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Encouraging Young Students To Join The Army

February 19th, 2011 1:26 am

Military Recruitment has been a big issue on most school districts especially in the United States. A lot of Military Recruiters set out on schools to encourage young students to join the Military Forces. However, a lot of school principals in different school districts expresses disapproval on the military recruitment on schools wherein some recruiters are forcing students which is what most schools principals are concerned of. According to some school principals, students should decide for their own and not to be forced.

Meanwhile, under new government plans, more students will be encourage to join the Army Cadet Forces. Earlier, the National Union of Teachers were really not in favor with the Military Recruitment Campaigns in Schools but then, a report commissioned by Gordon Brown says that more cadet corps should be linked to schools. He also recommends inclusions of military lessons in the National Curriculum.

Harley-Davidson | U.S. Military History

February 18th, 2011 11:35 pm

In 1916, the United States was embroiled in a conflict with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. A series of skirmishes left U.S. Army troops, under the leadership of General “Black Jack” Pershing, chasing Villa and his men along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Among their many means of transportation were Harley-Davidson motorcycles with machine guns mounted in the sidecars. The War Department soon ordered a dozen motorcycles directly from Harley-Davidson, and a decades-long partnership began.

With the strategic value of motorcycles proven to the military, the War Department relied heavily upon Harley-Davidson following the entry of the United States into World War I. In fact, the first American to enter Germany one day following the signing of the armistice was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.