As night fell on July 2nd 1863 General Robert E Lee had already made his decision. Despite the setbacks of the day he was determined to strike the Army of the Potomac yet again. He did not view the events as setback, and though he lacked clarity of how badly many of his units were ...
Beginning this month, US Army units deploying to Iraq will be equipped with a new combat uniform ensemble called the Army Combat Uniform (ACU). It will replace both the current Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) and Desert Combat Uniform (DCU). "The whole effort began in January 2003 when we met...
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...
United States of America (1944-1945) Utility Vehicle – Prototypes Only The T33 Cargo Carrier and T13 Armored Utility Vehicle were designed in the United States of America during the Second World War. The T13 and T33 occupy a space in development as transition vehicles in the sense that ...
The replica of the US Army´s M17 service pistol that won the MHS contract is limited to 5.000 units. 650 of them will be reserved to active duty military members of all branches. The M17-Commemorative is sold in the same cardboard packaging as delivered to the US Army. But there is...
This cohort study of US Army soldiers assesses whether bullying or hazing during deployment is associated with mental health outcomes.
Allen McDuffee at Wired’s Danger Room noted this week that the units that compose the Army’s current arsenal of drones are easy to spot, and ergo easy to target. The solution, it would seem, is to abandon the more militaristic look associated with UAVs and, well, “make them look lik...
“The Army has identified a potential gap in the capability of ground forces and infantry to penetrate body armor using existing ammunition,”the noticeon FedBizOpps, the federal government’s main contracting website, explained. “To address this operational need, the Army is looking for...
Russia also deployed “units of the national army combat reserve, the federal service of guard forces, and mobilization units,” the Brigadier General added. Hromo's sobering account came on the back of claims made by a top Ukrainian official earlier on Wednesday that revealed mounting Ukrainian...
On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the US Navy and his retinue of 967 sailors and marines dropped anchor off the shore of Uraga. They came to Japan traveling in two sailing vessels and two steamers, all armed with cannons and a total of 61 gu