Us Department Of The Army
Events (128)
- January 21, 1968: US Soldier Convicted of Waterboarding North Vietnamese Prisoner 1968-01-21
- September 29, 1969: Army Refuses to Prosecute Green Berets for Murder; Ellsberg Begins Copying ‘Pentagon Papers’ for Release to Press 1969-09-29
- January 16, 1991 and After: ’Operation Desert Storm’: US Launches Massive Air Assault against Iraq 1991-01-16
- January 31, 1991: Iraq Captures Female US POW 1991-01-31
- February 27, 1991: US Declares Kuwait Liberated 1991-02-27
- February 28, 1991: Iraq Surrenders, Hostilities End 1991-02-28
- February 26-March 2, 1991: Thousands of Retreating Iraqis Slaughtered 1991-03-02
- March 2, 1991: US Soldier Found to Have Been Exposed to Mustard Chemical Weapons 1991-03-02
- March 10, 1991: US Destroys Chemical-Laden Rockets in Iraq and Kuwait 1991-03-10
- March 17, 1991: US Forces Begin Withdrawal from Iraq, Kuwait 1991-03-17
- Shortly After December 29, 1992: US Announces Withdrawal from Yemen following Bombings, Bin Laden Later Claims Victory 1992-12-29
- October 20, 1993: Future Oklahoma City Bomber Writes Letter to Sister Expressing Wish to ‘Tell It All’ Regarding ‘Anti-Gov’t Attitude’ 1993-10-20
- July 4-11, 1997: Militia Members Caught Readying Assault on Texas Army Base 1997-07-04
- May 30, 1998: Exercise Is Held Based around Terrorists with Chemical Weapons Attacking the Pentagon 1998-05-30
- August 28, 1999: Former CIA Officer Alleges Delta Force Involvement in Waco Siege Planning 1999-08-28
- March 24, 2000: CNN Executive Admits Allowing Military Psyops Personnel to Intern at CNN Was Mistake 2000-03-24
- August 15, 2001: Army to Limit Public Access to Bases Around Washington 2001-08-15
- (September 4, 2001): Army Officers at Pentagon Planning Exercise for Days after 9/11, Based on Plane Hitting WTC Scenario 2001-09-04
- September 6, 2001: Army Holds Major Training Exercise with Other Agencies at Base near Pentagon 2001-09-06
- September 10, 2001: Rumsfeld Announces Defense Department Cannot Track $2.3 Trillion in Transactions 2001-09-10
- 9:00 a.m.-9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Army Officials in Meeting at the Pentagon Not Alerted to Crashes at the WTC 2001-09-11
- (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Army’s Crisis Team at the Pentagon Is Activated 2001-09-11
- (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Army Vice Chief of Staff Keane Goes to Help People near the Pentagon Crash Site before Heading to His Operations Center 2001-09-11
- 9:43 a.m. September 11, 2001: Army’s Crisis Team at the Pentagon Is ‘Formally Stood Up’ and Responds to Attacks 2001-09-11
- December 13, 2001: US Army Confirms It Has Made Weapons-Grade Anthrax, In Possible Violation of International Treaty 2001-12-13
- February 19, 2002: New York Times Breaks Story on Office of Strategic Influence 2002-02-19
- May 23-June 1, 2002: Football Star Passes on NFL Contract to Enlist in US Army 2002-06-01
- June 25, 2002: Rumsfeld Memo Says ‘Keep an Eye on’ Pat Tillman 2002-06-25
- October 2, 2002: Senior SERE Psychologist Warns that SERE Techniques Will Produce False Confessions, Unreliable Information 2002-10-02
- October 11, 2002: Army Legal Adviser Suggests that ‘Immunity’ Can be Granted for Planned Use of Abusive Techniques 2002-10-11
- December 10, 2002: Army Memo Shows SERE Techniques Approved for Use against Guantanamo Prisoners 2002-12-10
- December 18, 2002: Navy, Army General Counsels Share Information about Abuse at Guantanamo 2002-12-18
- December 29, 2002: US Military Denies Abusing Prisoners in Afghanistan, Says Treatment Better than before Capture 2002-12-29
- February 10-13, 2003: 100,000 US Troops, 39,000 Reservists, Multiple Aircraft Carrier Groups Deploy to Gulf 2003-02-10
- February 27, 2003: Defense Department Refuses to Certify that Troops Have Adequate Protective Gear 2003-02-27
- March 25, 2003: US Patriot Anti-Aircraft Missile Battery Mistakenly Targets US Plane 2003-03-25
- March 23-April 2, 2003: British Tornado Plane Destroyed by Patriot Missile; Patriot Batteries Routinely Target Friendly Aircraft 2003-04-02
- April 2, 2003: Patriot Anti-Aircraft Battery Destroys Navy Fighter, Kills Pilot 2003-04-02
- April 18, 2003: US Soldiers Unseal Explosive Bunkers in Hunt for WMD 2003-04-18
- April 28, 2003: US Troops Shoot into Crowd in Fallujah Killing 17 2003-04-28
- June 13, 2003: Army Chief Retires after Public Rebuke by Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz 2003-06-13
- June 27, 2003: Problems with Patriot Anti-Missile Batteries Exist 12 Years Later 2003-06-27
- July 10, 2003: Army Report Debunks Sensationalistic Reports of Jessica Lynch Ambush and Capture 2003-07-10
- July 15, 2003: Conservative News Site Attempts to Discredit ABC Reporter by Revealing His Sexual Orientation, Nationality 2003-07-15
- August 22, 2003: Jessica Lynch Discharged from Army 2003-08-22
- September 15, 2003 and After: Army Interrogator Commits Suicide Rather than Torture Prisoners 2003-09-15
- October 11, 2003: Pentagon Sends Identical Letters Purporting to Be from Different Soldiers to Small-Town Newspapers 2003-10-11
- November 2, 2003: Chinook Helicopter Shot Down in Deadliest Attack on US Forces since Invasion Began 2003-11-02
- November 13, 2003: Army Issues ‘Stop-Loss’ Orders for Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan 2003-11-13
- November 27, 2003: President Bush Visits Troops in Baghdad for Thanksgiving 2003-11-27