159 relations: Air assault, Alférez (rank), Alfredo Reinado, Américo Tomás, Angoche, Angola–Cuba relations, Angolan War of Independence, António Ferreira (filmmaker), António Ribeiro, ArmaLite AR-10, Armed Forces General Staff (Portugal), Armed Forces Movement, Army Geospatial Information Center (Portugal), Aspirant, Australia and the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Azores, Bazooka, Bravia (automobile), Caçadores, Camp Boiro, Carnation Revolution, Centro de Informações e Segurança Militares, Chief of staff, Chinese people in Portugal, Commander-in-chief, Commando, Commandos (Portugal), Common Security and Defence Policy, Condor (APC), Constitution of Portugal, Convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Horta), Corporal, Corruption in Portugal, Counter-insurgency, Crime in Portugal, Division of Royal Volunteers, Economic history of Portugal, EMPORDEF, Estado Novo (Portugal), Exercise Real Thaw, Falintil, Fábrica de Braço de Prata, Field Firing Range of Alcochete, Fin flash, Flag of Portugal, Fortress of São João Baptista (Angra do Heroísmo), Fortress of São Miguel, Frente Leste, Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda, German military rifles, ..., Global storm activity of 2010, Goose step, Group of Nine (Portugal), Guarda Fiscal, Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, Head of state, Healthcare in Portugal, Helder Bataglia dos Santos, History of Maputo, History of the Republic of India, History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1961–72), History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1972–77), Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots, House of Braganza, Index of Portugal-related articles, IWI Tavor, J.A. Beleza Ferraz, Judiciary of Portugal, Jungle warfare, Kaúlza de Arriaga, Lajes Field, Light infantry, List of destroyer classes, List of militaries by country, List of military unit mottoes by country, List of Portuguese Air Force aircraft squadrons, List of Portuguese Air Force bases, List of Portuguese flags, List of raids, List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300, LTV A-7P Corsair II, M60 Patton, Macau, Maroon beret, Mário Crespo, Mário Soares, Mercedes-Benz G-Class, Military academy, Military aircraft insignia, Military Battery of Espalamaca, Military beret, Military camouflage, Military colours, standards and guidons, Military history of Angola, Military of Macau under Portuguese rule, Military Ordinariate of Portugal, Military ranks of Portugal, Mozambican War of Independence, MPLA, National Republican Guard (Portugal), National symbols of Portugal, Naval officer ranks, Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio, Operation Abanadela, Operation Eagle (Portugal), Operation Flotilla, Operation Gordian Knot, Operation Green Sea, Operation Jove, Operation Mars (Portugal), Operation Penada, Operation Royal Amethyst, Operation Trident (1963), Ottoman-Portuguese confrontations, Outline of Portugal, Pandur II, Panhard AML, Pathfinders Company (Portugal), Pepetela, Permanent Structured Cooperation, Polícia Judiciária, Portugal during World War II, Portuguese Air Force, Portuguese Air Force Academy, Portuguese Angola, Portuguese Army, Portuguese Colonial War, Portuguese irregular forces in the Overseas War, Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College, Portuguese M1940 helmet, Portuguese Navy, Portuguese Paratroop Nurses, Praia da Vitória, President of Portugal, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, Private (rank), Provincial organization of volunteers and civil defence, Rapid Reaction Brigade (Portugal), Revolutionary Council (Portugal), Rhodesian mission in Lisbon, Salgueiro Maia, São Jacinto Airport, Side cap, SIG Sauer P226, Sika people, Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa, South African Border War, Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–77), Special Actions Detachment, Special Groups (Portugal), SS America (1939), Staff college, The Two Faces of War, Timor Leste Defence Force, United Nations Security Council Resolution 204, USS Peterson (DD-969), Viriatos, 552 Squadron (Portugal), 601 Squadron (Portugal). Expand index (109 more) »
Air assault
Air assault is the movement of ground-based military forces by vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft—such as the helicopter—to seize and hold key terrain which has not been fully secured, and to directly engage enemy forces behind enemy lines.
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Alférez (rank)
Alférez is a junior officer rank in the militaries of Spain, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
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Alfredo Reinado
Alfredo Alves Reinado (11 November 1968 – 11 February 2008), sometimes spelled Reinhado, was a major in the military of Timor-Leste, the Timor Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL).
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Américo Tomás
Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás (or Thomaz), GCC, GOA, GOSE, (19 November 1894 – 18 September 1987) was a Portuguese Navy officer and politician.
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Angoche
Angoche is a city of Nampula Province in Mozambique.
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Angola–Cuba relations
Angola-Cuba diplomatic relations refers to the historical and current bilateral relationship between Angola and Cuba.
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Angolan War of Independence
The Angolan War of Independence (1961–1974) began as an uprising against forced cotton cultivation, and it became a multi-faction struggle for the control of Portugal's overseas province of Angola among three nationalist movements and a separatist movement.
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António Ferreira (filmmaker)
António Ferreira (born 1970 in Coimbra) is a Portuguese film director and producer.
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António Ribeiro
Dom António II Ribeiro (21 May 1928 – 24 March 1998) was a Portuguese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who was Patriarch of Lisbon from 1971 until his death in 1998.
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ArmaLite AR-10
The ArmaLite AR-10 is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle developed by Eugene Stoner in the late 1950s and manufactured by ArmaLite, then a division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation.
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Armed Forces General Staff (Portugal)
The Armed Forces General Staff (Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas), or EMGFA, is the supreme military body of Portugal.
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Armed Forces Movement
A mural dedicated to the MFA, it reads: ''Towards freedom. Long live the 25th of April!'' The Armed Forces Movement (Movimento das Forças Armadas; MFA) was an organisation of lower-ranked left-leaning officers in the Portuguese Armed Forces.
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Army Geospatial Information Center (Portugal)
The Centro de Informação Geoespacial do Exército (Portuguese for "Army Geospatial Information Center") or CIGeoE is the military geographical, cartographical and geospatial intelligence agency of the Portuguese Army.
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Aspirant
Aspirant is a military rank in the Royal Canadian Navy, Estonian Defence Forces, French military, Brazilian military, Portuguese military, Italian Air Force, Argentinian Armed Forces, Romanian Navy, Polish Policja and Państwowa Straż Pożarna.
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Australia and the Indonesian occupation of East Timor
Australia, a close neighbour of both Indonesia and East Timor, was the only country to recognise Indonesia's annexation of East Timor.
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Azores
The Azores (or; Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.
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Bazooka
Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely fielded by the United States Army.
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Bravia (automobile)
Bravia was a Portuguese vehicle manufacturer.
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Caçadores
The Caçadores were the elite light infantry troops of the Portuguese Army, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Camp Boiro
Camp Boiro or Camp Mamadou Boiro (1960 – 1984) is a defunct Guinean concentration camp within Conakry city.
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Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos), also referred to as the 25th of April (vinte e cinco de Abril), was initially a military coup in Lisbon, Portugal, on 25 April 1974 which overthrew the authoritarian regime of the Estado Novo.
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Centro de Informações e Segurança Militares
Centro de Informações e Segurança Militares (Portuguese for "Military Security and Informations Center") or CISMIL is the joint military intelligence service of the Armed Forces of Portugal.
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Chief of staff
The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a president or a senior military officer.
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Chinese people in Portugal
Chinese people in Portugal (Chinese: 葡萄牙華人, Cantonese Yale: pòuh tòuh ngàh wàh yàhn) form the country's largest Asian community, but only the twelfth-largest foreign community overall.
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Commander-in-chief
A commander-in-chief, also sometimes called supreme commander, or chief commander, is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces.
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Commando
A commando is a soldier or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force often specializing in amphibious landings, parachuting or abseiling.
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Commandos (Portugal)
The Commandos (Comandos) are a special forces unit in the Portuguese Army.
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Common Security and Defence Policy
The Common Security and Defence Policy, CSDP, whose structures are sometimes referred to as the European Defence Union) is the EU's policy arrangements and related institutions in the fields of defence and crisis management. The implementation of the CSDP involves the deployment of military or civilian missions for peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter. Military missions are carried out by EU forces established with contributions from the member states' armed forces. The CSDP also entails collective self-defence amongst member states as well as a Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in which 25 of the 28 national armed forces pursue structural integration. The Union's High Representative (HR/VP), currently Federica Mogherini, is responsible for proposing and implementing CSDP decisions. Such decisions are adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC), generally requiring unanimity. The CSDP structures, headed by the HR/VP, comprise relevant sections of the External Action Service (EEAS)—including the Military Staff (EUMS) with its operational headquarters (MPCC)—a number of FAC preparatory bodies—such as the Military Committee (EUMC)—as well as four agencies, including the Defence Agency (EDA).
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Condor (APC)
The Condor is a 4×4 wheeled armoured personnel carrier originally designed by Thyssen-Henschel of Germany and manufactured by Henschel Wehrtechnik GmbH.
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Constitution of Portugal
The present Constitution of Portugal was adopted in 1976 after the Carnation Revolution.
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Convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Horta)
The Convent of Carmo (Convento do Carmo) is a former-convent situated in the civil parish of Matriz, municipality of Horta in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
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Corporal
Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.
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Corruption in Portugal
Corruption in Portugal is examined on this page.
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Counter-insurgency
A counter-insurgency or counterinsurgency (COIN) can be defined as "comprehensive civilian and military efforts taken to simultaneously defeat and contain insurgency and address its root causes".
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Crime in Portugal
Crime in Portugal is combated by the Portuguese police and other agencies.
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Division of Royal Volunteers
The Division of Royal Volunteers (Divisão de Voluntários Reais or Voluntários Reais do Príncipe, later Divisão de Voluntários Reais do Rei following the prince's ascent to kingship) was a detachment of the Portuguese military, formed in 1815 and deployed to Rio de Janeiro on 30 March 1816.
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Economic history of Portugal
The economic history of Portugal covers the development of the economy throughout the course of Portuguese history.
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EMPORDEF
EMPORDEF, SGPS, SA (Empresa Portuguesa de Defesa, Portuguese Defense Company) is a holding company, created in March 1997, owned by the Portuguese government which manages other companies directly or indirectly connected to the defense sector, such as telecommunications, information technology, engineering, aeronautical construction and shipbuilding.
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Estado Novo (Portugal)
The Estado Novo ("New State"), or the Second Republic, was the corporatist authoritarian regime installed in Portugal in 1933, which was considered fascist.
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Exercise Real Thaw
Real Thaw is an annual military exercise organized and hosted by the Portuguese Air Force (PRT AF) with the participation of forces from the Army and Navy and foreign military forces.
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Falintil
Falintil (or FALINTIL) originally began as the military wing of the political party FRETILIN of East Timor.
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Fábrica de Braço de Prata
Fábrica de Braço de Prata (Braço de Prata Factory), originally Fábrica Militar de Braço de Prata (Braço de Prata Military Factory) was a small arms, light artillery, ammunition and ordnance factory owned by the Portuguese Government.
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Field Firing Range of Alcochete
The Field Firing Range of Alcochete (Campo de Tiro de Alcochete, CTA) is a military firing and bombing range located in Alcochete, in Setúbal, Portugal, and is (since 1993), a unit of the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF).
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Fin flash
A fin flash is part of the national markings of the military aircraft of a number of countries.
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Flag of Portugal
The Flag of Portugal (Bandeira de Portugal) is a rectangular bicolour with a field unevenly divided into green on the hoist, and red on the fly.
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Fortress of São João Baptista (Angra do Heroísmo)
The Fortress of São João Baptista (Forte de São João Baptista), also known as the Fort of São Filipe or Fort of Monte Brasil is a historic fortress and defensive emplacement, located in the civil parish of Sé, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo in the Portuguese island of Terceira, archipelago of the Azores.
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Fortress of São Miguel
Fortaleza de São Miguel or Saint Michael Fortress was a Portuguese fortress built in Luanda, Angola.
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Frente Leste
Frente Leste (Portuguese for Eastern Front) was the name of the theater of Portuguese Armed Forces' anti-guerrilla operations in the East of Angola (by then a Portuguese overseas territory), during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961-1974).
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Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda, FLEC) is a guerrilla and political movement fighting for the independence of the Angolan province of Cabinda.
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German military rifles
The evolution of German military rifles is a history of common and diverse paths followed by the separate German states, until the mid-19th century when Prussia emerged as the dominant state within Germany and the nation was unified.
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Global storm activity of 2010
The global storm activity of 2010 includes major meteorological events in the Earth's atmosphere during the year, including winter storms (blizzards, ice storms, European windstorms), hailstorms, out of season monsoon rain storms, extratropical cyclones, gales, microbursts, flooding, rainstorms, tropical cyclones, and other severe weather events.
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Goose step
The goose step is a special marching step performed on formal military parades and other ceremonies.
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Group of Nine (Portugal)
The Group of Nine (Grupo dos Nove) was a group of nine moderate military officers in the Portuguese Armed Forces, led by Melo Antunes, who participated in the Movimento das Forças Armadas that brought about the Carnation Revolution.
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Guarda Fiscal
The Guarda Fiscal (Fiscal Guard in English) was a Portuguese special military force, tasked with the border and maritime control of people and goods and the law enforcement, particularly in the fields of taxation and customs.
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Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence was an armed independence conflict that took place in Portuguese Guinea between 1963 and 1974.
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Head of state
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state.
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Healthcare in Portugal
Healthcare in Portugal is provided through three coexisting systems: the National Health Service (Serviço Nacional de Saúde, SNS), special social health insurance schemes for certain professions (health subsystems) and voluntary private health insurance.
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Helder Bataglia dos Santos
Hélder Bataglia dos Santos (Seixal, January 25, 1947) is a Portuguese-Angolan businessman.
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History of Maputo
The history of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, traces its origins back over 500 years, when a fishing village developed on Maputo Bay on the site where the modern city of Maputo now stands.
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History of the Republic of India
The history of the Republic of India begins on 26 January 1950.
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History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1961–72)
The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), was originally formed in 1961 as a regiment of the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
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History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1972–77)
The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), served in the Rhodesian Bush War as part of the Rhodesian Security Forces between 1964 and 1979, under the unrecognised government of Rhodesia following its 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain.
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Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots
The Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots were large-scale riots between pro-communists and their sympathisers, and the establishment.
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House of Braganza
The Most Serene House of Braganza (Sereníssima Casa de Bragança), or the Brigantine Dynasty (Dinastia Brigantina), also known in the Empire of Brazil as the Most August House of Braganza (Augustíssima Casa de Bragança), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin, a branch of the House of Aviz.
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Index of Portugal-related articles
The following is a list of Portugal-related articles.
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IWI Tavor
The IWI Tavor is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge with a selective fire system, selecting between semi-automatic mode and full automatic fire mode.
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J.A. Beleza Ferraz
General José António da Rocha Beleza Ferraz (9 September 1901 − ?) was chief of the general staff of the Portuguese armed forces from 1958 to 1961 and chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1959 to 1960.
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Judiciary of Portugal
The Judiciary of Portugal is a system of courts that together constitute one of the four organs of Sovereignty as defined by the Portuguese Constitution.
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Jungle warfare
Jungle warfare is a term used to cover the special techniques needed for military units to survive and fight in jungle terrain.
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Kaúlza de Arriaga
Kaúlza de Oliveira de Arriaga, OA, GCC, OC, OIH (18 January 1915 – 2 February 2004) was a Portuguese General, writer, professor and politician.
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Lajes Field
Lajes Field or Lajes Air Base (Base Aérea das Lajes), officially designated Air Base No.
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Light infantry
Light infantry is a designation applied to certain types of foot soldiers (infantry) throughout history, typically having lighter equipment or armament or a more mobile or fluid function than other types of infantry, such as heavy infantry or line infantry.
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List of destroyer classes
This is a list of destroyer classes.
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List of militaries by country
This is a list of militaries by country, including the main branches and sub-branches.
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List of military unit mottoes by country
No description.
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List of Portuguese Air Force aircraft squadrons
List of Portuguese Air Force aircraft squadrons and flights, past and present.
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List of Portuguese Air Force bases
List of air bases, airfields and other facilities of the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) and of the Portuguese Army's former aviation service.
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List of Portuguese flags
This is a list of flags used in Portugal.
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List of raids
A military raid is a mission where the main objective is to demoralize, destroy valuable enemy installations, free prisoners, gather intelligence, or capture or kill specific personnel.
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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300
This is a list of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 adopted between 19 March 1965 and 12 October 1971.
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LTV A-7P Corsair II
The Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) operated 50 LTV A-7 Corsair II aircraft in the anti-ship, air interdiction and air defense roles between 1981 and 1999.
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M60 Patton
The M60 Patton is a main battle tank (MBT) introduced in December 1960.
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Macau
Macau, officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.
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Maroon beret
The maroon beret in a military configuration has been an international symbol of airborne forces since the Second World War.
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Mário Crespo
Mário Crespo (born April 13, 1947) is a Portuguese retired journalist and reporter.
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Mário Soares
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, GColTE, GCC, GColL (7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portuguese politician who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th President of Portugal from 1986 to 1996.
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Mercedes-Benz G-Class
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class, sometimes called G-Wagen (short for Geländewagen, "cross country vehicle"), is a mid-size four-wheel drive luxury SUV manufactured by Magna Steyr (formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch) in Austria and sold by Mercedes-Benz.
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Military academy
A military academy or service academy (in the United States) is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps.
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Military aircraft insignia
Military aircraft insignia are insignia applied to military aircraft to identify the nation or branch of military service to which the aircraft belongs.
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Military Battery of Espalamaca
The Military Battery of Espalamaca (Bateria de Costa da Ponta da Espalamaca), also known as the Position of Espalamaca (Posição da Espalamaca) or the Fort of Espalamaca (Forte da Espalamaca), located over the promontory of Espalamaca, civil parish of Conceição, municipality of Horta, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
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Military beret
Berets have been a component of the uniforms of many armed forces throughout the world since the mid-20th century.
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Military camouflage
Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by a military force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces.
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Military colours, standards and guidons
In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago.
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Military history of Angola
The Military history of Angola is marked by a series of conflicts rooted in colonialism and the political mood of the Cold War.
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Military of Macau under Portuguese rule
Macau was under Portuguese rule until 1999.
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Military Ordinariate of Portugal
The Military Ordinariate of Portugal (Ordinariato Castrense de Portugal) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Military ranks of Portugal
The military ranks of Portugal form the system of hierarchical relationships in the Portuguese Armed Forces.
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Mozambican War of Independence
The Mozambican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation Front or FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique), and Portugal.
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MPLA
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola – Partido do Trabalho), is a political party that has ruled Angola since the country's independence from Portugal in 1975.
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National Republican Guard (Portugal)
The National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana) or GNR is the national gendarmerie force of Portugal.
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National symbols of Portugal
The symbols of Portugal are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Portugal and of its culture.
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Naval officer ranks
Navies have military rank systems that often are quite different from those of armies or air forces.
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Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio
Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio (Tomar, 18 February 1922 – Lisbon, 7 December 2011) was a Portuguese general who served as Governor of Macau from 1979 to 1981.
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Operation Abanadela
Operation Abanadela was a military operation launched by the Portuguese Armed Forces in Mozambique during the Mozambican War of Independence against FRELIMO guerrillas in July 1970.
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Operation Eagle (Portugal)
Operation Eagle was the first organised operation of the Portuguese Armed Forces in response to the attack of the FRELIMO guerrilla group, on 25 September 1964, to the administrative post of, in the district of Cabo Delgado, materialising therefore in the first operation in the one of Portuguese Colonial War in the theatre of operations of Mozambique.
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Operation Flotilla
Operation Flotilla was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Army working with the Portuguese Army in Mozambique in response to the threat posed to Rhodesia by a group of 17 Lusaka-based nationalists who had the intent of entering Rhodesia through its border with Mozambique.
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Operation Gordian Knot
Operation Gordian Knot (Operação Nó Górdio) was the largest and most expensive Portuguese military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique, East Africa.
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Operation Green Sea
Operation Green Sea (Operação Mar Verde) was an amphibious attack on Conakry, the capital of Guinea, by between 350 and 420 Portuguese soldiers and Portuguese-led Guinean fighters in November 1970.
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Operation Jove
Operation Jove was a military operation launched by the Portuguese Army, it lasted from 16 to 19 November in 1969.
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Operation Mars (Portugal)
Operation Mars was a military operation in the Mozambican War of Independence.
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Operation Penada
Operation Penada was the name of a Portuguese military operation that occurred during the Portuguese Colonial War in Mozambique, in April 1972.
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Operation Royal Amethyst
Operation Royal Amethyst was a military operation carried out by the Portuguese Guinean Battalion of Commandos, which was held on the 8th May 1973 in the course of the Colonial War in Guinea-Bissau, which had the purpose of "annihilating or at least dismantling the organisation of the guerrillas in the region of Guidaje-Bigene".
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Operation Trident (1963)
Operation Trident was a combined military operation of the Portuguese Army, Navy and Air Force during the Portuguese Colonial War in Guinea in January 1964.
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Ottoman-Portuguese confrontations
The Ottoman–Portuguese or Turco-Portuguese confrontations refers to a series of different military encounters between the Portuguese Empire and the Ottoman Empire, or between other European powers and the Ottoman Empire in which relevant Portuguese military forces participated.
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Outline of Portugal
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Portugal: The Portuguese Republic, commonly known as Portugal, is a sovereign country principally located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southern Europe.
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Pandur II
The Pandur II 8x8 is an improved modular all-wheel-drive version of the Pandur 6x6 APC wheeled armoured vehicle.
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Panhard AML
The Panhard AML (Auto Mitrailleuse Légère, or "Light Armoured Car") is a fast, long-ranged, and relatively cheap first-generation armoured car with excellent reconnaissance capability.
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Pathfinders Company (Portugal)
The Air-Land Pathfinders Company (Companhia de Precursores Aeroterrestres) - known as the Precs - is a special reconnaissance unit of the Portuguese Paratroopers.
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Pepetela
Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941) is a major Angolan writer of fiction.
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Permanent Structured Cooperation
The Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) is the part of the European Union's (EU) security and defence policy (CSDP) in which 25 of the 28 national armed forces pursue structural integration.
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Polícia Judiciária
The Polícia Judiciária (PJ; Judicial Police) is the national criminal investigation police agency of Portugal, focused in fighting serious crimes, including homicides, kidnapping, organized crime, terrorism, illegal drug trade, corruption, cybercrime and financial crime.
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Portugal during World War II
Upon the start of World War II in 1939, the Portuguese Government announced, on 1 September, that the 600-year-old Anglo-Portuguese Alliance remained intact, but that since the British did not seek Portuguese assistance, Portugal was free to remain neutral in the war and would do so.
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Portuguese Air Force
The Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) is the aerial warfare force of Portugal.
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Portuguese Air Force Academy
The Portuguese Air Force Academy (AFA, Academia da Força Aérea in Portuguese) is a Portuguese military higher education institution whose aim is to provide all its students with the training and the experience that will enable them to graduate having gained the knowledge and the character qualities that are essential for leadership, and the motivation to become Portuguese Air Force officers.
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Portuguese Angola
Portuguese Angola refers to Angola during the historic period when it was a territory under Portuguese rule in southwestern Africa.
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Portuguese Army
The Portuguese Army (Exército Português) is the land component of the Armed Forces of Portugal and is also its largest branch.
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Portuguese Colonial War
The Portuguese Colonial War (Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), was fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974.
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Portuguese irregular forces in the Overseas War
In various theaters of operations in the Portuguese Colonial War arose at the outset the need to create various types of irregular forces to help the Portuguese Armed Forces.
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Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College
The Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College (Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares) or IESM is the military university establishment that provides training and education to experienced officers of the three service branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces and of the Portuguese National Republican Guard (GNR).
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Portuguese M1940 helmet
The M1940 helmet was the primary combat helmet used by the Armed Forces of Portugal, from the 1940s to the late 1960s.
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Portuguese Navy
The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa, also known as Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa or as Armada Portuguesa) is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation and integrated with the other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the military defense of Portugal.
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Portuguese Paratroop Nurses
The Portuguese Paratroop Nurses (Enfermeiras Pára-quedistas in Portuguese) were a group of 46 women that, between 1961 and 1974 (the duration of the Portuguese Colonial War), became the first women to be integrated into the Portuguese Armed Forces.
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Praia da Vitória
Praia da Vitória, translated as the Beach of the Victory, is a municipality in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
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President of Portugal
The President of the Portuguese Republic (Presidente da República Portuguesa) is the executive head of state of Portugal.
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Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma
Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (Don Sixto Enrique de Borbón-Parma y Borbón-Busset; Sisto Enrico di Borbone Parma; born 22 July 1940) is considered Regent of Spain by some Carlists who accord him the titles Duke of Aranjuez, Infante of Spain, and Standard-bearer of Tradition.
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Private (rank)
A private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in).
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Provincial organization of volunteers and civil defence
The provincial organization of volunteers and civil defence (Portuguese: organização provincial de voluntários e defesa civil) or OPVDC was a former militia type force in each of the Portuguese Overseas provinces.
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Rapid Reaction Brigade (Portugal)
The Brigada de Reacção Rápida (Rapid Reaction Brigade) is a unit of the Portuguese Army which was known as BAI - Brigada Aerotransportada Independente (Independent Airborne Brigade) until 2006.
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Revolutionary Council (Portugal)
The Revolutionary Council (Conselho da Revolução) of Portugal, was created on 14 March 1975 by the Assembly of the Armed Forces Movement (Assembleia do Movimento das Forças Armadas) with the goal of achieving the objectives of that movement's program as fast as possible and to provide the Portuguese people the security, the confidence and social peace necessary for that process to be successful.
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Rhodesian mission in Lisbon
The Rhodesian mission in Lisbon (Missão da Rodésia em Lisboa), the capital of Portugal, operated from September 1965 to May 1975.
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Salgueiro Maia
Fernando José Salgueiro Maia, GOTE, GCL (1 July 1944 in Castelo de Vide, Portugal – 4 April 1992 in Santarém), commonly known just by Salgueiro Maia, was a captain of the Portuguese army.
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São Jacinto Airport
São Jacinto Airport, officially designated Aveiro Municipal Aerodrome (Aeródromo Municipal de Aveiro), is an aerodrome near the city of Aveiro in Portugal.
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Side cap
A side cap is a foldable military cap with straight sides and a creased or hollow crown sloping to the back where it is parted.
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SIG Sauer P226
The SIG Sauer P226 is a full-sized, service-type pistol made by SIG Sauer.
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Sika people
The Sika (also Sikanese, Sikka or Sara Sikka) people are an Indonesian ethnic group native to the region of east central Flores between the Bloh and Napung Rivers.
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Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa
The Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa (SIRP, Portuguese for "Informations System of the Portuguese Republic") is the coordinating structure of the Portuguese intelligence.
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South African Border War
The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990.
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Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–77)
The Spanish-Portuguese War was fought between 1776 and 1777 over the border between Spanish and Portuguese South America.
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Special Actions Detachment
The Special Actions Detachment (Destacamento de Ações Especiais) or DAE is the special operations maritime unit of the Portuguese Navy.
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Special Groups (Portugal)
The Special Groups or GE (Grupos Especiais in Portuguese) were small military units of platoon size, set up from 1966 to 1974 by the Portuguese Armed Forces in Angola and in Mozambique.
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SS America (1939)
SS America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and was designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs.
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Staff college
Staff colleges (also command and staff colleges and war colleges) train military officers in the administrative, staff and policy aspects of their profession.
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The Two Faces of War
The Two Faces of War (As duas faces da guerra in Portuguese) is a 2007 documentary shot in Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Portugal that includes a series of interviews and testimonies of people who lived through the period of the anti-colonial war and liberation in Guinea-Bissau.
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Timor Leste Defence Force
The Timor Leste Defence Force (Forcas Defesa Timor Lorosae, Forças de Defesa de Timor Leste or Falintil-FDTL, often F-FDTL) is the military body responsible for the defence of East Timor.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 204
United Nations Security Council Resolution 204, adopted unanimously on May 19, 1965, after a complaint by Senegal against Portugal, the Council deplored incursions by the Portuguese Armed Forces into Senegalese territory and requested that they take whatever measures necessary to assure Senegal's territorial integrity.
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USS Peterson (DD-969)
USS Peterson (DD-969), named for Lieutenant Commander Carl Jerrold Peterson (1936–1969), was a laid down by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
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Viriatos
Viriatos, named after the Lusitanian leader Viriathus, was the generic name given to Portuguese volunteers who fought with the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
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552 Squadron (Portugal)
552 Squadron "Zangões" (Esquadra 552) is a transport helicopter squadron of the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF).
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601 Squadron (Portugal)
601 Squadron "Lobos" (Esquadra 601) is a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare squadron of the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF), currently based at Beja Air Base.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Armed_Forces