Al Nofi's CIC
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Issue #85, June 29, 2002 |
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This Issue...
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Infinite Wisdom
"This Embattled Shore,
Portal of Freedom,
Is Forever Hallowed by
The Ideals, the Valor, and the Sacrifices
Of Our Fellow Countrymen."
-- | Inscription,
American Military Cemetery,
Omaha Beach. |
La Triviata
- In 1840 some Indians in upstate New York offered themselves for service in the state militia as the �Mohican Rifle Corps,� only to be turned down because the 11th Regiment was already known as �The Mohican Rifles,� despite the fact that there was nary a Native American in the ranks, and it hailed from Brooklyn.
- During the 1982 Falklands War, British troops used perhaps 300 Milan ATGMs, not one of which was fired at an armored vehicle, the missiles proving eminently effective against rock-built defensive positions.
- About a third of the men who served as officers in the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I found employment post-war in the same capacity, with the new Soviet Navy.
- During World War II approximately 18,000 dogs were examined for service with the U.S. Armed Forces, about 40-percent of those �volunteered,� of whom about 11,500 were of whom accepted for service, of whom only 4,889 actually completed training.
- Although when it was �merged� into the West German Bundesheer on October 3, 1990, the East German Volksheer had about 32,000 officers, only about 10-percent of them were still on active duty five years later.
- By a regulation issued in 1857, the U.S. Navy abolished the honorary rank of �commodore� and replaced with that of �Flag Officer� � providing that newly minted flag officers with less than 20 years service as a captain could display the flag of a rear admiral, while those with more than 20 years could use that of a vice admiral.
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