Up. We are going to feel lot of humidity and heat today. Yes, we are in what i think will be heatwave, three days of 90s, thats what we usually call heatwave. This will be day two, if we make it to the 09 degrees mark, yes, i think well be there. Lets talk about where weve been for the month every august. Eleven days, of 90 degrees plus heat, 28 out of 30 days have been sunny. Cant say we havent had a loft sunshine it, has been nice. Highest hi, 94, lowest temp, six of 3 degrees. So, we are going to wind it up toasty again. You can tell when you look at the map right now, look at the temperatures, you can see, 76 degrees already in philadelphia. Seventyfour down in Atlantic City, those 60s just lurking to the north there in mount pocono. You got to head up there if you want cooler air today, everybody. Do have cloud cover, see few sprinkles, i dont expect a lot out of. That will the rain is to the south of us. We will keep our eyes out for a few sprinkles, possible, we could use some r
Up. We are going to feel lot of humidity and heat today. Yes, we are in what i think will be heatwave, three days of 90s, thats what we usually call heatwave. This will be day two, if we make it to the 09 degrees mark, yes, i think well be there. Lets talk about where weve been for the month every august. Eleven days, of 90 degrees plus heat, 28 out of 30 days have been sunny. Cant say we havent had a loft sunshine it, has been nice. Highest hi, 94, lowest temp, six of 3 degrees. So, we are going to wind it up toasty again. You can tell when you look at the map right now, look at the temperatures, you can see, 76 degrees already in philadelphia. Seventyfour down in Atlantic City, those 60s just lurking to the north there in mount pocono. You got to head up there if you want cooler air today, everybody. Do have cloud cover, see few sprinkles, i dont expect a lot out of. That will the rain is to the south of us. We will keep our eyes out for a few sprinkles, possible, we could use some r
For nearly a century. Fort benning was established on macon road in columbus, georgia, on approximately 85 acres of land in october of 19 18th 1918. On that day the war came to a close and there was talk of closing fort denning. Many officers who had served in the American Expeditionary forces to france went before congress to testify that had our soldiers had better training they would not have suffer the casualties that they did in just 210 days of actual combat, so it was determined by congress that we would keep fort benning on a smaller scale and luckily for us, it survived. But first, go on board the css jackson, one of only four surviving ironclads dating back to the civil war. We are in the National Civil war naval museum on the banks of the chattahoochee river. The purpose of the naval museum is to tell the stories of the navys during the civil war. We are the only facility that focuses entirely on that particular story. We are in a unique place, right here inside the museum a
No other group of americans has given more in defense of this country than the United States infantry. 11 00 we have lost more eyes, more arms, more legs and more lives on the battlefield than any other group of americans. And its all because they were willing to go out and give their lives in defense of the country. Fort benning was established on macon road in columbus, georgia, on approximately 85 acres of land in october of 1918. Caroline benning, the daughter of henry lewis benning, for whom the fort was named, raised the First American flag over the camp. They knew 85 acres of land was not going to be enough for training modern infantry soldiers. They talked with a local businessman who owned a lot of land around here and he agreed to sell it to the army and we eventually moved out here in 1919. In world war i, the infantry played a key role on the battlefield for all those participating in the war. It was determined that had we had better training, we would have lost fewer soldi
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to brookings. Peter singer and i are the scholars here who work with the 20th century federal security on intelligence. Peter runs that. I am a senior fellow. Today, we have the pleasure hosting a great group of army and rain course specialists on the broad subset subject of the future of land power and warfare. Todays news bulletins and the initial leaks on where the defense review and where the president posses new Budget Proposal will go are helping us create obvious links to the importance of the issue. Sudden, weref a hearing the future of the u. S. Army in particular may be further curtailed with the possibility of even even deeper cuts depending on what happens to the budget in the next couple of years. We know from two years ago the pentagon put out a defense strategic guidance, which basically argued the future of land warfare is changing and that large scale missions of the type the nation recently led in iraq and afghanistan are coming to an e