Worse, a growing majority of Americans lacks any first-hand connection to our appreciation of the military and its functions.
Throughout the Middle Ages (pre-1430) and Renaissance (ca. 1430-1600), trumpets retained their traditional military and ceremonial functions: they were used mainly for signals and fanfares.
General Alexander's seven-month confirmation process is a sign of the qualms senators felt at the merging of military and espionage functions, the militarisation of cyberspace and the fear that it may undermine Americans' right to privacy.
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Not all agree with Wiranto's dilution of the military's "dual functions, " or dwifungsi, which grants the armed forces a role in both political and national-security matters.
China's Central Military Commission also banned luxury banquets for military forces and alcohol at official functions.
These will result partly from cutting force structure such as Army brigades, but also from decisions by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to reduce the number of military personnel performing so-called commercial functions.
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If DARPA funds something that solves a challenge, the military is nearly certain to adopt it, so the market functions well.
Our military has figured out that ruggedized smartphones can perform the same functions as expensive radios, but with far more capabilities and in a smaller multi-functional package.
Government ought to only oversee what preserves the inalienable rights resident in our persons and property: fire, police, military and foreign diplomacy, the legal infrastructure and certain other functions difficult for markets to coordinate such as roads.
And it contains a good selection of people with impeccable reformist credentials, while clearly dividing their functions from those of the siloviki, the men from military and intelligence backgrounds who run the ministries in charge of the country's order and security.
The total number of U.S. military personnel deployed for this mission, including those providing logistical and support functions, is approximately 79.
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The total number of U.S. military personnel deployed for this mission, including those providing logistical and support functions, is approximately 90.
Fashion critics long have charged that military fashions are a problem because they aestheticize war and divorce clothes from their true functions and origins.
She added this could specifically help medical and military training and further research could be carried out to see if sleep loss affected other brain and memory functions in a similar way.
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