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Hitchcock Naval Air Station Hitchcock Naval Air Station was a Naval Air Station built by the United States Navy during World War II to accommodate lighter - than - air aircraft , more commonly known as blimps . It was located in the small town of Hitchcock , Texas , about fifteen miles ( 24 km ) northwest of Galveston . Construction began in 1942 and the base was commissioned on May 22 , 1943 . The most prominent feature of the base was the long , tall largely wooden blimp hangar . The blimp hangar , which held six aircraft was built at a cost of $ 10 million . The purpose of the base and its aircraft was to search for Axis power submarines in the Gulf of Mexico . Beside the hangar there were auxiliary buildings including barracks , warehouses , a mess hall , gymnasium , auditorium and an Olympic - size swimming pool which was used to teach swimming and water - rescue . The base was sold as war surplus in 1949 for $ 143 , 777 to John W . Mecom , Sr . , who leased the building during the Korean War to remanufacture half - track vehicle and WWII tanks for use in the Korean War . Because of damage sustained from Hurricane Carla in 1961 , the wooden parts of the hangar were demolished in 1962 . The only parts of the hangar still standing are the four tall concrete corner supports and the concrete foundation . Camp Wallace , a U . S . Army World War II training center for antiaircraft units , was located adjacent to the base .
Zastava M02 Coyote The Zastava M02 Coyote is a 12 . 7mm heavy machine gun produced by Zastava Arms . The M02 is very similar to the Kord machine gun in appearance and capability . The M02 can fire over 700 rounds per minute and has a maximum effective range of 2 , 000 m against grounds targets and 1 , 500 m against airborne targets . TECHNICAL DATA Machine Gun M02 Coyote Calibre ( mm ) 12 . 7x108 Twist rate ( mm ) 381 ±10 Number of grooves 8 Weight ( kg ) Weapon 48 . 8 kg Mount 24 . 0 kg Barrel 9 . 3 kg Ammunition boxes 3 . 0 kg 60 - round belt 1 . 25 kg Length ( mm ) Weapon 1970 mm Barrel 1100 mm Mechanical Features Type of fire Automatic Operation Gas operated Locking system Rotating bolt Muzzle velocity ( m / s ) 820 - 860 Rate of fire ( rounds / min . ) minimum 700 Maximum effective range at air targets ( m ) 1500 Maximum effective range at ground targets ( m ) 2000 1 . Primary purpose of Machine Gun M02 - Coyote is neutralization or destruction of living force or light - armoured vehicles on the ground , on water , at distances 2000m . It can be used for action at air targets . 2 . Machine Gun M02 - Coyote has a cradle that is set to a stable tripod . The tripod enables adaptation to various terrains . The machine gun has a pistol trigger mechanism and handgrip and also springs in the stock . These primary assemblies that enable accurate fire . 3 . Aiming is done with optical sight or with front and rear iron sights . Technical data for optical sight ON - M80 are shown in Customer Service . 4 . Machine Gun M02 functions without stoppages in all environments . 5 . The barrel is made by cold forging , which guarantees its durability and permanence . The interior of the barrel is chrome plated , which provides unaltered ballistic characteristics for several thousands of fired rounds . 6 . The barrel is quickly and easily stripped from the light machine gun , so when the gun is heavily used it is possible to cool it quickly and replace it with the spare one . The set of the gun contains a spare barrel . 7 . During the fire , cartidge cases are ejected forward , which increases the safety of the shooter and the people near him . 8 . When conditions are extreme , the position of gas flow regulator can provide an adequate gas flow , so the light machine gun will always function reliably . 9 . The machine gun is loaded from belts . The set of the gun includes belts and ammunition boxes for the transport of belts , with the capacity of 60 rounds . 10 . Flash suppressor on the muzzle disperses powder gas and decreases the flash of the flame , hiding the position of the shooter . 11 . At customer ' s request , belt filler is supplied within the set of the machine gun . Manufacturer ' s suggestion : one filler is used for three guns . 12 . Before leaving the factory each machine gun was rigorously tested and approved . Field of Action Horizontal ( ° ) 25 Vertical ( ° ) - 25 to + 45
USS Mahan ( DDG - 72 ) USS " Mahan " ( DDG - 72 ) is an " Arleigh Burke " - class destroyer currently in service with the United States Navy . Overview . The USS " Mahan " is homeported in Norfolk , Virginia , and is one of the ships of the United States Fleet Forces Command . Namesake . Like her predecessors , the USS " Mahan " is named for Alfred Thayer Mahan , a naval theorist on seapower . She is the fourth U . S . Navy ship to bear the name . Service history . 1990s . The USS " Mahan " was commissioned on 14 February 1998 at Tampa , Florida . 2000s . On 16 February 2007 , " Mahan " was awarded the 2006 Battle " E " award . 2010s . During a 2011 maritime security operation deployment , USS " Mahan " was dispatched to the Mediterranean Sea to conduct operations in Libya . Insitu Inc . announced that its ScanEagle been assisting U . S . and NATO Forces in their mission to protect civilians and reduce the flow of arms to Libya . During a 72 - hour counter - terrorism surge supporting Operation Unified Protector , the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle was operated organically aboard " Mahan " to provide intelligence , surveillance and reconnaissance support . In strong winds , ScanEagle performed cooperatively with a host of US and NATO participating forces . On this deployment ScanEagles ( the second aboard " Mahan " ) the team achieved a 100 percent mission readiness rate , accruing 1 , 154 flight hours and 167 sorties . USS " Mahan " received the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System during the ship ' s 2011 maintenance availability . USS " Mahan " left Naval Station Norfolk on December 28 , 2012 for a maritime security operation deployment to the United States Sixth Fleet Area of Responsibility . Executive officer relieved of duty . On Friday , 17 September 2010 , Commander Charles Mansfield was relieved of his duty for misconduct by Captain Jeffrey Wolstenholme , commander of Destroyer Squadron 22 . Relief of Mansfield came after investigation into allegations that Mansfield struck a subordinate officer while the ship was underway , participating in a composite training unit exercise on 9 July . Mansfield appeared at Commodore ' s Mast for non - judicial punishment proceedings ( an administrative not criminal hearing ) on charges of assault and conduct unbecoming an officer . He was found to have committed the offenses as charged and was subsequently awarded a career - ending Punitive Letter of Reprimand according to Lieutenant Commander Bill Urban , a spokesman with Naval Surface Force Atlantic . The incident took place in " Mahan " ' s combat information center .
British Military Intelligence Systems in Northern Ireland The British Military is alleged by author Tony Geraghty to have exploited a number of information sources during security operations in Northern Ireland . Geraghty describes these in his book , " The Irish War " , basing his description on an extract from an unspecified , classified document passed to him by an unspecified informant , later identified as a former Army Officer , Nigel Wylde . Geraghty claimed significant capabilities for these systems and extensive use by both British Military Intelligence and Police . Sourcing . Geraghty used as his source an extract from a classified document passed to him by Wylde . Following publication of The Irish War both were investigated by the Ministry of Defence Police and charged with offences under the Official Secrets Act 1989 . The case against both was later dropped by the MoD . Military context . By 1994 the British military , intelligence and police apparatus in Northern Ireland had over thirty - seven separate intelligence gathering computer systems operating . Their focus was detection before , during and after paramilitary activity , with a particular focus on the activities of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( PIRA ) . System claims . Vehicle tracking . Gheraty claims that a system called Vengeful was used to identify vehicles associated with a subject of interest and linked to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of Northern Ireland . Subject of interest information collation . Gheraty claims that a system called Crucible was used to consolidate items of information about individuals including personal details , imagery , mapping , movements and activities . He alleges that this system was later replaced by a modernised system called CAISTER with some 350 terminals throughout the province operating at the SECRET level . Automated vehicle tracking . Gheraty claims that in 1997 the Vengeful system was connected to a camera network called Glutton that would automagically track the movements of vehicles identified as being related to subjects of interest . Gheraty claims that there were eighty overt and twenty covert camera locations in Northern Ireland and further deployment of camera equipment on the mainland . In 1997 an analysis system called Effigy was integrated with Vengeful under a project titled Mannequin allowing more detailed analysis of the vehicle movement data .
William Carnegie , 7th Earl of Northesk Admiral William Carnegie GCB , 7th Earl of Northesk ( 19 April 1758 – 28 May 1831 ) was born at Bruntsfield in Edinburgh to Admiral George Carnegie , 6th Earl of Northesk and Anne Melville . Naval career . Early career . Following his father into the navy in 1771 , Carnegie served in the American War of Independence on the frigate and the ship of the line , being involved in the Battle of Martinique in 1780 under Admiral Rodney . His good conduct during the engagement was recognised by Rodney , who promoted Carnegie to commander and then aided his rise to Post captain in 1782 , whereupon he was given command of the frigate . Ten years later at the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War , on 22 January 1792 , Carnegie had acceded to the earldom and became the Earl of Northesk . He was given a new ship of the line to command in 1796 and having as his first lieutenant Charles Bullen , the start of an excellent professional partnership and close personal friendship . The following year he was caught up in the Nore mutiny but was released by the mutineers to take their demands to London . Like many in the fleet , Northesk had some sympathy with the initial stages of the mutiny , and so when the demands were refused , he resigned his position as untenable following his failure to restore order on his ship or gain concessions from the government . Reinstated by the Admiralty in 1803 with full seniority as a rear - admiral , Northesk was given the 100 gun first rate as his flagship , and after a brief period in the Channel Fleet , was sent south with Sir Robert Calder to join the blockading squadrons off Spain . With him went Captain Bullen . He missed the Calder ' s action in 1805 , and joined Nelson ' s fleet off Cadiz that same year . Battle of Trafalgar . As the inevitable Battle off Cape Trafalgar came closer , Northesk was largely left out of the planning of the encounter , partly because he was the third most senior admiral present behind Nelson and Collingwood and partly because unlike most of the captains at the battle , Northesk had never worked with Nelson before and was not a member of the famous " Band of Brothers " . Nonetheless , when battle came Northesk was ready and although his slow ship took sometime to reach the fighting , he was heavily engaged with the enormous Spanish 130 gun ship " Santissima Trinidad " , the " Britannia " suffering 52 casualties in the battle . He was greatly rewarded for his service in action , but like many Trafalgar captains , never served at sea again as sufficiently senior posts could not be found abroad . He was however initiated into the Order of the Bath , eventually reaching the position of Knight Grand Cross . He also reached the rank of full admiral , the ceremonial post of " Rear - Admiral of Great Britain " and was made Commander - in - Chief , Plymouth later in his career . Death . He died in 1831 in London and was buried alongside Nelson and Collingwood in the crypt at St Paul ' s Cathedral , where his tomb can still be seen . Family . He married Mary Ricketts , daughter of William Henry Ricketts , on 9 December 1788 and had nine children :
Benny Peled Benny Peled ( 1928 – July 13 , 2002 ) , born Benjamin Weidenfeld in Tel Aviv , Israel , was the commander of the Israeli Air Force during the Yom Kippur War and Operation Entebbe . He retired with the rank of Aluf ( Major General ) . Military career . He started as a mechanic in the beginnings of the Israeli Air Force . During the War of Independence he had assembled the first Messerschmitt Bf 109 which had arrived in Israel dismantled . He then became a pilot and fought in the Independence war . After the war , he was one of the pioneers of the jet age in the IAF . He commanded the first Meteor , Ouragan and Mystère squadrons . He was the first Mystère pilot to be shot down in the Sinai Campaign . Peled was a base commander during the Six - Day War . Benny Peled participated in Operation Kadesh , in which he was shot down by Egyptian anti - aircraft , and became the first Israeli pilot to use an ejector seat . He was later rescued by an IAF Piper . He became commander of the IAF in 1973 when he was 45 years old . Post - military . In 1978 , Peled became the president of Elbit Systems , a positions he held until 1985 . Peled was played by John Saxon in the film " Raid on Entebbe " ( 1977 ) .
Service award A Service award was awarded by a country to a soldier or civilian for long service . It is comparable to a service medal but can be awarded to civilians as well as soldiers . Germany . Third Reich . The NSDAP awarded the NSDAP - Dienstauszeichnung for 25 ( Gold ) , 15 ( Silver ) and 10 ( Bronze ) years ' service , whilst the SS awarded a separate SS - Dienstauszeichnung . The Wehrmacht awarded the 4 - class Dienstauszeichnung for 4 ( silver medal ) ; 12 ( gold medal ) ; 18 ( silver cross ) and 25 ( gold cross ) years ' service , with oak leaves on the first class for 40 years . Similarly there was a Loyal Service Medal for active members of the German police or " an administrator " in the police service known as the Polizei Dienstauszeichnung . In addition there was a Service Award for Public Work . Austrian Empire . From 1849 it awarded a cross made out of cannon - metal for military service .
HMS Duchess ( 1679 ) HMS " Duchess was a 90 - gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built by John Shish at Deptford Dockyard , and launched in 1679 . She was renamed HMS " Princess Anne " in 1701 , HMS " Windsor Castle " in 1702 , and HMS " Blenheim in 1706 . In 1709 " Blenheim " was rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard , remaining a 90 - gun second rate . She continued to serve until 1763 , when she was broken up .
Béryl incident The " Béryl incident " was a French nuclear test , conducted on May 1 , 1962 , during which nine soldiers of the 621st Groupe d ' Armes Spéciales unit were heavily contaminated by radiation . The test took place at In Ekker , Algeria , then a French department , and was designed as an underground shaft test . Due to improper sealing of the shaft , radioactive rock and dust were released into the atmosphere . The soldiers were exposed to as much as 600 mSv . As many as 100 additional personnel were exposed to lower levels of radiation , estimated at about 50 mSv , when the radioactive cloud produced by the blast passed over the command post , due to an unexpected change in wind direction . Among those exposed were several French government officials , including French Defence Minister Pierre Messmer and Gaston Palewski . In fiction . This incident inspired the 2006 docudrama " Vive La Bombe ! "
Alverdiscott Alverdiscott ( Pronounced " Alscott " ) is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon , about seven miles south of Barnstaple . The parish had a population of 281 according to the 2001 census . The church has a Norman font and doorway . It also has a sixteenth - century pulpit . There is the site of a Roman fort close by the village . It is situated on the B3232 road . It is also a popular holiday destination for holiday lodges , since the village is near Barnstaple and the North Devon coastline .
35th Signal Battalion ( United States ) The 35th Signal Battalion is a reserve unit of the United States Army . The 35th provides critical battlefield communications in support of combat operations worldwide . It is headquartered in Fort Allen , Puerto Rico . The 35th Signal Battalion is made up of the following companies : HHC , A Co , B Co , C Co . It currently has soldiers deployed in the Global War on Terror in support of operations in Iraq ( Operation Iraqi Freedom ) and Afghanistan ( Operation Enduring Freedom ) . ( Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps ; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve ) Coat of arms . Orange and white are the colors of the Signal Corps . The telephone poles are symbolic of the construction activities of the organization . The five flashes commemorate the campaigns of World War II . Additionally , the flashes are indicative of messages carried over the wires . The three poles and five flashes are suggestive of the numerical designation of the organization .
Roderick Douglas Macdonald Vice Admiral Sir Roderick Douglas Macdonald KBE ( 25 February 1921 to 19 January 2001 ) was Chief of Staff of Naval Home Command . Naval career . Educated at Fettes College , Macdonald joined the Royal Navy in 1939 . He saw action during World War II during the Norwegian Campaign . After the War he commanded various ships and was mentioned in dispatches for actions against EOKA . Between 1965 and 1966 he commanded naval forces in Borneo . During the early 1970s he commanded HMS " Bristol " . In 1973 he was appointed Chief of Staff Naval Home Command and then in 1976 he became Chief of Staff of Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe at NATO . He retired in 1979 . Later career . In retirement he became a distinguished artist and retired to his home on the Isle of Skye where he was chieftain of the annual Highland games . In 1993 , his book ' The Figurehead ' was published detailing his early war time career in the Royal Navy ISBN 978 - 1 - 85821 - 056 - 8 . He is buried in Portree cemetery on Skye , Coordinates N57 24 . 180 W6 11 . 986 .
Bomilcar ( 3rd century BC ) Bomilcar was a Carthaginian commander in the Second Punic War ( 218 – 201 BC ) . He was the commander of the Carthaginian supplies which were voted to Hannibal after the battle of Cannae ( 216 BC ) , and with which he arrived in Italy in the ensuing year . In 214 BC , he was sent with 55 ships to the aid of Syracuse , then besieged by the Romans ; but , finding himself unable to cope with the superior fleet of the enemy , he withdrew to Africa . Two years after , we again find him at Syracuse ; for we hear of his making his escape out of the harbour , carrying to Carthage intelligence of the perilous state of the city ( all of which , except Achradina , was in the possession of Marcellus ) , and returning within a few days with 100 ships . In the same year , on the destruction by pestilence of the Carthaginian land - forces under Hippocrates and Himilco , Bomilcar again sailed to Carthage with the news , and returned with 130 ships , but was prevented by Marcellus from reaching Syracuse . He then proceeded to Tarentum , apparently with the view to cutting off the supplies of the Roman garrison in that town ; but , as the presence of his force only increased the scarcity under which the Tarentines themselves suffered , they were obliged to dismiss him . Footnotes .
USS Midland ( AK - 195 ) USS " Midland " ( AK - 195 ) was an " Alamosa " - class cargo ship that was constructed by the U . S . Navy during the closing period of World War II . She was declared excess - to - needs and returned to the U . S . Maritime Commission shortly after being in commission for only a short period of time . Service career . " Midland " ( AK 195 ) was laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Walter Butler Shipbuilders , Inc . , Superior , Wisconsin , 29 July 1944 ; launched 23 December 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . William G . Mitsch ; converted by the New Orleans Naval Station ; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan charter 17 August 1945 . " Midland " was placed in service the same day to be ferried from Beaumont , Texas , to Galveston , Texas , and placed out of service upon arrival the 18th ; and commissioned 27 September 1945 , Lt . Lloyd K . Barry , USNR , in command . Because of the reduced need for cargo ships following World War II , " Midland " decommissioned at New Orleans , Louisiana , 13 November 1945 and was returned to the War Shipping Administration ( WSA ) the same day for service under the Maritime Commission as " Coastal Harbinger " . Her subsequent history and ultimate fate are not known .
Florena Budwin Florena Budwin ( died January 25 , 1865 ) was a Union Army soldier from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania who enlisted with her husband in the Civil War in order to stay with him and died of complications of pneumonia . She was buried in Florence National Cemetery , the first woman soldier to be afforded that honor . In mid - 1864 , she was captured and confined at the Confederacy ' s most notoriously brutal prisoner of war concentration camp , Andersonville , where some reports state that her husband died . However , Budwin herself stated that her husband died in battle , after which she was captured . She remained at Andersonville until it was threatened by Union forces , and was then transferred to the Florence Stockade in Florence , South Carolina later that year . There , she attended to sick prisoners until she herself became ill with pneumonia ; when a doctor gave her medical attention he discovered her sex , after which Budwin was given special treatment , including donations of food and clothing from local women . However , she died shortly thereafter at the age of 20 on January 25 , 1865 , less than a month before sick Union prisoners of war were released by the Confederacy . An estimated 16 , 000 Union prisoners were held captive in the Florence Prison Stockade between September 1864 and February 1865 . In that short period of time , 2 , 322 prisoners died from malnutrition and disease . The owner of a plantation adjacent to the prison allowed the dead to be buried in trenches on his property . This area was later established as the Florence National Cemetery . A plain marble headstone there bears Florena ' s name and the date of her death . She is believed to be the first woman to be buried in a national cemetery .
Middle School Cadet Corps The Middle School Cadet Corps ( MSCC ) are cadet programs for middle school students in the United States . Per 2005 , Chicago had 26 Middle School Cadet Corps enlisting more than 850 kids , overseen by the JROTC program . Students from the age of 11 can participate in the program , or younger if they have older siblings in the program . In May 2008 , the American Civil Liberties Union stated that MSCC violates the United Nations sponsored Convention on the Rights of the Child by targeting students as young as 11 for recruitment activities .