The Russian army is part of the Russian armed forces as a land force. Like most modern armed forces, the Russian army is divided into the Army, Navy and Air Force divisions. In addition, there are in Russia the independent parts of the airborne force, strategic missile force and the space force.
The current army was...
The grade designations of the Air Force differ only with the generals of those of the army.
Since 1 January 2010, the "Corps des commissaires de l'air" has been integrated into the central "Service du commissariat des armées".
Air Force personnel are divided into three groups:
- Navigation personnel - le corps du personnel navigant
- Maintenance personnel -...
The French Navy is a part of the French armed forces and next to the British Royal Navy, the second largest Western European Navy with around 45,000 soldiers and civilians.
Since February 2008, Admiral Pierre-François Forissier has been in command as Commander-in-Chief and Chief of the Naval Command.
The most important bases are Brest on the Atlantic...
The armed forces of France (French Forces armées françaises and Armée française) are, as with most modern armed forces, divided into various forces. Classically again the division into Army, Air Force and Navy. The special feature of the French armed forces is the integration of the Gendarmerie Nationale (a paramilitary police force) and the professional...
The United States Air Force (USAF), founded in 1947, is the air force of the United States of America. She is the second-strongest of the four divisions and one of the seven Uniformed Services of the United States. The main task of the USAF is the "defense of the United States through the control and...
The United States Navy (USN, also shortening US Navy) is the United States Navy, thus becoming a combined force of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven Uniformed Services of the United States. With 323,225 active soldiers and 109,866 reservists, it is the world's largest and most powerful navy in August 2013,...
The army of the United States reflects in many ways the society of the country and its great plurality.
With a staff of 480,000, the Army has approximately 69,174 officers and 12,482 warrant officers, making the officers, with 14.4 percent of the staff, a relatively high rate within the army by international standards. An officer faces...
The People's Navy was from 1960 to 1990, the name for the naval forces of the GDR. It was part of the armed forces of the National People's Army founded in 1956 and distinguished, as in most modern armed forces their grade designations of those of the army and air forces.
In the formation of the...
The execution of the rank insignia followed in their appearance the tradition of the Wehrmacht, however with some modifications. Thus, the arm angles of the corporal and corporal were replaced by one or two crosspieces on the axillary flaps. The stocking of trimmings on the collars and underarm flaps of the NCOs and Sub-Sergeants, on...
SS candidates, also referred to as season candidates, were male persons who had applied for admission to the general SS or to the armed SS associations such as SS Totenkopfverbände or SS-Verfügungstruppe (from 1940 Waffen-SS). The membership in the NSDAP was not mandatory for the application, although most of the SS candidates belonged to it....
