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Operation Bayonet Lightning Operation Bayonet Lightning was a military operation during the early stages of the Iraq War , that was held to capture weapons , materials , and people that posed a threat against coalition forces . The joint operation between Iraq and the United States , lasted approximately 16 hours , and was conducted on 2 December 2003 . 1 , 200 soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade , the 4th Infantry Division , and Iraqi military participated . Operation Bayonet Lightning was concentrated on Al Hawija , Iraq , and the village of Rashad , Iraq , sixty kilometers , or thirty - seven miles , to the south of Kirkuk , Iraq . Overview . During Operation Bayonet Lightning , coalition forces located and confiscated sixty - two AK - 47 assault rifles , two hundred rounds of AK - 47 ammunition , one rocket propelled grenade launcher and two improvised explosive device - making kits . Twenty six individuals were captured , including three targeted individuals , Saad Mohammed ad - Douri , the private secretary of Izzat Ibrahim ad - Douri , and Hamid Saad , a senior official of Saddam Hussein ' s former ruling Ba ' ath Party in charge of youth and student affairs , and a former general of the disbanded Iraqi Army . Operation Bayonet Lightning followed Operation Rifles Blitz and was followed by Operation Bulldog Mammoth .
Enhanced Tactical Computer The Enhanced Tactical Computer or ETC is a portable rugged computer , built by Elbit Systems , and used by the US Military . It is a modular system , built using COTS hardware , and enclosed in MIL - STD 810 cases , build to withstand harsh conditions and temperatures from - 25° to 55°C . Specs . 5 . 5 kg 10 " x9 " x3 . 5 " Hardware . It is uses a Pentium III processor , which can be upgraded via a specially designed removable module . It is equipped with a touch screen TFT display , with 600x800 resolution . Removable 10 - 40gig hard drive , and removable power supply . Includes an embedded GPS receiver , LAN jack , USB port , PS2 port . Two PC Card Type II or a single Type III are available . Communications interfaces are supported via Elbit ' s communications controller , supporting up to six networks at 64 kbit / s . Compatible with Windows or Linux operating systems .
David MacKay ( VC ) David MacKay VC ( 23 November 1831 – 18 November 1880 ) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross ( VC ) , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom and Commonwealth forces . Life . Born at Alterwall , Howe , Lyth , Scotland , the son of a farm labourer , he enlisted in the 93rd Highlanders ( which became the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders and ultimately the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ) on 23 December 1850 and served in the Crimean War . The VC . He was awarded the VC for an action during the Indian Mutiny . His citation in the " London Gazette " dated 24 December 1858 reads : The medal . The whereabouts of the VC is unknown , Mackay sold it while he was still alive and it was auctioned around 1910 . Memorial . Mackay was awarded the VC in 1857 but was buried in Lesmahagow cemetery in an unmarked grave . A ceremony was held at the cemetery on 14 November 1998 to unveil a marker erected near the grave .
SS Esturia ( 1910 ) Esturia was a 2 , 143 gross register ton oiler , built by Armstrong Whitworth & Company , Walker in 1910 . She operated as an oil tanker for the Burmah Oil Company , before being chartered by the Royal Australian Navy on 11 September 1914 , during the First World War , as an oiler and stores ship . She served as the destroyer depot ship for , and in Australian and Malayan waters and after being dispatched to Port Said , Egypt with the destroyers she was transferred to the Admiralty . After serving with the Admiralty , she was sold in 1918 to Shell Tankers UK , who operated her until 1928 when she was sold to Mavris Bros Piraeus and renamed " Loukia " . Fate . " Loukia " was lost on 4 March 1937 , during a storm , after hitting a mine off Cape San Sebastian , Catalonia , Spain , during the Spanish Civil War . " Loukia " exploded and 23 crewmembers were lost , with only one survivor .
Clinton M . Hedrick Clinton M . Hedrick ( May 1 , 1918 – March 28 , 1945 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II . Biography . Hedrick joined the Army from Riverton , West Virginia in September 1940 , and by March 27 , 1945 was serving as a technical sergeant in Company I , 194th Glider Infantry Regiment , 17th Airborne Division . On that day and the next , near Lembeck , Germany , he repeatedly charged through heavy fire to attack German positions and alone followed a group of German soldiers when they retreated into a castle . When the Germans indicated that they wished to surrender , Hedrick and four other men entered the castle , only to be fired upon by a German self - propelled gun . Hedrick was fatally wounded , but successfully covered the withdrawal of his men . For these actions , he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor seven months later , on October 19 , 1945 . Hedrick , aged 26 at his death , was buried in North Fork Memorial Cemetery , Riverton , West Virginia . Medal of Honor citation . Technical Sergeant Hedrick ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : He displayed extraordinary heroism and gallantry in action on 27 - March 28 , 1945 , in Germany . Following an airborne landing near Wesel , his unit was assigned as the assault platoon for the assault on Lembeck . Three times the landing elements were pinned down by intense automatic weapons fire from strongly defended positions . Each time , T / Sgt . Hedrick fearlessly charged through heavy fire , shooting his automatic rifle from his hip . His courageous action so inspired his men that they reduced the enemy positions in rapid succession . When 6 of the enemy attempted a surprise , flanking movement , he quickly turned and killed the entire party with a burst of fire . Later , the enemy withdrew across a moat into Lembeck Castle . T / Sgt . Hedrick , with utter disregard for his own safety , plunged across the drawbridge alone in pursuit . When a German soldier , with hands upraised , declared the garrison wished to surrender , he entered the castle yard with 4 of his men to accept the capitulation . The group moved through a sally port , and was met by fire from a German self - propelled gun . Although mortally wounded , T / Sgt . Hedrick fired at the enemy gun and covered the withdrawal of his comrades . He died while being evacuated after the castle was taken . His great personal courage and heroic leadership contributed in large measure to the speedy capture of Lembeck and provided an inspiring example to his comrades .
French ship Donawerth ( 1854 ) The Donawerth was a 90 - gun " Suffren " class ship of the line of the French Navy . Her keel was laid in Lorient in 1827 . She stayed abandoned in an unbuilt state for several years before being completed as a steam ship . She was eventually launched on 15 February 1854 . She took part in the Crimean War as a transport . In 1868 , she was renamed to " Jean Bart " , and used as a school ship . She was again renamed to " Cyclope " in 1886 , and eventually broken up in 1897 .
Ali Matan Hashi Ali Matan Hashi ( , ) , also known as Ali Matan , was a Somali senior military official and politician . He was the first Somali pilot , and a prominent member of the Supreme Revolutionary Council ( SRC ) . History . Ali Matan was born into a Marehan Darod family . He created the Somali Air Force in 1960 , and oversaw the growth of it between 1960 and 1978 . A Brigadier General in the army , he held various political and military positions , including Minister of Justice and Commander of the Air Force . He was also one of the closest advisers of the president .
John Martin Poyer John Martin Poyer ( 1861 - May 12 , 1922 ) was the twelfth Naval Governor of American Samoa , from March 1 , 1915 to June 10 , 1919 . He held the longest term of any American Samoan Governor . A Naval Academy graduate , Poyer served in numerous positions and retired in 1906 on account of failing health ; however , the Navy called him back to service in 1915 to serve as Governor . During the 1918 flu pandemic , Poyer quarantined the territory to stop the spread of the pandemic to American Samoa . Because of his actions , no deaths occurred in American Samoa , and he received the Navy Cross . Upon his final retirement , Poyer had reached the rank of Commander . Life and career . Early life . Poyer was born in Indiana in 1861 . He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from Wisconsin in October 1879 . Naval career . Poyer became an Ensign in February 1884 , a Lieutenant ( junior grade ) in December 1894 . He was stationed to the Washington Navy Yard from 1892 to 1894 , the " USS Montgomery " from August 1894 to 1897 , the Naval War College on June 1897 , back to the Washington Ship Yard from 1897 to 1898 , and the " USS Saint Paul " . He became a Lieutenant on May 1898 . Poyer retired from active duty in on June 30 , 1906 on account of ill - health as a Lieutenant commander , but was brought back to active duty to become Governor of American Samoa . Governorship . On March 1 , 1915 , Poyer relieved Lieutenant Charles Armijo Woodruff and became the twelfth Governor of American Samoa , the eleventh man to hold the office . He is only one of three men to hold the office of Naval Governor after having already retired from the Navy . As Governor , Poyer ended prohibition of alcohol in the territory . During the 1918 flu pandemic , Poyer quarantined American Samoa after hearing news reports of worldwide deaths on the radio . This action caused American Samoa to be one of the few places in the world to not suffer any flu deaths . Angered by the quarantine of ships , Lieutenant Colonel Robert Logan of the New Zealand Army , administer of Western Samoa , cut off communications with American Samoa . For his leadership in preventing the spread of Spanish influenza , Poyer received the Navy Cross . Poyer transferred command of American Samoa to Warren Jay Terhune on June 10 , 1919 , ending his governorship . His term is the longest of any Governor of American Samoa . After his retirement , Poyer lived in Washington , D . C . until his death .
Fushun War Criminals Management Centre Fushun War Criminals Management Centre ( ) , also known as Liaodong No . 3 Prison or Liaoning No . 3 Prison was the site of the re - education of Manchuko , Kuomintang and Japanese prisoners of war , held by China from 1950 onwards . It was located in the Xinfu District , Fushun , Liaoning . Among the inmates were Puyi , the last emperor of China and former puppet emperor of Manchukuo , his younger brother Pujie and several other important World War II figures such as Xi Qia , Zang Shiyi and Zhang Jinghui . Part of the prison site remains in use , but the older section has been turned into a museum depicting the history of Fushun war criminals management centre and the life of the people who worked or were interned there . The prison was originally constructed in 1936 by the occupying Japanese . At the end of World War II , the USSR had overrun the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo and captured many of its government members and military personnel , both Chinese and Japanese . These prisoners were held near Khabarovsk ( Boli ) in the Russian Far East . During 1949 and early 1950 , the Chinese sent delegations to the USSR headed by Mao Zedong in which they secured the extradition of these prisoners to China . Premier Zhou Enlai instructed the Northeast Judicial Department to make preparations for handling the war criminals . Liaodong No . 3 prison , on the northern edge of Fushun city , was selected for conversion into the War Criminals Management Centre . The first train carrying prisoners arrived in Fushun station at 3 o ' clock on July 21 , 1950 . They were then transferred the short distance to the prison by bus . In this first train load there were 969 Japanese detainees and 71 prisoners from the Manchukuo puppet regeme . Some other Japanese prisoners were transferred from other locations such as Taiyuan War Criminals Management Centre , to bring the total number of Japanese prisoners to 982 . The Japanese prisoners can be divided by occupation into 667 army personnel , 116 gendarme , 155 special police and 44 administrative . Of these 35 had the rank of general , 125 were field officers and 852 were junior officers or below . Alongside these prisoners from World War II were inmates from the Chinese Civil War that ended in 1949 . These Kuomintang prisoners numbered 354 . In 1956 , trials of the Japanese prisoners were undertaken . Over the period 1956 to 1964 , the Japanese prisoners were all released . Between 1959 and 1975 , the Manchukuo and Kuomintang prisoners received special pardons and were released in stages . In total over 1300 prisoners had passed through the centre . The Fushun War Criminals Management Centre was converted , in 1986 , to a museum and opened to the public . The War Criminals Management Centre was depicted in several scenes of the 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci film , " The Last Emperor " , which won 9 Oscars .
HNLMS Evertsen ( F805 ) HNLMS " Evertsen " ( F805 ) ( Dutch : Zr . Ms . Evertsen ) is the fourth De Zeven Provinciën class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy . The ( then ) Hr Ms " Evertsen " visited South Africa in late 2007 as part of a NATO task force on a friendship visit . From February till June 2008 she was patrolling the Somalian waters for the World Food Programme . She was back in these same waters in 2009 for operation Atalanta . In early December 2009 , she was involved in the capture of a group of Somali pirate s , who had allegedly attacked the merchant ship . As of 2013 , Lieutenant - Commander Boudewijn Boots is HNLMS " Evertsen " s commanding officer .
Waco CG - 15 The Waco CG - 15 was an American military glider , which was developed from the CG - 4 . Although outwardly similar to its predecessor and carrying the same number of passengers , a number of changes in the design , including shortened wings and a more streamlined nose enabled it to travel faster . 1 , 000 were ordered and 473 were delivered before production ceased . Two were transferred to the Navy for testing as the XLR2W - 1 . One unit was converted into an XPG - 3 powered glider which used two Jacobs R - 755 - 9 radial engines .
Ernest Courtot de Cissey Ernest Louis Octave Courtot de Cissey ( ; 1810 – 1882 ) was a French general . He was born in Paris , educated at the Prytanée National Militaire , and after passing through St Cyr , entered the army in 1832 , becoming captain in 1839 . He saw active service in Algeria , and became " chef d ' escadron " in 1849 and lieutenant - colonel in 1850 . He took part as a colonel in the Crimean War , and after the battle of Inkerman received the rank of general of brigade . In 1863 he was promoted general of division . When the Franco - German War broke out in 1870 , de Cissey was given a divisional command in the Army of the Rhine , and he was included in the surrender of Bazaine ' s army at Metz . He was released from captivity only at the end of the war , and on his return was at once appointed by the Versailles government to a command in the army engaged in the suppression of the Commune , a task in the execution of which he displayed great rigour . From July 1871 de Cissey sat as a deputy , and he had already become minister of war . He occupied this post several times during the critical period of the reorganization of the French army , and served briefly as Prime Minister of France from 1874 to 1875 . In 1875 , he was elected senator for life . In 1880 , whilst holding the command of the XI corps at Nantes , he was accused of having relations with a certain Baroness Kaula , who was said to be a spy in the pay of Germany , and he was in consequence relieved from duty . An inquiry subsequently held resulted in de Cissey ' s favour ( 1881 ) . Cissey ' s Ministry , 22 May 1874 – 10 March 1875 . Changes
Ngô Du Ngô Du ( 1926 - 197 ? ) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN ) . A Catholic from Qui Nhơn and the son of a government official , he was educated at a French Catholic boy ' s school in Huế . He held few combat commands and had few connections with the South Vietnamese political elite . Du held low - key planning positions on the ARVN Joint General Staff until he was propelled into the role of acting commander of the IV Corps Tactical Zone upon the accidental death of Brigadier General Nguyen Viet Thanh in 1970 . In August 1972 , however , Du found himself promoted to command of the II Corps Tactical Zone in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam . From his headquarters at Pleiku , he and his senior U . S . advisor , John Paul Vann , commanded ARVN forces during the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive of 1972 . His command abilities during the ensuing fighting , according to his American advisors , left quite a lot to be desired . On 10 May 1972 he was replaced as corps commander by Major General Nguyen Van Toan .
419th Flight Test Squadron The 419th Flight Test Squadron ( 419 FTS ) is a United States Air Force squadron . It is assigned to the 412th Operations Group , Air Force Materiel Command , stationed at Edwards Air Force Base , California . Overview . The 419th FTS performs flight testing on B - 2 Spirit , B - 1 Lancer , and B - 52 Stratofortress strategic bombers . History . World War II . Established as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment squadron in early 1942 ; trained under Second Air Force . Flew antisubmarine patrols off the California coast from , late May – early June 1942 , then over the Mid - Atlantic coast during June – July 1942 . Deployed to European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) in August 1942 , being assigned to VIII Bomber Command , one of the first B - 17 heavy bomb squadrons assigned to England . Engaged in strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe attacking enemy military and industrial targets . Reassigned to Mediterranean Theater of Operations ( MTO ) as part of Operation Torch invasion of North Africa . Operated from desert airfields in Algeria and Tunisia during North African and Tunisian campaign . Assigned to Northwest African Strategic Air Force during Invasion of Sicily and later Italy in 1943 . Allocated to Fifteenth Air Force for strategic bombing of Nazi Germany and occupied Europe . Attacked enemy targets primarily in the Balkans ; Southern France ; Southern Germany and Austria from southern Italy ; engaged in shuttle bombing missions to airfields in the Soviet Union during the summer of 1944 . Personnel largely demobilized after German capitulation in May 1945 ; squadron reassigned to the United States and was programmed for conversion to B - 29 Superfortess operations and deployment to Pacific Theater , plans canceled after Japanese capitulation in August 1945 . Aircraft sent to storage and unit inactivated largely as a paper unit in October 1945 . Cold War . The squadron was activated in 1959 as a result of Strategic Air Command phasing out the B - 47 Stratojet , and additional squadrons were activated as part of the consolation of Stratojet wings , and the replacement of the B - 47 by B - 52 Stratofortress es . In March 1961 , President John F . Kennedy directed that the phaseout of the B - 47 be accelerated . and the squadron was inactivated on 1 January 1962 as part of the drawdown of the USAF B - 47 force , with the aircraft were sent to AMARC storage at Davis - Monthan . Flight Test Squadron . Reactivated as a flight test squadron at Edwards AFB in 1989 taking over the Air Force Flight Test Center Strategic Systems Division ( B - 52G / H Stratofortress ) . Also operated UAV test program ( MQ - 1 Predator ) 1994 - 2000 when the UAV program was realigned . Gained B - 1 Lancer program from the 410th Flight Test Squadron in 1991 when the 410th was moved to Palmdale and took over the F - 117 Program . Gained B - 2 Spirit program from the inactivating 420th Flight Test Squadron on 30 December 1997 .
466th Air Expeditionary Group The 466th Air Expeditionary Group ( AEG ) of the United States Air Force provides specified Administrative and Operational control ( ADCON / OPCON ) of more than 1 , 800 Airmen at more than 90 locations across Afghanistan . This includes Joint Expeditionary Tasking ( JET ) airmen and Individual Augmentees ( IA ) assigned against Joint organizations . The 466 AEG is headquartered at Camp Phoenix , Kabul . The 466 AEG reports directly to the Commander , 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force – Afghanistan . The 466 AEG ' s mission was formerly performed by the now inactive 755th Air Expeditionary Group . Mission . The unit ' s mission is threefold : The Group supports International Security Assistance Force operations with essential resources to strengthen security and build a solid infrastructure . Unit description . The 466th AEG is composed of Airmen from more than 115 Air Force Specialty Codes including security forces , explosive ordnance disposal , civil engineering , contracting , communications , medical , intelligence , legal and logistics support to train local officials and rebuild the country . History . In May 2009 , the group added four subordinate squadrons to provide the growing number of Airmen supporting supporting Provincial Reconstruction Team s , Embedded Training Teams and Brigade Support Teams . Each of the four squadrons are geographically located within their respective areas of responsibility within the ISAF Regional Command ( RC ) . The squadrons under the group are :
Hans Röttiger General Hans Röttiger ( 16 April 1896 – 15 April 1960 ) was a Panzer General in the German army during World War II and the first Inspector of the Bundeswehr . He joined the Imperial German Army in 1914 and served from 1915 as a leutnant in the 20th artillery regiment . After World War I he served in the Reichswehr as a battery officer , adjutant and battery chief . He then served as an officer on the General Staff of the Wehrmacht . At the beginning of World War II Röttiger was an oberstleutnant and he served as from 1939 – 1940 as the Chief of Operations VI Corps . From 1940 – 1942 he was Chief of Staff XXXXI Corps and was then appointed the Chief of Staff of the 4th Panzer Army on the Eastern Front , serving at Stalingrad . From 1943 to 1944 he was the Chief of Staff of the 4th Army and of Army Group A from 1944 - 1945 under Generaloberst Josef Harpe . He then became the Chief of Staff of Army Group C in Italy under Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring . On 30 January 1945 he was promoted to General der Panzertruppe . Röttiger was a prisoner of war of the British and Americans from the end of the war until 1948 . In 1950 he was a participant at the meeting to discuss the establishment of a new German defence force . He re - enlisted in 1956 as a Generalleutnant and on 21 September 1957 he became the first inspector of the Bundeswehr and was instrumental in its early development . On 15 April 1960 he died in office .