{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Veterans Services","provider_url":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans","author_name":"Scott Cole","author_url":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/author\/scott-cole\/","title":"7 Surprising Facts About the US Army - Veterans Services","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Nqg9clbq4M\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/7-surprising-facts-about-the-us-army\/\">7 Surprising Facts About the US Army<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/7-surprising-facts-about-the-us-army\/embed\/#?secret=Nqg9clbq4M\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;7 Surprising Facts About the US Army&#8221; &#8212; Veterans Services\" data-secret=\"Nqg9clbq4M\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Americans celebrate the birth of their nation as July 4, 1776, but the Army is actually the country&#8217;s &#8220;big brother.&#8221; Which makes sense, considering the Continental Army of 1775 \u2014 led by future President George Washington \u2014\u00a0needed\u00a0to start beating the British in the colonies so Thomas Jefferson could finally\u00a0get some time to write. For seven &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;"}