THE STORY OF THE GREEN BERET
The Green Beret was originally designated in 1953 by Special Forces Major Herbert Brucker, a veteran of the OSS. Later that year, 1st Lt. Roger Pezelle adopted it as the unofficial headgear for his A-team, Operational Detachment FA32. They wore it whenever they went to the field for prolonged exercises. Soon it spread throughout all of Special Forces, although the Army refused to authorize its official use.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
WILLIAM P. YARBOROUGH
961, President Kennedy planned to visit Fort Bragg. He sent word to the Special Warfare Center commander, Brigadier General William P. Yarborough, for all Special Forces soldiers to wear their berets for the event.
The Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) is designed to lay bridges over water and other obstacles.
The JAB ensures that Army units always have a portable bridge handy capable of handling the weight of tanks.
The new bridge layer replaces an older model that s more than 50 years old.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) are testing a new tracked vehicle system designed to quickly lay down tank-capable bridges in a matter of minutes. The new Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) can unfold a 60-foot-long bridge in just 3 minutes, allowing tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to cross rivers, ditches, craters, and other battlefield obstacles.
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Biden Says Lloyd Austin ‘Right Person for This Job’
December 9, 2020 5:50 PM
Outgoing commander U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin makes remarks during the U.S. Central Command change of command ceremony at Macdill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fl., March 30, 2016. US Army Photo
President-elect Joe Biden called retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin III “the right person for this job” as the 28th secretary of defense in an appearance Wednesday in Wilmington, Del.
Acknowledging that Austin will need a congressional waiver to serve as the civilian head of the Pentagon, Biden asked Congress to act, “just as they did for Jim Mattis” when he was selected to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of defense, and grant the waiver.