Kitsap Chapter MOAA

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Kitsap Chapter MOAA Provide local information and "Camaraderie with purpose" for military officers in the Kitsap and surrounding counties.

10/22/2026

On this date in 1916, Congress passed the National Defense Act, which provided for the establishment of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC).

10/21/2026

On this date in 1959, president Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States army to NASA. By the late 1960s, their rockets were taking men to the moon.

10/20/2026

On this date in 1945, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon formed the Arab League to present a unified front against the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. There was also a representative of the Palestinian Arabs that was given full status and a vote in the Arab League. He could not sign the charter because he didn't represent a recognized government. The Palestinian Liberation Organization was granted full membership in 1976. Current members include Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.

10/19/2026

On this date in 1915, the Submarine Base at New London, Connecticut was established. Connecticut had given the Navy land in 1868 and in 1872, two brick buildings and a "T" shaped pier were built and officially declared a Navy Yard. Today, Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE NLON) is located on the east side of the Thames River in Groton, CT and proudly claims the motto to be "The First and Finest."

10/18/2026

On this date in 1942, as a reaction to several incidents, Hi**er ordered that all prisoners taken from Commando or similar units were to be shot immediately whether they were in uniform or not and whether they were surrendering or not.

10/18/2026

On this date in 1877, Brigadier General Alfred Terry met with Sitting Bull in Canada. They were discussing the Indians' return to the United States. Sitting Bull and his followers had fled to Canada after the Little Big Horn. The meeting failed.

10/16/2026

On this date in 1780, the last major raids of the Revolutionary War took place at Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont. Three hundred Native Americans led by British soldiers invaded from Canada along the First Branch of the White River. These raids were part of a series that were designed to terrorize frontier settlements. The result of the raids was the destruction of dozens of homes, crops, and livestock that settlers relied on to survive the upcoming winter. Women and girls were not harmed, but twenty-eight men and boys were taken captive and marched to Canada to be imprisoned. In the subsequent years, many of those captives made their way back to the families, but there were some that never returned. One of those that didn't return was Peter Button, who was killed in Tunbridge near the Royalton town line along what is now Rte. 110.

10/15/2026

On this date in 1813, Chief Tecumseh, a brigadier general with the British Army during the War of 1812, was killed during the land defeat of the British on the Thames River in Canada.

10/15/2026

On this date in 1944, German Field Marshal Rommel (52) who was suspected of complicity in the July 20th plot against Hi**er, was visited at home by two of Hi**er's staff. He was given the choice of a public trial or su***de by poison. He chose su***de and it was announced that he died of wounds.

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Silverdale, WA
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