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Aug 28

Aug. 28, 2013. Ghanzi Province, Afghanistan. A massive blast tore a 60-foot hole in the wall of an American Forward Operating Base. Ten insurgents wearing suicide vests stormed through the breach.

Then-Staff Sgt. Earl Plumlee and five other Soldiers raced toward the chaos to defend their base and rescue wounded teammates.

What unfolded next would earn Plumlee the highest award for valor in the U.S. military.

In honor of the Army’s 250 years of service, read about this extraordinary hero. 🧵

Plumlee and his driver charged straight into the battle. The driver maneuvered their vehicle to shield injured Soldiers while Plumlee instinctively protected his teammate from incoming rounds.

Armed with only a pistol, Plumlee dismounted and began engaging an insurgent just 15 meters away.

He pressed the attack without cover, completely disregarding his own safety.

Plumlee continued his relentless assault, engaging insurgents in brutal close-quarters combat. One detonated a vest just seven meters from his position.

Undeterred, he kept advancing under heavy fire alongside a teammate. When a wounded insurgent triggered his explosive vest, the blast hurled Plumlee against a wall.

Despite his injuries, he pushed forward.

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Aug 12

Sgt. Maj. Mike Vining: The Man. The Meme. The Army Legend.

An EOD technician and founding member of multiple elite units, Vining made his mark on Army history early in his career when he helped destroy a weapons cache with over 7 million rounds of ammunition.

He gained fame online as the subject of Army memes, thanks to his unassuming demeanor and stack of medals.

In honor of his birthday, here’s a small part of his incredible story.

Inspired by WWII movies, Vining wanted to defuse bombs from a young age.

He joined the Army in 1968 at just 17 years old, graduating from EOD training two years later.

Soon after, he volunteered to deploy to Vietnam with the 99th Ordnance Detachment.

Pictured: Sgt. Maj. Vining in the bottom left corner.

In May 1970, Vining deployed with the @1stCavalryDiv to a site that would become known as Rock Island East, the largest enemy weapons cache discovered by U.S. forces during the war.

The cache included:

▶️ 932 individual weapons
▶️ 85 crew-served weapons
▶️ 7,079,694 small arms and machine gun rounds
▶️ Nearly 1,000 rounds of 85 mm artillery shells for D-44 howitzers and T-34 tanks

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Aug 5

He jumped into hell with only a knife and an aid bag.🧵🇺🇸

On May 2, 1968, then-Staff Sgt. Roy Benavidez heard a 12-man Special Forces team was trapped in the jungle, outnumbered 100-to-1.

He fought relentlessly for six hours, losing so much blood in the process, medics thought he died by the battle's end.

In honor of his birthday, take a moment to honor him and read his remarkable story of courage and survival.

Upon landing, he was shot, stabbed, and hit by grenade shrapnel, yet he kept fighting.

Wounded in his leg, face, and head before reaching the team, Benavidez took command.

He directed fire, threw smoke grenades to direct the helicopters, dragged the wounded out, all under unceasing fire. Then things got worse.

Their extraction helicopter crashed, killing the pilot, and the enemy closed in.

Benavidez was shot again, this time in the stomach. However, he immediately pulled his fellow Soldiers from the wreckage and formed a defense.

Bleeding out, he still handed out ammo, called airstrikes, and kept his men alive. But the fight wasn’t over yet.

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Jul 4

Outgunned and outnumbered, he fought off a German assault alone—on top of a burning tank destroyer.

Maj. Audie Murphy is a legend in U.S. military and Hollywood history.

This is the story of WWII’s most decorated American Soldier—and how he earned the Medal of Honor.

In Holtzwihr, France, Murphy’s unit was surrounded by six German tanks and waves of infantry.

Murphy ordered his troops to withdraw to safety while he directed artillery at the command post.

As the German tanks closed in on their position, he climbed a tank destroyer engulfed in flames, grabbed its machine gun, and opened fire.

📸 Still from "To Hell and Back," Universal Pictures

For over an hour, Murphy held the line—alone.

Surrounded on three sides, he killed or wounded more than 50 German troops.

His fire was so relentless, even the tanks began to retreat.

Out of ammo, he rejoined his unit—and led a successful counterattack.

📸 Still from "To Hell and Back," Universal Pictures

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Jun 10

We're rolling deep with Army vehicles and aircraft for our 250th Birthday Parade!

Here's a sneak peek at what we're bringing for this once-in-a-lifetime event! 🧵

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We've used the M1A2 Abrams tank since 1980; it was known for shooting accurately while on the move. It's first combat operation was Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Soldiers found it reliable, lethal, and tough, despite its limited range.

This might look and sound like a tank, but it's technically a Self-Propelled Howitzer.

First introduced in the 1960s, the Paladin has been upgraded and adapted to perform in various battlefields from the jungles to the desert.

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Jun 6

Armed with a pistol and a cane, Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. landed with the first wave at Utah Beach on D-Day.

This is the epic story of the first General to land on D-Day, who was also the son of a U.S. President. 🧵

Roosevelt was the son of the legendary Rough Rider.

He volunteered to fight in WWI, earning a Distinguished Service Cross and the French Chevalier Légion d’Honneur.

Roosevelt was shot in the leg and was later forced to use a cane, but that didn’t stop him from joining the fight.

@CMOH_Society When WWII broke out, once again Roosevelt volunteered.
He led troops in North Africa and Sicily before being reassigned to help plan the D-Day invasion.
But he wanted to do more than plan, he wanted to be with his troops.

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