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Siege of Léva " This page is partially a translation of the French version " The Siege of Léva ( ) was fought on July 19 , 1664 as part of the Austro - Turkish War ( 1663 - 1664 ) , between a Habsburg army led by Jean - Louis Raduit de Souches and an Ottoman army under the command of Ali Pasha . The battle took place near Léva in present - day Slovakia and was a Habsburg victory . The battle . At the beginning of 1664 , the Imperial Army was divided into 3 Corps : In the south 17 . 000 Hungarian - Croatian troops under command of Miklós Zrínyi . In the center the main army of Raimondo Montecuccoli of 28 . 500 men , which had to stop the 100 . 000 men - strong army of Grand vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed . The third corps were the 8 . 500 men under general Louis Raduit de Souches in the North ( present - day Slovakia ) . Souches ' army first conquered Nyitra on May 3 and then defeated the Ottomans under Mehmet Küçük on May 16 near Zsarnóca ( Scharnowitz ) . An Ottoman relief army under Ali Pasha was sent from Buda to halt the imperial army near Léva . But this Ottoman army , composed mainly of irregular troops , was no match for the well - organized imperial battalions of musketeers , protected by their phalanx of pikemen . At first , de Souches hid a part of his troops to provoke an Ottoman attack . When they walked into the trap and then discovered the rest of the enemy ' s army , the irregular Ottoman troops panicked and fled , leaving many dead and a rich booty of carts and weaponry on the battlefield , including 11 large artillery pieces . The commander , Ali Pacha , was killed during the rout . This victory was strategically important , especially with possibility of burning the bridge over the Danube at Párkány ( Gockern ) , thus isolating Upper Hungary from any further Turkish incursions . But eventually nothing came of it when , after even greater victory in the Battle of Saint Gotthard , Emperor Leopold I - to the outrage of Hungarian nobility - signed the unfavorable Peace of Vasvár .
Transportation 9 - 11 Ribbon The Transportation 9 - 11 Ribbon is a civil and military decoration of the U . S . Department of Transportation that was issued to both civilians and military personnel who , through service with the United States Department of Transportation , contributed to the recovery from the September 11 attacks in 2001 against the United States of America . The ribbon was issued primarily to the United States Coast Guard , but was also authorized for any Department of Transportation personnel , Merchant Marines , or civilians who were assigned to the Department of Transportation for relief efforts against the terrorist attacks . The three main criteria for the award of the 9 - 11 Ribbon are as follows : The 9 - 11 Ribbon was awarded as a one time decoration and there were no devices authorized to the decoration . The 9 - 11 Ribbon was discontinued in October 2002 , but permitted for continued wear on Coast Guard uniforms and by civilian personnel . For individual acts of bravery and heroism , above and beyond the criteria for the 9 - 11 Ribbon , the Department of Transportation also issued the 9 - 11 Medal .
Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado ( 1530 – 1593 ) was a Spanish captain who was one of the more successful soldiers in the Arauco War in Chile rising to the rank of Maestre de Campo and temporary Capitán General of the Captaincy General of Chile . Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado was born in Cantalapiedra , Salamanca in 1530 . He was the son of Francisco Martinez Nieto and Ana Bernal del Mercado . He traveled to the Americas in 1541 with the expedition of Blasco Nuñez de Vela , recently named Viceroy of Peru . From Peru , he went to Bolivia where he had some success . In 1549 , he joined with Pedro de Valdivia coming to Chile from the valley of Potosí , Valdivia gave him an encomienda in the area of the present Valdivia , naming him temporary captain of the new city . The death of Valdivia at the hands of Lautaro made so deep an impression on him that he left his encomienda and served under Francisco de Villagra in the war . Bernal del Mercado showed intelligence , bravery and an energetic character . He also had a deep and lasting hatred towards the Mapuche . The defense of the fort of Los Infantes was in his charge and he served under governor Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza and Pedro de Villagra and the government of the Real Audiencia . In 1564 , he defeated and killed the toqui Illangulién in the Battle of Angol . He gained a good reputation from his successes in the War of Arauco , and for that reason was appointed Maestro de Campo and in addition corregidor of Concepción in 1565 and of Santiago in 1583 . In 1570 , he was named to carry out the war as temporary Capitán General after the governor Melchor Bravo de Saravia resigned the post and appointed him in his place . The experience and prestige that he accumulated was immense and had all the merit to be named as Royal Governor of Chile , but his hard and undiplomatic character worked against him . He remained as Maestro de Campo until 1583 , and was soon after named Captain of the line of defense . Sometimes he acted as an advisor to the king providing to him with detailed information on the state of the war . He died in Angol in 1593 , without becoming Governor .
Walter Mattern Walter Paul Mattern ( 7 January 1913 — 7 October 1974 ) was a Hauptsturmführer ( Captain ) , in the Waffen - SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Mattern was awarded the Knight ' s Cross on the 20 October 1944 , while he was the commander of the 7th Company , 3rd SS Panzer Regiment , 3rd SS Panzer Division " Totenkopf "
Eric Fanning Eric K . Fanning is an American civil servant who has been acting U . S . Secretary of the Air Force since June 21 , 2013 . Born in Michigan , Fanning grew up in the Dayton , Ohio , area . He graduated from Centerville High School in Ohio in 1986 and received his B . A . in history from Dartmouth College in 1990 . His interest in government and politics began when he participated in the 1988 New Hampshire primary contest . In the 1990s , he was on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee and later a special assistant in the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense . For a time he was associate director of political affairs at the White House . He also worked at Business Executives for National Security , a Washington , D . C . - based think - tank and at Robinson , Lerer & Montgomery , a strategic communications firm in New York City . He served as deputy under secretary and deputy chief management officer for the Department of the Navy beginning in July 2009 . He was also deputy director of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism . President Obama nominated him to be United States Under Secretary of the Air Force on August 1 , 2012 . He testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on February 28 , 2013 . The U . S . Senate confirmed him on April 18 , 2013 . He assumed the position of acting secretary of the Air Force upon the resignation of Michael Donley on June 21 , 2013 . He is the highest ranking openly gay member of the Department of Defense . He was a member of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund from 2004 to 2007 . He favors the adoption by the U . S . military of a policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation . He has said : " I personally like to see these things in writing and codified . " He has expressed a preference for the establishment of such a policy by the Department of Defense rather than the Obama administration : " My view about government is you should always use those resources that are available to you first before you move up to the next level , so I think there are a number of things we can do inside this building for the Department of Defense " . He supports allowing openly transgender persons to serve in the military as well . Fanning is single and lives in Washington , D . C .
Strowan Aerodrome Strowan Aerodrome was an aerodrome constructed in 1942 by the Royal Australian Air Force as a satellite aerodrome west of Jerrys Plains , New South Wales , Australia during World War II . The runway was long x wide . The aerodrome was as a maintenance satellite field for RAAF Station Bulga near Singleton .
German submarine U - 7 ( 1935 ) German submarine " U - 7 " was a Type IIB U - boat of the German " Kriegsmarine " , based out of Kiel during World War II . It was one of the smaller versions , and was first launched on June 29 , 1935 with a crew of 29 . Its first commander was Kurt Freiwald . " U - 7 " would have 16 commanders over the course of its service , the last being Günther Loeschcke . During the war " U - 7 " sank two vessels : On February 18 , 1944 , west of Pillau , " U - 7 " sank in what is believed to have been a malfunction during a diving maneuver . There were no survivors .
Philippe de Culant Philippe de Culant ( 1413 – December 1454 ) was a French nobleman and soldier of the Hundred Years ' War . He was a nephew of Louis de Culant , Admiral of France , and the brother of Charles de Culant , and related to Jean de Brosse by marriage . The " de Culant " family took their name from the village of Culan t ( now Culan ) in the modern department of Cher . Philippe was Lord of nearby Jaloignes and later seneschal of the Limousin . He participated the sieges of Meaux ( 1439 ) and Pontoise ( 1441 ) , and was made a Marshal of France in 1441 by King Charles VII of France for his services . He accompanied the heir to the throne , the future King Louis XI of France , on campaign in Germany in 1444 and served in many of the successful sieges which brought the Hundred Years ' War to an end , including those of Taillebourg , Le Mans , Château Gaillard , Rouen , Bayeux , Caen , Cherbourg , and Bergerac . He entered Bordeaux alongside Dunois in 1451 and fought in the final battle of the war at Castillon in 1453 .
French ship Apollon ( 1788 ) Apollon was a 74 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy . Between 1791 and 1793 , she was based in Saint - Domingue . During the Siege of Toulon , her commanding officer , Captain Imbert , negotiated the surrender of the town with Admiral Hood aboard . After the siege , she ferried 1 , 500 anti - revolutionary prisoners to Rochefort , where most of them were executed . She took part in the battle of the Glorious First of June , and the " Croisière du Grand Hiver " ( " Campaign of the Great Winter " ) in 1794 – 1795 . She was eventually broken up in 1798 .
List of battles fought in Kansas This is an incomplete list of military and other armed confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Kansas since European contact . The region was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535 – 1679 , New France from 1679 – 1803 , and part of the United States of America 1803 – present . Two wars that have directly affected the region including the American Civil War ( 1860 – 1865 ) and the Plains Indian Wars . Kansas was also greatly affected during the Bleeding Kansas period ( 1855 – 1861 ) in which settlers and outsiders fought to determine whether the territory would become a free or slave state .
Battlegroup ( army ) A battlegroup ( British / Commonwealth term ) , or task force ( U . S . term ) in modern military theory , is the basic building block of an army ' s fighting force . A battlegroup is formed around an infantry battalion or armoured regiment , which is usually commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel . The battalion or regiment also provides the command and staff element of a battlegroup , which is complemented with an appropriate mix of armour , infantry and support personnel and weaponry , relevant to the task it is expected to perform . The organisation of a battlegroup is flexible , and can be restructured quickly to cope with any changes in the situation . Typically , an offensive battlegroup may be structured around an armoured regiment , with two squadrons of main battle tank s supported by an infantry company ; conversely , a more defensive battlegroup may be structured around an infantry battalion , with two companies and an armoured squadron . In support would be a reconnaissance troop , a low - level air defence detachment , an anti - tank section and engineering detachment , plus artillery support . Battlegroups are often subdivided into company groups ( called teams in the U . S . Army ) based around a single infantry company supported by a tank troop and various other support units . In the British Army , an armoured or mechanised division could expect to have as many as twelve separate battlegroups at its disposal , with three or four in each brigade . A Commonwealth battle group is usually named after its major constituent for example the Canadian Army ' s " 1st Battalion , The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group " ( shortened to " 1 RCR Battle Group " ) on an operational tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2007 / 8 , and the British Army ' s " 3 Para Battle Group " that was operational in Afghanistan in 2011 . Most nations form battlegroups as required for operational or training purposes . When not deployed , the elements that would make up a battlegroup remain with their parent units . However , some nations maintain permanently formed battlegroups - a notable example is Norway , three of whose four major combat units are all arms battlegroups .
Maurice F . Weisner Maurice Franklin Weisner ( November 20 , 1917 – October 15 , 2006 ) was a United States Navy four - star admiral who served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations ( VCNO ) from 1972 to 1973 ; Commander in Chief , U . S . Pacific Fleet ( CINCPACFLT ) from 1973 to 1976 ; and Commander in Chief , United States Pacific Command ( CINCPAC ) from 1976 to 1979 . He served in World War II as a naval aviator aboard the USS " Wasp " ( CV - 7 ) until it was sunk in September 1942 . Awards and decorations . Admiral Weisner ' s awards and decorations include : Retirement . Weisner retired from the Navy in 1979 . He died in 2006 and was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery
HMS Hermione ( 74 ) HMS " Hermione " was a " Dido " class light cruiser of the Royal Navy , She was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons , ( Glasgow , Scotland ) , with the keel laid down on 6 October 1937 . She was launched on 18 May 1939 and commissioned 25 March 1941 .
Odotheus Odotheus was a Greuthungi king who in 386 led an incursion into the Roman Empire . He was defeated and killed by the Roman general Promotus . His surviving people settled in Phrygia . Invasion of Roman Empire . After the major Gothic entry into the Roman Empire in 376 , there still remained substantial numbers of Goths in several kingdoms north and east of the lower Danube . In the year 386 the king Odotheus led his people into the Empire , possibly fleeing Hunnic hegemony . Odotheus was brought to battle and killed by the general Promotus . The survivors of his people were settled in Phrygia ; some were drafted into the Army and some became agricultural labourers . Fate of Odotheus ' People . In 399 , Tribigild , a Gothic commander in Roman service who led a unit of these Phrygian survivors of Odotheus ' kingdom , rose in revolt . Gainas , another Gothic general sent to suppress him , suborned Tribigild ' s revolt for his own purposes . After some initial successes , Gainas was suppressed and fled north of the Danube , only to be killed by the Hunnic chieftain Uldin . Thus perished many of Odotheus ' remaining people ; the fate of the rest in Phrygia is unknown . Sources . Zosimus , " Novae Historiae " bk 4 , bk 5
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World : from Marathon to Waterloo is a book written by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy and published in 1851 . This book tells the story of the fifteen military engagement s ( from Marathon to Waterloo ) which , according to the author , had a significant impact on world history . Chapters . Each chapter of the book describes a different battle . The fifteen chapters are : Derivative works . Since the publication of Creasy ' s book , other historians have attempted to modify or add to the list .
Merchant Marine Korean Service Medal The Merchant Marine Korean Service Medal ( Ribbon ) is a decoration of the United States Merchant Marine awarded for service during the Korean War . History . The decoration was created by the United States Maritime Administration on July 24 , 1956 . Conditions . The decoration is awarded to officers and men for service aboard merchant vessels flying the American flag in waters adjacent to Korea between June 30 , 1950 and September 30 , 1953 , during the Korean War . Prior to 1992 , the Merchant Marine Korean Service Medal was a ribbon - only decoration . Later , a medal was affixed to the ribbon . The following is a design note : " the torii gate and taeguk are traditionally associated with Korea . The ship ' s chain alludes to maritime service . "
Matthew Charles Dixon Major General Matthew Charles Dixon VC CB ( 5 February 1821 – 8 January 1905 ) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . He was the eldest son of Major - General Matthew Charles Dixon RE ( 1791 – 1860 ) and his 2nd wife Emma Dalton ( 1794 – 1853 ) and was born in France on 5 Feb 1821 . Military career . He entered the British Army in 1839 , was promoted to Lieutenant in 1841 , Captain in 1848 . He was 34 years old , and a Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery , British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 17 April 1855 at Sebastopol , the Crimea , at about 2pm the battery commanded by Captain Dixon was blown up by a shell from the enemy which burst in the magazine , destroying the parapets , killing or wounding 10 men , disabling five guns and covering a sixth with earth . The captain reopened fire with the remaining gun and continued firing it until sunset , despite the heavy concentration of fire from the enemy ' s batteries and the ruined state of his own . As well as the VC , he received the 5th class of the Medjidie and the Turkish Medal and was made a Knight of the Légion d ' honneur . He was promoted to Major and Lt - Colonel in 1855 , Colonel in 1862 and retired from the Royal Artillery in 1869 with the honorary rank of Major - General . He later achieved the rank of Major General . Later life . On 13 May 1862 he married Henrietta Letitia Eliza Bosanquet ( 1834 – 1926 ) , daughter of Admiral C . J . Bosanquet of Wildwood . They had no family and his medal is in the possession of a descendant of his sister , Frances Maria Clarke née Dixon . On leaving the army he took up residence at " Woodgate " , Pembury near Tonbridge and lived there until he died on 7 Jan 1905 aged 84yrs and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery on 12 Jan 1905 . His wife survived him by 21 years .
Ali Al Salem Air Base Ali Al Salem Air Base is a military airbase situated in Kuwait , approximately 23 miles from the Iraqi border . The airfield is owned by the Government of Kuwait , and during Operation Southern Watch and Operation Telic / Operation Iraqi Freedom hosted Royal Air Force ( RAF ) , United States Air Force ( USAF ) and United States Marine Corps ( USMC ) personnel and aircraft . Since those operations , the base has been returned to the control of the Kuwaiti Government , with the USAF continuing to maintain a presence alongside their Kuwait Air Force counterparts . The principal USAF unit on base is the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing ( 386 AEW ) . Recent history . In 1990 , the base was the last to be overrun by the Iraqi Military . On August 3 , Ali Al Salem was the only air base not occupied by Iraq . A small number of Kuwaiti regulars , staff officers , and the base General stayed to fight , and organize resupply missions from Saudi Arabia , by the end of the day , Ali Al Salem had been overrun as well however . Upon discovery by the Iraqi military , the Kuwaiti General was hanged from the base flagpole by Iraqi troops . New flagpoles have since been installed , however as of December 2012 , the original pole still stands . The remaining Kuwaiti military personnel were lined up outside the old Kuwaiti officers ' club and shot . While no longer used , the building and bullet holes remain . Kuwait Air Force Use . The Kuwait Air Force Flight Training School is located at Ali Al Salem Air Base and it is the home base of following squadrons : Royal Air Force Use . The Royal Air Force operated out of AAS from early 1998 , just before Operation Desert Fox . The RAF detachment consisted of various non - formed units , and a rotating Squadron of Panavia Tornado GR1 s and later Tornado GR4s . The base was rapidly expanded in early 2003 to base the Joint Helicopter Command assets prior to start of Operation Telic , the British designation for the US designated Operation Iraqi Freedom . During the war , the RAF amalgamated five Tornado GR4 Squadrons based at AAS to form the Ali Al Salem Combat Air Wing , commanded by Wing Commander Paddy Teakle OBE ( OC 31 ' Goldstars ' Squadron ) . He was awarded the DSO for his leadership . The RAF had relocated to Al Udeid Air Base , Qatar by 2004 , though some elements remained through 2008 , and it serves as a backup and emergency strip for RAF operations . Current status . The base currently hosts several military units besides the Kuwaiti Air Force . Facilities . The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level . It has two asphalt / concrete runways : 12R / 30L measuring and 12L / 30R measuring .
Air and Space Operations Center An Air and Space Operations Center ( AOC ) is a type of command center used by the United States Air Force . It is the senior agency of the Air Force component commander to provide command and control of air and space operations . The US Air Force employs two kinds of AOCs : regional AOCs ( the AN / USQ - 163 Falconer ) that support geographic combatant commanders , and functional AOCs that support functional combatant commanders . When there is more than one military service working in an AOC , it is called a Joint Air and Space Operations Center ( JAOC ) . In cases of allied or coalition ( multinational ) operations , the AOC is called a Combined Air and Space Operations Center ( CAOC ) . An AOC is the senior element of the Theater Air Control System ( TACS ) . The Joint Force Commander ( JFC ) assigns a Joint Forces Air Component Commander ( JFACC ) to lead the AOC weapon system . Quite often the Commander , Air Force Forces ( COMAFFOR ) is assigned the JFACC position for planning and executing theater - wide air and space forces . Divisions . There are five divisions in the AOC . These separate , but distinct , organizations fuse information that eventually becomes the Air Tasking Order . List of Air and Space Operations Centers . The table below lists the Air and Space Operations Centers currently in service in the US Air Force , the Numbered Air Force ( NAF ) and Major Command ( MAJCOM ) to which they are assigned , Unified Combatant Command they support , and where they are stationed . NATO Air Operations Centres . The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) also uses the Combined Air Operations Centre concept at multiple locations . Supporting the air component commands are 5 static Combined Air Operations Centres ( CAOCs ) to direct NATO air operations : in Finderup , Denmark ; Eskisehir , Turkey ; Larissa , Greece ; Torrejon , Spain and Lisbon , Portugal . There are 2 further CAOCs with a static as well as a deployable role ; Uedem , Germany and Poggio Renatico , Italy . The static CAOCs can support Allied air operations from their fixed locations , while the deployable CAOCs will move where they are needed . Future . NATO plans to rationalize its Force Structure further in 2013 , which will see the number of CAOCs reduce to 2 ( at Uedem and Torrejon ) plus a Deployable AOC at Poggio Renatico .