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10 Bizarre Military Mysteries No One Can Explain
Military history always makes for an interesting, gripping read. People still remain fascinated by the most notorious war criminals of all time, enjoy reading about the greatest generals in history, and watch war movies because military life is so uniquely dramatic.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart7 years ago in Serve
10 Military Bases More Secret Than Area 51. Top Story - July 2018.
If you ask most conspiracy theorists, Area 51 is one of the most secretive places in the United States. If you listen to the rumors, an alien spaceship crash landed here in the 1940s, and military personnel did autopsies on the bodies of the aliens that were recovered from the crash site.
By Rowan Marley7 years ago in Serve
The Iolaire
The Iolaire There are a lot of publications about the Iolaire disaster that devastated the population of the Isle of Lewis. I have lived on the island my whole life, and as far as I know my family goes back generations on this island. We are all taught the story in school, to make sure we are well versed in the tragic story that shook the island, and now I will share it with you.
By Den1c Macleod8 years ago in Serve
Sailor Dream
On March 20th 2018, I left to RTC Great Lakes. This was the day that my longtime dreams of becoming a United States sailor began. I went through weeks of training I know everything there is to know about bootcamp and everything you learn while in training. I became the starboard watch for my division, which was great. I made the watch bill for the female compartment, and took care of the deck log. The deck log is something that the watch stander writes in, when certain things happen in the division. I also was part of division front, which is the part of the division that leads all of the other division when marching. I enjoyed my div job a lot!!! We went through basic damage control training, firefighting, small arms training, and many more things! It was the best experience of my life! A week before graduation, I got ASMO’d into a week two division, for failing my final run. So since I had already gone through all of the training that my new division was about to go through, I figured I would go to medical for an ongoing headache and slight dizziness I had been experiencing. For almost two weeks straight the doctor was trying to figure out what was causing the headaches because I was perfectly healthy. I had told the doctor that I had already felt better, because she had given me Tylenol and it helped tremendously with the headaches and I could continue on with training. But she insisted to find out what it was to make sure it was nothing serious.
By Miranda Sinclair8 years ago in Serve
Lucas Group’s National Hiring Conference
We never know what life has in store for us. We remember our hopes and dreams for a job (i.e., fireman, astronaut or others) we sought to achieve as children. Unfortunately, not everyone gets to have their dream job. Instead, many of us settle for those occupations we are best suited for or most willing to perform. For those of us who served in the military, we face choices of a profession that, many times, may not be the best choices available. We only hope that our potential occupation outside of the military will provide us with a bright future. Lucas Group, a military recruiting firm, tries to give that bright future by providing military veterans with a reliable and robust option for finding a job suited to their skills.
By Felix Martinez8 years ago in Serve
What I Have Learned as a New Military Wife
On April 18, 2018, my husband shipped out for boot camp to start his career in the United States Navy. I knew that day that I wouldn't be able to talk to him on a regular basis like I normally did and I wouldn't be able to see him at all. It was difficult. Very difficult. It was one of the most difficult things I ever had to do in my life. From then on I knew life would never be the same again. That there would be many laughs and smiles but also just as many tears. That was the day that I became a military wife. And I soon learned that it would be one of the hardest things in the world I would ever have to do.
By Alix Nicole8 years ago in Serve
Moving Tips
So I know we have all been there. Pulling our hair out trying to schedule movers, watching the movers pack your personal belongings, waiting what seems like FOREVER to get your household goods, come to find out when they get there things got damaged and/or lost and they can't be replaced til months down the road cause claims is taking forever? Yeah, I feel you. I just made a huge move from the US to Germany. This was our first PCS ever with the army. When we moved to our first duty station, I moved us out there. I moved all of our stuff. It was way less complicated than going through the army. Granted, I get it, you have three kids and no way do you feel like packing their toys and clothes. In that case, the army is a helping hand. But for the few who are new to PCSing or are even veterans and think they know everything, I've come up with a few helpful tips to make life so much easier.
By Brooke Clarke8 years ago in Serve
Sniper
Days are long, nights are cold. At times I find myself numb from the chill, all but my fingers and toes which ache and burn, try as I may to warm my frozen blood. I can’t shake, no matter how hard the wind blows. I can’t shiver, no matter how far the temperature drops. I must stay still. If I move, people will die.
By Hannah Shull8 years ago in Serve
Revolutionary War Monument to Remember the Diversity of All Who Sacrificed in Crucial Local Battle
Picture a monument of a White American officer flanked in battle by an African American enlistee and a Native American sharpshooter, and the commemoration must come no earlier than the Korean War. Therefore, only revisionist history driven by the demands of excessive political correctness could place the scene before that time. So for someone to actually put up the statue would have to be seen as taking the rewrite to a whole other level. That said, Michael Kahn of Yorktown Heights has set such an initiative in motion and hopes to have that very Revolutionary War Monument in place at Downing Park in the near future. Nonetheless, he feels very secure in the historical accuracy and its intent to remember all who served—especially in this area.
By Rich Monetti8 years ago in Serve
