X-Nico

24 unusual facts about United States Armed Forces


2004 Banquet 400

This race was noteworthy for the Top 3 finishers all carrying the colors of the United States Armed Forces.

Aaron Altherr

Altherr was born in Landstuhl, Germany when his mother was stationed there as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Boonie hat

The boonie hat was introduced to the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War, when U.S. Army Green Berets began wearing them in the field, along with Australian and Army of the Republic of Vietnam units.

Dammersfeldkuppe

However a tradition that was started by the US Forces and continued by the Bundeswehr after the Americans pulled out of Wildflecken in 1994, is the annual summer walk or Volksmarsch through the out-of-bounds area.

DC3 Music Group

The show aired live to United States military troops all over the world on the American Forces Network.

Duffel Blog

The Duffel Blog is an American military news satire organization featuring satirical articles reporting on US military news.

Eastern Distribution Center

Tenants at DDC’s New Cumberland base include all branches of the Armed Forces.

Frank S. Scott

Corporal Frank S. Scott (December 2, 1883 – September 28, 1912) was the first enlisted member of the United States Armed Forces to lose his life in an aircraft accident.

Ground Mobility Vehicle

The Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) is a special operations version of the Humvee used by the United States Armed Forces.

Ines Pohl

In the early and mid-1980s, as a school girl and a young student, she was actively involved in the German peace movement, specifically in the protest against the stationing of MGM-31 Pershing missiles at a United States Armed Forces Missile Storage Area at Mutlanger Heide ("Mutlangen heathland") near her hometown (as part of the NATO Double-Track Decision).

Isn't Anyone Alive?

It is suggested during the film that this is due to secret experements being conducted by the United States Armed Forces in the hospital.

James Burton Coffman

Later serving as a chaplain in the United States Armed Forces, Coffman held many gospels meetings internationally.

Kenia Arias

Her older brother Jimmy Arias is a Major in United States Armed Forces and was deployed for two years in the Middle East; an event that fueled and inspired Kenia’s subsequent songwriting.

Marcus Griffin

Their parents, Ronald and Mae, are both retired from the United States Armed Forces.

Mel Kaufman

Kaufman was also a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States military, working with and speaking to children and adults.

Military Spouse Day

Many United States citizens take this day to acknowledge the significant contributions, support, and sacrifices of spouses of their Armed Forces.

Ntrepid

In March 2011, The Guardian reported that Ntrepid had won a $2.76 million contract for "online persona management" (commonly known as "sockpuppetry") operations from the U.S. military.

Puerto Rican recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross

Puerto Ricans have served as members of the United States Armed Forces and have fought in every major conflict in which the United States has been involved from World War I onward.

Randolph Engineering

They are most noted for supplying eye-wear to the United States military.

Ray Terrell

He joined the U.S. military in 1942 during World War II, and upon his discharge was signed by the Browns, then a team under formation in the new AAFC.

Recruit Educational Center

The Recruit Educational Center claimed a widened social role for the U.S. Armed Forces during peacetime.

United States Army Air Assault School

Its primary task is training leaders and soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (AASLT), other United States Army units and United States Armed Forces service members in several courses annually.

Zachary Fisher

From the earliest days of his construction career, Mr. Fisher was a strong supporter of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Zachary Fisher (September 26, 1910 - June 4, 1999) was a prominent Jewish American philanthropist in the New York real estate community and a major philanthropic benefactor for the men and women in the United States Armed Forces and their families, as well as numerous other not-for-profit organizations.


Akhtar Abdur Rahman

In 1988, he was killed in the mysterious plane crash along with President Zia and many other high-ranking officers of the Pakistan and United States Armed Forces, including United States ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel.

Dwight Armstrong

Dwight Alan Armstrong (August 29, 1951 – June 20, 2010) was an American anti-Vietnam War activist who was one of four persons involved in the August 24, 1970, Sterling Hall bombing on the campus University of Wisconsin–Madison, in an act of political protest against the University's research efforts on behalf of the United States armed forces.

Edith Dunham Foster

Edith Dunham Foster (1864–1950) was an American educational film maker who served as the Editor of the Motion Picture Community Bureau which furnished nearly all of the films seen by American armed forces during World War 1.

GOC Army Headquarters

The meaning of the reform was to subordinate the ground forces to one ground commander, who is a part of the Joint Staff, by the example of the Israeli Air Force and Navy; and unlike the United States Armed Forces, where operational Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps units and other support units are subordinated to Unified Combatant Commands.

Kori Schake

Projects she contributed to include conceptualizing and budgeting for continued transformation of defense practices, the most significant realignment of U.S. military forces and bases around the world since 1950, creating NATO's Allied Command Transformation and the NATO Response Force, and recruiting and retaining coalition partners for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Legionella

The outbreak was first noticed among people attending a convention of the American Legion—an association of U.S. military veterans.

M24 Chaffee

In British service it was given the service name Chaffee, after the United States Army General Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., who helped develop the use of tanks in the United States armed forces.

Military Readiness Enhancement Act

It would have amended title 10, United States Code to include a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, replacing the policy known as "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT), which banned disclosing one's homosexuality while serving in the Armed Forces.

Old Man's War

After a week of frivolity and orgies, Perry lands on Beta Pyxis III for basic training, during which the CDF's heritage in the United States armed forces is made clear when the recruits are taught the Rifleman's Creed.

Ptech

Ptech's roster of clients included several governmental agencies, including the United States Armed Forces, NATO, Congress, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs, the FAA, the IRS, the Secret Service, and the White House.

Spectrum Industries

Cygnet Films made promotion films and training films for a variety of customers from the startup American Basketball Association to the United States Armed Forces.

Trijicon

On January 18, 2010, ABC News reported that Trijicon was placing references to Biblical verses on the side of the ACOG sights sold to the United States military.

United States Military Standard

In the late 18th century and throughout the 19th, the American and French militaries were early adopters and longtime developmental sponsors and advocates of interchangeability and standardization.