Army Details Bronze Star Eligibility Relative to Combat Infantry BadgesDear Sgt. Shaft: I was puzzled by a story that ran in The Washington Times ("Army makes...Fales, John
Army Medical Department (Colonel or below), Navy Medical Department (Captain and below) and the USAF Medical Service (Colonel or below) who are assigned or attached to an infantry unit at the brigade level or lower during any time that the infantry unit was engaged in actual combat during a...
The infantry is the main land combat force and backbone of the Army. It's equally important in peacetime and combat. The Infantryman's role is to be ready to defend our country in peacetime and to capture, destroy and repel enemy ground forces during combat. The 11B Infantryman are rifleme...
1. Band of Brothers (2001) Considered one of the greatest shows to be televised, ‘Band of Brothers’ is set against the backdrop of World War II and tells the tale of Easy Company, the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, United States ...
He was awarded a total of five Bronze Stars, including one with a valor device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Army Commendation Medal with valor. McMahill said Livelsberger rented the Tesla electric vehicle in Denver on Saturday and the sheriff displayed a map ...
Also, during those wars, especially Afghanistan, soldiers in many support jobs found themselves in combat on convoys and at small outposts, so the army created a “Combat Action Badge” for soldiers other than infantry who engaged the enemy. There were a lot of combat veterans, in the Army...
Currently 55% of the Army's combat units are in the National Guard. The Army National Guard has 88 of the 159 infantry battalions in the Army's force structure. Yet as of this paper only two infantry companies are actively serving in Operation Iraq Freedom. From the terrorist attack on Se...
[86] The Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle is the primary armoured personnel carrier, although many variants of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (tracked) are used, as well as the Saxon APC and FV430 series now being re-engined and uparmoured and returned to front line service as Bulldog.[...
Hoplite warriorsTerracotta amphora depicting combat between two Hoplite warriors, c. 530BCE; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The influence of technology can be either positive or negative. The experience of the ancient Greekhopliteinfantrymen is one example of positive influence. Their...
The 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (the two were later merged) were all-Nisei units that achieved renown for having displayed remarkable bravery in spite of crippling losses. The 442nd was the most-decorated unit of its size in U.S. history. 1 of 2 Tuskegee...