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Military police
Military police: soldiers performing policing, discipline, and security duties within armed forces, distinct from gendarmerie-type forces with civilian policing roles. Covers U.S. MP Corps (1778 Marechaussee Corps, permanent 1941), British RMP (1855), French gendarmerie, jurisdiction, and oversight.
Military Police Corps (United States)
The U.S. Army Military Police Corps, established as a permanent branch 26 September 1941 with provost roots to 1776, provides policing, detention, area security, and protected logistics, and is restructuring under ARSTRUC 2025-2029 with 2,901 personnel divested.
Military prison
Military prison: armed-forces confinement facility for service members under the UCMJ, in brigs, stockades, and disciplinary barracks such as the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, established 1874, with rehabilitation and restoration to duty as goals.
Military production during World War II
Military production during World War II: belligerents' conversion of industry to weapons output, the US War Production Board, 299,000 planes and 100,000 tanks, Soviet and German munitions effort, and $11 billion Lend-Lease to the USSR.
Military Prosecutor Doberman (군검사 도베르만)
Military Prosecutor Doberman (군검사 도베르만) is a 2022 tvN military legal drama, 16 episodes, starring Ahn Bo-hyun and Jo Bo-ah as prosecutors fighting army corruption, written by Yoon Hyun-ho, directed by Jin Chang-kyu, finale at 10.081% ratings.
Military rank
Military rank is the graded hierarchy of titles and insignia (admiral, captain, sergeant, and equivalents) marking authority in armed forces; distinguished from paygrades and made comparable across nations by NATO STANAG 2116 OF/OR codes.
Military ranks of Brazil
The military ranks of Brazil are the commissioned-officer and enlisted grades of the Brazilian Army, Navy, and Air Force, fixed by the 1980 Military Statute.
Military ranks of Denmark
Military ranks of Denmark: commissioned, warrant, NCO and enlisted grades of the Danish Armed Forces, set by the 2010 rank order, with NATO OF/OR codes, Danish service-specific names, and current high-command holders.
Military ranks of Mexico
The military ranks of Mexico are the graded titles and insignia that order authority in the Mexican Army, Air Force, and Navy, defined under Article 129 of LOEFAM.
Military ranks of the Confederate States
Military ranks of the Confederate States: the 1861 rank system of the Confederate army, based on the US system but with four general grades, lieutenant-general corps command, Austrian/French insignia, and seniority disputes.
Military ranks of the KGB (1955–1991)
Military ranks of the KGB (1955-1991): Soviet Army-style rank ladder from private to General of the Army with cadet and medical-service variants, cornflower blue insignia, red-banded KGB generals, ended with the KGB's December 1991 dissolution.
Military ranks of the Philippines
Military ranks of the Philippines: the AFP's ten officer grades from Second Lieutenant/Ensign to General/Admiral and ten enlisted grades from Private to First Chief Master Sergeant, governed by RA 11709 (2022) and RA 11939 (2023).
Military ranks of the Soviet Union
The military ranks of the Soviet Union were the rank titles and insignia of the Red Army and Soviet Navy from 1917 until the USSR dissolved in 1991.
Military ranks of the Thai armed forces
Military ranks of the Thai armed forces: rank titles and insignia of the Royal Thai Army, Navy, and Air Force, with a ten-grade officer ladder, obsolete one-star Brigadier General, special paygrade Colonel, and RAF-style air force titles.
Military ranks of Turkey
Military ranks of Turkey: statutory grades of the Turkish Armed Forces under Law No. 926, from Er to Mareşal, with NATO OF/OR codes, Ottoman-era predecessors, and the 1930s Language Revolution rank-name reforms.
Military ranks of Ukraine
Military ranks of Ukraine (vyskovi zannia): the NATO-aligned rank system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from recruit through sergeant grades to brigadier general and general, set by the 1992 military service law and the 2020 NATO-standards rank law.
Military Reform of 1874
The Military Reform of 1874 (Устав о воинской повинности 1874 г.) replaced Russia's recruitment levies with universal, all-estate military service, signed by Alexander II in January 1874.
Military reforms of the 1860s–1870s
The military reforms of the 1860s–1870s (Военные реформы) transformed the Russian army after its defeat in the Crimean War, under War Minister D. A. Milyutin.
Military reserve force
Military reserve force: part-time or inactive-status service members (reservists, National Guard, militia) mobilized to expand standing forces in war or emergency. Key facts: US Ready Reserve training of 48 drills plus 14 days annually; per capita cost 22 to 32 percent of active-duty cost.
Military robot
A military robot, also called a militarized robot, is an unmanned robotic platform on land, sea, or in the air that performs military tasks, from bomb disposal to mine hunting.
Military rule in Korea
Military rule in Korea (무단통치, budan seiji) was the first phase of Japanese colonial rule, from annexation in 1910 to the March First movement of 1919, in which army gendarmes governed Korea directly.
Military satellite
A military satellite is an uncrewed spacecraft operated by a defense ministry or armed forces to support communications, navigation, reconnaissance, missile warning, and signals intelligence, often with dual civilian uses.
Military science
Military science (軍事学) is the systematic study of planning, conducting, and sustaining armed conflict, spanning tactics, strategy, logistics, and technology. Distinguished from military art by its quantifiable, analytical methods; organized around strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war.
Military science fiction
Military science fiction is a science fiction subgenre focused on military technology, soldiers, and conflicts, descended from 1870s future war stories and space opera; key works include Starship Troopers, The Forever War, and Hammer's Slammers.
Military Sealift Command
Military Sealift Command (MSC), formerly Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), is the U.S. Navy's sealift and ocean-transportation command under USTRANSCOM, operating about 125 civilian-crewed ships for surge sealift, at-sea replenishment, and specialized missions.
Military service
Military service: service in a state's armed forces, by enlistment (voluntary) or conscription (the draft). Covers mass-conscription history, the 1973 US all-volunteer force, and revived European drafts.
Military service and conscription for autistic people
Military service and conscription for autistic people: rules on entry and service. US DoDI 6130.03 disqualifies ASD pending waiver; UK relaxed standards 2025; Israel exempts lower-functioning draftees but runs Roim Rachok; Singapore and Taiwan classify or exempt.
Military Settlements
The Military Settlements (Военные поселения) were communities of soldier-farmers in the Russian Empire, introduced by Alexander I around 1810 and administered by Count Arakcheev until their abolition in 1857.
Military settlements regulations
The Military settlements regulations (Положения о военных поселениях) were the Russian Empire's statutes for military settlements, districts where soldiers farmed to support the army, from 1810 to 1857.
Military sexual trauma
Military sexual trauma (MST) is the VA term for sexual assault or sexual harassment during military service. About 1 in 3 women and 1 in 50 men screened in VA report it; free MST-related care and disability compensation are available.