military

01. In some countries, young men have to do 1 or 2 years [military] service beginning around the age of 18.

02. Before entering the [military] base, you have to check in at the gate.

03. Certain parts of the city are [militarized] zones which only authorized personnel can enter.

04. The President has called in the [military] to help rescuers sort through the rubble of the earthquake.

05. My father joined the [military] as an ordinary seaman just after the war and retired as a Lieutenant-Commander.

06. The democratically-elected President of Chile, Salvador Allende, was assassinated in a [military] coup lead by General Augusto Pinochet.

07. He was a soldier in the [military] for 10 years before becoming a policeman.

08. In 1911, Marechal Ferdinand Foch said that airplanes were interesting toys, but that they had no [military] value.

09. It was reported that Napoleon carried chocolate with him on his [military] campaigns, and always ate it when he needed a boost of energy.

10. In Switzerland when a male reaches 20 years of age, he is required to undergo 15 weeks of [military] training.

11. Muslims gained control over what is now Pakistan through a series of [military] and cultural conquests over five centuries.

12. When Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, it had no [military] because its defense had always been handled by the Soviet army.

13. Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world which does not have a [military].

14. In August of 1996, the former [military] leader of South Korea, Chun Doo-hwan, was sentenced to death.

15. The rebel movement in Colombia lacks the [military] strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government.

16. The [military] installation on the island of Guam is one of the most strategically important American bases in the Pacific.