1.   As the nation learned in Vietnam, the military cannot successfully conduct foreign wars in the absence of public support.

2.   In late spring, the military will conduct another missile test.

3.   It is not clear whether the military has conducted such screening tribunals.

4.   Last year, the Chinese military conducted missile exercises off the Taiwan coast.

5.   The military actually conducted several times that number of legal proceedings, many that may have met criteria requiring that they be reported.

6.   The military is conducting a court of inquiry over the flattening of another army base in the north following a fierce rebel onslaught in July.

7.   The military has been conducting surveillance of the Afghan airspace.

8.   There are about four dozen such sites in the United States and about half a dozen in each region across the globe where the military conducts operations.

9.   Perry said that of all the Gulf nations, the U.S. military conducts the most extensive array of exercises with the Bahrainian forces.

10.   Accused of widespread human rights abuses, the military is already conducting a string of internal probes that critics say are unlikely to target any high-ranking culprits.