In conjunction with the U.S. Army's 244th Birthday, the Army announced a new proficiency badge on Friday, called the Expert Soldier Badge. The ESB is designed to improve lethality, recognize excellence in Soldier combat skills and increase individual, unit and overall Army readiness. The ESB is the equivalent of the...
Remember how we did a post last week with some clips of famous Hollywood firefights? Well by a happy coincidence... Larry Vickers has started a new series of videos called "Larry At The Movies", and in his first episode he takes an in-depth, expert look at the famous gun battle...
A famous photograph of Officers and Enlisted Men with Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "guarding" the Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's mountain-top residence, "The Eagle's Nest", near the town of Berchtesgaden in southern Bavaria. The capture of the Eagle's Nest was considered a high-prestige objective for American troops at...
Army leaders and members of Congress cut a cake in honor of the US Army's 244th Birthday at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., June 12, 2019. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dana Clarke
21 C47s and Dakotas in formation dropping troops onto Drop Zone 'K', Sannerville, Normandy on June 6, 2019. Photo by Andrew King, courtesy of Jet Art Aviation Ltd.#dday75 #ddaysquadron
Canada and the United States not only share the longest unfortified border in the world, but military relations between the countries are longstanding, well-entrenched and extensive as well. The closeness of the partnership also provides both countries with greater security than could be achieved individually. During the Second World War...
Among the 39 female agents who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WWII, these three deserve special mention. In a recent article for "Business Insider", author Sarah Rose provides an extract from her new book, "D-Day Girls: THE SPIES WHO ARMED THE RESISTANCE, SABOTAGED THE NAZIS, AND HELPED WIN...
Wear-testing is underway at the present time, and final design details are still being worked out prior to its the full roll-out next summer. However, the US Army made sure that prototypes of the new Army Green Service Uniform were issued to VIPs in time for the D-Day 75th Anniversary...
At the age of 20, this woman parachuted into France nine days before the Allied advance and helped sabotage German war efforts. Her code name was Agent Blanche, she was one of 3,000 secret warrior women of Britain's Special Operations Executive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9P5QDxHJuE
'Pegasus Bridge' - 9 June 1944 Vehicles including a Royal Signals jeep and trailer and RASC Leyland lorry on the Pont de Bénouville over the Caen Canal at Bénouville, Calvados. The signallers are fixing telephone lines across the bridge. At 00:16 hrs on the 6th June, the British 6th Airborne Division...
