US Army

In many countries, brigadier or brigadier general is one rank lower than a general.

In the United States a General is the top grade, with the Lieutenant General a star lower, a Major General next, and a Brigadier General the one star type General. When I was in boot camp, I was taught how to remember the progression by thinking of the sentence Be My Little Girl. It always worked for me.

Disbursing Officers.

Depends on which army.

This is an international site, please specify which country you are asking about.

Persons from the Commonwealth countries can enlist in the British armed forces, same as persons from the former Spanish Empire can join the Spanish armed forces. Such is life in the developed world with low birth rates and low native enlistment rates.

The armed forces of the United States of America in 2002 numbered 1.41 million on active duty and 1.24 million in the Ready Reserve, a category of participation that allows regular training with pay and extended active duty periods for training. The Standby and Retired Reserve includes about 23,400 experienced officers and NCOs who can be recalled in a national emergency. Membership in all of these forces is voluntary and has been since 1973 when conscription expired as the Vietnam war was winding down. The active duty force includes 196,100 women, who serve in all grades and all occupational specialties except direct ground combat units and some aviation billets.

In the 1990s, the armed forces reduced their personnel numbers and force structure because of the diminished threat of a nuclear war with the former Soviet Union or a major conflict in central Europe. Despite the interlude of the Gulf War, 1990--91, the force reductions continued throughout the decade, forcing some restructuring of the active duty forces, with emphasis on rapid deployment to deter or fight major regional conflicts much like the Gulf War, in Korea, elsewhere in the Middle East, or Latin America (e.g. Cuba). The conventional force debate centered on whether the United States could or should maintain forces to fight two regional conflicts simultaneously. In the spring of 1999, the United States took part in the NATO air campaign in response to the crisis in Kosovo, and the ensuing US participation in peacekeeping operations in the region brought with it the prospect of another long-term overseas deployment.

For the purposes of administration, personnel management, logistics, and training, the traditional four military services in the Department of Defense remain central to strategic planning. The US Army numbers 485,500 (71,400 women) soldiers on active duty, divided roughly between 6 heavy (armored or mechanized) divisions, 4 light (infantry airborne, airmobile) divisions, and three independent infantry battalions as well as three armored cavalry regiments, five aviation brigades, and 11 air defense battalions. Army special operations missions go to Special Forces groups, an airborne ranger regiment, an aviation group, and a psychological warfare group with civil affairs and communications support units. The Army has 7,620 main battle tanks, 6,710 infantry fighting vehicles, 15,910 other tracked vehicles, almost 6,000 towed or self-propelled artillery, some 249 aircraft, and about 4,813 armed and transport helicopters. The Army National Guard (355,900) emphasizes the preparation of combat units up to division size for major regional conflicts while the Army Reserve (358,100) prepares individuals to fill active units or provide combat support or service support/technical/medical units upon mobilization. In addition, the National Guard retains a residual state role in suppressing civil disturbances and providing disaster relief.

The US Navy (385,400; 57,800 women) has shifted from its role in nuclear strategic deterrence and control of sea routes to Europe and Asia to the projection of naval power from the sea. Naval task forces normally combine three combat elements: air, surface, and subsurface. The Navy mans 24 nuclear-powered attack submarines with one configured for special operations; most of these boats can launch cruise missiles at land targets.

Naval aviation is centered on 12 carriers (9 nuclear-powered) and 11 carrier aircraft wings. Including its armed ASW helicopters and armed long-range ASW patrol aircraft---as well as a large fleet of communications and support aircraft---the Navy controls 1,510 aircraft and 506 armed helicopters. Naval aviation reserves provide additional wings for carrier deployment. The surface force includes 27 cruisers (22 with advanced anti-air suites), 54 destroyers, 37 frigates, 42 amphibious ships, 27 mine warfare ships, and 21 patrol and coastal combatants. More ships are kept in ready reserve or are manned by surface line reserve units. The fleet support force also includes specialized ships for global logistics that are not base-dependent.

The Marine Corps, a separate naval service, is organized into three active divisions and three aircraft wings of the Fleet Marine Force, which also include 3 Force Service Support groups. The Marine Corps (173,400; 10,500 women) emphasizes amphibious landings but trains for a wide-range of contingency employments. The marines have 403 main battle tanks, 1,321 amphibious armored vehicles, and about 1,000 towed artillery pieces.

The US Air Force (369,700; 56,400 women) has focused on becoming rapidly deployable rather than US-based. Almost all its aircraft are now dedicated to nonstrategic roles in support of forward deployed ground and naval forces. The Air Force stresses the missions of air superiority and interdiction with complementary operations in electronic warfare and reconnaissance, but it also includes 28 transport squadrons. Air Force personnel manage the US radar and satellite early-warning and intelligence effort. The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard (roughly 183,100 active reserves) provides a wide range of flying and support units, and its flying squadrons have demonstrated exceptional readiness and combat skills on contingency missions. Air Force reserves, for example, provide the backbone of the air refueling and transport fleets.

The armed forces are deployed in functional unified or specified commands for actual missions. The Strategic Command controls the strategic nuclear deterrence forces: 550 ICMBs, 18 Navy fleet ballistic missile submarines, and 178 operational long-range bombers. These forces have undergone reduction to conform with the START arms limitation treaty of 1991, as amended in 1992, so that by the year 2003 the United States will have only 500 ICMBs, 1,728 SLBMs, and 95 nuclear-armed bombers. Strategic Command is complemented by Space Command/North American Air Defense Command. In 2002 the Treaty of Moscow was signed between the United States and Russia to reduce deployed nuclear weapons by two-thirds by the year 2012. As of 2002, the United States had more than 10,000 operational nuclear warheads.

The conventional forces are assigned to a mix of geographic and functional commands: Atlantic Command, European Command, Central Command, Southern Command, and Pacific Command, as well as Transportation Command and Special Operations Command. The Army also maintains a Forces Command for ground forces in strategic reserve in the United States. Major operational units are deployed to Germany, Korea, and Japan as part of collective security alliances. About one-third of active duty personnel are assigned to overseas billets (1--3 years) or serve in air, naval, and ground units that serve short tours on a rotational basis. Peacekeeping forces are stationed in Bosnia, East Timor, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Georgia, Hungary, Iraq/Kuwait, the Middle East, Tajikstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia. Approximately 7,200 US troops are stationed in Afghanistan with Operation enduring Freedom.

Patterns of defense spending reflect the movement away from Cold War assumptions and confrontation with the former Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. During the 1980s when defense spending hovered around $300 billion a year and increased roughly 30% over the decade, defense spending absorbed roughly 6% of the gross domestic spending, 25% of federal spending, and 16% of net public spending. In the early 1990s, when the defense budget slipped back to the $250--$260 billion level, the respective percentages were 4.5, 18, and 11, the lowest levels of support for defense since the Korean War (1950). In 1999, the defense budget was $276.7 million or 3.2% of GDP. US military assistance abroad shows similar trends. From 1981 to 1991 the United States sold $118 billion in arms abroad and provided some outright grants, military training, and other support services, most in dollar value to its NATOs allies, Sau'di Arabia, Israel, South Korea, and Japan. This spending also declined in the 1990s.

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The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur), also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom (UK) over the disputed Falkland Island, South Georgias and the South Sandwich islands. The Falkland Islands consist of two large and many small islands in the South Atlantic Ocean east of Argentina; their name and sovereignty over themhave long been disputed. The conflict was initiated without any warning by Argentina on April 2 of 1982 by the De-Facto president Galtieri. The invasion was led by Benjamin Menendez. Reagan asked," I wonder what is all the fuss over a pile of wet rocks..." The answers are 1 ) Strategic Geographic Position 2) food and last but not least 3) Human Stupidity

The USAF's current uniforms are:

ABU (Airman Battle Uniform) for normal service days

Blues uniform- on mondays and for ceremonies

Flight suit (olive drab jumpsuit)- for pilots

Different camo patterns may be used, depending on where they deploy.

The different ranks in the Army Infantry include Private, Private 2, Private First Class, Specialist, Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant and Sergeant First Class. One can find a definitive list of the 29 different ranks by visiting the Military Factory website.

With mental disabilities, yes. With physical disabilities, it depends. They certainly wouldn't have any trouble being excused if they wished to be, though I'm refering to the traditional "physical disabilities", not the ones that count nowadays for SSI.

Obviously if the disability was such that they could not hear or see the evidence, they'd be excused.

It's all dependent on a number of things. If you hold an MOS which has a high turnover, you have better chances of faster promotion. Additionally, your abilities as a soldier will have a bearing on this.

To protect CI from being exposed on a SNS, you should

A female superior officer can be adressed by Ma'am or by their rank as well. (ex. Yes ma'am. Yes staff sergeant etc...)

You will need to know someone who works for the police or CID or something first. With the hep of his/her contact, you can enroll for training. If you pass the physical and theory tests then you will be selected.

If you have a degree then you can of getting higher positions in the department.

When searching for the answers to the M9 series pistol training NIKO course the answers are not going to be found online. All of the information provided in the training will have to be reviewed to know the answers.

well if you mean making a journal just beg your mom or dad to buy you yourn dream journal or at least get a normal diary first try lock diary with pen then fill it up with stuff then beg for your dream journal if you know where it is. if thts not what you mean then idk.

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The Army has more manpower and a majority of the heavy equipment (tanks, APCs, etc.), while the Marines are primarily a light infantry force, but have the advantage of being more mobile and overall easier to deploy then the majority of the Army.DUH!

Knights are usually considered to be the lowest level of nobility. Lords of any type were of higher rank. Of course a lord could also be a knight.

yes he was, I servered with him in Germany, we used to buff pot into the floor wax in the baracks to trhrow the dogs off when they came into do inspections, he was armered division and used to write songs in the barracks. the reason he sings anti war songs is because he has seen death and destruction and thinks it's useless

In 1964 the Gulf of Tonkin, a murky set of events occured with the US naval ship USS Maddox claiming that they had been torpedoed by enemy North Vietnamese naval ship. What was not said was that Maddox was taking supplies to anti-communist forces in the South and the claim of a second attack on the 4th AUgust has been completely renounced by a North Vietnamese troop from the ship. From there, war time privlidges were given the president Johnson (LBJ), which allowed for him to make decisions without having to get them passed by congress. US military advisors quickly turned into armed combatants and the numbers of US soldiers within the country rapidly increased. With every small loss in Vietnam, the US took this as an opportunity to intensify their war effort with an increase in weaponary available as well as troop numbers. Because of this type of wreckless escalation from the Johnson government, the Vietnam war quickly went from being a war against communism and the domino theory to a war where America needed to save face instead of humiliating themselves even further than they already had. If America had called it quits, instead of just escalating their war effort each time then millions of lives would have been saved and Vietnam would not be a war raped country with many of its people living in poverty