The Naval Flight Officer is an officer of the US Navy or Marine Corps who specializes in airborne weapons and sensor systems. NFO’s are not pilots (Aviators) but they must be knowledgeable about the duties of the pilots and co-pilots, and the capabilities of various aircraft. I found out that the NFO is required to [...]
The official purpose of the USAF Honor Guard program is to provide military funeral honors for active duty, retired members, and veterans of the USAF. All services have this program in place and I think that it is necessary because it honors those military deceased. It is also a good program because it looks good [...]
This sounds like it will be good news for army snipers. The military constantly changes to keep up with the times and that is still a fact in these days of the war on terror. Army snipers will be given a new rifle to help them keep up with the changing tactics in the war [...]
Have you ever heard of the Barbary Wars? This one was also known as “The Barbary Coast War” and was fought between the US Navy and the Barbary pirates off of the coast of Tripoli. Do you remember the words of the Marine Corps song that say “to the shores of Tripoli?” Those words refer to [...]
Operation Sharp Edge was conducted by the 22nd and 26th Marine Expeditionary Units in 1990. The purpose of this operation was to evacuate the US Embassy and US citizens from the country of Liberia during a period of upheaval. This is one of those little known operations that we often hear nothing about. Our soldiers are involved [...]
The FH-1 Phantom was the first jet fighter produced which was able to take off from an aircraft carrier. This airplane was put into service in 1947. Although they were not used for very long they were also one of the first jet fighters used by the Marine Corps. The term “Gray Angels” referred to [...]
This highly decorated Marine division has participated in just about every engagement possible. It is officially designated as the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force which is stationed at Camp Lejuene North Carolina. The official role of the Second Division is to close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver. We [...]
I bet that not a lot of you knew that each branch of our armed services awards this badge to its members. To be honest, I wasn’t aware of this myself until I did some research. The course is taught at Key West Florida but I really don’t have a lot of information about it. [...]
Hoa Lo Prison commonly known to US servicemen as the Hanoi Hilton. This name probably came from US airmen who had trained at Nellis AFB Nevada. The name Hoa Lo means “fiery furnace,” or “hell’s hole.” This prison is famous because of its subhuman conditions, and the torture that its prisoners endured within its walls. It [...]
If you ask me the Communist Chinese need to be watched very carefully. This is my opinion only and since this is my blog site I can say whatever I want. There have been too many unanswered provocations by the Chinese. We can’t continue to just let stuff slide. We need to be assertive the [...]
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