The Trucial Oman Scouts was a paramilitary force raised by the British in 1951 as the Trucial Oman Levies, to serve in the Trucial States. In 1956 the Levies were renamed the Trucial Oman Scouts. In 1971, the Scouts were renamed Union Defence Force (U.D.F.) upon the formation of United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)
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“it pleaseth me when I see through the meadows
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—Bertrans De Born (fl. 12th century)