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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
 Paratroopers
The corps is overseen by the Ground Corps Command which is responsible for unifying and streamlining infantry, armor, artillery and engineering forces, training doctrine matters, planning and RandD.
The Infantry and Paratroop Corps is responsible for training and coordinating infantry operations with other forces.
Palgi's unit consisted of a heterogeneous assortment of native Israeli veterans of the British army and Palmach (shock troops), graduates of the jump group in Czechoslovakia, resistance veterans, ghetto survivors and a number of adventurers.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/paratroop.html

  
 _fo1.htm
Meanwhile, under cover of the infantry forces and artillery fire, the engineering corps began construction of 10 heavy pontoon bridges and another 10 foot bridges.
Israeli aircraft attempting to halt the crossing were intercepted by Egyptian air defences which, by 5pm, had succeeded in downing 13 enemy planes, compelling Israeli air command to instruct its forces not to approach within 15 kilometres of the canal.'
Defeat: Israeli prisoners of war rounded up by the victorious Egyptian forces
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/659/_fo1.htm

  
 Essay-ONLINE, August 2002
Flowers visited the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, the Defense Attache’, and Israeli Ministry of Defense officials and made site visits to the Southern Infantry Training Base in the Negev desert region, the Israel Program Office in Herzliya and the 320-acre Nachshonim Storage Base east of Tel Aviv.
The compressed visit, shoehorned between a tour of Corps work in Egypt and scheduled Congressional testimony on the Hill, meant the opportunity to have a town hall with the Corps of Engineers’ senior leader was even more appreciated by the fewer than 20 Corps employees in Israel.
In remembrance of September 11th, the Corps’ Office of History has prepared a special online exhibit of artifacts and photographs documenting the events of September 11th and the Army Engineers' response.
www.nad.usace.army.mil /Essayons/Sep02

  
 Caterpillar D9 - Art History Online Reference and Guide
The Israeli Engineering Corps uses the D9 for a wide variety of engineering tasks, such as digging moats, clearing mines, mounting sand barriers, building fortifications, clearing terrain obstacles and opening routes to Armored fighting vehicles and infantry.
Both military armored D9s and civilian non-armored D9s are being used by Israel's Ministry of Defense in the building of the Israeli West Bank barrier.
Armored bulldozers are a standard tool of Combat engineering battalions, and the IDF has gained some notoriety for their use of armored tractors for urban warfare in the Al-Aqsa Intifada.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Caterpillar_D9

  
 The Memory Hole > The Gulf War: Secret History: Week 21 through Week 30
North of the VII Corps, McCaffrey's 24th Infantry Division of the XVIII Corps prepared for a northeastern assault into the Rumaylah oilfields to the outskirts of Basra beginning at 5 a.m.
U.S. Air Force intelligence counted 209 sorties flown by Iraqi planes, including one mission by a rarely seen Iraqi airborne early warning aircraft which passed into Jordanian airspace during its mission, evidently looking for Israeli and coalition signals that might be activated in response to the Scud missile test.
Lead scout units in both U.S. corps were so far in front of their main trace that reports of their position gave the false impression that more territory was under U.S. control than actually was.
www.thememoryhole.org /war/gulf-secret03.htm   (15432 words)

  
 United States Marine Information
Marines are usually a branch of a country's navy, often designated a corps rather than a service.
Marines are naval infantry, specialising in fighting on ships and conducting amphibious assault s.
Note that some countries do not differentiate branches of their armed forces, as Israeli Defense Forces, Canadian Armed Forces.
www.echostatic.com /index.php?title=United_States_Marine   (15432 words)

  
 Wikinfo Marine
The Royal Netherlands Navy is called Koninklijke Marine in Dutch, not to be confused with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (also called Dutch Marine Corps, in Dutch Korps Mariniers), which is part of it.
Marines compose a branch of a country's navy, often designated a corps rather than a service.
Marines are naval infantry, specialising in fighting on ships and conducting amphibious assaults.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Marine   (221 words)

  
 Caterpillar D9
The Israeli Engineering Corps uses the D9 for a wide variety of engineering tasks, such as digging moats, clearing mines, mounting sand barriers, building fortifications, clearing terrain obstacles and opening routes to Armored fighting vehicles and infantry.
teddy bear) — is a Caterpillar D9 tractor that was modified by the IDF and Israeli Defense Industries to increase the survivability of the dozer in hostile environments and enable it to withstand heavy attacks.
The Israeli armor kit has proven to be effective, as no D9 operator was killed during the 4-year long al-Aqsa Intifada.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Caterpillar-D9.htm   (2297 words)

  
 afghanistan marine information
Marines are usually a branch of a country's navy, often designated a corps rather than a service.
Marines are naval infantry, specialising in fighting on ships and conducting amphibious assaults.
Note that some countries do not differentiate branches of their armed forces, as Israeli Defense Forces, Canadian Armed Forces.
www.global-terror.com /afghanistan/afghanistan-marine.htm   (355 words)

  
 15/5/1-590 Reference material: postwar, 1945-1970, Papers, 1927-1972
Mobilisation report of Royal Armoured Corps units of 3 Infantry Div for Operation MUSKETEER, for attack on Egypt at Port Said, Nov 1956.
Newspaper cuttings relating to invasion of Egypt by Israeli troops, and Sinai campaign, 1956-1957, including announcement of unified military command between Egypt, Jordan and Syria and attack by Israeli forces in the Suez area, Oct 1956; fall of Gaza and Sinai to Israeli troops, Nov 1956; withdrawal of Israeli troops, Mar 1957.
Newspaper cuttings relating to North Africa, 1952-1969, including blockade by Tunisia of the French naval base at Bizerta and ceasefire between France and Tunisia, Jul 1961; reports of Moroccan invasion of Algeria, Oct 1963; announcement of UK abandonment of garrisons in Libya, Aug 1964.
www.kcl.ac.uk /lhcma/cats/liddell/li1505k.shtml   (1300 words)

  
 Aman (IDF) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aman is an independent service, on a par with the Infantry Corps, Navy Corps, and the Air Force Corps, with a staff of 7,000 personnel (estimate as of 1996).
The head of Aman engages in intelligence decision and policy-making at the same level as the heads of the Shin Bet and the Mossad: together, they form the three highest-ranking, co-equal heads of the Israeli Intelligence Community, and are focused on the military, domestic (including The Territories), and foreign fronts respectively.
The IDF's Intelligence Corps (ื—ื™ืœ ื”ืžื•ื“ื™ืขื™ืŸ), abbreviated as Haman and headed by a Brigadier General, has been detached from Aman since the Yom Kipur War, but remains under its jurisdiction.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aman_%28IDF%29   (559 words)

  
 Pongo - Israel T-shirts, Jewish and Israeli gifts, Israeli army t-shirts (IDF t-shirts)
THE PIN WITH THE SYMBOL OF ISRAEL ARMY INFANTRY CORPS "GOLANY".
Pongo - Israel T-shirts, Jewish and Israeli gifts, Israeli army t-shirts (IDF t-shirts)
THE PIN WITH AN ISRAELY ARMY PARATROOPERS CORPS "TZANCHANIM" SYMBOL.
www.pongo.co.il /israelpins4.asp   (143 words)

  
 TheFiringLine Forums - Barrett M82a1 .50 Cal
In 1997, in an effort to improve the poor marksmanship skills and sharpshooting capability of the IDF Infantry Corps, the weapon entered all regular infantry-oriented units as a company level fire support weapon.
Sporadic samples of the rifle entered service in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) in the early 1990's and were used primarily by the IDF Combat Engineering Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit - YACHSAP - to blow up charges at a safe distance.
The Barrett "Light Fifty" Model 82A1 is the most popular 0.50 caliber rifle in the world was originally designed for extreme long range sniping (over 1000 meters).
www.thefiringline.com /forums/printthread.php?t=90401   (143 words)

  
 Aman (IDF) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aman is an independent service, on a par with the Infantry Corps, Navy Corps, and the Air Force Corps, with a staff of 7,000 personnel (estimate as of 1996).
The head of Aman engages in intelligence decision and policy-making at the same level as the heads of the Shin Bet and the Mossad: together, they form the three highest-ranking, co-equal heads of the Israeli Intelligence Community, and are focused on the military, domestic (including The Territories), and foreign fronts respectively.
Aman (ืืž"ืŸ) is the Hebrew abbreviation for the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF) Directorate of Military Intelligence (ืื’ืฃ ืžื•ื“ื™ืขื™ืŸ), Israel's central, overarching military inteligence.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israeli_Directorate_of_Military_Intelligence   (143 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Israel - The Israel Defense Forces, Armed Forces, & Military: Army, Navy & Air Force - Command Structure Israeli Information Resource
The ground corps commander was responsible for training, doctrine, and development of equipment for the four combat corps of paratroop/infantry, armor, artillery, and engineers.
The general staff had as its members the chief of general staff branch (operations), the chiefs of manpower, logistics, and intelligence; the three area commanders; and the commanding officers of the air force, navy, and ground corps.
Along with the ground force area commanders, the commanders of the air force and navy held two-star rank.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/israel/israel157.html   (619 words)

  
 Marine - Biocrawler
The Royal Norwegian Navy unit responsible for naval infantry and ISTAR operations (equivalent to other countries' marine corps) is the Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command (Kystjegerkommandoen).
Corps of Colonial Marines- Formed by the British during the mid 1840s to serve in the remaining British America colonies (mainly the West Indies), The Colonial Marines were controlled by the Royal Marines as an auxiliary force.
Traditionally, marines served on board warships and fulfilled numerous roles - they assisted the crew in battles against other warships, conducted small coastal raids, and protected the officers from mutiny by the crew.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Marine   (665 words)

  
 Militaria - WWII U.S. Army IV Armored Corps Patch OD Border !
German WWII Infantry Combat Soldiers Uniform Badge Phot
Israeli Keren Kayemet Leisrael (KKL) badge / pin
Israeli 2 Obsolete Missile Boats Crew badges 1970's
www.saeta.org /militaria,c13956,4,ur.html   (665 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Tank Warfare: The Illustrated History from 1914 to the Present Day: Books: Christer Jorgensen,Malcolm English,Chris Mann
laminated armour, reactive armour, specialised armour, mechanised corps, manoeuvre warfare, armoured warfare, motorised infantry, armoured support, fast tank, mechanised infantry, tank country, armoured forces, direct fire support, three panzer, mass tank, tank army, tank design, armoured formations, tank forces
Accounts and analyses of major tank actions like the Blitzkrieg, Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Arab-Israeli wars are interspersed with accounts of how military leaders like Rommel, Montgomery, and Patton utilized tanks and devised new battlefield tactics based on their capabilities.
Also discussed are aborted experiments in armored warfare, the role of tanks during the Cold War, and possible designs and tactics of the future.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0760310165?v=glance   (756 words)

  
 Marine Corps Gazette
In my many spare moments I was commander or deputy commander of a battalion-sized infantry task force, landlord for a theater of occupying squatters, peacekeeping counsel to the U.N., professional beggar for U.S. tax dollars, and anchorman for a bunch of aging marathon runners.
Each time the Israelis in Lebanon, the multinational force in Beirut, or the odd U.N. outfit willing to fight moved against a known insurgent tactic or technique, the insurgent tried something different.
Much of Lebanon’s population welcomed the 1982 Israeli invasion.
www.mca-marines.org /gazette/2004/04armstrong2.html   (756 words)

  
 Beret - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colonels, brigadiers and generals usually continue to wear the beret of the regiment or corps to which they used to belong with the cap badge distinctive to their rank.
Navy blue โ€” all other Army units (except Scottish and Irish line infantry regiments), Royal Navy, Royal Marines who are not commando-qualified
Israeli Defense Forces soldiers wear berets only on formal occasions, such as ceremonies and roll calls.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beret   (1834 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Marine Article
Marines are usually a branch of a country's navy, often designated a corps rather than a service.
Marines are naval infantry, specialising in fighting on ships and conducting amphibious assaults.
Note that some countries do not differentiate branches of their armed forces, as Israeli Defense Forces, Canadian Armed Forces.
www.ipedia.com /marine.html   (265 words)

  
 Jane's Information Group
British Army chiefs have managed to save an infantry battalion being cut from the service by reroling it as a 'Ranger'-type or special forces support role battalion.
The service is creating three new echelons to replace the existing four: the brigade, division, corps and army.
Hasan Yousef was recently released from Israeli custody after serving a 28-month prison sentence for alleged militant activities.
www.janes.com   (265 words)

  
 DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism Security
DEBKA file ’s military sources report that these new infantry units for beefing up election security in Iraq will arrive complete with 40 Prophet systems.
He was only waiting for the right moment to free the Israeli Druze textile engineer who was sentenced in 1997 to 15 years in jail on a charge of spying for Israel.
He disclosed that in the next few years, 9,000 of these new military intelligence positions will be deployed with US forces world wide, 5,000 with brigade-sized units, 3,000 at the division level, and 1,000 with corps.
www.debka.com   (265 words)

  
 Name that rocket. (Military experts please)
The SMAW is an Israeli-developed weapon used by the Marine Corps.
This is an image of an AT4 rocket, a shoulder launch, line of sight rocket for US infantry.
One neat thing about this weapon system is there is a training mockup (full scale) that is operated just like the real thing, but fires a 9mm tracer that roughly duplicates the trajectory of the actual rocket.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1307221/posts   (1434 words)

  
 Aljazeera.Net - Life and death of Iraq's military
The dissolved Iraqi regular army of 350,000 soldiers, was made up of five army corps, including 17 divisions (3 armoured, 3 mechanised and 11 infantry).
The Iraqi army participated in the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948 and took part in the fighting on the Arab side in the 1967 Six-Day War.
In 1936 the Iraqi military was the first to stage a coup dโ€™etat in the Arab world when the army commander, General Bakr Sidqi, a Kurd, overthrew the government.
english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/1B7B0204-AA74-4422-8923-B8947A6E8727.htm   (1043 words)

  
 Israeli Engineering Corps - free-definition
However, the IEC were most known for operating the armored IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozers, which are cited by many Israelis as a key factor in keeping IDF casualties low and successfully fighting terrorism.
They are trained to supply close combat support for both armored fighting vehicles and infantry.
This was the first war in which Caterpillar D9 bulldozers were employed by the IEC.
netlexikon.akademie.de /Israeli-Engineering-Corps.html   (1043 words)

  
 Active Duty Military Army Navy Air Force Marines Coast Guard Reserves Veterans
The Syrian Army's main war-fighting element comprises three corps formed in 1985 to give the Army more flexibility and to improve combat efficiency by decentralizing the command structure, absorbing at least some of the lessons learned during the Israeli invasion of the Lebanon in 1982.
The Army Command in Damascus directly controls the Republican Guard Mechanized Division (an armored division in all but name), which is equipped with around 350 T-62/72 main battle tanks, 350 BMP-2/3 armored infantry fighting vehicles and BTR-60/70 armored personnel carriers.
There are some 100 122mm M-31/37 and 50 152mm M-37 field guns in static defensive positions and up to 300 85mm M-44 and 100mm T-12 anti-tank guns, protected by large scale minefields and supported by massed anti-aircraft guns.
www.active-duty.com /MI_SyrianMilitaryForces.htm   (3390 words)

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