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	Canadian Forces - CAForces.com
		Battles which are particularly notable to the Canadian military include the Battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I and, in World War II, the Dieppe Raid, the Battle of Ortona, the Normandy Landings, the Battle of the Scheldt, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the strategic bombing of German cities.
		Canadian Expeditionary Force Command (CEFCOM) Under the a transformed CF structure, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command (CEFCOM) is responsible for the planning, and conduct of all Canadian Forces (CF) international operations, with the exception of operations conducted solely by the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM).
		Canadian Forces reserve force The CF reserve force comprises the Primary and Supplementary Reserves, the Canadian Rangers and the Cadet Instructor Cadre and is represented, though not commanded, at the national level by the Chief of Reserves and Cadets (a Major General or Rear Admiral).
	www.caforces.com (3735 words)

	Canadian Forces ranks and insignia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a table of the ranks and insignia of the Canadian Armed Forces.
		As the Canadian Forces are officially bilingual, the French language ranks are in italics.
		These insignia are nearly identical with those of the British Army: see British Army officer rank insignia for details.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CF_ranks_and_insignia (188 words)

	Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although it is a police force, the RCMP has the status of a regiment of dragoons, and as such is entitled to wear battle honours for its war service as well as carry a guidon.
		Higher ranks have been increased over the years since the formation of the force, whereas the rank of inspector, which was initially a subaltern, is now a field officer level, the lower officer ranks having been dropped.
		The ranks of Inspector and higher are commissioned ranks and are appointed by the House of Commons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police (3160 words)

	Canadian Forces Land Force Command - Armed Forces - CKA
		In 1939, the Canadian Active Service Force was mobilized; similar to the CEF, this was a mobilization of prewar PF and NPAM units, who retained their traditional titles.
		Following unification of the armed forces in the late 1960s, the army was again retitled to become Force Mobile Command, with both a regular and a reserve component.
		Canadian army regiments are strongly rooted in the traditions and history of the British Army.
	www.canadaka.net /modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=116 (965 words)

	Comparative military ranks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Comparative military ranks are a means of comparing military rank systems of different nations as a means of categorizing the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another.
		Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Flyers Corps
		Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comparative_military_ranks (155 words)

	Korean War Field Uniforms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		While Canadian forces had until 1945 traditionally armed themselves with British weapons (the Ross being a notable exception), the end of the war in Europe marked a move to American weapons, a trend that continued throughout the last half of the Twentieth Century.
		Canadian 1949 Pattern BD Trousers retained the map pocket but deleted the shell dressing pocket, and the Canadian 1949 Pattern Blouse was made to be worn open by all ranks, with serge faced lapels, and also retained the hidden buttons that British BD lost with the 1940 Pattern.
		Insignia on the light green shirt, the bush shirt and the bush jacket was usually not sewn on directly, but rather attached to shoulder strap slip ons or to brassards.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /korea.htm (1892 words)

	Bombardier (rank) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal.
		It was equivalent to the rank of Second Corporal in the Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps.
		In the Canadian Forces, the Artillery Branch uses the ranks Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal and Corporal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombardier_(rank) (269 words)

	Officers Insignia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Canadian land force officers wore stars and crowns as insignia, either in metal or in cloth, up until unification in the 1960s.
		Rank stars and crowns worn in the field were usually one colour, either brass or copper.
		The rank insignia was also used on the short lived tan DEU jacket of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /ranks/officers.htm (450 words)

	Canadian Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Canadian Forces (CF) refers to the combined branches of the military forces of the Canadian federal government.
		Canadian Forces also have a long history of leadership in multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief efforts worldwide.
		Canadian naval forces are deployed at bases in Esquimault BC on the west coast and Halifax NS on the east coast.
	www.peacelink.de /keyword/Military_of_Canada.php (1395 words)

	Corporal - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Corporal is also a rank of the Royal Australian Air Force, being equal to both the Australian Army and Royal Air Force rank of Corporal.
		The rank of corporal in artillery units follows the British convention and is styled "Bombardier" (Bdr) — thus a Master Corporal is "Master Bombardier" (MBdr).
		It is the most common rank held by conscript soldiers, who are usually promoted to the rank near the end of their national service term.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Corporal (1932 words)

	The Canadian Airborne Regiment 1968-1995
		In 1976, the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Jacques Dextraze, concluded that the Canadian land forces, with a combat group and an airborne regiment in the west, a small combat group in central Canada, a combat group in Quebec, and an independent battalion in the Maritimes, were deployed in an unbalanced manner.
		Thus, before the Regiment was sent to Somalia, senior officers in Land Force Command had recognized that the CAR was not structured or equipped with the personnel and materiel it needed to fulfil the concept of employment that had been approved for it.
		The Canadian Airborne Regiment, basically unsuited to the task, cobbled together a force for routine duty on Cyprus, and when war broke out on the island it was reinforced by the remainder of the regiment from Canada.
	members.tripod.com /TimothyCoderre/1968-1995.htm (2408 words)

	Military Ranks of the Nigerian Army
		The term 'Rank and file' was first used in 1598, in the context of soldiers marching in formation, but was subsequently generalized to mean "common soldiers" in 1796.
		In modern usage, a rank is a title insignia that defines the relative position of soldiers and officers in the military hierarchy.
		In the air force a squadron of aircraft is a unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group.
	www.dawodu.com /omoigui49.htm (6971 words)

	Sergeant@Everything2.com
		The sergeant is the lowest-ranking non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in the Canadian Forces.
		Presently, sergeants in the Canadian Forces are identified by an insignia consisting of three downward-pointing chevrons topped by a maple leaf.
		The insignia may be affixed to an epaulet when worn with work-dress sweaters, parkas or flight suits.
	everything2.com /index.pl?node=sergeant (594 words)

	Corporal information - Search.com
		Corporal is also a rank of the Royal Australian Air Force, being equal to both the Australian Army and Royal Air Force rank of Corporal.
		The rank of corporal in artillery units follows the British convention and is styled Bombardier (Bdr) — thus a Master Corporal is a Master Bombardier (MBdr).
		It is the most common rank held by conscript soldiers, who are usually promoted to the rank near the end of their national service term.
	www.search.com /reference/Corporal (2158 words)

	Grand Master James S. Benko, President and Founder International TaeKwon-Do Association
		Grand Master Benko is one of the highest ranked non-orientals in the world recognized throughout the world.
		He holds the ranks of 9th degree fl belt in Tae Kwon Do, 9th degree fl belt in Hapkido, 9th degree fl belt in Shim Soo Do™
		(Image of the special forces Insignia is to the left, image of the special forces Patch is to the right.) He spent three tours of combat duty in Viet Nam.
	www.itatkd.com /gmbenko.html (1210 words)

	Insignia and Ranks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		When the Air Force was established in 1947, it adopted the officers’ insignia of grade already in used by the Army.
		In order that the rank insignia would be clearly discernible, they were of the opposite color; that is, the infantry colonels had an eagle of gold because it was placed on a silver epaulette and all other colonels had silver eagles on gold epaulettes.
		As a result, metal insignia was authorized for wear on the service uniform on the shoulder loop and on the collar of the shirt when worn without a jacket.
	users.aol.com /randywoo/bsahis/h-t.htm (3198 words)

	Lanyard > What's What > Artillery Heritage > New Zealand Artillery : Southern Gunners : Live Firing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The lanyard was adopted by some forces in this period, dating to the change to khaki uniforms and/or issue of a multi-purpose jack-knife.
		For some forces this occurred before WWI and the introduction of the bandolier, for others it happened in 1924 when drill changes had rifles sloped on the left.
		Some forces dispensed with the lanyard with the move away from khaki battle-dress post WWII: It disappeared from the RA until 1973.
	livefiring.ashst.com /artillery_heritage/whatswhat/lanyard.htm (551 words)

	Sergeant - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The rank of sergeant or its equivalent is common to the police of many countries.
		In the United States Army, although there are several ranks of sergeant, the lowest carries the title of Sergeant, referred to as buck sergeant when needed to distinguish it from the higher ranks.
		The rank is used in both the Army and Air Force.
	www.voyager.in /Sergeant (1164 words)

	Canadian Army
		The Australian forces have been well defended by Peter Shutze's article in TRMGS Volume Two, concerning Australia's historical military forces, but, as a representative of the "Other" great Dominion of the Empire, I felt moved to provide a more detailed description of Canada's military during the Victorian Era.
		Within the Canadian Government, the Department of the Militia is tasked with the responsibility of raising and maintaining military forces for the defence of Canada.
		The weapons of the Canadian Troops are standard British issue for the period; Martini-Henry Rifles for the Infantry; Carbines for the Dragoons, Webley-Green Model 1882 Revolvers for Officers and Hussars, and Swords (by Wilkinson) for Officers and Cavalrymen.
	www.geocities.com /johnb_gannon/canmil.html (2098 words)

	Troops Canada - Forces probe soldiers' outlaw biker links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Moreover, the Canadian Forces members who have been under surveillance didn't exactly hide their affiliation to the violent gangs responsible for hundreds of murders and countless drug networks across the country.
		Capt. Giles, a public affairs spokesman for the military's investigation unit, said he was aware of 29 individuals who had been under surveillance, and said that all the cases were "minor." To illustrate the "minor" cases, the captain said it could have been something so simple as a soldier with a Hells Angels bumper sticker.
		"Armed Forces Council was informed that there was no administrative policy in place that prohibited CF (Canadian Forces) members from associating with these known criminal groups, which significantly hampered enforcement activities," the briefing note stated.
	www.troops.ca /cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1139198394 (777 words)

	War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps.
		The only active members of the force were the semi-permanent officers, the local practitioners attached to the garrisons; these were, in general, appointed Principal Medical Officers at the annual camp of the district, and, as such, gave courses of instruction.
		It is no exaggeration to declare that the main advance in the Canadian Militia from 1906 to the opening of the war was in the steadily increasing realization that where men are massed together their welfare and their effectiveness centre around the preservation of their health, and that sanitation is a matter that concerns all.
		It was natural that the ordinary public should jump to the conclusion that the First Canadian Contingent had introduced the disease, and was responsible; it is regrettable that the Special Advisory Committee by the unhappy wording of their report should without adducing adequate evidence seem to support this suggestion.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/adami/camc/camc.html (16584 words)

	RCACC 1955 - Rank Structure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The badges are the same as used by the Canadian Army.
		Forces personnel, which arose on military bases that cadets visited from time to time as well as rank differences problems with the CIC Officers, led to the discontinuance of the cadet officer rank.
		The CIC Army Reserve Officers in charge of each Corps also have normal Canadian Forces rank designations and their epaulet rank insignia are shown here for information.
	www.armycadet.com /~corps1955/rank.html (291 words)

	Canadian Rank badges
		The Canadian Armed Forces used the same rank insignia as the rest of the British Empire (Commonwealth) until recently.
		This Major's crown rank badge is as worn by Canadian Paratroops.
		Canadian Army Combat Rank badges worn by non-commissioned members of the Canadian Army.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/canada-rank.htm (124 words)

	Aviation Books
		"An important contribution to the military history of airmen who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force or the Royal Air Force during the Second World War." Here are 117 profiles of those ordinary Canadians who went to war, made a contribution to the peace of the world and came home to tell their stories.
		The 20th Air Force was the prototype for Americ's Strategic Air Command.
		The background is traced through some of the outstanding machines of the first German Air Force, while the bulk of the book is devoted to the aircraft which served through a momentous period in the 1930's and 1940's.
	www.stillmanbooks.com /aviation.htm (9452 words)

	The Schwarzwalder Vol.1 No.1
		The latest repat notices, forwarded to 1 and 4 Wings on December 9th include per-sonnel of all ranks from pri-vate to chief warrant officer in thirteen trades, mainly tho-se associated with aircraft maintenance.
		In 1947 he was posted to the 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and in 1950 to its 3rd Battalion.
		He completed a course at the Canadian Army Staff College, Kingston, Ontario, in December of 1953 and was posted to Korea as a Company Commander with the 2nd Battalion, The Black Watch (RHR) of Canada.
	www.badenremembered.com /newspaper/1vol/page1.htm (1313 words)

	Subject Listing for Armed Forces (Joint Forces)
		Established in 1932, the CDA's aim is to study problems in defence and security and contribute to Canadian defence policy and the effectiveness of Canada's armed forces.
		The report looks at Chinese armed forces reorganisation and defence policy; it assesses and predicts the future growth and expenditure of the People's Republic of China on military forces and compares likely future expenditure levels with recent expenditures by the United States and the US Air Force.
		The aim of the report is to propose an alternative United States armed forces structure which is capable of meeting the international security challenges of the twenty-first century.
	aerade.cranfield.ac.uk /subject-listing/devise/joint.html (6362 words)

	Cyndi's List - U.K. - Military
		The index was created to enable the AMO to place on one card, all of the details about an individual's medal entitlement, their rank or ranks, the unit or units they served in, the first operational theatre they served in and most importantly, the original AMO medal roll references.
		The collections on display include uniforms & insignia, medical, dental and veterinary equipment, ambulances, an ambulance train ward coach, a carriage used by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War and a large medal collection including twenty three of the 29 Victoria Crosses awarded to the Army Medical Services.
		Details of 1.7 million members of UK and Commonwealth forces who died in the 1st and 2nd World Wars and other wars, and 60,000 civilian casualties of WWII.
	www.cyndislist.com /miluk.htm (4545 words)

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