Regiment

A regiment is a title used by some military units. The size of a regiment varies markedly, depending on the country and the arm of service.

Historically, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a full-strength regiment was typically supposed to be a thousand men, and was commanded by a colonel.

Today, there is no set size for a unit calling itself a "regiment", which may be:

The French term régiment entered military usage in Europe at the end of the 16th century, when armies evolved from collections of retinues who followed knights, to formally organised, permanent military forces. At that time, regiments usually were named after their commanding colonels, and disbanded at the end of the campaign or war; the colonel and his regiment might recruit from and serve several monarchs or countries. Later, it was customary to name the regiment by its precedence in the line of battle, and to recruit from specific places, called cantons. The oldest regiments which still exist include the 1521 Swedish Life Guards, the 1537 British Honourable Artillery Company and the French premier régiment d'infanterie de ligne, created from the ancient "bandes de Picardie" first established in 1479.

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Edit Voa News 30 Apr 2016

China has denied a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier access to a port in Hong Kong. The Pentagon said Friday the USS Stennis and its accompanying vessels were refused entry into the port. The reason for denying access to the port was not clear ... WATCH ... ....

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Will easily defeat Hillary Clinton in November, says Donald Trump

Edit One India 30 Apr 2016

Washington, Apr 30. Nearly 250 delegates short of bagging the Republican presidential nomination, party front- runner Donald Trump has exuded confidence that he would be able to defeat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton very easily in the November general elections. "Every ... ....

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Emmanuel Rutema, 13, of Tanzania, rides an elevator before his surgery at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

In Malawi, people with albinism face ‘total extinction’– UN rights expert

Edit United Nations 29 Apr 2016

Print. 29 April 2016 – A United Nations human rights expert today warned that the atrocities faced by persons with albinism in Malawi render them “an endangered people group facing a risk of systemic extinction over time if nothing is done.” ... “Many do not sleep peacefully and have deliberately restricted their movement to the necessary minimum,” she added ... ‘A crisis disturbing in its proportions’. Ms ... Ms ... Albinos. Photo ... Ms ... Ero stated....

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China Says Japan Ties Should Be Based On Cooperation, Not Confrontation

Edit NDTV 30 Apr 2016

China's relations with Japan should be based on cooperation not confrontation, China's foreign minister told his Japanese counterpart today, adding that China would judge Japan's desire to improve tie... ....

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Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather outside parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone, Saturday, April 30, 2016. Dozens of protesters climbed over the blast walls and could be seen storming the Parliament building, carrying Iraqi flags and chanting against the government.

State of emergency declared in Baghdad as protesters take Iraqi parliament

Edit Stars and Stripes 01 May 2016

BAGHDAD — A state of emergency was declared in the Iraqi capital on Saturday as protesters stormed Iraq's parliament, after bursting into the Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, where other key buildings including the U.S. Embassy are located, in a dramatic escalation of the country's political crisis ... Some lawmakers were berated and beaten with flags as they fled the building while other demonstrators smashed the car windows ... A U.S ... U.S ... ....

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Attestation parade held at MLIRC

Edit The Times of India 01 May 2016

Belagavi. A total of 175 recruits of Group 5/15 were attested at Talekar Drill Square of Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (MLIRC) here on Saturday ... Brigadier Pravin Shinde, Commandant, MLIRC, reviewed the parade ... ....

‘Immortal Regiment’ to March Across Paris, Strasbourg

Edit Sputnik 30 Apr 2016

The march of the Immortal Regiment, a public event held in Russia and many countries abroad on Victory Day and commemorating the victory over Nazism, will also be held in the French capital this year ... ....

175 newly recruits attested at MLIRC

Edit The Times of India 30 Apr 2016

A total of 175 recruits of Group 5/15 were attested at Talekar Drill Square of Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (MLIRC) here on Saturday morning, on successful completion of their training ... glory of MLIRC, one of the oldest infantry regiments of Indian army....

Corner Brook artist pays tribute to fallen soldiers

Edit CBC 30 Apr 2016

A Corner Brook artist is honouring the fallen soldiers of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment by marking the 100th anniversary of Beaumont-Hamel with an extraordinary art project ... ....

World War One: Somme painting centrepiece of exhibition

Edit BBC News 30 Apr 2016

A painting depicting a World War One battle in which hundreds of Welshmen died is the centrepiece of a new exhibition marking its centenary ... The National Museum Wales show opens on Saturday ... VISITING THE SOMME ... 'Mr ... The painting is now usually on loan to the Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum in Caernarfon. Capt Ben Phillips, regimental adjutant of The Royal Welsh, said it was important to understand the Welsh connection to Mametz ... ....

One day left to the opening of the military-sports gathering “Heirs to the Victory” of cadets of the MIA of Russia Suvorov military schools (The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Apr 2016

(Source. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation) ... Petersburg and Chita and of the Moscow Presidential Cadet School named after M. A ... Among the main events of the military-sports gathering is the cadets participation in the military parade in the main square of the city-hero Volgograd on 9 May, 2016 and march at the head of the column in the 'Immortal Regiment' from Lenin Square to the Mamayev Kurgan ... Original Document....

Arokia Rajiv misses Olympic mark, makes national record his own

Edit Indian Express 30 Apr 2016

Arokia Rajiv (centre) broke KM Binu’s 12-year-old national record. (Express Photo by Oinam Anand). Asian Games bronze medal winner Arokia Rajiv was coming into the Federation Cup after missing out on the gold in the first leg of the Indian Grand Prix ... But he proved to have the potential to challenge the country’s best ... READ ... “I joined the Madras Regimental Centre as a sepoy because I knew there were good facilities ... READ ... ....

Diamondbacks find spots for Drury's hot bat

Edit The Examiner 30 Apr 2016

There was a time during spring training when manager Chip Hale and third base coach Matt Williams looked at one another in perplexity. The dilemma was profound and growing, and demanded a resolution. “Anywhere,” was Williams response to Hale’s predicament ... simply hit his way on the Diamondbacks 25-man roster ... For his part, Drury seems low-key, and dedicated to the daily regiment and structure of playing every day in the major leagues ... ....

Shades of Leicester in Atletico

Edit Deccan Herald 30 Apr 2016

Football . The Spanish challengers have mirrored many qualities of the English underdogs. There are similarities between the way that Leicester City has stormed through the Premier League and how Atlético Madrid has won their last two games in the Champions League, against Barcelona and Bayern Munich ... Both were overlooked in their youth, and both are players who are allowed moments of inspiration in a highly regimented team ... ....

A man with a full-time job and a profitable side business shares his best productivity tips

Edit Business Insider 30 Apr 2016

See Also. The only resource that none of us can get more of in this life is time. We get what we get, so we've got to make the most of it. For perspective, I have a full-time day job, a profitable online side business and I also write regularly for six different large web sites including Entrepreneur.com ... That's a more than 50% productivity decline ... I'm convinced that overly regimented schedules kill creativity and productivity," he said....

How designer Willem Sandberg championed the rebellious type

Edit The Guardian 30 Apr 2016

Torn-paper montages, bold intricate lettering and catalogues that anticipated punk … The first major UK retrospective of Willem Sandberg’s work reveals a designer who was ahead of his time ... Sandberg lived a long life, from 1897 to 1984, and he was prolific to the end ... i believe ... As his confidence and influence grew, he moved from type to image, pushing towards abstraction just as the general trend in type moved towards regimentation ... ....

Cruz Super PAC Head Promotes 'Biblical' Slavery for Non-Christians

Edit Alternet 30 Apr 2016

In the piece below, I've tried to address those shortcomings and also contextualize dominionism a bit. Introduction ... Does Texas U.S ... But is Ted Cruz? Who knows ... Underscoring the point was a December 2015 appearance by Rafael Cruz and Ted Cruz on the Christian Broadcasting Network during which Rafael Cruz cited David's Barton's myth of Peter Muhlenberg and the "Black Robe Regiment"—with Ted Cruz nodding his head in enthusiastic agreement....

Doon’s ‘soldier-saint’ won over even enemy

Edit The Times of India 29 Apr 2016

"Faqr-e-Hind ( Pride of India)" to his regiment, the Poona Horse ... He was single-handedly responsible for winning the Battle of Basantar where he demolished two Pakistani regiments ... He was commissioned in the Indian Army on December 28, 1952, and led the 17 Poona Horse regiment. Brigadier (Retd) A S Virk who served with Singh in the same regiment ......

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