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3871:
3866:
3861:
3856:
3851:
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3832:
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3824:United Kingdom
3821:
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3806:
3801:
3796:
3791:
3786:
3781:
3776:
3771:
3766:
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3713:
3708:
3703:
3700:
3695:
3690:
3685:
3680:
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3660:
3658:Czech Republic
3655:
3650:
3645:
3640:
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3630:
3625:
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3615:
3610:
3604:
3598:
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3571:Imperial Japan
3568:
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3538:
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3123:
3122:
3120:
3119:
3114:
3109:
3104:
3099:
3094:
3089:
3084:
3082:Bophuthatswana
3079:
3075:
3073:
3069:
3068:
3066:
3065:
3059:
3057:
3049:
3048:
3046:
3045:
3040:
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3032:
3027:
3022:
3017:
3012:
3007:
3002:
2997:
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2987:
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2977:
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2807:
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2797:
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2763:
2760:
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2722:
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2700:
2697:
2696:
2694:
2693:
2683:
2673:
2662:
2659:
2658:
2656:
2655:
2644:Chief of Staff
2638:
2637:
2636:
2627:
2625:Micheál Martin
2609:
2606:
2605:
2593:
2592:
2585:
2578:
2570:
2561:
2560:
2558:
2557:
2552:
2547:
2542:
2537:
2532:
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:
2345:
2344:
2337:
2330:
2322:
2314:
2313:
2291:
2259:
2233:
2232:
2230:
2227:
2226:
2225:
2220:
2215:
2208:
2205:
2202:
2201:
2191:
2188:
2183:
2180:
2168:
2160:
2159:
2157:
2153:
2152:
2142:
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:
1862:
1854:
1851:
1848:
1845:
1828:
1820:
1819:
1817:
1813:
1812:
1804:
1801:
1798:
1795:
1793:Gerald McMahon
1785:
1777:
1776:
1774:
1770:
1769:
1761:
1758:
1755:
1752:
1742:
1734:
1733:
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1712:
1709:
1695:
1687:
1686:
1684:
1680:
1679:
1671:
1668:
1665:
1662:
1653:O'Neill, Tadgh
1650:
1642:
1641:
1639:
1635:
1634:
1626:
1623:
1620:
1617:
1605:
1597:
1596:
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1551:
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1506:
1498:
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1463:
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1439:
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1433:
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1418:
1410:
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1407:
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1402:
1394:
1391:
1388:
1385:
1369:
1361:
1360:
1358:
1354:
1353:
1345:
1342:
1339:
1336:
1320:
1312:
1311:
1309:
1305:
1304:
1296:
1295:11 months
1293:
1290:
1287:
1271:
1263:
1262:
1260:
1256:
1255:
1247:
1244:
1241:
1238:
1226:
1218:
1217:
1215:
1211:
1210:
1202:
1199:
1196:
1193:
1181:
1173:
1172:
1170:
1166:
1165:
1157:
1154:
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:
775:
772:
756:
748:
747:
745:
741:
740:
730:
727:
724:
721:
705:
697:
696:
694:
690:
689:
686:
685:Time in office
683:
680:
677:
676:Chief of Staff
674:
671:
662:
659:
656:
655:
647:
640:
637:
627:
623:
622:
614:
612:
609:
599:
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594:
586:
584:
581:
566:
562:
561:
553:
551:
548:
533:
529:
528:
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495:
492:
489:
486:
483:
468:
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459:
458:
448:
440:
433:
426:
425:
415:
411:Major General
404:
397:
390:
387:
384:
383:
373:
365:
363:
360:
356:
355:
345:
337:
335:
332:
328:
327:
317:
309:
307:
304:
300:
299:
289:
278:
271:
268:
267:Chief of Staff
264:
263:
260:
257:
254:
251:
244:
241:
237:
236:
225:
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:
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:
3951:
3948:
3946:
3943:
3941:
3938:
3936:
3933:
3931:
3928:
3926:
3923:
3921:
3918:
3916:
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:
3830:
3827:
3825:
3822:
3820:
3817:
3815:
3812:
3810:
3807:
3805:
3802:
3800:
3797:
3795:
3792:
3790:
3787:
3785:
3782:
3780:
3777:
3775:
3772:
3770:
3767:
3765:
3762:
3760:
3757:
3755:
3752:
3750:
3747:
3744:
3742:
3739:
3737:
3734:
3732:
3729:
3727:
3724:
3722:
3719:
3717:
3714:
3712:
3709:
3707:
3704:
3701:
3699:
3696:
3694:
3691:
3689:
3686:
3684:
3681:
3679:
3676:
3674:
3671:
3669:
3666:
3664:
3661:
3659:
3656:
3654:
3651:
3649:
3646:
3644:
3641:
3639:
3636:
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:
3550:
3549:
3547:
3545:
3539:
3533:
3530:
3528:
3525:
3523:
3520:
3518:
3515:
3513:
3510:
3508:
3505:
3503:
3500:
3498:
3495:
3493:
3490:
3488:
3485:
3483:
3480:
3478:
3475:
3473:
3470:
3468:
3465:
3463:
3460:
3458:
3455:
3453:
3450:
3448:
3445:
3443:
3440:
3438:
3435:
3433:
3430:
3428:
3425:
3423:
3420:
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:
3343:
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:
3056:
3050:
3044:
3041:
3038:
3036:
3033:
3031:
3028:
3026:
3023:
3021:
3018:
3016:
3013:
3011:
3008:
3006:
3003:
3001:
2998:
2996:
2993:
2991:
2988:
2986:
2983:
2981:
2978:
2976:
2973:
2971:
2968:
2966:
2963:
2961:
2958:
2956:
2953:
2951:
2948:
2946:
2943:
2941:
2938:
2936:
2933:
2931:
2928:
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:
2868:
2866:
2863:
2861:
2858:
2856:
2853:
2851:
2848:
2846:
2843:
2841:
2838:
2836:
2833:
2831:
2828:
2826:
2823:
2821:
2818:
2816:
2813:
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:
2483:
2481:
2478:
2476:
2473:
2471:
2468:
2466:
2463:
2461:
2458:
2456:
2453:
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:
2377:
2374:
2372:
2369:
2368:
2366:
2362:
2358:
2354:
2350:
2343:
2338:
2336:
2331:
2329:
2324:
2323:
2320:
2302:. military.ie
2301:
2295:
2276:
2269:
2263:
2247:
2241:
2239:
2234:
2224:
2221:
2219:
2216:
2214:
2211:
2210:
2200:
2196:
2192:
2189:
2187:
2184:
2181:
2179:
2178:
2169:
2164:
2158:
2155:
2154:
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:
2054:
2053:
2048:
2044:
2041:
2038:
2035:
2033:
2032:
2023:
2018:
2012:
2009:
2008:
2003:
1999:
1996:
1993:
1990:
1984:
1982:
1978:
1977:Dermot Earley
1969:
1964:
1958:
1955:
1954:
1949:
1945:
1942:
1939:
1936:
1934:
1933:
1932:James Sreenan
1924:
1919:
1913:
1910:
1909:
1904:
1900:
1897:
1894:
1891:
1889:
1888:
1879:
1874:
1868:
1865:
1864:
1859:
1855:
1852:
1849:
1846:
1844:
1842:
1838:
1829:
1824:
1818:
1815:
1814:
1809:
1805:
1802:
1799:
1797:February 1995
1796:
1794:
1786:
1781:
1775:
1772:
1771:
1766:
1762:
1759:
1757:December 1994
1756:
1753:
1751:
1743:
1738:
1732:
1729:
1728:
1723:
1719:
1716:
1713:
1710:
1704:
1698:Parker, James
1696:
1691:
1685:
1682:
1681:
1676:
1672:
1669:
1666:
1664:February 1986
1663:
1661:
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2995:Sierra Leone
2805:Burkina Faso
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2709:Army Reserve
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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
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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:
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1745:Bergin, Noel
1711:October 1989
1703:James Parker
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1667:October 1989
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1554:Hogan, Louis
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1425:
1378:John McKeown
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1338:January 1961
1327:
1323:Powell, Sean
1289:January 1960
1280:John McKeown
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1240:January 1955
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1195:January 1952
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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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1062:October 1931
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1019:2 years
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1013:October 1929
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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)
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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
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1357:(13)
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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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