War

LTC Mark Fitzgerald takes you “Behind the Steel Curtain” to discuss the recent maneuvers in Eagle Pass. This effort is part of @GovAbbott@GregAbbott_TX‘s #OperationLoneStar, putting @TXMilitary and @TxDPS side-by-side to confront criminal activity along the Texas-Mexico border. The #Texas Guard is has been — and continues — to exercise Steel …

Soldiers conduct sling load operations with a CH-47 Chinook during a training exercise at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, South Korea, March 25, 2021. For Contingencies in Indo-Pacom, Army Will Serve as ‘Linchpin’ for Joint Force DEC. 1, 2021 | BY C. TODD LOPEZ, DOD NEWS photos By: Army Spc. Brooke Davis …

Bob Howard (the most decorated Green Beret) with his Medal of Honor. THE STORY OF THE GREEN BERET The Green Beret was originally designated in 1953 by Special Forces Major Herbert Brucker, a veteran of the OSS. Later that year, 1st Lt. Roger Pezelle adopted it as the unofficial headgear …

Enes Kanter Twitter Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter is legally changing his name to Enes Kanter Freedom, @TheAthletic@Stadium learned. Kanter will be his middle name, Freedom is his new last name. He becomes a U.S. citizen on Monday. Freedom is of Turkish ethnicity born in Switzerland. And he’s been very …

USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Austin G. Collins The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) returned to Naval Station Mayport, Nov. 24, marking the end of a seven-month world tour deployment to the U.S. 2nd, 5th, 6th and …

NOTE from Gov Archives: The Kwangju uprising that occurred in May 1980 is another major event in this sequence of contentious politics. Beginning as a student protest in the southwestern city of Kwangju, the uprising escalated into an armed civilian struggle and was met by brutal acts of violence enacted …

Tribute To Martha “Maggie” Raye From “Doc” Dentice – Vietnam Medic “MARTHA RAYE: VIETNAM CASUALTYMartha Raye is the only Vietnam casualty in Hollywood, surreptitously blacklistedas a warmonger for devoting ten years, on and off, working with medics under firein the field. She is a lieutenant colonel in the Green Berets, given …

Army Maj. Gen. Joshua Chamberlain FEB. 24, 2020 | BY KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS A painting depicts Union Army Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain ordering the men of the 20th Maine Infantry to run down Little Round Top and push back the Confederate soldiers during the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Anyone …

Rhodesia ‘The Country That Was’ :  Zimbabwe ‘The Tragedy That Is’ OPINION By Scott Spires Many years ago a country existed on a continent that for the most part had never known stability or progress. A continent locked in perpetual tribal warfare. A country that was Christian in character, striving …