like Malraux he was also serving in the tank corps before being captured, and we learn as well that in civilian life he had been a writer.

Mr. Christiansen knows that a soldier will get the Distinguished Service Medal for conduct that would land him in prison for life or the electric chair as a civilian.

The book describes the German soldiers ' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front.

One of the major themes of the novel is the difficulty of soldiers to revert to civilian life after having experienced extreme combat situations.

Katczinsky was a cobbler in civilian life ; he is older than Paul Bäumer and his comrades, about 40 years old, and serves as their leadership figure.

Those who returned to civilian life sometimes had problems re-integrating.

On Saturday 29 April, from this new headquarters, after realising that they could not break out of this position without further loss of civilian life, Pearse issued an order for all companies to surrender.

Many German veterans felt disconnected from civilian life, and joined a Freikorps in search of stability within a military structure.

During the First Indochina War ( 1946 – 54 ), the Foreign Legion saw its numbers swell due to the incorporation of Second World War veterans who couldn't adapt to civilian life.

* Level A-Level A is open to soldiers who have achieved the required passes at Level B, or who have gained the equivalent in civilian life prior to their enlistment.

In 2007, it was reported that the DDR programmes had dismantled 274 paramilitary organizations, reintegrated over 62, 000 militia members into civilian life, and recovered more than 84, 000 weapons, including heavy weapons.

Thereafter, they would return to civilian life, but report for regular periods of military training ( usually on the weapons ranges ) and an annual two week training camp.

Despite 1983 constitutional amendments, which appeared to proscribe a political role for the military, the Panama Defense Forces ( PDF ), as they were then known, continued to dominate Panamanian political life behind a facade of civilian government.

Following Meighen into civilian life were: Robert Borden, who served as Chancellor of Queen's and McGill Universities, as well as working in the financial sector ; Lester B. Pearson, who acted as Chancellor of Carleton University ; Joe Clark and Kim Campbell, who became university professors, Clark also consultant and Campbell working in international diplomacy and as the director of private companies and chairperson of interest groups ; while Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chrétien returned to legal practice.

After return to civilian life, Roosevelt preferred to be known as " Colonel Roosevelt " or " The Colonel.

A major theme is the difficulties of soldiers readjusting from combat to civilian life.

At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles.

** The Wilhelm Gustloff, with over 10, 000 mainly civilian Germans from Gotenhafen ( Gdynia ) in the Gdansk Bay, is sunk by three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea ; up to 9, 400 are thought to have died – the greatest loss of life in a single ship sinking in war action in history.

They typically include displays of weapons and other military equipment, uniforms, wartime propaganda and exhibits on civilian life during wartime, and decorations, among others.

In addition to restricting the maneuver of Coalition forces, the destruction of the dam would deny critical power needs to the surrounding area as well as cause massive flooding and loss of Iraqi civilian life.

In terms of human costs, the Thirty Years ' wars many economic, social, and population dislocations caused by the hardline methods adopted by Ferdinand's strict counter-reformation measures and almost continual employment of mercenary field armies contributed significantly to the loss of life and tragic depopulation of all the German states, during a war which some estimates put the civilian loss of life as high as fifty-percent overall.

A notable exception is Superman, who wears nothing on his face while fighting crime, but uses large glasses in his civilian life as Clark Kent.

After the war, Fonda took a break from movies and attended Hollywood parties and enjoyed civilian life.

Though exact figures are not available, the loss of civilian life appears to have been very small.

There has been an increase in cooperative research with other Federal agencies and civilian institutions.

The civilian market has also seen a growth in cost of avionics.

The rationale behind this treaty, which has been ratified or acceded to by 165 countries as of 2011, is to prevent a biological attack which could conceivably result in large numbers of civilian fatalities and cause severe disruption to economic and societal infrastructure.

The Cameroonian Armed Forces generally has been an apolitical force where civilian control of the military predominates.

Each civilian tile also has a Chinese name ( and common rough translation to English ): The 6-6 is tin ( 天 heaven ), 1-1 is dei ( 地 earth ), 4-4 is yan ( 人 man ), 1-3 is ngo ( 鵝 goose or 和 harmony ), 5-5 is mui ( 梅 plum flower ), 3-3 is cheung ( 長 long ), 2-2 is ban ( 板 board ), 5-6 is fu ( 斧 hatchet ), 4-6 is ping ( 屏 partition ), 1-6 is tsat ( 七 ) ( long leg seven ), and 1-5 is luk ( 六 ) ( big head six ).

The concept of civilian auxiliaries is similar to civil defense, which has a longer history.

Feeling that Clark is the real person and that Clark is not afraid to be himself in his civilian identity, John Byrne has stated in interviews that he took inspiration for this portrayal from the George Reeves version of Superman.

New Republic editor Michael Kinsley argued that critics should not simply dismiss State Department justifications for death squad attacks on " soft targets ": " The State Department has defended bloody contra attacks on government-sponsored farm cooperatives, saying that these civilian facilities have military aspects.

The President is also Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces, and as such has broad authority over the armed forces ; however only Congress has authority to declare war, and the civilian and military budget is written by the Congress.

Precedence dialing is still done on the military phone networks, but using number combinations ( Example: Entering 93 before a number is a priority call ) rather than the separate tones and the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service has superseded Autovon for any civilian priority telco access.

* Autonomy and freedom from bureaucratic impediments: DARPA has an exemption from Title V civilian personnel specifications, which provides for a direct authority to hire talents with the expediency not allowed by the standard civil service processes.

Military aid is received from Australia, the People's Republic of China, and the United Kingdom ( although the latter has suspended aid as a result of the 2006 military coup against the civilian government ).

The territory has no permanent population ; the population consists of military personnel, civilian officials, scientific researchers and support staff.

Despite the democratic, constitutional framework, the military has exercised substantial power and interfered repeatedly in civilian leadership since multi-party elections were instituted in 1994.

The IDF has accused Hezbollah of storing these rockets beneath hospitals, schools, and civilian homes.

If a ship's hull classification symbol begins with " T -", it is part of the Military Sealift Command, has a primarily civilian crew, and is a United States Naval Ship ( USNS ) in non-commissioned service — as opposed to a commissioned United States Ship ( USS ).

Unlike similar-size civilian cargo and tow trucks, which typically have dual rear wheels to reduce sway, the HMMWV has single rear wheels due to its independent rear suspension coupled with the body design.

Johnston Atoll has never had any indigenous inhabitants, although during the late part of the 20th century, there were averages of about 300 American military personnel and 1, 000 civilian contractors present at any given time.

It has since been refined for civilian, police and military applications.

A campaign of bomb attacks against politicians, journalists and even civilian neighborhoods associated with the anti-Syrian camp has provoked much negative attention for Syria in the UN and elsewhere.

The garrison has maintained a low profile, with soldiers generally wearing civilian clothing when off base and not engaging in business activities.

Of a similar size to the Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers, the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince has a total force of 116, consisting of 3 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, and 98 enlisted men ( there are also 14 civilian employees ).

Similarly, Clark notes that Dr. Michael D. Swords has speculated that the Barker / Bender Men in Black case ( occurring shortly after the CIA-directed Robertson Panel issued its recommendations to spy on civilian UFO groups ) might have been a psychological warfare experiment.

An earlier example has been suggested in Tertullian < u > De Corona Militis xi </ u >, " Apud hunc Christum tam miles est paganus fidelis quam paganus est miles infidelis ," but here the word paganus may be interpreted in the sense " civilian " rather than " heathen ".