For the World War II tactical deception unit, see Ghost Army.
Ghost soldiers or ghost battalions refers to absentee army troops whose names appear on military rolls, but who are not actually in military service, generally in order to divert part of the soldiers' salaries to an influential local entity such as army officers or others.[1] Soldiers may equally benefit from the corruption scheme by returning to their civilian occupations and routines while gaining marginal income.[1] The practice, however, weakens the military and makes it susceptible to military offensives and major defeats since leaders ignore the true number of available troops at their disposal on various frontlines. Severe occurrences of ghost soldiers have been cited in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries with dramatic military, humanitarian, and historic consequences.
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Ghostsoldiers or ghost battalions refers to absentee army troops whose names appear on military rolls, but who are not actually in military service,...
GhostSoldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission (Doubleday, 2001) is a non-fiction book written by Hampton Sides. It is about...
Ghostsoldier may refer to: Ghostsoldiers, people whose names appear on military rolls, but are not in military service, generally used to divert salaries...
crossing of the Rhine to draw German troops away from the actual sites. Ghostsoldiers were encouraged to use their brains and talent to mislead, deceive,...
author and journalist. He is the author of Hellhound on His Trail, GhostSoldiers, Blood and Thunder, On Desperate Ground, and other bestselling works...
extorting locals, military officers funding themselves by inventing ghostsoldiers and the months of unpaid ANSF salaries that followed the April 2021...
The Ghost Dance (Caddo: Nanissáanah, also called the Ghost Dance of 1890) is a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. According...
Andrey Bogatyrev. In 1941, a detachment of Soviet soldiers, including a dangerous half-man, half-ghost, come up against an elite death squad within the...
interest of ghosts and Gettysburg remains to the present day. In recent times, people have claimed to have seen ghostsoldiers, and sometimes even ghost battles...
significant portion of the Afghan National Army manpower were made up of ghostsoldiers. Following the withdrawal of U.S. and allied troops from Afghanistan...
much lower due to ghostsoldiers, severely reducing combat ability. After six days of combat and massive desertions, Iraqi soldiers received orders to...
of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd...
Philippine province of Palawan. Allied soldiers, imprisoned near the city, were killed by Imperial Japanese soldiers. Only eleven men managed to survive...
Inc. ISBN 978-1-4327-7555-1. OCLC 782073328. Sides, Hampton (2001). GhostSoldiers. New York: Anchor Books. ISBN 978-1-299-07651-8. OCLC 842990576. Stephens...
The Ghost of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Привид Києва, romanized: Pryvyd Kyieva, pronounced [ˈprɪʋɪd ˈkɪjeʋɐ]) is the nickname given to a mythical MiG-29 Fulcrum...
and was a commercial failure. The film showcases the efforts of American soldiers and the Filipino resistance guerrilla, rescuing Allied prisoners of war...
org/plusd/cables/1976MAPUTO00888_b.html - details in 1976 "7000 ghostsoldiers found. Soldiers have been paid in cash, and in March actually had to show up...
number of losses. Thus, Wagner contractors have been described as "ghostsoldiers", due to the Russian government not officially acknowledging them. In...
included the State Defence Order (perhaps 10-15% realised in 2004); "ghostsoldiers," as "it is generally acknowledged that the number of actually serving...
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings...
towers. At its peak, the camp held 8,000 American soldiers (along with a small number of soldiers and civilians from other nations including the United...
spokesman, Aimal Faizi, demanding evidence of guilt. Transcluded from Ghostsoldiers In 2016, at least 40% of names on the Afghan National Army roster in...
Cộng soldiers. The United States brought in South Vietnamese soldiers to record their voices over the tape for authenticity. One tape, dubbed 'Ghost Tape...