They were initially excluded from many of the pre-war programs that turned out many of the pilots who later joined the ranks of the USAAF and US Navy. Many who ran these programs espoused the belief that they were incapable of the judgment needed for leadership, and that they had lacked ...
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler/Released) The Browning .50 cal Heavy Machine Gun. Last, but by no means least is the venerable Ma-Duce, the M2A. Developed by John Browning at the end of WWI, it was the Machine Gun to end all Machine guns....
WikiMedia Commons Of course, this isn’t to suggest that China simply copied this forty-year-old Lockheed design for their own drone, but it seems entirely plausible they borrowed heavily from an already successful supersonic platform when designing their own. After all, China h...
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons As tensions continue to grow in the Pacific, the United States is gearing up to deploy advanced missile units to Japan’s Nansei Islands and the Philippines. This strategic initiative aims to bolster the defense capabilities of both nations and maintain stability ...
Charles Butler/South Dakota National Guard Public Affairs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) This is notably a significant shift from the administration’s earlier sentiments on the topic, as the White House was seemingly holding back sending these rocket systems to Ukraine as they could be...
President Trump has stated that North Korea’s efforts to produce a missile capable of hitting the United States “won’t happen”. Featured image by US Air Force, Senior Airman Michael B. Keller [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons This article was originally published on Fighter SweepAs...
USAF // Wikimedia Commons 1952: First hydrogen bomb detonated - Army strength: 1,596,419 people- Navy strength: 824,265 people- Marine Corps strength: 231,967 people- Air Force strength: 983,261 people- Total strength: 3,635,912 people- Percent of population enlisted: 2.31% The Treaty of...
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Preble ), Commodore of the USS Constitution during the Barbary Pirate Wars, who bombed Tripoli in 1803 with a US Navy Fleet under orders from Thomas Jefferson. The ship still sits here in Boston Harbor, and in my hometown of Portland, ME there is ...
US Navy Wikimedia Commons Public domain 5 Last President Without A College Degree: Harry S. Truman Years In Office:1945-1953 Presidential Last: After graduating from high school, Harry S. Truman worked and served in the Missouri National Guard. He rose to the ranks of the military during Wor...
Founded by Donald Fisher and his wife Doris—who named the company after the generation gap—in 1969, Gap Inc. is known for its variety of clothing across six divisions: Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, Intermix, and Hill City. Over its more than 50 years of operation, Gap has...