SOF: Barry Sadler was an enlisted man and a Green Beret. He was a special forces medic while In Vietnam where he stepped on a pongee stick and was seriously injured. Barry is best known for having written and sung The Ballad of the Green Berets which was on the best seller list or what …
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is the newest branch of the Armed Forces, established December 20, 2019. The USSF was established within the Department of the Air Force, meaning the Secretary of the Air Force has overall responsibility for the USSF, under the guidance and direction of the Secretary of Defense. Additionally, a four-star general known as …
DOD Budget Request Boosts Research, Nuclear Modernization and Includes 2.7% Pay Raise MAY 28, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS The fiscal year 2022 Defense Department budget request includes the largest-ever research, development, test and evaluation request — $112 billion, which is a 5.1% increase over fiscal 2021. It also includes $27.7 billion for nuclear triad modernization. The budget …
Memorial Day History Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan …
