| Date
| Event
| Class
| Action |
|
The US Army announces that it will open an investigation to determine whether Pat Tillman's death in a 2004 friendly fire incident in Afghanistan was actually the result of negligent homicide. Tillman gave up a $3.6 million NFL contract with the Arizona Cardinals to become an Army Ranger after the ... |
|
profile |
|
At a general court martial at Camp Al-Tahreer in Baghdad, Staff Sgt. Johnny M. Horne Jr., 30, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, pleads guilty to murder and conspiracy to commit murder as related to the August 18th shooting death of a wounded Iraqi teenage sanitation worker in Baghdad's Sadr City. |
|
profile |
|
A spokesperson for the U.S. Army announces that two soldiers were killed the day before when when a roadside bomb ripped through a U.S. military convoy in Samarra, north of Baghdad, In total, 906 U.S. forces have died in the Iraq war, 672 of which are combat-related deaths and 234 are non-combat ac ... |
|
profile |
|
George S. Patton is promoted to the rank of Major General in the United States Army. |
|
profile |
|
George Patton is promoted to Colonel, US Army. |
|
profile |
|
The US Army establishes airmail service between New York and Washington, DC. |
|
profile |
|
Sherman's March to the Sea ends with the Union capture of Savannah, Georgia from the Confederates. |
|
profile |
|
At Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, the Continental Army led by Washington sets up winter quarters |
|
profile |