[Robe]

I just delivered my to the Citadel in Charleston SC this weekend, and as a Knob , during dining (MESS).....he's challenged by the upperclassmen to provide totally useless but interesting facts.
They seem to like military, world, and American history, especially military quotes.
I told him that I had a great source.... FREEPERS !.
So try and help a kid out.

Thanks Robe

[So Cal Rocket]

Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.
--Josephus Daniels--

[So Cal Rocket]

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
--George Orwell--

[NavyCaptain]

Most decorated Marine - "Chesty" Puller.

[D. Brian Carter]

Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past royalty. This custom has evolved into the modern military salute.

[snopercod]

The name of Lady Godiva's horse: Aethelnoth

[D. Brian Carter]

"Face the music," or accept your punishment, comes from the British army, where a court-martialed soldier had to stand and face a drum squad when hearing his punishment. The term "drummed out of the military" also comes from this practice.

[Old Sarge]

Military Trivia PING:

The main gun on the American M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank is a German-made Rheinmetall 120-mm smoothbore gun, capable of firing High-Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) rounds, and Armor-Piercing, Fin-stabilized, Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) rounds, either of which will provide an indiscriminate screaming hot death to any of the foes of America with precision accuracy.

[Drango]

True or False? In the bible, DELILAH cut off SAMSON's hair, causing him to lose his great strengh.

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A: FALSE
"And she made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man,
and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head:. . . and his strength went from him."(Judges 16:19)
The servant cut Samson's hair!

[TomServo]

This'll keep 'em busy. Click here.

[grobdriver]

Sailors of the old-time Navy kept their hair greased into pony tails with ship's tar. To avoid this mess from dirtying their uniforms, a reversed "bib" was added which could be removed, replaced and washed separately.
The current Navy enlisted dress uniform still features this reversed "bib".

[snopercod]

How many men have walked on the moon. (12)

Name the first (Armstrong)

Name the last (Schmitt)

Name all of them in order (see below)

1. Neil Armstrong: Apollo 11 (1969
2. Buzz Aldrin: Apollo 11 (1969
3. Charles “Pete” Conrad: Apollo 12 (1969).
4. Alan Bean: Apollo 12 (1969).
5. Alan Shepard: Apollo 14 (1971).
6. Edgar Mitchell: Apollo 14 (1971).
7. David Scott: Apollo 15 (1971).
8. James Irwin: Apollo 15 (1971).
9. John Young: Apollo 16 (1972).
10. Charles Duke: Apollo 16 (1972).
11. Eugene Cernan: Apollo 17 (1972).
12. Harrison “Jack” Schmitt: Apollo 17 (1972).

[Only1choice____Freedom]

totally useless but interesting facts.

Check the Windows help program.

[Rogle]

As a former Citadel Cadet, I feel for your son. Evening mess was a bear.

Why is an Artilleryman referred to as a Red Leg?

Officer’s uniforms had the color of their branch as a strip down their pants. These way commanders could look over the battlefield and tell who was who. The color for artillery was red, thus red leg.

[wrench]

The last side arm developed for mounted cavelry in the US Army was the 1911 Colt 45ACP.

A version of it is still used today in Iraq by Spec Ops and Marine MEU units.

Imagine a horse pistol now ridding in a Hummer?

[Little Ray]

The Royal Navy salutes with the palm in to hide the tar from working with and climbing on the standing rigging.

After Nelson was killed at Trafalgar, his corpse was preserved in a barrel of rum for the trip back to England. For this reason, rum was known as Nelson's Blood in the RN.

[mass55th]

Have him relay the following:

On February 21st, 1865, after the evacuation of Charleston, the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (African-American unit), was the first Union regiment to enter that city.

[Little Ray]

Oh, and the average number of missions a USAAF heavy bomber in Europe survived in WWII was 11... Keep in mind the crew didn't go home until they finished 25-50.

[JRandomFreeper]

1. The Harvest Falcon kitchen can feed 1100 troops, is all electric, and beats the heck out of the old kitchen tents and M2 burners.

2. Air Force doesn't allow steel wool in any dining facility.

Oh, I thought this was supposed to be trivia about dining (mess) facilities. 8>)

[jimt]

A bison has 14 pairs of ribs.

[Our man in washington]

Four of Pat Conroy's novels have been turned into movies.

(Actually, he might be better off not using this one.)