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HOME ARMY [11 records]

Record 1 2017-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Military (General)
  • Museums and Heritage
OBS

The Polish Army Veterans Association(PAVA) is an independant, mutual aid organization of former Polish soldiers operating continuously since 1921. It is the oldest institution of this type in the world. The headquarters is located in Manhattan, New York City in the "Polish Veterans Home" that is owned by PAVA District 2, at 119 East 15th Street. Its organizational archives are housed here, as also the Polish Military Heritage Museum founded in 1996. PAVA promotes Polish culture and Polish-American traditions, and also organizes celebrations of Polish national holidays and historical events.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Muséologie et patrimoine

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Sea Operations (Military)
OBS

At every Battle of the Atlantic Sunday service throughout Canada May 5, Navy, Merchant Navy, Air Force and Army veterans of that hard-won battle paraded with pride, remembering their accomplishments. They paraded with satisfaction, knowing they had done their duty. And they paraded in sorrow, remembering those who did not come home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Administration
  • Land Forces
DEF

By analogy with a family, the place that members of the Army call home.

OBS

The Combat Training Centre at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown is the Home of the Army.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Administration militaire
  • Forces terrestres
DEF

Par analogie à la famille, le chez-soi des membres de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

La Maison mère de l'Armée de terre est le Centre d'instruction au combat situé à la Base des Forces canadiennes Gagetown.

OBS

Maison mère de l'Armée de terre : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Militar (Generalidades)
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Record 5 2000-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Military Administration
OBS

Information confirmed by the association.

Key term(s)
  • Association of Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Administration militaire

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • War and Peace (International Law)
CONT

Whereas the aims of land warfare are defeat of the enemy army and occupation of the enemy territory, the aims of sea warfare are : defeat of the enemy navy; annihilation of the enemy merchant fleet; destruction of enemy coast fortifications, and of maritime as well as military establishments on the enemy coast; cutting off intercourse with the enemy coast; prevention of carriage of contraband and of rendering unneutral service to the enemy; all kinds of support to military operations on land, such as protection of a landing of troops on the enemy coast; and lastly, defence of the home coast and protection to the home merchant fleet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Expression dont le sens général désigne l'ensemble d'actes hostiles qu'un belligérant accomplit sur mer en faisant usage de ses forces navales, sauf à déterminer exactement le départ à faire entre ce qui relève du droit de la guerre maritime et ce qui relève du droit de la guerre sur terre.

Spanish

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Record 7 1995-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
CONT

This type of helmet was worn in the British Army from the mid-1870s until the First World War. It was worn only for ceremonial parades overseas or while on service in the United Kingdom(home service). It was standard issue for the Canadian Militia in the 1880s.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
OBS

Proposition faite après avoir consulté un texte sur les guerres coloniales de la Grande-Bretagne au siècle dernier.

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
DEF

Housing provided for those homeless offenders who are remanded in custody.

CONT

The first bail hostel was established with the financial backing of a private citizen and operated by the Salvation Army. The hostel would accept only first-time offenders. The rationale for operating such hostels was that it was felt that those who were remanded in custody because of their lack of a home were punished more than those who had such accommodation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Le terme «foyer de cautionnement» que l'on trouve dans certains écrits est une traduction littérale de «bail hostel».

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Armour
  • Tracked Vehicles (Military)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
CONT

Using scaled ranges, units can realistically simulate day and night main gun firing at their home station by section, and platoon against single, multiple, stationary, and moving targets.(Light Armoured Vehicle Gunnery(in-house document of American Army]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arme blindée
  • Véhicules chenillés (Militaire)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Armour
  • Tracked Vehicles (Military)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
CONT

Using scaled ranges, units can realistically simulate day and night main gun firing at their home station by section, and platoon against single, multiple, stationary, and moving targets.(Light Armoured Vehicle Gunnery(in-house document of American Army]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arme blindée
  • Véhicules chenillés (Militaire)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Armour
  • Tracked Vehicles (Military)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
CONT

To overcome these training limitations, more gunnery training must be done at the home station using simulators, subcaliber training devices, and innovative training techniques.(Light Armoured Vehicle Gunnery(in-house document of American Army]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arme blindée
  • Véhicules chenillés (Militaire)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)

Spanish

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