America's North Shore Journal » Entries tagged with "U.S. Army"
Military Reporting
Here are some examples of the military reporting I’ve been doing: Power Projection: The Expeditionary Strike Group – America’s Worldwide Reach Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine – Prospects for Tissue and Limb Regrowth Africa Command: The U.S. Army in Africa – A Team like No Other The United States Army Reserve – The Army’s Operational Reserve Electronic Warfare Becomes an Army Speciality – Bringing Control of the Electromagnetic Spectrum to the Battlefield … Read entire article »
Filed under: Analysis, Military, Original writing, Reporting
In Memory of Ivica Jerak
Forty years ago on a barebones basketball court in the small village of Debeljak, Croatia, a 7-year-old boy named Ivica could always be found. He honed his hook shot, strengthened his spin move, and became well known with the local population for being an up-and-coming basketball star. Today that same outdoor basketball court is the focal point of the whole community. It has a new backboard, a new layer of asphalt, and new lights to allow for … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Allies
Army to Add Electric to Vehicle Fleet
The U.S. Army accepted delivery of six neighborhood electric vehicles (NEV’s) at a ceremony today at Fort Meyer, Virginia. This represents the first of 4,000 NEV’s that the Army intends to lease over the next three years. The six NEV’s were manufactured by Global Electric Motorcars and represented two models, a 4 passenger sedan and a two passenger light utility vehicle. GEM describes an NEV as: GEM battery-electric vehicles are classified as low-speed vehicles, or neighborhood electric … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Military alternative energy, Tech
Army’s Only Woman Stryker Driver
At Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, a string of chances enabled a Soldier to become the Army’s first – and only – woman Stryker Armored Vehicle driver, an experience she says changed the course of her Army career. “It all happened by chance,†said Spc. Tiffany Knotts, a signal support systems specialist. “I showed up at the unit at the right time, and I was sent to the training.†The right time for the Army proved to be the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
Former Real Estate Agent Joins Army
DVIDS By Sgt. Brandon Little Task Force XII PAO, MND-B A little more than two years ago, Juliana Rizzo was a real estate agent living in Long Island, N.Y., with her two children, Angelo and Amanda, when she decided it was time to fulfill her childhood dream. That dream was to join the United States Army. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
Coming Soon: Future Posts
- Declaration of War 1812 (in 132 days)
- USS President vs HMS Belvidera (in 137 days)
- General Hull Invades Canada (in 156 days)
- First Battle of Sacketts Harbor (in 163 days)
On Y!CN
- Radioactive Gravel from Japanese Nuke Disaster Used in Buildings
- Fuel Supplies Reach Nome
- Fuel Convoy Reaches Nome
- Russians Sail to Rescue of Ice Bound Alaska Community
- Pope Embraces Anglicans in U.S. with New Ordinariate
- Nebraska Nuke Plant Placed on Special Inspection Status
- Radioactive Water Leaks at Japanese Nuke Site
- Japan Damaged Nuke Plants Still Not Under Control
Social Links
Dad and Military Service
December 22nd, 2005 | 1 Comment
Dad quit school in the eigth grade when his father died, and went to work to help support his eight brothers and sisters. Scrambling for money on the mean streets of Jersey City during the Great Depression. People starved, you know. You could then, without really trying. Now, you have to go out of your way to starve in the United States, but not then. At 17, he joined the United States Army and did a tour with the Coast Artillery in Panama, as a radioman. About 1933 ish. It made him a man, disciplined, thoughtful, willing to learn. When he got out he found a good job, and worked in a wallpaper factory until the Japanese attacked us. He enlisted, and proceeded to visit sunny North Africa, sunny Sicily, rainy England, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commentary, Original writing