DVIDS - News - Col Thomas Pugsley Assumes Command of U S Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll dvidshub.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dvidshub.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Changing the Military Draft: It s Not Really About Women
Members of the first group under the peacetime Selective Service Act raise their right hands as they are sworn into the Army in a ceremony performed front of the Los Angeles City Hall, Nov. 18, 1940. (AP Photo)
9 Jun 2021 The Conversation | By Max Margulies and Amy Rutenberg
Max Margulies is Director of Research, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, United States Military Academy West Point.
Amy Rutenberg is Associate Professor of History, Iowa State University.
The Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments in the case of National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System. In doing so, it acceded to the Biden administration s wishes that it not address the question of whether women should join the millions of young men required to register each year with the Selecti
CLYDE - Clyde High School 2014 graduate Chelsea Zerman made history when she became the only female from Clyde to gain acceptance to United States Military Academy-West Point.
Although it was Chelsea’s academic and athletic skills that won her a spot at the academy, she entered its halls swathed in her hometown’s deep historic heritage and buoyed by community support.
Now Chelsea, the daughter of Chuck and Melanie Zerman of Clyde, is part of a small, elite group of Clyde natives, most notably General James B. McPherson, who graduated from West Point. Although she doesn’t view her status as the only female to be significant, Chelsea recognizes the importance of her connection to McPherson, the highest senior ranking officer killed in the American Civil War. McPherson’s name is engraved at Trophy Point at West Point.
Buffalo Soldiers opened access to America's national parks; a century later, Black Americans are still underrepresented in park visitation and employment.
Sgt. Henry Villarama/U.S. Army
(WASHINGTON) On Nov. 25, 1950, then-1st Lt. Ralph Puckett Jr. drew enemy fire and exposed himself multiple times to danger to allow his Rangers to find and destroy enemy positions during a multi-wave attack that would leave him gravely injured and nearly cost him his right foot.
Now, more than 70 years later, President Joe Biden will award Puckett the Medal of Honor for “conspicuous gallantry during the Korean War” the first time Biden will bestow the honor as president.
Puckett, 94, initially received a Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on “Hill 205,” as he led the 8th U.S. Army Ranger Company. But now, after an 18-year-effort led by John Lock, a retired Army officer, that award will be upgraded to the military’s highest honor.