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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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