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Estonian flags will be hoisted on Friday (August 20) to mark the Day of Restoration of Independence (Taasiseseisvumispäev), which is a public holiday in Estonia.

Shares Retired Army Lt. Gen. Harold “Hal” Gregory Moore, co-author of the book “We Were Soldiers Once…and Young,” Harold Gregory “Hal” Moore, Jr. (born February 13, 1922) was a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Army. Moore is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, which is the second highest military decoration of the United States Army. He was the lieutenant colonel in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, at the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965, in Vietnam. Today he is the “Honorary Colonel” of ...

This past March the students conducted interviews of World War II veterans James Kloos and Ray Lawson. This month they are making videos of Vietnam veteran John Newsom; and Korean War veteran Richard Dagitz. The veteran project is part of Marquette’s Computers II class where students learn about different types of multi-media. Some of the topics the class covers are photos and photo editing, desktop publications such as brochures and programs, video taking and movie creation, in addition to audio editing for putting together podcasts or radio commercials. Following is a brief backgr...

Role of Airborne Troops in Russia’s Military Buildup in Crimea Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 70 (Source: Vesti92.ru) At the end of each winter training cycle, the Russian Armed Forces typically hold extensive readiness checks in the month of April. So unsurprisingly, on April 6, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that the Russian military would carry out 4,048 such snap exercises at 101 ranges over the following few weeks ( Mil.ru, April 6). When it came to the elite Russian Airborne Troops ( Vozdushno-Desantnye Voyska—VDV), 35,000 paratroopers would take part...

Shares The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provides highly trained, disciplined and fit air assault forces and serves as the only Air Assault Division in the world; capable of dicsriminate, agile, and adaptive operations to engage the enemy forces ro …  (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) The Screaming Eagles are one of the most deployed and recognized Divisions in the U.S. Army, with a combat record spanning from the paratroopers of World War II to the Security Force Assistance Teams deployed in Afghanistan today. Army.mil The 101st Airborne Division was activated August 16, 1942 at Camp Clai...