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• Ranger Creed
  ...reed''' is the official creed (not mission statement) of the United States Army Rangers, and is also adopted by Rangers in other armed forces around the wo ...am a specially selected and well-trained soldier. My courtesy to superior officers, neatness of dress and care of equipment shall set the example for others t
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• Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
  ...(CSS)) branch of the [[United States Army]]. It is also one of three U.S. Army logistics branches, the others being the Transportation Corps and the Ordna {{see also|Quartermaster General (United States)}}
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• Sailor's Creed
  '''The Sailor's Creed''' is a [[creed]] of the [[United States Navy]], originally developed for the promotion of personal excellence. ...title = Management Fundamentals: A Guide for Senior and Master Chief Petty Officers
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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...cine|medical]] specialists for the [[United States Navy]] and the [[United States Marine Corps]]. The Hospital Corpsman works in a wide variety of capacities
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...dmark|name=USMCBarracksatBeirutAirport|display=inline,title}}<br/>[[United States Marine Corps]] [[barracks]], [[Beirut Airport]] ...s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the United States|United States]] and [[Military of France|French military forces]]—members of the Multin
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• USS Blair (DE-147)
  |Ship complement=8 officers, 201 enlisted ...3; sponsored by Mrs. Vestie Foster, the mother of three sons in the United States Navy; and commissioned at Orange, Lt. Alden J. Laborde, [[USNR]], in comman
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• USS Tomich (DE-242)
  |Ship complement=8 officers, 201 enlisted She was named in honor of [[United States Navy]] Chief Watertender and [[Croats|Croatian]] [[Peter Tomich]] who recei
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• USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  |Ship complement=8 officers, 201 enlisted ...aration for the assaults on southern France. After returning to the United States 16 July, the escort ship made one more cruise to Naples during the summer.
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• USS Forster (DE-334)
  |Ship complement=8 officers, 201 enlisted |[[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]]
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  |Ship complement=8 officers, 201 enlisted ...E-397)''' was an {{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and th
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• USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
  ...etime between 1949 and the Coast Guard{{'s}} 1967 adoption of the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships.. |Ship country=United States
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• USS Barataria (AVP-33)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Loaned to [[United States Coast Guard]] 17 September 1948<br/>Transferred outright to Coast Guard 26
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• USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Transferred to [[United States Coast Guard]] 27 May 1946
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• QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
  ...ing shell was thrown up just above sea level and I could see that the army officers were impressed...''" <ref>Sired, Enemy Engaged, p63.</ref> Unfortunately, ...levation, fuze setting, ramming and other tasks. Fitted with the standard army Machine Fuze Setter No 10 these guns had a rate of fire of 10 rds/min and a
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• Swedish Mauser
  ...re unknown. Possibly only 100 or less. Several have shown up in the United States and one known in the Netherlands. ...serial number being K.193 currently in a private collection in the United States. One has been reported in Switzerland. Carbine K.91 is in the Carl Gustaf f
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• Letelier case
  ...[Orlando Letelier]], a [[Chile]]an [[political figure]] and later [[United States]]-based [[activist]], along with his American assistant, [[Ronni Moffitt]]. In 1971, Letelier was appointed [[ambassador]] to the United States by [[Salvador Allende]], the socialist president of Chile.<ref>{{Harvnb|McC
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• Brink's robbery (1981)
  ...ored car]] at the Nanuet Mall, in [[Nanuet, New York]], killing two police officers, [[Edward O'Grady II|Edward O'Grady]] and [[Waverly Brown]], and a Brink's ...matched the description of the getaway vehicle they were looking for, the officers pulled it over and approached with guns drawn.
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• Centennial Olympic Park bombing
  |location = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States ...on July 27, 1996 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States during the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], the first of four committed by [[Eric
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• Beltway sniper attacks
  ...later, Malvo was sentenced to six consecutive [[Life imprisonment (United States)|life sentences without the possibility of parole]]. On November 10, 2009, ...losives]] (ATF), the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], the [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]], the [[Virginia Department of Transportatio
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• 1993 shootings at CIA Headquarters
  ...k, and was subsequently found guilty of [[Capital punishment in the United States|capital]] and first-degree [[murder]], and was executed by [[lethal injecti ...[Karachi]], altering his name to "Kansi", and later bought a fake [[United States Permanent Resident Card|green card]] in [[Miami]]<ref name="salon">Stein, J
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