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24 April 2008 |
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The JROTC Drill Team consists of cadets within the corps in grades nine
through twelve. Each year, the JROTC LET 2 cadets host a Drill Meet in honor of
former alumnus. Soon to come: A horse-mounted Color Guard. HISTORY: The term Hussar is a Hungary word used in the 12th century meaning one of twenty. Young men from villages in Hungary were drafted into the military and the term one in twenty came from one young man in twenty serving with the elite scouts of the Hungarian Army. The scouts were clothed in bright scarlet colored clothing with gold trimming. |
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 Statistics United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903A3 Dated Adopted: 21 May 1942 Length: 1099mm (43.25") Weight: 4.01kg (8.83 lbs.) Caliber: .30 M1906(.30-'06) Muzzle Velocity: 823mps (2700fps) During the period from 1942 to 1944, nearly one million Model 1903 and Model 1903A3 rifles were built by the Remington Arms Company and L.C. Smith-Corona Typewriters. Also developed during World War II, the Model 1903A2 was a barreled action used as a sub-caliber training device inserted into the breach of large artillery pieces to reduce training costs of these weapons. The United States military never had a true sniper's rifle before needing one during World War II, so Remington designed and developed a sniper's rifle based on the Model 1903A3, which was adopted as the model Model 1903A4 on 14 January 1943. During its thirty-three year reign as the longest-serving standard American military long arm, the Model 1903 had many design derivatives, among them several varieties of .30 caliber National Match and .22 caliber gallery practice rifles, including the .22 caliber Model 1922, the Model 1922M1 and the M2 and a wide variety of sporterized rifle used by hunters even today. One Model 1903, Serial Number 6000 in the original .30-'03 caliber, was also custom-built by Springfield Armory for President Theodore Roosevelt, who claimed over three hundred animals in his hunting forays with the rifle. Roosevelt also had another Model 1903 (in .30-'06 caliber) built for his son, Kermit, who normally accompanied his father on hunting trips. Service History In service use, the model 1903 was very robust, accurate and hard-hitting. Whenever the American infantryman went to protect democracy and American interests, the Model 1903 was there with him, from the humid jungles of Latin America and the Caribbean, to the rice fields of China, the volcanic island of the Pacific Rim and the hedgerows of Europe. The 1903's durability was (is) such that it is still used as a training rifle. It is also still used by several military ceremonial units, including the U.S. Army Drill Team and the U.S. Navy Honor Guard. Due to political and economic considerations, the Model 1903's long service record may be overtaken by the United States Rifle, Caliber 5.56mm, M16 series rifle as America's longest serving rifle within the next three years, but Model 1903 will remain a shinning example of how the infantryman and his trusty rifle is still the best weapon to take the fight to the enemy and claim it's ground. |
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Howe Military School PO Box 240 Howe, Indiana 46746-0240 (260)562-2131 |
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