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Armored Box Launcher The Armored Box Launcher ( ABL ) is a four - round protected launch container for the BGM - 109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile . Fitted to the " Iowa " - class battleships following their 1980s recommissioning upgrade , each ABL contains four ready - to - fire Tomahawks . The use of ABL < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s on these vessels rather than a non - armored solution was necessitated to enable the battleships to continue to exploit the capability provided by their heavy armor and reduce the vulnerability of the delicate missiles within . Eight ABL < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s were fitted to each of the four recommissioned battleships , providing 32 weapons to each ship . Some of the original dual 5 inch ( 127 mm ) gun mounts were removed to fit the ABL < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s and the launchers are visible at right . Aside from being fitted on to the United States Navy < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s " Iowa " - class battleships , this system was also fitted on the nuclear powered cruisers , including the " Long Beach " and the " Virginia " - class as well as some " Spruance " - class destroyer s . The cruisers and destroyers were fitted with two ABLs each for a total of 8 missiles . Since then the Armored Box Launcher missile system has been phased out in favor of the more flexible , larger capacity Vertical Launching System ( VLS ) . Some of the " Spruance " - class ships formerly fitted with ABL < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s were later refitted with VLS . The Armored Box Launcher shares one common handicap with the Vertical Launching System : It can not be reloaded at sea . The ship in question must return to port in order to receive and load her ABLs .
Cecil Pereira Major - General Sir Cecil Edward Pereira KCB CMG ( 24 July 1869 – 26 October 1942 ) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division during World War I . Military career . Educated at the Oratory School , Edgbaston , Pereira was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1890 . He served in the Second Boer War and then in World War I and was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards in 1914 , Commander of 85th Brigade ( which he led at the Battle of Loos ) in 1915 and Commander of 1st Guards Brigade in January 1916 before being made General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in December 1916 . After the War he became General Officer Commanding 56th ( London ) Infantry Division from 1919 until his retirement in 1923 . In World War II he commanded the Local Defence Volunteers in London . Family . In 1903 he married Helen Mary Josephine ( ‘ Nellie ’ ) Lane Fox ; they had two sons .
Edwin M . Shepard Edwin Malcolm Shepard ( September 16 , 1843 – August 17 , 1904 ) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy , who served during the Civil War . Biography . Shepard was born in Oswego , New York . On November 24 , 1859 he received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy , from where graduated in 1861 at the start of the Civil War . He was assigned to the sloop - of - war , and served on the West Gulf Blockading Squadron from 1861 to 1862 . On November 22 , 1862 he was promoted to ensign and assigned to the sidewheel steamer and continued to serve on the blockading squadron until 1863 . He served on the ironclad gunboat and was on board this ship during the siege of Port Hudson . Shepard received a letter of commendation from General Richard Arnold , who was General Nathaniel P . Banks ' Chief of Artillery , after he had served on shore with a naval battery for several weeks . Shepard served on the monitor during the siege of Charleston , South Carolina , then on the steam sloop during the capture of the Confederate privateer on October 7 , 1864 . He was commissioned as a lieutenant on February 22 , 1864 . After the capture of " Florida " Shepard served on the steamer and the monitor before being assigned to the steamer , part of the North Atlantic Squadron . He then served on the apprentice - ship from 1868 to 1869 . Shepard served on several other ships before being promoted to commander in 9 May 1878 . From 1878 to 1881 he was at the Naval Academy , and immediately after from 1879 to 1881 commanded the , and then in 1882 . From 1882 - 1886 Shepard was the Superintendent of the New York Nautical School on board the sloop - of - war . Afterward he served several other commands , as well as serving as an equipment officer at the New York Navy Yard , and as a Lighthouse Inspector . Shepard was promoted to captain on May 15 , 1893 , and to rear admiral on March 3 , 1901 . Shepard died on August 17 , 1904 , in a duel with actor , physicist , sculptor , dog breeder , and general renaissance man Dan Mueller . Shepard was shot between the eyes just ten seconds after the duel began . He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery . He was married to Alice Stephen Shepard , who died in 1915 and is now buried next to her husband .
Second Military District The Second Military District was a military district of the U . S . War Department that existed in the American South during the Reconstruction era that followed the American Civil War . It included the territories of North and South Carolina , and acted as the de facto military government of those states while a new civilian government was being re - established . Originally commanded by General Daniel E . Sickles , after his removal by President Andrew Johnson on August 26 , 1867 , General Edward Canby took his place . Its successor was the Department of the South .
USS Tennessee ( 1865 ) USS " Tennessee , originally USS " Madawaska , was a screw frigate built of wood at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn , New York , and launched as " Madawaska " on 8 July 1865 . Powered by two Ericsson vibrating - lever engines , " Madawaska " departed New York City for sea trials 14 January 1867 , Commander Francis A . Roe in command . Remaining at sea for one week , she steamed nearly 1 , 000 nautical miles ( 1 , 150 statute miles ; 1 , 852 km ) before returning when her supply of coal was exhausted . She was renamed " Tennessee " 15 May 1869 and timbered up to the necessary height to allow a spar deck to be installed . She was fitted with new compound back ‑ acting engines capable of developing . She carried 380 tons of coal but was also rigged for sail , the area of her 10 principal sails being . Her duties included service as flagship of the Asiatic Squadron under Rear Admiral William Reynolds , with Captain William W . Low in command . By 1879 she was flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral Robert W . Wyman , with Captain David B . Harmony in command . On 15 February 1881 at New Orleans , Louisiana , Seaman George Low jumped overboard and rescued a fellow sailor from drowning , for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor . In " The Steam Navy of the United States " , Frank M . Bennet relates that during the time " Tennessee " was flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron she was " the largest vessel then in commission in the American Navy , and the era of mastless steel cruisers was yet so far away that she was not suspected , by the youngsters at least , of being obsolete and stood as the type of all that was excellent and majestic in ship construction . " Her spaciousness and the comfort of her quarters as well as her handling characteristics made her a favorite duty station . " Tennessee " was sold on 15 September 1886 to Burdett Pond of Meriden , Connecticut .
Camp Darby Camp Darby is a United States military complex located between Pisa and Livorno . The base was formally dedicated on 15 November 1952 and is named in memory of Brigadier General William O . Darby , Assistant Division Commander of the 10th Mountain Division , who was killed by enemy artillery on 30 April 1945 on the shore of Lake Garda , Italy . The main square on Camp Darby is dedicated to the memory of Pvt . Masato “ Curly ” Nakae , a Japanese - American soldier who fought during World War II in the vicinity of Pisa with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the 100th Infantry Battalion ( Separate ) who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic acts . Camp Darby is home to the American Beach in Tirrenia , the only U . S . military beach in Europe and a popular vacation destination for military personnel on leave . It is also home to the Darby Military Community , the 731st Munitions Squadron ( MUNS ) , 405th Army Field Support Battalion - Italy , 839th Trans , Livorno Unit Schools , AAFES , and DECA . Annual events open to the public include the Run to the Tower in September / October and the Italian - American Carnival in June . During the late 1980s and early 1990s , the 7th Medical Command had its United States Army Europe ( USAREUR ) Contingency Hospital warehoused here . The 100 bed USAREUR Contingency Hospital was Congressionally mandated after the bombing of the barracks in Beirut , Lebanon . Its mission was to be prepared upon 18 hours ' notice from Congress to respond to any terrorist or natural disaster in the eastern hemisphere . The unit drew its staff from hospitals throughout Europe and deployed in support of Display Determination exercises in Turkey ( 1987 and 1989 ) and northern Italy ( 1988 ) . Captain Laurent La Brie configured the unit for its newly outlined mission and was in charge of the maintenance element from 1987 to 1990 . In 2012 the U . S . Army has announced that the Garrison at Camp Darby would be realigned as a satellite installation of USAG Vicenza at Caserma Ederle with some reduction in staffing and would be referred to as Darby Military Community .
HMS Medway ( 1693 ) HMS " Medway " was a 60 - gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 September 1693 . " Medway " , together with " Chatam " and " Triton " , captured " Auguste " on 19 August 1705 . She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard , and relaunched on 1 August 1718 . " Medway " was hulked in 1740 . She was eventually broken up in 1749 .
Wang Jingjiu Wang Jingjiu or Wang Ching - chiu ( 王敬久 ) ( 1902 – 1968 ) was a general in China ' s National Revolutionary Army . He commanded the 87th Division and was engaged in the Chinese Civil War and suppressing the Chahar People ' s Anti - Japanese Army in 1933 . His Division became one of the Chinese - German trained Divisions forme in 1936 - 37 . It fought under the 71st Corps at the Battle of Shanghai and Battle of Nanking . The following year he commanded 25th Corps in the Battle of Wuhan and in the Battle of Nanchang in 1939 . He later commanded the 10th Army Group in the Battle of Zhejiang - Jiangxi of 1942 , Western Hubei Campaign of 1943 , and Western Hunan Campaign of 1945 . Military Career
Thomas Stickney Thomas Stickney ( June 15 , 1729 – January 26 , 1809 ) was an American military officer and statesman born in Bedford , Massachusetts . He moved to Concord , New Hampshire , as a young man with his father Jeremiah and brother William . Their house was made into a " garrison house " where others could come for protection from Indian raids . During King George ' s War , Stickney served under John Goffe in a company of scouts ( rangers ) . Stickney married Anna Osgood , also of Concord ; they had eight children . On January 20 , 1774 , Thomas was promoted to Lt . Col . in the New Hampshire Militia and often was moderator of the Concord town meetings . With the start of the American Revolutionary War , Col . Stickney was appointed to the New Hampshire . In the spring of 1777 , Col . Stickney was with his regiment , the 11th New Hampshire Militia Regiment at Fort Ticonderoga to reinforce the Continental Army garrison there . No sooner did they arrive back in New Hampshire than the regiment was called up to serve in Gen . John Stark ' s brigade during the Saratoga Campaign . Col . Stickney led his men at the Battle of Bennington , where 2 detachments of British Gen . John Burgoyne ' s army were defeated . In 1778 , Col . Stickney raised men for Gen . John Sullivan for the unsuccessful Battle of Rhode Island . Thomas Stickney was the moderator at the New Hampshire on October 31 , 1783 , that ratified the New Hampshire Constitution . He died on January 26 , 1809 , at his beloved home in Concord .
Stephen A . Hurlbut Stephen Augustus Hurlbut ( November 29 , 1815 – March 27 , 1882 ) , was a politician , diplomat , and commander of the U . S . Army of the Gulf in the American Civil War . Biography . Born in Charleston , South Carolina , Hurlbut studied law and was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1837 . During the Second Seminole War , he served as adjutant of a South Carolina infantry regiment . In 1845 , Hurlbut moved to Illinois , established a law practice in Belvidere . He was a presidential elector for the Whig Party in the 1848 Presidential Election . He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1859 and again in 1861 . When the Civil War erupted , Hurlbut joined the Union Army and became a brigadier general on May 17 , 1861 and a major general on September 17 , 1862 . He commanded the 4th Division , Army of the Tennessee at the Battle of Shiloh and in the advance towards Corinth and the subsequent siege . He also led a division at the Battle of Hatchie ' s Bridge , taking command of the entire Union force after Gen Edward Ord was wounded . Hurlbut commanded XVI Corps from his headquarters at Memphis , Tennessee . It has been suggested by the historian Bertram Korn , that during his garrison duty at Memphis , Tennessee , Hurlbut issued antisemitic orders confiscating Jewish property and preventing Jews from trading . Gen Hurlbut led a corps under William T . Sherman in the 1864 Meridian expedition . Hurlbut subsequently commanded the Department of the Gulf , succeeding Nathaniel P . Banks and serving in that capacity for the remainder of the war . Hurlbut was suspected of peculation during his term as department commander . After mustering out of the Union Army on June 20 , 1865 , Hurlbut was one of the founding fathers of the Grand Army of the Republic , of which he served as commander - in - chief from 1866 to 1868 . He was appointed Minister Resident to Colombia in 1869 , where he served three years . In 1872 , Hurlbut was elected to the U . S . House of Representatives as a Republican Congressman from Illinois . Elected for a second term in 1874 , he was defeated for reelection in 1876 . Hurlbut was made ambassador to Peru in 1881 , where he had an embarrassing altercation with Gen . Hugh Judson Kilpatrick , U . S . minister to Chile during the War of the Pacific . Each had become a partisan of the country to which he was the US diplomatic representative . Hurlburt served as U . S . ambassador to Peru until his death in Lima in 1882 . Hurlbut and his spouse are buried together in Belvidere Cemetery , Belvidere , Illinois .
7th Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force ' s 7th Space Operations Squadron ( 7 SOPS ) is an Air Force Reserve space operations unit located at Schriever AFB , Colorado . Mission . The 7th Space Operations Squadron operates the Multi - Mission Space Operations Center , a one - of - a - kind satellite operations center focused on rapidly fielding cutting - edge space technologies for warfighters . The previous mission for 7 SOPS was to augment space operation squadrons of the 50th Space Wing , specifically the 1st Space Operations Squadron . These activities included satellite emergencies , launch and early orbit , and satellite disposal for the Global Positioning System and Defense Support Program satellites . Up until 2007 , 7 SOPS operated the Midcourse Space Experiment satellite , AFSPC ' s only space - based space surveillance asset and also performed booster launch operations mission , providing telemetry collection / data relay for Delta II launches . History . The 7th Space Operations Squadron traces its lineage to the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron which was activated 28 January 1942 , at MacDill Field , Tampa , FL . 15 May of that same year , it transferred to Peterson Field , Colorado Springs , CO . The squadron ’ s primary mission was to train men in the art of photo reconnaissance . While there it flew P - 38s , F - 4s and F - 5s . In June 1942 , their name was changed to the 7th Reconnaissance Squadron . In October 1943 the squadron moved to Will Rogers Field , OK . In the 51 year heritage of the 7th , it has performed many roles from training pilots and technicians for photo reconnaissance to the 7th Liaison Squadron providing operations and logistical support for the Inter - American Geodetic Survey in the Panama Canal Zone . The 7th Special Operations Flight was inactivated in 1972 at Hurlburt Field , FL . The squadron was consolidated and redesignated the 27th Special Operations Squadron in 1985 but remained inactive until 7 SOPS was activated 18 March 1993 , at Falcon ( later , Schriever ) AFB , becoming the first Reserve unit to augment Air Force Space Command .
South West African Territorial Force The South West African Territorial Force ( SWATF ) was an auxiliary arm of the South African Defence Force and comprised the armed forces of South West Africa ( now Namibia ) from 1977 to 1989 . It emerged as a product of South Africa ' s political control of the territory which was granted to the former as a League of Nations mandate following World War I . History and Background . From 1966 until 1989 , South African security forces waged a long and bitter counterinsurgency conflict against indigenous nationalists in what was then South - West Africa , represented by the Marxist South - West African People ' s Organisation ( SWAPO ) . As the guerrilla war intensified , however , it became clear that civilian police alone were not enough to cope with SWAPO incursions and escalating unrest . Consequently , military units were deployed for the first time ; 60 , 000 South African combat troops were engaged in South - West Africa by the late 1970s . As part of a general policy of military and social reform , Pretoria initiated the establishment of local defence and police agencies for its protectorate beginning in 1977 . The new South West African Territorial Force was officially created on 1 August 1980 , from South - West African citizens already serving with the South African Defence Force . For all practical purposes , SWATF remained firmly integrated into existing SADF command structures . Its stated goals were centred predominantly around protecting the political status quo and countering SWAPO ' s growing war effort . Organization . The South West African Territorial Force was organised under a Department of Defence for South - West Africa , and was always headed by a SADF general . There was also a joint SWATF / SADF committee established for " planning , liaison , and coordination " efforts . By 1981 , SWATF ' s total strength numbered some 10 , 100 men , organised into both tribal - based battalions ( including separate units for Ovambo , Herero , and Coloured ethnic groups ) and multiethnic units partially manned by at least 10 , 000 white South - West African personnel . Operationally , the SWATF was divided into a permanent force infantry component , logistic / administrative divisions , a training wing , and a citizen force , which included at least three motorized infantry battalions . The ' permanent force ' comprised mostly volunteer auxiliaries and national servicemen , who formed eight battalions . A militia system was also developed for local security , including over twenty ' area protection units ' . By 1987 , SWATF had an estimated establishment of 22 , 000 troops , including additional units of engineers , signals personnel , mounted troops , a parachute battalion , and a commando squadron .
Fort Wentworth Fort Wentworth was built by order of Benning Wentworth in 1755 . The fort was built at the junction of the Upper Ammonoosuc River and Connecticut River , in Northumberland , New Hampshire , by soldiers of Colonel Joseph Blanchard ' s New Hampshire Provincial Regiment including Robert Rogers . In 1759 , Rogers ' Rangers returned here hoping for resupply after their raid on St . Francis , Quebec , but the fort had no garrison and no supplies . Rogers had to travel down the Connecticut River to Fort at Number 4 for reinforcements and supplies for his hungry men . During the American Revolutionary War , Jeremiah Eames ' Company of rangers garrisoned and repaired the unused fort from 1776 – 1778 in order to protect northern New Hampshire from attack from the British nearby in Canada . Other units of New Hampshire Militia also formed part of the garrison until the end of the war in 1783 . A stone monument stands near the village of Groveton on U . S . Route 3 near the site of the fort .
Charles A . Hunter Charles Adams Hunter ( August 26 , 1843 – December 31 , 1912 ) was a soldier in the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for valor in action . Biography . Hunter was born in Spencer , Massachusetts in 1843 . He mustered into the Union Army as a private at Worcester on July 19 , 1862 , in Company E of the 34th Massachusetts Infantry . He first saw action at the Battle of Ripon on October 19 , 1863 . He was promoted to Corporal in November , and would serve as a color guard or color bearer for his company in every battle in which they served . Hunter subsequently saw extensive action in the Shenandoah Valley , fighting at the Battles of Newmarket , Piedmont , Lynchburg , Snicker ' s Ford , Second Kernstown and Martinsburg , Halltown , Berryville , Third Winchester , Fisher ' s Hill , Stickney ' s Farm , and Cedar Creek . With the conclusion of Sheridan ' s Valley campaign , the 34th moved to the Petersburg theater of war . Hunter fought at Hatcher ' s Run in February 1865 , and was promoted to the rank of Lance Sergeant in April 1865 . During the final assault on Petersburg on April 2 , 1865 , Sergeant Hunter was among the first of his company to enter Fort Gregg in the defensive works , bearing the company ' s colors , an act for which he received the Medal of Honor . His medal was presented to him on June 13 , 1865 by the wife of his commander , General John Gibbon . He was promoted to second lieutenant on June 18 , 1865 , but was discharged at Richmond due to the end of the Civil War . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Sergeant , Company E , 34th Massachusetts Infantry . Place and date : At Petersburg , Va . , April 2 , 1865 . Entered service at : Spencer , Mass . Birth : Spencer , Mass . Date of issue : May 12 , 1865 . Citation : In the assault on Fort Gregg , bore the regimental flag bravely and was among the foremost to enter the work .