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The Chief of Staff delegates remaining executive duties to two deputy chiefs of staff (who hold the rank of
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3655:
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3568:
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3114:
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3082:Bophuthatswana
3079:
3075:
3073:
3069:
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3066:
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3059:
3057:
3049:
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2697:
2696:
2694:
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2683:
2673:
2662:
2659:
2658:
2656:
2655:
2644:Chief of Staff
2638:
2637:
2636:
2627:
2625:Micheál Martin
2609:
2606:
2605:
2595:
2593:
2592:
2585:
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2570:
2561:
2560:
2558:
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2527:
2522:
2517:
2515:Gerald McMahon
2512:
2507:
2502:
2497:
2492:
2487:
2482:
2477:
2472:
2467:
2462:
2457:
2452:
2447:
2442:
2440:Daniel McKenna
2437:
2432:
2430:Joseph Sweeney
2427:
2422:
2417:
2413:
2411:
2403:
2402:
2393:
2391:
2389:
2388:
2383:
2381:Seán Mac Mahon
2378:
2373:
2367:
2365:
2357:
2356:
2347:
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2337:
2330:
2322:
2314:
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2291:
2259:
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2201:
2191:
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2168:
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2157:
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2139:
2136:
2133:
2112:
2104:
2103:
2101:
2097:
2096:
2088:
2085:
2082:
2081:12 August 2013
2079:
2070:O'Boyle, Conor
2067:
2059:
2058:
2056:
2052:
2051:
2043:
2040:
2039:12 August 2013
2037:
2034:
2022:
2014:
2013:
2011:
2007:
2006:
1998:
1995:
1992:
1989:
1971:Earley, Dermot
1968:
1960:
1959:
1957:
1953:
1952:
1944:
1941:
1938:
1935:
1926:Sreenan, James
1923:
1915:
1914:
1912:
1908:
1907:
1899:
1896:
1893:
1890:
1878:
1870:
1869:
1867:
1863:
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1845:
1828:
1820:
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1813:
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1804:
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1798:
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1793:Gerald McMahon
1785:
1777:
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1770:
1769:
1761:
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1653:O'Neill, Tadgh
1650:
1642:
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1634:
1626:
1623:
1620:
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1605:
1597:
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1339:
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1320:
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1309:
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1295:11 months
1293:
1290:
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1263:
1262:
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1256:
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1247:
1244:
1241:
1238:
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1199:
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1151:
1148:
1138:
1130:
1129:
1127:
1123:
1122:
1114:
1111:
1108:
1105:
1102:Daniel McKenna
1093:
1085:
1084:
1082:
1078:
1077:
1069:
1066:
1063:
1060:
1044:
1036:
1035:
1033:
1029:
1028:
1020:
1017:
1014:
1011:
1004:Joseph Sweeney
995:
987:
986:
984:
980:
979:
971:
968:
965:
962:
949:Mac Eoin, Seán
946:
938:
937:
935:
931:
930:
922:
919:
916:
913:
897:
889:
888:
886:
882:
881:
873:
870:
867:
864:
854:
846:
845:
843:
839:
838:
830:
827:
824:
821:
814:Seán Mac Mahon
805:
797:
796:
794:
790:
789:
781:
778:
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756:
748:
747:
745:
741:
740:
730:
727:
724:
721:
705:
697:
696:
694:
690:
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685:Time in office
683:
680:
677:
676:Chief of Staff
674:
671:
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659:
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647:
640:
637:
627:
623:
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614:
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411:Major General
404:
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365:
363:
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355:
345:
337:
335:
332:
328:
327:
317:
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267:Chief of Staff
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241:
237:
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214:
120:
119:
114:
110:
109:
104:
100:
99:
93:
89:
88:
83:
79:
78:
73:
69:
68:
66:Defence Forces
57:
56:
40:
33:
32:
29:
28:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4099:
4088:
4085:
4083:
4080:
4078:
4075:
4073:
4070:
4069:
4067:
4048:
4045:
4044:
4042:
4038:
4032:
4029:
4027:
4024:
4023:
4020:
4017:
4015:Supranational
4013:
4002:
4000:
3997:
3995:
3992:
3990:
3987:
3985:
3982:
3980:
3977:
3976:
3973:
3970:
3966:
3956:
3953:
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3948:
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3928:
3926:
3923:
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3913:
3911:
3908:
3906:
3903:
3901:
3898:
3896:
3893:
3891:
3888:
3887:
3885:
3881:
3875:
3872:
3870:
3869:South Ossetia
3867:
3865:
3862:
3860:
3857:
3855:
3852:
3850:
3847:
3846:
3844:
3842:
3836:
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3825:
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3807:
3805:
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3800:
3797:
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3790:
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3649:
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3641:
3639:
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3634:
3631:
3629:
3626:
3624:
3621:
3619:
3616:
3614:
3611:
3609:
3606:
3605:
3602:
3599:
3595:
3585:
3584:South Vietnam
3582:
3580:
3577:
3574:
3572:
3569:
3566:
3565:
3563:
3559:
3553:
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3549:
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3523:
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3508:
3505:
3503:
3500:
3498:
3495:
3493:
3490:
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3478:
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3423:
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3418:
3415:
3413:
3410:
3408:
3405:
3403:
3400:
3398:
3395:
3393:
3390:
3388:
3385:
3383:
3380:
3376:
3373:
3371:
3368:
3367:
3366:
3363:
3361:
3358:
3356:
3353:
3351:
3348:
3346:
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3341:
3338:
3336:
3333:
3331:
3328:
3326:
3323:
3321:
3318:
3316:
3313:
3312:
3309:
3306:
3302:
3292:
3289:
3287:
3284:
3282:
3281:United States
3279:
3277:
3274:
3272:
3269:
3267:
3264:
3262:
3259:
3257:
3254:
3252:
3249:
3245:
3242:
3240:
3237:
3236:
3234:
3232:
3229:
3227:
3224:
3222:
3219:
3217:
3214:
3212:
3209:
3207:
3204:
3202:
3199:
3197:
3194:
3192:
3189:
3187:
3184:
3182:
3179:
3177:
3174:
3172:
3169:
3167:
3164:
3162:
3159:
3157:
3154:
3152:
3149:
3147:
3144:
3142:
3139:
3138:
3135:
3132:
3128:
3118:
3115:
3113:
3110:
3108:
3105:
3103:
3100:
3098:
3095:
3093:
3092:British Egypt
3090:
3088:
3085:
3083:
3080:
3077:
3076:
3074:
3070:
3064:
3061:
3060:
3058:
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3033:
3031:
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3026:
3023:
3021:
3018:
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3011:
3008:
3006:
3003:
3001:
2998:
2996:
2993:
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2986:
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2978:
2976:
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2968:
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2926:
2923:
2921:
2918:
2916:
2913:
2911:
2908:
2906:
2903:
2901:
2900:Guinea-Bissau
2898:
2896:
2893:
2891:
2888:
2886:
2883:
2881:
2878:
2876:
2873:
2871:
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2811:
2808:
2806:
2803:
2801:
2798:
2796:
2793:
2791:
2788:
2786:
2783:
2782:
2779:
2776:
2772:
2768:
2767:
2761:
2752:
2747:
2745:
2740:
2738:
2733:
2732:
2729:
2715:
2712:
2710:
2707:
2706:
2705:
2702:
2701:
2698:
2692:
2691:Naval Service
2688:
2684:
2682:
2678:
2674:
2672:
2668:
2664:
2663:
2660:
2653:
2649:
2645:
2642:
2639:
2635:
2631:
2628:
2626:
2622:
2619:
2618:
2617:
2614:
2611:
2610:
2607:
2603:
2599:
2591:
2586:
2584:
2579:
2577:
2572:
2571:
2568:
2556:
2553:
2551:
2548:
2546:
2545:Conor O'Boyle
2543:
2541:
2538:
2536:
2535:Dermot Earley
2533:
2531:
2530:James Sreenan
2528:
2526:
2523:
2521:
2518:
2516:
2513:
2511:
2508:
2506:
2503:
2501:
2500:Tadhg O'Neill
2498:
2496:
2493:
2491:
2488:
2486:
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2481:
2478:
2476:
2473:
2471:
2468:
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2451:
2448:
2446:
2443:
2441:
2438:
2436:
2433:
2431:
2428:
2426:
2425:Seán Mac Eoin
2423:
2421:
2418:
2415:
2414:
2412:
2408:
2404:
2397:
2387:
2384:
2382:
2379:
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2374:
2372:
2369:
2368:
2366:
2362:
2358:
2354:
2350:
2343:
2338:
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2329:
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2323:
2320:
2302:. military.ie
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2151:
2150:Naval Service
2147:
2143:
2140:
2137:
2134:
2128:
2126:
2122:
2115:Mellett, Mark
2113:
2108:
2102:
2099:
2098:
2093:
2089:
2086:
2083:
2080:
2078:
2077:
2076:Conor O'Boyle
2068:
2063:
2057:
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2032:
2023:
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1977:Dermot Earley
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1888:
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1797:February 1995
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1757:December 1994
1756:
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1698:Parker, James
1696:
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1681:
1676:
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1664:February 1986
1663:
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1659:Tadgh O'Neill
1651:
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1640:
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3482:Saudi Arabia
3005:South Africa
2995:Sierra Leone
2805:Burkina Faso
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2709:Army Reserve
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2612:
2550:Mark Mellett
2505:James Parker
2470:Sean MacEoin
2460:Sean MacEoin
2420:Daniel Hogan
2410:(since 1924)
2371:Eoin O'Duffy
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2304:. Retrieved
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2282:. Retrieved
2275:the original
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2252:11 September
2250:. Retrieved
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2171:Clancy, Seán
2141:6 years
2121:Mark Mellett
2119:
2117:Vice Admiral
2074:
2029:
2025:McCann, Sean
1991:28 June 2007
1975:
1940:28 June 2007
1930:
1885:
1881:Mangan, Colm
1835:
1792:
1749:
1745:Bergin, Noel
1711:October 1989
1703:James Parker
1702:
1667:October 1989
1657:
1612:
1558:
1554:Hogan, Louis
1513:
1470:
1425:
1378:John McKeown
1376:
1338:January 1961
1327:
1323:Powell, Sean
1289:January 1960
1280:John McKeown
1278:
1240:January 1955
1233:
1195:January 1952
1188:
1156:3 years
1153:January 1952
1150:January 1949
1145:
1141:Archer, Liam
1113:9 years
1110:January 1949
1107:January 1940
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1065:January 1940
1062:October 1931
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1019:2 years
1016:October 1931
1013:October 1929
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967:October 1929
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3839:states with
3809:Switzerland
3754:Netherlands
3542:states with
3472:Philippines
3412:South Korea
3407:North Korea
3345:PR of China
3315:Afghanistan
3206:El Salvador
3053:states with
3010:South Sudan
2905:Ivory Coast
2648:Seán Clancy
2555:Seán Clancy
2540:Sean McCann
2525:Colm Mangan
2510:Noel Bergin
2490:Louis Hogan
2445:Liam Archer
2364:(1922–1924)
2177:Seán Clancy
2131:(born 1958)
2036:9 June 2010
2031:Sean McCann
1994:9 June 2010
1987:(1948–2010)
1887:Colm Mangan
1847:August 1998
1800:August 1998
1750:Noel Bergin
1707:(1929–2020)
1570:(1921–2001)
1560:Louis Hogan
1520:August 1976
1383:(1910–1998)
1334:(1905–1991)
1285:(1910–1998)
1146:Liam Archer
1058:(1896–1986)
1009:(1897–1980)
960:(1893–1973)
823:August 1922
819:(1893–1955)
777:August 1922
770:(1886–1971)
719:(1890–1944)
682:Left office
679:Took office
541:2nd Brigade
508:1st Brigade
287:Seán Clancy
45:Seán Clancy
4066:Categories
3955:Yugoslavia
3749:Montenegro
3726:Luxembourg
3623:Azerbaijan
3522:Uzbekistan
3502:Tajikistan
3422:Kyrgyzstan
3402:Kazakhstan
3350:East Timor
3325:Bangladesh
3063:Somaliland
2990:Seychelles
2955:Mozambique
2945:Mauritania
2930:Madagascar
2820:Cape Verde
2450:W. A. Egan
2229:References
1754:April 1992
1714:April 1992
1619:April 1984
1577:April 1984
1475:April 1971
1432:April 1971
1390:March 1971
1387:April 1962
1341:March 1962
1190:W. A. Egan
915:March 1927
869:March 1927
866:March 1924
826:March 1924
494:Incumbent
491:Photograph
256:Photograph
82:Reports to
3979:Australia
3731:Macedonia
3721:Lithuania
3579:Manchukuo
3575:Mengjiang
3492:Sri Lanka
3487:Singapore
3360:Indonesia
3291:Venezuela
3251:Nicaragua
3211:Guatemala
3146:Argentina
2681:Air Corps
2199:Air Corps
2186:Incumbent
1574:June 1981
1523:June 1981
1478:July 1976
1435:July 1971
774:July 1922
726:July 1922
673:Portrait
607:Air Corps
474:Commodore
306:D COS Ops
297:Air Corps
259:Incumbent
211:D COS Ops
169:Air Corps
103:Appointer
92:Nominator
72:Member of
41:Incumbent
3849:Abkhazia
3794:Slovenia
3789:Slovakia
3769:Portugal
3643:Bulgaria
3507:Thailand
3467:Pakistan
3447:Mongolia
3442:Maldives
3437:Malaysia
3340:Cambodia
3271:Suriname
3256:Paraguay
3226:Honduras
3186:Colombia
3156:Barbados
3130:Americas
3107:Transkei
3102:Rhodesia
3043:Zimbabwe
3020:Tanzania
2875:Ethiopia
2870:Eswatini
2850:Djibouti
2840:DR Congo
2815:Cameroon
2800:Botswana
2621:Minister
2207:See also
1184:Egan, W.
911:(1895–?)
583:GOC DFTC
482:Position
389:Overseas
334:D COS Sp
250:Position
222:D COS Sp
4003:Vanuatu
3968:Oceania
3910:Prussia
3854:Artsakh
3829:Vatican
3819:Ukraine
3774:Romania
3741:Moldova
3706:Ireland
3702:Iceland
3698:Hungary
3688:Georgia
3683:Germany
3673:Finland
3668:Estonia
3663:Denmark
3648:Croatia
3633:Belgium
3628:Belarus
3618:Austria
3613:Armenia
3608:Albania
3527:Vietnam
3452:Myanmar
3432:Lebanon
3320:Bahrain
3286:Uruguay
3235:Mexico
3231:Jamaica
3201:Ecuador
3166:Bolivia
3151:Bahamas
3030:Tunisia
3000:Somalia
2985:Senegal
2970:Nigeria
2960:Namibia
2950:Morocco
2920:Liberia
2915:Lesotho
2865:Eritrea
2835:Comoros
2810:Burundi
2785:Algeria
2704:Reserve
2351:of the
2306:11 July
2284:11 July
951:General
902:General
859:General
810:General
761:General
710:General
262:Branch
233:ACOS Sp
190:(NSC).
113:Website
4040:former
3883:former
3859:Kosovo
3814:Turkey
3804:Sweden
3784:Serbia
3779:Russia
3764:Poland
3759:Norway
3745:Monaco
3716:Latvia
3693:Greece
3678:France
3653:Cyprus
3597:Europe
3561:former
3417:Kuwait
3397:Jordan
3387:Israel
3335:Brunei
3330:Bhutan
3216:Guyana
3176:Canada
3171:Brazil
3161:Belize
3087:Ciskei
3078:Biafra
3072:former
3039:Zambia
3035:Uganda
2975:Rwanda
2935:Malawi
2895:Guinea
2885:Gambia
2790:Angola
2774:Africa
485:Branch
132:HQ in
3999:Tonga
3799:Spain
3736:Malta
3711:Italy
3532:Yemen
3497:Syria
3477:Qatar
3457:Nepal
3392:Japan
3355:India
3221:Haiti
3181:Chile
3117:Zaire
3112:Venda
3015:Sudan
2965:Niger
2925:Libya
2910:Kenya
2890:Ghana
2880:Gabon
2855:Egypt
2795:Benin
2278:(PDF)
2271:(PDF)
639:FOCNS
149:Irish
4031:NATO
3984:Fiji
3462:Oman
3427:Laos
3382:Iraq
3375:IRGC
3365:Iran
3304:Asia
3261:Peru
3191:Cuba
3025:Togo
2940:Mali
2830:Chad
2671:Army
2308:2015
2286:2015
2254:2012
2095:Army
2050:Army
2005:Army
1951:Army
1906:Army
1861:Army
1811:Army
1768:Army
1725:Army
1678:Army
1633:Army
1588:Army
1534:Army
1489:Army
1446:Army
1401:Army
1357:(13)
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1303:Army
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1209:Army
1164:Army
1121:Army
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1027:Army
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929:Army
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738:Army
578:Army
545:Army
512:Army
456:Army
431:EUMC
423:Army
381:Army
362:ACOS
353:Army
325:Army
227:The
216:The
205:The
167:and
161:Army
139:The
3370:AJA
2125:DSM
1981:DSM
1841:DSM
1564:DSM
669:No.
270:COS
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130:DoD
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