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71Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 — NMCB 1 insignia Active March 15, 1942 present Country …
72conscription — conscriptional, adj. /keuhn skrip sheuhn/, n. 1. compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft. 2. a compulsory contribution of money to a government during a time of war. [1350 1400 for earlier sense piece of writing ;… …
73medicine — /med euh sin/ or, esp. Brit., /med seuhn/, n., v., medicined, medicining. n. 1. any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy. 2. the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition …
74defense economics — Field of national economic management concerned with peacetime and wartime military expenditures. It arose in response to the greater scale and sophistication of warfare in the 20th century. Most nations seek to avoid the vast financial and human …
75Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement — ▪ 2006 Introduction Trials of former heads of state, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain and the death penalty, and high profile cases against former executives of large corporations were leading legal and criminal issues in 2005.… …
76United States Army, The — ▪ United States military major branch of the United States armed forces charged with the preservation of peace and security and the defense of the nation. The army furnishes most of the ground forces in the U.S. military organization. The… …
77General Staff of the Republic of Turkey — The General Staff of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Genelkurmay Başkanlığı, abbreviation: T.C. Gnkur. Bşk.) presides over the Armed Forces of the Republic of Turkey, comprising the Army, Navy and Air Force. The General… …
78Defense Act of 1920 — The Defense Act of 1920 (or Kahn Act) was sponsored by Representative Julius Kahn (R) of California. This landmark piece of legislation reorganized the military and civilian arms of the US Army to enable it to contribute its appropriate share of… …
79Manchester Liners — Ltd Type Public Industry Transportation Founded 1898 Headquarters Manchester, England Key people Robert B. Stoker (1932–1979) …
80List of maritime disasters — An advertisement for soap, using RMS Titanic (1912) A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action. Due to the nature of maritime travel, there is often a large loss of life. This transport… …
