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Hart Island, sometimes referred to as Hart's Island, [a] is located at the western end of Long Island Sound, in the northeastern Bronx in New York City.Measuring approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) long by 0.33 miles (0.53 km) wide, Hart Island is part of the Pelham Islands archipelago and is east of City Island.
Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases of livestock.It is a national laboratory of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate for Science and Technology (S&T), and operates as a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). [1]
The Black Tom explosion was an act of sabotage by agents of the German Empire, to destroy U.S.-made munitions that were to be supplied to the Allies in World War I.The explosions occurred on July 30, 1916, in New York Harbor, killing at least 7 people and wounding hundreds more. [1]
New York State School of Agriculture at Cobleskill (1927–1941) New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Cobleskill (1941–1962) State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College at Cobleskill (1962–1987) Motto: Real life, real learning: Type: Public college: Established: 1911; 113 years ago ()
The Chilean Army (Spanish: Ejército de Chile) is the land arm of the Chilean Armed Forces.This 80,000-person army (9,200 of which are conscripts) [2] is organized into six divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade.
Tasks can be from very small scale up major operations to "facilitate large scale stability operations requiring large numbers of people to assist in securing a region". [92] Erik Prince intended Greystone to be used for peacekeeping missions in areas like Darfur where military operations would need to take place to establish peace. [93]
LTJG has a US military pay grade of O-2, [1] [2] and a NATO rank code of OF-1. The rank is also used in the United States Maritime Service. The NOAA Corps's predecessors, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps (1917–1965) and the Environmental Science Services Administration Corps or ESSA Corps (1965–1970), also used the rank.
The Salvation Army Headquarters is a building at 120–130 West 14th Street in the Chelsea and Greenwich Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City.The building, owned by charitable organization the Salvation Army, is composed of a four-story auditorium named the Centennial Memorial Temple, a 12-story office building, and a 17-story dormitory named the Markle Evangeline.