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FACT: "UXO" stands for: Unexploded Ordnance. This is everything from mines to shells that failed to detonate.
FACT: TACSAT, or Tactical Satellite radio, is an excellent piece of equipment that weighs about 25 lbs. and can communicate anywhere in the world.
FACT: ADA, or Air Defense Artillery, is also known as 'duck hunters' because they shoot down airplanes.
FACT: An IFV, or Infantry Fighting Vehicle, is a light-armored vehicle with better protection, that carries a wider variety of weapons and fewer troops than an APC.
FACT: The HHC, or Headquarters & Headquarters Company, is the unit that controls the lower ranking members of a unit's staff sections.
FACT: A General commands an army, joint command, or one of the armed services. Also referred to as a "four star" general.
FACT: A Lieutenant General commands a corps or a base. Also referred to as a "three star" general.
FACT: A Major General is in command of a division or a base. Also referred to as a "two star" general.
FACT: A Lieutenant Colonel is a field-grade officer that commands a battalion. Also referred to as a "light colonel".
FACT: A First Lieutenant is a company-grade officer with 2-7 years of service. A first lieutenant may be a platoon leader or, in exceptional cases, be a company commander. All officers at or above this level may serve in staff positions.
FACT: EPW is a military term for Enemy Prisoner of War.
FACT: The CIC, or Combat Infantrymen's Badge, was once rare and respected, but is now common and not nearly so. Being in actual combat is no longer necessary to get one: one need only be in a combat zone.
FACT: "Bradley" is the name given to the Army's current light armored vehicle. More of a small tank, it carries fewer troops than the M113, but has thicker armor.
FACT: The Purple Heart was established by General George Washington at Newburgh, New York, on 7 August 1782, during the Revolutionary War.
FACT: FSB stands for: Forward Support Battalion. An FSB provides the administrative, medical and logistical support to one brigade.
FACT: 239 Medals of Honor were awarded for service during the Vietnam War.
FACT: No Medals of Honor were awarded for service during the Gulf War.
FACT: During the Gulf War, it is estimated that the Coalition lost a total of 4 tanks, 1 artillery, 9 armored personal carriers, 17 helicopters, and 44 aircraft.
FACT: The military's Global Positioning System, or GPS, is a satellite triangulated 'compass' that gives the GPS's location. It is accurate to within one meter.
FACT: The military's current version of the Jeep, the HMMMWV (High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle) is also referred to as a "Hummer," or "Humvee."
FACT: During the Gulf War, it is estimated that iraq lost over 4,000 tanks, 2,140 artillery units, 1,856 armored personal carriers (APC's), 7 helicopters, and 240 aircraft.
FACT: The size of the Iraqi army in the Kuwait Theater of Operations was probably much smaller than claimed by the Pentagon. On the eve of the war, Iraq may have had as few as 300,000 solders, compaired to 540,000 estimated by the Pentagon.
FACT: Several weeks before Baghdad was bombed on January 17th, 1991, U.S. intelligence agents successfully inserted a computer virus into Iraq's military computers. It was designed to disable much of Baghdad's air-defense system.
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