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To facilitate the dual function of the National Guard Bureau, the Departments of the Army and Air Force, along with the NGB, reorganized the latter agency on October 1, 1948. This reorganization established the NGB as a Bureau of the Department of the Army and an agency of the Department of the Air Force.
The United States Military Academy was founded in 1802, through the Military Peace Establishment Act signed into law by President Thomas Jefferson.The legislation served the dual purpose of maintaining a well-trained standing militia at the ready, and of bringing to fruition Jefferson's vision of a national university. [1]
On 1 March 1966 the 26th Marine Regiment was activated at Camp Pendleton initiating the formation of the 5th Marine Division. [1]: 357 The 26th Marines moved to Okinawa in August. [1]: 306 The battalion was landed at Da Nang, South Vietnam on 27 August 1966. [1]: 346 On 11 October the battalion moved from Da Nang to Phu Bai Combat Base.
On the morning of 4 March Marine A-4s and F-4s and U.S. Air Force B-57s carried out airstrikes on the landing zone before the helicopter landings commenced at 09:00, however the incoming helicopters of Marine Aircraft Group 36 were met with intense anti-aircraft fire and one UH-1E gunship of VMO-6 and an F-4 from VMFA-531 were shot down. [1]
He married Vonda Jones, a graduate of the University of Arkansas on 29 June 1966. [1]: 168 Their daughter Cheryl was born in December 1966 [1]: 223 and their son was born in 1974. [1]: 439 After retiring from the U.S. Army in 1999, he returned to Arkansas.
Walz, who served in the Army National Guard, and Vance, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, are the first military veterans to be at the top of a major party ticket since John McCain in 2008.
SGM – Sergeant Major (U.S. Army E-9 – Sometimes referred to as Staff Sergeant Major) SGT – Sergeant (U.S. Army E-5) (U.S. Marines uses Sgt) SHORAD – Short Range Air Defense; SITREP – Situation Report; SJA – Staff Judge Advocate; SLAM – Standoff Land Attack Missile; SLBM – Submarine-launched ballistic missile; SLOTUS – Second ...
In 1966, Temple graduated from the United States Army Command and General Staff College. The same year he was assigned to the 40th Division Support Command as Personnel Staff Officer, S1. He then commanded the 40th Supply and Transportation Battalion, followed by command of 3rd Battalion, 160th Infantry. [8]