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	Bush Says Combat Operations In Iraq Have Ended [May 1, 2003]
		For a hundred of years of war, culminating in the nuclear age, military technology was designed and deployed to inflict casualties on an ever-growing scale.
		Military power was used to end a regime by breaking a nation.
		As I speak, a Special Operations task force, led by the 82nd Airborne, is on the trail of the terrorists and those who seek to undermine the free government of Afghanistan.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2003/05/03-05-01.shtml (2035 words)

	Military Organisation and Structure
		Citizens' force units did, however, serve in Australian and Australian-mandated territory in the Pacific during the Second World War.
		The Australian Regular Army was formed in September 1947; this was to be supported by the reorganised Citizens' Military Forces.
		A third compulsory military service scheme was implemented in 1951 and continued until 1957, with 18-year-old men being required to train initially with the Regular Army and then transfer to a CMF unit.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/Structure/army.htm (478 words)

	Australian Army Reserve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the first half of the 20th century, CMF units included the vast majority of Australian Army personnel during peacetime, as Australia had a very small standing army, prior to formation of the regular army, in 1947.
		However, because it was illegal to deploy CMF units overseas, all-volunteer Australian Imperial Forces were formed during World War I and World War II.
		Chocolate soldiers came from a joke in the regular army that the militia would melt the first time in action and koalas as koalas were an animal that it was illegal to export or shoot.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Citizens_Military_Forces (512 words)

	Australian government deploys military forces to the Persian Gulf
		Despite growing domestic opposition, Australian Prime Minister John Howard is dispatching military forces and equipment to join the massive US military buildup in the Persian Gulf.
		While the Australian commitment is small in military terms, its main purpose is political: to send a message of continuing and unconditional support to the Bush administration and help bolster Washington’s claims of an “international coalition of the willing” for its impending invasion of Iraq.
		Defence Force chief Peter Cosgrove told crew members and their families that the mission would be “difficult” and was expected to last 12 months.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/jan2003/aust-j22.shtml (984 words)

	Military Bandwidth Demand Energizes Market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During the war, the U.S. military temporarily banned the use of Thuraya phones by journalists due to concerns that their GPS function might reveal the location of U.S. forces with which the reporters were traveling.
		The U.S. military was able to overcome these attempts and even destroy the jamming equipment with GPS-guided munitions, but even the failed Iraqi efforts point to future attacks on U.S. satellites that the Pentagon must prepare to defend against, he said.
		The Pentagon’s UHF satellites, which serve forces on the move, were oversubscribed and the military should examine new ways to use that spectrum more efficiently, she said.
	www.space.com /spacenews/archive03/militaryarch_090203.html (1575 words)

	AP Wire \| 12/05/2006 \| Fiji's military overthrows government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bainimarama named Dr. Jona Senilagakali, a military medic with no political experience, as caretaker prime minister and said a full interim government would be appointed next week to see the country through elections that would restore democracy sometime in the future.
		Britain also announced it was suspending military aid to Fiji, and Don McKinnon, the secretary-general of 53-member Commonwealth of Britain and its former colonies, said Fiji was likely to be suspended from the group.
		The possibility of Australian and Fijian troops firing on each other in the streets of Suva was not a prospect that I for a moment thought desirable," Howard said.
	www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/news/world/16167537.htm (867 words)

	The Use and Abuse of Military Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This accounting makes clear that military force was either used or contemplated by the United States in myriad settings and for various aims.
		Both Iraq and Kosovo suggest that short of occupation, military force is not a very good tool for changing regimes, although a successful use of military force that weakens or humiliates an adversary can help bring about a political environment in which domestic opponents of the regime in question may be encouraged to act.
		Military force continues to be relevant to a wide range of tasks, which indicates a continuing need for a large and flexible U.S. military.
	www.brookings.edu /comm/policybriefs/pb54.htm (2677 words)

	Australian Imperial Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, Australia had a very small regular army and reservists in the Australian Citizens Military Forces which could not be deployed overseas.
		During World War I, the Australian Flying Corps, the precursor of the Royal Australian Air Force, was part of the 1st AIF.
		The modern Australian Army was established in 1947 and its soldiers can be deployed anywhere in the world; theatres where they have served include Korea, Malaya, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Gulf.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Imperial_Force (185 words)

	CNN.com - Hicks defense slams trial process - Jan. 21, 2004
		The military lawyer expressed great concerns about the potential for other countries to provide captured U.S. military personnel with the same limited rights as the U.S. is proposing to use.
		Mori said the Australian government had been able to accomplish some things in the Hicks case, including assurances no death penalty would be imposed, but he expressed disappointment that as defense counsel he had not been consulted by Australian authorities.
		The Australian government said Hicks moved to Pakistan in November 1999 and trained with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, one of dozens of Islamic groups fighting to wrest control of Kashmir from India.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/01/21/australian.guantanamo (718 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Ranking Iraqi General Reflects on Year of Progress
		The Iraqi military is increasingly taking control of security missions throughout Iraq, but it is a process often overshadowed by sensational attacks on civilians in the country.
		First, the Iraqi force has grown significantly, he said, adding that mentorship of Iraqi forces by the coalition in tactical conditions is helping the military forces mature.
		Iraqi military forces have been responsible for the capture and killing of insurgent forces throughout Iraq, and they have discovered numerous weapons caches on a weekly basis.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Jul2005/20050707_1999.html (1219 words)

	It may take 10 years, but Afghan war 'winnable' \| The Nation \| The Australian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		AUSTRALIA'S military presence in Afghanistan is needed for at least another 10 years to eradicate the forces of terror, but the nation's senior defence commander says the war is winnable.
		The Australian commander of the reconstruction taskforce in Oruzgan, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan, told The Australian yesterday that security in the province was his main concern.
		The centrepiece of Australian work in the province apart from helping with basic infrastructure improvements was the construction of a trade training school.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20488915-2702,00.html (792 words)

	ATTACK on AMERICA - Military
		CANBERRA, Australia – An Australian fighting with the Taliban and captured by northern alliance fighters has been handed over to the U.S. military, the Australian government said Monday.
		The government was asking the United States to allow Australian officials to interview Hicks, the ministers said.
		Under the Foreign Incursions law, Australian citizens face prison sentences of up to 14 years for working as mercenaries.
	multimedia.belointeractive.com /attack/military/1217australia.html (263 words)

	June 2005 Military News
		U.S., Iraqi Forces Capture al-Qaida Leader in Mosul Washington File 16 Jun 2005 -- Al-Qaida's top leader in the Mosul area of northern Iraq was taken without a fight by American and Iraqi military forces June 14, a senior U.S. general says.
		Citizens Providing More Help to Iraqi, Coalition Forces AFPS 16 Jun 2005 -- More and more, Iraqi citizens are helping suppress the insurgency in that country, a senior U.S. officer in Baghdad said today.
		Task Force Liberty Soldier Charged in Deaths of Unit Officers AFPS 16 Jun 2005 -- A soldier in Iraq has been charged with two counts of premeditated murder in connection with the June 7 deaths of two other soldiers in his unit, military officials in Baghdad announced today.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2005/06/06-16_index.htm (1187 words)

	Mustafa Kemal
		Throughout his military and political career, Kemal, exhibiting personal bravery, determination, and finesse, established Turkey as a regional power and formed a government and defense system to sustain its independence.
		Born Mustafa Rizi to a minor Turkish customs officer in Salonika, Greece, on March 12, 1881, the future Ataturk recognized that a career in the military would be the most advantageous route of advancement for a young man of his origins in the Ottoman society.
		Although an autocrat, Kemal encouraged cooperation between the civil and military branches and based his rule on the concept that all citizens were equal under law.
	carpenoctem.tv /military/kemal.html (1054 words)

	Anzacs and Diggers
		The Unknown Australian Soldier we inter today was one of those who by his deeds proved that real nobility and grandeur belongs not to empires and nations but to the people on whom they, in the last resort, always depend.
		It is a legend of free and independent spirits whose discipline derived less from military formalities and customs than from the bonds of mateship and the demands of necessity.
		Australian historian and journalist Bill Sellars, who first revealed that bones had been disturbed, said last night visitors were "stopping in their tracks" when they saw the new roadwork and carpark construction.
	www.australianbeers.com /culture/anzac.htm (1928 words)

	JURIST - Forum: David Hicks and the US Military Commissions Process: Next Steps
		When complaints were raised within Australia over the delays in bringing Hicks to trial, the Australian government even sought to lay the blame on the Hicks legal team for joining in the appeals challenging the validity of the original military commissions.
		Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock was in the US at the time of the passage of the Military Commissions Act and had discussions with Alberto Gonzales about the Hicks case.
		No matter what David Hicks is alleged to have done, as an Australian citizen he remains entitled to the protection of the law and of the Australian Government.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /forumy/2006/10/david-hicks-and-us-military.php (1241 words)

	Fiji military refused to sack chief: report \| The World \| The Australian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Earlier this month, Bainimarama threatened to force Qarase to resign unless he drops two contentious bills, one which will offer amnesty to some of those involved in a 2000 coup.
		Hughes today met with acting military commander Captain Esala Teleni about the ammunition issue but the outcome of those talks is not yet known.
		Washington has warned its citizens "to be aware that civil-military unrest in November is possible".
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20676680-2703,00.html (705 words)

	U.S. condemns Fiji military coup, suspends aid
		As tensions between the Fijian government and military simmered in late October, the State Department issued an unusual public warning against a coup, saying that such action by the military would severely affect Fiji's stability and development, and negatively affect its relations with the United States and others.
		A written statement from the State Department, said Burns, specifically noted that a military aid cutoff was required under U.S. law in the event of a coup, and said that as a matter of policy the United States might cut other forms of aid as well.
		I think the military of Fiji are doing their work to form a government where there is no racial discrimination and they are not even having any form of violence but are just working everything peacefully.
	www.australiannews.net /story/219821 (733 words)

	Further Reading - John Monash
		General Sir John Monash (27 June 1865 - 8 October 1931), Australian military commander of the World War I, was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), to parents of Prussian-Jewish origin (the family name was originally spelled Monasch).
		When the Australian Imperial Force (1st) was formed, he was sent with the 4th Infantry Brigade to Egypt, where, like most Australian troops, he experienced the effects of bad British organisation, planning, and command.
		On 12 August he was knighted on the field by King George V. The Australians then advanced through France, being used as shock troops in a series of victories against the Germans at Chignes, Mont St Quentin, Peronne and Hargicourt..
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Adachi5441/john-monash-further-reading.html (696 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Australia sends navy ships to Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Soldiers patrol Fiji's main military base as a stand-off between the government and military continues.
		The military chief has threatened to bring down the Fiji government over planned legislation to allow amnesties for the plotters of a previous coup in May 2000.
		The police commissioner says his officers have been investigating remarks attributed to the defence forces chief about how the military would force the government to resign.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1779768.htm (528 words)

	Bush Announces Start Of Iraq War [March 19, 2003]
		My fellow citizens, at this hour American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.
		To all of the men and women of the United States armed forces now in the Middle East, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you.
		We come to Iraq with respect for its citizens, for their great civilization and for the religious faiths they practice.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2003/03/03-03-19.shtml (584 words)

	World War II Air Crash Victims Honored at Australian Embassy Event (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Blackanthem Military News, WASHINGTON, D.C. — World War II veteran John A. Glaros clearly remembers the day 63 years ago when he heard that his friend, a fellow U.S. Army Air Forces radioman, had perished in an air crash in Australia that would remain a secret for many years afterward.
		Australian Ambassador to the United States Dennis Richardson hosted the event, which was attended by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England.
		Australia is a major U.S. ally in the war against global terrorism, and hundreds of Australian troops are deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
	www.blackanthem.com /News/military200610_2060.shtml (739 words)

	Joining the Military (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		To join the U.S. Armed Forces you must be either a U.S. Naturalized Citizen or possess a Permanent Resident Visa (aka green card.) Click here to go to the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Links page.
		Must be a U.S. citizen OR in the U.S. on a Permanent Resident Visa.
		Australian citizens who wish to attend U.S. Military academies must meet all pre-requisites and be nominated by the coinciding Australian service.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /dao/joining-mil.html (155 words)

	Lebanese Australians slam Australian government over Lebanon evacuation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These "Australians" choose to live in the midst of terrorists and under the domination of strict Islamic law rather than the democracy of Australia.
		One of the many conflicts of dual citizenship is the requirement for some of the holders to undergo compulsory military training in their country of birth.
		Just as they are re-building their country after decades of civil war, Israeli forces are ruthlessly destroying bridges, airports, power stations and even entire residential areas, in order to punish the Lebanese for allowing Hezbollah militants in their midst.
	www.australian-news.com.au /Australians_in_Lebanon.htm (385 words)

	How to join the US Armed Forces as a european? - Military Photos
		For the purpose of determining qualification for the exception from the usual requirements for naturalization, I designate as a period in which the Armed Forces of the United States were engaged in armed conflict with a hostile foreign force the period beginning on September 11, 2001.
		Those persons serving honorably in active-duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States, during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and terminating on the date to be so designated, are eligible for naturalization in accordance with the statutory exception to the naturalization requirements, as provided in section 329 of the Act.
		The applicant is not a citizen until the Oath of Allegiance is taken.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=31410 (4248 words)

	Australian helicopter crashes off Fiji - Fiji Times Online
		It is understood that the aircraft flew from one of the Australian naval ships waiting in Fiji waters to evacuate Australian citizens in the event of a coup.
		The Fiji Military Forces said last night it was not aware of the incident.
		Concerned Citizens for Peace a coalition of Fiji NGOs, including the NGO Coalition on Human Rights called on Ratu Josefa to urgently encourage skilled mediation between the disciplined forces and the Government.
	www.fijitimes.com /story.aspx?id=52584 (496 words)

	CNN.com - Military aid heading to East Timor - May 24, 2006
		Australian military forces and police have been on standby in anticipation of a request for assistance.
		Downer told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television that a battalion strength was 1,000 to 1,300 troops.
		Australian forces led a U.N. mission to restore order in East Timor after its bloody separation from Indonesia in September 1999, following a vote for independence that triggered attacks by pro-Indonesia militia groups.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/timor.tension (771 words)

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