by Joe Katzman | Mar 3, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Issues - Political, Medical, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Spotlight articles, USA
Purple Heart(click to view full) DID has covered the USA’s Base Realignment and Closure process before, a fairly unique effort whereby a commission draws up a list of bases to be closed, and the Congress must vote yes or no to the entire list. The result is that...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 3, 2008 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear
Meindl boots(click to enlarge) The dreaded Ankle-height ammunition (“ammo”) boots with nailed soles were worn by generations of British Army soldiers, and as recently as the 1982 Falklands War, British soldiers were still using puttees – strips of...
