The Tatmadaw or Sit-Tat is the military of Myanmar. It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army,the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services include the Myanmar Police Force,the Border Guard Forces,the Myanmar Coast Guard,and the People's Militia Units. Since independence in 1948,the Tatmadaw has faced significant ethnic insurgencies,especially in Chin,Kachin,Kayin,Kayah,and Shan states. General Ne Win took control of the country in a 1962 coup d'état,attempting to build an autarkic society called the Burmese Way to Socialism. Following the violent repression of nationwide protests in 1988,the military agreed to free elections in 1990,but ignored the resulting victory of the National League for Democracy and imprisoned its leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The 1990s also saw the escalation of the conflict involving Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State due to RSO attacks on the Tatmadaw forces,which saw the Rohingya minority facing oppression and,starting in 2017,genocide.
The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) comprises the national military forces of Namibia. It was created when the country,then known as South West Africa,gained independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. Chapter 15 of the Constitution of Namibia establishes the NDF and defines its role and purpose as," ... to defend the territory and national interests of Namibia".
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It has three branches:the Royal Australian Navy (RAN),Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The ADF has a strength of just over 89,000 personnel and is supported by the Department of Defence and several other civilian agencies.
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division.
The Canadian Armed Forces are the unified military forces of Canada,including land,sea,and air commands referred to as the Canadian Army,Royal Canadian Navy,and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The CAF also operates several other commands,including the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command,the Canadian Joint Operations Command,and the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command.
The minister of health is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing health-focused government agencies including Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada,as well as enforcing the Canada Health Act,the law governing Canada's universal health care system.
The Public Health Agency of Canada is an agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health,emergency preparedness and response,and infectious and chronic disease control and prevention.
A military staff or general staff is a group of officers,enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military unit in their command and control role through planning,analysis,and information gathering,as well as by relaying,coordinating,and supervising the execution of their plans and orders,especially in case of multiple simultaneous and rapidly changing complex operations. They are organised into functional groups such as administration,logistics,operations,intelligence,training,etc. They provide multi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer,subordinate military units and other stakeholders. A centralised general staff results in tighter top-down control but requires larger staff at headquarters (HQ) and reduces accuracy of orientation of field operations,whereas a decentralised general staff results in enhanced situational focus,personal initiative,speed of localised action,OODA loop,and improved accuracy of orientation.
The Indonesian Army is the land branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It has an estimated strength of 300,400 active personnel. The history of the Indonesian Army has its roots in 1945 when the Tentara Keamanan Rakyat (TKR) "People's Security Forces" first emerged as a paramilitary and police corps.
Personnel branches,in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF),are groupings of related military occupations.
The Public Affairs Branch is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CF).
The Myanmar Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) of Myanmar and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The Myanmar Army maintains the second largest active force in Southeast Asia after the People's Army of Vietnam. It has clashed against ethnic and political insurgents since its inception in 1948.
The Oklahoma Military Department is an agency of the state of Oklahoma that serves as the administrative agency for all matters concerning the Oklahoma National Guard. Under the authority and direction of the Governor of Oklahoma as commander-in-chief,the agency is responsible for planning,establishing,and enforcing rules and procedures governing the administration,supply,and training of the Oklahoma National Guard,when not in the active service of the United States,and the Oklahoma State Guard. The Oklahoma Unorganized Militia,those citizens of the United States between 17-70 in Oklahoma,only exists in statute,and is not a "state military force," according to Oklahoma Code. The Department also maintains all state-owned,licensed or leased facilities,including Camp Gruber.
The Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) is composed of the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Australia,the Australian Defence Force (ADF),and the Australian Public Service government department,the Department of Defence which is composed of a range of civilian support organisations.
Major General Simone Louise Wilkie,is a retired Australian Army officer who was the Australian Deputy National Commander in the War in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012. She was Assistant Chief of Staff to General David Petraeus during the Iraq War troop surge of 2007,and was the first female Commanding Officer of the Royal Military College,Duntroon and Commandant at the Army Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka. In March 2013 the Minister for Defence,Stephen Smith,announced her promotion to major general to take over as Commander of the Australian Defence College in July 2013.
Lieutenant General John Sinvula Mutwa was a Namibian military officer whose last appointment was as chief of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF). He was appointed the commander of the Namibian Army in 2011,and NDF Chief on 31 December 2013,a position from which he retired on 31 March 2020.
The Chief of Joint Capabilities (CJC) is the head of the Joint Capabilities Group (JCG) in the Australian Department of Defence. The Joint Capabilities Group was raised on 1 July 2017 with the position created as a result,with the inaugural CJC being Air Marshal Warren McDonald. The current chief is Lieutenant General John Frewen,who was appointed to the position in August 2022.
The Indonesian Military Regional Commands also known officially as Military Area Commands are military districts of the Indonesian Army which function for the territorial defence of various regions within the country. They cover one or multiple provinces.
The 6th Airborne Brigade is a brigade of the Polish Armed Forces,headquartered in Kraków. The formation specializes as airborne forces and air assault troops,being intended to conduct assault operations from either aircraft or helicopters at a high state of readiness.
Dany Fortin is a retired Canadian Armed Forces officer who held the rank of major general in the Canadian Army. He has served in commanding roles in the War in Afghanistan and the ISIL insurgency in Iraq,and commanded the 1st Canadian Division Headquarters. He served as the Public Health Agency of Canada's (PHAC) vice president of logistics and operations from November 27,2020 to May 14,2021,leading the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine rollout,but was removed from that role after the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service initiated an investigation into him following an allegation of sexual assault between January 1 and April 30,1988 while he was a student at Royal Military College Saint-Jean. The investigation resulted in a charge in August 2021 of one count of sexual assault. A judge in a Gatineau,Québec court acquitted Fortin on December 5,2022. Fortin released from the military in July 2023,after 38 years of service.
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