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The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR though commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army.Formed in 1957 as a company, it was modelled on the British SAS with which it shares the motto, "Who Dares Wins".
The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), formally the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), is a federally chartered patriotic organization.The National Society, a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, [8] was formed in New York City on April 30, 1889. [9]
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was reconstituted as a corps. [5]
A LRPV on display at the Australian War Memorial.This vehicle struck a mine while deployed to Afghanistan. The LRPV deployed to Kuwait in 1998 for Operation Desert Thunder, and first saw combat as part of the Australian contribution to the War in Afghanistan, Operation Slipper and later in Iraq in Operation Falconer.
Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited was a 2023 decision of the Federal Court of Australia which found that articles written by journalists Nick McKenzie, Chris Masters and David Wroe alleging Victoria Cross for Australia awardee Ben Roberts-Smith committed murder and other war crimes in Afghanistan were not defamatory.
Major General Timothy Joseph McOwan, AO, DSC, CSM is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army.He served as Special Operations Commander Australia from February 2008 until January 2011, and the Australian Defence Attaché and Head Australian Defence Staff in Washington, D.C.
The Light Reaction Regiment's origins can be traced back to the year 1995 when the Armed Forces of the Philippines started building its first dedicated counter-terrorism unit within the 1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) under the now defunct Philippine Army Special Operations Command (PASOC).
The United States Military Academy (USMA or West Point [7]) [better source needed] is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.West Point was established as a fort during the American Revolutionary War, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.