Army Sgt. Antonio Garcia lays a single red rose at each of the crypts while conducting his last walk on the plaza at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., April 17, 2019. Unknown Heroes, Public Thanks For the first time in nearly 100 years, members …
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1,903 Days as a POW COL James ‘Nick’ Rowe, POW Diary, 1963-1968 by Michael E. Krivdo, PhDsocom.mil In the early morning hours of 29 October 1963, at Tan Phu village in southernmost Vietnam, then-First Lieutenant (1LT) James N. ‘Nick’ Rowe, the Assistant Detachment Commander, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) …
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Plaintiffs U.S. Navy SEALs 1-26, U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewmen (SWCC) 1-5, U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (EOD) 1, and U.S. Navy Divers 1-3, by and through counsel, and for their Complaint against the Defendants, hereby state as follows:INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs are each assigned to Naval Special Warfare …
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Posted by: Chris Elliot|November 8, 2021 Plane hired to fly “let’s go Brandon” banner over college football game – crowd goes absolutely nuts “Let’s go Brandon” has become a common phrase and rallying cry for those that do not like Joe Biden. The saying, the meme, and now a banner is …
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The U.S. Army in the Occupation of Berlin, 1945–1949 by William Stivers and. Donald A. CarterBelow are brief excerpts of the 350 page book Soviet troops leave the U.S. Sector of Berlin in July 1945. The Cold War conflict can be reduced to one particular issue and confrontation—Berlin. The four …
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The End of Donald Trump POSTED 7. JANUARY 2021 HANNES WESSELS Handful of Hard Men By Hannes Wessels by Hannes Wessels Most people I know are thrilled the Trump era is over. And watching his performance in his final days they may be right; but with him gone and Democrats about to …
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DOD Focused on Readiness, Instead of Intent Behind Chinese Military Exercises Alabama Army National Guardsmen from the 690th Chemical Company prepare their Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance Stryker vehicle at the Joint Warfighting Assessment 19 training exercise at Yakima Training Center, Washington, April 29, 2019. Photo By: Army Pfc. Valentina Y. …
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Berlin Wall DOD The Year Communism Ended In Europe: the Berlin Wall On November 9, 1989, after serving as the symbol of the Cold War for decades, the Berlin Wall fell. Its demise signaled the dawn of change not only in Eastern Europe, but the world. From various CIA archives …
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Today we christened the USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206)! This great ship honors #NavyDiver & #CivilRights activist Harvey Milk who was forced out of the service due to unfair policies. Because of him, today our #LGBTQ #Sailors & #Marines serve honorably as their genuine selves. Today we christened the USNS …
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Ed McMahon, left, and Johnny Carson on the set of the Tonight Show in New York. NOV. 8, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS Ed McMahon is best known as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on TV’s “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” from 1962 to 1992. He always opened the show with …
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