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	Light infantry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Light infantry often fought in close co-ordination with heavy infantry, where they could screen the heavy infantry from harassing fire, and the heavy infantry could intervene to protect the light infantry from attacks of enemy heavy infantry or cavalry.
		Unusually, light infantry officers often carried muskets as well and their swords were lighter and curved, as opposed to the heavy, straighter swords of other infantry officers.
		U.S. Army light infantry are highly "encouraged" to test for and obtain the Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB), which requires around 35 individual tests (each quite complex) and expert qualification with the rifle, and to meet the EIB standard on the physical training test.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Light_infantry (828 words)

	Northern Light Infantry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Northern Light Infantry (NLI) is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army.
		The majority of this regiment's personnel come from the native Gilgitis, Baltis, Brushos, Wakhis and Khowars etc. It was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of the Northern Scouts along with its Scout wings: the Karakoram Scouts, Northern Scouts and Gilgit Scouts.
		The Northern Light Infantry was made a regiment of the Pakistan army only after its performance in the Kargil War in 1999; prior to this it was a paramilitary force.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Light_Infantry (239 words)

	8th Infantry Illinois National Guard Association
		The 178th Infantry and the 184th Artillery were consolidated 1 April 1963 and the consolidated unit designated as the 1/178 Infantry consisting of the lst and 2nd Battalions.
		On 1 February 1968 the 178th Infantry was reorganized to consist of the 1st Battalion an element of the 33rd Infantry Brigade.
		Infantry.' Other information and dates are from 'The Lineage and Honors, 178th Infantry, (Eighth Illinois)" prepared by BG Harold W. Nelson, Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 25 Sept 1992.
	www.8thinfantry.org /history.html (2398 words)

	1st Battalion 102nd Infantry
		Bristol, CT The light infantry soldier is a powerful combat weapon on the modern battlefield.
		Light infantry units differ from other units in that they are habitually employed in close restrictive terrain.
		The close-in fight on urban terrain is perfectly suited to light infantry units.
	www.ct.ngb.army.mil /armyguard/units/1_102inf.asp (342 words)

	198th Light Infantry Brigade Association
		The tongue of the flame alludes to the units firepower, and the bayonet, a basic infantry weapon, is symbolic of carrying the fight to the enemy.
		Shortly thereafter, the 52nd Infantry went overseas to France with the 6th Division as a part of the Allied Expeditionary Force of World War I. Upon the return of the 6th Infantry Division to the United States, the 52nd Infantry was inactivated for a short time.
		On May 5, 1942, the 52nd Infantry was redesignated as an Armored Infantry Regiment, and on July 15, 1942 was assigned to the 9th Armored Division at Fort Riley, Kansas.
	www.americal.org /198 (3145 words)

	History Of Light Infantry
		The knowledge of what ancient Greeks considered light infantry, an insight on development of ancient Greek infantry in general, agricultural warfare, key historical event that assisted in changing Greek outlook on war: these areas are absolutely essential in researching the subject of light infantry in Ancient Greece.
		Researching the primary sources for the subject of “light infantry” an investigator would find a puzzling fact; there are little or no references to the subject of inquiry.
		Understanding hoplite warfare is essential in uncovering the origins of light infantry aside from it setting the pace of Greek life for almost five hundred years.
	www.freeessays.cc /db/26/hal70.shtml (1594 words)

	Northern Areas (Pakistan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Part of Kashmir to the west of the ceasefire line or the Line of Control, known as Northern Areas (72,496 km²) in the north and Azad Kashmir (13,300 km²) in the south, is occupied by Pakistan.
		The Northern Areas comprise six districts in three regions: the two Baltistan districts of Skardu and Ghangche, the two Gilgit districts of Ghizer, Gilgit and the two Diamer Districts of Diamer and Astore.
		The Northern Areas border the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang territory of China to the northeast, the Indian-controlled state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast, the region of Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir to the southeast and the North-West Frontier Province to the west.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Northern_Areas,_Pakistan (2176 words)

	Sustaining Northern Iraq
		The brigade was augmented by the 201st Forward Support Battalion (FSB) (Provisional) from the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), which provided a logistics battalion headquarters; supported Task Force 1 –63, the heavy task force assigned to the 173d; and augmented critical shortages in the 173d's support structure.
		In addition to the 1st Infantry DISCOM personnel, soldiers from the 250th Forward Surgical Team (FST), the 38th Personnel Services Detachment, the 54th Quartermaster Mortuary Affairs Collection Point Platoon, and the 200th Materiel Management Center were added to the 173d's organic 501st Forward Support Company (FSC) to complete the 201st FSB (Provisional).
		Northern Iraq had been cut off from resupply for many years, and the only way to get fuel was by smuggling it from southern Iraq and Turkey.
	www.almc.army.mil /alog/issues/NovDec03/Sustaining_Northern_Iraq.htm (3601 words)

	K P S Gill: The Northern Areas of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir -- Islamist Extremism & Terrorism in South Asia
		The first party-based elections to a 26-member council called the Northern Areas Executive Council, were held in October 1994, and it was announced on March 31, 1995, that its members would have the same status, emoluments and privileges as the members of the North West Frontier Province Legislative Assembly.
		The principal civil servant in the Northern Areas is the Chief Secretary, and Secretaries head the departments.
		In the 1995 national achievement surveys, children and teachers in the Northern Areas scored the lowest in the country, and it was the only region in which girls scored lower than boys, reflecting serious gender equity issues.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/kpsgill/2003/chapter3.htm (1896 words)

	196th Light Infantry Brigade History
		The 196th Infantry Brigade was first organized in 1921 as an element of the Army Reserve's 98th Division.
		The 196th Light Infantry Brigade was raised again at Fort Devens, MA in September 1965 and originally scheduled to be sent to the Dominican Republic in mid-1966, but was rushed to Vietnam instead and posted in the western portion of the III Corps Tactical Zone.
		It operated throughout northern Vietnam, and after the division closed out of Vietnam, 29 November 1971, the 196th Light Infantry Brigade was reconstituted as a separate (provisional) brigade-sized element to safeguard the same area of operations.
	www.196th.org /History.htm (352 words)

	HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
		But the British were now in an exposed position in the lee of Bourlon Wood, the capture of which would still prove to be useful, in cutting German access to key light railway lines feeding their front.
		Some of the units of the 40th had to cross 1000 yards down the long slope from Anneux, across the sunken lane and up the final rise into the Wood, all the while under shell fire.
		There was close and vicious fighting in the Wood, but after 3 hours, the Welsh units of 119 Brigade were through and occupying the northern and eastern ridges at the edge of the undergrowth.
	www.homestead.com /memorabilia/files/HIGHLAND_LIGHT_INFANTRY.html (739 words)

	U.S. 12th Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 12th Infantry was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for its valor in the defense of Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge.
		Consequently on 1 October 1963, the 2nd Battle Group, 12th Infantry was reorganized and redesignated as the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry and reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado where it joined the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 12th Infantry.
		The 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry was activated and assigned to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in June 1966 and went with the Brigade to Vietnam where it was based at Long Binh near Saigon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1st_Battalion_12th_Infantry (1933 words)

	The Week Statescan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		For, while Delhi considers the northern areas, in which Gilgit-Baltistan falls, as part of Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad says it is not part of their 'Azad Kashmir' but of Pakistan itself.
		Baltistan, which is part of the northern areas from where the soldiers of Northern Light Infantry which partly spearheaded and supported the Kargil infiltration, are recruited, was annexed by the Dogra rulers of Srinagar in 1840.
		The reform package of July 2000 gave limited legislative powers to the northern areas council, but as Rifaat Hussein observed, "These latest moves by Islamabad to 'empower' the people of northern areas and to improve their depressed economic conditions con-tinue to evoke anxiety and opposition in Azad Kashmir.
	www.the-week.com /24feb22/currentevents_article4.html (1312 words)

	BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR: Volume 3(6)
		Because of the exceptional harsh winter weather conditions in the North Kashmir region, prior to the Kargil operations Indian piquets were customarily withdrawn with the onset of winter.
		The Northern Light Infantry conducted the infiltration and subsequent fighting.
		The impact of such a high casualty rate on the tiny communities of the thinly populated Northern Areas must have been disastrous, and the Herald article indicates this was the case.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /MONITOR/ISSUE3-6/rikhye.html (1604 words)

	Light Infantry and The Rifles Reunited for all who served under the Silver Bugle
		The silver bugle with its cords and tassels has long been the symbol of light infantry troops who first used the clarion call of the bugle instead of the drum to deliver messages and orders across the battlefields of the late 18th Century.
		This tradition, based on a combination of formed line infantry and a screen of more freely manoeuvring light infantry, employing skirmishing tactics and marksmanship skills, constituted a radical evolution to battlefield tactics.
		If you have served in the Light Infantry this is the site to contact old and new friends.
	lightinfantryreunited.co.uk (333 words)

	Bharat Rakshak-MONITOR
		The Northern Areas of Pakistan consists of the five districts of Gilgit, Ghizer, Diamer, Skardu and Ganche.
		The Northern Areas (NA) are administratively not part of POK and are ruled directly by the Pakistan government from Islamabad.
		A Pak commentator notes that people of the northern areas are denied representation in the parliament and unlike in the case of Kashmir, they are also denied a semblance of self-government and have been forced to accept Islamabad's hegemony.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /MONITOR/ISSUE2-3/kasturi.html (2532 words)

	The English Light Infantry
		I joined the Light Infantry in 1975 and after basic training I was posted to the 3rd Battalion Light Infantry who were stationed in Catterick North Yorkshire.
		I would like to say a special thank you to David Hardy, Geoff (Light Infantry Depot and Reunited) and Ron Gell for there help and input and also Les Parkin who is my PR man.
		PTE JOHN GREEN Private John Green served with the 68th Light infantry in the battle against Napoleon's forces in Spain.
	lightinfantry.me.uk (671 words)

	News Headings
		This point is the closest to the national highway and the infiltrators had been interfering with the movement of the convoys along it.
		The reports said that this position was held by over a ‘company strength’ (approximately 100 men) of Pakistan's Northern Light Infantry, which necessitated the simultaneous attacks along multiple approaches.
		With this recovery it has now been established that in addition to the sub units of 3, 4 and 6 battalions of the Northern Light Infantry, the sub units of 5 Northern Light Infantry were also operating in the pockets of intrusion.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jun21/head1.htm (1413 words)

	The Durham Light Infantry (68th & 106th Foot)
		In 1770 in North America, a Company of Light Infantry was raised, and in 1782 the name Durham was added as many of the rank and file came from that county.
		In the Great War the Durham Light Infantry was to field 37 battalions, and 12,606 members of the regiment were killed or died of wounds.
		When the new Light Infantry regiment was formed in 1968 the 1st Battalion was serving with the United Nations Force in Cyprus.
	www.army.mod.uk /lightinfantry/history_traditions/county_regiments/dli.htm (1084 words)

	Strategic Affairs - Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In fact, the bulk of the force comprised the Northern Light Infantry which is ethnic to that region, and as such would merge with the population without arousing any curiosity.
		The artillery had also been inducted into the region, during the same period and was used extensively to bombard the area of their future operations, thereby carrying out the registration of the targets, over a period of time, without arousing any suspicion.
		Thus, while the nation's defence capability and as such its national security was being adversely affected, the Army Chief was collecting brownie points and accolades while infantry battalions deployed in Kargil lost their stretcher bearers to the detriment of casualty evacuation as well as the capability to hold captured positions against counter-attack.
	www.stratmag.com /issueFeb-1/page07.htm (5588 words)

	Indian Army : Media Brief (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		It is learnt that the Commanding Officer to 5 Northern Light Infantry Battalion has been relieved of his command on the grounds of incompetence.
		It is also learnt that in a bid to pacify the Officers of Northern Light Infantry, who feel cheated for having been made `cannon fodder' in the misadventure in Kargil, Pakistan Army has decided to post some of these Officers to their Embassies abroad besides giving all of them enhanced monetary benefits.
		The infantry battalions bestowed with this honour are 17
	armedforces.nic.in.cob-web.org:8888 /airforce/afkargil/armedia.htm (4760 words)

	The Somerset Light Infantry (13th Foot)
		The Somerset Light Infantry (SomLI) has its roots in the regiment raised by Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon in 1685 at the request of James II, and first saw action at Killiekrankie (1689).
		In 1822 the Regiment was granted the 4 status of Light Infantry — becoming the 13th Light Infantry — embarked for India and served in the First Burmese War (1824-26).
		The slow march of the Somerset Light Infantry though the city of Bombay culminated at the Gateway to India.
	www.army.mod.uk /lightinfantry/history_traditions/county_regiments/somli.htm (1298 words)

	Infantry Tactics
		At the beginning of the 20th century most military commanders placed a great deal of emphasis on using the infantry for massed bayonet charges supported by the cavalry and mobile field artillery.
		Infantry tactics had to be reassessed after armies suffered heavy casualties during attacks against machine-guns.
		The French infantry were forced to retreat during the invasion of Lorraine and the Germans experienced heavy losses when storming the fortress at Liege during August 1914.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWinfantry.htm (278 words)

	Lalak Jan
		The ammunition and food was supplied to this division through the Srinagar-Leh Highway, the road joining the area of Leh (Siachen) with the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar.
		The area surrounding the road was mountainous, with Tiger Hill being the peak that offered the best view of the entire northern area, providing those who were on it with a terrific aerial advantage.
		Tiger Hill had been occupied by 11 men of 12 NLI (Northern Light Infantry) unit of the Pakistan Army.
	www.geocities.com /menofvalor2001/lalakjan.html (2004 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Pakistan's Northern Areas dilemma
		The Northern Areas are, therefore, as strategically important to Pakistan as they were to the British in the days of empire.
		Instead their affairs are subject to the control of a non-elected minister for northern areas who is selected by the federal government.
		From Pakistan's point of view, the accession of the Northern Areas could not be accepted lest India interpret the action as validation of the status quo.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1491179.stm (827 words)

	199th LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE
		From the sparks flying off the anvil, the new 199th Light Infantry Brigade was shaped around three elite Infantry units with a glorious past.
		Re-designated 23rd March 1966, the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, and the 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, were assigned to the newly formed 199th (Separate) Light Infantry Brigade out of Fort Benning Georgia.
		After the Tet offensive, the Brigade was enhanced with the addition of another infantry unit, the 5th Battalion 12th Infantry activated out of Ft. Lewis, Wa., and assigned to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade April 7th, 1968.
	hometown.aol.com /thays46945/indext.html (1709 words)

	B.N.F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		These were reasons for using Northern Light Infantry (NLI which is under control of occupier Pakistan Army) the local youth and soil of Baltistan and Astore for targetting Ladakh and Kargil Muslims as a revenge from both side of LoC.
		(5) Northern Light Infantry (NLI) was also used, because, after a humiliating defeat in 1971, Pakistan army could not dare to face Indian Army practically, except for verbal threats.
		It may be recalled that statements, by the so-called Mujahideen (terrorists) religious parties as well as their interviews, processions and rallies, all were taking place at the instigation and expenditures of ISI during the Kargil war.
	balawaristan.net /story.htm (2118 words)

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