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2006 Ramadan Offensive The 2006 Ramadan Offensive refers to the attacks mounted by insurgents in Iraq during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in 2006 , three years after the original Ramadan Offensive . Among the targets were U . S . , Iraqi and other Coalition military targets , but also a large number of civilians was also killed by death squads . Most of the civilian killings was conducted by the Mahdi Army which was seeking to purge the Sunni population of Baghdad . The offensive coincided with a Coalition operation called Together Forward which was to significantly reduce the violence in Baghdad which had seen a sharp uprise since the mid - February 2006 bombing of the Askariya Mosque , a major Shia Muslim shrine , in Samarra . However , the operation failed . Moreover the insurgents managed take control of more than 80 percent of Baghdad . Also insurgents made huge gains in the western Al Anbar and southern Babil province . Forcing Coalition and Iraqi security forces from a large number of towns and cities . This period also saw the battle of Amarah , during which rouge Mahdi Army fighters fought with the police , who were members of the Badr Organisation , for control of the southern city of Amarah .
HESEG Foundation HESEG Foundation ( the Foundation ) is a Canadian registered charity that awards academic scholarships and support stipends to individuals who have completed their military service in the Israel Defense Forces , with a special emphasis on Lone Soldiers . The Foundation was founded by Canadians Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman . They believe Lone Soldiers are the “ volunteers of the volunteers ” . Heather Reisman has said : " “ Our scholars who sacrifice so much for the State of Israel embody the spirit of giving . They are the pioneers of the new millennium . We , at HESEG , salute them and extend a helping hand to obtain an academic education . ” " In 2006 , the Foundation purchased a building on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv , Israel and named it HESEG House . Since then HESEG House has become the center of the Foundation ’ s operations and activities . HESEG scholars are required to succeed in their academic studies in Israel and complete a minimum of 130 hours per year of community service , some of which are completed as a group and initiated by the Foundation . Aviv Bushinsky is the President and CEO of the Foundation and oversees the operations of the Foundation in Israel . HESEG is the Hebrew word for achievement . The History of HESEG House . HESEG House , located at 46 Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv , Israel is also known as the " Russian Embassy " or “ Levin House ” and is one of the most famous buildings in Tel Aviv . The building was built by Zvi Yaakov Levin , an immigrant from Chicago . Levin asked the architect Yehuda Megidovitsch to plan a large and spacious house , from which he worked to build the country and encourage immigration to Israel . In 1948 the building was confiscated by the Haganah and was used as its headquarters to during the Israeli War of Independence . In 1953 , the building became the Russia n Embassy . Inevitably , it was bombed by Lehi activists to protest the persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union . Since then the ownership of the building has changed several times . In 1991 it was renovated and declared a Historic Preservation Monument . In November 2006 the building was acquired by the Foundation and now , after a thorough renovation , is the center of the Foundation ’ s operations and activities .
Headquarters Company 348th Brigade Support Battalion Headquarters Company 348th Brigade Support Battalion Constituted 1 September 2009 in the Georgia Army National Guard as the 348th Support Battalion Organized 3 June 2010 from new and existing elements , with Headquarters at Cumming , GA . http : / / en . wikipedia . org / wiki / 348th _ Brigade _ Support _ Battalion History . Head Quarters Company 348TH Brigade Support Battalion – Cumming , GA . 1 September 2009 1st - Commander 1LT Patrick Brewer 1st - First Sergent Bobby Mayfield 2nd - Commander CPT Terance Caple 2nd - First Sergent Al Hardy Mission . The 348th Brigade Support Battalion mission is to support the 648th MEB with manned , ready , and fully equipped mission - capable units to combatant and joint task force commanders , with the capabilities of full - spectrum operations and consequence management to support the war - fight and homeland defense , as well as to provide defense support to civilian authorities in times of crisis .
14th Antisubmarine Squadron The 14th Antisubmarine Squadron is a disbanded United States Army Air Forces unit , which patrolled the East Coast of the United States for enemy submarines during World War II . Its last assignment was with Second Air Force at Biggs Field , Texas . It was disbanded on 5 November 1943 . History . The squadron was established in October 1942 as the 519th Bombardment Squadron , a heavy bombardment squadron that was one of the four squadrons assigned to the 377th Bombardment Group . The following month the squadron ' s name was changed to the 14th Antisubmarine Squadron reflecting its mission to patrol the coastline and offshore waters for enemy submarines . The squadron was initially equipped with light observation aircraft . Before the end of the year it was assigned North American B - 25 Mitchell s . At the end of the year , the 377th Group was inactivated and the squadron was assigned directly to the 25th Antisubmarine Wing , which was responsible for anti - submarine operations off the Atlantic coast of the United States . The following year the unit received some Lockheed B - 34 Ventura medium bombers and Consolidated B - 24 Liberator heavy bombers . The squadron deployed in 1943 to patrol the Mid - Atlantic from Langley Field . In September 1943 the anti - submarine mission was taken over by United States Navy patrol aircraft and the squadron moved to Texas where it was reassigned to Second Air Force , which disbanded it and used its personnel as cadre s for new heavy bomber units .
Werner Weinlig Werner - Friedrich Weinlig ( 28 November 1912 – 25 March 1979 ) was a highly decorated Kapitänleutnant in the Kriegsmarine during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
Defence Fire Training and Development Centre The Defence Fire Training and Development Centre ( DFTDC , formerly FSCTE Manston ) is where Britain ' s Ministry of Defence trains its firefighters . It occupies part of a former Royal Air Force base near the village of Manston in the southeast corner of England . The remainder of the former RAF Manston is now part of Kent International Airport , a civilian airfield . History . The USAF returned the Manston base to the RAF in 1959 , and a number of training establishments were established there , including the Air Ministry Fire Training School . In 1989 the RAF consolidated the RAF Fire Fighting and Rescue Squadron from RAF Catterick to Manston , forming the RAF Fire Services Central Training Establishment ( CTE ) . In 1995 , the station was chosen to be the central training facility for all MOD firefighter training operations , and became MOD FSCTE . On 31 March 1999 , the remainder of RAF Manston closed , leaving FSCTE as the sole occupant of the previous domestic side of the base . The airside part of the base was signed over to the existing commercial operator to form Kent International Airport . In April 2007 the Army assumed responsibility for firefighting throughout the British armed forces , with the creation of the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation ( DFRMO ) at Andover . This led to the transfer of FSCTE from RAF Strike Command at RAF High Wycombe to HQ Land Forces at Wilton ( now Andover ) , controlled locally by HQ 2 Brigade at Shorncliffe Barracks , Folkestone . Manston Fire Museum . Inside the base , the old RAF CTE building is now a museum of firefighting , especially as it relates to the RAF , called the Manston Fire Museum . This started as the private collection of Flt Sgt Steve Shirley ; when he was posted to Manston the RAF agreed to take it over and it opened as the Ministry of Defence Fire Museum in June 1995 . It was renamed the Manston Fire Museum in November 1998 . The collection includes vehicles , models , badges , patches , uniforms , helmets , prints , extinguishers and fire fighting equipment . Since the museum lies within an active military base , visitors must first report to the RAF Police at the main gate to the camp . The base also owns several military aircraft for fire training , which may be viewed by prior appointment subject to operational requirements . There are a few more vehicles and Manston - related memorabilia at the RAF Manston museum across the road . See also . Defence Fire and Rescue Service
Vickers - Berthier The Vickers - Berthier ( VB ) light machine gun manufactured by Vickers - Armstrong was based on a French design of just before World War I intended for use on aircraft . In 1925 Vickers in Britain purchased licence rights for production in their Crayford factory , and as a replacement for the Lewis Gun . It was an alternative to the water - cooled Vickers machine gun of same manufacture . The weapon used a similar gas and tipping bolt mechanism to the Bren gun , and also had a removable barrel , and was air - cooled like the Bren . It was adopted by the Indian Army in 1933 . History . During the British Army trials of several light machine guns which began in 1932 , the Vickers - Berthier was in direct competition with the Bren light machine gun . The British Army adopted the Bren , and the Vickers - Berthier was adopted by the British Indian Army . A production line for the Vickers - Berthier Light Machine - Gun Mk 3 was established at the Ishapore Rifle Factory . The reasons for its failure were simple ; it was heavier , at 24 pounds than the lighter Bren at 22 pounds . It was also longer , and hard to stow away . The Bren also had a slower cyclic rate of 500 rpm , and far better portability . The only advantage the weapon had over the Bren was the far simpler design ; it could be produced more efficiently . Appearance and Design . The Vickers - Berthier Light Machine Gun has a 30 - round box magazine and a bipod stand , and is sometimes mistaken for the Bren as both used a similar curved magazine to accommodate the rimmed . 303 British cartridge . Use . Apart from India , it was only sold to a few Baltic and South American states , but the design was modified into the Vickers K machine gun , called the Vickers Gas Operated ( VGO ) . The weapon is fairly rare to see nowadays , but it remains in reserve with the modern Indian Army .
Third Battle of Elephant Pass In the Third battle of Elephant Pass , Elephant Pass was recaptured from the Tamil Tigers by the security forces of the Sri Lankan Army . Mahinda Rajapaksa , the president of Sri Lanka declared that Elephant Pass was captured by the army on January 9 , 2009 .
Military history of the United Kingdom The military history of the United Kingdom covers the period from the birth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 , with the political union of England and Scotland , to the present day . From the 18th century and with the expansion of the British Empire its military became the largest and most powerful in the world but declined during the 20th century in the wake of two world wars , decolonisation and the rise of the United States and USSR as superpowers . The British Armed Forces encompasses the Royal Navy , the British Army , and the Royal Air Force .
HMS Eagle ( 1745 ) HMS " Eagle " was a 58 - gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Harwich to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment , and launched on 2 December 1745 . She was under the command of George Rodney between 1747 and 1748 during the War of the Austrian Succession . " Eagle " is also notable as being the ship in which James Cook began his career in the Royal Navy , serving from 1755 to 1757 as Able Seaman and master ' s mate under Captain Joseph Hamar for his first year aboard , and Captain Hugh Palliser thereafter . " Eagle " was sold out of the navy in 1767 .
No . 5 Squadron RCAF No . 5 Squadron RCAF was a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron that was active during the Second World War . It was primarily used in an anti - submarine role with Eastern Air Command and was based at Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , Gander , Newfoundland and Sydney , Nova Scotia . The squadron flew the Supermarine Stranraer , Consolidated Canso and Consolidated Catalina before disbanding on 15 July 1945 . See also . Convoy ONS 5 References .
Bell YOH - 4 The Bell YOH - 4 ( originally YHO - 4 ) was a single - engine , single rotor , light helicopter developed for the United States Army ' s Light Observation Helicopter program . While the YOH - 4A was unsuccessful in the original LOH competition , Bell redesigned it as the sleek Bell 206A JetRanger for the commercial market , and enjoyed instant and lasting success . In 1967 , the Army reopened the LOH competition , and the 206A - based OH - 58 Kiowa was selected . Development . On 14 October 1960 , the United States Navy solicited responses from 25 aircraft manufacturers to a request for proposals ( RFP ) on behalf of the Army for the Light Observation Helicopter ( LOH ) . Bell entered the competition along with 12 other manufacturers , including Hiller Aircraft and Hughes Tool Co . , Aircraft Division . In January 1961 , Bell submitted Design 250 ( D - 250 ) , which would eventually be designated as the " YHO - 4 " . On 19 May 1961 , Bell and Hiller were announced as winners of the design competition . Bell produced five prototypes of the D - 250 , as Model 206 , in 1962 , the first prototype making its maiden flight on 8 December 1962 . That same year , all aircraft began to be designated according to the new Joint Services designation system , so the prototype aircraft were redesignated " YOH - 4A " . The YOH - 4A also became known as the " Ugly Duckling " in comparison to the other contending aircraft . Following a flyoff of the Bell , Hughes and Fairchild - Hiller prototypes , the Hughes OH - 6 was selected in May 1965 . After the failed military contract bid , Bell attempted to market the Model 206 , but it did not fare well at all commercially . Bell ' s market research showed that customers found the body design mostly unpalatable . Bell would eventually redesign the body of the airframe to a more sleek and aesthetic design and reintroduced it as the Bell 206A JetRanger . The data plate identifies the aircraft as Bell Model 206 , serial number 4 and the customer model as OH - 4A , serial number 62 - 4201 .
Manuel Quintas de Almeida Manuel Quintas de Almeida ( 1957 – 26 December 2006 ) was a lieutenant in the military of São Tomé and Príncipe . 15 August 1995 " coup d ' état " . He led a coup against the democratically elected government of President Miguel Trovoada on 15 August 1995 . However , he relinquished power on 21 August as part of an agreement . Background . In the 1970s , Almeida was a member of the MLSTP party youth . He was trained in surface artillery at the " Escola Comandante Benedito " in Luanda , Angola ( 1978 ) and later became a member of ex - Head of State Manuel Pinto da Costa ' s presidential guard . Death . He died on 26 December 2006 during a stay in Portugal for unspecified health reasons .
Charles Vigurs Charles Alfred Vigurs ( 11 July 1888 – 22 February 1917 ) was a British gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics . As a member of the British team in 1908 he finished eighth in the team competition . Four years later he was part of the British team , which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men ' s team , European system event . Vigurs was killed in action during the First World War , serving as a private with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment near Grenay . He was buried in the Maroc British Cemetery nearby .
Junker mutiny Junker mutiny ( ) was a counterrevolutionary mutiny of students of junker school s against the Bolsheviks in Petrograd in October 1917 . On October 29 ( November 11 ( N . S . ) ) of 1917 , students of junker schools in Petrograd rose up against the Bolsheviks under the leadership of the Committee for Salvation of Motherland and Revolution ( Комитет спасения родины и революции ) , organised by the Right Eser s . The goal of the mutiny was to support the Kerensky - Krasnov uprising ( October 26 – 31 , 1917 ) . The rebellious students wanted to seize the city telephone exchange , Peter and Paul Fortress , Smolny and arrest the Soviet government together with the Bolshevik leaders . On October 29 , the Red Guard patrol detained one of the leaders of the Junker mutiny , an Eser A . A . Bruderer , who had a plan of the mutiny with him . Former commander - in - chief of the Petrograd military okrug Colonel G . P . Polkovnikov pronounced himself a commander of the so called " salvation army " ( войска спасения ) and ordered his garrison not to execute orders issued by the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee ( PMRC ) , arrest its commissars , and send representatives from all military units to Nikolayevskoye School of Engineers ( a . k . a . Engineer ' s Fortress ) , the headquarters of the mutiny leaders . The junkers of the Nikolayevskoye School of Engineers seized the Mikhailovsky Manege , stole a number of armored car s , captured the city telephone exchange , cut off power in Smolny , seized Hotel Astoria , and began to disarm the Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers . The students of Vladimirskoye Military School disarmed the school guards and arrested some of the PMRC commissars . At 8 : 30 a . m . on October 29 , the leaders of the Junker mutiny sent out telegrams all over Petrograd , announcing the success of the rebellion and calling out for the arrest of all the PMRC commissars and the concentration of participating military units at the Nikolayevskoye School of Engineers . The revolutionary garrison of Petrograd , however , refused to support the mutiny . PMRC issued an appeal to the citizens of Petrograd and announced the state of siege . By 11 a . m . of October 29 , the Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers had regained control over the telephone exchange and surrounded the Engineer ’ s Fortress . Most of the junkers fled , but those who remained would be disarmed by 5 p . m . and sent to the Peter and Paul Fortress .
Battle of the Barrier The Battle of the Barrier was fought between British and Chinese forces at the boundary between Macau and mainland China on 19 August 1840 . The barrier ran across an isthmus separating Macau from mainland China . Battle . At about noon on 19 August 1840 , British corvette s , accompanied by the " Louisa " cutter and " Enterprise " steamer , having seamen and marines of the " Druid " with Bengal volunteers on board , attacked the barrier . The vessels opened fire on a battery about away which promptly returned fire . A British officer wrote , " The [ Chinese ] junks , which were aground in the inner harbour , were utterly useless , for none of their guns could be brought to bear , though several of the thirty - two pound shots of the ships found their way over the bank , much to the consternation of the occupants of the junks . " In less than an hour , the batteries were silenced and the British forces were landed . They consisted of a brigade of 380 men comprising 110 royal marines , 90 seamen from the " Druid " , and 180 troops from the Bengal volunteers .
Flach ( submarine ) Flach was the first submarine designed and built in Chile in 1866 . It was lost on a test run the same year , and is believed to lie on the seabed of the bay of Valparaiso . History . The " Flach " was built in 1866 at the request of the Chilean government , by Karl Flach , a German engineer and immigrant . It was the fifth submarine built in the world and , along with a second submarine , was intended to defend the port of Valparaiso against attack by the Spanish navy during the Chincha Islands War . ( The second vessel , built by Gustavo Heyermann , sank on its maiden voyage . ) Loss . On 3 May 1866 , after several days of successful testing , Karl Flach , his son , and nine other Chilean and German crewmen boarded the submarine for another test run . During the test , the submarine sank for unknown reasons ; it is now thought to lie at a depth of about 50 meters within the bay of Valparaiso . The " Flach " was located two days after the sinking by seamen from the English frigate HMS " Leander " , and a diver named John Wallace was able to see and draw the wreck , which was buried nose - down in the bay ' s sediment . According to some contemporary sources , an attempt to raise the submarine failed because of its burial . Present location . The Chilean Navy , with support from others , has searched for the submarine and intends to raise it after finding it , even though there is as yet no agreement on what to do with the remains of the eleven bodies thought to be inside . A finding of an object that appears to be the " Flach " was reported in " El Mercurio de Valparaiso " on 25 April 2007 . However , the finding has not been confirmed , because , as of August 2007 , sediment still has to be cleared away from the object .
USS Consolation ( AH - 15 ) USS " Consolation " ( AH - 15 ) was a originally in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1955 . In 1960 she was chartered to the People to People Health Foundation and renamed and served for another 14 years until being scrapped in 1975 . " Consolation " was built as " Marine Walrus " in 1944 by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co . , Chester , Pennsylvania . Sponsored by Mrs . H . C . Wilson ; acquired by the Navy 30 August 1944 ; converted at Bethlehem Steel Co . , Hoboken , New Jersey ; and commissioned 22 May 1945 , Cdr P . S . Tambling in command . With a bed capacity of 802 and a complement of 564 , " Consolation " joined the Pacific Fleet to provide hospital services , consultation , preventive medicine and casualty evacuation . Arriving on station in the Pacific after Victory over Japan Day , " Consolation " was assigned to establish a shore screening station and field hospital to screen Allied POW s at Wakayama , Honshū . She transferred 1 , 062 POW s to Okinawa and returned to serve as the base hospital for Honshū and then Nagoya , Japan during the Allied occupation of Japan . " Consolation " returned to San Francisco to undergo a brief overhaul from 23 November 1945 until 6 December 1945 . From March until October 1946 she served as a transport from the canal zone to New York . From October 1946 she remained in commission , although inactive , until the outbreak of the Korean War . Departing Norfolk 14 July 1950 , " Consolation " arrived at Korea 16 August to care for the wounded until 6 April 1954 . During this conflict she was the first hospital ship outfitted with a helicopter landing pad , in length , during 1951 . In August she participated in Operation " Passage to Freedom " to return French troops from Vietnam to France , then returning to Korea until March 1955 . She was decommissioned on 30 December 1955 . " Consolation " received 10 battle stars for Korean war service . On 16 March 1960 " Consolation " was chartered to the People to People Health Foundation and renamed SS " Hope " , an acronym for Health Opportunity for People Everywhere . She sailed in September 1960 on her first cruise to Indonesia bringing modern medical treatment and training to that country . Later cruises to underdeveloped areas of the world included South Vietnam , Peru , Ecuador , Guinea , Nicaragua , Colombia , Sri Lanka , Tunisia , Jamaica , and Brazil . " Hope " was retired in 1974 after eleven voyages .