This year, moreover, growing numbers of nuclear powered submarines will enter our active forces, some to be armed with Polaris missiles.

The armed forces of Taiwan are at a working strength of about 450,000, though a reserve potential twice that high is contemplated.

Petitioner, who claims to be a conscientious objector, was convicted of violating 12a of the Universal Military Training and Service Act by refusing to be inducted into the armed forces.

Winston Churchill's Olympian, optimistic and resolute sayings when Britain stood alone against the armed forces of tyranny less than twenty years ago ; ;

Since the magnitude of the plan made secrecy impossible, once the wheels had began to turn, persons controlling German industries, social institutions, and armed forces became, through their anti-Semitism or their tolerance of it, conscious accomplices of Hitler's crimes ; ;

About 16,000 military members of all branches of the armed forces will take part in the parade.

With the money all but in hand, however, the Administration indicated that, instead of the 225,000 more men in uniform that President Kennedy had requested, the armed forces would be increased by only 160,000.

Many served in the armed forces, while others worked in intelligence ( for example, Office of Strategic Services and the Office of War Information ).

An the other hand, the armed forces of the MPLA ( now the official armed forces of the Angolan state ) and of UNITA fought each other until the leader of UNITA, Jonas Savimbi, was killed in action, in 2002.

The Azeri armed forces took a series of devastating defeats by Armenian forces during the 1992 – 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War, which resulted in the loss of control of Nagorno-Karabakh proper and seven surrounding rayons, comprising roughly 16 % of the territory of Azerbaijan.

During the war, the Azeri armed forces were also aided by Turkish military advisers, and Russian, Ukrainian, Chechen and Afghan mercenaries.

When Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was abducted by Paris of Troy, Agamemnon commanded the united Greek armed forces in the ensuing Trojan War.

* 2002 – Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.

The members were given a choice of either offering armed forces or paying a tax to the joint treasury ; most states chose the tax.

If the hijackers ' demands are deemed too great and the perpetrators show no inclination to surrender, authorities sometimes employ armed special forces to attempt a rescue of the hostages ( notably Operation Entebbe ).

While Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Islamist extremist enjoying the backing of neighboring Pakistan, pushed for continued violent struggle against the Afghan government, Massoud and Rabbani advocated for a peaceful political campaign lobbying officials working for the government and armed forces.

* Active duty, a status of full duty or service, usually referencing full service in the armed forces

* 1894 – Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.

He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali Shah.

In 1944, the American armed forces constructed a small and short-lived air base on the island of Santa Maria.

Ansbach hosts several units of the U. S. armed forces, associated with German units under NATO.

When Tennessee seceded, though the vote did not win a majority in East Tennessee, Johnson was forced to flee from the state with armed security ; he was in fact the only Senator from the seceded states to continue participation in Congress.

Both, but especially the former, were famed for the cataphract ( fully armored cavalry armed with lances ) even though the majority of their forces consisted of lighter horse archers.

De facto the Danish Cabinet is the commanding authority of the Defense, though it cannot mobilize the armed forces, for purposes that are not strictly defence oriented, without the consent of parliament.

The International Crisis Group said in September 2010 that from 2001 to 2009 the size of the armed forces has risen dramatically from 10, 000 in 2001 to a reported 45, 000 in 2010 ( though the latter figure needs to be treated with great caution.

The Albanian army, though always less than 15, 000-strong, sapped the country's funds, and the Italians ' monopoly on training the armed forces rankled public opinion.

Britain also armed Indian tribes in the Northwest Territory and encouraged them to attack settlers, even though Britain had ceded this territory to the United States by treaties in 1783 and 1794.

* The armed seizure of six-year-old Elián González and his return to his father, who eventually took him home to Cuba ; Elián's mother and stepfather had died in a dangerous trip by sea, and though his U. S. relatives had lost custody to his father in court, local officials did not enforce the ruling.

The monarch, though initially inclined to use armed forces to suppress the rebellion, ultimately declined to leave Berlin for the safety of military headquarters at Potsdam ( Bismarck later recorded that there had been a " rattling of sabres in their scabbards " from Prussian officers when they learned that the King would not suppress the revolution by force ).

In many nations the President is also the Commander-in-Chief of the nation's armed forces, though once again this can range from a ceremonial role to one with considerable authority.

Neither of the two plays place any emphasis on Richard's physical appearance, though the True Tragedy briefly mentions that he is " A man ill shaped, crooked backed, lame armed " adding that he is " valiantly minded, but tyrannous in authority.

This narration, though factual for the most part, is replete with rhetoric describing implacably warlike German and Japanese armed forces.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former President, stumped for Kennedy in West Virginia and raised the issue of Humphrey's failure to serve in the armed forces in World War II ( though in fact Humphrey had tried to enlist ).

Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support, though it may also be used in a non-military sense, for example when driving through remote areas.

He reported on the suppression of the Christian insurrectionists by the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire, and yet was treated by that empire as though he were an ambassador, despite his anti-Turkish sentiments.

As was the case with the KLA, they were fairly lightly armed – generally with small arms and mortars – though there were later reports that they had acquired FIM-92 Stinger and SAM-7 anti-aircraft missiles.

There were numerous German armed forces ( Wehrmacht ) posters asking for assistance in the Bandenkrieg, the war against the Soviet partisans, though, once again, German policy had the effect of adding to their problems.

Generally, naval ships are damage resilient and armed with weapon systems, though armament on troop transports is light or non-existent.

During the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, it was common to distinguish verbally between privateers ( also known as private ships of war ) on the one hand, and armed merchantmen, which were referred to as " letters of marque ", on the other, though both received the same commission.

Allenby himself refused to allow large numbers of armed Swazis to join his column, though he still used a few of them as guides.

On June 12, 2006, President Néstor Kirchner brought into force the Defence Law, which had been passed in 1988 as a means to modernize the doctrine of the armed forces and define their role, though successive governments had failed to put it into effect.

Many infiltrations from Palestinian territory in the West Bank consisted of unarmed Palestinian refugees attempting to rejoin their families, and of smugglers trying to bring in contraband for Israeli markets, though armed marauding also was common.

Though the literal meaning of the words could include anyone who fights for the cause of freedom, in common use it may be restricted to those who are actively involved in an armed rebellion, rather than those who campaign for freedom by peaceful means ( though they may use the title in its literal sense ).

When the contact steps forward, though, he's revealed to be Carling, armed with a gun.