TME Time Capsule

May 2013

        
Many are familiar with The Pony Express, but how many have ever heard about “The Camel Experiment,” a recount of which was published in the January-February 1952 issue of The Military Engineer.

April 2013

        
The architect of Augusta National Golf Club, Dr. Alister MacKenzie, also was a foremost thinker on camouflage as a valuable aid in war. Formerly a Major in the Royal Engineers, Dr. MacKenzie, who passed away in January 1934, wrote two articles on camouflage innovation for The Military Engineer. “The Common Sense of Camouflage Attack” was published posthumously in the July-August 1934 issue of TME. It was his final work.

March 2013

        
As the West Point Class of ’65 gets set to honor its second SAME Academy of Fellows Golden Eagle Award winner in as many years, a look at this promising group of Cadets as they appeared in the July-August 1965 issue of The Military Engineer, including Dan Christman, 2013 Golden Eagle Award winner for contributions to national defense; Ralph Locurcio, 2012 Golden Eagle Award winner for contributions; and SAME Executive Director, Bob Wolff..

January 2013

    

February 2013

  
In honor of the 57th Presidential Inauguration being held January 21, take a look back at the early design and construction of The White House in this article from the May-June 1928 issue of The Military Engineer.   In its May-June issue of 1939 The Military Engineer tuned readers onto a nascent technology that was soon to revolutionize America: the television.
50 years ago this month, The Military Engineer featured an article on military construction aid in Iran—support that was mainly to provide modern facilities and bases for the Iranian armed forces but which also was engaging and training local engineers and tradesman and helping build inter-nation cooperation.   20 years ago this month, The Military Engineer recounted in a two-part Toulmin Medal-winning article the joint response to Hurricane Iniki—the 1992 storm that was the worst to hit the Hawaiian Islands in recorded history.
The March-April 1920 issue of The Military Engineer contained a short memo from General of the Armies John J. Pershing expressing his high expectations that the newly formed Society of American Military Engineers would serve as a valuable cog in the National Defense—a mission SAME members remain dedicated to today.   10 years ago this month, The Military Engineer showcased a pair of articles on how engineers and designers were addressing one of the most critical questions post-9/11: how to make airports safer.