Politics

A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manoeuvring known as drilling or marching. The military parade is now almost entirely ceremonial, though soldiers from time immemorial up until the late 19th century fought in formation.

[GARD] Women have been a part of the war effort since the Revolutionary War, but in the early days of our nation they had to cloak themselves in disguise to serve alongside men. When they were accepted into the military, women were given auxiliary roles. As the weapons and methods of warfare changed in the late 20th century, however, the …

[GARD] Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961, in Hawaii. His parents, who met as students at the University of Hawaii, were Ann Dunham, a white American from Kansas, and Barack Obama, Sr., a black Kenyan studying in the United States. Obama’s father left the family when Obama was two and, after further studies at Harvard University, …

Paws off, plebeians. Morocco’s crown prince Moulay Hassan will have none of your weird hand pandering, thankyouverymuch.As a recent viral video demonstrates, misguided military officials who attempt to kiss the young royal’s hand are, as a rule, coolly rebuffed.

Workers should be allowed naps in the afternoon and encouraged to clock-in whenever they want, to encourage a more creative and productive workforce, an academic has suggested. [GARD]

Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by a military force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. In practice, this means applying colour and materials to military equipment of all kinds, including vehicles, ships, aircraft, gun positions and battledress, either to conceal it from observation , or to make it appear as something else . [GARD]

Mohammad bin Salman was born 1985 in Jeddah, is the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia, second deputy prime minister and the youngest minister of defense in the world. Mohammad is also chief of the House of Saud royal court, and chairman of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs.

Few foreign tourists visit North Korea, and even fewer get to see the metro stations in Pyongyang. Traveller’s itineraries are highly curated-if you wish to visit the Pyongyang metro stations you can only disembark at a couple stops. [GARD]

The United States presidential election of 2016, scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016, will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. [GARD]