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William Childs Westmoreland (26 March 1914 – 18 July 2005) was a United States Army general, most notable commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1968 to 1972. Westmoreland adopted a strategy of attrition against the Viet Cong and the North ...
William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving recognition for his command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched-earth policies that he ...
An armoured vehicle-launched bridge ( AVLB) [1] is a combat support vehicle, sometimes regarded as a subtype of military engineering vehicle, designed to assist militaries in rapidly deploying tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles across gap-type obstacles, such as rivers. The AVLB is usually a tracked vehicle converted from a tank chassis ...
United States Army Basic Combat Training ( BCT) is the recruit training program of the United States Army, for service in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, or the Army National Guard . Some trainees attend basic combat training along with their advanced individual training (AIT) at one place, referred to as One Station Unit Training (OSUT).
Purple Heart. Air Medal. Other work. Chairman of the Board, Interlake Iron Corporation. General William Morris Hoge (January 13, 1894 – October 29, 1979) was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer who fought with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, with a military career spanning nearly forty years.
Off-road: 30 mph (48 km/h) [7] The M1074 Joint Assault Bridge System ( JAB, JABS) is an American armored military engineering vehicle based on the Abrams M1 A1 main battle tank chassis. [8] : p.154 The M1074 was designed by Leonardo DRS for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps to provide deployable bridge capability for units engaged in military ...
290 miles (470 km) Maximum speed. 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) The M60 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge ( AVLB) is an armored vehicle based on the M60 Patton main battle tank 's hull and used for the launching and retrieval of a 60-foot (18 m) scissors-type bridge. The AVLB consists of three major sections: the launcher, the vehicle hull, and the ...
Service numbers were used by the United States Department of Defense as the primary means of service member identification from 1918 until 1974 (and before 1947 by the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy). Service numbers are public information available under the Freedom of Information Act , unlike social security numbers which are protected by the ...