2021 index of u. S. Military strength. This is the seventh edition of the index and the index has come one of the flagship publications. Our goal has been unchanged. It is to provide both the leaders of this country and the American Public a premiere open source and author tatetive of Armed Services and their ability to protect the nation. I think we have not only achieved that goal but continued with this effort. And this years edition is the best ever. In addition to our usual subjects, it includes National Security concerns and one of these is the emergent of the new space force. We have a new chapter on the subject of space this year and look more hearing from the editor of the new index in his presentation later. Today as part of our launch, we welcome a speaker with decades of matters, representative Mac Thornberry. He was the first elected to congress in 1994 and has supported a Strong National defense since. He is currently the Ranking Member of the house Armed Services committ
Photographers. That National Archives cohost of this event. The Army Signal Corps photographic collection is one of the largest in the National Archives. Roughly 1 million images from world war i to 1981, chronicled military activities during war and peace of the frontline, as the front line i like to welcome the Strategic Communications officer for the u. S. Army center of military history. He retired from the army reserve and 2017. He had the rank of colonel and 35 years of military service. He deployed three times and commanded the American Forces network in iraq baghdad plus direct Media Operations and assisted spokesman for commissions at guantanamo bay, cuba and was the chief of Media Operations and a senior spokesman for detention operations at guantanamo. He was also an assistant professor of military science at usc. [applause] good evening and thank you. My name is lee reynolds. It i am a strategic medications officer for the u. S. Army center of military history. The center i
In pennsylvanias 17th congressional district. I am so excited to take the gavel from nancy pelosi and give it back to the people in november. So, i am a combat veteran. I led an Infantry Battalion what june at the height for the the at the height for hunt for bin laden. We have the most diverse infantry platoon and can possibly imagine. Northerners serving next to southerners, questions next to toeists christians next atheists. We all came together and fought for the freedom that we have here. [applause] it, 2020ay that i see is the most important election of our lifetime. Our mission right here, right now is to do the same. To come together as a people and fight for this country once again. [applause] you have a role when if you are in retirement, i am calling you back to service. We need you in the fight and when you go to the polls in november, each one of you needs to bring five of your closest friends to the polls so that we can make sure President Trump and Vice President pence g
Directory. It contains the information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies and state governors. Order your copy online today at cspan store. Org. Army heritage days is held in may at u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. Hundreds of living history hobbyists conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about the military, from the American Revolution to the war on terror. The theme this year was the dday 7 55th anniversary. Next we go to a camp to learn about the 517th parachute Regimental Combat Team, u. S. Soldiers who fought in the Maritime Alps of france during the autumn of 1944. Good morning. My name is matt holmgren. I am part of a Group Representing f company of the 517th parachute infantry regiment that was part of a unit called the 517th prct which was short for parachute Regimental Combat Team. It was a world war ii unit that fought in italy and the hulken forest it was a small irunit, numbered about 2500 men thr
Ground but it takes only one step and everything changes one step can cost millions of lives. On june 22nd since that date the fate of our country had been in extra complete links to every one of the 1318 days of war going to get or is designed so that you can start over and find a path or bypass any events after all the days of war and its heroes stories are one indivisible whole. The battle chambers and war episodes are all in historical order they are captivating. And make viewers forget monday in vanity and become immersed in the past. Mine fragments on the floor to crumble to walls and even a smell of burning to sit in the air while watching the defense of breast fortress or the battle of course. But the main reasons for creating the gallery are the faces and names of the victors their stories and acts of heroism it is a virtual river of time a river of shared memories flowing in a single stream the creators gathered information on every single day newspapers photographs from the