A brass plate, with raised rim and a wreath of laurels encircling an eagle with shield and arrows and laurels held by its talons. Stars, sun rays, and scroll with "E PLURIBUS UNUM" are over the eagles head. The eagle holds part of the scroll in its...
Black metal ammunition links with 50 brass .30 caliber dummy rounds. Most of the cartridges have black painted tips. Every fifth round has an orange tip (tracer).
Pear shaped metal flask with standing edge seam and body without ornamentation. There are four studs on the edge where rings were attached for hanging. The top has an outside ring with thumb lever and charger. Leather flask cover is pear shaped...
Medal is in the shape of a decorative blue, white, and gold Maltese cross with a gold medallion at the center with gold eagle insignia facing left, encircled by the words "Lex Regit, Arma Tuentur". The medal is attached to a red, white, and blue...
Bronze medallion (1 1/4" in diameter) has on obverse a female figure representing Liberty, holding a shield and brandishing a sword she stands on live oak with branches terminating in four leaves she holds a shield in her left arm and a sword in...
Bronze medallion (1 1/4" in diameter) shows on obverse the American bald eagle, with wings raised with tips down, perched on a sword overlaid with a palm branch. On the reverse is the shield taken from the US Coat of Arms. At bottom is an open...
Bronze medallion (1 1/4" in diameter) with design on obverse of the Remagen bridge abutments. The reverse has a design depicting Mount Fujiyama, with a cloud near the peak and two Japanese junks at the base with a wave. The ribbon has equally...
Agora que Estamos Saindo do Iraque, o que Aprendemos? Coronel Craig A. Collier, Exército dos EUA; Em 19 Ago 10, a última Unidade de combate (4ª Brigada Stryker da 2ª Divisão de Infantaria) deixou o Iraque, quando a Operação Iraqi Freedom...
On 7 December 1941, Japan's military launched a devastating bombing attack. The United States Navy Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu which at that time was a United States Territory, was the primary target. At 0600 hrs, the...
In 1914, the British Army entered into World War I against the German Empire. Advancements in weapons technology and the assumption of a primarily defensive posture by the Germans lead to five years of stalemated trench warfare. The deplorable...
The sounds of gunfire erupt through the darkness as another round hits a Soldier. Mortars hit the ground and the force of an explosion knocks the remaining five Soldiers to ground. One is dead and three are badly injured. People are screaming as...
Sergeants Major of the Army (SMA) have made many contributions that have changed, or in some way, affected the non-commissioned officer (NCO) corps and the Army. From the inception of the position, SMAs have refined the duties of their position,...
When I searched the internet for contributions of the noncommissioned officers in the transportation corps, I found a unique unit of pioneers that used a mode of transportation that is not mentioned in the transportation corps today. None of these...
This monograph analyzes the effectiveness of US Army Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield doctrine to identify and target enemy psychological vulnerabilities. The focus is on the heavy division. First, the monograph evaluates US Army heavy...
The purpose of this monograph is to answer the question; are current techniques and doctrine for fire support development capable of overcoming the challenges posed by future MOUT warfare? In doing so this monograph will explore current and future...
The post cold war world appears to be an era of unprecedented change. Nations are disintegrating in some places while in others they are forming supranational powers such as the European Union. Transnational threats such as narcotrafficing, crime...