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  2. Infantry Branch (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Infantry Branch (also known as the "Queen of Battle") is a branch of the United States Army first established in 1775.. This branch, alongside the Artillery and Cavalry branches, was formerly considered to be one of the "classic" combat arms branches (defined as those branches of the army with the primary mission of engaging in armed combat with an enemy force), but is today included ...

  3. History of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established under the "Act for establishing and organizing a Marine Corps", signed on 11 July 1798 by President John Adams. The Marine Corps was to consist of a battalion of 500 privates, led by a major and a complement of officers and NCOs. The next day, William Ward Burrows I was appointed a major.

  4. List of presidents of the United States by military service

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    The 48-year tenure of veteran presidents after World War II was a result of that conflict's "pervasive effect […] on American society." In the late 1970s and 1980s, almost 60 percent of the United States Congress had served in World War II or the Korean War, and it was expected that a Vietnam veteran would eventually accede to the presidency.

  5. United States Army Corps of Engineers - Wikipedia

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    Unlike other military work, POD designs and builds for all of the military services — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines — in Japan, Korea, and Kwajalein Atoll. South Atlantic Division (SAD), located in Atlanta. Reaches from North Carolina to Alabama as well as the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Covers all or parts of six states.

  6. Naval Criminal Investigative Service - Wikipedia

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    The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary investigative law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy.Its primary function is to investigate major criminal activities involving the Navy and Marine Corps, though its broad mandate includes national security, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cyberwarfare, and the protection of U.S. naval assets ...

  7. Norwegian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Norwegian Armed Forces (Norwegian: Forsvaret, lit. 'The Defence') is the military organization responsible for the defence of Norway.It consists of five branches, the Norwegian Army, the Royal Norwegian Navy, which includes the Coast Guard, the Royal Norwegian Air Force, the Home Guard, and Norwegian Cyber Defence Force as well as several joint departments.

  8. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune - Wikipedia

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    Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (/ l ə ˈ ʒ ɜːr n / luh-ZHERN or / l ə ˈ ʒ uː n / luh-ZHOON) is a 246-square-mile (640-square-kilometer) United States military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

  9. Finnish Defence Forces - Wikipedia

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    Establishment of the first headquarters of the Finnish Defence Forces on 2 February 1918. After Finland's declaration of independence on 6 December 1917, the Civic Guards were proclaimed the troops of the government on 25 January 1918 and then Lieutenant General of the Russian Imperial Army Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was appointed as Commander-in-Chief of these forces the next day.