Archives by Tag 'united states'
Yemen History of Wars Nothing New and al-Qaida Forms New Threat
Yemen is one of the poorest nations in the world, with high unemployment, a low literacy rate, a corrupt government, a well-armed population with a history of stronger allegiance to tribe, clan, and family than to the nation, and a long history of civil conflict. Many analysts consider Yemen a leading candidate to become a [...]
Aghanistan and the War Against Bureaucracy
For anyone interested in the complexities and frustrations American fighting forces are experiencing in Afghanistan, The History Guy highly recommends reading an op-ed piece in the New York Times written by Afghanistan veteran Jonathan Vaccaro. His article shows the inane bureaucracy imposed on the front-line commanders and soldiers who are doing their best to protect [...]
68th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack
December 7, 2009, marks the 68th anniversary of the surprise Japanese attack on the U.S. military bases in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This attack launched America into World War Two and literally changed the course of history. Without being attacked first, it is highly unlikely that the U.S. would have entered World War Two. [...]
New Biography Page on General McChrystal, Afghanistan Commander
George Stanley McChrystal (b. August, 14, 1954)
General Stanley A. McChrystal is an American army general who was named the commander of allied forces in Afghanistan, and assumed command of those forces in May of 2009.
General McChrystal is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. McChyrstal is a Green Beret and an Army [...]
Gulf War MIA Recovered
The one MIA in the Gulf War/1st War
with Iraq, (compared to 1,740 MIA in the Vietnam War), was Navy
pilot, Captain Michael “Scott” Speicher was shot down and was neither
rescured, nor was a body found until, on August 2, 2009, the Pentagon
announced that U.S. Marines stationed in Iraq had found Speicher’s
remains.
See also: http://www.historyguy.com/GulfWar.html#gulfwarcasualties
and
U.S.
identifies remains of pilot [...]
President Obama Announces New Afghan War Plan
President Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy (2009)
On March 27, 2009, President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, announced his new strategy toward the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Below are the video of his announcement and the text of President Obama’s announcement. To see this page, go to: http://www.historyguy.com/obama_afghanistan_strategy_2009.htm
Satellite and Submarine Collisions–History’s Lessons
This week, we saw two very interesting collisions, both from a
current events standpoint, and from an historical standpoint. First,
a Russian satellite collided with an American satellite in orbit
around the Earth. Both satellites were of course destroyed by the
impact. Back on Earth, it made for an interesting news story, with
the primary public focus on the amount [...]