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The Terracotta Army or the "Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses", is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.
The figures, dating from 3rd century BC, were discovered in 1974 by some local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
The figures vary in height, according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots, horses, officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians. Current estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits.
Army Materiel Command’s Commander
Gen. Dennis L. Via hosted the
Installation Awards and Recognition
Ceremony at AMC Aug. 22.
The Terracotta Army was rediscovered during a drought in 1974. The Yang brothers tended a persimmon orchard on the slopes of Mount Li, but the drought threatened to destroy their trees. The brothers began to dig a well in hopes of saving their crops, but a meter down, they hit a layer of baked clay as hard as iron. It was the roof of the army's tomb, baked hard by the fire that had consumed the pit more than two thousand years before.
Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), conduct a Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath Ceremony in honor of German Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Bruno Kasdorf at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Feb. 24, 2015. (U.S. Army photos by Spc. Cody W. Torkelson)
U.S. Army Sgt. Kevin Taylor, crew chief, Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (Air Ambulance), Vermont National Guard, completes the final stretch of the 10-kilometer ruck march during the Vermont Best Warrior Competition at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vt., March 19, 2017. During the three-day Best Warrior Competition, elite soldiers selected by their units are tested by board interviews, physical fitness tests, written exams, and warrior tasks relevant to today’s operating environment. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by 1st Lt. Benjamin Haulenbeek)
On patrol
Soldiers from the Polish Military Contingent (PMC) in Afghanistan carry out reconnaissance and compound searches in and around the village of Espandi located near Ghazni. 04.02.2011
French Army Snipers from 1er régiment d'infanterie training for their next operational missions with the Hecate 12.7mm Rifle.
🔍 Getting information
🎯 Target detection
👊 Neutralizing enemy threats
🔥 Destruction of long-range
targets (500-1500m),
day and night
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@1er_ri
Dutch Soldiers serving with C Company 12 Infantry Battalion, 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade , during the training exercise Op Vlasakkers – 8th March 2012
Photos: Eric Mulder
An instructor from the 8th Commando Kandak gives range instructions to other commandos during a live-fire exercise in Tarin Kowt district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2. The 8th Commando Kandak partner with coalition Special Operations Forces to conduct operations throughout Uruzgan and Zabul provinces.
G-PVET Chipmunk T.10 ex WB565
ex Army Chipmunk seen at Sywell with two others and a couple of Bulldogs.
Soldiers with personal security detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division react to a downed vehicle and hostile contact during a training event Feb. 8 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
Ceiba, PR- Soldiers assigned to the 432 Transportation Company (432nd TC CO), US Army Reserve Puerto Rico, executed exterior movement techniques during their past battle assembly on 13 Apr. These maneuvers help not only the drivers to practice their skill but also help as training refresher to those soldiers supporting this type of operations. Physical Readiness Training (PRT) was conducted on the last day of training. (US Army Photos by: SGT Hiram Rodriguez, 432nd TC Co UPAR)
The Vicenza Military Community celebrated the U.S. Army 242nd birthday at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle.
During the event, U.S. Army Africa Commander Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Harrington addressed members and local host nation civilian and military leaders.
Following Army tradition, the youngest and oldest Soldiers cut the cake after a campaign streamer ceremony.
Photo by Laura Kreider/USAG Italy Public Affairs Office
Learn more about us on www.usag.italy.army.mil and www.facebook.com/VMCItaly.
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Ives and Capt. Mohammad Ali Yazdani discuss the progress of the Afghan National Army 209th Corps Route Clearing Company’s efforts on its first mission. An eight member U.S. Embedded Training Team assigned to Task Force 2nd Battalion 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, stationed at Camp Mike Spann, has been training the ANA for more than nine months as part of a plan to establish route-clearing capabilities in each of the five regional commands.
Nov 19, 2011; Philadelphia, PA, USA; The Army Black Knights took on the Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field. (Danny Wild/USMA)
Dutch Soldiers form the 43 Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron – On the range live firing the Panzerfaust anti tank weapon – 2009
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Joint Service Color Guard, along with marching units from the four service branches, once again kicked off Pacific Grove's Good Old Days festival by leading the parade along Pine St. on April 11.
The Annual Good Old Days Celebration and Music Festival started in 1957 and is a two-day event in downtown Pacific Grove with live music, parade, vendors and carnival rides.
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
The 2021 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships kicked off its first official match today. Match 8 is an iron sight rifle match in combat gear. Soldiers shoot 10 rounds in 90 seconds in the prone from both 400 and 300 yards. Competitors then shoot another 10 rounds in 90 seconds from the kneeling/squatting position from both 200 and 100 yards.
The Match 3 course of fire included four pistol stages, for a total of 40 rounds, from the 25-yard line. Each stage required a total of 10 rounds, but were fired in two groups of five with a magazine change in the middle. Stage One was a slow fire of 60 seconds in the standing position. Stage Two was fired in a total of 45 seconds, with five rounds shot in both the kneeling and then the prone positions. Stage Three was a timed fire of 25 seconds from the standing position. And Stage Four was a rapid fire of 15 seconds from the standing position.
The Match 5 is a pistol match consisting of four stages, for a total of 40 rounds. Stage One was a standing slow fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 25 seconds at the 35-yard line. Stage Two was a standing slow fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 20 seconds at the 25-yard line. Stage 3 was a standing rapid fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 15 seconds at the 15-yard line. Stage Four was a standing rapid fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 10 seconds at the 10-yard line.
The US Army Multi-Gun Team Championship is an aggregate of the individual scores from Multi-Gun match 15. During the match competitors were required to demonstrate weapons proficiency with both their primary and secondary weapons in timed, scenario driven stages. The second place team is: Arkansas Alpha.
Team members are: SSG John Staats, TSgt Scotty Daniel, MSgt Matthew Smith, CPT Garrett Miller and Coach TSgt Ryan Weng.
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The stars were aligned today at Watervliet. We had the pleasure to host Gen. Dennis L. Via, the commanding general of the Army Materiel Command, as well as Maj. Gen. Gwen Bingham, the commanding general of TACOM LCMC. What a great opportunity for us to showcase our workforce and our pride.
Local children talk to a Polish soldier during a security patrol, Qachkala, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2011.
U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment pull security while on a dismounted patrol during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany on March 24, 2011
A Strike Soldier with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), waits for orders while his leader calls higher before entering a replicated Afghan village during a tactical call out mission, April 15. A tactical call out is a non-lethal approach detaining high valued targets without creating collateral damage as the Strike Brigade strengthens its counterinsurgency policies.
U.S. Army Cpt. Mark Moretti engages enemy combatant after an improvised explosive device is triggered targeting a dismounted patrol of U.S. Army Soldiers outside Korengal Outpost during Operation Mountain Decent 2, April 6, 2010.
Polish Soldiers from the "Wędrzyn" Reconnaissance Group during a live fire combat patrol exercise. 23.02.2011.