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In the Israel Defense Forces, two types of military IDs are issued: an ordinary military ID (he:תעודת חוגר), and a combatant's ID (he:תעודת לוחם).Both types of military ID are about the size of a credit card; the ordinary military ID is a smart card that serves as an identifying document, as an access card for the IDF's computer networks and systems, and as a public transport ...
The Bronze Star Medal with the "V" device to denote heroism is the fourth highest military decoration for valor. Although a service member may be cited for heroism in combat and be awarded more than one Bronze Star authorizing the "V" device, only one "V" may be worn on each suspension and service ribbon of the medal.
In Iran, men who refuse to go to military service are deprived of their citizenship rights, such as employment, health insurance, [236] continuing their education at university, [237] finding a job, going abroad, opening a bank account, [238] etc. [239] Iranian men have so far opposed mandatory military service and demanded that military ...
Camp, Roderic Ai, Mexico's Military on the Democratic Stage. Westport CT: Praeger Security International 2005. Carriedo, Robert. Military professionalism and political influence: a case study of the Mexican military, 1917-1940. Vol. 93. University of Florida, 1992. International Institute for Strategic Studies (14 February 2018). The Military ...
Military payment certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay United States (US) military personnel in certain foreign countries in the mid and late twentieth century. They were used in one area or another from a few months after the end of World War II until a few months after the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War ...
Bronze Star Medal (W/"V" Device) Purple Heart Calvin Leon Graham (April 3, 1930 – November 6, 1992) was the youngest U.S. serviceman to serve and fight during World War II and was one of the few known child soldiers to fight on behalf of the United States in the conflict. [ 2 ]
The United States military had a long-standing policy, in-line with prevailing laws and morality, that service members found to be homosexual or to have engaged in homosexual conduct were to be court-martialed for sodomy, imprisoned, and dishonorably discharged.
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