DOD More than 70 years ago, a group of Native American Marines known as Navajo Code Talkers used their native tongue, Navajo, to transmit secret strategic messages during World War II. Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, Iwo Jima: From 1942 to 1945, the code talkers took part in every assault the Marines conducted in the Pacific. They …
VOA Cecily Hilleary The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) has announced the five finalists for the design of a National Native American Veterans Memorial, slated to open in Washington in 2020. “The significance of such a memorial on the National Mall is obvious,” said NMAI director Kevin Gover in 2013, shortly after …
Spc. Joshua Wilson (left) talks with 1st Lt. Megan Walden about the Precision Fires-Dismounted application on the Nett Warrior End User Device at Fort Drum, New York, April 5, 2018. He is assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI). (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Dan …
All info, photos Russian MOD The annual Victory Day parade marks the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. Late April, the Patriot Park of the Russian Armed Forces hosted the Russian Defence Ministry Board session chaired by the head of the Russian military department General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. The session …
All info, photos Russian MOD The annual Victory Day parade marks the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. Late April, the Patriot Park of the Russian Armed Forces hosted the Russian Defence Ministry Board session chaired by the head of the Russian military department General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. The session …
The annual Victory Day parade marks the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. Late April, the Patriot Park of the Russian Armed Forces hosted the Russian Defence Ministry Board session chaired by the head of the Russian military department General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. The session participants discussed issues of preparation …
What Kind of Victory for Russia in Syria? Michael Kofman Matthew Rojansky, JD Exclusive For Army University Press The war in Syria has ground on for more than half a decade. Hundreds of thousands have died, entire cities and towns have been destroyed, and billions of dollars in infrastructure have been decimated. Millions of refugees …
RFE , Officials in the German city of Trier have unveiled a controversial monument to political philosopher Karl Marx to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth in the city. Some 4,000 people were on hand on May 5 to see the 5.5-meter-tall bronze statue, which was donated by the government of China. Anticommunist rightists, …
