Many people do not know that the first military action that took place in World War II was not at Pearl Harbor. The United States Coast Guard was involved in the first wartime capture of a German vessel in September of 1941. The fishing vessel “MV Buskoe,” was acting suspiciously, and after lurking around Greenland the USS Northland, a Coast Guard Cutter on Greenland patrol boarded the fishing vessel. After the fishermen were routinely questioned, they searched the vessel. The Coast Guard crew found 27 Norwegians » Read More

One of the lesser credited services; the United States Coast Guard has a proud tradition of service to the United States, as well as an impressive history of accomplishments during wartime. During World War II, the Coast Guard was responsible for a number of victorious battles that many people do not know about, or have not been published very widely. The US Navy credits the Coast Guard with sinking one Japanese submarine, but in reality it is believed that they sank two Japanese Submarines. In addition » Read More

One of the things that the United States Coast Guard is known for is its ATON, or aids to navigation. From the earliest days of electronics and radar, the Coast Guard has been involved in different programs and pioneered ways to make global navigation easier and more available, from buoys and physical channel, range and waterway markers to the electronic and technological methods of navigation. In 1942, the United States Navy developed a method of determining where a location was on the globe using electronic range finding. » Read More

One of the missions of the United States Coast Guard is search and rescue, and lifesaving services for those who are aboard ship during bad weather, or who are lost at sea. The United States Coast Guard Search and Rescue service mission had its start with the United States Lifesaving Service, which was a precursor to the modern Coast Guard. The Life Saving Service was first funded by the government in 1854 and was ran by the US Revenue Cutter Service, which was what the Coast » Read More

After the Revolutionary War and the creation of the United States, the first Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton set up the US Revenue Marine and US Revenue Cutter Service. In 1790 at the very beginning, the service was set up to help protect against smuggling, to collect customs duties and taxes, and to make sure that US Goods were getting through to market over the high seas. After being known by both names, the service was united as the US Revenue Cutter Service during the Civil War in 1963. It’s » Read More

Some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific Theater of World War II occurred in the campaign to free the Palau and Mariana islands between June 1944 and November 1944. The overall offensive was led by Admiral Chester Nimitz who commanded U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and U.S. Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Forces of Japan in the Pacific. This was directly after the Marshall and Gilbert Island campaign, and the U.S. Forces in the region were gaining momentum. The Mariana campaign was intended to neutralize the bases in » Read More

The World War I was also known as the Great War, the US Army has a proud history of service during the War. It was a war that started small, an assassination touched off a series of alliances by different groups of nations. In 1914 the Archduke of Austro-Hungary, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed by an assassins bullet, by a Bosnian Serb citizen. After the Archduke was killed, Austria Hungary retaliated against Serbia, and this action began a series of alliances and a series of war declaration, » Read More

The Spanish American War was fought between the United States and Spain and started in 1898 in April. It was a short war, ending in August of 1898, and the end of the War was stopped by the Treaty of Paris that was signed in December 1898. The United States demanded that Spain work to end the fight for independence between Cuba and Spain. It also was thought to be a way to target Spain’s territories across the seas, such as Guam and Puerto Rico. » Read More

The ultimate victory in the Second World War European theater was directly as a result of the Normandy beach landing, on D Day. The Army landed all along the beach, but the place where they made a large difference was called Omaha Beach. They landed as part of the Allied Invasion force on June 6th, 1944 to start the ultimate push across the European Continent to victory. Omaha Beech is located on the northern part of France facing the English Channel, and is about 5 miles long. The » Read More

Army Rangers have had a very proud tradition of service with the United States Military. They have seen battle in every war since the early 1900s and they have preformed with pride and honor. In World War II the 1st Ranger Battalion was created and trained in Scotland with British Commando units. Additional 3rd and 4th units of Army Rangers worked with the 1st Ranger Battalion to fight bravely in Italy and North Africa, there was nothing that was too tough for the valiant Army Rangers to scale, » Read More