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The Bundeswehr (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯] ⓘ, literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part (armed forces or Streitkräfte) and a civil part, the military part consisting of the German Army, German Navy, German Air Force, Joint Support Service, Joint Medical Service, and Cyber and Information Domain Service.
On 10 October 2008, the directive creating the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour for Valour became law upon being published in the Federal Law Gazette and the Federal Gazette. [1] The first recipients of the Cross of Honour for Valour were four soldiers caught up in a suicide attack by Taliban forces on 20 October 2008 southwest of Kunduz, Afghanistan ...
The German Air Force (as part of the Bundeswehr) was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War as the aerial warfare branch of the armed forces of West Germany. After the reunification of West and East Germany in 1990, it integrated parts of the air force of the former German Democratic Republic , which itself had been founded in 1956 as ...
The 45th Panzer Brigade (German: Panzerbrigade 45, abbreviated PzBrig 45), also known as Lithuania Brigade (German: Litauenbrigade) in German public discourse, is a planned brigade of the German Armed Forces ().
Negeri Sembilan state route numbers: N001 – N999 SA3: Sabah state route numbers: SA001 – SA999 A1 Perak state route numbers A001 - A999 C243: Pahang state route numbers C001 - C999 D12: Kelantan state route numbers D001 - D999 K22: Kedah state route numbers K001 - K999 M67: Melaka state route numbers M001 - M999 P5: Pulau Pinang state route ...
The Bundeswehr regulations on traditions (Traditionserlass) are a series of regulations by the Bundeswehr developed in the 1950s that until today with revisions (1982, 2017), [1] all in respect to the German military traditions that have had been upheld by its predecessor services before and the traditions in force today by the current service.
On the reverse it reads FÜR BESONDERE VERDIENSTE BUNDESWEHR (For exceptional merits — Bundeswehr). [6] There is an oak leaf above the word Bundeswehr and that side is also surrounded by an oak leaves wreath. The four higher grades are in the shape of a cross and in the center is the round design of the lowest medal, the reverse reads "For ...
Soldiers of the 10th Panzer Division's SFOR contingent were also involved in the Bundeswehr's first combat operation in 1997 (Operation Libelle). In 2000, the 10th Panzer Division deployed more than 8,000 personnel to the Balkans. Between 2002 and 2003, it deployed to various operations in the Balkans and in Afghanistan.