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FACTS ABOUT THE US MILITARY

Added on: 15th Mar 2016

 

ALTHOUGH THE US MILITARY HAVE SENT THEIR ARMED

FORCES ABROAD MORE THAN 300 TIMES,

OFFICIALLY, THE COUNTRY HAS ONLY DECLARED

WAR ON FIVE OCCASIONS – THE WAR OF 1812,

THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, THE SPANISH-AMERICAN

WAR, WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II.

Army

 

UNTIL WWII, THE SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA OF THE

U.S. ARMY’S 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION CONTAINED THE

SWASTIKA WHICH WAS A COMMON NATIVE AMERICAN

SYMBOL BACK THEN.

Swat

 

 

THE COLOURS OF THE PRESENT ARMY DRESS UNIFORM

WERE CHOSEN BY GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1779.

OVER THE YEARS, THE ARMY TRIED VARIOUS COLOURS

BUT IN 2010, THEY BEGAN ISSUING UNIFORMS ACCORDING

TO WASHINGTON’S COLOUR DESIGN AGAIN.

US Army uniform

 

 

US AIR FORCE HONOURS THEIR FALLEN WITH A FLY-BY

SALUTE KNOWN AS “THE MISSING MAN” IN WHICH

THE FORMATION FLIES VERY LOW AND THE LEADER’S

WINGMAN PULLS UP RAPIDLY, WHICH REPRESENTS

DEPARTURE TO HEAVEN. THIS IS AN AERIAL

EQUIVALENT OF RIDER LESS HORSE.

Missingman

 

 

IN 1929, US ARMY AIR CORPS LIEUTENANT GENERAL

JOHN MACCREADY ASKED BAUSCH & LOMB, A

NEW YORK-BASED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER,

TO CREATE AVIATION SUNGLASSES THAT WOULD BAN

THE SUN RAYS AND REDUCE THE HEADACHES AND

NAUSEA EXPERIENCED BY HIS PILOTS. THIS IS HOW

THE COMPANY RAY BAN GOT ITS NAME.

Raybans

 

 

AS A PART OF THE U.S. NAVY MARINE MAMMAL

PROGRAM, THE NAVY HAS TRAINED SEA LIONS AND

DOLPHINS TO PERFORM TASKS SUCH AS SHIP AND

HARBOUR PROTECTION, MINE DETECTION AND

CLEARANCE AND EQUIPMENT RECOVERY.

Marine2

 

 

BECAUSE OF THEIR UNIQUE TRAINING SCHEDULES,

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE UNITS MAY

CELEBRATE ARMED FORCES DAY/WEEK OVER

ANY PERIOD IN THE MONTH OF MAY.

US-military

 

 

USS JOHN C. STENNIS, A 1,092 FEET (333m) LONG

NUCLEAR-POWERED SUPER-CARRIER, HAS A

MORE POWERFUL AIR FORCE THAN 70% OF

ALL COUNTRIES.

USS John C. Stennis

 


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