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Monitor
April 28, 2018
Also, contrary to his “understanding' there is nothing that substantiates his assumption that it be either fully or partially self-armed to the level of regular military troops. To that end, he should have researched Article 1 Section 8 Clause 16 of the Constitution. It outlines the governments responsibility,ÃÂ ...
Radio New Zealand
April 28, 2018
The DMZ, which snakes for 240 km along the 38th parallel, was drawn in the 1953 armistice that ended three years of bitter fighting. The zone is 4km wide, and has become an unlikely tourist attraction. Friday's declaration said each side would cease propaganda broadcasts, hold regular military meetings,ÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
April 28, 2018
On the subject of China's April 18 live-fire drills close to the coast of Fujian Province, 48 percent of respondents judged it was a kind of threat targeting Taiwan, while 36.7 percent believed it was just a regular military drill. The survey, held on April 23 and 24, resulted in 1,070 valid replies with a margin ofÃÂ ...
The Drive
April 27, 2018
This Could Be The Armored 'Tactical Golf Cart' The U.S. Military Desperately Needs. Though billed as a border patrol and law enforcement vehicle, it could just as useful in for regular military and special operations missions. By Joseph TrevithickApril 26, 2018. The War Zone ÷ airborne operations ÷ Arctic Cat ÷ ATVs ÷ B6+à...
Global Times
April 25, 2018
Beijing will continue regular military drills around Taiwan to pressure and deter the island as the island itself is set to conduct its own massive military ... a rock," Xu said, adding that "Beijing will not retreat or make any concessions on its principles to Taiwan, and we will keep regular military exercises."
The News International (blog)
April 22, 2018
In essence, Pakistan is under an eight dimensional attack: (i) economic warfare; (ii) foreign support of domestic unrest; (iii) information warfare propaganda; (iv) diplomatic onslaught; (v) cyber attacks; (vi) offensive from irregular forces; (vii) operations by Special Forces; and (viii) regular military operations.
Chicago Tribune
April 4, 2018
That would leave a volatile mix in and around that hothouse country: regular military and irregular combatants from Russia, Iran and Turkey; forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad; moderate rebels; and the remnants of Islamic State that also menace war-weary Syrians. But Trump's had enough, andÃÂ ...
Above the Law
April 3, 2018
I suppose it wasn't going to be long before Donald Trump casually tripped the wires of one of most basic protections against despotism: the Posse Comitatus Act. Signed by President Rutherford B. Hayes, Posse Comitatus prohibits the deployment of regular military to enforce domestic laws. It's militaryÃÂ ...
Newsweek
April 3, 2018
Both Russia and NATO have expanded their military power across rival borders and held regular military exercises intended to simulate a potential conflict. Renewed tensions between Russia and NATO have seen dueling accusations of provocations and destabilization, especially as Moscow soughtÃÂ ...
CNBC
April 3, 2018
In the United States, which has 1.3 million active-duty troops and spends more on defense than the next seven countries combined, it's hard to imagine that there are countries without a standing military. But there are, in fact, three dozen such countries and regions. The CIA World Factbook lists 36 nationsÃÂ ...
STRATFOR
March 9, 2018
When it comes to tackling security issues in Central Asia, Russia and China will cooperate more than compete. The two countries will ramp up joint military exercises, counterterrorism training and diplomatic consultations in the region through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. As China expands itsÃÂ ...
Business Standard
March 9, 2018
The meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would not take place without "concrete actions" that match the promises made by the reclusive nation, the White House said today. It, however, maintained that the time and place for the meeting has not beenÃÂ ...
India Today
March 9, 2018
The Indo-French strategic partnership that concluded 20 years ago, soon after India's nuclear tests in May 1998, stands on a triad-cooperation in the defence, space and civil-nuclear fields. Over the years, however, defence cooperation has largely been confined to regular military exercises between theÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 9, 2018
... explore strategic issues and find bi-lateral solutions mutually supporting U.S. and Turkish interests. Through increased intelligence sharing, continued counter-terrorism coordination, and regular military-to-military dialogue, USEUCOM is committed to strengthening the trust between the U.S. and Turkey.”.
Korea Times
March 8, 2018
South Korea hopes to extend the rare momentum for peace and reduce military tension on the peninsula by engaging in repeated dialogue with the North. The regular military drills, delayed until after the closing of the PyeongChang Paralympics, has been one of the major sources of conflict between SeoulÃÂ ...
The Jamestown Foundation
March 8, 2018
The reason for the disbandment of the “Cossack” military units is clear—few if any “registered Cossacks” actually served in those titular units, or really any other regular military units. According to then-chief of the General Staff, Nikolai Makarov, about 30,000 men of military service age were members of theÃÂ ...
War on the Rocks
March 6, 2018
The Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation in 2012 (the most recent available study) found that average regular military compensation for enlisted personnel and officers corresponded to the 90th and 83rd percentiles, respectively, for comparable civilians. Five years later, researchers from theÃÂ ...
Korea Times
March 1, 2018
Seoul and Washington delayed the regular military exercises until after the closing of the Paralympics in South Korea after both sides agreed to temporarily stop provocations from the North during the Olympics. But with the North sending an unexpected sign for peace, reports surfaced that the joint drillsÃÂ ...
Korea Times
March 1, 2018
Seoul and Washington delayed the regular military exercises until after the closing of the Paralympics in PyeongChang after both sides agreed to temporarily stop provocations from the North during the Olympics. But with the North sending an unexpected sign for peace, reports surfaced that the joint drillsÃÂ ...
Korea JoongAng Daily
March 1, 2018
Recollecting Korea's achieving of independence through its martyrs and activists, Moon said Thursday at Seodaemun Prison History Hall in western Seoul, “In 1940, the Korean Provisional Government founded the Korean Liberation Army, the first regular military forces of the Republic of Korea.” Moon wasÃÂ ...
Korea JoongAng Daily
February 28, 2018
China could be on a regular military drill, but it could also be trying to extend its influence through a display of military prowess. China's ramped-up aggression comes amid suspicion of Chinese President Xi Jinping trying to stretch his rule beyond 10 years. The China's ruling Communist Party plans to scrapÃÂ ...
Yonhap News
February 28, 2018
China could be on a regular military drill, but it could also be trying to extend its influence through a display of military prowess. China's ramped-up aggression comes amid suspicion of Chinese President Xi Jinping trying to stretch his rule beyond 10 years. The China's ruling Communist Party plans to scrapÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
February 28, 2018
The aircraft was told to "halt its threatening flight" and "any other actions that could raise the possibility of sudden conflict", said the South Korean defense official, adding Chinese officials told South Korea's military the aircraft's movements had been part of regular military exercises. China's Foreign MinistryÃÂ ...
Voice of America
February 28, 2018
The aircraft was told to “halt its threatening flight” and “any other actions that could raise the possibility of sudden conflict,” said the South Korean defense official, adding Chinese officials told South Korea's military the aircraft's movements had been part of regular military exercises. The aircraft was told toÃÂ ...
The Hill
February 27, 2018
“I think that we would think that we should move forward, continue to do our very legal and very regular military exercises with Korea and make sure we're looping in the Japanese at every appropriate juncture.” Inhofe, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a delegation on a trip lastÃÂ ...
NTA News
February 6, 2018
Hamza Suleiman: Nigeria will consider the absorption, into the armed forces, some members of civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) who are assisting the military in fighting Boko Haram. The JTF members, he said, should, however, be qualified to be absorbed, Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said onÃÂ ...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
... at a later date. The South Koreans received a warm welcome but promised to push North Korea on denuclearizing — something it bitterly opposes. International sanctions are closing in on North Korea, and the US and South Korea are expected to return to regular military exercises after the Paralympics.
Redlands Daily Facts
December 31, 1999
“A group from Redlands, maybe a bit more than 100, were inducted into regular military service,” Van Mouwerik said, with the group winding up as occupational forces in Japan, then getting shipped off to Korea in the middle of winter. “We saw some action and by the grace of God, we mostly came back,” heÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
December 31, 1999
There are internal rivalries as the army is made up of regular military personnel, tribal forces, and various militias. So, the short version of what will happen in case of Haftar's demise is chaos. Analysts interviewed by CNBC have suggested that if the LNA gets beheaded, its rivals—and probably parts ofÃÂ ...
The Jamestown Foundation
February 16, 2018
While reforming its reserve system, Georgia has simultaneously fully ended conscription to the regular military's combat units: these units are already almost 100 percent staffed by contract soldiers (see EDM, April 29, 2016). Instead, draftees from the “mobilization reserve” perform some auxiliary functionsÃÂ ...
Reason
February 11, 2018
While the proponents of a strong centralized government lost no time in presenting to Congress their plans for a regular military establishment, the anti-Federalist opponents of the Constitution united to prevent the creation of a standing army." The militarists did not get everything they wanted, but they gotÃÂ ...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
February 10, 2018
Losers and the insecure hold regular military parades for no reason other than to strut their stuff, about which they feel inadequate, often for good reason. The French armed forces march up the Champs-Elysees every year to, what, give the Germans a scare, finally? The Soviet leadership massed in RedÃÂ ...
Long Beach Press Telegram
February 10, 2018
Losers and the insecure hold regular military parades for no reason other than to strut their stuff, about which they feel inadequate, often for good reason. The French armed forces march up the Champs-Elysees every year to, what, give the Germans a scare, finally? The Soviet leadership massed in RedÃÂ ...
Korea Times
February 8, 2018
Speculation is growing that joint military drills between South Korea and the United States could face further delays after the Olympics to extend the ongoing inter-Korean peace momentum. The regular military exercise has been infuriating North Korea. The regime has strongly condemned Seoul andÃÂ ...
Philippine Star
February 8, 2018
“Moreover, the threats that supposedly require the extension could already be suppressed through regular military operations,” Alejano, a former Marine officer, said in statement. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1. READ: Lagman told: Convince me rebellion in Mindanao has ended.
Kyiv Post
February 8, 2018
The moral onus on an organized, state and its regular military formations as contrasted with volunteer, frequently rag-tag mobile groups striking out (oftimes blindly) in self defense is much greater. We know that the Nuremberg trials concluded that Ukrainian nationalists organized in self defense and inÃÂ ...
CNBC
February 7, 2018
Russia also has an annual Victory Day military parade in Moscow in May to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany. Also, Russia last July held a Navy Day military parade with thousands of sailors, warships, submarines and aircraft in St. Petersberg. China also has regular military parades in Beijing showing itsÃÂ ...
NTA News
February 7, 2018
Hamza Suleiman: Nigeria will consider the absorption, into the armed forces, some members of civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) who are assisting the military in fighting Boko Haram. The JTF members, he said, should, however, be qualified to be absorbed, Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said onÃÂ ...
Yonhap News
February 4, 2018
"Moon should say the same thing to the North (regarding the parade)," he said. Conservatives here said that as Seoul and Washington have decided to put off their annual regular military exercise until after the quadrennial sports event to ease military tensions on the peninsula, Pyongyang should also takeÃÂ ...
Pulse Nigeria
February 1, 2018
At the same time, some say the North is seeking to gain advantage from its participation, and reports say it will mark the anniversary of the founding of its regular military with a major military parade a day before the opening ceremony. Hyon Song-Wol, leader of North Korea's popular Moranbong band, hasÃÂ ...
The Straits Times
January 31, 2018
But critics say the North is seeking to gain advantage from its participation, and reports say it will mark the anniversary of the founding of its regular military with a major military parade a day before the opening ceremony. Earlier this week, Pyongyang unilaterally called off a joint cultural event slated for FebÃÂ ...
Mediamax.am
January 31, 2018
Armenian Defense Ministry notes that the main directions of the cooperation are military education and exercises, exchange of experience, as well as regular military and political consultations. The participants of the meeting have also summed up the results of the work, implemented in 2017, as well asÃÂ ...
Deccan Herald
January 31, 2018
Since last year's Doklam crisis when troops from both nations had a 72-day-long stand-off on a territory dispute inside Bhutan, regular military exchanges between Indian Army and People's Liberation Army were put on the back burner. The annual hand-in-hand exercise between the two armies was alsoÃÂ ...
Armenpress.am
January 31, 2018
... 2018 cooperation program in defense field was signed which includes more than 10 actions to be implemented in Armenia and Lithuania. The main directions for cooperation are military education and trainings, exchange of experience in different spheres and regular military-political consultations.
Channel NewsAsia
January 31, 2018
But critics say the North is seeking to gain advantage from its participation, and reports say it will mark the anniversary of the founding of its regular military with a major military parade a day before the opening ceremony. Earlier this week, Pyongyang unilaterally called off a joint cultural event slated for FebÃÂ ...
TRT World
January 29, 2018
Pyongyang has also said it will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of its regular military on February 8 -- the day before the opening ceremony for the Olympics -- and satellite photos have shown soldiers and armoured vehicles rehearsing for a possible parade that would amount to a showÃÂ ...
Rappler
January 29, 2018
Pyongyang has also said it will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of its regular military on February 8 -- the day before the opening ceremony for the Olympics -- and satellite photos have shown soldiers and armoured vehicles rehearsing for a possible parade that would amount to a showÃÂ ...
Global Times
January 28, 2018
Chinese military troops stationed in over 20 South China Sea and East China Sea islands have access to a power grid ahead of schedule, which experts said could guarantee regular military drills and improve the military's combat capabilities. A total of 89 border troops have been provided with electricityÃÂ ...
Channel NewsAsia
January 22, 2018
Until 1978 the anniversary was marked on the February date, and the switch back gives Pyongyang a formal justification if it decides to go ahead with a parade next month, which will be the 70th anniversary of the regular military's establishment. Satellite photos have shown troops and military vehiclesÃÂ ...
ABC News
January 21, 2018
Hatami, the first non-Guard-affiliated military officer to be made defense minister in nearly 25 years, made the comments in an interview published Saturday by the state-run IRAN newspaper. He said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered both the country's regular military and the Guard to getÃÂ ...
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