In ‘The Pacific’ Part 9 ‘Okinawa’ the last and in many ways the worst battle of World War II is depicted through the eyes of Eugene Sledge and his friends. Okinawa was a hell of mud, rock, and rain paid for by blood. Spoilers follow, surely. What made Okinawa exquisitely horrific was the presence of ...
During my time in the Marine Corps I have experienced many DoD and service specific technology transitions designed to strategically shape the organization. The introduction of new systems such as the replacement of hard paychecks to direct deposit, replacement of paper Leave and Earning Statements to the online access of financial records on MyPay, replacement ...
When people first hear of Okinawa tea, they immediately think that this is a special type of tea. The reason that people pay special attention to this tea is because of large % of Okinawa people live past 100. So what’s behind the longevity of these people? Is it the tea or the habit of ...
There are places that are haunted, and then there are objects and things that are haunted. Such is the case of the USS North Carolina. Production began on the ship it 1937, and it was officially commissioned in 1941. Stories of ghosts and hauntings started appearing in later years, and considering that ten men were ...
