In May 1991, the militias ( with the important exception of Hizballah ) were dissolved, and the Lebanese Armed Forces began to slowly rebuild themselves as Lebanon's only major non-sectarian institution.

Since the end of the war, the Lebanese have conducted several elections, most of the militias have been weakened or disbanded, and the Lebanese Armed Forces ( LAF ) have extended central government authority over about two-thirds of the country.

One of the most famous and ancient militias is the Swiss Armed Forces.

* 1945 – The joint U. S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground forces and aided the Igorot resistance fighters was found invading sieges and liberated at the military general headquarters, camp bases and garrisons of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and the Makapili in Kalinga-Apayao was there inside against the Japanese soldiers and Makapili militias.

As of 2011 urban militias, known as Milicias Populares, of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are active in the city and surrounding areas.

In May 1991, the militias ( with the important exception of Hezbollah ) were dissolved, and the Lebanese Armed Forces began to slowly rebuild themselves as Lebanon's only major non-sectarian institution.

Although Maliki, who vowed to crack down on militias upon stepping into office, presented his national reconciliation plan on June 25, and despite the security crackdown in Baghdad begun on June 14 dubbed Operation Forward Together, United States Central Command Commander John Abizaid, with the backing of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace, on August 3 told the Senate Armed Services Committee, " Sectarian violence is probably as bad as I have seen it.

After the March 2011 offensive by forces loyal to Ouattara reached the capital and deposed Gbagbo, the Ivorian Armed Forces siding with Ouattara and Guillaume Soro ( the Republican Forces of Côte d ' Ivoire ) began operations to disarm militias on both sides, including Coulibaly.

After the 1975 Communist victory the Kampuchea Krom militias found it hard to struggle against the onslaughts of the Vietnamese Armed Forces and went across the border to Democratic Kampuchea hoping to find a safe haven from which to launch their operations.

* Cisplatine War ( 1825 – 1828 ): Armed conflict over an area known as Banda Oriental or " Eastern Shore " between the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and Empire of Brazil in the aftermath of the United Provinces ' emancipation from Spain.

From independence through the period of the presidency of Félix Malloum ( 1975 – 79 ), the official national army was known as the Chadian Armed Forces ( Forces Armées Tchadiennes — FAT ).

The FRCI were formerly known as the Armed Forces of the New Forces ( FAFN ).

The Lebanese Armed Forces ( LAF ) ( Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية | Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa al-Lubnāniyya ) or Forces Armées Libanaises in French, also known as the Lebanese Army according to its official Website ( Arabic: الجيش اللبناني or " Armée libanaise " in French, is the military of the Republic of Lebanon.

The Myanmar Armed Forces, officially known as Tatmadaw (, ) is the military organization of Burma, also known as Myanmar.

One of the simplest plastic explosives was Nobel's Explosive No. 808, also known as Nobel 808 ( often just called Explosive 808 in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War ), developed by the British company Nobel Chemicals Ltd well before World War II.

President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah announced in January 2002 that the Sierra Leone Army ( SLA ) would be unified with the tiny Sierra Leone Air Force and the moribund Sierra Leone Navy to form a reconstituted force known as the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces ( RSLAF ).

The Togolese army, known as Forces Armées Togolaises ( FAT ) – Togolese Armed Forces closed the nation's borders, forcing the plane to land in nearby Benin.

The government argued that Stanley was barred from suing under a legal doctrine — known as the Feres doctrine, after a 1950 Supreme Court case, Feres v. United States — that prohibits members of the Armed Forces from suing the government for any harms that were inflicted " incident to service.

The armed forces of Portugal, commonly known as the Portuguese Armed Forces ( Forças Armadas Portuguesas ) encompasses a Navy ( Marinha ), an Army ( Exército ) and an Air Force ( Força Aérea ).

The Day is known as the Day of National Unity Day of the Armed Forces, Giorno dell ' Unità Nazionale Giornata delle Forze Armate in Italian.

Armed men loyal to Pennsylvania twice attempted to evict the residents of Wilkes-Barre in what came to be known as the Pennamite Wars.

VW resurrected the basic Kübelwagen design several decades after the war as the 1969 Type 181, developed for the German Federal Armed Forces and later also produced for the civilian market known as " Thing " in the US, " Trekker " in the UK and " Safari " in Mexico.

The original terminal was then assigned as an air base for the Mexican Armed Forces, and it is now simply known as the aeropuerto viejo, or old airport.

Armed with a rifle, Logan decided to explore and he climbed this hill to the spot today known as Logan's Point.

Armed men loyal to Pennsylvania twice attempted to evict the Connecticut settlers in what are known as the Pennamite-Yankee Wars.

Headquarters Armed Forces of the Philippines became known as " General Headquarters, Armed Forces of the Philippines "; while General Headquarters, Philippine Constabulary became known as " Headquarters, Philippine Constabulary ", the nomenclature it had in the prewar years.

Chang Cheh, who was more fond of the latter components, would go on to be Shaw Studios ' best known director, with such films as Five Deadly Venoms, Brave Archer ( based on the works of Jin Yong ), The One Armed Swordsman, and other classics of Wuxia and Wushu film.

The Royal Lao Air Force ( French: Aviation Royale Laotienne – AVRL ), best known to the Americans by its English acronym ‘ RLAF ’, was the air force branch of the Royal Lao Armed Forces ( FAR ), the official military of the Royal Lao Government and the Kingdom of Laos during the Laotian Civil War between 1960 and 1975.

Because of his work with the Armed Services committee ( 1969 – 1980 ) he became known as the " Father of America's Modern Navy ", and he was subsequently honored by having a supercarrier, USS John C. Stennis ( CVN-74 ) named after him.

Minor clashes had been occurring since 1987, and when the scale of unrest grew, Hu responded with the deployment of some 1, 700 People's Armed Police into Lhasa in February 1989 in an attempt to warn against further disturbance.

The presence of Pakistan Armed Forces in East Pakistan also exponentially grew, but restricted to maintain combatant forces in West whilst the reserves were sent to East Pakistan.

The business grew steadily for several years, before the outbreak of the First World War earned Gibson his first major contract ; the company began manufacturing uniforms for the British Armed Forces on a daily basis.

Suspecting the MBF of Francophilia, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, the head of Armed Forces High Command ( Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW ) grew tired of Stülpnagel ’ s complaints.

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.

This section prevents the military departments and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization from carrying out certain transactions involving real property unless they come into agreement with the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

-- The deterrent power of our Armed Forces comes from both their nuclear retaliatory capability and their capability to conduct other essential operations in any form of war.

Armed with letters from embassies to ministers of countries, especially those in the near and far east, Mrs. Geraghty `` will beat the bushes for oriental talent ''.

Later from May to September 4, 1992 he served as Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

* 1945 – Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.

The three services are separate from each other, except in three areas: the Armed Forces General Staff ( Estado-Maior das Forças Armadas-EMFA ), the National Defense Council ( Conselho de Defesa Nacional-CDN ), and the Armed Forces High Command ( Alto Comando das Forças Armadas-ACFA ).

Officers from the other federal uniformed services are also eligible to receive the decoration if they are militarized or detailed to serve with a service branch of the Armed Forces.

Two new groups, the Armed Forces for a Federal Republic ( FARF ) led by former Kette ally Laokein Barde and the Democratic Front for Renewal ( FDR ), and a reformulated MDD clashed with government forces from 1994 to 1995.

He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy as an engineer officer in 1958, from the Army Staff College in 1970 and from the Armed Forces College in 1971.

The Czechoslovak Armed Forces were originally formed after 1918, when Czechoslovakia was created from former Austro-Hungarian areas after the defeat of that country in World War I.

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.

This nomenclature eventually was adopted by all Armed Forces ", and " assorted modifications of the Armed Forces nomenclature introduced into many clinics and hospitals by psychiatrists returning from military duty.

The Armed Forces ' inventory includes equipment from different countries around the world.

Roughly after two weeks, President Mirza's relations with Pakistan Armed Forces deteriorated leading Army Commander General Ayub Khan relieving the president from his presidency and forcefully exiling President Mirza to United Kingdom.

The high flag rank officers, junior officers and many high command officers from the Pakistan's Armed Forces were highly cautious about their appointment in East-Pakistan, and the assignment of governing East Pakistan and appointment of an officer was considered highly difficult for the Pakistan High Military Command.

Under his command, the Pakistani Armed Forces were removed from the cities and deployed along the border.

During the time of conflict, Soviet Union sympathized with the East Pakistan and entered in the conflict when the Soviet Armed Forces ordered the Soviet Navy dispatched two groups of cruisers and destroyers and a nuclear submarine armed with nuclear missiles from Vladivostok.

After his masters, Singer joined the Armed Forces, working for the United States Navy on mine warfare and countermeasures from 1944 until 1946.