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During the United States Civil War Van Aernam enrolled in the Union Army as a surgeon in the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and served from September 26, 1862 to November 5, 1864. A slavery-hating abolitionist, Van Aernam was a charter member of the Republican party.
Carson Long Military Academy in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, was the oldest continually operating college preparatory boarding school and military academy in the United States with mandatory military training for boys in grades 6–12. Maximum enrollment was approximately 235 student cadets.
James Maurice Gavin (March 22, 1907 – February 23, 1990), sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II.
During his term, he approved a recommendation to establish at Carlisle Barracks a library and a repository of documents to encourage the study of military history. Initially designated the U.S. Army Military History Research Collection, the nucleus of the collection included 50,000 bound volumes, transferred from the Army War College and ...
The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) is the U.S. Army's institute for strategic and national security research and analysis.It is part of the U.S. Army War College.SSI conducts strategic research and analysis to support the U.S. Army War College curricula, provides direct analysis for Army and Department of Defense leadership, and serves as a bridge to the wider strategic community.
Letterkenny Army Depot (formerly, Letterkenny Ordnance Depot) Part of U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) Letterkenny Township, Pennsylvania: Type: Maintenance, modification, storage, and demilitarization operations of tactical missiles and ammunition: Site information; Owner: United States Army: Condition: Operational: Site history ...
Other records found in the train included his personal records (Stabamt), including early correspondence with his first wife, Carin and his World War I military records. Today, these records are kept at the US Army Military History Institute in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Jay Luvaas (15 June 1927 – 9 January 2009) was an American military historian who was an expert on the American Civil War and the history of military theory. He was the first civilian to hold a visiting professorship of military history at West Point, and was a professor of military history at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.