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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
A particular army is named or numbered to distinguish it from military land forces in general—for example, the U.S. First Army and the Army of Northern Virginia.
Armies (as well as army groups and theaters) are large formations which vary significantly between armed forces in size, composition, and scope of responsibility.
The army as operated from the time of Augustus can generally be referred to as the 'classic' legion, the armed body of men which most imagine in their minds upon hearing the word 'legion'.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Army   (1801 words)

  
 Life In A Civil War Army Camp
Army regulations called for the camps to be laid out in a fixed grid pattern, with officers' quarters at the front end of each street and enlisted men's quarters aligned to the rear.
At the outset of the war, the soldiers on both sides were relatively well-fed: the mandated daily ration for a Federal soldier in 1861 included at least 20 ounces of fresh or salt beef, or 12 ounces of salt pork; more than a pound of flour, and a vegetable, usually beans.
Army regulations prohibited the purchase of alcohol by enlisted men, and soldiers who violated the rule were punished, but men on both sides found ways around it.
www.civilwarhome.com /camplife.htm   (1343 words)

  
 U.S. Army War College - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Image:USArmyWarCollege.gif The United States Army War College is a United States Army school located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 500 acre (2 km²) campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks, a military post dating back to the 1770s.
The Army handpicks most of the students who participate in the residential program, but the student body always includes officers from the other military branches, civilians (from the Pentagon, State Department, and the National Security Agency), and several dozen senior officers from foreign countries.
Established from the principles learned in the Spanish-American War, the College was founded by Secretary of War Elihu Root and formally established by General Order 155 on November 27, 1901.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/U.S._Army_War_College   (430 words)

  
 PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Winter 1992
Recall that when we graduated from the War College greater unification was being seriously suggested as an economy measure.[56] Eventually that consideration, and the conviction that "jointness" was an unqualified military virtue,[57] led to unification.
A survey of 163 new Army brigadier generals revealed that their IQ was in the 92nd percentile of the population.
Despite the Gulf War, defense outlays were scheduled by 1997 to shrink to their lowest percentage of the federal budget since the end of World War II.
www.carlisle.army.mil /usawc/Parameters/1992/dunlap.htm   (9836 words)

  
 The Australian War Memorial Online Encyclopedia
The Australian War Memorial receives many public inquiries covering a wide range of topics from A to Z. The Encyclopedia features answers to frequently asked questions about Australians at war.
Prisoners of war – Second World War: Prisoners of the Japanese
Prisoners of war – Second World War: Prisoners of the Japanese: Civilian internees, Pacific and South-East Asia
www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/index.htm   (172 words)

  
 Links
The museum's prime purpose is to honor veterans and fallen comrades of recent wars, concentrating on the American twentieth century, to include all armed forces and supporting arms and organizations (the USO, Civil Air Patrol, Merchant Marine, WASPS, Nurse Corps, to name a few), as well as vital Home Front efforts.
The Juno Beach Centre presents the war effort made by all Canadians, civilian and military alike, both at home and on the various fronts during the Second World War, as well as the manifold faces of contemporary Canadian society.
The MIND (Modern Inventors Documentation) database identifies the invention-related holdings of hundreds of archives across the United States and is the nation's first database devoted exclusively to such documents.
www.smh-hq.org /links.html   (2052 words)

  
 definition of army
A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.
A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.
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 ► Buy Warplane Items   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The Identification of British and American WAR PLANES
WAR PLANES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR FIGHTERS VOLUME 3
Modern War Planes Of The World by John B. Walker
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