*THE ‘UNITED STATES MILITARY’*
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*a military is a ‘force’ authorized to use ‘lethal/deadly force’ and weapons to support the interests of the ‘state’ and some (or all?) of its ‘citizens’*
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(it typically consists of an ‘army’, ‘navy’, ‘air force’, and in certain countries the ‘marines’ + ‘coast guard’)
(the task of the ‘military’ is usually defined as ‘defense’ of the ‘state’ (and its ‘citizens’), and the ‘prosecution’ of ‘war’ against another ‘state’)
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(the ‘military’ may also have additional ‘sanctioned’ + ‘non-sanctioned’ functions within a ‘society’, including…)
*the promotion of a ‘political agenda’*
*protecting ‘corporate economic interests’*
*’internal population control’*
*’construction’*
*’emergency services’*
*’social ceremonies’*
*guarding ‘important areas’*
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(the ‘military’ may also function as a ‘discrete subculture’ within a larger ‘civil society’, through the development of ‘separate infrastructures’, which may include…)
*’housing’*
*’schools’*
*’utilities’*
*’logistics’*
*’health’ + ‘medical’ law*
*food production*
*finance*
*banking*
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(in broad usage, the terms “armed forces” + “military” are often treated synonymously, although in ‘technical usage’ a distinction is sometimes made in which a country’s ‘armed forces’ may include both its ‘military’ + other ‘paramilitary forces’)
(‘armed force’ is the use of ‘armed forces’ to achieve ‘political objectives’)
(there are various forms of ‘irregular military forces’, not belonging to a ‘recognized state’; though they share many attributes with ‘regular military forces’, they are less often referred to as simply “military”)
(the profession of ‘soldiering’ as part of a ‘military’ is older than ‘recorded history’ itself)
(some of the most enduring images of (the?) ‘classical antiquity’ portray the ‘power’ + ‘feats’ of its ‘military leaders’)
(the ‘battle of kadesh’ in ‘1274 BC’ was one of the defining points of pharaoh ramses II’s reign, and is celebrated in ‘bas-relief’ on his ‘monuments’)
(1000 years later, the first emperor of unified ‘china’ (‘qin shi huang’) was so determined to impress the ‘gods’ with his ‘military might’, he was buried with an army of ‘terracotta soldiers’)
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*the ‘romans’ were dedicated to ‘military matters’, leaving to ‘posterity’ many ‘treatises’ + ‘writings’, as well as a large number of ‘lavishly carved triumphal arches’ + ‘victory columns’*
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