The Schweizer Armee (Swiss Army)

The Swiss Army is actually a militia, composed of 650,000 people who can be fully mobilized in less than forty-eight hours but generally pursue civilian occupations while their assault rifles repose under beds and in closets at home. They are highly trained, especially in winter warfare, and are also used to guard the Vatican, one of the most sacred places of Christianity.

The Swiss army is often described as a totally vigilant entity, despite peace during the past 500 years. Strategic bridges and passes are mined, and high mountains hide untold military resources. They also have an altruistic side -- the Swiss army recently came to the rescue of the country’s hard-pressed blood banks. Following an appeal from the Swiss Red Cross, recruits from across the country came forward to give blood.

The Swiss army is not renowned for its aggressive expeditionary adventures, but it does appear to have once accidentally invaded Liechtenstein. According to the Swiss daily Blick, around 170 infantry soldiers from the famously neutral country once wandered more than a mile across the unmarked border with the tiny principality.

The Swiss army is famous round the world, not for battles, campaigns and victories, but for knives, watches and sunglasses – from which, sadly, the army does not appear to have earned any money. The Swiss army is also known for much more than its ammunition and military practices. It is known for the excellent equipment that it possesses which includes a wide range of Swiss army backpacks and watches.

Popular with everyone from students to hipster bike messengers, these Swiss Army bags are designed with one strap that goes over the shoulder and goes across the middle of the body in a diagonal line to meet the bottom of the bag. Messenger bags typically incorporate features that make them particularly suitable for cycling, such as fittings that make it easy to adjust the shoulder strap, quick release buckles, an adjustable hinged buckle, and the ability to attach a variety of accessories, such as lights, phone holsters, or U-locks.

The current Swiss army has also never been tested beyond practice maneuvers and border duties. Switzerland’s army is currently evaluating a security solution based on a secure Linux OS. To better judge the used technology of this security solution, knowledge of the state-of-the-art in Linux based secure OS is required.

Switzerland has year after year turned in one of the world's lowest murder rates even while sending machine guns to every home of every member of their citizen army. And they do not keep their machine guns in safes or encumbered with trigger locks. Switzerland, however, has made it her endeavor to safeguard her security at the smallest possible expenditure of money and time. The young 20 year old Swiss citizens must serve his 45 days in the Auszug, or the militia carrying a firearm other than his Army-issue personal weapons off-duty.

Switzerland is often cited as a case-study in debates on gun control and gun rights by both sides of the argument. Supporters of gun rights like to point to the relatively low levels of gun crime in safe and secure Switzerland, despite the fact that so many Swiss households are home to a powerful army rifle and a box of ammunition.

Because Switzerland is a neutral country, its army does not take part in armed conflicts in other countries. However, over the years, the Swiss army has been part of several peacekeeping missions around the world.