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The M2 Bradley, or Bradley IFV, is an American infantry fighting vehicle that is a member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family. It is manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments (formerly United Defense ) and entered service in 1981, with fielding beginning in 1983.
[1] [note 1] These two trends led to the IFV, with firing ports in the troop compartment and a crew-operated weapons system. [1] The IFV established a new niche between those combat vehicles which functioned primarily as armored weapons-carriers or as APCs. [6] During the 1950s, the Soviet, US, and most European armies had adopted tracked APCs. [6]
The U.S. Army’s mechanized infantry and cavalry branches wanted an IFV that could also take on BMPs in a head-to-head fight—something its boxy M113 ‘battle taxi’ APCs, armed with.50 ...
Bob Hope Patriotic Hall is a 10-story building that was dedicated as Patriotic Hall by the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors in 1925 and was built to serve veterans of Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, World War I and to support the Grand Army of the Republic. It serves as the home of the Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veterans ...
On April 1, 1850 the citizens of Los Angeles elected a three-man Court of Sessions as their first governing body. [1] A total of 377 votes were cast in this election. [1] In 1852, the Legislature dissolved the Court of Sessions and created a five-member Board of Supervisors. [1]
The State of California was founded in 1850. On February 18, 1850, the County of Los Angeles was established as one of the 27 original counties, several months before California was admitted to the Union. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was created in 1852. The Court of Sessions was used under Mexican custom until 1852.
County supervisors' frustrations with Gonzales appeared to peak in February after The Times published a video of officers violently restraining a 17-year-old and revealed that Gonzales overrode an ...
The Treasurer-Tax Collector is appointed by the board of supervisors. [10] Los Angeles County Internal Services Department: responsible for the general operations of county government, including Information Technology Service, Data Center management, County Cyber security, fleet management, energy and environmental services, building management ...