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.

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 )

* Armed Forces Day ( São Tomé and Príncipe )

The latter, however, is true only so far as one is willingly to think of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia as an actual member of the FSP, when actually the FARC, although never formally banned from the Forum, have been barred from participating of its meetings as early as 2005, when they were refused admittance to this year's meeting of the FSP in São Paulo.

During the Colonial wars fought in Africa ( 1961 – 1975 ), Portugal's Navy played a fundamental role in combat, patrol and amphibious missions in the ocean and inland waters of Angola, Portuguese Guinea and Mozambique as well as providing long-range and coastal logistics to the Portuguese Armed forces in its overseas territories in the Atlantic ( Cape Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe, Guinea, Angola ), Indian ( Mozambique ) and Pacific Oceans ( Timor and Macau ).

The Armed Forces of Sao Tomé and Principe ( AFSTP ) is estimated at 600 active-duty troops, with Army, Coast Guard, and Presidential Guard branches.

The Angolan Armed Forces ( Portuguese: Forças Armadas Angolanas ) are the military in Angola that succeeded Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola ( FAPLA ) following the abortive Bicesse Accord with UNITA in 1991.

The Armed Forces of Chile ( Fuerzas Armadas de Chile ) are subject to civilian control exercised by the president through the Minister of Defense.

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.

* The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ( Comandante en Jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas ) is the President of the Republic.

* The Joint Armed Forces Command ( El Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas ), is the highest planning, preparation and strategic body of military operations.

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.

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 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.

The Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, in Spanish Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina, are controlled by the Commander-in-Chief ( the President ) and a civilian Minister of Defense.

The military is under the direct authority of the Defense Ministry, and comprises five branches divided in two categories: Armed Forces ( Fuerzas Armadas ) and Security Forces ( Fuerzas de Seguridad ).

The Armed Forces of Bolivia ( Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Bolivia ) are an official organization responsible for the defence, both of external aggression and internal Bolivia.

* The Colombian armed conflict ( 1964 – present ) is a complex perpetual war between the following three factions: ( 1 ) the Colombian government, which is the formal nation of Colombia represented by the vast majority of its society ( rural and urban, poor and rich ), the Colombian politicians, business interests, and military ; ( 2 ) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which in Spanish is " Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia ", is abbreviated FARC, and claims to represent rural poor Colombian people, especially by appealing to Marxism – Leninism ; and ( 3 ) the National Liberation Army, which in Spanish is " Ejército de Liberación Nacional ", is abbreviated ELN, and, like FARC, also claims to be representing rural poor people, but unlike FARC, emphasizes Liberation theology more than Marxist — Leninism.

A group of Portuguese low-ranking officers organised in the Armed Forces Movement ( MFA – Movimento das Forças Armadas ), including elements who had been fighting the pro-independence guerrillas in the Portuguese empire's territories in Africa, rose to overthrow the Estado Novo regime that had ruled Portugal since the 1930s.

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 ).

At this point, several left-wing military officers who opposed the war formed a conspiracy — the Movimento das Forças Armadas ( MFA, " Armed Forces Movement "), to overthrow the government by military coup.

The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional ( English: Armed Forces of National Liberation, FALN ) was a Puerto Rican clandestine paramilitary organization that, through direct action, advocated complete independence for Puerto Rico.

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 ).

* 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.

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 ).

The Armed Forces of El Salvador, in Spanish Fuerza Armada de El Salvador is the official name of the combined armed forces of El Salvador.

* Fuerza de Despliegue Rápido ( Argentina ) of the Argentine Armed Forces

Creator of the Argentine Navy ( Armada de la República Argentina, ARA ) and leader of the Argentine Armed Forces in the wars against Brazil and Spain, he was born in Foxford, County Mayo on June 22, 1777 and died in Buenos Aires in 1857.

Lithuanian Special Operations Force ( SOF ) of Lithuanian Armed Forces has been in operation de facto since 2002 and it was established de jure on April 3, 2008, when amendments of National Defence System organisation and military service law came into force.

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The President of the Republic, Dési Bouterse, is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ( Opperbevelhebber van de Strijdkrachten ).

Beneath the President and Minister of Defense is the Commander of the Armed Forces ( Bevelhebber van de Strijdkrachten ), Colonel Hedwig Gilaard, whose headquarters is in Parimaribo.

Armed conflicts nevertheless continued, in particular with certain dissatisfied Marcher Lords, such as the earl of Gloucester, Roger Mortimer and Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford.

As head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ( Supreme Command of the Armed Forces ) and de facto war minister under Adolf Hitler, he was one of Germany's most senior military leaders during World War II.

A Military Programation Law ( Lei de Programação Militar ) was launched in 2002 to start the complete modernization of the Armed Forces ; considerable reequipment of the military started in 2003, with Defense Minister Paulo Portas, who managed to acquire new helicopters ( Army and Air Force ), submarines, IFV ( Army and Navy ), frigates and naval patrol boats.

In Spain the three branches of the Armed Forces have paratrooper units, being the biggest in number the Army's Paratrooper Brigade in Alcalá de Henares.