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12 January 2018 Military Pay

Source: https://www.military.com/paycheck-chronicles/2018/01/04/12-january-2018-military-pay.html The next regular payday is a smidge early, and it means a lloonngg pay period for the second half of this month.

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Mystery Persists Over Possible Incursion at Naval Station Norfolk

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/09/mystery-persists-over-possible-incursion-naval-station-norfolk.html A sailor aboard the USS Laboon was standing watch one morning last July when he noticed something strange.

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Coast Guard Cutters Remain Busy Along Icy Hudson River

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/01/03/coast-guard-cutters-remain-busy-along-icy-hudson-river.html Coast Guard crews have been busy freeing up tugs stuck in the icy Hudson River.

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Amid Little Scrutiny, US Military Ramps Up in Afghanistan

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/11/amid-little-scrutiny-us-military-ramps-afghanistan.html Last month, 800 more U.S. soldiers arrived in Afghanistan, bringing the total to nearly 15,000 troops.

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Operation Albion Concludes – Allied Failures In Belgium I THE GREAT WAR Week 169

Source: http://youtu.be/5L68JCPsMxU http://youtu.be/5L68JCPsMxU

100 years ago this week, Operation Albion comes to a successful end for the Germans, as revolution is on the horizon in Russia. The Allies aren’t faring quite so well on the Western Front,…

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How to Teach Your Military Child Empathy

Source: https://www.military.com/spousebuzz/2018/03/07/how-teach-your-military-child-empathy.html Even as adults, we seem to dismiss the struggles of others.

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The Easter Rising – Ireland in World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special

Source: http://youtu.be/DMWP9G6gecc http://youtu.be/DMWP9G6gecc

Easter 1916 was a turning point for Ireland and its situation between Home Rule and Irish soldiers serving on the fronts of Gallipoli and the Western Front. And even though the Easter Rising,…

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The Merchant of Death – Basil Zaharoff I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?

Source: http://youtu.be/VO-IoR0PI8k http://youtu.be/VO-IoR0PI8k

For arms dealers like Basil Zaharoff, the late 19th and early 20th century was a time of never ending business opportunities, the great European powers modernised their armies drastically and…

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5 Interesting Findings from a 2018 Military Family Report

Source: https://www.military.com/spousebuzz/2018/03/08/5-interesting-findings-2018-military-family-report.html Number two: military housing is OK … sort of.

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Reinventing Cavalry in WW1 – Bulgarian General Ivan Kolev I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?

Source: http://youtu.be/uhGtMBVc0iY http://youtu.be/uhGtMBVc0iY

Cavalry was seen as leftover from the past in the dawn of modern warfare during World War 1. But Bulgarian General Ivan Kolev was one of the few who still saw a place for them on the modern…