Liz Cheney Twitter January 6 Riot Probe Wants to Know Why Trump Did Not Try to Call It Off. VOAs Ken Bredemeier The congressional investigation into the riot at the U.S. Capitol last January is zeroing in on why then-President Donald Trump did nothing for more than three hours to stop his supporters from ransacking …
Tiburcio Vasquez, circa 1874. (California Historical Society.) By Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor California Tiburcio Vasquez, a bandit who plundered Central and Southern California for two decades, may owe his capture to a long forgotten military experiment and an Army camel driver. This latest installment of Unlocking History looks closer at a failed attempt by …
The United States Army Camel Corps 1856-66 John Shapard Army.mil On 10 May 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis personally penned one of the most unusual orders in the US Army’s history to Brevet Major Henry C. Wayne. It read, in part: Sir: [You are] assigned to special duty in connection with the appropriation for …
West Africa’s leaders have formed a new anti-terrorism force: The Camel Corps, DW reports. The Ottoman Army also had units of armed camelry at its disposal. The cameliers were usually recruited from Arab subjects of the Ottoman Empire but could, as is the case here, be led by Turkish officers. Like their British counterparts the …
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on COVID Status JAN. 2, 2022 Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin IIII tested positive this morning for COVID-19. I requested the test today after exhibiting symptoms while at home on leave. My symptoms are mild, and I am following my physician’s directions. In keeping …
