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MILSPEC – Military Specification; MILSTD – MILitary STANdard; MILSTAR – MILitary Strategic and Tactical Relay (US) MIPS – Medium Integrated Propulsion System (US) MIR – Mechanized Infantry Regiment (Sri Lanka) MIRV – Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle; MLA – Manufacturing Licence Agreement; MLC – Military Load Class
The men who made up the United States' first code talkers were either full-blood or mixed-blood Choctaw Indians. All were born in the Choctaw Nation of the Indian Territory, in what is now southeastern Oklahoma, when their nation was a self-governed republic.
This color guard consists of personnel from 5 of the 6 military branches of the United States Armed Forces (Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard). Military branch (also service branch or armed service ) is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state.
English Braille, also known as Grade 2 Braille, [1] is the braille alphabet used for English. It consists of around 250 letters ( phonograms ), numerals , punctuation, formatting marks, contractions, and abbreviations ( logograms ).
However, since 1932, when the military, with the help of civilians, overthrew the system of absolute monarchy and instead created a constitutional system, the military has dominated and been in control of Thai politics, providing it with many prime ministers and carrying out many coups d'état, the most recent being in 2014.
Specialist is a military rank in some countries' armed forces. Two branches of the United States Armed Forces use the rank. It is one of the four junior enlisted ranks in the United States Army, above private (PVT), private (PV2), and private first class and is equivalent in pay grade to corporal; in the United States Space Force, four grades of specialist comprise the four junior enlisted ...
(Military Division) GCB: 27 May 1725 [5] [6] 27 May 1725 – present [5] [6] Prior to 2 January 1815, this grade was known as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath. [5] [6] Member of the Order of Merit (Military Division) OM: 23 June 1902 [7] 23 June 1902 – present [7] Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Military ...
Timothy James Walz (/ w ɔː l z / ⓘ WAWLZ; born April 6, 1964) is an American politician, former schoolteacher, and retired U.S. Army non-commissioned officer who has served as the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019.