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25th Army Band The 25th Army Band is a military band based in Idaho in the United States . The band was originally organized in the fall of 1925 as the Band Section , Headquarters 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team , the largest formation of the Idaho Army National Guard , and was located in Caldwell , Idaho . The band was activated for a period of five years during World War II and served in France . In 1954 the 25th Army Band was again activated for federal service and stationed at Camp Kilmer , New Jersey . They played a weekly radio show , which aired for ten years . The band returned to Caldwell , Idaho in 1956 and resumed National Guard status . In 1988 the band moved to Gowen Field , Boise , Idaho where it is currently based , and performs regularly in the Boise Valley . Awards . Many of the former commanders live in the Treasure Valley including Bill Rankin , Don Roblyer , Jerry Howard , Don Bell , Kathryn Hanson and Dennis Keck and are very active in the music scene throughout the valley . Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kevin C . Durfee received official notification of appointment to serve as the next commander in March 2003 . Chief Durfee holds a Master of Arts degree ( Music Education ) from Lewis and Clark College in Portland , Oregon . The Band is stationed at Gowen Field in Boise , Idaho . Members are traditional Guard soldiers that live throughout Southwestern Idaho . Their primary mission is to provide musical support to the members of the Guard , the citizens of Idaho and the United States or as overseas missions require . The Band performs primarily within the State of Idaho . The 25th Army Band has been awarded three unit citations . In 1983 the Band was awarded the State of Idaho Meritorious Unit Award for superior mission performance . In 1988 , the Band was awarded the Adjutant General ’ s Outstanding Unit Award for exceptional meritorious and superior performance . This award was presented a second time to the Band in 1994 . Ensembles . The 25th Army Band comprises different musical segments ; the concert band , The Jazz Militia , the marching band and many small combo groups playing dixieland jazz , brass ensemble , woodwind quintet , rock and country and western music :
HMS Medway ( 1812 ) HMS " Medway " was a 74 - gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 19 November 1812 at Northfleet . " Medway " was converted to serve as a prison ship in 1847 , and was sold out of the Navy in 1865 .
Battle of Arlabán The Battle of Arlabán , a battle of the First Carlist War , occurred at the heights of Arlabán , between Álava and Guipúzcoa . Between January 16 and 17 , 1836 , the Liberals occupied after dislodging the Carlist forces there . The Liberals were commanded by Luis Fernández de Córdova and were supported by the British Legion , French Legion , and units commanded by Baldomero Espartero ; the forces were divided along three fronts . After conquering Arlabán as well as Legutiano ( Villarreal de Álava ) , however , the Liberals were pushed back by the Carlists on the 18th of January , suffering large amounts of casualties .
HMS Panther ( 1778 ) HMS " Panther " was a 14 - gun sloop of war of the Royal Navy , launched in 1778 in India . She served during the Siege of Negapatam in 1781 . On 22 July 1782 , she captured the French cutter " Le Pigmy " , in conjunction with . Converted to a survey vessel , she sailed to survey the Torres Strait and south east coast of New Guinea in 1792 under the command of Lieutenant John McCluer , with the tender " Endeavour " . " Panther " appears to have been sold in 1814 .
Buttress , Saskatchewan Buttress was built in 1940 as the auxiliary airfield to RCAF Station Moose Jaw and its No . 32 Service Flying Training School . These fields were used for practice circuits and also as an emergency alternate . Today the aerodrome is abandoned but the telltale British Commonwealth Air Training Plan triangle of runways is still visible from the air . It is located on private land , south of CFB Moose Jaw , on the west side of Highway 2 . The Buttress Post Office opened on 1909 - 07 - 01 and closed on 1961 - 07 - 31 . Footnotes . < div class = " references - small " >
Augustus Ludlow Augustus C . Ludlow ( 1 January 1792 – 13 June 1813 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 . Ludlow was born in Newburgh , New York . He was appointed midshipmen April 2 , 1804 and commissioned Lieutenant June 3 , 1810 . Ludlow was second in command to Captain James Lawrence on the USS " Chesapeake " during the ship ’ s engagement with HMS " Shannon " on June 1 , 1813 . It was to Ludlow that Lawrence said " Don ' t give up the ship . " Both Ludlow and Lawrence were mortally wounded in that battle , and died in Halifax , Nova Scotia on June 13 , 1813 . Lieutenant Ludlow is interred , together with Captain James Lawrence and Lawrence ' s widow , in the graveyard of Trinity Church in Manhattan , New York City . References . Notes Sources
Flying officer Flying officer ( Fg Off in the RAF and IAF ; FLGOFF in the RAAF ; FGOFF in the RNZAF ; formerly F / O in all services and still frequently in the RAF ) is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence . It is also sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non - English air force - specific rank structure . In these cases a Flying Officer usually ranks above pilot officer and immediately below flight lieutenant . It has a NATO ranking code of OF - 1 and is equivalent to a lieutenant in the British Army or the Royal Marines . However , it is superior to the nearest equivalent rank of sub - lieutenant in the Royal Navy . The equivalent rank in the Women ' s Auxiliary Air Force was " section officer " . Origins . The term " flying officer " was originally used in the Royal Flying Corps as a flying appointment for junior officers , not a rank . On 1 April 1918 , the newly created RAF adopted its officer rank titles from the British Army , with Royal Naval Air Service sub - lieutenants ( entitled flight sub - lieutenants ) and Royal Flying Corps lieutenants becoming lieutenants in the RAF . However , with the creation of the RAF ' s own rank structure on 1 August 1919 , RAF lieutenants were re - titled flying officers , a rank which has been in continuous use ever since . Usage . In many cases the rank of flying officer is the first rank an air force officer holds after successful completion of his professional training . A flying officer might serve as a squadron pilot , an adjutant , a security officer or an administrative officer and is typically given charge of personnel and / or resources . The rank title does not imply that an officer in the rank of flying officer flies an aircraft . Some flying officers are aircrew , but many are ground branch officers . Amongst the ground branches some flying officers have command of flights . Insignia . The rank insignia consists of one narrow blue band on slightly wider black band . This is worn on both the lower sleeves of the tunic or on the shoulders of the flying suit or the casual uniform . The rank insignia on the mess uniform is similar to the naval pattern , being one band of gold running around each cuff but without the Royal Navy ' s loop . Other air forces . The rank of flying officer is also used in a number of the air forces in the Commonwealth , including the Bangladesh Air Force , Indian Air Force ( IAF ) , Pakistan Air Force ( PAF ) , Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) and Royal New Zealand Air Force ( RNZAF ) . The Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ) used the rank until unification of the three armed services into the Canadian Forces in 1968 and army - type ranks were adopted . RCAF personnel holding this rank then switched to the rank of lieutenant . In official French Canadian usage , a flying officer ' s rank title was " lieutenant d ' aviation " . The rank of " warrant flying officer " was also used by the air service of the Imperial Japan ese military . This rank is an equivalent for lieutenant in the Royal Malaysian Air Force
USS La Vallette ( DD - 448 ) USS " La Vallette " ( DD - 448 ) was a World War II - era " Fletcher " - class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy . She was the second Navy ship named after Rear Admiral Elie A . F . La Vallette . " La Vallette " was laid down 27 November 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Kearny , New Jersey ; launched 21 June 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs . Lucy La Vallette Little , great - granddaughter of Rear Admiral LaVallette ; and commissioned 12 August 1942 , Lieutenant Commander H . H . Henderson in command . History . After training and escort duty in the Caribbean and Atlantic , " La Vallette " departed New York 16 December 1942 for the Panama Canal and Pacific duty . First contact with the enemy came 29 January 1943 as she screened Task Force 18 ( TF18 ) off Guadalcanal , when " La Vallette " ’ s guns splashed three of a wave of attacking planes . Attacked again 30 January while guarding " Chicago " ( CA - 29 ) , she shot down six Japan ese Mitsubishi G4M “ Bettys ” , but was struck by a torpedo . With 22 dead , she was towed to drydock at Espiritu Santo for temporary repairs , then sailed to Mare Island Navy Yard , arriving 1 April . Completely repaired , " La Vallette " left 6 August for Pearl Harbor , where she joined a carrier force for a strike on Marcus Island 31 August before returning to patrol duty in the Solomon Islands . On the nights of 1 and 2 October , she contacted Japanese troop barges off Kolombangara , of which she sank four and damaged two . " La Vallette " carried out escort and screening assignments during the Gilbert landings , and in strikes against Kwajalein and Wotje , during which she splashed another enemy aircraft . Brief repairs at San Francisco followed , after which she returned to the South Pacific . On 1 February 1944 she fired in the preinvasion bombardment of Roi , part of the Kwajalein complex ; in April she hit Aitape , and on 2 July supported the landings on Noemfoor , off New Guinea . Constant patrol and escort operations were conducted between these invasions . Assigned to escort convoys during the first assaults on the Philippines , " La Vallette " had already left Leyte Gulf with a convoy bound to reload at Hollandia before the vast and decisive Battle of Leyte Gulf erupted ; but she returned to the Philippines by 5 December , when she splashed a kamikaze in Surigao Strait . She covered five more landings . in the Philippines during December and January 1945 , then joined the screen for minesweepers clearing Manila Bay . On 14 February in Mariveles Harbor , " La Vallette " was extensively damaged by a mine . With six dead and 23 wounded , she was towed to drydock at Subic Bay , then sailed for Hunters Point Navy Yard where she was completely repaired . On 7 August she sailed for San Diego , California , where she decommissioned 16 April 1946 , and entered the Reserve Fleet , where she remained at least into 1969 . In 1974 she was sold to Peru for parts . Honors . " La Vallette " received 10 battle star s for World War II service .
HMS Hilary ( 1931 ) HMS " Hilary , was a former passenger liner launched in 1931 , as SS " Hilary , which was requisitioned by the Royal Navy during the Second World War and used as an ocean boarding vessel in the North Atlantic . It was later converted back to a merchantman but subsequently recommissioned back into the Royal Navy as an infantry landing and headquarters ship . At the end of the war in 1945 it was returned to civilian service , and scrapped in 1959 . History . The ship was constructed to carry 80 first class and 250 second class passengers between the United Kingdom and South America , but was requisitioned in 1940 and refitted in South Shields as an Ocean Boarding Vessel . Commissioned as HMS " Hilary " , F22 , the ship stopped the Italian tanker , " Recco " on 3 May 1941 but the crew of the tanker scuttled it before it could be captured . On 10 May " Hilary " successfully captured the Italian tanker . The ship was returned to civilian service , and acted as a convoy commodore vessel in the North Atlantic . In October 1942 it was torpedoed amidships but the torpedo failed to explode . The following year it was recommissioned as a combined infantry landing ship and headquarters vessel ( an Landing Ship Infantry ( Headquarters ) , HMS " Hilary " , following work at Birkenhead to equip it with six landing craft and accommodation for 313 crew and 378 soldiers . During the July 1943 invasion of Sicily ( Operation Husky ) , the ship conveyed the 1st Canadian Division and Royal Marine Commando s , and acted as the headquarters ship of Rear Admiral Sir Philip Vian . In October it was Commodore Geoffrey Oliver ' s headquarters at Operation Avalanche , the invasion of the Italian mainland at Salerno . The ship returned to Portsmouth in December , and was used again in June for Operation Neptune , the invasion of Normandy . Oliver once again used it as his headquarters , this time as commander of Naval Force J , and the ship also led Assault Convoy J11 , troops landing from it on 6 June 1944 on Juno beach . " Hilary " was slightly damaged by a bomb on 13 June and on 23 June became the flagship of the Eastern Task Force because Admiral Vian ' s original flagship , HMS " Scylla " , had been put out of action by a mine . The ship was later returned to its original owners , Booth Steamship Company and returned to civilian service , following refitting to allow 93 first class and 138 third class passengers to be carried between the United Kingdom and South America . It was chartered to Elder Dempster and Company for use on the for their Liverpool - Lagos route but returned to Booth ' s South America route the following year . The ship was scrapped in 1959 .
No . 1586 Flight RAF No . 1586 ( Polish Special Duties ) Flight was first formed at RAF Derna , in Libya on 4 November 1943 , equipped with Handley Page Halifax II special duties aircraft . The flight was disbanded on 7 November 1944 at RAF Brindisi to resume operations as No . 301 Squadron RAF . The origin of 1586 flight was the remnants of 301 ( Polish ) Squadron after disbandment by the Polish HQ due to lack of staff and trained crews . Remaining crews and aircraft formed C Flight of 138 Squadron , which was temporarily renamed as 301 Squadron Special Duties Flight RAF , before becoming 1586 Flight . Missions flown by the flight included partisan supply drops and agent insertion .
Age of Sail The Age of Sail was the period in which international trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships , lasting from the 16th to the mid - 19th century . This is a significant period during which square - rig ged sailing ships carried European settlers to many parts of the world in one of the most expansive human migrations in recorded history . Like most periodic eras the definition is inexact but close enough to serve as a general description . The age of sail runs roughly from the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 , the last significant engagement in which oar - propelled galley s played a major role , to the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862 , in which the steam - powered ironclad CSS " Virginia " destroyed the sailing ships USS " Cumberland " and USS " Congress " , culminating with the advance of steam power , rendering sail power in warfare obsolete . Sailing ships continued to be an economical way to transport cargo on long voyages into the 1920s . Sailing ships do not require fuel or complex engines to be powered ; thus they tended to be more independent from requiring a dedicated support base on the mainland . Crucially though , steam - powered ships held a speed advantage and were rarely hindered by adverse winds , freeing steam - powered vessels from the necessity of following trade wind s . As a result , cargo and supplies could reach a foreign port in half the time it took a sailing ship . It is this factor that drove sailing ships aside . Sailing vessels were pushed into narrower and narrower economic niches ( see disruptive technology ) and gradually disappeared from commercial trade . Today , sailing vessels are only economically viable for small scale coastal fishing , along with recreational uses such as yachting and passenger sail excursion ships . Golden Age of Sail . In Europe , the Golden Age of Sail is generally agreed to be the period in the 19th century when the efficiency and usage of commercial sailing vessels was at its peak ( clippers , tall ship s , etc . ) and immediately before steamboats started to take trade away from sail . Some would say that the Golden Age of Sail relates specifically to the clipper ship era . while others put the Golden Age of Sail between 1850 and the early 1900s when sailing vessels reached their peak of size and complexity . " The Golden Age " is also a term used to describe the Golden Age of Piracy , the time period from 1690 to 1725 when well - known pirates such as Edward Teach ( Blackbeard ) and Bartholomew Roberts were preying on mercantile ships , and sometimes even blockading ports , on both sides of the Atlantic . In the United States , the Golden Age of Sail has been said to be between the War of 1812 and the Civil War , or approximately 1830 and 1880 , a time during which sailing vessels increasingly adopted steam engines , making overseas shipping more reliable .
Steven P . Schook Steven P . Schook ( born 1953 in Mount Clemens , Michigan ) is a retired U . S . Army Brigadier General and former United Nations diplomat . Military career . Schook was born and raised in Mount Clemens , Michigan . He graduated from the United States Military Academy as a Regular Army Infantry officer . After several assignments as an operations and executive officer , he assumed command of the 2d Battalion , 7th U . S . Cavalry " Garry Owen " , 1st Cavalry Division . Upon graduation from the United States Naval War College , he assumed command of the 3rd Brigade , 3rd Infantry Division ( Mechanized ) . In 1997 through 2002 , Schook served on the Joint Staff and in the United States Army Forces Command . His flag assignment s include Chief of Staff , III Corps , and Assistant Division Commander , 1st Cavalry Division . He also served as Director at the Human Resources Policy Directorate , HQDA . From 2003 to 2004 , Schook served as Chief of Staff , Kosovo Force ( Main ) , Camp Bondsteel . In 2004 , he assumed command of SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina . In 2004 and 2005 , he was appointed to Commander and Senior Military Representative of NATO headquarters in Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina . After leaving the Army as Brigadier General in 2005 after 30 years of service , Schook worked as a senior vice president of New Technology Management Inc . Diplomatic assignments . On April 19 , 2006 , UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed Schook to Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General ( PDSRSG ) in Kosovo . Schook succeeded Lawrence Rossin in that position and worked under SRSG Søren Jessen - Petersen and Joachim Rücker . In 2007 , Schook came under investigation by the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services ( OIOS ) , in response to rumours and allegations including on aggressive behavior , and unprofessional and close relationships with Kosovan Energy Minister Ethem Çeku . According to German news magazine Der Spiegel , OIOS also looked into ( unproven ) reports that Schook had revealed the whereabouts of a man living under a UN witness protection program , who had testified against Ramush Haradinaj . Schook ' s contract was not extended in December 2007 . In January 2008 , his predecessor Lawrence Rossin succeeded him as PDSRSG in Kosovo . In May 2008 , Schook was cleared of all wrongdoing as OIOS concluded that there was no evidence of misconduct on his part . Currently working in Kosovo as an advisor for Ramush Haradinaj .
Commissary A commissary is someone delegated by a superior to execute a duty or an office ; in a formal , legal context , one who has received power from a legitimate superior authority to pass judgment in a certain cause or to take information concerning it . Word history . The word is recorded in English since 1362 , for " one to whom special duty is entrusted by a higher power " . This Anglo - French word derives from Medieval Latin " commissarius " , from Latin " commissus " ( pp . of committere ) " entrusted , " . Other uses . In the United States armed forces and prisons , as well as the United Nations , it has the derived meaning of a store for provisions , with the original military meaning referring to an officer or official responsible for food , stores , or transport for a body of soldiers . The United States Defense Commissary Agency operates commissaries that are similar to supermarkets , providing service members with most of the same available in the U . S . economy regardless of where they are stationed worldwide . Commissaries sell primarily grocery articles ; other items can be purchased at a base exchange / post exchange . In the US film industry , the word " commissary " is often used to mean dining room .
USS Lorain ( PF - 93 ) USS " Lorain " ( PF - 93 ) , a , was the first commissioned ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lorain , Ohio . " Lorain " ( PF - 93 ) was authorized as " Roanoke " ( PG - 201 ) and laid down as " Roanoke " ( PF - 93 ) under a Maritime Commission contract by American Ship Building Company , Lorain , Ohio , 25 October 1943 . She was renamed " Lorain " on 7 February 1944 ; launched on 18 March 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Fred Henderson ; and commissioned at Baltimore , Maryland , on 15 January 1945 , with Lieutenant Commander James G . Ramsey , Jr . , USCGR , in command . Service history . " Lorain " departed Baltimore on 28 January 1945 for Norfolk , Virginia , and Bermuda , where the Coast Guard - manned frigate underwent shakedown and training . After further training in Casco Bay , Maine , she sailed on 11 April for NS Argentia , Newfoundland , her base for weather patrols through the following summer . Operating out of Argentia and later Reykjavík , Iceland , she ranged the North Atlantic from the coastal waters of Greenland to waters north of the Azores , reporting vital meteorological data . " Lorain " returned to Boston on 14 September , conducted a weather patrol off New England in late October , then sailed on 2 December for duty in the Caribbean . An escort run took her to Recife , Brazil , early in 1946 , and after two weather patrols east of Bermuda , she returned to Boston on 7 March , and decommissioned there on 14 March 1946 . She was sold on 26 March 1947 to the French Navy and commissioned on the same day as " La Place " ( F - 13 ) . Disarmed a year later , she served as weather observation ship in the North Atlantic until sunk by a leftover World War II mine on 16 September 1950 .
Battle of the Boarn The Battle of the Boarn ( ) was an eighth century battle between the Franks and the Frisians near the mouth of the river Boarn in what is now the Dutch province of Friesland . In 734 a Frankish army commanded by Majordomo Charles Martel invaded Friesland in a campaign that was part of a series of ongoing wars and skirmishes between the Franks and the Frisians . Marching along the river Boarn the Frankish army reached the mouth of the river where it used to flow into the Bordine estuary or Middelsee . This estuary has since silted up and been claimed for agriculture during the 10th to 14th century . The Frisians commanded by King Poppo used boats to land their army and surprise the Franks . However , the Frisian army was beaten and Poppo killed . The Franks gained control of the Frisian lands west of the Lauwers estuary and the Frisians became vassals of the Franks apart from the tribes living in East Frisia in present day Germany .