Examples of Civil Air Patrol in the following topics:
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- La Guardia also formalized the creation of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) -
the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force - with Administrative Order 9, signed on 1 December 1941 and published 8 December 1941.
- The order outlined the Civil Air Patrol's organization and named its first national commander as Major General John F.
- The air crews of the patrol aircraft were to keep in touch with their bases and notify the Army Air Forces and Navy in the area when a U-boat was sighted, and to remain in the area until relieved.
- Civil Air Patrol poster produced for the Office of Civilian Defense as part of a campaign to build interest in joining CAP during World War II.
- Examine the role of the Civil Air Patrol and the Civil Defense Corps in monitoring home-front security during World War II.
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- The principle of white supremacy, accepted by almost all white southerners of all classes, made slavery seem legitimate, natural, and essential for a civilized society.
- For example, the "slave patrols" were among the institutions bringing together southern whites of all classes in support of the prevailing economic and racial order.
- Serving as slave "patrollers" and "overseers" offered white southerners positions of power and honor.
- Slave "patrollers" and "overseers" also won prestige in their communities.
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- The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder.
- The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder.
- Police forces are often defined as being separate from military or other organizations involved in the defense of the state against foreign aggressors; however, gendarmerie and military police are military units charged with civil policing.
- Preventive police designates the police that patrol and respond to emergencies and other incidents, as opposed to detective services.
- They perform paramilitary type patrols and ambushes whilst retaining their police powers in areas that were highly dangerous.
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- In 1999, a report on the Guatemalan Civil War from the Commission for Historical Clarification, sponsored by the United Nations, stated that "The United States demonstrated that it was willing to provide support for strong military regimes in its strategic backyard.
- -funded air shipments of supplies to the Contras.
- Reagan provided controversial support to the right-wing El Salvador government and all branches of the security apparatus throughout his term; he feared a takeover by the
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) during the El Salvador Civil War which had begun in 1979.
- These activities included the mining of Nicaragua's harbors as well as attacking a naval base and patrol boats.
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- Never for one moment could we forget that everything happening elsewhere, on land, at sea or in the air depended ultimately on its outcome.
- In 1941, Enigma intercepts enabled the British to plot the positions of U-boat patrol lines and route convoys around them.
- Further air cover was provided by the introduction of merchant aircraft carriers (MAC ships), and later the growing numbers of American-built escort carriers.
- By spring 1943, the British had also developed an effective sea-scanning radar small enough to be carried in patrol aircraft armed with airborne depth charges.
- The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and other warships of the German Navy, along with aircrafts of the German Air Force, against Allied merchant convoys.
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- Many early cities were surrounded by patrolled walls, demonstrating the importance of protection in urban centers of early civilizations.
- Examples include Alexandria and Antioch of the Hellenistic civilization, Carthage, and ancient Rome and its eastern successor, Constantinople (later Istanbul).
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- Backed by U.S. air and artillery support (American troops were forbidden to enter Laos), the ARVN moved across the border along Route 9.
- Combat patrols continued there until November 11 when the U.S. handed over the base to the South Vietnamese.
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- Lichens fulfill many ecological roles, including acting as indicator species, which allow scientists to track the health of a habitat because of their sensitivity to air pollution.
- The insects also patrol their garden, preying on competing fungi.
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- One of the first laws that protected whistleblowers was the 1863 United States False Claim Act, which tried to combat fraud by suppliers of the United States government during the Civil War.
- Similar protections were included in subsequent federal environmental laws including the Safe Drinking water Act (1974), Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and the Clean Air Act (1990) .
- Those who report a false claim against the federal government and as a result suffer adverse employment actions may have up to six years to file a civil suit for remedies under the US False Claims Act.
- The original source must be the first to file a federal civil complaint for recovery of the funds fraudulently obtained, while also avoiding publicizing the fraud claim until the Justice Department decides whether to prosecute the claim.
- The signing of the Clean Air Act, the first U.S. environmental law offering employee protection as a result of whistleblower action.
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- The violent outbreaks in Bosnia, Yugoslavia, and Kosovo ended with NATO air strikes led by the Clinton administration.
- Much of the focus of Clinton's foreign policy during his first term was the civil war, or war of aggression, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (often referred to simply as Bosnia), a nation in southeastern Europe that declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1992.
- The air campaign, along with a counteroffensive by a better-equipped Muslim and Croatian forces, succeeded in pressuring Bosnian Serbs to negotiate peace.
- NATO air strikes devastated Yugoslavia.
- It was the first time in NATO's history that its forces had attacked a European country and the first time in which air power alone won a battle.