America's Game: How Army and Navy Built One of the Most Legendary College Football Rivalries
Navy started playing organized football in 1879, when first-classman William John Maxwell formed the Naval Academy’s first team. The squad practiced before reveille and after drills, against direct orders from the academy superintendent who had banned the sport. By 1890, Navy needed a similar opponent, but Army didn’t have a football team. When Navy requested […]
How the 10th Mountain Division Built America’s Cold-Weather Warfare Doctrine
At 9,200 feet in the Colorado Rockies, the U.S. Army built Camp Hale in 1942 to train a new kind of soldier. The 10th Mountain Division was created to fight in snow, ice, and high-altitude terrain that had hampered armies for centuries. Its formation was the result of a civilian campaign led by Charles Minot “Minnie” […]
Army Says the US Will Restart Domestic TNT Production at Plant to be Built in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract on Friday to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky that will become the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades, officials said. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a key player in securing the funding, said the new facility in […]