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Author : Earl Keaton

The first United States Army shoulder sleeve insignia was worn by members of the 81st Infantry Division This is an important aspect from an insignia collectors viewpoint This unit trained at Camp Jackson, South Carolina Being that Camp Jackson was located on Wildcat Creek the wildcat was chosen to represent the divisions insignia in May of 1918 In September of 1918 the division was preparing to disembark to France, as a member of the Inspector General s Department questioned that division Why were all personnel wearing an insignia with a wildcat on their left sleeve?

The commander of the division explained the meaning of the wildcat insignia and this began the road of approval for shoulder sleeve insignia for the United States Army

One could say, shoulder sleeve insignia has a 2 fold purpose or meaning The meaning of shoulder sleeve insignia may be a personal one To many, it may just be another item of the required uniform, but to some soldiers it is something very different A unique insignia embodying a proud, personal sense of participation in his organization, depicting the historic past of which he attaches great pride and honor Insignia meant, strength, will, pride, a belonging, and with this it became the norm for Military Uniforms worldwide

Soon, after approval of the wildcat Insignia, from the headquarters of the American Expeditionary Force, other divisions began wearing shoulder sleeve insignia The insignia patches or badges also caught the publics eye The shoulder insignia were featured in a number of magazines, including the December 1919 issue of the National Geographic To ensure that the unique insignia worn by the Army were manufactured authentically, a distinctive insignia painting, and a manufactured drawing were furnished by the commander on a loan basis These items were then made available to the Insignia manufacturer The samples were Inspected by Quality Control to ensure they had the correct color, design, and detail After the samples were approved the commander of the organization would place the order with the approved manufacturer, only Orders could be continually placed with the approved manufacturer, but if the manufacturer changed, the entire process would have to be repeated

The wildcat insignia ended up using 7 different colors Each color represented seven different divisions Shoulder sleeve insignia usually serve as unit insignia Unit insignia generally has a short history Meaning, the size of the Army expands during war, and gets smaller during peace This causes the Unit Insignia to be created and then discontinued Modern shoulder sleeve insignia were used during the first World War, inter war period, and the Second World War where a large number of new insignia designs were implemented

U S Military insignia collectors in over 30 different countries have come to Saunders Insignia for collecting We have also supplied museums and American unit enactors in several countries with the items they need to advance their programs We have supplied veterans families, active military individuals, active military units, and have provisioned several movies with the appropriate U S Army insignia

Saunders Insignia has been providing military insignia, law enforcement patches, and custom made insignia for 41 years to veterans, and collectors. Each and every patch has a history, a story, and someone who wore it with pride. Earl Keaton http://SaundersInsignia.com USN reserve four years

Author : Nathan Martyn

In 2004 there was a determination that over fifteen thousand species of plants and animals on the planet were facing extinction The reasons for this are varied, but the primary factor has become humanity s reckless destruction of their local habitats and the global eco sphere There are many well known animals on the list to go extinct as early as the year 2010

The african elephant is a well known creature to people around the world Despite the ban on hunting them in many countries, ivory poaching still exists and their numbers dwindle rapidly The four known varieties of asian elephant: Indian, Ceylon, Sumatran, and Malaysian, have lost half their population in the last few generations

Several species of whale are doing far worse than even the elephant The right whale has no more than two hundred and fifty fully adult members of its species left alive At least twenty percent of their population continues to die off with every generation The blue whale, largest animal species to ever live on the earth, has continued to loose half it s population over the last few generations

A smaller whale species, topping out at a mere eighty feet in length compared to the eighty two feet length of the blue whale, is the fin whale This gentle sea creature has faced a drop in population similar to its cousin species

One creature that no one would mistake is the gorilla This sociable and gentle creature can weigh up to six hundred pounds and stand erect at over six feet in height Sadly, due to the destruction of its habitat it has lost over half its population in only the last three generation

As far as the great predator species go, there are several that people easily recognize facing extinction in only another generation or two The cheetah and the Florida cougar

The cheetah is on the endangered species list, but there is one breed most people do not know of The species of cheetah known as the asiatic has reached a critical population point and without extreme measures to aid its survival it will go extinct shortly There are only fifty known members of this species left in the world They live in Iran

The Florida cougar, also known as the Florida puma or Florida panther, has an estimated mature population of fifty adult individuals efforts to Recover the population are now in place to retain the current current number of native panthers in the area Even with great funding, this is a hard agenda, as the cougar needs contiguous locations for habitat Every breeding family, forming one male and two to five females, needs 200 square miles of living habitat A group of 240 panthers needs 8,000 to 12,000 square miles of habitat and sufficient diversity to avoid inbreeding due to a small population size Many areas of Southern Florida are quick developing, and decreasing habitat threatens this animal

Without immediate action these well known species will die, and be lost forever in our own lifetime

Nathan Martyn is webmaster of http://www.animal-wallpaper.org/ Animal Wallpaper, created with the aim of providing the highest quality free animal desktop wallpapers.

Author : David Kraft

Some of the environmental issues that arise from paper production and disposal include the pollution of air and water, high energy use, large landfill requirements and deforestation To keep the impact on the environment to a minimum we need to change the ways in which we view paper products and begin to reuse and recycle these produces more in an environmentally safe manner Some of these ways include the use of reusable grocery bags, buying products made from recycled paper, and using cloth towels and napkins instead of paper versions

In order to have a smaller environmental impact with paper products, we need to begin by reducing our use of them (obviously!) and reusing products whenever possible Instead of reaching for the roll of paper towels to clean up a spill, why not use a dish towel? Or, instead of using a fresh piece of paper to write your grocery list, start using the back of a receipt or the back of and envelope that a piece of mail comes in These all seem like minor things, but the impact of doing them all, or the impact that could be effected if we all did one of them, can be pretty profound

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, paper made up the largest share of municipal solid waste in 2006 at 34 While about half of paper waste is recovered for recycling or compost, the other half ends up in landfills, where it does not readily decompose Recycling alone is also not a cure all; the recycling process as well as production from virgin pulp uses water, energy and chemicals According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), paper mills use 40 less energy to produce paper from recycled material than from fresh lumber, but may use more fossil fuels for recycled paper than for that made from virgin fiber According to the EIA, recycling also uses fewer chemicals than ordinary paper production, and naturally does not pose the same threat to forests While recycling paper that we can no longer reuse and purchasing recycled paper products can lighten our ecological footprint, reducing and reusing should not be forgotten Investing in durable reusable bags can help us remember to avoid paper bags when shopping

Have you thought about the chemicals that are used in paper products that have been bleached and their impact on the environment? Bleached paper items are done with Chlorine, which can cause dioxin, a highly toxic chemical that can cause cancer and birth defects in humans Paper mills release these chemicals along with other pollutants, such as sulphur oxides and carbon monoxide into our waterways through effluent polluting, contaminating our water and the organisms that live in these waterways, possibly poisoning humans Paper mills are the largest industrial polluters in North America By using reusable grocery bags over paper or plastic bags, we will be helping to minimize the impact on the environment that is created through the paper production process

Finally, we can t forget about the fact that making fresh paper requires the harvesting of millions of acres of forest (trees) every year Deforestation causes a number of problems It destroys animal habitats, putting species at risk for extinction It reduces the amount of carbon dioxide that can be turned in to oxygen which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere This in turn can contribute to global warming Finally, actually cutting down the tress, shipping them to mills, and so on consumes a large amount of fossil fuels and generates an unnecessary amount of pollution According to the Environmental Defense Fund, over one third of the wood harvested in the United States is solely for the production of paper products Again, we can lessen these impacts by recycling paper products, using recycled products, and beginning to use less paper products in general

David Kraft writes a number of articles about green living and eco-friendly products. Learn more about the benefits of reusable shopping bags at http://www.reusablebagsdepot.com

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