following post-shakedown availability at New London, set out for the Pacific via the Caribbean and the Panama Canal, pausing to rescue the two fliers of a crashed Army training plane in the Mona Passage off Puerto Rico.
realizing that caution was not a vice still needed to better assess the condition of his army, hear his commanders and hear from his intelligence service, ended his message:“I shall remain in
Rangers lead the way! The U.S. Army Rangers is an elite infantry-style, special operations unit. Read more about them in our updated guide.
The Internet Research Agency, perhaps an acronymic pun on the Irish Republican Army, worked to foment what seemed a similar faith-based war by manipulating styled prejudices to “spread distrust” to online communities they had infiltrated, warning of misleading “hype and hatred . . . forcing B...
While in the US Army, when someone was promoted, there was a “tacking on ceremony,” where your metal rank insignia was pushed into your collar, and then the CO, First Sgt., and selected others then hit your new rank, without the protective tabs into your flesh. Thankfully, in the ...
The Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) was incorporated in 1975 as a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-political, educational association for current and former intelligence professionals and supporters of the US intelligence community. The Association is based in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
Army Regulation 670-1: Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia Army Pamphlet 670-1: Guide to the Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia Prototyping Building a working prototype was rather simple. Making it worthy of public demonstration was another story. This included supplyin...
The current crossed-arrows insignia of U.S. Army Special Operations traces its lineage to the Native American Scouts enlisted following the Civil War. (Wikimedia)Since before the U.S. was even a country, elite and secret units have played important roles in military actions. The first ...
During Vietnam, SEAL Teams One and Two amassed a combined kill ratio of 200:1, with only 46 deaths resulting mostly from accidents and poor intelligence, rather than enemy direct fire. See the History section for an in-depth look at this conflict. Many Vietnam era SEAL vets have written ...
2019: Integrating training battalions - Marine Corps strength: 154,909 (0.05% of U.S. population) Marines reached another major integration milestone in 2019: For the first time, the Corps integrated a small platoon of female recruits into larger training exercises with their male counterparts. ...