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A Texas police sergeant and Army veteran killed in the line of duty is being hailed as a hero for preventing even more tragedy.. Navasota Police Sgt. Mark Butler was killed in a head-on collision ...
A Texas police officer and veteran Army soldier is being hailed as a hero for “sacrificing” himself to save the lives of others from a speeding maniac. Sgt. Mark Butler of the Navasota Police ...
The Officer Down Memorial Page reports 436 deaths in the line of duty. [26] The leading cause of death for 2020 was COVID-19 at 281 deaths followed by gunfire at 46 deaths and 9/11-related cancers with 35 deaths. The state with the largest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 78 followed by New York with 43.
The current version of the Soldier's Creed is a product of the 'Warrior Ethos' program authorized by the then Army Chief of Staff Eric K. Shinseki in May 2003. [1] It was written by members of Task Force Soldier's Warrior Ethos Team, and was first approved in its current format by the next Army Chief of Staff Peter Schoomaker on 13 November 2003.
A line officer or officer of the line is, opposed to staff officers or reserve officers, a military officer who is eligible for command of operational, tactical or combat units. The name most likely stems from the Early modern warfare tactics of fighting in a line, either as an infantry or naval formation .
The Army's primary responsibility is to conduct prompt and sustained land combat as part of the joint force. Army landpower focuses on destroying an enemy's armed forces, occupying its territory, and breaking the will of an adversary. [61] The five core competencies of the Army are: Prompt and sustained land combat; Combined arms operations:
Beyond the Line of Duty is a 1942 American short propaganda film, directed by Lewis Seiler. [1] The documentary film reenacted the life and career of United States Army Air Corps Captain Hewitt T. "Shorty" Wheless. [2] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hollywood rushed to turn out films that would help to help win the war.
[5] 272 U.S. Army nurses died of disease (mainly tuberculosis, influenza, and pneumonia). [6] In 1917 U.S. Army nurses Clara Ayres and Helen Wood became the first female members of the U.S. military killed in the line of duty.