#Soldier

On November 24, 1944, Colonel Hurley E. Fuller assumed command of the 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, after his predecessor, the highly regarded and popular Col. Ted Seely, was
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Doctors need to wake up to the effects of disinfo real fast. Poor Dr. Jha here had to testify alongside HCQ cranks. But the prep for this isn’t just the
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1/ I’ve been reading the #FortHood report today and I have a lot of thoughts, and feelings. I was first stationed at Hood as a 2LT in 1CD and I
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How Finn & Phasma should have happened #StarWars #TheLastJedi #TheRiseofSkywalker #SequelTrilogy Finn finds Phasma's records in the First Order archive.Finn runs into Phasma. She is pointing a blaster at him.Phasma:Stop
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Arriving Genesis House, my country home in Akaboezem Community in Uruagu, Nnewi North LGA, yesterday. Since I built it in 2004 while a #UN official in Geneva, it’s been an
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The 1st Gulf War - a thread1/ 30 years ago on the celebration of MLK’s Birthday was nice enough to golf at Ft. Huachuca. Little did I know what awaited
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[1 of 7]December 23rd, 1944. Battle of the Bulge, Day 7.Early morning, the 82nd Airborne Division digs in along the front lines in the Ardennes' northern sector. A tank destroyer
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By coincidence the first Gallipoli medals / memorial plaques I acquired belong to men who died on consecutive days, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th August 1915. Today I will share
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Alright polar Twitter, who wants a New Years party? By which I mean, James Clark Ross’s party in the ice, 1842! Thread below for details. For New Years 1842, Ross
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Attack on the Birdcage: 19th December 1914 along the eastern side of Plugstreet Wood saw the 1st Rifle Brigade, the 1st Somersets & 1st Hampshires (4th Division) attack the German
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I expect you’ve read @DavidOlusoga’s remarkable, jaw-dropping and often downright shaming “Black and British – a forgotten history.” If not, you really must. Either way, here are nine things I
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15 January 2020 #MAGAanalysis #Overturn The Burden Of Command, Or If I Were Trump Right NowI'll get a few more hours sleep after posting this early morning's thread. It's just
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There is no denying the presence of meat or cheese within the legionary diet.https://twitter.com/RomanCaerleon/status/1302966589747331074 Evidence from our own Legionary Baths at Caerleon,published by Dr Terence O'Connor (1986),points t
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People have lockdown projects; here's mine. Characteristically low effort. I'll post a daily thread about an anecdote from #history that interests me. Except I don't commit to doing it daily.
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In World War I, we frequently had the phenomenon known as "Broken faces" that's because people would get hit with bullets or shrapnell and it would disfigure their face but
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Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the Union Army that fought and defeated the Confederacy. 18th President of the United States of America. Created the Department of Justice, and prosecuted
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