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In 1966, he was deemed fit for military service based on a medical examination, and in July 1968, a local draft board classified him as eligible to serve. [12] In October 1968, he was classified 1-Y , a conditional medical deferment, [ 13 ] and in 1972, he was reclassified 4-F , unfit for military service, due to bone spurs , permanently ...
The United States Military Academy Preparatory School's (USMAPS) mission is to provide focused academic, military, and physical instruction in a moral-ethical environment to prepare, motivate, and inspire cadet candidates in order to qualify for admission to, and graduation from, the United States Military Academy. [255]
The sturdier timber is used for plywood, wood veneer and construction framing, including structural support beams and studs. Milled logs can be fashioned into posts, poles and railroad ties. Less sturdy timber is often ground and processed into pulpwood, principally for papermaking.
Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
To keep LeMay on the ticket, Wallace backer and Texas oil tycoon H. L. Hunt set up a million-dollar fund to reimburse LeMay for any income lost in the campaign. [52] Campaign aides tried to persuade LeMay to avoid questions relating to nuclear weapons, but when asked if he thought their use was necessary to win the Vietnam War, he first said ...
The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and JLTV variants, as well as M2 and M3 Bradley. The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee.
John Isaac. 35. France. Isaac, an English first class cricketer and a captain in the 2nd battalion, Rifle Brigade, was posted as missing at Fromelles, France during the northern attack of the Battle of Aubers Ridge on 9 May 1915. His body was recovered in April 1921 [51] and identified by the medal ribbons.
The easiest way to construct a good military map is to use an existing map of the area required as a base layer. Depending on the source, this existing map can often be used "as–is, without any copyright issues. Alternatively, a copyright map can be used as a base to allow one to trace the necessary map features in creating a new, "own work" map.