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The Army Canteen Board was liquidated in 1927, and replaced by the Canteen Contractors' Syndicate (CCS). It was floated in the form of a limited company, under government control with its registration office at Karachi (present-day Pakistan). This company started off with a paid-up capital of ₹ 6 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 13 crore or US$1.5 ...
A United States Uniformed Services Privilege and Identification Card (also known as U.S. military ID, Geneva Conventions Identification Card, or less commonly abbreviated USPIC) is an identity document issued by the United States Department of Defense to identify a person as a member of the Armed Forces or a member's dependent, such as a child ...
The Federal German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) differentiates between three different mess areas.1. HBG (Heimbetriebsgesellschaft) - More commonly called Enlisted Mess (Mannschaftsheim): it is common for most bases to have one, where food and drink can be purchased.
In June 1917, the Royal Navy was keen to share in the benefits now being felt by the British soldier and so the Army Canteen Committee assumed the new title of the Navy and Army Canteen Board. When the Royal Air Force (RAF) became a separate arm of the nation's defences in 1918, their canteens were absorbed into the Navy and Army Canteen Board.
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and post exchange/PX or base exchange/BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army, Air Force, and Space Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more nationwide and in more than 30 countries and four U.S. territories.
The test platoons carried one K-ration, weapon, poncho, shelter half, and a single filled one-quart canteen. [8] No testing was done of men on extended patrols or with heavier individual loads of ammunition and water. [8] At the end of the three days, the men were weighed, and as no abnormal weight loss was noted, the K-ration was deemed ...
The canteen system was reformed in 1917 with the foundation of the Army Canteen Committee, this was a not for profit company, rather than a co-operative, but otherwise had the same aims as the Canteen and Mess Co-operative Society, which it absorbed. By April 1917 the committee managed more than 2,000 canteens across the world. [15]
Canteen Stores Department, Bangladesh (CSD) is a military-affiliated retail chain store in Bangladesh. [1] [2] Owned and controlled by the Bangladesh Army, [2] it provides a variety of food, electronics and other consumer goods. [2] Army personnel are entitled to special discounts at all CSD outlets.