enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. M1 Garand - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Garand

    The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand .

  3. Fort Gregg-Adams - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Gregg-Adams

    Fort Gregg-Adams, in Prince George County, Virginia, United States, is a United States Army post and headquarters of the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/ Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE), the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, the U.S. Army Ordnance School, the U.S. Army Transportation School, the Army Sustainment University (ALU), Defense Contract Management ...

  4. Springfield Armory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory

    This was the famous M1, or "Garand rifle" as it came to be known. The army adopted the rifle in 1936, and production began the next year. This began what was to become the greatest production effort in the armory's history: during the entire production history of the M1 rifle, the Springfield Armory produced over 4.5 million of them.

  5. 13 Surprising Facts About the U.S. Army - AOL

    www.aol.com/13-surprising-facts-u-army-172807570...

    Stateside, Virginia has the most bases, including the home of the oldest active-duty infantry unit in the Army. Fort Bragg is the country’s largest Army base. There are lots of dogs in the Army

  6. United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army...

    In 2005 a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) law was passed by Congress. One of BRAC's requirements was the relocation of the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School headquarters, the Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School, and the Ordnance Museum to Fort Lee by the end of 2011. [1]

  7. Fort Eustis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Eustis

    Fort Eustis is a United States Army installation in Newport News, Virginia. In 2010, it was combined with nearby Langley Air Force Base to form Joint Base Langley–Eustis . The post is the home to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command , the U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School , the 7th Transportation Brigade , and Joint Task ...

  8. Fort Barfoot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Barfoot

    M1A1 Abrams firing at a Fort Barfoot range, 2008. Fort Barfoot, formerly Fort Pickett, is a Virginia Army National Guard installation, located near the town of Blackstone, Virginia. Home of the Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center, Fort Barfoot was originally named for the United States Army officer and Confederate General George Pickett.

  9. Army renames Virginia fort after woman who treated Union ...

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/army-renames-virginia-fort...

    The U.S. Army has re-designated Virginia’s Fort A.P. Hill to Fort Walker — making it the first installation to be named solely after a woman. During a ceremony on Friday, officials renamed the ...