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The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) is part of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command.The NGIC provides scientific and technical intelligence (S&T) and general military intelligence (GMI) on foreign ground forces in support of the warfighting commanders, force and material developers, Department of the Army, Department of Defense, and National-level decisionmakers.
The two prototype YC-130s, AF Serial Numbers 53-3396 and 53-3397, were built at the Burbank, California plant, and were given c/ns 1001 and 1002.Production Hercules have all been built at the Lockheed-Marietta, Georgia plant, and began their c/ns at 3001 (USAF 53-3129, still extant at the Air Force Armament Museum).
The Army's Parachutist Badge is awarded to all military personnel of any service who complete the US Army Basic Airborne Course at Fort Moore, Georgia.It signifies that the soldier is a trained military parachutist, and is qualified to participate in airborne operations.
United States Marine Corps front loaders and 7-ton trucks in the Frigard supply cave during 2012. Stockpiles of United States Marine Corps weapons, vehicles, ammunition and other equipment have been located in Norway since 1981 as part of what is currently designated the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway (MCPP-N).
The department was established in 1947 and is currently divided into three major Departments—the Department of the Army, Navy and Air Force—and has a military staff of 1,418,542 (553,044 US Army; 329,304 US Navy; 202,786 US Marine Corps; 333,408 US Air Force). [1] The DoD is headed by the Secretary of Defense.
The Army has transitioned most of the CONUS organizations, the Coast Guard has completed the transition in 2008, the Navy has begun transitioning in May 2007, and the USMC selected the AMHS and began transitioning in November 2007. In addition to the DoD organizations, other federal agencies (including the DEA and FAA) also use the AMHS.
US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations 1944–45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Conner, Howard (1950). The Spearhead: The World War II History of the 5th Marine Division. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press. Mandel, Lee, Capt. USN Ret. (2015). Unlikely Warrior: A Pacifist Rabbi's Journey from the Pulpit to Iwo Jima. Pelican Publishing ...
The Marine Corps uses a variety of direct-fire rockets and missiles to provide infantry with an offensive and defensive anti-armor capability. The SMAW and AT4 are unguided rockets that can destroy armor and fixed defenses (e.g. bunkers) at ranges up to 500 meters.