Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/National militaries task force
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Welcome to the National militaries task force of the Military history WikiProject! The task force coordinators are Nick Dowling (talk), Woody (talk) and Eurocopter tigre (talk).
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[edit] Scope
This task force includes the core articles which cover currently operational national armed forces (e.g. the United States Armed Forces) and their individual service branches (e.g. the Russian Navy). Countries and branches no longer in existence are not currently included.
[edit] Participants
Please remember to also add your name to the main list of project members if you are not yet listed there.
- Askari Mark (talk · contribs) (Air Forces worldwide, especially the poorly known ones)
- Buckshot06 (talk · contribs) (sub-Saharan Africa, former Soviet Union, Indonesia)
- Dudtz (talk · contribs) (United States of America,United Kingdom,Russia,Soviet Union,and others.)
- Hcberkowitz (talk · contribs) (sub-Saharan Africa (especially Sudan, Uganda, Sierra Leone, South Africa), C3I (including arms transfer/sales))
- Kyriakos (talk · contribs) (Greece and other Balkan countries)
- Narson (talk · contribs)
- Nick Dowling (talk · contribs) (Asia-Pacific, small countries)
- Smsarmad (talk · contribs) (Pakistan Armed Forces)
[edit] Tagging and assessment
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Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding National-task-force=yes (or National=yes) to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:National militaries task force articles.
[edit] Templates
- Userbox: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Outreach/User WPMILHIST National militaries task force}}
[edit] National military infobox
| Swiss Armed Forces |
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| Military age | 19 years of age |
| Available for military service |
1,707,694 males, age 19–49 (2005 est.), 1,662,099 females, age 19–49 (2005 est.) |
| Fit for military service |
1,375,889 males, age 19–49 (2005 est.), 1,342,945 females, age 19–49 (2005 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually |
46,319 males (2005 est.), 43,829 females (2005 est.) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $3.1 billion (FY98) |
| Percent of GDP | 1 (2005 est.) |
A national military infobox may be used to summarize information about a country's military and armed forces. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox National Military}} template, as shown below:
{{Infobox National Military
|country=
|name=
|native_name=
|image=
|caption=
|image2=
|caption2=
|founded=
|current_form=
|disbanded=
|branches=
|headquarters=
|flying_hours=
<!-- Leadership -->
|commander-in-chief=
|commander-in-chief_title=
|minister=
|minister_title=
|commander=
|commander_title=
<!-- Manpower -->
|age=
|conscription=
|manpower_data=
|manpower_age=
|available=
|available_f=
|fit=
|fit_f=
|reaching=
|reaching_f=
|active=
|ranked=
|reserve=
|deployed=
<!-- Financial -->
|amount=
|percent_GDP=
<!-- Industrial -->
|domestic_suppliers=
|foreign_suppliers=
|imports=
|exports=
<!-- Related aricles -->
|history=
|ranks=
}}
- country – optional – the name of the country.
- name – optional – the name of the country's armed forces, if different from "Military of Country".
- native_name – optional – the name of the country's armed forces in that country's official language(s), if other than English.
- image – optional – an image relevant to the county's armed forces. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
- caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
- image2 – optional – a secondary image relevant to the county's armed forces. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
- caption2 – optional – the text to be placed below the secondary image.
- founded – optional – the date when the armed forces were founded.
- current_form – optional – in cases where the armed forces have undergone major reorganizations, the date when they took their current form.
- disbanded – optional – the date when the armed force were disbanded.
- branches – optional – the service branches (e.g. army, navy, air force, etc.) that comprise the armed forces.
- headquarters – optional – the headquarters of the armed forces.
- flying_hours – optional – the hours flown by the armed forces' air arm, if any.
Leadership parameters:
- commander-in-chief – optional – the formal commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
- commander-in-chief_title – optional – the formal title of the commander-in-chief named above; this defaults to "Commander-in-Chief" if left blank.
- minister – optional – the civilian official (generally a minister or secretary) responsible for the armed forces.
- minister_title – optional – the formal title of the official named above; this defaults to "Minister of Defense" if left blank.
- commander – optional – the overall military commander or chief military leader of the armed forces.
- commander_title – optional – the formal title of the military commander named above; this defaults to "Chief of staff" if left blank.
Manpower parameters:
- age – optional – the minumum (and, if applicable, maximum) ages for military service.
- conscription – optional – the conscription age and term.
- manpower_data – optional – the source of the manpower data; for example, if the data is a 1998 estimate, this should be indicated as "1998 est.".
- manpower_age – optional – the ages assumed for the manpower data; for example, if the data considers people of age 15–49 to be of military age, this should be indicated as "15–49".
- available – optional – the total number of people of the proper age for military service; this may indicate either males and females together, or only males if the available_f field is used.
- available_f – optional – for coutries that allow female military service, the total number of females of the proper age; if this field is used, the available field should only indicate males.
- fit – optional – the total number of people of the proper age fit for service; this may indicate either males and females together, or only males if the fit_f field is used.
- fit_f – optional – for coutries that allow female military service, the total number of females of the proper age fit for service; if this field is used, the fit field should only indicate males.
- reaching – optional – the total number of people reaching military age each year; this may indicate either males and females together, or only males if the reaching_f field is used.
- reaching_f – optional – for coutries that allow female military service, the total number of females reaching military age each year; if this field is used, the reaching field should only indicate males.
- active – optional – the total number of personnel currently in the country's armed forces.
- ranked – optional – the ranking of the country on the list of countries by number of active troops (e.g. "21st").
- reserve – optional – the total number of reserve personnel in the country's armed forces.
- deployed – optional – the total number of personnel currently deployed outside the country's borders.
Financial parameters:
- amount – optional – the country's total military expendiures.
- percent_GDP – optional – the percent of the country's GDP spent on military expenditures.
Industrial parameters:
- domestic_suppliers – optional – the major domestic suppliers of equipment to the country's armed forces.
- foreign_suppliers – optional – the major foreign suppliers of equipment to the country's armed forces; this may be either countries or more specific organizations.
- imports – optional – the total value of annual military imports by the country.
- exports – optional – the total value of annual military exports by the country.
Related articles:
- history – optional – links to one or more articles about the country's military history.
- ranks – optional – links to one or more articles about the country's military ranks.
[edit] Categories
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[edit] To-do
- Attention needed
- ...to referencing and citation (136) • ...to coverage and accuracy (65) • ...to structure (12) • ...to grammar (9) • ...to supporting materials (24)
- Expansion needed
- Military of Nigeria • Korean People's Army
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- Collect categories, resource links, and templates.
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[edit] Resources
Please use the following format when adding works:
* <!-- bibliographical information --> ** Content: *** <!-- optional content summary --> ** Reviews: *** <!-- commentary on work by historians & other reputable sources --> ** Editor comments: *** <!-- personal commentary by editors -->
[edit] Websites
- CIA World Factbook
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- Includes brief summaries of countries military and military potential
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- Very useful for filling in the national military infobox
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- Scramble.nl Dutch Aviation Society website
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- Detailed orders of battle of modern air forces
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- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute website
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- Summaries of the SIPRI Yearbook and databases of conflicts, military spending and arms production
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- United Nations peacekeeping home page
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- Information on current and past UN peace keeping missions
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- United States military Defense Visual Information Center
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- Photos of the US military and foreign militaries. All photos are in the public domain and can be used freely on Wikipedia.
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