Monthly Archives: March 2022
Throwback Thursday 31 MAR 2022 – Camp Dix
Camp Dix served as a staging and training center during WWI and WWII. After the armistice, the Camp served as a demobilization center for Active Army. What’s a Camp Dix? Established on 16 July 1917 as Camp Dix, named in … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday 17 MAR 2022 – Ordnance Museum
Ordnance Museum? what’s an Ordnance? ord·nance /ˈôrdnəns/ noun mounted guns; artillery.” the gun was a brand new piece of ordnance” a branch of the armed forces dealing with the supply and storage of weapons, ammunition, and related equipment. “The ordnance … Continue reading
A Green Beret’s Farewell to the Army Blue
A Green Beret’s Farewell to the Army Blue March 7, 2020, by Special Guest A Green Beret’s Farewell to the Army Blue by Daniel Hodne In November 2017, my family and I returned to West Point, New York, for my class’s 25th … Continue reading
Admiral Stephen W Rochon – First & One of Nine
Who is Rear Admiral Stephen W Rochon? Probably Telling George W and Barack Where to Go! As the first African American Director of the Executive Residence and Chief Usher (he was number eight since 1857!) for four years 2077 to … Continue reading
Over 2,500 Reasons History Buffs Like Virginia
It’s the oldest program in the United States that began nearly a hundred years ago. Since 1927, the Commonwealth of Virginia has been erecting historical markers – metal signs with black lettering on a silver background The Virginia historical highway … Continue reading