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The Danish Home Guard ( Danish: Hjemmeværnet) (HJV) is the fourth service of the Danish Armed Forces. It was formerly concerned only with the defence of Danish territory, but since 2008, it has also supported the Danish military efforts in Afghanistan and Kosovo. The Danish Home Guard has also provided training to Ukrainian soldiers in Ukraine ...
Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, 55 out of 70 infantry regiments of the Bengal Army were disbanded and more infantry regiment raised from Punjab and those including Gorkhas. Indian troops maintained internal security in the country, fought for the defence of the North-West Frontier and were sent abroad to take part many conflict zones of ...
The Massachusetts National Guard is the National Guard component for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded as the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia on December 13, 1636, it contains the oldest units in the United States Army. [1] What is today's Massachusetts National Guard evolved through many different forms.
The 51 Special Action Group is a special response unit of the National Security Guards (NSG) of India. It was raised by the Cabinet Secretariat under the National Security Guard Act of 1985. [1] The Special Action Group (SAG) comprises 54% of the National Security Guards. The 51 SAG forms the offensive arm, with personnel drawn from the Indian ...
Militia, Civil Defence. Volunteer Fighting Corps (国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai) were armed civil defense units planned in 1945 in the Empire of Japan as a last desperate measure to defend the Japanese home islands against the projected Allied invasion during Operation Downfall ( Ketsugo Sakusen) in the final stages of World ...
William Weer. William Weer ( a.k.a. William A. Weer [2] and William Weir [3]) was a lawyer, attorney general for Kansas and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is notable for his service in the Trans-Mississippi Theater early in the war and later for being dismissed from the army following a court-martial .
Teen Murti Memorial in New Delhi, built 1922. Mysore Lancers Memorial, Bangalore. The 61st Cavalry Regiment is a horse-mounted cavalry regiment of the Indian Army. It is notable for being one of the largest, and also one of the last, operational non mechanised horse-mounted cavalry units in the world. Formerly deployed into active conflict, the ...
Samman Guard is the march played by Indian military bands during inspections of guards of honour during state visits. Samman Guard ( English: The Guard of Honour, Hindi: सम्मान गार्ड) is the official slow march of the Indian Army. The music was composed by L. B. Gurung. It was released under The Gramophone Company of India ...