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.

Overall, the Armed Forces have to defend 8. 5 million km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( around 3. 2 million sq.

Since 1648 the Brazilian Armed Forces have been relied upon to fight in defense of Brazilian sovereignty and to suppress civil rebellions.

During the years of 1995 / 96 the EMFA, responsible for the studies on the Ministry of Defense, evidenced that, amongst 179 countries, only 23 did not have integrated Armed Forces.

At the time of the Executive Order, for example, the U. S. was not a belligerent in Vietnam, so U. S. advisers serving with the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces would not have been eligible for the award.

In recent years and after several major reequipment programs, the Chilean Armed Forces have become one of the most technologically advanced and professional armed forces of South America.

Since 1990, the ACR and the Czech Armed Forces have contributed to numerous peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, including IFOR, SFOR, and EUFOR Althea in Bosnia, Desert Shield / Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Albania, Turkey, Pakistan and with the Coalition forces in Iraq.

Malaysian Armed Forces have two identical oval tags with this information:

Armed with a shotgun, Ash finds Cheryl hiding outside and shoots her in the shoulder, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

The Ecuadorian Armed Forces ( Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador ) are part of the public forces and have the stated mission of the preservation of the integrity and national sovereignty of the national territory.

Schmitt is also the only geologist as well as the only person to have walked on the Moon who was never a member of the United States Armed Forces, although he is not the first civilian, since Neil Armstrong left military service prior to his landing in 1969.

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.

Nigerian officers have served as chiefs of defence in other countries, with Brigadier General Maxwell Khobe serving as Sierra Leone chief of staff in 1998 – 1999, and Nigerian officers acting as Command Officer-in-Charge of the Armed Forces of Liberia from at least 2007.

Pakistan Armed Forces have participated in several United Nations peacekeeping operations.

The Pakistan Armed Forces have also taken over the Pakistani government several times since independence mainly on the pretext of lack of good civilian leadership, whom most Pakistanis regard as corrupt and inefficient.

Since 1917, Puerto Ricans have been included in the compulsory draft whenever it has been in effect and more than 400, 000 Puerto Ricans have served in the United States Armed Forces.

Specific examples of services which warrant the Purple Heart include any action against an enemy of the United States ; any action with an opposing armed force of a foreign country in which the Armed Forces of the United States are or have been engaged ; while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party ; as a result of an act of any such enemy of opposing armed forces ; or as the result of an act of any hostile foreign force.

The Armed Forces have four main tasks:

São Tomé and Príncipe's army is a tiny force with almost no resources at its disposal and would be wholly ineffective operating unilaterally ; infantry equipment is considered simple to operate and maintain but may require refurbishment or replacement after 25 years in tropical climates ; poor pay, working conditions, and alleged nepotism in the promotion of officers have been problems in the past, as reflected in the 1995 and 2003 coups ; these issues are being addressed with foreign assistance aimed at improving the army and its focus on realistic security concerns ; command is exercised from the president, through the Minister of Defense, to the Chief of the Armed Forces staff ( 2005 )

The Thai Armed Forces suffered about 1, 351 deaths.

During the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, the city suffered during the Colombian Armed Conflict, with numerous kidnappings, thousands of people forced out and failure to control crime, especially attacks on journalists.

During World War I, in common with many other schools, Old Dovorians became officers in the British Armed Forces and as a result suffered high casualty rates.

These buildings were also used from the 1950s to 1978 to treat Army ( and from 1960, Navy ) personnel who suffered from VD, drug and alcohol problems, and later the Joint Armed Services Psychiatric Unit.

A significant number of Puerto Ricans participate as members and work for the U. S. Armed Services, largely as National Guard members and civilian employees.

Award may be made to a member of the Armed Forces of a friendly foreign nation who, after 1 June 1962, distinguishes themselves by an act of heroism, extraordinary achievement, or significant meritorious service which has been of mutual benefit to the friendly nation and the United States.

Armed conflicts between Kaunas and Central Lithuania continued for a few weeks, but neither side could gain a significant advantage.

Among the factors that make U. S. Army Garrison Fort Buchanan unique are: its key and strategic location providing fast and cost-effective support to missions in the Caribbean, Central and South America area of responsibility ; its Hispanic cultural ties with Latin America ; and its significant role as host of “ joint ” sister services ’ Reserve Component of the United States Armed forces represented in Puerto Rico.

It did not see any significant combat, though its participation with the Soviet Armed Forces against the Czechoslovak interim government during the Prague Spring of 1968 was cancelled at the last minute and there were frequent reports of East German advisors with Communist African countries during the Cold War.

Furthermore, his Government was beset with opposition from the Fanmi Lavalas political party ( and with them, a large amount of the Haitian populace ); an ongoing flight of foreign capital and human resources ( especially by the country's economic elite, which, through the Group of 184, had steadfastly supported the coup against Aristide and had contributed a significant amount of personnel to the subsequent government ); and violence by and between gangs, rebels, and militants ( especially in Port-au-Prince and its metropolitan area ), many of whom are either former members of the Haitian Armed Forces ( disbanded by Aristide ) or street gang supporters of the Aristide government " Chimere ".

* reluctance and / or opposition by a significant part of the Spanish Armed Forces to accept the newly-born democratic system, after 37 years of Franco's military government, fueled ( in their opinion ) by the inability of the democracy to face and handle the aforementioned problems properly.

As of 2012 airstrips operated by a Columbian guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, in Apure were the point of origin for significant amounts of cocaine which were transported first to Honduras and other Central American and Caribbean locations by small planes and then to North America by Mexican drug cartels.

Whilst the SCC is not a pre-service organisation, a significant minority of former Sea Cadets and Royal Marines Cadets do go on to join the Royal Navy, Royal Marines or other sections of the Armed Forces.

In 2000, the US Congress found that the NSCC and related programs " provide significant benefits for the Armed Forces, including significant public relations benefits.

This command relationship proved unsatisfactory, because in 1980, before the 1986 Goldwater – Nichols Act, there was significant separation within the chain of command of the separate Armed Services and no single channel of communication through which the RDF commander could communicate directly to the United States Secretary of Defense on matters specifically relating to the RDF.

While Unification did not officially take place until 1968, the committee was replaced by the Armed Forces Council in 1964 after the publication of a Defence White Paper which proposed significant changes to the command structure of Canada's armed forces.

In a March 2009 letter, Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee, wrote that the Department was apparently exercising the authority to appoint other significant officials-termed Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense ( DUSDs )-" without statutory authorization, without limitation, and without Senate confirmation.