Mexican Revolution so short a time would not occur with volunteers, and the army resorted to the "leva", forced conscription. The revolutionary forces had no problem with voluntary recruitment. Most Mexican men avoided government conscription at all cost and the ones dragooned into the forces were sent to areas far away from home and were reluctant to fight. Conscripts deserted, mutinied, and attacked and murdered their officers. In April 1914, U.S. opposition to Huerta culminated in the seizure and occupation of the port of Veracruz by U.S. marines and sailors. Initially intended, in part, to prevent a German merchant vessel from delivering
5th Corps (Syrian rebel group) 5th Corps (Syrian rebel group) The 5th Corps () was an alliance of five Syrian rebel groups that was formed during the Syrian Civil War in September 2014. All five units were affiliated with the Free Syrian Army, used the Syrian independence flag as their symbol, and received BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles from the US-backed “Friends of Syria Group" and the Supreme Military Council. The 5th Corps was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Fares Bayoush, who also led one of its component groups, the Knights of Justice Brigade. Despite being supported by the US, the group condemned the American-led intervention in