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Military socialism (Bolivia)
Military socialism (Spanish: socialismo militar) was the nationalist, reformist program of Bolivia's military governments from 1936 to 1939 under David Toro and Germán Busch, revived in 1943 to 1946.
Military Statute of 1716
The Military Statute of 1716 (Воинский устав 1716) is the military code Peter the Great approved at Danzig in 1716, in force until the late 19th century.
Military strategy
Military strategy: the alignment of ends, ways, and means to achieve political objectives in war. Covers the Lykke framework, levels of war, doctrine, NATO and US national strategy, and evaluation criteria.
Military Supervisors (jianjun shi)
Military Supervisors (jianjun shi, 监军使) were eunuch officials the Tang court sent to supervise provincial armies from the mid-eighth century, often holding power exceeding the military governor's, and the post survived into the tenth century.
Military surplus
Military surplus: property a military no longer needs, disposed of through reuse, transfer, donation, sale, or demilitarization. Covers WWII US surplus disposal (Surplus Property Act of 1944, $40 billion surplus), DLA Disposition Services, and the 1033 law-enforcement transfer program.
Military tactics
Military tactics are methods of fighting battles and engagements, distinct from strategy. Covers combined arms, defeat mechanisms, urban civilian protection, and drone-era small-unit tactics drawn from Ukraine.
Military telegraphy
Military telegraphy is the use of the electric telegraph for command, control, and intelligence in war, from the Crimean War of 1854 to the early twentieth century.
Military transport aircraft
A military transport aircraft, also called a military cargo aircraft, is a military aircraft that carries troops, cargo, and equipment rather than weapons, in tactical and strategic types.
Military truck
A military truck is a motor vehicle of military design, built to military specifications to support combat and tactical operations or troop training, ranging from the jeep to heavy cargo tractors.
Military uniform
Military uniform: standardized armed forces clothing for identification, discipline, and concealment. Evolved from 17th-century colorful dress to khaki and camouflage; US services moved from two camouflage patterns to seven after 2002.
Military victories against the odds
Military victories against the odds: battles and wars won by weaker forces, from Salamis and Agincourt to asymmetric warfare, with the mechanisms, terrain, tactics, and modern limits behind underdog victories.
Military Wives
Military Wives (2019) is a British comedy-drama directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan as garrison wives who form a choir, inspired by the BBC series The Choir: Military Wives and the real Catterick Garrison choir movement.
Military–industrial complex
The military–industrial complex, also called the defense-industrial complex, is the network linking a country's armed forces, defense industry, and government, named by Eisenhower in 1961.
Militia
Militia: from Latin miles (soldier), a force of trained non-professional soldiers acting as an army; spans the US National Guard, pro-government militias in civil wars, and unlawful private armed groups.
Militia (United States)
Militia (United States): the legally defined citizen soldiery under 10 U.S.C. § 246, split into the organized militia (National Guard, Naval Militia) and the unorganized militia; rooted in Article I militia clauses, reshaped by the 1903 Militia Act, and distinct from banned private militias.
Militia and Archers (Xiangbing, Gongjianshou)
Militia and archers (乡兵、弓箭手) were forces the Song dynasty raised from registered commoners outside the regular imperial army, most notably frontier archers granted land in exchange for military service on the northwest frontier from 1005.
Militia of the Free People of Color of Saint-Domingue
The Militia of the Free People of Color of Saint-Domingue (Milices des gens de couleur libres) were segregated militia companies of free black and mixed-race men in the French colony.
Militsiya
Militsiya (милиция) was the regular police force of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia until 2011, when the Law on Police renamed it politsiya; a centralized, party-controlled MVD force known for inflated crime clear-up rates.
Milium
Milium (milletgrass) is a small genus of Poaceae grasses, published by Linnaeus in 1753, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere with six accepted species including the woodland grass Milium effusum.
Milium effusum
Milium effusum (wood millet, American milletgrass, 粟草) is a perennial Poaceae grass native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, a shade-tolerant deciduous woodland herb up to 1.8 m with open effuse panicles, 2n=14/28, and the cultivar 'Aureum'.
Milivoj Bebic
Milivoj Bebić (Миливој Бебић), born 1959, Croatian water polo great; Olympic gold 1984 and silver 1980 with Yugoslavia, FINA world player of the year 1982, 1984, 1985, and record 620 international goals.
Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac
Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac (Миливоје Петровић Блазнавац) was a Serbian general and politician who served as regent of Serbia from 1868 to 1872 and as prime minister.
Miljenko Matijevic
Miljenko Matijevic (Miljenko Matijević), born 1964 in Zagreb, Croatian-American rock singer, founder and frontman of Steelheart, singing voice of Mark Wahlberg in Rock Star (2001), known for multi-octave range and "She's Gone".
Milk
Milk, the mammary secretion of dairy animals (cow, buffalo, goat, sheep, yak, camel), is a nutrient-dense drink and cheese/butter source; water is 83-91%, cow fat 3-4%, pasteurization mandated from 1908, world output ~950 Mt in 2024.
Milk (2008 American film)
Milk (2008) is Gus Van Sant's biographical drama starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to major public office in California, assassinated by Dan White in 1978; it won Oscars for Best Actor and Original Screenplay.
Milk & Serial
Milk & Serial, also called Milk and Serial, is a 2024 found-footage horror film by Curry Barker and Cooper Tomlinson, made for $800 and released free on their YouTube channel that's a bad idea.
Milk & Sugar (group)
Milk & Sugar is a German house music project from Munich, formed in 1997 by DJs Michael Kronenberger and Steffen Harding, known for "Hey (Nah Neh Nah)".
Milk albumin
Milk albumin, or lactalbumin, denotes the albumin-class whey proteins of milk: blood serum albumin and α-lactalbumin, water-soluble heat-coagulable proteins distinct from casein, with α-lactalbumin dominant in human milk and driving lactose synthesis.
Milk and Honey (album)
Milk and Honey (1984) is the sixth and final collaborative album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, a posthumous Heart Play of 12 alternating tracks from the 1980 Double Fantasy sessions, released on Polydor, peaking at UK No. 3 and US No. 11. Not the 1996 Dennis Brown, 2021 Crowder, or 1979 Israeli albums of the same name.
Milk and meat in Jewish law
Milk and meat in Jewish law, or basar bechalav, forbids cooking, eating, and benefiting from meat-dairy mixtures, requiring separate fleishig and milchig utensils and waiting periods.