US Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite has confirmed that a future US Navy expeditionary sea base (ESB) class ship will honour Medal of Honor recipient Marine ..
Vietnam War
US Coast Guard cutter Mellon decommissioned after 52 years of service
The US Coast Guard decommissioned the Hamilton-class high endurance cutter Mellon during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Seattle on Thursday, August 20. Commissioned in ..
SECNAV Spencer, Jim Webb Honor Lost South Vietnamese Soldiers in California Ceremony
Attendees of a ceremony honoring of 81 unidentified South Vietnamese soldiers who were killed on 1965. USNI News Photo
WESTMINSTER, Calif. – Following a final prayer by a Navy chaplain, pallbearers lifted a casket containing the remains of 81 unidentified South Vietnamese soldiers and walked to a waiting white hearse.
At a cemetery a mile away, the soldiers – paratroopers killed in 1965 when their U.S. Air Force transport plane crashed in South Vietnam – were laid into the ground by a granite...
Report on Use of U.S. Armed Force Abroad: 1798-2018
The following is the Dec. 28, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2018.
From the Report
This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older lists and is intended primarily to provide a rough survey of past U.S. military ventures abroad,...
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