For example, the Canadian Forces and the Department of National Defence conduct defence diplomacy in support of national interests, including through the deployment of Canadian Defence Attachés, participation in bilateral and multilateral military forums ( e. g., the System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces ), ship and aircraft visits, military training and cooperation, and other such outreach and relationship-building efforts.

Gunboat diplomacy is distinct from " Defence Diplomacy ", which is understood to be

* Defence diplomacy, refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives through the peaceful employment of defence resources and capabilities

The Premier does not have authority over the People's Liberation Army, but the Premier is the Head of the National Defence Mobilization Committee of China which is a department of armed forces redeployment.

The Ministry of Defence does not comment on special forces matters, therefore little verifiable information exists in the public domain.

The Spanish Armed Forces are represented by the Head of the Military Chamber, who does not advise the king on matters of national defense, which is the portfolio of the Minister of Defence and President of the Government to advise the king.

* Reuben Fine vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Amsterdam AVRO 1938, French Defence, Winawer / Advance Variation ( C17 ), 1-0 In the final position, " Black does not have a single move, and Rf3 is threatened.

Its composition is identical to that of the Admiralty Board of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom, except that it does not include any of Her Majesty's Ministers.

The Hippopotamus Defence is a name for various irregular chess opening systems in which Black moves a number of his pawns to the third rank, often developing his pieces to the second rank, and does not move any of his pawns to the fourth rank in the opening.

It is easy for Black to decline the gambit on the second move with 2 ... e6 ( leading to a French Defence ) or 2 ... c6 ( leading to a Caro-Kann Defence ), although doing so does not eliminate White's ability to offer alternative gambits such as the Diemer-Duhm Gambit ( 2 ... e6 3. c4 ) or the Alapin-Diemer Gambit ( 2 ... e6 3. Be3 ), or for instance 2 ... c6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 or 4. Bc4 intending 5. f3.

The CNC does not guard the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons ; this role is the responsibility of the British Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence Police.

The rare instances where the opening does not fall into a more specific category than " King's Pawn Game " are included in codes B00 ( includes the Nimzowitsch Defence and unusual moves after 1. e4 ), C20 ( includes Alapin's Opening and unusual moves after 1. e4 e5 ), C40 ( includes the Latvian Gambit and unusual moves after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 ), and C50 ( includes the Hungarian Defense, the Giuoco Pianissimo, and unusual moves after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 ).

The Ministry of Defence does not comment on special forces matters, therefore little verifiable information exists in the public domain.

The Chief of Defence, otherwise the commander of all Danish military personal, does not have authority over Judge advocates prosecutors.

A unit does not have to successfully defeat their adversary to earn a battle honour: the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps received the battle honour " Hong Kong " despite the defeat and capture of most of the force during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, while the cruiser was awarded the naval engagement honour " Kormoran 1941 " after being sunk with all aboard by the German raider Kormoran.

It was instituted with effect from 27 April 2003, and may be awarded to members of the South African National Defence Force ( or any other armed forces serving with the SANDF ) for brave or meritorious conduct, leadership, devotion to duty or praiseworthy service which does not warrant the award of a decoration or medal.

The rank of Field Marshal does not exist in the current South African National Defence Force.

The Coast Guard ( Garda Cósta ) does not form part of the Irish Defence Forces, rather it operates as a Division of the Department of Transport under the Maritime Safety Directorate.

She was asked to provide information for Defence Secretariat 19 about leading CND personnel but was instructed to include only information from published sources.

Some of HPES's largest clients include: American Airlines, Rolls-Royce plc, General Motors, Bank of America, FEMSA, Commonwealth Bank Kraft, United States Navy, the UK Ministry of Defence, IDA, Royal Dutch Shell, and NASA.

Training establishments in Nigeria include the initial officer entry Nigerian Defence Academy at Kaduna, the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, and the National War College at Abuja ().

His best-known works include The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems ( 1858 ), The Earthly Paradise ( 1868 – 1870 ), A Dream of John Ball ( 1888 ), the utopian News from Nowhere ( 1890 ), and the fantasy romance The Well at the World's End ( 1896 ).

Today the buildings include a museum of astronomical and navigational tools, which is part of the National Maritime Museum, notably including John Harrison's prize-winning longitude marine chronometer, H4, and its three predecessors, although all four are the property of the Ministry of Defence.

Institutes of national importance in the city include te Central Food Technological Research Institute, the Central Institute of Indian Languages, the Defence Food Research Laboratory, and the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing.

Early critics of the Analyse du jeu des Échecs include those of the Modenese School ( Ercole del Rio, Lolli or Ponziani ), who in contrast to the French, advocated a free piece play, gambit openings and tactical complications ; they also found some of the variations reported in the Analyse to be unsound ( in particular those related with f7 – f5 push in the Philidor Defence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 ?!).

Parade entrants include members of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, the Australian Defence Force, Amnesty International Australia, Australian Marriage Equality, City of Sydney, Fire and Rescue NSW, Taronga Conservation Society and DNA ( magazine ) among many others.

Notable buildings include the High Court, Federal Parliament, Government House, War Memorial, Anzac Parade and headquarters of the Department of Defence.

Notable landmarks include the Bornholm Museum, the Defence Museum ( Forsvarsmuseet ), the church ( Skt Nicolaj Kirke ), and the Smedegårds riding school in the southern part of town, and the lighthouse, which was built in 1880.

College-type specialized academies include the Royal Academy of Music of the United Kingdom ; the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York ; the United States Naval Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; and the Australian Defence Force Academy.

His works include Astrophel and Stella, The Defence of Poetry ( also known as The Defence of Poesy or An Apology for Poetry ), and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia.

Notable persons to have publicly stated that UFO evidence is being suppressed include Senator Barry Goldwater, Admiral Lord Hill-Norton ( former NATO head and chief of the British Defence Staff ), Brigadier-General Arthur Exon ( former commanding officer of Wright-Patterson AFB ), Vice-Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter ( first CIA director ), astronauts Gordon Cooper and Edgar Mitchell, former Canadian Defence Minister Paul Hellyer, and the 1999 French COMETA report by various French generals and aerospace experts.

These include the Office of Ethnic Affairs, which provides information to ethnic communities and policy advice to the government ; the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, which manages the national response to civil defence emergencies, provides leadership of the sector including the development of standards and guidance and leads a coordinated national public education campaign ; and the Local Government Commission, which makes decisions on the structure and representation requirements of local government.

Notable systems using JOVIAL include the Milstar Communications Satellite, Advanced Cruise Missile, B-52, B-1B, B-2 bombers, C-130, C-141, and C-17 transport aircraft, F-111, F-15, F-16 ( prior to Block 50 ), and F-117 fighter aircraft, LANTIRN, U-2 aircraft, E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, Navy Aegis cruisers, Army Multiple Launch Rocket System ( MLRS ), Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, F100, F117, and F119 jet engines, the NORAD air defense & control system ( Hughes HME-5118ME system ), the NATO Air Defence Ground Environment ( NADGE ) system and RL-10 rocket engines.

Other posts he held include Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Health Secretary, Defence Secretary and Home Secretary.

Current tenants include: AgustaWestland, Autodesk, a BMW dealership, Blue Coat Systems, Bluhalo, Defence Strategy & Solutions, Imagine Homes, a hotel, Orcare Limited, Fluor Limited, and Red Hat.

It has however extended its oversight responsibilities to include the Defence Intelligence Staff and the Joint Intelligence Committee.

Examples of governmental white papers include White Paper on Full Employment, White Paper of 1939, and the 1966 Defence White Paper.

McKinnon's brothers include the twins John McKinnon, the current New Zealand Secretary of Defence and a former Ambassador to China, and Malcolm McKinnon, an editor and academic, and Ian McKinnon, Pro-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington and the current Deputy Mayor of Wellington City.

These include Massawa International Airport, Orotta Medical School, the Asmara-Filfil-Massawa Highway, the Eritrean Institute of Science and Technology at Mai Nefhi, Sawa Defence Training Centre, and many other projects.

Royal Roads leases the land from the Department of National Defence for $ 1 per year and assumes all stewardship responsibilities related to the site including the cost of site management, operations, the protection, preservation and restoration of heritage assets, which include all buildings on the site as well as many heritage gardens and educating the public about the site's historic and natural attributes.

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