To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army: from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).

The new British Army incorporated existing English and Scottish regiments, and was controlled from London.

The White Army controlled the area to the north, which was predominantly agrarian with small or medium-sized farms and tenant farmers, and where crofters were few, or held a better social position than in the south.

Bormann exploited the disaster at Stalingrad, and his daily access to Hitler, to persuade him to create a three-man junta representing the State, the Army, and the Party, represented respectively by Hans Lammers, head of the Reich Chancellery, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the OKW ( armed forces high command ), and Bormann, who controlled the Party and access to the Führer.

The British Army maintains the use of the mechanically simple 2. 5-litre four-cylinder 300TDi-engined versions rather than the electronically controlled 2. 5-litre five-cylinder TD5 to retain some servicing simplicity.

By July, the Red Army effectively controlled the Baltic States, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, and refugees were fleeing out of these countries fearing a Communist take-over.

From 1999 to 2008 the guerrilla armies of the FARC and of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional ( National Liberation Army of Colombia ) controlled approximately 30 – 35 per cent of the national territory of Colombia.

Their military forces, bolstered by forced conscriptions and terror and by foreign influence and led by General Yudenich, Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin, became known as the White movement ( sometimes referred to as the " White Army "), and they controlled significant parts of the former Russian Empire for most of the war.

In 1987, Joshua Sinai of the Library of Congress wrote that the Syrian Arab Army was the dominant military service, and as such controlled the senior-most posts in the armed forces, and had the most manpower, approximately 80 percent of the combined services.

The Texian Army controlled the Gulf Coast, so all communication with the Mexican interior would now be transferred overland.

The State Council controls the Ministry for National Defense but does not control the People's Liberation Army, which is instead controlled by the Central Military Commission.

On October 3, 1993, by the order of President Bill Clinton, a force of United States Army Rangers and Delta Force operators set out to capture several officials of Aidid's militia in an area of the Somali capital city of Mogadishu, controlled by him.

Since most German operations during World War II were Army controlled ( with Luftwaffe support ), the OKH demanded control over German military forces.

Zhou sent Pan Hannian to negotiate for safe passage with General Chen, who subsequently allowed the Red Army to pass through the territory that he controlled without fighting.

Their most important recruit was General Friedrich Olbricht, head of the General Army Office headquarters at the Bendlerblock in central Berlin, who controlled an independent system of communications to reserve units throughout Germany.

The children describe their dramatic recruitment and participation in the Maoist People ’ s Liberation Army during the eleven-year civil war between the Maoist insurgents and the Hindu monarchy controlled government of Nepal.

Together with Thọ, Lê controlled personnel appointment in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Planning Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the General Political Directorate of the Vietnam People's Army ( VPA ), the General Logistics Department of the VPA, and the Ministry of Transport.

He controlled the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces commanded by Colonel Lê Quang Tung, not for fighting the Vietcong but in Saigon to maintain the authoritarian rule of his family.

The Soviet Red Army used remotely controlled teletanks during 1930s in the Winter War against Finland and the early stages of World War II.

There were also remotely controlled cutters and experimental remotely controlled planes in the Red Army.

Besides large mine-clearing vehicles such as Trojan ( vehicle ), the British Army also uses small remote controlled vehicles such as Dragon Runner and Chevette.

Sultan Yusuf Ali Kenadid of the Sultanate of Hobyo, which also controlled a portion of the coast, later granted concessions to an Aden-based French hotel proprietor and a former French Army officer to construct a lighthouse in Cape Guardafui.

By the end of A-day, the Sixth Army had moved inland and controlled Panaon Strait at the southern end of Leyte.

This included the Hukbalahap (" People's Army Against the Japanese "), which consisted of 30, 000 armed people and controlled much of Central Luzon.

From the start, it was clear that bipartisan support would be essential to success in the war effort, and any manner of compromise alienated factions on both sides of the aisle, such as the appointment of Republicans and Democrats to command positions in the Union Army.

* Conductor ( Army ), a senior Warrant Officer appointment in the Royal Logistic Corps and its predecessors

Himmler, whose appointment as commander of Army Group Vistula had led to disaster on the Oder, was also in disgrace, and Hitler rightly suspected that he was secretly trying to negotiate with the western Allies.

Hardy handing over command of the Kenya Army to Brigadier Joseph Ndolo on 1 December 1966, British influence was underlined with the appointment of Major General Robert Penfold as Chief of General Staff, a new position as senior officer of the entire armed forces.

In 1946, he explained this decision: " I actually thought Prince Higashikuni suitable as chief of staff of the Army ; but I think the appointment of a member of the imperial house to a political office must be considered very carefully.

December 1641 Parliament asserted that it wanted control over the appointment of the commanders of the Army and Navy in the Militia Ordinance.

Lee's ambitions to become Commander in Chief of the Continental Army were thwarted by the appointment of George Washington.

Soon after his appointment at OKW, he convinced Hitler to appoint his close friend, Walter von Brauchitsch, Commander-in-Chief of the Army.

* a non-commissioned officer usually with the rank of staff sergeant or Warrant Officer Class 1 in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army, an appointment achieved upon completion of a 14-month technical course.

In line for an appointment by the Governor of Virginia to become Commandant of Cadets at Virginia Military Institute ( VMI ), he turned the opportunity down and remained in the Union Army.

These establishments continued to operate until 1952, when they were shut down after a statewide crackdown on illegal gambling after the appointment of United States Army Colonel Francis Grevemberg ( 1914 – 2008 ) as superintendent of the Louisiana State Police.

Within months of his cabinet appointment, a frustrated Toombs stepped down to join the Confederate States Army.

Regimental Sergeant Major ( RSM ) is an appointment held by warrant officers class 1 ( WO1 ) in the British Army, the British Royal Marines and in the armies of many Commonwealth nations, including Australia and New Zealand ; and by chief warrant officers ( CWO ) in the Canadian Forces.

In addition, the senior warrant officer in the Australian Army holds the unique rank of Warrant Officer ( introduced in 1991 and senior to WO1 ) and the appointment of Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army ( RSM-A ).

This appointment, based on the United States Army's practice of appointing a Sergeant Major of the Army, has existed since January 1983, and was originally held by a WO1.

In May Hitler approved Rundstedt's appointment as commander of Army Group South, to invade Poland from Silesia and Slovakia.

D ' Esperey was a recent appointment, Joffre having given him command of the Fifth Army in place of the dismissed General Charles Lanrezac, who was deemed by Joffre to be too cautious and lacking in " offensive spirit.

In 1946, he explained this decision: " I actually thought Prince Higashikuni suitable as chief of staff of the Army ; but I think the appointment of a member of the imperial house to a political office must be considered very carefully.

There was a suspicion as the Civil War drew closer that Davis had been assembling and training a combat unit of elite U. S. Army officers who harbored Southern sympathies, and Thomas's appointment to this regiment implied his colleagues assumed that he would support his native state of Virginia in a future conflict.

* Bandmaster, a warrant officer appointment in the British Army and Royal Marines.

After the émeute of 10 August 1792 and Lafayette ’ s flight, he gained appointment to the command of the " Army of the Centre ".

* Sergeant Instructor, an appointment in the British Army

Sandhurst develops leadership in cadets by expanding their character, intellect and professional competences to a level demanded of an Army Officer on first appointment through military training and education.