A standing army is a permanent, often professional, army. It is composed of full-time soldiers who may be either career soldiers or conscripts. It differs...
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List of sovereign states without armed forces (redirect from Abolish standing armies)
have no standing armies but still have a non-police military force. Many of the 21 countries listed here typically have had a long-standing agreement...
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organizations, etc. Regular military can also refer to full-time status (standing army), versus reserve or part-time personnel. Other distinctions may separate...
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a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered...
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training. The army is an all-volunteer force and comprises more than 80% of the country's active defence personnel. It is the largest standing army in the world...
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Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1918) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria...
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militias, private armies, mercenaries, etc. A regular army usually has the following: a standing army, the permanent force of the regular army that is maintained...
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Standing Army is a 2010 documentary film about the global network of U.S. military bases, the impact that these have on local populations, and the military–industrial...
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Federalist No. 46, Madison wrote how a federal army could be kept in check by the militia, "a standing army ... would be opposed [by] militia." He argued...
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formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops. They were the first modern standing army, and perhaps the first infantry force in the world to be equipped with...
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