▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁for ▁National ▁Day ▁celebr ations ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁Pre vious ▁par ades ▁were ▁halt ed ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁ease ▁the ▁t ension ▁with ▁the ▁P RC . ▁The ▁para de ▁was ▁aim ed ▁at ▁eas ing ▁wor ries ▁that ▁the ▁armed ▁forces ▁might ▁be ▁un prep ared ▁for ▁a ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁P RC . ▁The ▁para de ▁consisted ▁of ▁ind igen ous ▁miss iles , ▁U . S . ▁Patri ot ▁II ▁and ▁Aven ger ▁anti - miss iles ▁systems , ▁U . S .- made ▁F - 1 6 s , ▁French - made ▁Mi rages ▁and ▁Taiwan - made ▁ID F ▁f igh ters . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁another ▁para de ▁was ▁held ▁to ▁mark ▁the ▁ 7 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁defeat ▁of ▁Japan ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁in ▁northern ▁H sin ch u ▁county . ▁The ▁para de ▁was ▁long ▁at ▁two ▁hours ▁and ▁consisted ▁of ▁ind igen ous ▁miss iles , ▁Apache ▁hel ic op ters ▁and ▁awards ▁for ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁veter ans . ▁ ▁Military ▁ranks ▁ ▁The ▁RO C ▁military ' s ▁rank ▁structure ▁was ▁initially ▁pattern ed ▁after ▁the ▁We hr macht ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁The ▁titles ▁of ▁each ▁rank ▁are ▁the ▁same ▁in ▁Chinese ▁for ▁all ▁four ▁military ▁branches . ▁The ▁corresponding ▁titles ▁in ▁English ▁for ▁each ▁service ▁are ▁listed . ▁ ▁Major ▁deploy ments , ▁batt