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Project 100,000, also known as McNamara's 100,000, McNamara's Folly, McNamara's Morons, and McNamara's Misfits, [1] [2] was a controversial 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to recruit soldiers who would previously have been below military mental or medical standards.
Military use [ edit ] From 1951 to 1988 was the location of the VII Air Brigade (Spanish: VII Brigada Aérea ) of the Argentine Air Force , which operated various aircraft, including: Gloster Meteor , Morane-Saulnier MS-760 , Bell UH-1D , Hughes 369 , Sikorsky S-58T , Grumman Albatross , and T-34 Mentor .
By September 1977, all phase down actions were completed and the base military, civilian, contractor and tenant population stabilized at 400, consisting of more than 300 contractor personnel and approximately 30 Det 2, 401 TFW personnel. On 1 November 1989, Det. 2, 401st TFW, became the 7120th Air Base Flight under Sixteenth Air Force.
Morón Air Base (IATA: OZP, ICAO: LEMO) is located at in southern Spain, approximately 35 miles (56 km) southeast of the city of SevilleThe base gets its name from the nearby town of Morón de la Frontera, while it is located inside the municipality of Arahal.
Deployed in infantry battalions of the four Army brigades and Military Police. [32] [33] Additional procurement is planned. Humvee United States: Armoured car: 156 Deployed in infantry battalions of the four Army brigades and the Special brigades. BearCat G3 United States: Armoured car: 5 Deployed in the 25th Military Police Battalion of the Guard.
The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history in federal service, recruited solely from one religious body and having a religious title as the unit designation. [4] The volunteers served from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. [5]
Following an Urgent Operational Requirement for a camouflage uniform for the Afghan theatre of operations, and the success of a commercially available pattern (Crye's MultiCam) when tested in trials, a decision was made to use MultiCam as the basis of a new Multi-Terrain Pattern for British armed forces, replacing the previous temperate DPM uniforms.
According to the Book of Mormon, Captain Moroni was an important Nephite military commander who lived during the first century BC. He is first mentioned in the Book of Alma as "the chief captain over the Nephites." [1] Captain Moroni is presented as a righteous and skilled military commander.