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In the Israel Defense Forces, two types of military IDs are issued: an ordinary military ID (he:תעודת חוגר), and a combatant's ID (he:תעודת לוחם).Both types of military ID are about the size of a credit card; the ordinary military ID is a smart card that serves as an identifying document, as an access card for the IDF's computer networks and systems, and as a public transport ...
Japanese air forces targeted Allied and Dutch warships traversing the Strait of Malacca as part of their broader strategy to dominate Southeast Asia. Tarempa, located on the island of Matak, became a focal point of Japan’s campaign to seize control of the south due to its strategic importance as a Dutch defense base.
Bum La Pass is a mountain pass in the Tawang district of the Indian state Arunachal Pradesh, [14] [4] 42 kilometres (26 mi) north of the town of Tawang at an altitude of 15,134 feet (4,613 m). [18] Fierce fighting took place there during the 1962 border war when China invaded India through the pass.
A number of locations around the world have been named after the Khyber Pass: A steep and twisting minor road in Mugdock Country Park near Glasgow, Scotland. The road is a landmark along the West Highland Way and is popular among local road cyclists. [15] A suburb of Civil Lines, Delhi, India. [16] [17] [18]
Regular pass — granted to allow personnel to be away for a designated period of time only. May be granted to those, such as trainees , not eligible for a normal off-duty hours pass. Three-day pass — the longest continuous pass granted allows a serviceman or servicewoman to be away for 72 consecutive hours.
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
MoneyPass is a network of approximately 40,000 ATMs across the country. The network is currently one of the largest fee-free networks in the nation, with more than 2,000 institutions and over 160 ...
In military strategy, a choke point (or chokepoint), or sometimes bottleneck, is a geographical feature on land such as a valley, defile or bridge, or maritime passage through a critical waterway such as a strait, which an armed force is forced to pass through in order to reach its objective, sometimes on a substantially narrowed front and ...