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  2. British Army - Wikipedia

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    The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve ...

  3. Anti-access/area denial - Wikipedia

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    An S-400 surface-to-air missile system can be used as an A2/AD asset. [1] Anti-Access/Area Denial (or A2/AD) is a military strategy to control access to and within an operating environment. [2] In an early definition, anti-access refers to those actions and capabilities, usually long-range, designed to prevent an opposing force from entering an ...

  4. Hungarian Defence Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Hungarian Defence Forces ( Hungarian: Magyar Honvédség, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈhonveːdʃeːg]) is the national defence force of Hungary. Since 2007, the Hungarian Armed Forces is under a unified command structure. The Ministry of Defence maintains the political and civil control over the army. A subordinate Joint Forces ...

  5. Cypriot National Guard - Wikipedia

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    The National Guard of Cyprus ( Greek: Εθνική Φρουρά ), also known as the Greek Cypriot National Guard or simply National Guard, is the military force of the Republic of Cyprus. This force consists of air, land, sea and special forces elements, and is highly integrated with its first and second line reserves, as well as supporting ...

  6. Schlieffen Plan - Wikipedia

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    Casualties. c. 305,000. The Schlieffen Plan ( German: Schlieffen-Plan, pronounced [ʃliːfən plaːn]) is a name given after the First World War to German war plans, due to the influence of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen and his thinking on an invasion of France and Belgium, which began on 4 August 1914. Schlieffen was Chief of the General ...

  7. Royal Jordanian Army - Wikipedia

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    Royal Jordanian Army. The Royal Jordanian Army (Arabic: القوّات البرية الاردنيّة; lit. 'Jordanian Ground Forces') is the ground force branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). It draws its origins from units such as the Arab Legion, formed in the British Mandate of Transjordan in the 1920s.

  8. Reorganization plan of United States Army - Wikipedia

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    Robert B. Abrams, FORSCOM commander, June 2, 2016 39th Chief of Staff Mark Milley's readiness objective is that all operational units be at 90 percent of the authorized strength in 2018, at 100 percent by 2021, and at 105 percent by 2023. The observer coach/trainers at the combat training centers, recruiters, and drill sergeants are to be filled to 100 percent strength by the end of 2018. [158 ...

  9. The Army Air Forces in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Army Air Forces in World War II. The Army Air Forces in World War II is a seven-volume work describing the actions of the U.S. Army Air Corps (from June 1941, the U.S. Army Air Forces) between January 1939 and August 1945. It was published between 1948 and 1958 by the University of Chicago Press under the auspices of the Office of Air Force ...