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A military attaché or defence attaché (DA), [1] sometimes known as a "military diplomat", [2] is an official responsible for military matters within a diplomatic mission, typically an embassy. [3] They are usually high-ranking members of the armed forces who retain their commission while being accorded full diplomatic status and immunity .
An attaché is normally an official, who serves either as a diplomat or as a member of the support staff, under the authority of an ambassador or other head of a diplomatic mission, mostly in intergovernmental organizations or international non-governmental organisations or agencies. Attachés monitor various issues related to their area of ...
Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations.A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details, such as the order of precedence at official processions, table seatings at state dinners, the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented, and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
1936: 464 military and naval attachés abroad. 1945: Military attachés in 45 capitals; 1948: 258 Army and Air Force officers on attaché duty in 59 countries and 120 naval officers in 43 countries. 1949: 2,049 personnel on attaché duty; a Senior Attaché was designated for each capital. 1950: Attachés were cut by 35%, and 36 posts were ...
In popular parlance, an envoy can mean a diplomat of any rank. Moreover, the rank of envoy should not be confused with the position of Special Envoy, which is a relatively modern invention, appointed for a specific purpose rather than for bilateral diplomacy, and may be held by a person of any diplomatic rank or none (though usually held by an ambassador).
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Defence diplomacy as an organizing concept for defence-related international activity has its origin in post-Cold War reappraisals of Western defence establishments, led by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, and was a principle “used to help the West come to terms with the new international security environment.” [2] While the term originated in the West, the conduct of defence ...
United States naval attachés (35 P) Pages in category "United States military attachés" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total.