WS) is either: . a service offered by an electronic device to another electronic device, communicating with each other via the Internet, or; a server running on a computer device, listening for requests at a particular port over a network, serving web documents (HTML, JSON, XML, images).

  6. Government employees in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Management pay scales – – – MP-III MP-II MP-I MP-Spec – 6. State Bank of Pakistan pay scales: OG-1, OG-2 OG-3, OG-5, OG-4 OG-6 OG-7 OG-8 Governor – 7. National Bank of Pakistan pay scales: OG-3, OG-2 OG-1, AVP VP SVP EVP SEVP President – 8. Higher Education Commission (HEC) pay scales – – TTS-III TTS-II TTS-I TTS-MP TTS-Spec ...

  7. Berets of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    The United States Army has used military berets as headgear with various uniforms beginning in World War II. Since June 14, 2001, a black beret is worn by all U.S. Army troops unless the soldier is approved to wear a different distinctive beret.

  8. United States Army branch insignia - Wikipedia

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    The first use of Army branch insignia was just prior to the American Civil War in 1859 for use on the black felt hat. A system of branch colors, indicated by piping on uniforms of foot soldiers and lace for mounted troops, was first authorized in the 1851 uniform regulations, with Prussian blue denoting infantry, scarlet for artillery, orange for dragoons, green for mounted rifles, and black ...

  9. Army Service Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Army Service Forces was one of the three autonomous components of the United States Army during World War II, the others being the Army Air Forces and Army Ground Forces, created on 9 March 1942. By dividing the Army into three large commands, the Chief of Staff , General George C. Marshall , drastically reduced the number of officers and ...