Introduction Serving in the United States Armed Forces comes with unique responsibilities, privileges, and strict regulations. Among the many questions prospective service members and their families ask is whether alcohol consumption rules change when someone under 21 enlists. This short article will help you understand how the realities of military policy versus civilian law is… Read More
Introduction In the United States Armed Forces, the military ranks of warrant officer (grade W-1) and chief warrant officer (grades CW-2 to CW-5; NATO: WO1-CWO5) are rated as officers above all non-commissioned officers, candidates, cadets, and midshipmen, but subordinate to the lowest officer grade of O-1 (NATO: OF-1). This application differs from the Commonwealth of… Read More
Introduction The Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) is an organisation created in early 2002 by the United States Department of Defence to conduct investigations of detainees captured in the War on Terrorism. It was envisioned that certain captured individuals would be tried by a military tribunal for war crimes and/or acts of terrorism. CITF was… Read More
Introduction Post-World War II demobilisation strikes occurred within Allied military forces stationed across the Middle East, India and South-East Asia in the months and years following World War II. Outline American military personnel based in occupied Germany were holding mass parades for speedier demobilisation and in the Philippines formed soldiers committees and went on demonstrations… Read More
Introduction The Adjusted Service Rating Score was the system that the United States Army used at the end of World War II in Europe to determine which soldiers were eligible to be repatriated to the United States for discharge from military service as part of Operation Magic Carpet. Refer to Demobilisation of United States armed… Read More
Introduction Operation Magic Carpet was the post-World War II operation by the War Shipping Administration to repatriate over eight million American military personnel from the European, Pacific, and Asian theatres. Hundreds of Liberty ships, Victory ships, and troop transports began repatriating soldiers from Europe in June 1945. Beginning in October 1945, over 370 navy ships… Read More
Introduction The Demobilization of United States armed forces after the Second World War began with the defeat of Germany in May 1945 and continued through 1946. The United States had more than 12 million men and women in the armed forces at the end of World War II, of whom 7.6 million were stationed abroad.… Read More
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