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Olympic shooter from Fort Benning's U.S.Army Marksmanship Unit …
After walking away with a gold medal four years ago in Beijing, Sgt. Glenn Eller III said he struggled just to make it back to the 2012 Olympics. “This was by far the hardest to making the team,”...
View ArticleThe Blog of 1812: Female Patriotism and Liberality
PittsfieldAug. 1, 1812 On Thursday last, the ladies of Cheshire (situated ten miles from this town) as a testimony of their respect and approbation of the vigorous measures now pursued by our national...
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Landfill: Fallen Heroes' Remains final resting place? – Yes
*cross-posted from Assoluta Tranquillita* How the Military deals with the Fallen Heroes from the current Global War On Terror, has been an ongoing debate for a few years now. An investigation was...
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US Military fatalities, Afghanistan – December 2012 – Fallen Heroes …
US Military fatalities, Afghanistan – December 2012 The following is a list of known United States Military fatalities in Afghanistan – December 2012: Date Name Rank Age Unit DEC 29-Dec Sims, Markie...
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Leaked Report to Egypt's President Implicates Army in Torture and …
A leaked report published on Wednesday by The Guardian 1 implicates Egypt s armed forces of participating in the disappearance, torture and killing of civilians across the country during the 2011...
View ArticleOver Open Sights: Foundry British Napoleonic Light Dragoons
When Light Dragoons looked like British light Cavalry, before they began to ape their French counterparts with plastron fronted coatees and shakos! Just some fun that has been lurking in the lead pile...
View ArticleFife & Drum Miniatures Launches AWI Dragoon Kickstarter Project!
Fife & Drum Miniatures is pleased to announce that we have just launched a Kickstarter Project to help put our proposed British and American Light Dragoons into production. Our initial goal of...
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Federal Tax Exempt Status Granted to Heroes Fallen Studios Inc.
Federal Tax Exempt Status Granted to Heroes Fallen Studios Inc. Posted by Clayton D. Murwin on July 9, 2011 at 1:56 PM Heroes Fallen Studios Inc. received in the mail today July 9th its letter of...
View ArticleAsshat Paladins: Duty & Honour Session 8: The Battle of the Bridge
Session 8: June 1, 2012 April 1809, Portugal The final battle began on a fine morning with the 30th Northumberland prepared behind their lines, with the stolen French cannon offering steady support....
View Articlewargame amateur: Germantown 1777
The second part of last weekend’s wargames activities was the AGM of the Gentleman Pensioners on the Sunday. Steve, our host, had set up the battle of Germantown and I was allocated one of the four...
View ArticleWar Of 1812 Chronicles: Notified Of War By John Jacob Astor
Journal of Events.1…principally on the Detroit and Niagara frontiers…by Captain W. H. Merritt2 of the Prov. Light Dragoons, published at St. Catharines, C.W., by the Historical Society in 1863. “We...
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17th Light Dragoons in North America: Pope's Creek, George …
Members of the 17th will be at George Washington’s Birthplace1, Pope’s Creek, in Colonial Beach, Virginia on 14 July. The British Marines2, 17th Light Dragoons, and 64th Regiment of Foot3 will be...
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The Sharp End of the Brush: Prince August Package
Yesterday was not a great day; I was off from work on sick leave with some mysterious fever which hit on Thursday night. I didn’t even do any hobby activities (apart from reading), but I was cheered...
View ArticleJay's Wargaming Madness: 28mm USMC & British Army (Light Dragoons Blog News)
Here is the final “wave” of modern figures that are done at this point. I have some work to do on the vehicles before they are ready – so that is next on my to do list. Below you’ll find pictures of...
View ArticleThe Charge of the 15th Light Dragoons at Emsdorf by David Rowlands
An interesting skirmish in the Seven Years War. Image from here1 Kronoskaf entry2. French units were Germans in French service like Bentheim and Royal Baviere and the Bercheny Hussars – see below. So...
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Blunders on the Danube: British 22nd Light Dragoons
There was a short lived 22nd Regiment of Dragoons (also called Lord Montjoy’s Dragoons) from 1716 – 1718, but the first instance of a 22nd Light Dragoon regiment was in 1779, but was later disbanded...
View ArticleBlunders on the Danube: 13th Light Dragoons
The origins of this regiment date back to 1715, when it was raised as a regiment of Dragoons (Richard Munden’s regiment). It became the 13th regiment of Cavalry (Dragoons) in 1751. Light cavalry were...
View ArticleBlunders on the Danube: 23rd Light Dragoons
The 23rd Light Dragoons were first raised in 1781 for special service in India; it became the 19th regiment in 1793. A new 23rd Light Dragoons was raised in 1794, but disbanded again in 1802. However,...
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'Terrier' Is The UK's Crazy Leatherman Multi-Tool Of A Combat …
British Army (Light Dragoons Blog News) and Royal Marine engineers had relied on FV180 Combat Engineering Tractor for four decades prior to 2013, but that began to change just a few years ago. BAe...
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