The Military Alphabet (Phonetic from Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta to Zulu)
The Modern Military Alphabet: Everything from Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, to Zulu Most of us know, or at least have heard of the military alphabet in some way. We …
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The Military Star Card (Exchange Credit Program and AAFES)
The Military Star Card (Exchange Credit Program and AAFES) The Military Star card is a credit card that is exclusively available to military personnel and their families. Whether you are …
Military Pay Chart and Rank Insignia (Pay Scales)
Military Pay Chart and Rank Insignia Have you ever considered serving in the military? Do you know the rank structure and how much you’d get paid? We’ve put together an …
The Gregorian Calendar (Western Calendar)
What is the Gregorian Calendar? The Gregorian calendar is the one used internationally by most of the world for determining what day it is. It’s divided into 12 months, …
Understanding The Mayan Calendar
What is the Mayan calendar? The Mayan calendar has been a hot topic for the past few years, thanks to Nostradamus and the 2012 myth of a doomsday apocalypse. …
The Chinese Calendar and its History
What is the Chinese Calendar? Typically, the first things that come to mind when we think of the Chinese calendar are vivid reds and trails of gold framing jade …
A History of the Lunar Calendar
What is the Lunar Calendar? In the past, just as today, measuring time was a vitally important thing. As people got situated, they began to look to the stars, …
What is Daylight Savings Time (DST)?
Understanding Daylight Savings Time Daylight Savings Time (DST) is the international process of putting all clocks within temperate climates (countries that have summer and winter) ahead an hour during …
How does a Sundial work?
What is a Sundial? Long before the age of clocks and the time of pocket watches, mankind had to come up with a simpler way to tell the time …
Time Zones
What are Time Zones? Time zones, put simply, are vertical sections of the world that have the same time. This is for convenience in civil and administrative purposes, as …