The Army can be an amazing experience, and some people consider it to be one of the best experiences of their lives. However, there's no need to go rushing in without some extra knowledge; despite its good points, there are awful aspects of the Army that
Unit personnel traveled in civilian clothing while teaching the use and maintenance of equiptment How patch was designed In 1970 the unit was looking for a patch to distinguish themselves from other units. One of the systems they were testing was the "INFANT" (UM-1M "HUEY") which influenced ...
After serving 20 years in the Army, O’Brien worked as a civilian contractor at the Special Operations Command (SOCOM), developing and managing a number of classified programs focusing on the Army Reserve PSYOP capabilities. M. A. Thomas. Although a civilian, Thomas was selected for and comple...
A Comparative Analysis of Professional Forums in the United States Army and Hybrid Communities of Practice in the Civilian Sector Communities of practice (COPs) have been around since the founding of the first social networks many millennia ago. Organizations around the world over the... J Brickey...
CIDG = Civilian Irregular Defense Group Striker = Rifleman from a Vietnam Ethnic Minority CIDG Companies = Commanded by Special Forces NCOs and Officiers Asian Made Military Policeman's (MP) Rig, some of the parts have "Phuoc-Hung" stamped on them, looks Vietnamese(?). Baton has a chun...
Regardless of your views on the military role of the US around the globe, it is important to get two critical fact straight: (i) The US military is controlled by civilian politicians; (ii) If they are asked to do something -- how well or poorly it gets implemented is a...
At present, obesity, the metabolic risk factor for CVD, is also a health burden in the Thai population, in both civilian and military personnel [7, 16, 17]. Obesity prev- alence among Thai civilians increased by approximately 30% over three decades [7, 18]. Meanwhile, the study on ...
The Infantry was filled with men who had scored lowest on the AGCT (the Army General Classification Test) - an intelligence and aptitude test and those who had not held a skilled job in civilian life. The elimination of the ASTP (the Army Specialized Training program), which allowed selected...
capabilities be absorbed into other DOD, federal, and civilian facilities. The Commission concluded that DOD plans, as modified by the Commission, preserved the legacy of WRAMC, provided for continued needed medical care during the moves, and safeguarded the clinical and ...
The US Army has chosen the Sig 320, a striker-fired, 15+ capacity, 9mm handgun as its replacement sidearm to replace the Beretta M9 adopted in the 1980s.