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Action of 25 February 1781 The Action of 25 February 1781 was a small naval engagement which was fought off Cape Finisterre between a Spanish naval frigate sixth rate " Graña " of thirty guns and a Royal Naval fifth rate frigate HMS " Cerberus " of thirty two guns . The British were victorious when " Graña " surrendered after a hard fight . On 25 February 1781 , whilst cruising twenty leagues off Cape Finisterre , the Royal Naval frigate HMS " Cerberus " of thirty two guns under Captain Robert Mann sighted the Spanish twenty gun frigate " Graña " , under Don Nicolás de Medina . " Graña " was a month out of Ferrol but had not had a successful cruise - capturing very little . " Cerberus " closed on the Spanish and soon an action began . Within fifteen minutes the British got the better of the " Graña " as " Cerberus ' s " broadside s took effect . The Spanish officers fought as long as they could , but their men deserted them . Further action for the Spanish seemed pointless so De Medina struck her colors and " Graña " was taken possession of . In the action with " Cerberus " , " Graña " lost her first lieutenant and six men killed , and seventeen wounded , out of her crew of 166 men of whom the rest were taken prisoner . Captain Mann in contrast was highly pleased with the behaviour of the officers and men of the " Cerberus " , in which only two were wounded . The captured ship was purchased into the Royal Navy under the same name , and rated as a twenty eight gunner and sold on in 1806 . Mann as a result of the victory was rewarded a captaincy of the sixty - four gunner HMS " Scipio " .
Alfred Ahner Major General Alfred F . Ahner ( 12 November 1921 – 23 September 2010 ) was an Indiana National Guard officer who served for 15 years as the state ' s Adjutant General . Ahner was born in Huntington , Indiana , and was a graduate of the University of Indianapolis and Butler University . He served in World War II as a 1st Lieutenant , and was the first De - Nazification Officer in the American Zone of Vienna , Austria . After serving as a full - time staff officer with the Indiana Guard , Ahner was appointed as Adjutant General in 1960 by Governor Harold Handley . Governor Edgar Whitcomb also appointed MG Ahner in 1972 , and he served until his retirement in 1986 . MG Ahner served in that position longer than any other Adjutant General in the state ' s history , a total of 15 years , under 4 governors . Awards and decorations . During his military service he was awarded : Legion of Merit , Meritorious Service Medal , Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant , Good Conduct Medal , American Campaign Medal , European Theatre Medal with Three Battle Stars for Ground Combat in Rhineland , Ardennes - Alsace and Central Europe , World War II Victory Medal , Army Occupation Medal - Germany , Armed Forces Reserve Medal , Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal , National Guard Minute Man Award , Certificate of Commendation from General Mark Clark , Indiana Distinguished Service Medal , Indiana Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster , Indiana Long Service Medal , Indiana Volunteer Emblem , Indiana Emergency Service Ribbon , Army National Guard Recruiter Badge , Selective Service System Meritorious Service Award and NGAUS Distinguished Service Medal .
Miller Field ( Staten Island , New York ) Miller Field was a United States Army facility on Staten Island , New York , in New Dorp . It was founded in November 1919 and completed in 1921 . It was named after Captain James Ely Miller ( 1883 – 1918 ) , commanding officer of the 95th Aero Squadron in the Air Service of the AEF , who died in combat on March 9 , 1918 over Rheims in World War I . He was the first United States aviator killed in action while serving with an American military aviation unit . Before World War I Miller had been vice president of the Columbia Trust Company of New York and manager of its Fifth Avenue office who trained at his own expense to earn his pilot ' s license and Reserve Military Aviator rating with the Governors Island Training Corps in 1916 . He was also an organizer , along with Major Raynal Bolling , of the 1st Reserve Aero Squadron , the first unit of what would eventually become the Air Force Reserve Command . When built , Miller Field was the only coastal defense air station in the eastern United States and was part of the network of fortifications around New York City . It was built on land formerly belonging to the Vanderbilt family . It had a grass runway ( and was the last airport with a grass runway in New York City ) , ramps for seaplanes , and four hangars for planes . Miller Field was used for antiaircraft fire and training Coast Guard personnel . Miller Field closed as an airbase in 1969 . The Field was the site of the Elm Tree Beacon Light , a lighthouse from the 19th century through 1924 when it was abandoned . The light had replaced a landmark elm tree . On December 16 , 1960 a United Airlines Douglas DC - 8 and a Trans World Airlines Lockheed Super Constellation collided just west of the field with the Constellation crashing into the northwest corner of the airport while the DC - 8 crashed into Park Slope Brooklyn . 134 were killed . The 1960 New York air disaster was the worst airline disaster to that point . The Miller Army Air Field Historic District is now on the National Register of Historic Places . Currently the field is also in use as a local park , with baseball and soccer fields . It hosts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the summer . The field is directly east of New Dorp High School . Miller Field is a part of the Staten Island Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area , which is managed by the National Park Service .
Nabeshima clan History . The clan controlled Saga Domain from the late Sengoku period through the Edo period . The Nabeshima clan was a cadet branch of the Shōni clan and was descended from the Fujiwara clan . In the late 12th century , Fujiwara no Sukeyori , a descendant of Fujiwara no Hidesato in the 9th generation , received the title of " Dazai Shōni " ( equivalent to that of vice - governor of the military government of Kyūshū ) from " Shogun " Minamoto no Yoritomo , and the title became the family name . The clan played an important role in the region as early as the Muromachi period , when it helped suppress opposition to the Ashikaga shogunate ' s control of Kyūshū . It did not take the name Nabeshima , however , until the late 15th century , when Shōni Shigenao established himself at Nabeshima in Hizen province ( today part of Saga City , Saga prefecture ) . Later , in the Sengoku period ( 1467 - 1603 ) , the Nabeshima were one of a number of clans which clashed over the island . The Nabeshima sided with the Ryūzōji clan against the Ōtomo clan , though this ultimately ended in failure and the death of Ryūzōji Takanobu at the 1584 battle of Okita Nawate . Several years later , however , the Nabeshima recovered power and prominence by aiding Toyotomi Hideyoshi in his 1587 invasion of Kyūshū ; Nabeshima Naoshige was granted the region of Saga as his fief , as a reward for his efforts . Naoshige also contributed to Hideyoshi ' s invasions of Korea in the 1590s . The clan initially aided Ishida Mitsunari against Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Sekigahara Campaign in 1600 . However , they switched sides to support the Tokugawa , who were ultimately victorious , before the campaign had ended , battling and occupying the forces of Tachibana Muneshige , who was thus prevented from contributing directly to the battle of Sekigahara . Though regarded as " tozama daimyō " ( " outside " lords ) , and assigned particularly heavy " corvee " duties , the Nabeshima were allowed to keep their territory in Saga , and in fact had their " kokudaka " increased . The clan ' s forces served the new Tokugawa shogunate loyally in the years which followed ; they remained in Kyūshū during the 1615 Osaka Campaign as a check against a possible rebellion or uprising by the Shimazu clan , and aided in the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion of 1637 . In recognition of their service , members of the clan were granted the prestigious family name Matsudaira in 1648 . During the Edo period , the clan ' s Saga Domain became quite famous for the porcelain wares produced there ; these are sometimes known as " Nabeshima ware " after the name of the clan , or as " Imari wares " after the port town of Imari from where they were exported .
HMS Unicorn ( 1824 ) HMS Unicorn and her near - sister ship , HMS " Trincomalee " , are surviving sailing frigates of the successful " Leda " class , although the original design had been modified by the time that the " Unicorn " was built , to incorporate a circular stern and " small - timber " system of construction . Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet , Core Collection , " Unicorn " is now a museum ship in Dundee , Scotland , United Kingdom . HMS " Unicorn " was built in peacetime at Chatham Dockyard , Kent and launched in 1824 . A superstructure was built over her main deck and she was laid up " in ordinary " , serving as a hulk and a depot ship for most of the next 140 years . Her lack of active duty left her timbers well preserved , and in the 1960s steps were initiated to convert her to a museum ship . Though steps were taken , including the addition of the totally new bowsprit visible in the picture , to restore " Unicorn " to a similar condition as her sister , HMS " Trincomalee " , this plan has been changed . It was discovered that the ship was the only example of a wooden frigate of her type existing in ordinary , and as a result the intention is now to preserve her in her current condition . " Unicorn " was never rigged , and only went to sea for the voyage from Chatham to Dundee , during which she was under tow . It is thought the roof that covers her upper deck has never been replaced . Princess Anne is patron of the Unicorn Preservation Society .
Joint Operational Support Airlift Center Joint Operational Support Airlift Center ( JOSAC ) is the airlift branch of United States Transportation Command ( USTRANSCOM ) . JOSAC specializes in the airlift of senior defense officials within the continental United States . JOSAC schedules aircraft from all four services – Air Force , Army , Marine Corps , and Navy – to meet airlift requests from DoD officials . JOSAC is located at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois , about 20 miles from St . Louis , Missouri . JOSAC was stood up in July 1996 to efficently schedule to Operational Support Airlift assets of the Air Force , Navy , Marines and Army . Presently there are 80 units in the USA that provide aircraft for JOSAC to schedule ; this yields a fleet of 130 aircraft assigned to those flying units , but only 20 of them are open for scheduling use . Aircraft utilized include the C - 21A , C - 12 , C - 26 , UC - 35 , C - 20 , C - 40 , and C - 9 . Schedulers receive requests from travel validators via the JALIS database ( Joint Air Logistics System ) , which is an Oracle - based system developed by the US Navy . JOSAC ' s office is split into two major areas : " The Floor " ( Day Schedulers ) and " Execution Cell " ( Same Day Flight Following ) . The Floor is further divided into three scheduling teams : Team 1 schedules requests for Saturday , Sunday , Monday , Team 2 schedules requests for Tuesday and Wednesday , Team 3 schedules Thursday , and Friday . Requests to JOSAC are prioritized by a PUJC Code of Pri 1 , Pri 2 , or Pri 3 . DoD four - Star generals are mandatory users of the OSA fleet and will get first priority along with any Priority 2 request . The average weekday has about 35 airlift requests . Several requests are put on the same aircraft for scheduling efficiency . Airlift requests for only one or two non - dv , non - Pri 2 are rarely scheduled . JOSAC is manned by Civil Service personnel and Military personnel from the Army , Navy , and Marines . The Current Director of JOSAC is Colonel Douglas Pavek ( USA ) . External links . Official Government Site : https : / / josac . transcom . mil /
HMS Spartiate ( 1798 ) Sparti was a French 74 - gun ship of the line , launched in 1797 . In 1798 , she took part in the Battle of the Nile , where she became one of the nine ships captured by the Royal Navy . By the time of the Nile , she is listed as being named Spartiate . In 1805 , HMS " Spartiate " fought at the Battle of Trafalgar under Francis Laforey . With " Minotaur " , she forced the surrender of the Spanish ship " Neptuno " , of 80 guns . Casualties were three killed ( two seamen & one boy ) , and twenty wounded ( the boatswain [ Clarke ] , two Midshipmen [ Bellairs & Knapman ] , one Marine [ William Parsons ] and sixteen sailors ) , according to the three logs ( Captain ' s log , Ship ' s log , Master ' s log ) . Spartiate returned to her home port of Plymouth for repairs from December 1805 to February 1806 . Thereafter she joined the Channel Fleet and , for the next two years , was involved in the blockade of Rochefort . ( The Captain ' s log does show that she returned to the UK for replenishment purposes at the following time periods : 25 Jul to 03 Aug 1806 , 14 Jan to 26 Feb 1807 , 29 June to 16 Sept 1807 ) . In January 1808 , she was in Admiral Strachan ' s squadron , and pursued Allemand ' s flight from Rochefort . On 21 February 1808 she joined the Mediterranean Fleet at Palermo , and was deployed here until the end of 1809 . In June 1809 , she participated in the attack on the islands of Ischia and Procida . On board during the Trafalgar action was First - Lieutenant James Clephan , who was presented with the ship ' s Union Jack by the crew after the battle as a mark of their esteem . The flag , recently found in a drawer of one of the descendants of James Clephan , is regarded as the only surviving Union Jack from the Battle of Trafalgar . With battle scars still visible , it was sold for £384 , 000 when it went for auction in London during October 2009 . HMS " Spartiate " was converted to a sheer hulk in August 1842 . She was later broken up , a process completed on 30 May 1857 . < / div >
Decius Wadsworth Decius Wadsworth ( January 2 , 1768 Farmington , Connecticut – November 8 , 1821 New Haven , Connecticut ) was a Colonel in the U . S . Army before and during the War of 1812 . He graduated from Yale University in 1785 with Honors . He was a renowned military organizer , engineer and inventor . Family . Decius Wadsworth was born in 1768 in Farmington , Connecticut , the eldest son of William Wadsworth , III and Mercy Clarke . He was a scion of the prominent Wadsworth family of Connecticut . He was a sixth generation descendant of William Wadsworth , an original founder of Hartford , Connecticut . He was a contemporary and relative of Jeremiah Wadsworth , James Wadsworth , William Wadsworth , and James Wadsworth . Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth , his second cousin , left Decius a handsome sum in his will in 1804 . Decius never married . Military career . In 1794 , Decius was appointed by President George Washington as a captain in the Artillerist and Engineer Corps . He served as acting Superintendent of the Military Academy . Colonel Wadsworth was selected to Commissary General of Ordnance July 2 , 1812 . On February 8 , 1815 , the Office of Commissary General of Ordnance was redesignated as the Chief of Ordnance . His department was charged with the procurement , supply , and maintenance of all cannon , small arms , powder , ball , shot , and other related items for the war effort . He drew up a set of regulations to ensure a system of uniformity in the armories and in the manufacture of ordnance material . He standardized small arms in the service and accomplished inventories of material at posts and forts around the country . Colonel Wadsworth served as the Chief of Ordnance until June 1 , 1821 , at which time he left the service due to illness . Wadsworth ' s cipher . In 1817 , he developed a cipher system based on a design by Thomas Jefferson , establishing a method that was continuously improved upon and used until the end of World War II . Wadsworth ' s cipher system involved a set of two disks , one inside the other , where the outer disk had the 26 letters of the alphabet and the numbers 2 – 8 , and the inner disk had only the 26 letters . The disks were geared at a ratio of 26 : 33 . To encipher a message , the inner disk was turned until the desired letter was at the top position , with the number of turns required for the result transmitted as ciphertext . Due to the gearing , a ciphertext substitution for a character did not repeat until all 33 characters for the plaintext letter had been used . He received recognition for this method only posthumously .
Davor Domazet - Lošo Davor Domazet - Lošo ( born 1948 ) is a Croatian writer , geopolitician and retired admiral of the Croatian Navy . Domazet - Lošo was born in Sinj . He graduated from all the Yugoslav People ' s Army schools , including the Military Academy , and started his military career in the Yugoslav Navy . Domazet - Lošo ( then a captain ) defected to the Croatian Army in autumn 1991 . He became actively involved in military operations and organized the military intelligence services . He became the head of the Office for Strategic Research ( 1991 ) , and the head of the Intelligence Service of the Croatian Army Headquarters ( 1992 ) . In 1992 , he and Ante Gotovina were the chief commanders of the Livno front and the large area of military operations covering the northern and central Dalmatia , southern Bosnia and Herzegovina . His biggest strategic successes include the planning of major operations in Croatia and Bosnia ( Operation Flash , Operation Storm , Operation South Move ) and the fight against enemy intelligence , as well as the incursions into the enemy camp - the most spectacular being the wiretapping of Slobodan Milošević in his Belgrade headquarters . He continued his career in the Croatian Army , becoming a rear admiral and finally an admiral in 2000 . He served as the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Chief of Staff ( 1998 – 2000 ) . He was forced into retirement in 2000 , after he and eleven other generals signed an open letter accusing the Croatian president Stjepan Mesić of participating in the attempt to denigrate and criminalize the Croatian War of Independence and its participants . Later he became one of the leaders of a political party , Croatian True Revival . Ever since his days in the Yugoslav Army , Domazet - Lošo has been publishing numerous expert articles on the issues of war , navy and submarines . He is a prominent military analyst in the area of geostrategy . His most important work in that area is " Hrvatska i veliko ratište " ( Croatia and the Large Front , 2002 ) . He published his last two books , " Gospodari kaosa " ( Masters of Chaos ) , in 2005 and " Klonovi nastupaju " ( Clones perform ) , in 2007 . Domazet - Lošo was interrogated by the representatives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in 2002 . In December 2010 , Amnesty International stated that , based on the May 2008 trial judgment of Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac regarding war crimes committed by Croatian soldiers in the Operation Medak Pocket , Domazet - Lošo and his superior Janko Bobetko had command responsibility and should be prosecuted . In January 2011 the Ministry of Justice reported that " inquests are being made " in the case of Domazet - Lošo , but noted that the ICTY transferred files related to him saying they had a " lack of evidence " to bring forth a case . Domazet - Lošo then held a press conference in which he rejected these accusations calling them pressure on Croatia in its process of accession to the European Union .
Joint Control Commission The Joint Control Commission ( JCC , ) is a tri - lateral peacekeeping force and joint military command structure which operates in a buffer zone on the border between the Republic of Moldova and the disputed territory controlled by the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic ( Transnistria , PMR ) . History . Following the War of Transnistria , the Joint Control Commission was established on the initiative of Russian president Boris Yeltsin by the signing of a cease - fire agreement on July 21 , 1992 . It consists of soldiers from the armed forces of Moldova , the PMR and Armed Forces of the Russian Federation , originally with a numerical underrepresentation of the PMR . In 1998 , the commission was enlarged by the addition of 10 Ukrainian military observer s . Moreover , the Organization for Security and Co - operation in Europe also has a Transnistria - based observation mission and participates in all JCC meetings . The current peacekeeping mechanism is a multi - state mission equipped with an international mandate , which began deployment on 29 July 1992 . Of the three original sides supplying troops , Russia has traditionally provided the most with Moldova second and the smallest contingent provided by Transnistria . As of 2006 , however , each of Moldova and the PMR participate with slightly more soldiers than Russia : Moldova currently supplies 403 men to the force , the PMR 411 men and Russia up to 385 men . Mission . The Joint Control Commission is charged with ensuring observance of the ceasefire and security arrangements and has generally been successful , as the armed conflict has not at any time re - erupted since 1992 . The demilitarized buffer zone , known locally as the " Dniester Valley security zone " , roughly follows the outline of the Dniester river . It is 225 kilometres long and from 1 to 15 kilometres wide . As per the 1992 agreement with Moldova , Russia has a right to keep 2 , 400 troops in Transnistria . However , as of 2006 the number of Russian troops was just 1 , 500 , with between 349 and 385 of those assigned to JCC at any given time .
Eric Stuart Dougall Major Eric Stuart Dougall VC MC ( 13 April 1886 – 14 April 1918 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Dougall was born in Tunbridge Wells on 13 April 1886 to Andrew and Emily Elizabeth Dougall . He was educated at Tonbridge School , where he won the Cras , the school ' s cross country race . When he won his VC he was 31 years old , and an Acting Captain in the Special Reserve , Royal Field Artillery , attached to A Bty . , 88th Brigade . He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his deeds on 10 April 1918 at Messines , Belgium . He was killed in action at Kemmel , Belgium on 14 April 1918 . His VC is owned by Pembroke College , Cambridge .