Posted on 01/21/2019 7:36:42 AM PST by fugazi
Today's post is in honor of Cpl. Christopher G. Singer, who was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan's Helmand province on this day in 2012. The 23-year-old from Temecula, Calif. was assigned to the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
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1954: (Featured image) First Lady Mamie Eisenhower christens USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the world's first-ever nuclear submarine, at General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division in Groton, Conn. Nautilus then launches into the Thames River, and in just under a year will cast her lines and ship out under nuclear power. Her Submarine Thermal Reactor obliterated anti-submarine warfare tactics honed against World War II-era diesel-electric subs since nuclear subs no longer need to surface periodically, can dive deeper, and (if detected) could clear the search area in record time.
1961: Seven years to the day after the first nuclear sub is commissioned, USS George Washington (SSBN-598) completes her first operational voyage. The United States' first ballistic missile submarine remained underwater for 66 days during her maiden deterrent patrol.
1968: Just south of the demilitarized zone, two to three division-sized elements of North Vietnamese Army soldiers begin their attack on the U.S. Marines and soldiers of Khe Sanh Combat Base, kicking off a siege that will last several
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