Aside from its amazing all-terrain abilities, the most interesting aspect of the Hummer is that it was designed and exclusively built to only have an automatic transmission. Military officials were keen to realize that todays soldiers didnt grow up having to drive standard transmissions in America and the freedom of movement of not having to bother with shifting gears makes the driver better at multi-tasking, which could mean the difference between surviving and perishing.NAVYTodays US Navy is one of the most advanced armaments on the face of the planet with 378, 469 active duty service personnel. The US Naval fleet is comprised of 295 vessels of various size, shape and form.Currently 138 ships are underway, with 95 ships deployed. 21 submarines are underway with 7 deployed.The Atlantic Command Ship is the USS LaSalle and the Pacific Command Ship is the USS Coronado. AIR CRAFT CARRIERSThe US Navy has more than 4000 operational aircraft. The exact locations of aircraft carriers tend to be highly classified as they are the most formidable mobile force in United States military defense. Three of the carriers are currently underway with the USS Kitty Hawk in the Sea of Japan, the USS John F. Kennedy in Pensacola, Florida and the USS George Washington in the Arabian Sea. BLACKHAWKThe proverbial black helicopter, the UH 60 Blackhawk is the US militarys workhorse utility tactical transport helicopter that replaced the UH-1 Huey of the Vietnam era. It might seem relatively new, but the Blackhawk has been in service since 1979. An entire 11-person, fully-equipped infantry squad can be lifted in a single Blackhawk and can get to a chosen destination faster than any of its predecessors. It can also transport a 105mm Howitzer and its crew of six with 30 rounds of ammunition. AIR FORCEThe Air Force was once known as the Army Air Corp, they parted ways in September 1947 and the Air Force was officially born. The Air Force officially transferred its traditional olive drab to the Air Force blue (not to be confused with Navy blue) in 1949. The transformation was gradual among the service men, with some of them still donning olive threads all the way up into 1952. X-1Less than a month after the official birth of the Air Force, Capt. Charles E. Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1.Chuck Yeager rang in the new modern jet and rocket era and the plane now resides in the Milestones of Flight Gallery in the National Space and Air Museum.M-249 SQUAD AUTOMATIC WEAPONAn Army of One might be the slogan for this monster, requiring only a single soldier to port and operate. This rifle can deliver fire at ranges of 800 meters.It weighs 16.5 lbs and fires 750 rounds a minute. Ouch.MARINESThe Marines are nearly as old as the Army. Two battalions of marines were commissioned by the Continental Congress in 1775 and the Marine Corps was b
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