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Qatar also hosts the largest American military base in the Middle East and in 2017 inaugurated a military attache office in Washington. [ 8 ] SIPRI states that Qatar's plans to transform and significantly enlarge its armed forces have accelerated in 2014, and in 2010-14 Qatar was the 46th largest arms importer in the world.
The Korean Augmentation To the United States Army (KATUSA) is a branch of the Republic of Korea Army that consists of Korean drafted personnel who are augmented to the Eighth United States Army (EUSA). KATUSA does not form an individual military unit, instead small numbers of KATUSA members are dispatched throughout most of the Eighth United ...
Qatar has mandatory military service (Arabic: الخدمة العسكرية) for all able-bodied men aged 18 to 25 for a minimum of four months. Draft evasion is punishable by up to a year in prison and a fine of 50,000 riyals, or 13,700 USD. [1] Women may volunteer, but service is not mandatory. [2]
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The unit provides public duties on behalf of the entire military. It provides guards of honor during military ceremonies (e.g. military parades, state visits, and funeral honors). It uses British style honor guard rituals when providing a general salute or conducting any commands in general.
An aerial view of "Log Town" at Al Udeid Air Base in 2004 Al Udeid and other facilities in Qatar serve as logistics , command , and basing hubs for the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations, and oversees U.S. air operations in countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan , and Syria .
Qatar Post (formerly Q-Post) [1] is the national provider of postal services in Qatar. [2] Its headquarters building, the General Post Office, has been on the Doha Corniche since 1988. [2] [3] The company was established in 1950 as the General Postal Corporation and the country's first post office opened in Doha that same year. [2]