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Armed Forces Entertainment Armed Forces Entertainment ( AFE ) is the official United States Department of Defense ( DoD ) agency for providing entertainment to U . S . military personnel overseas . Armed Forces Entertainment hosts over 1 , 200 shows around the world each year , reaching over 500 , 000 personnel at 355 military installations . Types of talent include musicians , comedians , cheerleaders , and celebrities of sports , movies and television . Armed Forces Entertainment was founded in 1951 to provide up - and - coming American entertainment to US troops and their family members stationed overseas , with priority to remote and isolated locations , ships at sea , and contingency operations . Entertainment is provided to the Army , Navy , Air Force , Marine Corps and Coast Guard . This is different from the non - government United Service Organizations ( USO ) , whose entertainers tend to be famous , and generally aren ' t sent as close to the front line . Armed Forces Entertainment is an Air Force command operation and is the single point of contact with the DoD for providing entertainment to US military personnel serving overseas . It is the lead agency in providing transportation and logistical support for the USO in bringing celebrity entertainers to troops . Armed Forces Entertainment typically showcases emerging artists but also features celebrity acts such as Kid Rock and Drew Carey . The responsible organization for overseas military entertainment has changed names and jurisdictions over its first five decades ; from the United Services Organization Camp Shows to the U . S . Army ’ s Armed Forces Professional Entertainment Office ( AFPEO ) and resting in 2006 with the U . S . Air Force ’ s Armed Forces Entertainment office . However , the mission has remained constant : to provide a program of live , professional entertainment to enhance the quality of life for Armed Forces personnel .
HMS Warrior ( 1781 ) HMS " Warrior " was a 74 - gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 18 October 1781 at Portsmouth . A year after her launch she took part in the Battle of the Saintes . In 1801 , she was part of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker ' s reserve squadron at the Battle of Copenhagen , and so did not participate in the battle . In 1805 , she was part of Admiral Robert Calder ' s fleet at the Battle of Cape Finisterre . Later in December of that year she was involved in towing HMS " Victory " to Spithead . " Warrior " became a receiving ship in 1818 , a prison ship after 1840 , and was eventually broken up in 1857 .
Charles H . Johnston Rear Admiral ( Upper Half ) Charles H . Johnston , United States Navy , was appointed Vice Commander of the Naval Air Systems Command , ( NAVAIR ) at NAS Patuxent River , Maryland in December 2001 . Biography . Johnston grew up in Memphis , Tennessee , and attended Memphis University School . Johnston entered the Navy through the Aviation Officer Candidate Program and was commissioned in October 1973 . He received a master of science degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida while earning his naval aviator wings . He served in Attack Squadron 15 aboard USS " America " flying the A - 7E Corsair with Adm Mark P . Fitzgerald . He next reported to Attack Squadron 174 as an instructor pilot and weapons training officer . In 1981 he was accepted as an aerospace engineering duty officer . His subsequent sea duty was in the Air Department , USS Forrestal . Johnston next studied at the Naval Postgraduate School , Monterey , where he received a master ' s of science degree in aeronautical engineering ( avionics ) . After graduating from the U . S . Naval Test Pilot School in 1986 he served as F / A - 18 project director , Ordnance Branch head , and chief test pilot , Systems Engineering Test Directorate at the Naval Air Test Center . In 1989 he reported to the Naval Plant Representative Office Melbourne , Australia , as the executive officer and later served as commanding officer . From 1992 to 1995 he served in the F / A - 18 Program Office , under the program executive officer , Tactical Aircraft Program ( PEO TAC ) , as deputy for production and systems development . He next served as the military director for systems engineering and later as the director of engineering for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division . In August 1996 he became Program Manager for Conventional Strike Weapons under the PEO TAC . Johnston has flown in excess of 3 , 000 flight hours in more than 30 models of fixed and rotary wing aircraft . His honors include the Navy Meritorious Service Medal , the Legion of Merit , the Navy Commendation Medal , a Navy Achievement Medal and nine unit commendation and campaign awards . Adm . Johnston ' s wife is Beverly , they have two children . He retired on April 8 , 2005 at NAS Patuxent River . Johnston is now a Vice President at Wyle Laboratories , Inc .
Frontline Song and Dance Troupe The Frontline Song and Dance Troupe ( 前线歌舞团 ) founded 1946 in Nanjing , officially named in 1955 , is a dance song and theatre troupe of the Huadong command of the Peoples Liberation Army . The troupe was the testing ground and originator of many of the patriotic and revolutionary plays and musicals of the 1960s - 1980s . The troupe continues to appear regularly on China Central Television .
Balance of terror The phrase " balance of terror " is usually used in reference to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War . It describes the tenuous peace that existed between the two countries as a result of both governments being terrified at the prospect of a world - destroying nuclear war . The term is usually used for rhetorical purposes , and was probably coined by Lester Pearson in June 1955 at the 10th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter : " the balance of terror has replaced the balance of power " . Some political scientists use this phrase as a means of differentiating the world situation that followed World War II from that which preceded it . Previously , empires had prevented war between each other by maintaining a relative balance of their ability ( economic , military , and political ) to wage war against each other — the phrase " balance of power " was often used to describe this kind of tentative peace . The atomic bomb created a new political reality , in which two superpowers had the ability to destroy all of human civilization . The obstacle to war between the communists and capitalists was no longer the fear that the other side was more powerful , but rather the realization that nuclear arsenals were now large enough and deadly enough that winning would still likely result in the destruction of one ' s country ( and the rest of the world as well ) . In this counterintuitive way , the existence of the most powerful weapons ever created actually supported a kind of peace : while many wars were fought around the world during the Cold War , the superpowers never fought each other directly , nor have atomic bombs been dropped in combat since Nagasaki .
Lycée naval The Lycée naval or Collège naval ( KN ) is one of France ' s six military lycée s . It is part of the Brest Naval Training Centre ( the " Centre d ' instruction naval de Brest " , or " CIN " ) . Housed in the Brest naval base , the CIN also includes the École de maistrance ( training future naval non - commissioned officer s ) and the seamen ' s training school . The school has two aims - to help naval families , and to help recruitment to the French Navy . Its teaching is divided into two distinct parts :
Anthony Taylor ( Medal of Honor ) Anthony Taylor ( October 11 , 1837 , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania – May 21 , 1894 , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was a Medal of Honor Recipient in the American Civil War . Biography . Anthony Taylor was born in Burlington County , New Jersey on October 11 , 1837 , the son of Dr . Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Ash Jones . He was educated at the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia . Taylor entered service at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , in Company A , 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry as a Private on August 22 , 1861 . He was promoted from Private to Sergeant , October 20 , 1862 ; to 1st Sergeant , March 1 , 1863 ; to 1st Lt . , May 8 , 1863 . Shortly after enlisting , Taylor was in the Battle of Antietam . He then followed his regiment West to join the Army of the Cumberland at Nashville , where he participated in the Battle of Stones River . After being commissioned First Lieutenant in 1863 he was in command of Company A . He served on the battlefield at Chickamauga were he was in charge of the couriers at the headquarters of General William Rosecrans . As a First Lieutenant , Taylor was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at the Battle of Chickamauga , Georgia , on September 20 , 1863 . Date of issue : December 4 , 1893 . Taylor later took part in the Siege of Knoxville , and at Sevierville , Dandridge and the battle of Mossy Creek . On March 13 , 1865 he was detailed acting Aide - de - Camp on the staff of Brevet Brigadier General William J . Palmer . He participated in the long campaign and cavalry raid from Knoxville , through North Carolina and Virginia , and south through North and South Carolina , Georgia and Alabama . Anthony Taylor carried the dispatch from General Palmer that led to the capture of Jefferson Davis , President of the Confederacy . Commissioned Captain on June 1 , 1865 , Taylor was mustered out along with the regiment in June 21 , 1865 . After leaving the Army , Taylor became actively involved in the coal business , working under the name of " Anthony Taylor and Company . " He was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States . Taylor married Caroline Fletcher Johnson , daughter of Lawrence and Mary Winder Johnson , in Philadelphia on February 1 , 1871 . They were the parents of two children : Mary Lawrence Taylor , born January 5 , 1872 , and Elizabeth Elmslie Taylor , born September 23 , 1893 . Anthony Taylor died in Philadelphia on May 21 , 1894 . His wife died on December 19 , 1919 in Devon , Pennsylvania . Both are interred in the churchyard of the Church of St . James the Less in Philadelphia . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and Organization : First Lieutenant , Company A , 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry . Place and date : At Chickamauga , Ga . , September 20 , 1863 . Entered service at : Philadelphia , Pa . Born : October 11 , 1837 , Burlington , N . J . Date of issue : December 4 , 1893 . Citation : Held out to the last with a small force against the advance of superior numbers of the enemy .
USS PC - 496 USS " PC - 496 " was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . She sank on 4 June 1943 in the Mediterranean . Although the cause was speculated as a naval mine at the time of her sinking , it was later revealed that " PC - 496 " had been sunk by an Italian submarine . Career . " PC - 496 " was built by Leathem D . Smith Coal and Shipbuilding Co . in Sturgeon Bay , Wisconsin , being laid down on 24 April 1941 . She was launched on 22 November 1941 and commissioned on 26 February 1942 at New Orleans , Louisiana . She was assigned to the European Theater of Operations where she was destroyed by an Italian torpedo off the coast of Bizerte , Tunisia , on 4 June 1943 . Service . After " PC - 496 " was built in Sturgeon Bay , Wisconsin , she traversed the Mississippi River to New Orleans where she received her commission and captain , Lieutenant James S . Dowdell , USNR . " PC - 496 " underwent a brief training period at the Subchaser Training Center in Miami , Florida , before she was reassigned to convoy duties running out of Norfolk , Virginia . Her area of operation expanded to include escorting oil tankers between New York City and Guantanamo Bay , Cuba where British Royal Navy frigates would escort them the rest of the way to Recife , Brazil . " PC - 496 " continued escorting convoys until she was tasked with escorting a convoy of LCIs to North Africa in April 1943 . Upon arriving in North Africa she first made port in Beni Saf , Algeria , before moving east to Mers - el - Kebir and then to Arzew . " PC - 496 " set out from Arzew towards Bizerte , but she never made it . On 4 June 1943 , eight miles from Bizerte , a massive explosion ripped through the hull of " PC - 496 " and she foundered in under a minute . Five members of the crew were killed in the explosion and subsequent foundering of the ship . The surviving crew members were rescued by allied ships in the area and transported to the American - occupied French naval base at La Pecherie , at Lake Bizerte , Tunisia . Aftermath . The Navy reported that the cause of " PC - 496 " s foundering was due to underwater explosions or a single blast . The surviving crewmen remember it as a single explosion and believed it to most likely have been caused by an underwater mine . However , several years later , Second Class Yeoman Carter Barber , who had been on board " PC - 496 " at the time , learned that the explosion was caused by a torpedo fired from an Italian submarine , the commander of which had mistaken " PC - 496 " for a destroyer . The commander of the Italian submarine was later court - martialed for wasting a torpedo on such a small ship .
Norman Douglas Holbrook Commander Norman Douglas Holbrook VC ( 9 July 1888 – 3 July 1976 ) was a British naval recipient of the Victoria Cross ( VC ) , the highest award of the British honours system . Holbrook was the first submariner to be awarded the VC and it was the first naval VC gazetted in the First World War . Early life . Holbrook was born 9 July 1888 in Southsea , Hampshire . He was educated privately and at Portsmouth Grammar School . In 1903 , he enrolled in the officer training establishment Britannia Royal Naval College and was appointed midshipman on 9 January 1905 . He joined the submarine depot ship on 4 April 1911 , served in submarines , and before taking command of HMS " B11 " on 30 December 1913 . World War I . Holbrook was 26 years old , a lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the First World War when on 13 December 1914 at the Dardanelles , Turkey , he performed a deed for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross . He was in command of the submarine , an old and obsolete craft built in 1905 . Notwithstanding the difficulties of a treacherous current in the Dardanelles , he dived under five rows of mines and torpedoed and sank the , which was guarding the mine - field . In spite of being attacked by gunfire and torpedo boats , Holbrook succeeded in bringing the " B11 " back to the Mediterranean , When they got back to safety the " B11 " had been submerged for nine hours . Holbrook later achieved the rank of Commander . Death and legacy . Holbrook died on 3 July 1976 at Midhurst , Sussex . He was buried at St James Old Churchyard , Stedham , West Sussex . He is probably the only VC recipient to have a town and ( until May 2004 ) a local government area named for him . On 24 August 1915 , amid a wave of anti - German feeling related to the First World War , the name of the New South Wales Eastern Riverina town of Germanton was changed to Holbrook to honour the recent VC recipient . He subsequently visited the town on three occasions . His widow , Mrs . Gundula Holbrook , donated his medal to the Council of the Shire of Holbrook in 1982 . In 1995 she made a substantial donation towards the establishment of a submariners ' memorial in the town , and in 1997 visited the town to unveil it . A bronze statue of Holbrook stands in Germanton Park , Holbrook . Holbrook ' s medal was donated to the Council of the Shire of Holbrook , New South Wales in 1982 . It subsequently passed to Greater Hume Shire Council upon the amalgamation of several Riverina shires in May 2004 . Holbrook ’ s medal group , including his Victoria Cross , went on display at the Australian War Memorial on 11 December 2009 . His medals are on loan from the Greater Hume Shire Council . A replica may be seen at the Submarine Museum , Holbrook . Holbrook Road in Portsmouth is named after him .
Danlayer A danlayer was a type of vessel assigned to minesweeping flotillas during and immediately after World War II . They were usually small trawlers , fitted for the purpose of laying dans . A dan is a marker buoy which consists of a long pole moored to the seabed and fitted to float vertically , usually with a coded flag at the top . Dan laying was an important part of minesweeping , and boats were fitted specifically for this purpose . The task of a danlayer was to follow the minesweepers as they worked an area , and lay the dans which defined the area swept and made it obvious where the clear channels were . This would also help the minesweepers cover areas accurately without gaps and unnecessary overlaps . A danlayer worked with a minesweeper flotilla when large areas of sea were to be clear - swept . List of danlayers . Germany . Since Germany had been an exponent of mine warfare since the 1920s , it was natural that the Kriegsmarine used a number of danlayers during World War II . Danlayers of the Kriegsmarine included the following vessels : Britain . Danlayers employed by the Royal Navy during the extensive mine clearance operations following World War II included the following " Isles " - class trawler s . Two Round Table class trawler s , " Sir Lanceleot " ( T228 ) and " Sir Galahad " ( T226 ) were converted from minesweeper s to danlayers prior to the Normandy landings . In 1944 , prior to the Allied invasion of Normandy , the Admiralty - type Motor Mine Sweepers Nos . 141 , 142 , 238 , 239 , 240 , and 214 were converted to danlayers and redesignated as follows : HMS Burfin , HMS Cottel , HMS Fichot , HMS Jude , HMS Quirpon , HMS St . Barbe , respectively . All were twin - screw , wooden , 105 - foot , coastal - minesweeping sloops built by Steers Ltd . at Saint John , New Brunswick , Canada between 1941 and 1943 . New Zealand . Danlayers employed by the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II
Eurocopter AS350 The Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil ( Squirrel ) is a single - engined light helicopter originally manufactured by Aérospatiale in France ( now part of Eurocopter Group ) . The AS350 is marketed in North America as the AStar . The AS355 Ecureuil 2 ( marketed in North America as the TwinStar . ) is a twin - engined variant , while the Eurocopter EC130 is a derivative of the AS350 airframe . Design and development . Development began in the early 1970s to replace the Aérospatiale Alouette II , and the first flight took place on 27 June 1974 . Despite the introduction of the EC130 , production of the Eurocopter AS350 remains strong . The Helicópteros do Brasil ( Helibras ) subsidiary of Eurocopter signed a contract for a major upgrade program on the Brazilian Army ’ s fleet of 36 AS350 Ecureuils . Operational history . On May 14 , 2005 an AS350 B3 piloted by Eurocopter test pilot Didier Delsalle touched down on the top of Mt . Everest , at . This record has been confirmed by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale . On April 29 , 2010 a stripped - down AS350 B3 succeeded in rescuing three alpinists from Annapurna I , Nepal at 8091 metres 4 , 877 meters , one at a time , the highest such rescue . Operators . The AS350 is in service around the world operated by private individuals , airline and charter operators , emergency medical teams , governments and law enforcement agencies . Specifications ( AS350 B3 ) . † 4 , 5 , & 6 passengers options available . The 6 passenger configuration is a relatively uncommon high - density seating option that replaces one front seat with a two person bench and the pilot relocated to the left side of the cockpit .
14th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment The 14th Kansas Militia Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 14th Kansas Militia Infantry was called into service on October 9 , 1864 . It was disbanded on October 29 , 1864 . Detailed service . The unit was called into service to defend Kansas against Major General Sterling Price ' s raid .
William D . Wood William D . Wood ( December 14 , 1822 – February 2 , 1867 ) was an American Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War . He began the war serving as aide - de - camp to Hamilton Gamble , governor of Missouri . He received his appointment as brevet brigadier general dated to March 13 , 1865 .
Screw sloop A screw sloop is a propeller - driven sloop - of - war . In the 19th century , during the introduction of the steam engine , ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle - wheels by referring to the ship ' s " screws " ( propellers ) . Other propeller - driven warship s included screw frigate s and screw corvette s .
United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms The United nation Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects was held in New York from 9 – 20 July 2001 as decided in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 54 / 54 V . Preceded by three preparatory committee sessions , the two - week Conference resulted in the adoption of the ' Programme of Action to Prevent , Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects . ' States are required to report to the United Nations on the progress of their implementation of the UN Programme of Action , commonly known as the PoA . The PoA was predicated upon a hypothesis that the illicit trade in small arms is a large and serious problem requiring global action through the UN . This hypothesis was ultimately disproven through progressive improvements in scholarship in the 2000s . The global size , scope , and impact of the entirely illicit international trade in small arms turned out to be much smaller and less of a concern to countries themselves than first hypothesized , with internal societal factors rising in relative importance . According to a well regarded 2012 Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution publication , " the relative importance of diversion or misuse of officially authorised transfers , compared to international entirely illegal black market trafficking has been thoroughly confirmed . " The authors go on to elaborate that . . . " For most developing or fragile states , a combination of weak domestic regulation of authorised firearms possession with theft , loss or corrupt sale from official holdings tends to be a bigger source of weapons concern than illicit trafficking across borders . " The United Nations General Assembly scheduled a review conference in New York which was held from 26 June to 7 July 2006 . The Review Conference was plagued by disagreements and states were unable to agree on a substantive outcome document . There have also been four Biennial Meetings of States to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action , in 2003 , 2005 , 2008 and 2010 . The 2008 Biennial Meeting of States resulted in the adoption , by vote , of an Outcome Document focusing on three main issues : international assistance , cooperation and capacity - building , stockpile management and surplus disposal and illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons . The Fourth Biennial Meeting in 2010 was able to adopt , for the first time by consensus , a substantive Outcome Document which addresses the issue of illicit trade across borders . A review conference of the Programme of Action is scheduled for 2012 .