The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People ’ s Army (, FARC – EP and FARC ) are a Colombian Marxist – Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict since 1964.

The war would end when Portuguese junior military officers established a revolutionary organization, the MFA-Movimento das Forças Armadas ( Armed Forces Movement ), which overthrew the regime in a bloodless coup.

In addition, the other revolutionary Armed Forces Movement ( MFA )' s goals were not in the strict interest of the people of Portugal or its Overseas Provinces, since the movement was initiated not only as an attempt to liberate Portugal from the authoritarian Estado Novo regime, but as an attempt of rebellion against the new Military Laws that were to be presented next year .< ref > Movimento das Forças Armadas ( MFA ).

Prior to 1973 the major revolutionary groups were the Peronist Armed Forces ( Fuerzas Armadas Peronistas, FAP ), the Marxist-Leninist-Peronist The Revolutionary Armed Forces ( Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias or FAR ) and the Marxist-Leninist Armed Forces of Liberation ( Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación or FAL ).

Add caption hereThen he became in the era of President Abdullah Al-Sallal the commander of the commandos, then the responsible for the western, eastern and central provinces in 1972 then he was promoted to become the Deputy Prime Minister for Internal Affairs, then he was appointed to the position of the higher representative Commander of the Armed Forces, then in 13 June 1974 he was an effective member of the officers who ran the white military coup overthrewing the Judge Abdullrahman Al-Eryani in the revolutionary correction movement of June 13, 1974 and handed over all the president's and the member's of the republican council authorities to the military forces which represented in the leadership of the general and senior officers mentioned: Ahmad Ghashmi, Yahya Mutawakil, Mujahid Abu Shawareb, Ali Al-Shibh, Hammoud Pedder, Ali Alilla ' a, AED Abu meat, Ali Abu lohoum, and added later Abdaziz Abdul Ghani and Abdullah Abdulalim.

Action directe was set up in 1977 by two other groups, GARI ( Groupes d ' Action Révolutionnaire Internationalistes, revolutionary internationalist action groups ) and NAPAP ( Noyaux Armés pour l ' Autonomie Populaire, Armed Core Groups for Popular Autonomy ), as the " military-political co-ordination of the autonomous movement ".

The Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP ) claimed that the NPA attacked the mining firms because of their failure to pay " revolutionary taxes.

The Movimento das Forças Armadas ( MFA, English: Armed Forces Movement )) and leftist groups pressured and cajoled the assembly, and there was much discussion of establishing a revolutionary and socialist system of government.

* Camp Hernandez is a 37-hectare military training camp of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and was named in honor of the revolutionary hero, Gen. Adriano Hernandez.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC-EP ) is a Marxist – Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization based in Colombia, which is involved in the ongoing Colombian armed conflict.

During his time in the Senate, he was chief author of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, served as chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs from 1987 until 1995, sat on the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees and the Special Committee on Aging.

During his Senate career he chaired, at various times, the Select Committee on Standards and Conduct, and the Armed Services, and Appropriations committees.

The President of Georgia concludes international treaties and agreements and conducts negotiations with foreign states ; with the consent of Parliament, appoints and dismisses Georgian ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives ; receives the credentials of ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives of foreign states and international organizations ; with the consent of Parliament, appoints Prime Minister and members of the Government ; is empowered to remove ministers from their posts ; submits to Parliament the draft state budget, after agreeing upon its basic content with parliamentary committees ; declares a martial law and state of emergency ; with the consent of Parliament has the right to halt the activities of representative bodies of self-government or territorial units as well as of state bodies ; signs and promulgates laws ; has the right to dissolve Parliament under certain conditions set by the Constitution ; decides questions of citizenship and the granting of political asylum ; grants pardons ; schedules elections to Parliament and other representative bodies ; has the right to revoke acts of subordinate executive bodies ; is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ; and appoints members of the National Security Council, chairs its meetings, and appoints and dismisses military commanders.

Scarborough served on the Armed Services, Judiciary, Government Reform, and Education committees.

Had she been able to regain her seniority, she would have been a senior Democrat on the International Relations and Armed Services committees, as well as ranking Democrat on an International Relations subcommittee.

In 2011 McKeon organized a fundraiser for the " Lucky 13 " Republican freshmen on the House Armed Services Committee to get contributions from defense contractor political action committees.

On August 6, U. S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara testified before a joint session of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees.

The House Armed Services Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee draft bills to annually authorize the budgets of DoD intelligence activities, and both the House and Senate appropriations committees annually draft bills to appropriate the budgets of the IC.

The Armed Services and Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Government Reform committees each have seven subcommittees, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is allowed six subcommittees, without also requiring an oversight subcommittee, and the Appropriations Committee has twelve subcommittees plus a select oversight panel on intelligence.

Turner is currently a member of the Armed Services and Government Reform committees.

During the 109th Congress, Turner served on the House Veterans ’ Affairs Committee, in addition to his work on his two other committees, the House Armed Services and Government Reform Committees.

Eight of those seats are reserved for one majority and one minority member of each of the following committees: Appropriations, Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Judiciary.

As a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, Symington specialized in military affairs and became known as an advocate for a strong national defense.

The Armed Services Committee was created by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, which consolidated the functions of two predecessor committees: the Committee on Military Affairs and the Committee on Naval Affairs, which were established as standing committees in 1822.

" Rooney expressed similar concerns: " As a member of the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees, my top priority is ensuring the security of our nation.

He gained seats on several important committees, including the Armed Services and Judiciary Committees.

It is the primary committee in the U. S. House of Representatives charged with the oversight of the United States Intelligence Community, though it does share some jurisdiction with other committees in the House, including the Armed Services Committee for some matters dealing with the Department of Defense and the various branches of the U. S. military.

As head of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Major General Momoh was very loyal to Stevens who had appointed him to the position.

On May 25, 1997, a group of seventeen soldiers in the Sierra Leone army led by Corporal Tamba Gborie and loyal to the detained Major General Johnny Paul Koroma launched a military coup which sent President Kabbah into exile in Guinea and they established the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ( AFRC ).

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

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

Zia planned the Coup d ' état carefully, as he knew Bhutto had integral intelligence in the Pakistan Armed Forces, and many officers, including Chief of Air Staff General Zulfiqar Ali Khan and Major-General Tajammul Hussain Malik, GOC of 23rd Mountain Division, Major-General Naseerullah Babar, DG of Directorate-General for the Military Intelligence ( DGMO ) and Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan, were loyal to Bhutto.

Lt. Col. Odumegwu-Ojukwu supported the forces loyal to the Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Major-General Aguiyi-Ironisi.

" Armed forces units personally loyal to Pol Pot, known as the " Unconditional Divisions ," were a privileged group within the military.

Few of the reforms planned in the early 1990s eventuated, for three reasons: Firstly, there was an absence of firm civilian political guidance, with President Yeltsin primarily interested in ensuring that the Armed Forces were controllable and loyal, rather than reformed.

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.

The Polish Armed Forces in the West comprised army, navy, and air force units, and were loyal to the Polish government-in-exile.

-- 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 July 1992, Azerbaijan ratified the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ( CFE ), which establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment.

The Brazilian Navy which is the oldest of the Brazilian Armed Forces, includes the Brazilian Marine Corps and the Brazilian Naval Aviation.

Below a list of some of the historical events in which the Brazilian Armed Forces took part:

In 2005 over 50 reforms were approved, which eliminated some of the remaining undemocratic areas of the text, such as the existence of non-elected Senators ( appointed senators, or senators for life ) and the inability of the President to remove the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

He implemented integration in the Armed Services in two years, which had not been completed under Truman.

In 2006, Soulforce, a national LGBT rights organization, organized its Right to Serve Campaign, in which gay men and lesbians in several cities attempted to enlist in the Armed Forces or National Guard.

It is chaired by the President of the Republic, which is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

Following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, executive power was assumed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which dissolved the parliament, and suspended the constitution.

He was replaced by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces headed by Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, which dissolved the Parliament of Egypt, suspended the Constitution of Egypt, and promised free, open presidential and parliamentary elections before the year's end and within six months.

* Força Verde, a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces which was established decades ago to protect against environmental crimes.

A nine month long war ended on December 16 of 1971, when the Pakistan Armed Forces overran in Dhaka, ultimately signing the instrument of surrender which resulted the largest in number of prisoners of war since World War II.

This started the Bangladesh Liberation War in which the freedom fighters, joined in December 1971 by 400, 000 Indian soldiers, faced the Pakistani Armed Forces of 365, 000 plus Paramilitary and collaborationist forces.

They put in place the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, which ruled until September 1979.

The Canadian Armed Forces built and tested a number of hydrofoils ( e. g. Baddeck and two vessels named Bras d ' Or ), which culminated in the high-speed anti-submarine hydrofoil HMCS Bras d ' Or in the late 1960s.

* 1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.

Nehru ordered the raising of an elite Indian-trained " Tibetan Armed Force " composed of Tibetan refugees, which served with distinction in future wars against Pakistan in 1965 and 1971.

A 1947 article in the New York Folklore Quarterly recorded the classic shaggy dog story "' Murgatroyd the Kluge Maker ' then current in the Armed Forces, in which a ' kluge ' was a complex and puzzling artifact with a trivial function.

The Lebanese Armed Forces ' strength lies in their ground forces which is by far the largest of the three branches of the military.

On October 30, 1992, Moldova ratified the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment and provides for the destruction of weapons in excess of those limits.

The Armed Forces for the Defence of Mozambique ( Portuguese: Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique ) or FADM were formed in mid August 1994 from the previous warring factions of the Mozambique Civil War, which ended in 1992.

* Earliest date on which Armed Forces Day can fall, while May 21 is the latest ; celebrated on the third Saturday of May.

Further, the M16 never entirely replaced the M14 in all roles, which continues to be used in a number of niche applications throughout the Armed Forces, especially with the U. S. Navy.

The ANA, trained primarily by the United States Armed Forces, is presently organized into 31 Kandaks, or Battalions, 28 of which are considered combat ready.

A recent trend seen in the Israel Defense Forces, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the development and introduction of exceptionally well-armored APCs ( HAPC ) such as the IDF Achzarit which are converted from obsolete Main Battle Tanks ( such as the Russian T-55 ).