Anthropologists, along with other social scientists, are working with the US military as part of the US Army's strategy in Afghanistan.

The Christian Science Monitor reports that " Counterinsurgency efforts focus on better grasping and meeting local needs " in Afghanistan, under the Human Terrain System ( HTS ) program ; in addition, HTS teams are working with the US military in Iraq.

In 2009, the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities released its final report concluding, in part, that, " When ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment – all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application – it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology.

They were originally buried where they died, but were later moved on the orders of the US military government to the cemeteries of their previous homes.

* 1975 – General Cao Van Vien, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.

The only vehicle with the qualities of an assault gun to be fielded after the removal of the M50 and M56 from service within the US military was the M551 Sheridan.

While these vehicles might be useful in a direct fire role, none were developed with this specifically in mind, reminiscent of the use of tank destroyers by the US military in the assault gun role during WWII.

Some Protestant US military chaplains carry the Roman Rite version of the Anointing of the Sick with them for use if called upon to assist wounded or dying soldiers who are Catholics.

About 28 of the former US military bases in Vietnam where the herbicides were stored and loaded onto airplanes may still have high level of dioxins in the soil, posing a health threat to the surrounding communities.

US military maps record an abatis by use of an inverted " V " with a short line extending from it to the right.

* Bad Conduct Discharge, a form of discharge from US military service

* T-1A Jayhawk Military version of Model 400 used as a trainer for pilots of large aircraft in the US military.

The US military has specialized units, which can respond to a bioterrorism event ; among them are the US Marine Corp's Chemical Biological Incident Response Force and the U. S. Army's 20th Support Command ( CBRNE ), which can detect, identify, and neutralize threats, and decontaminate victims exposed to bioterror agents.

* US military on the Battle of Okinawa

Cameroonian navy sailors prepare to perform a visit, board, search and seizure drill on 21 November 2006 in Douala during a joint exercise with the US military.

From 1902 until its abrogation in 1934, the Platt Amendment authorized the US to use military force to preserve Cuba's independence.

Despite the retreat of US and UN forces after several deaths due to local hostilities mainly led by Aidid, the introduction of a powerful military force opened the transportation routes, enabling the provision of supplies and ended the famine quickly.

The United States approved a US $ 1. 3 billion assistance package, mostly of military and counternarcotics nature, but also including a small amount of social aid.

It opposes US military bases and nuclear weapons in Europe and British membership of NATO.

Image: US forces Operation Enduring Freedom. jpg | United States Army Special Forces on horseback with the Northern Alliance of Afghanistan, which frequently used horses as military transport.

The Cuban leadership was further upset when in September the United States Congress approved US Joint Resolution 230, which expressed Congress's resolve to prevent the creation of an externally-supported military establishment.

On the same day, the US announced a major military exercise in the Caribbean, PHIBRIGLEX-62, which Cuba denounced as a deliberate provocation and proof that the US planned to invade Cuba.

Incorporating experiments in British jungle and drum ' n ' bass, Earthling ( 1997 ) was a critical and commercial success in the UK and the US, and two singles from the album became UK top 40 hits.

The scheme has met with strong opposition from environmentalists, who protest the damage that would be done to the rivers and jungle. The project will be like the original plans only in the fact that the US government would buy the land for investors to start building the canal.

However, as General Abrams began to make preparations for the equipping of US Cavalry squadrons for the vehicle, the affected squadrons expressed their concerns that the new aluminum tanks were not only highly vulnerable to mines and anti-tank rocket fire, but they would not be as capable of " jungle busting " as the M48A3 medium tanks.

In contrast to several other US Army divisions in the Pacific War, soldiers in the Americal division received extensive weapons training as well as company-and battalion-level exercises in jungle terrain while at New Caledonia ; its soldiers were also quick to assimilate lessons on battle tactics against Japanese forces from the Marines on Guadalcanal.

On the other side, North Vietnamese Army ( NVA ) and Viet Cong ( VC ) forces regularly employed jungle hammocks fabricated from scavenged or captured US parachute cloth and shroud lines.

By the same measure, although the US was not hampered by industrial restrictions, the U. S. M3 light tank proved to be an effective armored vehicle for fighting in jungle environments.

* A Vietnam-like jungle war is being fought in the Philippines between US forces and Chinese units based in Yatakang.

An Atlantic Monthly short story described jungle juice as being prepared in the Navy serving in tropical areas by pouring assorted juice concentrates in a jerrycan, diluting that with water, and letting it sit in the sun so the mix would ferment-no additional alcohol was part of the mix, the US Navy being ' dry ' at the time.

* August 1943 US creates a jungle commando unit, similar to the Chindits, to be commanded by Major General Frank Merrill ; it is informally called " Merrill's Marauders ".

Black leather combat boots were also provided by the Americans who issued both the early US Army M-1962 ‘ McNamara ’ model and the M-1967 model with ‘ ripple ’ pattern rubbler sole ; the US Army Jungle boot of Vietnam War fame does not appear to have been much favoured by Nicaraguan soldiers and Police officers alike, who preferred to wear the black leather ones even while operating in tropical jungle or marshy ground environments.

During the decade of active US combat involvement in the Vietnam War ( 1962 – 1972 ), jungle warfare became closely associated with counter insurgency and special operations troops.

U. S. Marines training in the jungleWith the end of the Vietnam War, jungle warfare fell into disfavor among the major armies in the world, namely, those of the US / NATO and USSR / Warsaw Pact, which focused their attention to conventional warfare with a nuclear flavor, to be fought on the jungle-less European battlefields.

US special operations troops that were created for the purpose of fighting in the jungle environment, such as LRRP and CTT, were disbanded, while other jungle-warfare-proficient troops, such as the Special Forces and Rangers, went through a temporary period of decline, until they found their role in counter-terrorism operations in the 1980s.

US Marines and Malaysian Rangers conducted jungle operations training as part of CARAT 2011.

Some of the series that followed Tex Willer were Zagor ( 1961 ), a tomahawk wielding hero who protects the imaginary Darkwood forest in eastern US, Il Comandante Mark ( 1966 ), featuring a soldier in the American independence war, and more recently Mister No ( 1975 ), about an American pilot who operates a small tourist flying agency in the Amazonian jungle, and Martin Mystère ( 1982 ), featuring an anthropologist / archaeologist / art historian who investigates paranormal phenomena and archaeological mysteries.

In 1957, the US Army switched to shined black combat boots, although the transition to black boots was not completed until late in the Vietnam War, which also saw the introduction of the jungle boot.

The US military jungle boot's popularity extended beyond the US Armed Forces with Australian Army and New Zealand Army soldiers going to great lengths to get a pair of jungle boots from American troops to use alongside their standard-issue black leather General Purpose Boots ( GP Boots ).

When the 1st Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment ( 1 RAR ) was deployed to South Vietnam and served alongside the US Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade in 1965, many Australian troops were willing to trade their Australian Army-issue " slouch hats " for a pair of jungle boots from the Americans since the boots Australian troops were issued were World War II vintage tropical studded Ankle Boots and the boots were not suited to the conditions of Vietnam.

Up until the replacement of the GP boots for the Terra Boots in 2000, Australian military personnel were allowed to wear the US military jungle boots with their combat uniforms and the boots remained popular with Australian soldiers during the post-Vietnam period.

Today, Altama Footwear and Wellco Footwear are two American combat boot companies who still manufacture the US military jungle boot.