Armed Forces Day Proclamation by John A. Notte, Jr., Governor

The year 1961 marks the fourteenth anniversary of the unification of our Armed Forces under the National Security Act of 1947.

Armed Forces Day is the annual report on this investment, a public presentation designed to give our own people, and the people of other lands who stand with us for peace with freedom and justice, the best possible opportunity to see and understand what we have and why we have it.

It is the purpose of Armed Forces Day to give Americans an opportunity to honor men of the Armed Forces, those who have made the supreme sacrifice, those who remain to preserve our security.

now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim Saturday, May 20th, 1961, as Armed Forces Day, reminding our citizens that we should rededicate ourselves to our Nation, respecting the uniforms as the guardians of our precious liberty.

The Medical Illustration Service is responsible for the collection, publication, exhibition, and file of medical illustration material of medico-military importance to the Armed Forces.

The American Registry Of Pathology operates as a cooperative enterprise in medical research and education between the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the civilian medical profession on a national and international basis, under such conditions as may be agreed upon between the National Research Council and The Surgeons General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

In fiscal year 1959, the Medical Museum was moved to Chase Hall, a temporary building on Independence Avenue at Ninth Street, Southwest, and continued to display to the public the achievements of the Armed Forces Medical Services.

Throughout the period and during the movement operation, the Museum continued its functional support of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

Armed Forces Medical Publication Agency

The Armed Forces Medical Publication Agency, established in 1949, has published, since January 1950, The United States Armed Forces Medical Journal as a triservice publication to furnish material of professional interest to Medical Department officers of the three military services.

In May 1960, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology began a series of articles on the `` Medical Museum '', and in June, the Institute started contributing a regular monthly `` Case For Diagnosis ''.

The Armed Forces Epidemiological Board agreed to submit each month a report for one of its 12 commissions, so that each commission will report once a year on some phase of its work calculated to be of particular interest and value to medical officers of the Armed Forces.

-- Expenditures for operating and maintaining the stations and equipment of the Armed Forces are estimated to be $10.3 billion in 1961, which is $184 million more than in 1960.

In total, these increases in operating costs outweigh the savings that result from declining programs and from economy measures, such as reduced numbers of units and installations, smaller inventories of major equipment, and improvements in the supply and distribution systems of the Armed Forces.

These contrasting trends in procurement reflect the anticipated changes in the composition and missions of our Armed Forces in the years ahead.

* Armed Forces Day ( Georgia )

* Armed Forces Day ( Lebanon )

* Armed Forces Day ( Equatorial Guinea )

* Armed Forces Day ( Poland )

* Armed Forces Flag Day ( India )

* Armed Forces Day ( Vietnam )

* Armed Forces Day ( Mexico )

* Armed Forces Day ( Liberia )

* Day of the Armed Struggle ( Angola )

* Victory of Armed Forces Day ( Cuba )

* Armed Forces Day ( Nigeria )

* Armed Forces Day, formerly Veterans ' Day ( United Kingdom )

* Armed Forces Day ( Mauritania )

* Armed Forces Day ( Iraq )

* Armed Forces Day ( Mali )

* Royal Thai Armed Forces Day ( Thailand )

Despite vowing not to make any more films about the Nazi Party, in 1935, Riefenstahl made the 18-minute Day of Freedom: Armed Forces about the German army.

* Armed Forces Day ( Nicaragua )

* Anniversary of the Start of the Armed Struggle ( Eritrea )

* The date he was installed as the 28th Sultan of Brunei, May 31 has been declared as Establishment Anniversary of Royal Brunei Armed Forces.

* Ẕukāʼ, Yaḥyá, The Imperial Iranian Army from Cyrus to Pahlavi, Imperial Iranian Armed Forces Committee for the Celebration of the 2, 500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire, 1970.

Currently, the People's Revolutionary Armed Forces ( FARP ) of Cape Verde are undergoing major reorganisation.

These are the ranks, historic and present-day, of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic and its predecessor force, the Czechoslovak Armed Forces ( later the People's Army ).

In Asia, Chinese armed forces use crossbows at all unit levels from traffic police to the special force Snow Leopard Commando Unit of the People's Armed Police and the People's Liberation Army.

The Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya consisted of the Libyan Army, Libyan Air Force and the Libyan Navy and other services including the People's Militia.

Vietnam Civil Defense Force ( Dân quân Tự vệ Việt Nam ) is a part of Vietnam People's Armed Forces. Vietnam People's Militia is under direct command of Local Military Administration.

* Minister of People's Armed Forces: Vice Marshal Kim Il-Chol

The Nepalese Armed Forces are a volunteer force with an estimated 95, 000 active duty personnel in 2010, with an estimated annual military budget of around 60 million US dollars, not including military assistance funding from the People's Republic of China or more recently from the United States of America.

Following 1962, Pakistan Armed Forces has had close military relations with the People's Republic of China, including development and research cooperation to enhance military system, such as on the JF-17 Thunder, K-8 Karakorum, and others as well.

The Armed Forces operate under the authority of the People's Armed Forces Act 1986.

In 1991, the Library of Congress used the term ' Sudan People's Armed Forces ' to refer to the entire armed forces, but by the late 2000s ( decade ), the ' Sudanese Armed Forces ' term was most widespread.

Following the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement which ended the second civil war, the Sudanese Armed Forces formed joint military units with the Sudanese People's Liberation Army.

Also, since the mid-1990s, the People's Republic of China has been donating military equipment and logistical material to the Surinamese Armed Forces, as has Brazil.

Due to the PRC's claim of sovereignty over Taiwan and repeated military threats made by the PRC, a formal declaration of independence could lead to a military confrontation between the Republic of China Armed Forces and the People's Liberation Army of the PRC, escalating and involving other countries, such as the United States and Japan.

The President of the Socialist Republic () is elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term and acts as the commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces and Chairman of the Council for Defence and Security.

The Military of Madagascar is made up of the People's Armed Forces and the National Gendarmerie.

An alternate report ( seemingly from CIA World Factbook data ) describes the People's Armed Forces as consisting of the Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval Force, which is the navy and air force.

As of 2010, the military of Madagascar is composed of the 8, 100 paramilitary of the National Gendarmerie and the 13, 500 members of the People's Armed Forces.

According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies ' Military Balance 2010, the latter includes an Army of 12, 500, a Navy of 500 and a 500-strong Air Force, while the CIA Factbook describes the People's Armed Forces as consisting of the Intervention Force, Aeronaval Force ( navy and air ) and the Development Force.