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Abraham Lincoln. “Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best ...
Memorial Day Quotes. “One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one Nation, evermore!”. — Oliver Wendell Holmes. “Freely we serve, Because we freely love, as in our will to love or not; in ...
SNAFU. SNAFU is widely used to stand for the sarcastic expression Situation Normal: All Fucked Up, as a well-known example of military acronym slang. However, the military acronym originally stood for "Status Nominal: All Fucked Up." It is sometimes bowdlerized to all fouled up or similar. [5]
Lori Piestewa. Lori Ann Piestewa ( / paɪˈɛstəwɑː / py-ES-tə-wah; [2] December 14, 1979 – March 23, 2003) was a United States Army soldier killed during the Iraq War. A member of the Quartermaster Corps, she died in the same Iraqi attack in which fellow soldiers Shoshana Johnson and Piestewa's friend Jessica Lynch were injured.
Republic of China Air Force. 無空防即無國防 (wu-kong-fang-ji-wu-guo-fang): without air defense there is no national defense. Republic of China Military Police. 忠貞憲兵 (zhong-zheng-xian-bing): loyal military police. Military Academy. 親愛精誠: Fraternity, Devotion, Sincerity.
A D-Day photo. June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy—the day in 1944 when allied forces from 13 countries stormed five beaches in Normandy, France, marking the beginning of ...
8. "The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for ...
The official birthday of the United States Marine Corps is on 10 November 1775. That was the day when the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Marines with the following decree: [1] That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, two majors and other officers, as usual in other ...