The Army was promised jetpacks. At least briefly. From the end of World War II to well into the 1950s, U.S. Army experiments kept pushing the idea of giving soldiers limited flight, as a way to make infantry more mobile and more effective on the battlefield.
The idea of a jetpack — a human-sized portable rocket pack meant to propel the wearer off the ground for short or prolonged flight — dated back to the 1910s when a Russian inventor proposed it. The idea stuck around and in the late 1950s the U.S. Army began commissioning proposals and studies into developing it for soldiers.
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A longstanding tradition allows watch standers to use poetry to log their ship’s activities in the wee hours of a new year.
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2010: The Obama administration approved funding for “Clandestine Operations in Ukraine.” With funding in place, the State Department and CIA sent their most experienced color revolution administrators to begin operations on the ground in Ukraine.
September 2013: Victoria Nuland is appointed to the post of Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. A U.S. diplomat for 35 years, Nuland served six of the last seven U.S.
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When President-Elect Donald Trump assumes office in January 2025, he should explore the process to rescind the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) that was awarded by President Biden for American military units in Kabul 2021. The award was undeserved. An explanation is in order.
On 26 February 1942, Executive Order 9075 established the Distinguished Unit Citation for outstanding performance of duty (at the unit level) after 7 December 1941. Later, in 1966, it was renamed the Presidential Unit Citation (PUC).
Charles Dolan, known for founding Home Box Office, aka HBO, passed on Dec 28, 2024. He leaves behind a life of entrepreneurship and service. HBO has become a mainstay in Hollywood with continuous hit shows True Detective, Euphoria, The White Lotus, The Righteous Gemstones, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, Westworld, Barry, Silicon Valley, Band of Brothers, Angels in America, Watchmen, The Penguin, Todd McFarlane’s Spawn, Fraggle Rock (yes, your eyes are correct) and even Babar.
U.S. Navy ships and aircraft carried out strikes on more than a dozen Houthi sites in Yemen, including inside the capital city of Sana’a, over the last two days. U.S. Central Command announced the attacks, which are the first major operations in and around Yemen since Dec. 22, when the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg accidentally shot down an F/A18F fighter during a nighttime fight.
“On Dec. 30 and 31, U.S.