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John Wilsey General Sir John Finlay Willasey Wilsey GCB , CBE , DL ( born 18 February 1939 ) is a former Commander - in - Chief , UK Land Forces . Army career . Educated at Sherborne School , John Wilsey was commissioned into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in 1959 . He served in Northern Ireland between 1976 and 1977 where he was mentioned in despatches . He was Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Devonshire and Dorset Regiment from 1979 to 1982 . He commanded 1st Infantry Brigade from 1984 to 1986 . He was Chief of Staff UK Land Forces from 1988 to 1989 . He went on to become General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland from 1990 to 1993 . It was in this capacity that he oversaw the merger between the Ulster Defence Regiment and the Royal Irish Rangers to form the Royal Irish Regiment . He 1993 he was appointed Joint Commander of Operations in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia . He served as the last Commander in Chief , UK Land Forces from 1993 to 1995 and then the first Commander - in - Chief , Land Command from 1995 to 1996 . Later career . Wilsey is the author of " H . Jones VC : The Life and Death of an Unusual Hero " a book about his great friend Lt Colonel ' H ' . Jones who was killed in the Falklands War . He also became Chairman of Western Provident Association and Vice - Chairman of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Having settled in southern Wiltshire , in July 1996 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the county .
Bureau of Yards and Docks The Bureau of Yards and Docks was the branch of the United States Navy responsible from 1842 to 1966 for building and maintaining navy yards , drydocks , and other facilities relating to ship construction , maintenance , and repair . The Bureau was established on August 31 , 1842 by an act of Congress ( 5 Stat . 579 ) , as one of the five bureaus replacing the Board of Naval Commissioners established in 1815 . The Bureau was abolished effective in 1966 as part of the Department of Defense ' s reorganization of its material establishment , being replaced by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command ( NAVFAC ) . Chiefs of the Bureau . " The following , incomplete list includes the names of several notable individuals who served as Chief of the Bureau . " See also . " This article contains public domain information from the United States National Archives and Records Administration . "
Yugoslav volunteers in the Spanish Civil War The Yugoslav volunteers in the Spanish Civil War ( serbocroat : " Španski borci " , Serbian Cyrillic : " Шпански борци " ; literally " Spanish fighters " , spanish : " brigadistas yugoslavos " ) was a contingent of volunteers from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia that fought beside the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War . Originating in the various nations that made up the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Yugoslav residents around the world , eventually totaled 1 664 fighters , of which is estimated to have died in combat around 800 . According to the Spanish statistics , 148 of them obtained the degree of officers throughout the conflict . Most of them fought in the battalions " Dimitrov " and " Đuro Đaković " of the International Brigades , and a large number of them participated and perished during the Battle of Ebro in 1938 . They were recruited by the outlawed Communist Party of Yugoslavia , well in their home regions or through the recruitment center of the Comintern that Josip Broz Tito managed in Paris . After the war , those who managed to flee across the Pyrenees , fell captive in internment camps in France , where the Yugoslav communist organization repatriated illegally much of them , who became leaders of the resistance against the Nazi occupation . In fact , four members of the International brigades that fought on the Republican side ended up commanding the four armies of the Partisan Liberation Army that fought the Nazis in World War II : Koča Popović , Peko Dapčević , Kosta Nađ and Petar Drapšin .
Convoy JW 54B Convoy JW 54B was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II . It sailed in late November 1943 , reaching the Soviet northern ports at the end of the month . All ships arrived safely . Forces . The convoy consisted of 15 merchant ships which departed from Loch Ewe on 22 November 1943 . Close escort was led by the destroyer " Beagle " and comprised three corvettes and a minesweeper . These were supported by an Ocean escort of eight Home Fleet destroyers led by " Hardy " . The convoy was also accompanied initially by a local escort group from Britain . A cruiser cover force comprising " Kent " , " Jamaica " and " Bermuda " also followed the convoy , to guard against attack by surface units . Distant cover was provided by a Heavy Cover Force comprising the battleship " Anson " , the cruiser " Belfast " and four destroyers . JW 54B was opposed by a U - boat force of five boats in a patrol line , code - named " Eisenbart " , in the Norwegian Sea . A surface force comprising the battleship " Scharnhorst " and five destroyers was also available , stationed at Altenfjord . Voyage . JW 54B departed Loch Ewe on 22 November 1943 , accompanied by its local escort , of three destroyers and a minesweeper , and its close escort . Three days later , on 25 November , it was joined by the ocean escort , while the local escort departed . At the same time the Cruiser Force and the Distant Cover Force , which were already at sea covering convoy JW 54A , were on station in the Norwegian Sea . The convoy was not sighted by German reconnaissance aircraft , nor by any of the " Eisenbart " U - boats , and crossed the Norwegian and Barents Seas without incident . On 3 December the Ocean escort destroyers departed , to make independent passage home , while JW 54B arrived safely at Archangel later the same day . Conclusion . JW 54B saw the safe arrival of 15 merchant ships and the war " materiel " they carried . Together with the 19 ships of JW 54A , which had arrived at Murmansk the previous week , thes was a successful start to the 1943 - 44 convoy season . Ships involved . Allied ships . Merchant ships Close escort Ocean escort Cruiser cover force Distant cover force Axis ships . U - boat force Surface force
Lev Schukin Lev Kirillovich Schukin ( Lev K . Schukin ) ( born October 29 , 1923 - May 2 , 2009 ) was a MiG - 15 pilot of the Soviet Union . He was a participant of World War II . He was also a flying ace during the Korean war . Serving with the 18th GIAP ( of the 303rd IAD ) on his first combat sortie on 1 June 1951 , he and his flight attacked a group of F - 51s and Shchukin claimed the F - 51D of Harry C . Moore , who was killed . A few days later on 6 June he scored his second victory , an F - 80C . On 17 June 1951 he participated in combat between 25 F - 86s and 30 MiG - 15s of his unit , and after shooting down one F - 86 , he was also downed , probably by Captain Samuel Pesacreta . Shchukin was hospitalised for a month . He flew again on in late August and on 29th surprised a group of RAAF Gloster Meteor s of No . 77 Sqdn ; Shchukin shooting down one of them . The pilot become a POW . On 2 October 1951 he bounced a F - 86 Sabre " Lady Frances " of Colonel Francis S . Gabreski , Executive Officer of the 4th FIW , the aircraft written off after landing . Four more UN aircraft were claimed in October : a F - 80C on 22 October ( Louis Esposito , KIA ) , one F - 84E on 23 October ( John Shewmaker , MIA ) , one RAAF Meteor the following day ( Harold Foster , written off ) , and a RF - 80A on 30 October ( Grant Madsen , KIA ) . On November 13 , 1951 Shchukin became Hero of the Soviet Union . Colonel Gabreski and Shchukin met for a second time on 11 January 1952 , and this time Shchukin was severely injured in the back after ejecting . After a long rehabilitation he managed to walk again , but prohibited from flying . During the Korean War he flew 212 combat sorties , participated in 17 aerial battles and was credited with 15 air victories , and was also shot down twice . Promoted to Polkovnik ( Colonel ) , Shchukin graduated from the Air Academy in 1956 and became an aviation advisor in Egypt and North Vietnam in the 1960 ' s . He retired in 1977 .
Battle of Szikszó The Battle of Szikszó was fought in October 1588 between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire as part of the Long War . The Hungarian forces were fewer in number , but were victorious over the Ottomans . This unexpected victory was even mentioned by Emperor Rudolf decades after the battle . It was one of the most glorious Hungarian victories in the post - Mohács period .
HMS Suffolk ( 1765 ) HMS " Suffolk " was a 74 - gun third - rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 22 February 1765 at Rotherhithe . She was designed by William Bateley , based on the principles of his earlier , and was the only ship built to her draught . On 4 May 1794 Captain Peter Rainier , with the Suffolk , a 64 - gun ship , and four or five frigates , undertook to escort a convoy to India . In November arrived at Madras . In July , the " Suffolk " , now under Captain Robert Lambert , HMS " Hobart " , HMS " Centurion " and transports , sailed from Madras , joined en route by HMS " Diomede " , for Ceylon to take Trincomalee and other Dutch settlements on the island . On 16 February 1796 Rear - admiral Peter Rainier arrived with a squadron , including the " Suffolk " , off Amboyna , Molucca islands and landed troops who were able to take possession without facing any resistance . Then on 7 March , the squadron arrived off Great - Banda , or Banda - Neira and again landed troops , this time taking possession after facing only a little resistance . The Admiral found in the Treasury at Amboyna , 81 , 112 Rixdollar s , and in store 515 , 940 pounds ( weight ) of cloves ; in the Treasury at Banda - Neira 66 , 675 Rix dollars , and 84 , 777 pounds of nutmeg , 19 , 587 pounds of mace , and merchandise and other stores . Estimates suggest that each of the captains in Rainier ' s squadron received £15 , 000 in prize money . What is perhaps more interesting and of greater long - term significance is that on this voyage , " Suffolk " was taking part in an experiment under the auspices of the Sick and Hurt Board . At the instigation of Gilbert Blane , the Admiralty implemented a long - term trial of citrus fruit as a remedy for scurvy . Lemon juice was issued on board the " Suffolk " on her twenty - three week , non - stop voyage to India . The daily ration of two - thirds of an ounce mixed in grog contained just about the minimum daily intake of 10 mg vitamin C . There was no serious outbreak of scurvy . The following year the Admiralty adopted a general issue of lemon juice to the whole fleet . At Colombo a serious mutiny broke out on " Suffolk " on 15 January 1798 . However , it was suppressed . Fate . " Suffolk " was broken up in 1803 .
Allan Everett ( admiral ) Admiral Sir Allan Frederic Everett ( 22 February 1868 – 22 January 1938 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be First Naval Member & Chief of the Australian Naval Staff . Naval services . Born the fourth son of Colonel John Frederic Everett , Everett joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1884 . He became Captain of the Fleet for the Commander - in - Chief , Home Fleet in 1913 and at the start of World War I found himself on the Staff of the Commander - in - Chief , Grand Fleet . He was made Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1915 and Aide - de - Camp to the King in 1916 . He became Naval Secretary later that year and served in that role during the closing stages of the War . He was given command of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron in October 1918 . After the War he was given command of the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic before becoming First Naval Member & Chief of the Australian Naval Staff in 1921 and then Commander - in - Chief , China Station in November 1924 . He suffered a breakdown in April 1925 and was relieved of his command shortly thereafter . He retired in 1926 . He died in London in January 1938 . Family . In 1899 he married Michaelangela Katherine Carr .
Albert von Stein Albert von Stein ( fl . 1513 – 22 ) was a Swiss mercenary captain . During the War of the League of Cambrai , having arrived late to the Battle of Novara , he abandoned the Swiss army before the Battle of Marignano . In 1522 , he was the chief of the Swiss captains in the service of Odet de Foix , Vicomte de Lautrec , and was killed commanding one of the Swiss columns at the Battle of Bicocca during the Italian War of 1521 - 26 .
Manuel Pinto da Fonseca Dom Fra ' Manuel Pinto da Fonseca ( 1681 – 23 January 1773 ) was a Knight of the Langue of Portugal in the Order of Malta , of which he also was the 68th Prince and Grand Master from 1741 until his death . He was a Portuguese nobleman , the son of Miguel Álvaro Pinto da Fonseca , " Alcaide - Mór " de Ranhados , and his wife , Ana Pinto Teixeira . Manuel Pinto da Fonseca was elected Grand Master on 18 January 1741 . On 25 May 1743 , he gave his name to the then town of Qormi and accorded it the status of a city as " Città Pinto " . In 1749 , one of his bodyguards , Cassar , refused to join a plot led by Pasha Mustafa to stage a Muslim slave revolt ; this refusal led to the exposure and suppression of the revolt , which afterward was celebrated each 29 June , the anniversary . Pinto created several new noble titles , which was greatly resented by some of the older nobles of Malta , and gained a reputation for imposing heavy taxes . He expelled the Jesuits from Malta , in line with similar acts taken in his homeland Portugal and its Empire , as well as in the Two Sicilies of which Malta was a vassal , and in France , the Spanish Empire and Parma . As Grand Master , Pinto da Fonseca completed construction of the Auberge de Castille ( still one of the most important buildings in the Maltese capital city , Valletta ) , which had begun in 1574 ; his bust and arms adorn its façade . Today this building houses the Office of the Prime Minister . During his reign , in 1764 , Pinto da Fonseca negotiated with King Frederick II ( " Frederick the Great " ) of Prussia a reunification of the Protestant Bailiwick of Brandenburg with the Order of Malta , but as Pope Clement XIII would not allow admission into a Roman Catholic organization of men he viewed as heretics the agreement came to naught . Pinto da Fonseca made substantial donations to the Conventual Church , and among the most notable mementoes are two large and heavy bells cast by the Master Founder of the Order of Saint John , Aloisio Bouchut , in 1747 and 1748 ; they still hang in the belfries of what is now the Co - Cathedral . These bells were made by melting two basilisks that were left by the Ottomans after the Great Siege of 1565 Pinto built several storehouses on the Marina which still bear his name . When he died , his body was laid in a monument with his mosaic portrait ; this is a major tourist attraction in Malta . He was a friend of Cagliostro . The coat of arms of the Pinto family portrays five red crescents , said to symbolize that Manuel Pinto da Fonseca once defeated five Ottoman Turks single - handedly . The city of Qormi adopted these arms , with the tinctures reversed , for its own coat of arms and flag . He had an illegitimate son by one Rosenda Paulichi , daughter of Alberigo Paulichi and Patronilla Ramuzetta , named José António Pinto da Fonseca e Vilhena , who married his first cousin Maria Inácia Pinto da Fonseca de Sousa Teixeira e Vilhena , illegitimate daughter of Francisco Vaz Pinto ( his father ' s brother ) by one Clara Cerqueira .
HMS Valiant ( 1759 ) HMS " Valiant " was a 74 - gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , modelled on the captured French ship " Invincible " and launched on 10 August 1759 at Chatham Dockyard . Her construction , launch and fitting - out are the theme of the ' Wooden Walls ' visitor experience at Chatham Historic Dockyard . She served under Augustus Keppel during the Seven Years ' War . In 1799 she was placed on harbour service , and was eventually broken up in 1826 .
Vladimir Masorin Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin ( ) ( born August 24 , 1947 ) is a retired Russia n admiral who commanded the Caspian Flotilla in 1996 – 2002 and the Black Sea Fleet in 2002 - 2005 . In September 2005 , he was appointed the Commander - in - chief of the Russian Navy . The newspaper Kommersant speculated that Admiral Masorin was a temporary appointment until the new Chief of the Main Naval Staff , appointed at the same time , took command of the Navy . Masorin completed the P . S . Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School in 1970 . He served as principal warfare officer on the Kashin class destroyer " Smyshleny " of the Northern Fleet . In 1977 he completed additional officer training and became Executive Officer of the Kashin class destroyer " Ognevoy " . In 1980 he became Commanding Officer of the Sovremennyy class destroyer " Otchayannyy " and in 1983 Masorin became Chief of Staff of the Northern Fleet ' s destroyer squadron . After completing the N . G . Kuznetsov Naval Academy Masorin was promoted to Commander of the Northern Fleet ' s destroyer squadron . Following completion of the General Staff Academy , Masorin was promoted to Commander of the Caspian Flotilla in 1996 and the Black Sea Fleet in 2002 . Masorin was promoted to Commander - in - Chief of the Russian Navy and to the rank of Fleet Admiral in 2005 . On August 24 , 2007 , Masorin became the first Russian recipient of the Legion of Merit ( Commander ) from the United States . His award was conferred by U . S . Navy Chief of Naval Operations Michael Mullen , for meritorious conduct to increase cooperation and interoperability with the U . S . Navy and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from Sept . 2005 - Aug . 2007 . Under his leadership the Russian Federation Navy participated in Active Endeavor , a NATO maritime counter - terrorism operation in the Mediterranean Sea . He consistently advocated continued Russian participation in the joint and combined military exercises including BALTOPS , Northern Eagle FRUKUS and Pacific Eagle . His visit to Washington D . C . during which he received the Legion of Merit was first official visit of a Russian Federation Navy Commander - in - Chief in eleven years . His predecessors as Russian Navy Commander - in - Chief previously making official visits to Washington were Fleet Admirals Vladimir Chernavin and Felix Gromov . Fleet Admiral Masorin retired in late 2007 after reaching his 60th birthday . Masorin remains as advisor on the staff of the Russian Minister of Defense . He is married with two sons .
Camp Bondsteel Camp Bondsteel is the main base of the United States Army under KFOR command in Kosovo . Located near Uroševac in the eastern part of Kosovo , the base serves as the NATO headquarters for KFOR ' s Multinational Brigade East ( MNBG - E ) . The base is named after Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient United States Army Staff Sergeant James L . Bondsteel . Camp Bondsteel was constructed by the 94th Engineer Construction Battalion , 568 Combat Support Engineer Company together with the private Kellogg , Brown and Root Corporation ( KBR ) under the direction of the Army Corps of Engineers . KBR is also the prime contractor for the operation of the camp . The camp is built mainly of wooden , semi permanent SEA ( South East Asia ) huts and is surrounded by a high earthen wall . The camp occupies of land . To construct the base , two hills were flattened and the valley between them was filled . In August 1999 , 52 helipads were constructed on the facility ' s south perimeter to handle helicopter aviation . Facilities . Camp Bondsteel has many facilities on base for use by the soldiers and civilian employees who live and work there , and can hold up to 7 , 000 soldiers which makes it the largest US base in the Balkans . The post exchange ( PX ) is the largest military exchange in south eastern Europe and contains all the necessities and more that someone may need while in Kosovo , including TVs , phones , books , DVDs , CDs , small furniture , video games , computers , clothes , shoes , food , and more , all in its two story building . The base also has , arguably , the best hospital in Kosovo ; two gyms ; two recreation buildings that have phones , computers with internet connection , pool tables , video games and more ; one chapel with various religious services and other activities ; one large dining facility ; a fire station ; a military police station ; two cappuccino bars , a Burger King , Taco Bell , and an Anthony ' s Pizza pizzeria ; one barber ' s shop ; one laundry facilities employing local nationals who do the laundry for those living on base ; one press shop ; a sewing shop ; various local vendors who sell Kosovo souvenirs and products ; softball and football fields ; and more . Controversies . The United States Army has been criticised for using the base as a detention facility , and for the conditions faced by the detainees there . In November 2005 , Alvaro Gil - Robles , the human rights envoy of the Council of Europe , described the camp as a " smaller version of Guantanamo " following a visit . The Swiss newspaper " Weltwoche " reported , " A German report by the Berlin Institute for European Policy , produced last year on behalf of the German army . . . is particularly critical of the role of the US , which had obstructed European investigations and which had been opened up to political extortion by the existence of a secret CIA detention center on the grounds of Camp Bondsteel , Kosovo . . . ” In response , the US Army stated that there were no secret detention facilities in the Camp . Notes and references . Notes : References :