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	Medals As War Decorations - LoveToKnow 1911
		MEDALS AS WAR DECORATIONS Although the striking of medals to commemorate important events is a practice of considerable antiquity, yet the custom of using the medal as a decoration, and especially as a decoration to do honour to those who have rendered service to the state Duplesis Plaquette.
		The earliest, generally styled the " Ark in flood " medal, is a large oval medal of silver (2 by 1 75 in.), and bears on the obverse a profile bust of the queen surrounded by the inscription, Elizabeth D. Angliae.
		Obverse: A shield inscribed Kelat I Ghilzie encircled by a laurel wreath, and surmounted by a mural crown.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Medals_As_War_Decorations (12989 words)

	Military Ribbons - Military Ribbons in Miniature
		The highest ranking military officer is the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, who sits on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reports directly to the Secretary of the Air Force.
		'''Military awards of the United States Department of the Navy''' are those Awards and decorations of the United States military which are presented to members of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy.
		Coast Guard military awards are similar to Military awards of the United States Department of the Navy U.S. Navy decorations and Coast Guard personnel are eligible to receive all Inter-service medals of the United States military inter-service decorations, Authorized foreign decorations of the United States militaryauthorized foriegn awards and international decorations.
	www.militaryribbons.org /locater.html (851 words)

	United Nations Service Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Nations Service Medal is an international military decoration which was established by the United Nations on December 12, 1950.
		The decoration was the first international award ever created and recognized the multi-national defense forces which participated in the Korean War.
		Military forces of the Netherlands are awarded to medal for service to January 1, 1955 and the militaries of Thailand and Sweden grant the award to July 27, 1955.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Nations_Service_Medal (372 words)

	Croatia: A shadow on Croatia's future: Continuing impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity - Amnesty ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Amnesty International considers that a "disappearance" has occurred whenever there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person has been taken into custody by the authorities or their agents, and the authorities deny that the victim is or was ever in custody, thus concealing his or her whereabouts or fate.
		Amnesty International is not in a position to ascertain the truth of allegations that the number of Croatian Serbs who are still reported as missing as a result of the armed conflict is significantly greater than the number acknowledged by the Croatian authorities.
		Amnesty International is also concerned at reports suggesting that the Croatian authorities are not acting with due diligence in order to clarify the fate and whereabouts of all missing people, regardless of their ethnic origin.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGEUR640052004 (9848 words)

	Purple Heart
		Decoration (regular size): MIL-D-3943/24; NSN for set 8455-00-269-5757; individual medal 8455-00-246-3833.
		The original Purple Heart, designated as the Badge of Military Merit, was established by General George Washington by order from his headquarters at Newburgh, New York, August 7, 1782.
		By Executive Order 9277, dated 3 December 1942, the decoration was extended to be applicable to all services and the order required that regulations of the Services be uniform in application as far as practicable.
	www.gruntsmilitary.com /ph.shtml (944 words)

	Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
		Thai military personnel were highly conscious of rank distinctions and of the duties, obligations, and benefits they entailed.
		Relationships among officers of different grades and among officers, NCOs, and the enlisted ranks were governed by military tradition in a society where observance of differences in status was highly formalized.
		The early influence of British advisers to the Thai royal court and the historical role of the military in royal pomp and ceremony contributed to the splendor of formal dress uniforms worn by high-ranking officers and guards of honor for ceremonial occasions.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/thailand/insignia.htm (470 words)

	George Washington's Mount Vernon - Commemoration of Purple Heart Award at Mount Vernon
		Known as the Badge of Military Merit, the award was distinctive because it was available to the lower ranks at a time when only officers were eligible for decoration in European armies.
		The decoration was not continued after the Revolutionary War, but was reinstated by the U.S. War Department (now the Department of Defense) on February 22, 1932, the 200th anniversary of Washingtonâs birth.
		The redesigned decoration consists of a purple heart of metal bordered by gold and suspended from a purple and white ribbon.
	www.mountvernon.org /visit/plan/index.cfm/pid/767 (792 words)

	Embassy of Jordan (Washington, D.C.) - Military Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MG Al Faqih was assigned to command a special task force in Sierra Leone under the UN mandate to maintain peace and security in West Africa, he, then, commanded the Airborne Royal Guard Brigade in the Royal Special Forces again.
		MG Al Faqih is a graduate from the Royal Military Academy in Jordan.
		MG Al Faqih military education includes the S.F. Officer Basic Course, Ranger, Airborne, Command in Staff College in Jordan, and Ranger, Airborne, Special Forces, Rigger and Infantry Advance Courses in the USA.
	www.jordanembassyus.org /new/military.shtml (294 words)

	American Valor . History of the Medal . Pyramid \| PBS
		The Pyramid of Honor is a hierarchy of military awards—with the Medal of Honor at the peak—awarded to American veterans of military service.
		Authorized on February 4, 1944 the Bronze Star Medal is awarded to members of all branches of military service and may be awarded either for combat heroism or for meritorious service.
		Awarded for wounds or death as result of an act of any opposing armed force, as a result of an international terrorist attack or as a result of military operations while serving as part of a peacekeeping force.
	www.pbs.org /weta/americanvalor/history/pyramid.html (764 words)

	Invincible Military - Homeland Security With Unified Field-Based Defence Technology
		Not only will military personnel be more effective militarily, they will also radiate an influence of peace into the surrounding population making it difficult for disorder and disruption to continue.
		On a tactical level, military personnel instructed in the simple technique of Transcendental Meditation in the course of their general training [viii] can be deployed without any additional logistics.
		Should the technology be implemented, then whenever military, trade, or policy strategists are invited to describe the India's new success, the answer will invariably be that it leaders have learned to listen, react, and cooperate in harmony.
	www.invinciblemilitary.org /articles/bombs_silence.html (4441 words)

	Military News - Veteran News: WWII POW Receives Purple Heart at Bataan Memorial Death March
		Pioneer Military Loans offers an on-line loan service designed to provide military personnel immediate access to cash no matter where they are stationed worldwide.
		The Purple Heart is a combat decoration awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who are wounded during war by the enemy and posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who are killed in action or die of wounds received in action.
		The second ranking U.S. military commander in Iraq says it might be possible to implement the Iraq Study Group's call for the withdrawal of most U.S. combat forces from Iraq by early 2008.
	www.militaryconnections.com /news_story.cfm?textnewsid=1896 (1041 words)

	Austin's Infowars.com Is Sick of Carpetbagger Bush's Phony Texan Act
		The newspaper reported that in response to questions about the bird, the White House said the turkey was a decoration adorning the steam table where GIs picked up their food on cafeteria-style trays.
		The White House said the bird had been furnished by a contractor, and that officials had no idea that the turkey would be in the mess hall, or that the president would pick up the trophy turkey.
		The Post quoted military sources as saying that a decorative turkey was a standard feature of holiday chow lines.
	www.infowars.com /articles/Bush/fake_turkey.htm (155 words)

	Kosovo War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But the Serbian side had objections to the military part of the Rambouillet agreement, appendix B in particular [15], which it characterized as "NATO occupation".
		A postwar statistical analysis of the patterns of displacement, conducted by Patrick Ball of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [17], found that there was a direct correlation between Serbian security force operations and refugee outflows, with NATO operations having very little effect on the displacements.
		The status of Kosovo remains unresolved — formally it is still part of Serbia, but in practice the Serbian government has no say or practical influence over the affairs of the province, which is run as a UN protectorate under a UN-appointed governor.
	www.stupidproxy.com /index.php?q=aHR0cDovL2VuLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9Lb3Nvdm9fV2Fy (9611 words)

	CNN.com - Terror victims to receive military, civilian awards - September 27, 2001
		In addition, civilian Defense Department employees who were killed or wounded in the attacks will receive a new decoration, the Defense of Freedom medal, designed to be the civilian equivalent of the Purple Heart, Rumsfeld said.
		The Order of the Purple Heart for Military Merit was the first U.S. military decoration, instituted by Gen. George Washington in 1782.
		The medal was revived in 1932 to be given to military personnel who are wounded or killed in combat.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/US/09/27/rec.purple.heart (459 words)

	Retirement Party Decorations - RetirementPartySupplies.com.
		A simple, yet fun decoration is the retirement party decorations centerpiece which stands by itself and brightens any table, desk or shelf.
		Some of the more popular retirement decorations are the big plastic (safe for outdoor) retirement banners.
		This retirement decoration is composed of individual letters spelling Happy Retirement, 5 feet long and 5 inches tall.
	www.retirementpartysupplies.com /decorations.html (300 words)

	allAfrica.com: Cameroon: CISM Congratulates Cameroon's Organisational Skills (Page 1 of 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The praises were lavished on Cameroon by the president of the International Military Sports Council (CISM) Italian born, Gianna Gola, during the closing ceremony of the board meeting at the Mont Febe hotel in Yaounde yesterday.
		The CISM president said they had had the opportunity to witness two football matches in Cameroon's football temple, first the Cup of Cameroon final and the opening game of the o-going military football tournament and were touched by the hospitality of the people, their interest in the game and level of performance.
		The president of OSMA, which is an affiliate of the International Military Sports Council, said they also programmed activities for the organisation up to 2011 and opened tenders for the organisation of the next World Cup in military football after the one in India.
	allafrica.com /stories/200612080211.html (502 words)

	Tammy Bruce: Military Archives
		The heartbreaker here is that just hours after Amy sent along this very moving to her son and plea for authentic support for those who put their lives on the line for this nation and freedom in general, she learned that Adam had been killed in action in action.
		All US military detainees, including those at Guantanamo Bay, are to be treated in line with the minimum standards of the Geneva Conventions.
		The U.S. military said Monday it has intensified its search for two missing soldiers, with more than 8,000 Iraqi and U.S. troops combing the volatile area south of Baghdad where the men were attacked.
	tammybruce.com /military (9072 words)

	Decoration Criteria Page 2: 39th Bomb Group (VH)
		Decoration Criteria Page 2: 39th Bomb Group (VH)
		(7) After 28 March 1973, as a result of military operations, while serving outside the territory of the United States as part of a peacekeeping force.
		An award may be made for acts of noncombatant-related heroism which do not meet the requirements for an award of the Soldier’s Medal.
	39th.org /39th/decorations2.htm (873 words)

	CISM - Conseil International du Sport Militaire - International Military Sports Council
		On the 20th of November 2005 President General Gianni Gola attended the 9th International Aerospace Exhibition in Dubai, having received the official invitation by the Minister of Defence of UAE through the CISM Delegation.
		This event is one of the most important international aerospace exhibitions in the world, whose significance is underlined by the participation of more than 700 companies from 43 countries.
		On the 28th of October, in Milan, during the International Festival “Sport, Movies and TV 2005”, a meeting dedicated to “Military Sport in Italy and in the world ” was held.
	www.cism-milsport.org /eng/c_events/c5_other_gola.html (1273 words)

	AMERICA'S WARS TOTAL
		Also known as Decoration Day, it is an occasion for honoring those who have died in
		MILITARY BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX compiled by James N. Jackson (the "Jackson Index"), a cumulative full-name index of 119,721 soldiers and sailors that merges many Civil War publications and manuscripts.
		It is our hope that through this collection of data from many sources, you will find a piece of the puzzle that you are working on and that may lead you to other discoveries.
	www.clanboyd.info /military (452 words)

	Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS)
		The goal of the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) is to assist the military in fulfilling its ideal mission: to ensure victory before war by preventing enemies from arising.
		The goal of CAMS is to move the military from the use of destructive means of creating and maintaining order in society to the use of creative, nourishing, and life-supporting means of creating societal order through Maharishi's Invincible Defense Technology.
		As the primary American military consultant to the Panamanian government at the time of their assuming control of the Panama Canal, he advised them on a number of sensitive security issues regarding naval transits, and assisted in the review of canal safety arrangements.
	istpp.org /military_science/index.html (6011 words)

	U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jimmie Hughes - DefendAmerica News
		About a year since that fateful day when Hughes was knocked unconscious, he was honored here Nov. 11 with the prestigious Purple Heart military decoration.
		The award signifies that a U.S. military member or a U.S. civilian national suffered serious injury or death in action against an enemy of the United States.
		As the soft sounds of the national anthem echoed across the supply warehouse, it was here at Hughes' in-garrison work station that the story would be told publicly for the first time.
	www.defendamerica.mil /profiles/nov2005/pr111605a.html (497 words)

	CNN.com - School district bans holiday decorations - Dec. 11, 2002
		Public schools in this New York City suburb have banned decorations specific to one holiday, including Christmas trees and Hanukkah menorahs.
		Marla Hurban, a member of the Yonkers PTA Council, said teachers scrapped lesson plans involving holiday decorations and took down bulletin boards loaded with children's artwork.
		When word of the order began to spread, "anybody who heard it thought it was a joke at first," said Amanda Pendleton, who has a daughter in fifth grade.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/EDUCATION/12/11/school.decoration.ap (191 words)

	Mutual Honor and Admiration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Blackanthem Military News, Southwest Asia, For Staff Sgt. Shafinah Rosauro, it was learning their stories of true heroism that was moving to her.
		The most honored and sacred military decoration, the Medal of Honor was created back in 1861 to recognize extraordinary individual acts or heroism.
		Colonel Kaisler, 379th EMSG commander, said he hoped his Airmen would be inspired by the recipients’ stories of heroism, and strive for greatness in their military career.
	www.blackanthem.com /News/military200610_1968.shtml (678 words)

	NATO Medal information - Search.com
		There are currently two versions of the NATO Medal in existence, one for service in Yugoslavia and the other for duty performed in Kosovo.
		United States military regulations at present do permit service members to receive both the NATO Medal and Kosovo Campaign Medal for the same tour of service.
		Both medals are authorized campaign clasps, however some militaries (such as the United States) prohibit the wearing of the medal with a clasp and instead authorize service stars.
	search.com.com /reference/NATO_Medal (585 words)

	"The Warrior ethos: Army Reserve Soldier earns Silver Star in the 'kill zone'" - The Military Family Network
		The Military Family Network and CarePages.com Team up to Keep communities and military service members, friends and family close....
		As they set out on that mission to Baghdad International Airport, they did not know that they would soon be undergoing the most massive ambush to date in Iraq.
		The convoy proceeded in route to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) with a total of 43 Soldiers.
	www.emilitary.org /article.php?aid=2685 (1230 words)

	Squiggler: Military (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Seasoned opinion with an attitude and sometimes a wink of a libertarian pragmatist - pro military & pro Israel, libertarian on social issues, conservative fiscally and moderate on all decisions on the mundane tasks of daily life.
		He did not ignore the advice of his military advisers.
		He was motivated to serve the national interest by transforming the military, though it irritated people throughout the Pentag
	www.squiggler.com /military/index.html (935 words)

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