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SHAPE | NATO announces official kick-off of flagship exercise Steadfast Defender 2021


May 5 2021
NATO announces official kick-off of flagship exercise Steadfast Defender 2021
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) invites media representatives to a virtual press conference on NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 on Thursday, 6 May 2021, at 15:30 (Brussels Time).
The press conference will be led by SHAPE’s Vice Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Brice Houdet with representative from the Joint Force Commands Norfolk (USA), Naples (ITA) and the headquarters Joint Support and Enabling Command (DEU). The NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu will moderate the virtual press conference.
Journalists interested in participating via Zoom can register
no later than 06 May 2021 at 10:00 (Brussels time) here: https://mediabriefing-steadfastdefender2021.eventbrite.com. The accreditation platform will be open as of Tuesday 4 May at 11:00. Interpretation in French an English will be provided. ....

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How some bra-wearing pigeons saved thousands of lives during WWII


How some bra-wearing pigeons saved thousands of lives during WWII
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Not even Alfred Hitchcock could have concocted the avian idea carrier pigeons in bras. Or, at the very least, carrier pigeons in vests
made by a brassiere company.
In December 1944, undergarment manufacturer Maidenform ditched peddling their usual wares in favor of a government contract to make 28,500 pigeon vests, according to the National Museum of American History.
The vests themselves could be attached to American paratroopers and were made out “of porous materials, with a tighter woven fabric underneath so the pigeon’s claws would not damage the mesh,” the NMAH wrote. “The vest was shaped to the body of the pigeon, leaving their head, neck, wing tips, tail, and feet exposed.” ....

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