The United States Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) forces are the elite Special Operations Forces of the U.S. Navy, employed in unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, ...
5 Th Special Forces Group The first Special Forces unit in the Army was formed on June 11, 1952, when the 10th Special Forces Group was activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A major expansion ...
. . The 82nd Airborne during World War II The double "A" on the shoulder patch refers to the nickname "All American Division" adopted by the organization in France during World War I. On 25 March ...
British 6th Airborne Division In 1940 the British established the Central Landing School at Manchester's Ringway airport to evaluate airborne operations under the aegis of the Director of Combined ...
MP5 A4 * = Buttstock extracted/retracted Fire Modes: S = Single, 3 = 3-Round-Burst, F = Automatic Buttstock: AK = Receiver end cap, ES = Retractable buttstock, KS = Folding buttstock
The UH-60A Black Hawk is the primary division-level transport helicopter, providing dramatic improvements in troop capacity and cargo lift capability compared to the UH-1 Series "Huey" it ...
Air Force Special Operations Command Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), with headquarters at Hurlburt Field, Fla., was established May 22, 1990. AFSOC is a major command and the Air ...
VF-84 Jolly Rogers CALLSIGN: VICTORY 1 July 1955 - 1 October 1995 When VF-84 was first established on 1 July, 1955, at NAS Oceana, they were known as the Vagabonds and the FJ-3 Fury was their ...
M151 Jeep M151 Multi-Utility Tactical Truck (MUTT) M151 Fast Attack Vehicle The M151A2 1/4 ton utility truck is the last of the vehicles commonly called jeeps and the last of the series of 1/4 ...
Deutsches Afrikakorps The German Afrikakorps (German: Deutsches Afrikakorps, DAK listen ) was the original German expeditionary force in Libya and Egypt during the North African Campaign of World ...
. Sherman M4A3 The M4 General Sherman was the main battle tank designed and built by the United States for the conduct of World War II. The M4 was the most widely used tank series in the war, ...
1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) "Big Red One" "Duty First" The 1st Infantry Division is the oldest continuously serving division in the United States Army. The Big Red One (as the Division is ...
M1A1 Abrams The M1A1 is the first major block improvement to the M1 ABRAMS Tank System and provides a significant improvement to the Army's offensive ground combat power as displayed during ...
M109A6 Paladin Self Propelled Howitzer The M109A6 Paladin is the latest advancement in 155mm self-propelled artillery. The system enhances previous versions of the M109 by implementing onboard ...
The “Flying Tigers” (Traditional Chinese: 飛虎隊; Simplified Chinese: 飞虎队; Pinyin: Fēi Hǔ Duì; Japanese: フライング・タイガース) was the nickname of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), a group of United Stat ...
How did men become U-boat commanders? There were some different groups of commanders, which had gone their very different ways into command. 1. The pre-war Commanders This group of commanders took ...
. Clive Robertson Caldwell was born in Lewisham, Sydney on the 28th of July, 1911. Pre war he trained for his civil pilot's licence whilst a member of the Royal Aero Club. He joined the RAAF at ...
Opération Barbarossa Before invading Poland, Germany signed the Nazi-Soviet Non aggression Pact, securing the eastern border of Germany. Limited trade, mostly on the part of the Russians, was part ...
HIMARS M142 The high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) is the newest member of the multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) family. HIMARS is a highly-mobile artillery rocket system offering ...
UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) The Huey story traces back over four decades. A great advance in helicopter propulsion had come in the 1950s with the adaptation of the gas turbine engine to helicopter ...
Tiger I is the common name of a German heavy tank of World War II. The initial official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung H (abbreviated PzKpfw VI Ausf. H, Ausführung is German ...
These men are highly dangerous... they must be ruthlessly exterminated. - Adolf Hitler - The British SAS (Special Air Service) was founded by Captain David Stirling and is one of the world's elite ...
From the late 1920's, Dr. Willy Messerchmitt antagonized Erhard Milch, eventually Hitler's Secretary of State for Aviation, and thus Messerchmitt's company, Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW), could ...
Colonel Gregory R. "Pappy" Boyington Medal of Honor Recipient Gregory R. Boyington was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in 1912, to parents of part American Indian ancestry. His ambition to be a ...
Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) The LAV-25 is an all-terrain, all-weather vehicle with night capabilities. It provides strategic mobility to reach and engage the threat, tactical mobility for ...
AAVP7A1 Assault Amphibian Vehicle Personnel The AAVP7A1 is an armored assault amphibious full-tracked landing vehicle. The vehicle carries troops in water operations from ship to shore, through ...
. 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment Vietnam War On the 1 February 1963, the Army began to gather helicopters into the 11th Air Assault Division to test the airmobile concept. The 31st ...
The MLRS M270 Launcher, a derivative of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV), is the standard U.S. Army platform for firing surface to surface artillery rockets and missiles. The Armored Vehicle ...
"The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney" Constituted as the 487th Fighter Squadron on 29 September 1942, it was assigned to the 352nd Fighter Group. The squadron's first home was at Mitchel Field, New ...
PzKpfw VI Ausf. B. Tiger II Tiger II is the common name of a a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B and the tank also had the ...
51st Fighter Wing [51st FW] The 51st FW was activated on Aug. 18, 1948. Though not involved as a wing in World War II operations, the wing was granted "temporary bestowal" of the honors achieved ...
The 8th & 9th Fighter Squadrons are the only two combat-ready F-117A Nighthawk squadrons in the world. They deploy worldwide as tasked by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, using special low-observable ...
Supermarine “Spitfire” Mk IX Built by Vickers, Ltd. In 1943, this Spitfire Mk IX was used in combat over England and occupied Europe. First flown by Free French pilots, it was later assigned to a ...
"This is your last chance, so give it your best." the flight instructor said to aviation cadet Francis S. Gabreski. Uneasy as always, Gabby took the plane up and put it through the basic required ...
Petty Officer Hiroyoshi NishizawaUsually considered the top Japanese ace, Navy or Army. A definitive total will probably never be determined. Nishizawa kept himself usually aloof, enjoying a ...
Medina Division *(Armored) On August 2, 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait. The Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar Republican Guard Divisions attacked from the north down the Basra highway, while the Medina [Al ...
Strike Fighter Squadron FOURTEEN [VFA-14] VFA-14, Tophatters, is based at NAS Lemoore in California. They were redesignated VFA-14, from VF-14, in 2001. This was to reflect VFA-14's transition ...
George S. Welch Pearl Harbor Hero Written by Raymond J. Castagnaro and Lyle F. Padilla for their History, Legend and Myth: Hollywood and the Medal of Honor website Welch was assigned to the 47th ...