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  2. R&R (military) - Wikipedia

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    R&R, military slang for rest and recuperation (also rest and relaxation, rest and recreation, or rest and rehabilitation ), is an abbreviation used for the free time of a soldier or international UN staff serving in unaccompanied (no family) duty stations. The term is used by a number of militaries such as the United States Armed Forces and ...

  3. Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - Wikipedia

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    BBC World News stated that one of the prisoners, who was reportedly mentally unstable, was considered by prison guards as a "pet" for torture. [79] The UN expressed hope that the pictures would be investigated immediately, but the Pentagon stated that the images "have been previously investigated as part of the Abu Ghraib investigation." [80]

  4. John Titor - Wikipedia

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    Titor's purported military insignia. John Titor and TimeTravel_0 are pseudonyms used on internet forums between 2000 and 2001 by an individual claiming to be an American military time traveler from the year 2036. [1] [2] His posts discussed various aspects of time travel, and described future calamitous events, including a global nuclear war ...

  5. Philadelphia Experiment - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Experiment was an alleged event claimed to have been witnessed by an ex- merchant mariner named Carl M. Allen at the United States Navy's Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, some time around October 28, 1943. Allen described an experiment where the U.S. Navy attempted to make a destroyer ...

  6. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette - Wikipedia

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    Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette [a] (French: [ʒilbɛʁ dy mɔtje maʁki d(ə) la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette [a] (/ ˌ l ɑː f i ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/ LA(H)F-ee-ET), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington ...

  7. Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan - Wikipedia

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    [57] When news of the assassination attempt reached the White House, Haig was there. He urged the vice president—visiting Texas for the first time since the inauguration—to return, but the voice connection to Bush aboard Air Force Two was weak, and it is unknown whether they heard each other. [39] [58] [56]

  8. Military history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. emerged as one of the two undisputed superpowers along with the Soviet Union, and unlike the Soviet Union, the U.S. homeland was virtually untouched by the ravages of war. During and following World War II, the United States and Britain developed an increasingly strong defense and intelligence relationship.

  9. List of time travel works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    A team of scientists and military personnel travel back in time to the 1920s to change the past and prevent a major terrorist attack on present day New York. 2013 11 A.M. Kim Hyun-seok: A group of time-travel researchers at a deep-sea facility make their first test run 24 hours into the future, only to discover the facility close to destruction.