Sgt. Franklin “Zip” Koons of the 1st Rangers was reckoned to be the first U.S. Army soldier to fire a shot in anger in Europe. For his bravery in the Dieppe raid, he received the British Military Medal – the second-award for bravery – awarded by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. Th...
Word on the street at Dickinson, of course, was that direct job placement cost an extra $50k. A service that puts its customers something like $90k A YEAR in the hole relative to what they’d make as buck privates in the Army had damn well better turn out to be lucrative somewhere ...
In artillery and naval gunfire support, a spotting, or an observation, used by a spotter or an observer to indicate that a burst(s) occurred on the spotting line. Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005. Line a series or rank of objects or persons, usual...
While growing up, he was always interested in "things military." Started playing board wargames at age 12, joined Army Cadets at age 13, and went on to the Reserves and became an Officer in Her Majesty's Canadian Forces. Got into computer wargames when a 486-33Mhz with 4MB of RAM ...
The army generals don't use marines to win wars or any of that. The fact is, that the Army stands the ground while the marines move. The Army is left most of the time to clean up the mess that the Marines leave behind. The Army is the first force of the military. It is the mo...
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