Cold War US Unarmored Vehicles Crawler-Crusher, or “The Monster” United States of America (1968-1969) Civil Engineering Vehicle – 1 Built Background – The Cross Florida Barge Canal: “The Ditch of Dreams” As far back as 1565 with Governor Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, when Florida was ...
United States of America/Kingdom of the Netherlands (1941) Light Tank – 194 Built After years of neglect, the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger, abbreviated to ‘KNIL’) tried to re-equip itself with new material starting in 1936. Four Vickers tanks, ...
The M16A4 is a 5.56x45mm, select-fire rifle which uses a direct impingement gas system and a rotating bolt locking mechanism. The M16A4 was developed in the late 1990s and entered service in January 1999. It and has seen service with the US Army, USMC and US Navy. The US Army began t...
completely, 110 percent. But the authorities you want to push down to where the people on the ground that are seeing things happen where[as] I’m sitting in the Pentagon or in my plane. So I made that decision to push them down to the Secretary of the Army [Ryan] McCarthy who ...
However, it is true that there are 5 active military branches (Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy), 5 reserve branches, and 2 guard branches. Each branch dedicates themselves to protecting, defending, and maintaining the freedom and liberties of the Nation. Together, the 5 ...
Do the U.S. military-service academies—at West Point (Army), Annapolis (Navy), Colorado Springs (Air Force), and New London (Coast Guard)—deserve to continue?hereChronicle of Higher Education
Army Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok, of the New Jersey National Guard, was a drilling guardsman in the medical command and a civilian physician assistant. His daughter, Shandrea Hickok, says her favorite memories are the adventures her father took her and her brother on. "He loved to travel a...
locked cockpit doors were installed and pilots were instructed to stay behind locked doors when trouble surfaces, it seems impossible someone could hijack a plane with a small Swiss Army knife or hockey stick. If there’s an assault in the cabin, the plane lands and police and the FBI deal...
Hoverfly Vought-Sikorsky Model VS-316A, developed for US Army as Sikorsky Model S-47, designated R-4B BuNo 39043 from US Navy, previously US Army R-4B 43-46544 045 Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly Vought-Sikorsky Model VS-316A, developed for US Army as Sikorsky Model S-47, designated R-4B....
Operations Officer and Commander. He was selected the 1984 Air Force Communications Command Outstanding Security Police Company Grade Officer and the 1993 Space Command Outstanding Security Police Field Grade Officer. After retirement he worked for Valero Energy Corporation, starting as a field level mana...