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18 hours ago · Designated NYSRHP. 23 June 1980. The United States Military Academy (USMA, West Point, or Army[7]) is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort during the American Revolutionary War, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.
18 hours ago · Walz has always been an ardent supporter of gay marriage and an opponent of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy, and his roots as an ally of the gay community go back to the 1990s at Mankato West. A gay student was being bullied, and Walz was asked to be a faculty adviser to the school’s new Gay-Straight Alliance.
18 hours ago · Work on the military base commenced in 1971, with a large airbase with several long range runways constructed, as well as a harbour suitable for large naval vessels. Although classed as a joint UK/US base, in practice it is primarily staffed by the US military, although the UK maintains a garrison at all times, and Royal Air Force (RAF) long-range patrol aircraft are deployed there.
18 hours ago · Walter E. Carter Jr. – retired Navy vice admiral, 62nd superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, and current president of the Ohio State University. [128] Carter accumulated 6,150 flight hours and 2,016 carrier-arrested landings as a RIO on the F-4, F-14, and F/A-18.
18 hours ago · The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard served as an important naval base, and Pennsylvania produced important military leaders, including George C. Marshall, Hap Arnold, Jacob Devers, and Carl Spaatz. During the war, over a million Pennsylvanians served in the armed forces, and more Medals of Honor were awarded to Pennsylvanians than to individuals from any other state.
18 hours ago · Mohammad Reza Pahlavi[a] (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), commonly referred to in the Western world as Mohammad Reza Shah, [b] or simply the Shah, was the last monarch of Iran. He began ruling the Imperial State of Iran after succeeding his father, Reza Shah, in 1941 and remained in power until he was overthrown by the 1979 Iranian ...
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18 hours ago · Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill[a] KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during the Second World War) and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to 1924, he was a member of ...