US MILITARY

AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE TOP GUN MOVIE

IN 1986, THE US NAVY STATED THAT THE NUMBER

OF YOUNG MEN WHO WANTED TO BECOME NAVAL

AVIATORS WENT UP BY 500 PERCENT.

A NON-LUBRICATED CONDOM IS PART OF THE

UNITED STATES MILITARY STANDARD ISSUE

PARACHUTE PACK SURVIVAL KIT (SRU-16). APART

FROM ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION, IT CAN ALSO SERVE

AS A CONTAINER CAPABLE OF HOLDING UP TO

1 LITRE OF WATER.

SO FAR, THE U.S. NAVY HAS ONLY HAD ONE SHIP

HELD CAPTIVE BY ANOTHER NATION. IN 1968,

NORTH KOREA TOOK THE USS PUEBLO SPY SHIP IN 1968.

TODAY, THE SHIP IS MOORED IN A RIVER IN PYONGYANG

AND SERVES AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION.

ACCORDING TO THE DOD’S LATEST BASE STRUCTURE

REPORT, THE US ARMY HAS BASES IN AT LEAST

74 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

THE US NAVY STILL OPERATES WOODEN SHIPS. MADE

FROM OAK, FIR AND CYPRESS, THESE SHIPS ARE

DESIGNED TO CLEAR MINES FROM VITAL WATERWAYS.

IN 1968, THE US ARMY DEVELOPED A GIANT

FOUR-LEGGED ROBOT KNOWN AS THE “WALKING TRUCK”.

THE ROBOT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO LIFT A CAR

AND COULD WALK AS FAST AS 5 MPH BUT IT WAS

NEVER USED IN PRACTICE AS OPERATING IT

WAS EXTREMELY EXHAUSTING.

THE US NAVY DEVELOPED A SPECIAL RESEARCH VESSEL

THAT IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING BOTH VERTICALLY

AND HORIZONTALLY. KNOWN AS THE FLIP

(FLOATING INSTRUMENT PLATFORM), THE VESSEL

HAS TWO DOORS IN MOST OF ITS ROOMS,

ONE TO USE WHEN THE SHIP IS HORIZONTAL,

ANOTHER WHEN VERTICAL.

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REMAINS THE DEADLIEST

WAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE US ARMY. IT IS

ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 750,000 SOLDIERS WERE

KILLED IN THE WAR, WHICH IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST

NUMBER OF ALL THE WARS THE ARMY HAS

EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN.