27K views · 413 reactions | WATCH || South African Army || Exercise PHIRIMA || Field Training Exercise Part 02. Information and Footage by SA Army Corporate Communication || Video composed and edited by Lieutenant K.M. Mthethwa and Photographs by Corporal T. Magubele. #SANDF #SAArmy #PrideOfLions #ExPHIRIMA2024 | SA National Defence Force | Facebook

This series of three paintings tells the story of African American military service during the U.S. Civil War. This man has fled the slavery in the South and is eager to enlist in the Union Army to fight against the Confederates. After he is accepted, he seems proud and ready to start his military service. And as happened to many of these African Americans, he later returns to the same office with an amputated leg, to apply for a pension, but still loyal to the cause.A Bit of War History was pai

46K views · 1.3K reactions | South African special forces history | South African National Defence Force | Facebook

569K views · 14K shares | Nigerians made up more than half of the...