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Today’s article is on one of those stories that isn’t just strange, but that is extremely strange. On May 10, 1967 a certain, unusual document was prepared for the U.S. military, one that really stands out when it comes to matters of a controversial and alternative nature. Its title was The Use of Superstitions in... Read more »

Four Stryker combat vehicles and soldiers from the U.S. Armys First Corps from Washington state arrived at the A.B. Won Pat International Airport on Wednesday night.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the negotiations between the Damascus government and the so-termed Daraas Central Committees reached a dead end, and the Minister of Defense of Damascus threatened to destroy Daraa over the heads of its people.

By Lt. Col. Sonie Munson / Published July 11, 2021 Soldiers from 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command observe a HMMWV being lifted from an Army Watercraft System in support of Forager 21, Naval Base Guam, July 10, 2021. Army Watercraft Systems deliver sealift capabilities that increase the Theater Army’s freedom of action and ability to flow forces to and within the region (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Carlisi, I Corps Public Affairs) America’s First Corps Soldiers a...

This map shows the movements of Union (blue) and Confederate (red) troops in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to 3, 1863. During the night of July 3, Confederate general Robert E. Lee managed to slip his Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River into Virginia and evade pursuing Union troops. This map shows the movements of Confederate (red) and Union (blue) troops on July 1, 1863, the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. By the end of the day, Union force...

SUMMARY John Newton was a Virginia native and a Union general during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Born in Norfolk, the son of a long-serving congressman, Newton graduated from West Point and served in the Army Corps of Engineers before commanding a brigade and then a division in the Army of the Potomac. After the disastrous Union defeat at Fredericksburg in December 1862, Newton and fellow general John Cochrane met with United States president Abraham Lincoln in a veiled attempt at see...

Daily NK Without hope of achieving their goal of party membership, many soldiers have decided to desert their posts 2021.04.29 10:00am The North Korean military recently began putting a series of measures in place that have reduced the length of required service but have increased requirements for soldiers to gain entry into the Workers’ Party of Korea. The new policies have resulted in a surge in incidences of soldiers deserting their posts. According to a source in North Korea, ...

The Appomattox Campaign began on Wednesday, March 29, 1865. After a final meeting at City Point, Virginia, to discuss strategy with United States president Abraham Lincoln, Union general William T. Sherman, and Admiral David Porter, Ulysses S. Grant set in motion the Army of the Potomac, commanded by George G. Meade, and the Army of the James, commanded by Edward O. C. Ord, with the intention of turning the right, or southern, flank of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, entrenched at ...

regiment – ten companies, commanded by a colonel brigade – four to six regiments, commanded by a brigadier general division – three to four brigades, commanded by a brigadier general or major general corps – several divisions, commanded by a major general army – several corps, commanded by a major general or lieutenant general department – the bureaucratic overseer of armies in the field; Union departments were often, but not always, named for rivers, Confederate departments for sta...

The 40th Infantry Division, aligned under the U.S. Army’s America’s First Corps took part in Defender Pacific 20. Defender Pacific 20 is a joint exercise that demonstrates the Army’s strategic readiness by deploying combat credible forces across the Indo-Pacific Theater of operations. The 40th Infantry Division’s warfighting function chiefs and enabled staff members synchronized their effects in multiple command-post exercises a year prior in preparation for Defender Pacific 20. Discuss...