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Company (military unit) A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 [1] soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain. Most companies are formed of three to seven platoons, although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure. Usually several companies are grouped as a battalion or regiment, the ...
Military identity card of the Russian Armed Forces ( Russian: Военный билет Вооружённых сил России) is a document issued to soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and other "power" agencies, where military service is provided, as well as to those who are exempt from military service or upon ...
Military payment certificate. One-dollar bill Series 692 ( from the Vietnam War era 1970–73) Military payment certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay United States (US) military personnel in certain foreign countries in the mid and late twentieth century. They were used in one area or another from a few months after the end ...
The Republic of Korea Military Police ( Korean: 군사경찰, romanized : gunsa gyeongchal ), are the uniformed law enforcement agencies of each respective branch of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. Once operated under a unified Military Police Command ( 헌병총사령부, heonbyeong chongsa ryeongbu) between 1953 and 1960, [1] the ROK's MP ...
A US Military point-talk card used in Afghanistan, with the upper left corner being used to describe an individual by indicating their height, eye color, etc. by pointing A pointy-talky card or point talk card is a sheet used for communication between people who do not share a mutual language, on which the people conversing can point at the ...
The Republic of Turkey Identity Card ( Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Kimlik Kartı) is compulsory for all Turkish citizens from birth. The Turkish police are allowed to ask any person to show ID, and refusing to comply may lead to a fine. It can be used as a travel document to enter Northern Cyprus, [2] Georgia (since 2011), [3] Moldova (since ...
Military grade. A thirteenth generation Ford F-150 used by the United States Marine Corps to promote recruitment. This generation of Ford F-Series was infamously marketed as using "military-grade aluminum ", despite no such thing existing. " Military grade " (alternatively " military-grade " or " mil-spec ") is a buzzword commonly used in ...
In the United States, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts: the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The fourth incarnation of the draft came into being in 1940, through the Selective ...