Brigade

Do you know the history of fire fighting and the history of the gear that they wear? FireFighting has been around ever since fire was first used. Some of our founding fathers were fire fighters. Many of the elements of firefighting have evolved throughout its history, including equipment, trucks, and gear. Buildings often burned to the ground because the firefighters did not have all of the tools and gear that they do now “(login). “Firefighting can be traced back to Jamestown, Virginia the…

I am currently the Senior Warrant Officer in the 16th Sustainment Brigade. I have personally interviewed SGT Williams and his supervisor on multiple occasions regarding his application for 919A Engineer Equipment Maintenance Warrant Officer and 915A Automotive Maintenance Warrant Officer. SGT Williams is technically and tactically proficient at his job in his current grade and shows great aptitude to become a Warrant Officer. His depth of knowledge on troubleshooting, repairing, and servicing…

Day One: 17 September. The airborne landings on the first day were completed without any major incidents. The 101st Airborne met little resistance and captured four of the five bridges assigned to them. The Germans destroyed the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son just as the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) neared the objective (Badsey, 1993, p. 41). The Bailey bridge, a portable, prefabricated bridge developed by the British, constructed over the canal was not finished until the…

the first battle the Germans failed but in the second battle they succeeded. They managed to push through the 8th and 58th British divisions. Germany, with the assistance of 15 tanks had driven the British troops back 3 kilometres. The 14th German brigade had moved the Southern end of its line backwards to remain in contact with the British as they had begun to retreat. Meanwhile, the 13th Light Horse had sought to find the point of Germany’s best progress. After the war Villers-Bretonneux was a…

Infantryman, from fire team leader to battalion Command Sergeant Major for both Infantry Battalions in the State of New Jersey, as well as the 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery Regiment. No other senior Noncommissioned Officer in the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team has…

and was accepted to West Point Academy. He graduated from the U.S. Military academy ranking third in his class in 1846. After that he was an acting commander of the brigade in the 1st division. After the war, he was a superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. In November 1862, Ruger led his brigade of the Corps in the Battle of Chancellorsville. In the summer of 1863, Ruger was in New York, where he helped the suppressing draft riots. Ruger led a group of…

Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee was a General in the Confederate army and led the south in fighting the Union army in the American Civil War. He was a seasoned general, in fact, he could’ve even led the Union army if he took the offer up from President Lincoln. Before he decided to lead the south, he had thought long and hard because he didn’t really see a purpose for there to be a war centered around slavery. But with his ties to Virginia, he decided to go ahead and lead the Confederates in the…

Thomas was the third child of Julia (Neale) and Jonathan Jackson, an attorny. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. Two years after his birth, both his father and his sister, Elizabeth, died of typhoid fever. His mother was left alone to raise her children. Ill health and hard times forced her to send her children to live with relatives. Thomas, then 6-years old, and his sister Laura, were taken in by their uncle, Cummins Jackson, who lived at Jackson's Mill. His mother died in the fall of 1831.…

organization at my university. With the help of a few executive board members that I put together, I was able to start up a chapter on my campus of one of the world’s largest, student driven, nonprofit, medical missions’ organization known as Global Brigades. I thought of the idea, while I was pondering about joining a medical fraternity. The organization’s online ad had shown up on my computer and I thought I would join. As soon as I contacted the advisor, she suggested that I start a chapter…

In a period of rising national discord, the turmoil between the north and the south over the “peculiar institution” of slavery created a national divide. The disagreements grew to such feverish extents that, finally, war seemed to be the only option. As true to the name, the civil war brought out the most unlikely, seemingly noncombatant of soldiers to defend their strong-held convictions. As a result, many inexperienced men found themselves on a battlefield or in the barracks constantly amidst…