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Military manpower – military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation – 24 months (2004) Military manpower – availability: males age 18–49: 10,212,456; females age 18–49: 10,561,562 (2005 estimate) Military manpower – fit for military service:
The vast majority of Saudi Arabia's military equipment is imported from the Western world. [28] The United States sold more than $80 billion in military hardware between 1951 and 2006 to the Saudi military. [50] 2013 saw Saudi military spending climb to $67bn, overtaking that of the UK, France and Japan to place fourth globally. [51]
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [ 3 ]
The Lithuanian Armed Forces (Lithuanian: Lietuvos ginkluotosios pajėgos) are the military of Lithuania.The Lithuanian Armed Forces consist of the Lithuanian Land Forces, the Lithuanian Naval Force, the Lithuanian Air Force and the Lithuanian Special Operations Force.
MILSPEC – Military Specification; MILSTD – MILitary STANdard; MILSTAR – MILitary Strategic and Tactical Relay (US) MIPS – Medium Integrated Propulsion System (US) MIR – Mechanized Infantry Regiment (Sri Lanka) MIRV – Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle; MLA – Manufacturing Licence Agreement; MLC – Military Load Class
A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers.Military dictatorships are led by either a single military dictator, known as a strongman, or by a council of military officers known as a military junta.
The chain of command leads from the president (as commander-in-chief) through the secretary of defense down to the newest recruits. [2] [3] The United States Armed Forces are organized through the United States Department of Defense, which oversees a complex structure of joint command and control functions with many units reporting to various commanding officers.
Shopko (stylized as SHOPKO, formerly stylized as ShopKo) was a chain of department stores based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.All locations closed on June 23, 2019, with the exception of the Shopko Optical locations, [3] which continue to operate.