Military History Trivia - Post & Respond

I believe it was $50,000 for 4/yr commitment for certain medical AOC's 61J/61M, etc...or the 18 series of $150,000 over 6yrs

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17 [login to see] 57617px;">During the Civil War, a Medal of Honor was promised to every man assigned to the 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment (a nine-month regiment) who extended his enlistment. 311 of the 864 men volunteered.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17 [login to see] 57617px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17 [login to see] 57617px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17 [login to see] 57617px;">A 1916 commission revoked all these Medals of Honor because they were awarded for other than distinguished service.</span>

That's very interesting...

MSG, as I read your question I was thinking that very answer. Although to reply with it I would have posed a question "What is the worth of a Medal of Honor?" and further had that multiplied by the number received...such a shame the medal's worth was degraded in such a fashion, if only for a short time.

My orginal set in 1988 had them in it. When I losat them I got a set like whe have now!

Our current Commandant's challenge coin is a big gold dog tag that has a notch in it.  

The notch was actually in the tag to hold it in place in the machine while the information was being typed into the tag. If not for this notch the tags would have looked like something fido would have worn.

George Washington, and General John "Black Jack" Pershing

George Washington and John Pershing, rank General of the Armies. Pershing is the only person to attain that rank while alive, Washington was promoted posthumously. The rank is considered a 6-star rank but since Pershing originally got to decide what the rank should look like he choose 4 gold stars as opposed to the 4 silver stars of a General.

Actually, the rank is called General of the Armies of the United States.

I believe Congress passed legislation so that George Washington would ALWAYS be the most senior officer in Army history. General Pershing held the title of General of the Armies. The five-stars were limited to General of the Army (singular).

well originally the word came from the Italian colonello. English usage followed Spanish practice and spelled the word "Coronel" pronounced it the way it looked, and eventually corrupted the pronunciation to "kernel." when the word was finally written it became Colonel reflecting its Latin origin, however, the pronunciation remained "kernel"

good answer. the british got the pronounciation from the spanish but corrupted it due to the way coronel sounds with a spanish accent. we spelled it the way the british did, and that was with the french spelling colonel.

Cant believe I never knew that, amazing!

However, the battle of Anzio was all Army and the most awarded in the European Theater!  USS Anzio (CVE-57) and USS Anzio (CG-68) were both named after this battle. Many of the Survivors of the Battle of Anzio, members of the Anzio Beacheads Association were present at the commissioning of the later. 

An Interesting and Little Known Fact about the Medal of Honor - On December 9, 1861 Iowa Senator James W. Grimes introduced S. No. 82 in the United States Senate, a bill designed to "promote the efficiency of the Navy" by authorizing the production and distribution of   "medals of honor". On December 21st the bill was passed, authorizing 200 such medals be produced "which shall be bestowed upon such petty officers, seamen, landsmen and marines as shall distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action and other seamanlike qualities during the present war (Civil War)." President Lincoln signed the bill and the (Navy) Medal of Honor was born.

The 'truck' is located on top of BLDG 1 on every post.

It contains 1 bullet, 1 razor and 1 lighter.

You approach it with a Willy's B Jeep at ramming speed to knock it over. If done correctly so as to land pointing north, you will be able to uncover a box buried with a 1911 colt revolver.

Use the razor to cut the stripes apart and separate the field of stars from the stripes, use the lighter to burn the flag, use the bullet to shoot the first invader, throw the revolver at the 2nd and go down fighting 'cause I sure the hell won't advocate suicide at ones own hands...wait...well I suppose either way could be considered that...

1. How many trucks are there on post? There is one Truck on a Military Base
2. The banks will run out of money but why will a post never go bankrupt? Because the base commanders wife is not above shaking daddies little money maker on Bragg Blvd
3. What's inside a truck? razor and a bullet and a match inside the truck
4. What is buried underneath the flag pole and why? A weapon to fire the bullet inside the truk

This is the stuff of Urban Legend anymore, was more relevant in the Old Army, except the base commander shaking daddies money maker on Bragg Blvd. anything is possible... LOL

SSG (Join to see) - 1911 is not a revolver!

SGT Bryon Sergent - Haha! Good catch SGT Bryon Sergent good attention to detail, 4 years ago I must have been in a haste and not proofread my post. I'll amend it here to say "Colt 1911" Thanks!

He wore sweaters and long-sleeved shirts on his show as a stylistic choice, in order to keep an air of formality with youngsters. The rumor that he has sleeve tattoos or was a Marine Sniper are false

Good job, Sergent Major. 

The clear answer is because he was a Presbyterian sniper, he was responsible for getting Bibles into at-risk peoples' hands from 1000 yards. He had tattoos that marked each of his confirmed "conversions at a distance."

92d Rock Solid.  Also the 92d joined the prestigous list of Companies who have won the Award more than once. 

It's because red stands out more against the sky, especially on a cloudy day.

Yes, so its border appears bigger at distance

Not absolutely certain if this counts for beans but in elementary school we remembered the way to fly the colors because 'blood runs down' meaning the white stays on top.

nice,, i didnt know that.

Wow