In 1499 Cesare, as captain general of the papal army, assisted by a large contingent of French troops, began a systematic occupation of the cities of Romagna and the Marches, which had largely fallen under the control of semi-independent papal vicars.
The Omani army assisted residents in returning to their houses.
When Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquake this year that left more than 9,000 dead, India pledged $1 billion in aid and its army assisted in relief efforts.
All seems calm at the moment, at least by Iraqi standards, in Abu Ghraib, where the army, assisted by Shiite Muslim militiamen, is seeking to hold off the Sunni militant group that has chased government forces out of much of western and northern Iraq since spring.
The main blow, it was planned, should be delivered by A.E. Evert's central group of armies, assisted by an inward movement of A.N. Kuropatkin's army in the northern sector of the front.
While Washington is involved in joint operations with Uganda against Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, directly assisting the armies of countries including Kenya and Ethiopia against Islamic extremism, and training several militaries for peacekeeping operations, it could not find any country on the continent willing to host the US's Africa military command, Africom.
Immediately after the quake, the Nepalese government declared a state of emergency, and soon nearly the entire Nepalese army was assisting in rescue and recovery work.
In 1005/6, Mufarrij sent his sons Ali, Hassan and Mahmud to lead a Bedouin army to assist the Fatimid army sent to quell the rebellion of Abu Rikwa.
The U.S. military, which trained the Afghan army, would assist in moving the soldiers there and provide outer-perimeter security.
His aides have since tried to focus the debate on the need to use the rarely activated army to assist in disaster relief.
