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Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor is a look into the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert U.S. military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such elite units as the Army's Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Air Force Air Commandos. SOG warriors operated in small teams, going behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, tasked with performing special reconnaissance, sabotaging North Vietnamese Army ammunition, attempting to rescue downed U.S. pilots, and other black ops missions. During that time, Forward Operating Base-2's (FOB-2's) recon company became the most highly decorated unit of the Vietnam War, with five of its men earning the Medal of Honor and eight earning the Distinguished Service Cross-America's second highest military award for valor. Purple Hearts were earned by SOG veterans at a pace unparalleled in American wars of the twentieth century, with casualties at times exceeding 100 percent. One, Bob Howard, was wounded on fourteen different occasions, received eight Purple Hearts, was written up after three different missions for the Medal of Honor, and emerged from Vietnam as the most highly decorated soldier since World War II's Audie Murphy.
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The red : first light
\"Lieutenant James Shelley commands a high-tech squad of soldiers in a rural district within the African Sahel. They hunt insurgents each night on a harrowing patrol, guided by three simple goals: protect civilians, kill the enemy, and stay alive--because in a for-profit war there can be no cause worth dying for. To keep his soldiers safe, Shelley uses every high-tech asset available to him, but his best weapon is a flawless sense of imminent danger--as if somone or something is whispering warnings in his ear\"--Page 4 of cover.
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Kill More A-rabs
Margolis discusses the conflict of Israel with Hezbollah and Iran. Hezbollah's conflict with Israel began when Israeli armored units shot their way into the Lebanese market town of Nabatiyeh, which was thronged by Shi'i celebrating the important holy day of Ashura. Israeli forces dispersed the local Shi'i with gunfire. Some Shi'i shot back. Israel targeted Hezbollah for special attention after its forces invaded Lebanon three times and were bloodied by effective resistance from Hezbollah fighters armed with improved infantry weapons. Now, Israel is trying to provoke Iran into a larger war and drag in the US as well. Iran's nuclear facilities and its oil industry would be prime targets. Israel's hard right is calling for the destruction of Iran's industrial base and the overthrow of its Shi'i theocracy. This is pretty rich coming from a nation dominated by far-right religious parties that want to return Israel to its biblical borders. (Reprint 2024)
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A Box in the Desert: Using Open Access Satellite Imagery to Map the 151st Infantry Brigade’s Field Defences on the Gazala Line, 1942
At the end of May 1942, the Axis
Afrika Korps
launched an assault on the Allied Eighth Army’s defences of the Gazala Line in Libya: the Gazala Line was located to the west of Tobruk, and stretched south into the Libyan desert. By the time the Axis attacked the Gazala Line, the Allies’ defences consisted of a series of boxes which were defended by the different brigades of the Eighth Army. In this article, the results of a survey of the field defences of the 151st Infantry Brigade using open access satellite imagery is discussed. This research will demonstrate that the 151st Infantry Brigade’s box was primarily designed to defend against a frontal assault. In addition, the survey demonstrates the value of open access satellite imagery for understanding Second World War desert battles.
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\Leaves From my Journal\: William T. Beatty's Civil War Account of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
A total of 313,180 Ohioans served in 198 infantry regiments and 13 cavalry regiments, in addition to several artillery regiments and various independent units. One such Ohio soldier was William Beatty, a member of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Beatty, at the age of forty-three, joined the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C, on Jul 27, 1861 at the rank of Captain. Beatty served in that capacity until Mar 2, 1863, when he was promoted to Major and became a member of the Field and Staff Officers for the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Beatty was later captured at the Battle of Chickamauga on Sep 20, 1863 and ultimately discharged on Nov 10, 1864. During his time in service, Beatty kept a journal and meticulously recorded dates and key events. Here, Combs et al relate Beatty's Civil War account.
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US Navy SEALs
Introduces readers to the action packed lives of Navy SEALs using assessable language and intriguing facts.
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Changes in the dynamic network structure of PTSD symptoms pre-to-post combat
Combat exposure is associated with elevated risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite considerable research on PTSD symptom clustering, it remains unknown how symptoms of PTSD re-organize following combat. Network analysis provides a powerful tool to examine such changes.
A network analysis approach was taken to examine how symptom networks change from pre- to post-combat using longitudinal prospective data from a cohort of infantry male soldiers (Mage = 18.8 years). PTSD symptoms measured using the PTSD Checklist (PCL) were assessed after 6 months of combat training but before deployment and again after 6 months of combat (Ns = 910 and 725 at pre-deployment and post-combat, respectively).
Stronger connectivity between PTSD symptoms was observed post-combat relative to pre-deployment (global strength values of the networks were 7.54 pre v. 7.92 post; S = .38, p < 0.05). Both the re-experiencing symptoms cluster (1.92 v. 2.12; S = .20, p < 0.03) and the avoidance symptoms cluster (2.61 v. 2.96; S = .35, p < 0.005) became more strongly inter-correlated post-combat. Centrality estimation analyses revealed that psychological reaction to triggers was central and linked the intrusion and avoidance sub-clusters at post-combat. The strength of associations between the arousal and reactivity symptoms cluster remained stable over time (1.85 v. 1.83; S = .02, p = .92).
Following combat, PTSD symptoms and particularly the re-experiencing and avoidance clusters become more strongly inter-correlated, indicating high centrality of trigger-reactivity symptoms.
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