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*as of ‘12 NOVEMBER 2023’*
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*the american armed forces are the ‘federal armed forces’ of the ‘united states’*
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(they consist of the…)
‘army’
‘marine corps’
‘navy’
‘air force’
‘coast guard’
‘space force’
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(the president of the united states is the military’s overall head, and helps form ‘military policy’ with the U.S. department of defense (‘DoD’), (‘a federal executive department’), acting as the ‘principal organ’ by which ‘military policy’ is carried out)
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(from the time of its inception, the ‘military’ played a decisive role in the history of the ‘united states’)
(a sense of national ‘unity’ + ‘identity’ was forged as a result of victory in the ‘first barbary war’ + ‘second barbary war’)
(even so, the ‘founders’ were suspicious of a ‘permanent military force’)
(it played an important role in the “american civil war”, where ‘leading generals’ on both sides were picked from members of the “united states military’)
(not until the outbreak of “world war II” did a ‘large standing army’ become ‘officially established’)
(the “national security act of 1947′, (adopted following “world war 2” and during the cold war’s onset, created the ‘modern U.S. military framework’)
(the ‘act’ merged previously the cabinet-level “department of war” and the “department of the navy” into the ‘national military establishment’ (renamed the “department of defense” in ‘1949’), headed by the ‘secretary of defense’; and created the “department of the ‘air force'” and ‘national security council’)
(the ‘U.S. military’ is one of the largest militaries in terms of ‘# of personnel’)
(it draws its ‘personnel’ from a large pool of ‘paid volunteers’; although ‘conscription’ has been used in the past in various times of both ‘war’ and ‘peace’, it has not been used since ‘1972’)
(as of ‘2016’, the ‘united states’ spends about ‘$580.3 billion annually’ to fund its ‘military forces’ and “overseas contingency operations”)
(put together, the ‘united states’ constitutes roughly 40% of the world’s ‘military expenditures’)
(for the period ‘2010 – 2014′, the “stockholm international peace research institute’ (‘SIPRI’) found that the ‘united states’ was the world’s largest exporter of ‘major arms’, accounting for 31% of ‘global shares’)
(the ‘united states’ was also the world’s 8th largest importer of ‘major weapons’ for the same period)
(the ‘US military’ has ‘significant capabilities’ in both ‘defense’ + ‘power projection’ due to its ‘large budget’, resulting in ‘advanced’ + ‘powerful’ equipment, and its widespread deployment of ‘force’ around the world, including about ‘800 military bases’ in ‘foreign locations’)
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*GOOD ALBUM TITLE”*
(write a song for “veterans day”)
(for both of your grandfathers long since ‘passed away’)
(you only lose your mother once)
(only ‘cheryl lynn’ knows how it feels)
“veteran’s day”
(november 11th)
(even if it falls on a weekend)
(to commemorate the armistice ending WWI?)
(the “armistice” of ’11 november 1918′)
(making ‘2017’ the 99th anniversary)
(and ‘2018’ the 100th anniversary)
(play a show in “compiègne”!)
(if they’ll even allow me out of this country with warrants out for my arrest)
(“hey, we’re fragile artists here!)
“Armistice of Compiègne”
(a commune in ‘northern france’)
(“compiègne” (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃pjɛɲ]) is a commune in the ‘oise’ department in ‘northern france’)
(it is located on the ‘oise river’)
(its inhabitants are called “compiégnois”)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥