The history of the world war 2.

I am going to be talking about the history of world war two in this blog post. World war two is the worst war by far the U.S. has been in. I will start off by telling you how world war two broke out. World war two actually starts because of world war ones treaty. The treaty punished Germany a lot and caused them to go into a depression. This give Adolf Hitler the perfect chance to rise to power and take over Germany and that's exactly what he did. Once Hitler was in control of Germany he then made treaties with Japan and Italy. 
Those things are what built up to the war. World war two starts when Germany invades Poland. As a result of them invading Poland, France and Great Britain declare war on Germany and war begins.
Germany then invades the following countries; on April 9th 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark at the same time. This brings the war to the east of Europe. Then in May 10th the Germans swept through Belgium and the Netherlands, this was known as blitzkrieg or lightning war.
Germany takes France over and is hitting Great Britain pretty hard. So the U.S. is helping supply Great Britain and is going to free France. The U.S. free France of German control was called D-day.
Germany has a truce with Russia but Hitler betrays the truce by attacking Russia and they fail. This makes Russia really mad and so they attack Germany as a result of them getting attacked. 
Hitler starts losing the war Russia is attacking them from one side and the U.S. from the other. The Russian make it to Hitler first but before they can capture him he kills himself. Once Hitler is dead the war is over.
As a result of the war 45-60 million people were killed. Six million were Jews as a result of Hitler's Holocaust. 

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Compare and contrast Army and Marines.

This blog post is going to be about comparing and contrasting the US Army with the Marine Corps. I will start off by comparing the things they have in common.
The US Army and the Marine Corps have some stuff in common but not really a lot. The Army and the Marines Corps both are in the Department of Defense. The thing they have in common a lot is all the engagements there are in together. Most of these you probably know but for the people that don't know them here they are. 
The US Army and the Marines both where in the following wars, American Civil war, American Revolutionary war, Banana wars, Boxer Rebellion, Gulf War, Korean War, Mexican- American war, Spanish-American war,
Vietnam war, War in Iraq, World war 1 and 2. There are a few more that I did not list because I think I made the list long enough.
Now I will tell you about some differences between the US Army and the Marine Corps. They are both founded on different dates. The US Army was founded in June 14 1775, and the Marine Corps is founded in November 10 1775. The Marine Corps is not in the Department of the Army but it is in the Department of the Navy which the Army is not in the Department of the Navy. 
The Army and the Marine Corps both have different mottoes. The Marine Corps was in the following wars that the US Army was not in, Barbary War, Quasi-War, and the Seminole Wars. The Army was in two wars that the Marine Corps was not in and they are the Indian Wars, and the Utah War.

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Interview

This blog post is going to be an interview of someone who is or was in the military. I was going to try to see if I could talk to someone that is in the military. But then I remember my step dad was in the military so I interviewed him. He was in the US Army and theses are a few questions I asked him.
1.) What is the military like, is it easy or hard?
He replied and said "The Army is hard at the beginning but it gets easier as you go. He said it takes a lot of getting uses to.
2.) What were some challenges you faced?
Well there sleeping in one big room with 30 different people you don't know and sometimes they don't speak English so we have to help them because we are a team.
3.) What was the toughest thing to get uses to?
Having no say so, the schedule of when you got to do what and being yelled at.
4.) What would you say was the most rewarding about the military?
The most rewarding thing for me was that it opened my eyes a lot. In the Army it does not matter where you are from, what religion you are, and skin color does not matter because we are all human.
5.) Is there anything that has stuck with you from the Army? Like something someone has said?
Yes my drill sergeant said it does not matter what color you are, that you are all Army Green.
That is it for my interview with my step dad. I hope you all enjoyed learning and hearing about his experiences as much as I did.

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How to become a Marine!

This blog post is a how to post about how to become a Marine. Becoming a Marine is no joke it takes a lot of hard work and commitment. If you not serious about it than don't even try. Okay well I will start this off by talking about how to enlist. Of course this is the first step is signing up and to do this you should and go speak to a marine recruiter. "Again I can't say how serious you got to be because marine recruiters take their job very seriously, they feel very responsible and want to fulfill their job they have been sent out to do." Most Marines take recruiting ask a great reward because they are helping insure a good future for the Corps. 
Step two if you get in you will have to go through twelve weeks of basic training. These twelve weeks are going to be very intense. They mostly will be the hardest things you have ever done in your life. To pass the physical fitness tests you have to be able to do two full pulls ups for guys. This means you  have your arms have to fully extend when you go down and when you go up your chin has to go above the bar. Now for women to pass the  pull up part of the test they have to hang with their arms fully extended for fifteenths seconds. These are the minimum amount you have to do so you should be able to do way better. 
The second part of the fitness that you should be able to do is you should be able to do crunches. The minimum amount of crunches for both men and women is 44 crunches in two minutes. 
The three and final thing you have to do is the timed run. Males have to run 1.5 miles in 13:30 minutes and for females they get 15 minutes to cross the finish line. 
Now all three of those is to prepare this is not all you will have to do. You will be doing way more that this. This is to prepare and so you can pass some of the test.

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TOP TEN

In this blog I will be talking to everyone about top ten weapons of the military. I will start off with the signal most powerful weapon in our arsenal. The number one spot belongs to the Hydrogen Bomb because it is the strongest weapon we have but the only thing about it is we do not use it unless necessary. 
The number to spot bomb wise would be the Nuclear Bomb. It is our second strongest bomb and we have use two of them but again we only use these if we have to. 
Okay that's enough about bombs lets talk about some aircraft's. I have told you about the unmanned plane all ready some this time I will talk about one of our best maned planes. From what I gather I believe this is one of our best maned aircraft. So the number three spot belongs to the SR71 or Black Bird. The SR71 was not an assault aircraft its main use is for Recon and spying. It also set the world record for fastest flight New York to London in less than two hours.
I give the number four spot to the M1A2 Abram. It is a tank and a very good one at that. The M1A2 Abram has a 120mm M256 smoothbore gun and of course it shoots a 120mm round.
The number five spot goes to the Humvee. The reason I give the fifth spot to the Humvee is because it is a great vehicle. The US Military mainly uses these for there land all terrain vehicles.


The rest of the top ten is going to be assault rifles sense I feel that I have covered most categories. Well the number six spot goes to the AK-47. It holds 30 rounds in a magazine and a fire rate of 600 rounds a minute. 
The number seven spot goes to my favorite out of all the assault rifles the M-16. The M-16 can hold 20-30 rounds and has a fire rate of 700-950 rounds a minute.
Eighth spot goes to the Lee-Enfield Smle, it can hold 10 rounds and shoots 15-20 rounds a minute but this is because it is a bolt action.
The ninth spot goes to the M1- Garand. The M1-Garand holds 8 rounds in a magazine and shoots 30 rounds a minute. 
The ten and final spot belongs to the FN-FAL. It hold up to 20 rounds and shoots 650-700 rounds a minute. 

   
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Technologies of our military.

In this blog post I will be talking about new technologies of the military. I hope you will find this as interesting as I do. I am going to start off by talking about something that may seem impossible, but the US Military is developing liquid body armor. Yes I know what you're thinking this sounds impossible but it's true. This armor has a liquid inside of it that has some very unique properties. When hit by a bullet the liquid hardens and prevents the bullet from going through to the soldier, thus the soldier does not get hurt. The benefits of the liquid body armor is that it allows the soldier more mobility, it is lightweight and lets the soldier aim as he runs. More about the liquid body armor: 

The key component of liquid armor is a shear thickening fluid. STF is composed of hard particles suspended in a liquid. The liquid, polyethylene glycol, is non-toxic, and can withstand a wide range of temperatures. Hard, nano-particles of silica are the other components of STF. This combination of flowable and hard components results in a material with unusual properties. 

This next segment is going to be talking about aircraft. I figure since I told you about some equipment they are developing then I would also tell you about a aircraft. Now this aircraft is called Falcon HTV-2 and from what I gather this aircraft has already been built. The Falcon HTV-2 can reach up to 13,000 mph, while withstanding temperatures up to 2,000c. 13,000mph is 20 times the speed of sound! The reason for this plane being built is because the US Military wanted to make a plane that could drop bombs anywhere in the world while reach that part of the world in less than an hour.
I hope you enjoyed learn about the new things that other military are coming up with and have built. I find this type of stuff very interesting as I hope you do as well.
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Statics about each branch in the US Military

 I am going to start off these statics with the wages each branch of the military makes. 
In the Army, the starting wage for a private (E1) is 17,892 for two years of experience. 
A private (E1) in the Marine Corps makes about 35,753 if you have two years of serves. 
In the Navy, a private (E1) makes around 17,366 a year if you have two years of experience. 
If you are in the Air Force and you are a private (E1), you will make around 17,892 a year. 
If you are in the Coast Guard and you have two years of experience and you are a private, (E1) you make 18,062 a year. 


I was going to start the next set of statics on death rates of each branch but sadly I could only find death rates of the US Army. So the rate of death to person years lived for the US Army is 3.92 to 1000.  
The thing that all branches in the military have in common is that the military is not just physical its mental. You have to use your mind in complicated situation. The US Army claims that "your greatest weapon is your mind" and I do agree with this quote.
  All branches of the military have basic training. Although some branches basic training is more extreme and way more difficult than those of others, its still basic training. 
Navy Seals is one of the hardest when it comes to basic training and so is the Marine Crops. These are the ones I know for a fact that are hard. The Army's basic training is hard but not as extreme as other same thing goes for Coast Guard and Air Force.
This is not saying that the Navy Seals and Marine Crops are better. I do not mean that in any way. None of the basic training is the same for each branch. They all are different and may be preparing you for different situations. 
  

Here are some of the ranks from each branch in the US Military.

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