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A mix of modern standard containers and old Conex boxes used for training purposes, Fort Carson, 2013 The CONEX box, a portmanteau of "Container, express", is a type of cargo container that was developed during the Korean War and was used to transport and store supplies during the Korean and Vietnam wars.
Lieutenants Victoria Voge and Jane McWilliams became the Navy's first two women flight surgeons. [60] The first female enlistee was accepted into the regular Coast Guard on 7 December 1973. [18] Gail Harris became the first female Intelligence Officer in a Navy aviation squadron in 1973. [61] [62] The first U.S. Navy women earn military pilot ...
A standard steel container was designed called the Conex box that was capable of holding 4,100 kilograms (9,000 lb) and suitable for loading onto a semi-trailer or railway flat car. Eventually 150,000 of them were sent to Vietnam. The use of containers reduced port congestion and handling time, and saved money on packaging.
Women who served during WWI were demobilized when hostilities ceased, and aside from the Nurse Corps the uniformed military became once again exclusively male. In 1942, women were brought into the military again, largely following the British model. [13] [14] The Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps was established in the United States in 1942. However ...
1970s: Aminta Granera abandons her training as a nun to join the Sandinistas and fight against Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle. [24] 1970s: Fay Chung joins ZANU. [25] June 22, 1970: Đặng Thùy Trâm, a Vietnamese military doctor, is killed by United States forces while defending a hospital. Her wartime diaries are published in 2005.
It took 60 years to recognize the first all-women soldiers of WWI. Now, descendants of the 'Hello Girls' are pushing for a Congressional Gold Medal. A Green Bay woman was one of the first female ...
Female soldiers face rampant sexism, harassment and other gender-related challenges in male dominated Army special operations units, according to a report Monday, eight years after the Pentagon ...
In 1988, CMB bought Hessenatie, a large general cargo and container handling company in Antwerp. [1] In July 1991 the Société Générale de Belgique, until then the main shareholder of the CMB, sold its shares to the holding Almabo and his shipping society Exmar, led by Marc Saverys. In 1995, half of CMB Transport (CMBT) was sold to Safmarine ...