Category: Uruguayan Army

  • Military Pigeons in the 21st Century, Part I: Uruguay

    Since the end of the Second World War, most of the world’s militaries have decommissioned their pigeon services.  A few, however, have held onto their birds.  In this ongoing series, we’ll take a closer look at these holdouts. At the dawn of the Twentieth Century, Uruguay’s military joined the worldwide pigeon arms race inaugurated by…