Armed Forces
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically officially authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military uniform. It may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of the military is usually defined as defence of the state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms armed forces and military are often treated as synonymous, although in technical usage …
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Mackenzie Institute · 17 July 2024 English
New dress instructions for Canadian Armed Forces members go into effect today, reversing an overhaul... …
New dress instructions for Canadian Armed Forces members go into effect today, reversing an overhaul …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
From 1650 to 1750 the provision of medical care for injured seamen in the Royal Navy underwent a major transformation, shifting from care provided by civilians in private homes to …
of their subjects.41 During these centuries, armed forces became more technologically sophisticated, … tiveness of the early modern English state and its armed forces.49 The country’s remarkable rise to global …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English
Complemented by over 150 rarely seen illustrations, Needle Work moves from coast to coast and across more than one hundred years to provide a key chapter in the history of …
or tent, often within proximity to Canadian Armed Forces bases or at carnivals. After a permanent move …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 June 2024 English
In 1909 Myrtle and Ernest Webb took possession of an ordinary farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. Ordinary but for one thing: it was already becoming known as inspiration for …
University of Guelph, Sara Poulin researched armed forces personnel stationed on Prince Edward Island …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 4 June 2024 English
Voting Online investigates the effects of cyber elections by looking at how adoption of online voting affects attitudes towards democracy, who uses and who benefits from the voting mode, the …
Territories or absentee voters in the Canadian armed forces overseas in Nova Scotia) or in contests that …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 1 June 2024
capabilities to enhance military modernization, as well as maintain robust political command over the armed forces. Such civil-military fusion has historically been associated with lacking military professionalism …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 1 June 2024
priorities and the changed global environment.”4 Finally, two years later Canadians, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Canada’s allies have the updated defence policy Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 25 May 2024 English
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and systemic intuitional problems in Canada’s armed forces and policing. Chapter Nine details how in 2017-18 …
CIRANO: Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations · 21 May 2024 French
Le financement de son infrastructure et de ses activités de recherche provient des cotisations de ses organisations-membres, d’une subvention d’infrastructure du gouvernement du Québec, de même que des subventions et …
d'habileté cognitive utilisée est le célèbre « Armed Forces Qualification Test » (usuellement dénommé AFQT) …
Wilson Center Canada · 20 May 2024 English
The Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), which appointed the civilian members of the 2019-21 transitional government, led the creation of “Taqadum” to represent civilian interests. [...] The challenge now …
battlefield. A military victory by either the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and its allied militias or the Rapid Support …
