Dec 12, 2022 · Geese actually have a long history of military service, dating back to the Roman Republic. Around 390 B.C., a Gallic army invaded Northern Italy and made it all the way to where the Tiber River...

Goose attacks on humans are commonly reported. One case in 2001 set a legal precedent, resulting in a workers' compensation payout of over $17,000 for an injured delivery person, the first Illinois workers' compensation claim due to wildlife. [3] .

The Wild Geese is a 1978 war film starring an ensemble cast led by Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger. The film, which was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, was the result of a long-held ambition of producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film in the vein of The Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare.

Guard geese have been used for hundreds of years and can be an incredible asset in defense systems. With the goose’s natural tendency to be noisy, they are excellent at warding intruders away.

Train and equip a group of mercenaries to rescue a Nelson Mandela type African leader who has been deposed in a military coup. Burton does the job, but when the job is finished he and his mercenaries find getting out a whole lot more than the bargained for.

Nov 2, 1984 · The story, which may be apocryphal, is that in the 1950s a flock of Canadian geese showed up one day on radar screens in the DEW (Distant Early Warning) Line, the string of radar pickets maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Defense above the Arctic Circle.

The Flight of the Wild Geese was the departure of an Irish Jacobite army under the command of Patrick Sarsfield from Ireland to France, as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on 3 October 1691, following the end of the Williamite War in Ireland.

Oct 31, 2018 · Bird strikes on U.S. military aircraft destroyed 27 U.S. Air Force airframes and left 36 airmen dead between 1985 and 2016, according to data compiled by the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force...

Throughout history, territorial and often aggressive domestic geese have been deployed to keep watch over everything from Scotch whisky to military installations. On China ’s border with Vietnam,...

Apr 2, 2025 · As America emerged as a global superpower following World War I, Canada’s G.I. recognized the need for more sophisticated espionage tactics. Under the new leadership of Major Eleanor “Iron Feather” Fraser, the program underwent a dramatic transformation.