Today 1954 marked the first flight of the C-130 Hercules. NORAD & NORTHCOM uses it for homeland defense, search & rescue, scientific research support, weather reconnaissance, aerial refueling, maritime patrol, aerial firefighting & spraying, and more. Nineteen C-130J aircraft take part in an elephant walk before takeoff during an exercise Mar. 15, 2018, at Little …
From Chemins d’ memoirs, France Government Ministry de la Defense After reducing the Falaise Pocket in Normandy, on 19 August 1944 the Allied armies advanced swiftly to Rouen and Mantes, where a bridgehead was established on the Seine. In the meantime, on 18 August Paris had taken up arms. General de Gaulle had planned for …
By Thomas Brading, Dan Lafontaine, DOD For years, dismounted Soldiers have been overburdened by equipment which, while highly effective, often isn’t integrated with other equipment,” said Brig. Gen. Anthony Potts, PEO Soldier. “(The Army) wouldn’t buy a tank piece by piece,” said Col. Travis Thompson, Soldier Lethality Cross-Functional Team chief of staff, to stakeholders. “So …
Composed In The Field By Spec. Ronald Jordan Forwarded by SOF friend as translated by Paul Price Co. A, 1st Bn., 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division 1969 I landed in this country, With one year of life to give, My only friend a weapon, And my only prayer, to live. I walked away from freedom, …
Hello my friendBack so soon, again?It seems to me that you like our companyYou play againAnd it’s usually meTo be the first disturbing beingThat you seeThey tore me apartThey used me for partsThey took away my faceThey took away my armNO!It just isn’t fair!The chicken and the bearEven the fox didn’t go throughtWhat I had …
Navy SEALS have been a focus of Navy leaders since High profile cases of misconduct have been in the limelight, including the highly publicized case of Eddie Gallagher. Although Gallagher was acquitted of murder after lengthy legal proceedings, he was found guilty of taking a photograph with a dead terrorist. NAVY SEAL ENLISTED GENERAL REQUIREMENTS …
