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	519th Military Police Battalion
		Unit citations include, the Meritorious Unit Commendation (1950-1951), Meritorious Unit Commendation (1952-1953), Republic of Korea Presidential Citation (19 September 1950- 21 July 1952), the Army Superior Unit Award (April-September 1988), Meritorious Unit Commendation (6 October 1990- 24 March 1991).
		DECORATIONS: Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA; Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1988; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952.
		Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/519mp.htm (1294 words)

	The 7th ARCOM
		BG Tabor’s awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Achievement Medal, and various service awards, including the Army Superior Unit Award, which the unit he commanded (330th Rear Tactical Operations Center) received for its performance during Operation Joint Endeavor.
		A graduate of the MI Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff Officer College, and the U.S. Army War College, BG Tabor holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California.
		BG Tabor received a direct commission as a first lieutenant, Military Intelligence, in the U.S. Army Reserve in 1981.
	www.7arcom.army.mil /bg_tabor.htm (1294 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Military branches
		VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army)
		Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Defense), Internal Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Interior), Civil Defense Forces (subordinate to the president)
		Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Territorial Defense Force
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2055.html (2809 words)

	Birth of the United States Air Force
		This brief history surveys the beginning of the United States Army's air arm and the birth of the Air Service in World War I. It traces the evolution of the Army's air combat branch between World War I and World War II and its tremendous organizational growth during World War II.
		Before 1939 the Army's air arm was a fledgling organization; by the end of the war the Army Air Forces had become a major military organization comprised of many air forces, commands, divisions, wings, groups, and squadrons, plus an assortment of other organizations.
		A War Department reorganization on March 9, 1942, created three autonomous U.S. Army Commands: Army Ground Forces, Services of Supply (later, in 1943, Army Service Forces), and Army Air Forces.
	www.au.af.mil /au/afhra/wwwroot/rso/birth.html (2809 words)

	05Acpx_misce.htm
		The Currahees of the 3-506th are authorized the Army Presidential Unit Citation -- Awarded to U.S. Army units for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy; and the Army Valorous Unit Award-- Awarded to U.S. Army units for outstanding heroism in armed combat against an opposing armed force.
		The Army Valorous Unit Award was a warded to U.S. Army units for outstanding heroism in armed combat against an opposing armed force.
		Unit Award is an award made to an operating unit for outstanding performance.
	www.currahee.org /19cpx_medals.htm (2809 words)

	Contents
		The volumes comprising the official history of the Medical Department of the U.S. Army in World War II are prepared by The Historical Unit, U.S. Army Medical Service, and published under the direction of The Surgeon General, U.S. Army.
		Status of armor vests available to major Army units, 31 December 1952
		Eighth U.S. Army units participating in test of Army nylon vest
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwii/woundblstcs/default.htm (2809 words)

	Navy Awards and Decorations
		The Army bracket is larger because they wear their "unit" ribbons on the right breast.
		Authorized on July 19, 1965 and awarded to all service members of the Armed Forces of the United States who, between July 4, 1965 and March 28, 1973, served in Vietnam and the contiguous waters, and airspace, in Thailand, Laos or Cambodia or airspace in direct support of military operations in Vietnam.
		Unit awards were often granted after a veteran left the service and in many cases recognition of the unit awards never made its way into the veteran's DD-214.
	www.mrfa.org /unitnavy.htm (2809 words)

	Army Awards and Decorations
		The unit citation of the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal was awarded certain units by the Vietnamese government for meritorious service during the period 1 March 1961 to 28 March 1974.
		Personnel assigned to an unit which was awarded the medal are authorized to wear the unit award emblem.
		Award actions pertaining to Army retirees and veterans are normally handled by the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO; also known as NPRC.
	www.mrfa2.org /unitarmy.htm (1345 words)

	the chronicle
		It's members were specially selected, it was small, and for it's size it was one of the most highly decorated Units in the history of the Australian Army.
		The members of AATTV were so spread across South Vietnam that they met as a Unit only on ANZAC day, and once when they paraded in Vung Tau in 1970 to receive a Unit honour from the Commander of the American Forces, General Abrams.
		The first Australian Unit into Vietnam and the last out, it was operational for ten years, four months, and sixteen days, achieving the distinction of being the longest serving unit of any service in any theatre of war.
	www.aattv.iinet.net.au /thechronicle.htm (1345 words)

	Heinrich Himmler - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia
		In late 1944, Himmler became commander of army group Oberrhein (Upper Rhine), which was fighting the oncoming United States 7th Army and French 1st Army in the Alsace region on the west bank of the Rhine.
		In the Second World War the SS's Totenkopf Units were given the task of organising and administering Germany's regime of concentration camps and eventually, extermination camps.
		Himmler held this post until early 1945, when he was switched to command an army group facing the Red Army to the East.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /h/he/heinrich_himmler.html (960 words)

	Order of precedence within categories of medals
		Unit Citation are authorized for wear on the Army uniform.
		As you will see Army awards of the same precedence as other branches are of higher precedence on the Army uniform.
		I include this to Help soldiers that have transferred into the Army from other branches find where to put there awards on the Army uniform.
	www.neguard.com /dpa/awards/p29_6.html (960 words)

	military
		The First United States Army was organized at La Ferte-sous- Jouarre, France, in August 1918 for the St.-Mihiel offensive, under the command of General John J. Pershing.
		The Seventh United States Army was activated at sea in July 1943 off the coast of Sicily.
		The Second United States Army was organized in September 1918 at Toul, Meurthe-et-Mosellle, France.
	www.vetshome.com /military_armies_patch_history.htm (1115 words)

	Douglas MacArthur
		General of the Army, Army of the United States: December 18, 1944
		When MacArthur retired from the U.S. Army in 1937, he was made a Field Marshal of the Philippine Army, by President Quezon but returned in July 1941 as commander of United States Army Forces Far East (USAFFE), based in Manila.
		He is the most decorated soldier in the history of the United States military.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/Douglas-MacArthur.htm (2669 words)

	57:0095(26)RP - Army Reserve Command, Fort McPherson, GA and Army, First US Army, Fort Gillem, GA and AFGE Local 1759 - 2001 FLRAdec RP
		Based on the foregoing, the RD concluded that the First Army employees accreted to the existing unit, and she ordered that the certified unit be clarified accordingly.
		The petition sought determinations that: the United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) is a successor employer of the United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM); eligible USARC employees have accreted into the existing unit; and eligible First Army employees have accreted into the existing unit.
		That unit includes "[a]ll non-supervisory wage grade and general schedule employees of the following activities located at Fort McPherson, Georgia and Fort Gillem, Georgia: Headquarters, [FORSCOM], U.S. Army Garrison, U.S. Army Health Clinic, U.S. Army Dental Clinic, and U.S. Army Information Systems Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia." RD Decision at 3.
	www.flra.gov /decisions/v57/57-026.html (1532 words)

	United States Armed Forces Sources
		I started out looking for a station list of the Army on 12/7/41, but got interested in many other documents along the way, like Strength lists, unit activation lists, station plans, authorized strength, tables of organization, aircraft allocations, and so on.
		The National Archives Record Center, Suitland, Md. - here is where I research individual unit histories of both large and small units, but only Army Ground and Service units.
		If I wanted to research the Army Air Forces, I had go to either Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama or Bolling Air Force Base in Washington.
	niehorster.orbat.com /013_usa/_sources.htm (1532 words)

	Wikipedia:WikiProject Hellenic Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The purpose of this WikiProject is to harmonize the efforts to describe the history of the Hellenic Army, its wars, battles, traditions, its officer corps, NCO corps, enlistee life, draftee life and conscription issues.
		For longer periods of time, it is also necessary to define how long a particular unit controlled another unit, or how long one unit was subordinate to a controlling unit.
		401 Γενικό Νοσοκομίο Στρατού- 401 General Army Hospital
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject_Hellenic_Army (401 words)

	Flight (military unit) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		A flight is a (A unit that is part of some military service) military unit in an (The airborne branch of a country's armed forces) air force, (additional info and facts about naval) naval air service, or (A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state) army air corps.
		Flight (military unit) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The British (additional info and facts about Army Air Corps) Army Air Corps and other army air corps also have flights.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fl/flight_(military_unit).htm (165 words)

	Boldo's Warhammer Comp page
		In this army there are not more than 2 Special selections of the same unit type, or 1 Rare selection of the same unit type.
		The army includes at least two Core units (see definition of Core above) that are at least one and a half times minimum unit size and no more than 1 core units of unit strength less than 10.
		The army contains no more than 4 units armed with missile weapons (‘units armed with missile weapons’ includes war machines and weapons teams!).
	www.boldo.com /miniatures/warhammer/compsys.html (1078 words)

	Irish Army Rangers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Irish Army Rangers (formally known as the Irish Army Ranger Wing) are the special forces unit of the Irish Defence Forces.
		The Army Ranger Wing is Ireland's premier hostage rescue unit.
		The unit's official name is "Sciathán Fianóglach an Airm", which roughly translates into English as "Army Ranger Wing".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_Army_Rangers (287 words)

	Awards
		Outstanding Army Aviation Unit of the Year (Army) Award
		Presentation of the award, a set of Aviation Officer Branch Insignia are made by the U.S. Army Aviation Center (USAAVNC) Deputy Assistant Commandant at a reception hosted by the USAAVNC at Fort Benning in conjunction with the OCS Swearing-In Ceremony.
		The Joseph P. Cribbins Department of the Army Civilian of the Year Award
	www.quad-a.org /awards.htm (287 words)

	กองดุริยางค์ทหารบก : Royal Thai Army Band
		After changing the Government Policy in 1932 The Royal Guard Brass Band Regiment was moved to Bangkok Army Province and rename become “The Bangkok Precinct Unit Brass Band Regiment” In 1937 the Bangkok Precinct Unit Brass Band Regiment moved from Suan Dusit Makawan-Rangsan Bridge to Payathai Commons opposite the Third Infantry Battalion.
		In 1948 following the government’s order to move the band to command by the First Army Precinct Unit and rename to “ The First Army Precinct Unit Band”.
		The Royal Thai Army Band Chronology In1875 the brass-band had been established by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) the place held on the Suan Kulab Palace and directed by Prince Brother Suksawat when he was the Royal Guard Fifth Infantry Conpany Director).
	home.iirt.net /~rtab/bg_en.html (467 words)

	Mobile Army Surgical Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mobile Army Surgical hospital (MASH) refers to a United States Army medical unit serving as a fully functional hospital in a combat area of operations.
		The U.S. Army decomissioned the last MASH unit on February 16, 2006.
		The MASH unit was conceived by Michael E. DeBakey and other surgical consultants as the "mobile auxiliary surgical hospital".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital (444 words)

	History of Japan - Historical Periods & Military History of Japan
		Guandong Army - Japanese Unit in Mainland China
		Southern Expeditionary Army Group - World War II era Japanese military unit
		Unit 731- secret military medical unit of Imperial Japanese Army
	www.japan-101.com /history/index2.htm (385 words)

	Military.com - Unit Histories
		Our selection of documentary American military combat UNIT and CAMPAIGN history books and videos is one of the largest available anywhere: Army and Marine Corps division histories; Bomb Group and Fighter Group histories; Naval Warfare and Warship histories; Histories of America's major campaigns in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
		Fighting side-by-side, U.S. Army and Marine units fought the largest tank battle of the Pacific War, and massed Japanese banzai charges.
		Unit Histories for: Army USMC Navy Air Force Coast Guard
	www.military.cibmedia.com /index.asp (1391 words)

	UNCLASSIFIED
		THE CHIEF OF STAFF, ARMY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ARMY UNIT AWARDS BOARD, HAS APPROVED THE ARMY SUPERIOR UNIT AWARD (AUSA) FOR THE FOLLOWING UNITS FOR THE PERIOD 3 AUGUST 1996 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1996.
		UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES CENTRAL COMMAND - SAUDI ARABIA
	www.armyawards.com /msg/99-mar17a.shtml (1391 words)

	Presidential Unit Citation
		Infantry Division is now one of only 4 entire Army Division awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for heroic action during World War II.
		The U.S. Army formally presented The Presidential Unit Citation during an awards ceremony on July 27, 2001 at our Omaha, Nebraska Reunion.
		Word of this approval was received from the Army Awards Branch on January 22, 2001.
	www.96th-infantry-division.com /decorations/citation.htm (1391 words)

	FM 3-21.38 Chapter 1
		Army pathfinders mainly provide navigational aid and advisory services to military aircraft in areas designated by supported unit commanders.
		While pathfinders await further missions, the parent or supported CP may task them to help control the aviation unit base airfield, to perform minor demolition work, or, in staff sections, to perform map and aerial photographic work.
		Aviators and pathfinders must maintain a good working relationship, despite the reduction of pathfinder units and the assignment of pathfinder-coded positions to ground units.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/3-21-38/ch1.htm (1391 words)

	USAREUR Public Affairs News Release
		In its continuous quest for excellence, the 212th Military Army Surgical Hospital deployed to Speichersdorf, Germany, to conduct training and External Evaluations (EXEVAL), Oct. 13 as a part of the V Corps unit certification process.
		Daniel Williams, operating room specialist, 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), and Col. Victor Lebedovych, general surgeon, 212th MASH, assist Capt. Booker King, surgeon, 212th MASH, during a live hernia procedure Oct. 24 as part of the unit's field training exercise at Speichersdorf, Germany.
		Constituted on December 28, 1917 and assigned duty with the National Army as Evacuation Hospital No. 12, the unit saw action its first World War I action in St. Mihiel, France, where it was awarded its first campaign streamer.
	www.hqusareur.army.mil /htmlinks/Press_Releases/2004/oct2004/28oct2004-01.htm (790 words)

	Purdue University Air Force ROTC - Detachment 220
		We team up with Purdue's Army ROTC unit and travel to a nearby Army National Guard installation where we allow our cadets to experience a mock military deployment exercise complete with training from the Army Rangers, a run through the obstacle course, land navigation training, and air-base defense training.
		Air Force ROTC was established at Purdue University in the fall of 1949, but its roots began with a branch of the Army ROTC program known as the Air ROTC program formed in 1946.
		Det 220 is one of the largest Air Force ROTC units in the North East region boasting approximately 200 cadets.
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~afrotc (638 words)

	Rackbuilder @ armyawards.com
		Soldiers who are awarded a United Nations Medal may wear the first UN medal with unique suspension and service ribbon for which they qualify.
		Only the Army Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Commendation, and Superior Unit Award are authorized for temporary wear.
		Service medals and ribbons awarded by the other US services may be worn on the Army uniform, except the Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon and Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard marksmanship ribbons.
	armyawards.com /awards.shtml (402 words)

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