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The Early Bird, December 30, 1998. The Early Bird was a newsletter collated daily by public affairs officials from the United States Department of Defense and released early every morning from 1963 until 2013. [1] It contained approximately three dozen stories taken from publications ranging from major newspapers to niche defence journals.
The Cherokee, numbering around 22,000 individuals living in 200 villages, had maintained friendly relations with the British for trading and military purposes since the early 18th century. In 1773, the Treaty of Augusta was signed at the request of both Cherokee and Creek Indians, resulting in the cession of over 2,000,000 acres of tribal land ...
Early Commissioning Program (ECP) is a U.S. Army ROTC program that allows graduates of one of the nation's four Military Junior Colleges (MJC) to become commissioned officers in the reserve components (National Guard or Reserve) in two years, instead of the usual four. [1]
The documentation of military history begins with the confrontation between Upper and Lower Egypt c. 3150 BC and Sumer (current Iraq) and Elam (current Iran) c. 2700 BC near the modern Basra. The Egyptian military scribe Tjaneni recorded the Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) which is accepted as the first battle in relatively reliable detail ...
In early 1916, the Mexican general Pancho Villa, a presidential contender who had suffered defeats, sent 500 soldiers on a murderous raid on the American city of Columbus, New Mexico. Wilson sent the U.S. Army under General John J. Pershing to punish Villa in the Pancho Villa Expedition. Villa fled deep into Mexico, with the Americans in pursuit.
The War of American Independence: Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practice, 1763–1789 (1971, 1983). an analytical history of the war online via ACLS Humanities E-Book. Hope, Ian C. A Scientific Way of War: Antebellum Military Science, West Point, and the Origins of American Military Thought (U of Nebraska Press, 2015). xii, 334 pp. Huston ...
BRAT (British) – British Regiment Attached Traveler (British military usage, may have been the original usage, which was later adapted to the American military: Means "child that travels with a soldier"), or "Born, Raised and Trapped". Usually pronounced "Military Brat" or "Base Brat". [7] [8] BUB – Battle Update Brief; BVR – Beyond ...
During his time in the army, Pitt deployed twice to Afghanistan: in 2005 for 12 months, and in 2007 for 15 months. [6] As part of the 503rd, Sergeant Pitts served as a Forward Observer. Initially Pitts was recommended to receive a Distinguished Service Cross , for his actions on July 13, 2008, during the Battle of Wanat . [ 7 ]