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USS Commodore Barney ( 1859 ) USS " Commodore Barney " ( 1859 ) was a ferryboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . Ferryboats were of great value , since , because of their flat bottom and shallow draft , they could navigate streams and shallow waters that other ships could not . Built in New York City in 1859 . " Commodore Barney " — an armed , side - wheel ferry — was built in 1859 at New York City as the ferryboat " Ethan Allen " ; purchased by the Navy on 2 October 1861 ; and commissioned later in the month . Civil War service . Assigned to the North Atlantic Blockade . Ordered to take part in the expedition against Port Royal , South Carolina in October 1861 , " Commodore Barney " was badly damaged during a storm en route and had to put into Baltimore , Maryland for repairs . She joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in January 1862 and cruised along the Virginia and North Carolina coasts until June . She took part in the seizure of Roanoke Island ( 7 – 9 February 1862 ) , the Chowan River reconnaissance ( 18 – 20 February ) and the capture of New Bern , North Carolina , ( 13 – 14 March ) . Struck by a mine during Virginia operations . From July 1862 - March 1864 , she operated out of Hampton Roads , Virginia in the rivers of Virginia . " Commodore Barney " cooperated with the Union Army in defending Suffolk , Virginia from 11 April - 4 May 1862 and on the Pamunkey River expedition from 24 – 29 June 1863 . From 4 – 7 August 1863 , she took part in the expedition up the James River during which a torpedo ( mine ) exploded under her bow causing damage to her engine . which also made 20 crewmembers to go overboard and two of whom drowned . She continued the expedition in tow . On 13 – 14 April 1864 , she joined in the James - Nansemond Rivers expedition . End - of - war service and sale . After spending the period from 22 April - 27 June in the North Carolina sounds she returned to cruise the James and Appomattox Rivers until ordered to Washington Navy Yard on 5 May 1865 . She was sold there on 20 July .
GMC CCKW Thе GMC CCKW is a 2 . 5 ton 6X6 U . S . Army cargo truck that saw service in World War II and the Korean War , often referred to as a " Deuce and a Half " or " Jimmy " . The CCKW came in many variants , based on the open or closed cab , and Long Wheel Base ( LWB 353 ) or Short Wheel Base ( SWB 352 ) . History . Built to copies , CCKWs were employed in large numbers for the Red Ball Express , an enormous convoy system created by Allied forces to supply their forces moving through Europe following the breakout from the D - Day beaches in Normandy , from August 25 to November 16 , 1944 , when the port facilities at Antwerp were opened . At its peak the Red Ball operated 5 , 958 vehicles , and carried about 12 , 500 tons of supplies a day . The designation CCKW comes from model nomenclature used by GMC ; the first " C " indicated a vehicle designed in 1941 , the second " C " signifies a conventional cab , the " K " indicates all - wheel drive and the " W " indicated tandem rear axles . Including the DUKW , General Motors in the US produced 562 , 750 of these 2 . 5 ton trucks just prior to and during World War II . Versions . Initially all versions were of closed cab design ( having a metal roof and doors ) with all steel cargo beds . But as the war progressed an open cab version was designed that had fixed ' half doors ' and a canvas top / sides and the steel bed was replaced by a wooden one to conserve steel . The wood bed proved unsatisfactory and a ' composite ' bed with steel sides and framing , but with wooden slats for the bed , was developed . Later on the ' wood / steel ' composite bed was replaced by an all steel composite bed .
Zastava M87 The Zastava M87 ( ) is a 12 . 7 mm heavy machine gun produced by the Zastava Arms works of Serbia . The M87 is a licenced copy of the Soviet NSV 12 . 7 mm heavy machine gun . It is intended for anti - aircraft duties , but it also used for action against ground and water targets at long distances .
MSA Wallaroo ( Y 299 ) MSA " Walleroo " is a vessel acquired by the Royal Australian Navy under the Craft of Opportunity Program . The vessel can be operated as both a tugboat and an auxiliary minesweeper . . " Wallaroo " is proposed to be disposed of in late 2012 or early 2013 .
710th Airlift Squadron The 710th Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last was assigned to the 349th Operations Group , stationed at Travis Air Force Base , California . It was inactivated on 1 January 1998 . History . Activated in mid 1943 as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb squadron , trained under Second Air Force . Deployed to England in the European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) during November 1943 , assigned to VIII Bomber Command as a strategic bombardment squadron . Participated in the air offensive over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe until German capitulation in May 1945 . Personnel demobilized in England and returned to the United States ; squadron reassigned to Third Air Force for possible re - equipping with B - 29 Superfortress es and deployment to Pacific Theater . Japanese capitulation led to inactivation in November 1945 . Reactivated as Military Airlift Command reserve strategic airlift squadron in 1973 . Assigned to Travis AFB and became associate squadron of 60th Military Airlift Wing . equipped with C - 141 Starlifter in 1973 and continued worldwide transport mission . Inactivated in 1996 as part of phaseout of C - 141s .
Battle of Tarin Kowt The Battle of Tarin Kowt took place in 2001 during the War in Afghanistan . In early November , Hamid Karzai had entered Taliban - controlled eastern Afghanistan with a small force of guerrillas , accompanied by American special forces soldiers . In response to the approach of Karzai ' s force , the inhabitants of the town of Tarin Kowt revolted and expelled their Taliban administrators . Karzai traveled to Tarin Kowt to meet with the town elders . While he was there , the Taliban marshaled a force of 500 men to retake Tarin Kowt . Karzai ' s small force plus the American contingent were deployed in front of the town to block their advance . Relying heavily on close air support , the American / Afghan force managed to halt the Taliban advance and drive them away from the town . The defeat of the Taliban at Tarinkot was an important victory for Karzai , who used the victory to recruit more men to his fledgling guerrilla band . His force would grow in size to a peak of around 800 men . On November 30 , they left Tarin Kowt and began advancing on Kandahar . The story has been told in " The Only Thing Worth Dying For " , by Eric Blehm , detailing the experiences of ODA - 574 , a U . S . Army Green Berets group .
Nicholas Platt Nicholas Platt ( born March 10 , 1936 ) is an American diplomat who served as U . S . Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan , Philippines , Zambia , and as a high level diplomat in Canada , China , Hong Kong , and Japan . He is the former president of the Asia Society in New York City . Early years . Platt was born in New York City , the son of Helen ( née Choate ) and architect Geoffrey Platt . His maternal great - grandfather was diplomat and lawyer Joseph Hodges Choate . Platt entered the Foreign Service of the United States in 1959 . Prior to that , he was a research assistant at the Washington Center for Foreign Policy Research . From 1959 to 1961 , he served as vice consul in Windsor , Ontario , Canada , where his son , the actor Oliver Platt was born . His older son is Adam Platt , New York Magazine restaurant critic , and his younger son is Nicholas Platt , Jr . His wife is Sheila Maynard , a clinical social worker who worked in Islamabad , granddaughter of Arthur Scott Burden and the Hon . Cynthia Burke Roche . Education . Platt graduated from the prep school St . Paul ' s School , Harvard College ( B . A . , 1957 ) and Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies ( M . A . , 1959 ) . At Harvard , he was a member of the Porcellian Club . He is articulate in Chinese , German , French , and Japanese . Embassy postings . He studied the Chinese language , 1962 – 1963 , at the Foreign Service Institute and in Taichung , Taiwan . In 1964 he was assigned as political officer at the American consulate general in Hong Kong until 1968 , when he became China desk officer in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs . From 1969 to 1971 , Platt was chief of the Asian Communist Areas Division of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research . In 1971 – 1973 , he served as Deputy Director , and then Director , of the Secretariat Staff in the Department of State . As a young diplomat , Platt accompanied President Richard Nixon on the historic trip to Beijing in 1972 that signaled the resumption of relations between the U . S . and China . Platt was assigned as chief of the political section , U . S . Liaison Office , Peking , China , 1973 – 1974 , and then as deputy chief of the political section at the Embassy in Tokyo , Japan , 1974 – 1977 . He returned to Washington to serve as Director for Japanese Affairs in 1977 and then served as a staff member on the National Security Council at the White House , 1978 – 1980 . From 1980 to 1981 , he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense , International Security Affairs , Department of Defense , and then returned to the Department of State as Deputy Assistant Secretary , International Organization Affairs , 1981 – 1982 . Platt was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia in 1982 , where he served until 1985 , when he was named Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Executive Secretary of the Department of State . In 1987 , he was appointed Ambassador to the Philippines . In 1991 , he was appointed Ambassador to Pakistan where he remained until November 1992 .
Josef Rettemeier Josef - Wilhelm Rettemeier ( 17 September 1914 – 19 December 1997 ) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst in the Bundeswehr . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
Reset ( military ) Reset is an evolving military term currently used to describe the equipment refurbishment process . In current U . S . military terms , " reset " refers to " a series of actions to restore units to a desired level of combat capability commensurate with future mission requirements . " Context specific terminology . The military term is somewhat like the financial term " reset " , which is a generic concept in the financial world . Reset , which also known as " fixing , " is a generic concept in the financial markets which refers to the determination and recording of a reference rate , usually in order to calculate the settlement value of a periodic payment schedule between two parties . The military term is somewhat like the computing term " reset " , which means to clear any pending errors or events and bring a system to normal condition or initial state . The military term " reset " is unlike its finance and computing counterparts in that the military usage anticipates three related components : repairing , replacing and recapitalizing . Military reset , in simplest terms , is intended to reverse the effects of stress on all equipment . Initial funding from Congress was used to reset brigade combat teams involving about 4 , 000 soldiers and about 40 , 000 pieces of equipment returning from duty in Afghanistan and Iraq . Repair . Repair starts with an inspection followed by maintenance and possible replacement of some parts to bring equipment to original technical specifications . Replacement . Replacement means to buy new or to replace equipment destroyed in battle or otherwise too damaged to fix . Also listed under replacement is reserve - component equipment which has been left overseas for other units to use . Recapitalizing . Recapitalizing involves overhauling or restoring equipment to improve performance or make it like new from the factory . Timely funding would be designed to allow military depots to order repair parts in advance of equipment arrival . ” Strategic Reset . In 2007 , the " Washington Post " described as " strategic reset " a proposal by U . S . Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that took the form of " an unusually detailed public explanation of the new American effort to create a de facto alliance between Israel and moderate Arab states against Iranian extremism . "
SAGEM Sperwer The Sperwer ( Pronounced " Spehr - wuhr " , Dutch for Sparrowhawk ) is a 3 - meter - long unmanned aerial vehicle manufactured by the French firm SAGEM . The aircraft is piloted remotely and can cruise at altitudes of over 16 , 000 feet for as long as five hours . It can send back images of targets up to 150 kilometers from its operators on the ground . Operational history . The Sperwer is currently in service with the French Army ( 61 régiment d ' artillerie ) , the Royal Netherlands Air Force , Swedish Air Force , United States Air National Guard , Hellenic Army ( Greece ) with the Netherlands in the process of removing them from front line use . Canadian Forces operated the Sperwer in Afghanistan between 2003 and its last mission on 18 April 2009 when it was replaced with the Israeli built IAI Heron . The Royal Danish Army also bought Sperwer , but a series of problems forced the Ministry of Defence to cancel the programme and sell the remainder to Canada . As well the Danish Army no longer operate any aircraft and there are no plans for UAVs by the Royal Danish Air Force . Canada itself removed the Sperwers from front - line use in 2009 , while the Netherlands was planning to phase its Sperwer drones out of front line use in March 2009 in favor of rented UAVs from Israel ' s Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd . Aircraft on display . Six of the retired Sperwers can be found in Canadian museums :
Hawker P . 1081 The Hawker P . 1081 , also known as the " Australian Fighter " was a British jet aircraft from the mid - twentieth century . Design and development . In 1949 , the Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) began assessing replacements for its locally - built Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation ( CAC ) Mustang s and De Havilland Australia ( DHA ) Vampire s . A series of designs were considered , including the Grumman Panther and an unconventional , twin - jet all - weather fighter : the CAC CA - 23 . Hawker Aircraft also submitted a proposal , for a swept - wing - and - tail fighter using a Rolls - Royce Tay engine . Work was started to modify the second prototype of the Hawker P . 1052 ( UK serial number " VX279 " ) . The existing Rolls - Royce Nene engine was used for the prototype aircraft . The rear fuselage of the P . 1052 was completely replaced with one having a straight - through jet pipe and swept tail surfaces . The first flight of the P . 1081 took place on 19 June 1950 . CAC , evidently planning to build any design accepted by the Australian government , assigned the serial number CA - 24 . However , in November 1950 , Hawker decided to discontinue its bid for the Australian contract . During 1951 , the RAAF ordered ( first ) the proven Gloster Meteor F . 8 , as a stop - gap replacement for Mustangs serving the RAAF during the Korean War ( which had already been rendered obsolete by encounters with MiG 15 s ) and , ( second ) , a CAC proposal for a more powerful , Rolls - Royce Avon - engined variant of the North American Sabre ( F - 86 ) , a project which resulted in the CAC Sabre . Hawker handed over the P . 1081 prototype , which had remained in the UK , to the Royal Aircraft Establishment ( RAE ) . Its swept tail increased the Mach number above that of the P . 1052 into the Mach 0 . 9 - 0 . 95 region , providing valuable information for the axially - powered Hawker Hunter . The sole P . 1081 was lost with its pilot , Squadron Leader T . S . " Wimpy " Wade , on 3 April 1951 . Specifications . " Data from Mason : "
Bernardo Reyes Bernardo Reyes ( August 1850 – February 9 , 1913 ) was a General in the army of Mexico under Porfirio Díaz . He served as governor of Nuevo León he helped in the modernization of that state . While governor of Nuevo León , Reyes approved a workers compensation law . He was the father of the writer Alfonso Reyes , and grandfather of the painter Aurora Reyes . Followers of Reyes were known as " Reyistas " . Due to his opposition to some of Díaz ' s policies , Reyes was sent on a diplomatic mission to Europe to prevent him from causing problems in Mexico . Together with José Yves Limantour , he was considered as one of the potential successors of Porfirio Díaz . With Francisco Madero ' s latter challenge to the dictator in the 1910 elections and , afterwards , initiation of the Mexican Revolution , previous notions of who should succeed Díaz were discarded . For a time Reyes was a supporter of Madero , but he later led the first rebellion against Madero . After this rebellion failed , Reyes was imprisoned . In 1913 , Manuel Mondragón ' s forces freed Reyes from prison . Then , they marched on to the National Palace in the beginning of the " Decena trágica " . Reyes was killed in the initial assault on the palace .
Allen Ross Culpepper Allen Ross Culpepper ( July 21 , 1944 – May 18 , 1969 ) , was a United States Army captain in the Vietnam War . He graduated from the U . S . Military Academy at West Point , Class of 1966 , and was posthumously presented the Distinguished Service Cross Citation . Presented posthumously for actions during the Vietnam War .
John Ortega Seaman John ( or Juan ) Ortega ( born in 1840 in Spain ) , was the first Hispanic sailor to be awarded the United States ' highest military decoration for valor in combat — the Medal of Honor — for having distinguished himself during the South Atlantic Blockade by the Union Naval forces during the American Civil War . Biography . Ortega , a resident of Pennsylvania , was a Spanish immigrant who joined the Union Navy from his adopted home state of Pennsylvania in 1863 . Ortega was assigned to the during the American Civil War . The USS Saratoga , commissioned in 1843 , was the third ship of the United States Navy christened with that same name . It was a sloop - of - war under the command of Commander George Musalas Colvocoresses . On January 13 , 1864 , Secretary of the United States Navy Gideon Welles , ordered Commander Colvocoresses and the USS " Saratoga " to proceed to Charleston , South Carolina , and report to Rear Admiral Dahlgren for duty in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in what is known as the Union blockade . This was a massive effort by the Union Navy to prevent the passage of trade goods , supplies , and arms to and from the Confederate States . Ortega was a member of the landing parties from the ship who made several raids in August and September which resulted in the capture of many prisoners and the taking or destruction of substantial quantities of ordnance , ammunition , and supplies . A number of buildings , bridges , and salt works were destroyed during the expedition . For his actions Seaman John Ortega was awarded the Medal of Honor and promoted to acting master ' s mate in August 1864 . He deserted from the Navy in June 1865 . Medal of Honor citation . Served as seaman on board the U . S . S . Saratoga during actions of that vessel on 2 occasions . Carrying out his duties courageously during these actions , Ortega conducted himself gallantly through both periods . Promoted to acting master ' s mate . Awards and decorations . Ortega ' s awards and decorations include the following :
Ivan Grave Ivan Platonovich Grave ( " Иван Платонович Граве " in Russian ; last name is pronounced Grave ) ( in Kazan – March 3 , 1960 in Moscow ) was a Russia n and Soviet scientist in the field of artillery , Doctor of Technical Sciences ( 1939 ) , professor ( 1927 ) , member of the Academy of Artillery Sciences ( 1947 - 1953 ) , Major General of the Engineer Corps ( 1942 ) . Ivan Grave graduated from the Mikhailovskoye Artillery School ( 1895 ) and Mikhailovskaya Artillery Academy ( 1900 ) , where he would begin to teach four year later . In 1916 , Grave invented a missile powered by smokeless powder and launched from mobile launchers , and first experiments of primitive a liquid - fueled rockets , and therefore he is also known as father of " Katyusha " . In 1918 , he participated in creating the RKKA Artillery Academy , where he would work as a head of studies and head of a department until 1943 . Ivan Grave was one of the founders of the Soviet school of internal ballistics . Ivan Grave authored two major works called " Internal Ballistics " ( Внутренняя баллистика ) ( 1933 - 1938 ) and " Ballistics of Semiclosed Space " ( Баллистика полузамкнутого пространства ) ( 1940 ) . In 1938 Ivan Grave was arrested under the false accusation of participating in the " Military - Fascist Plot , " but was released in February 1939 after denunciation of " Yezhovshchina " ( the reign of the then NKVD chief Yezhov ) and during campaign against slander by Joseph Stalin ' s order as a particularly valuable specialist . Ivan Grave was awarded the Stalin Prize ( 1942 ) , Order of Lenin , Orders of the Red Banner , Order of the Patriotic War ( 1st Class ) , Order of the Red Star , and numerous medal s . The crater Grave on the Moon is named after him .
INS Kiltan INS " Kiltan " is an anti - submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28 . It is the third of four " Kamorta " - class corvette s under various stages of induction with the Indian Navy . The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers , Kolkata , and launched on 26 March 2013 . " Kiltan " represents a leap forward in the Navy ' s attempts at indigenisation with as much as 90 % of its content drawn from India itself . History . The keel of " Kiltan " was laid in August 2010 and it was launched in Kolkata on 26 March 2013 by Chitra Joshi , wife of Admiral D . K . Joshi , the Chief of Naval Staff . The ship cost an estimated 1 , 700 crores . The ship takes its name from the Kiltan Island , a coral island that is part of India ' s archipelagic Union Territory of Lakshadweep . It is the successor ship to the , which was an " Arnala " - class corvette which participated in Operation Trident , and was later decommissioned in 1987 . Design . " Kiltan " has been designed by the Indian Navy ’ s Directorate of Naval Design as part of Project 28 . It is capable of fighting under nuclear , biological and chemical environments . It will be a frontline warship of the Indian Navy with advanced stealth features and a low radar signature that enhances its anti - submarine warfare capability . The ship will have a complement of 17 officers and 106 sailors . Features . " Kiltan " is India ' s first ship to have a superstructure of carbon fibre composite material that has been integrated with its main hull resulting in lower top weight and maintenance costs and improved stealth features . The ship is 109 metres long and 12 . 8 metres broad and is highly maneuverable with a top speed of 25 knots . It has a displacement of 3000 tonnes and a range of about 3450 nautical miles at 18 knots . It is powered by 4 diesel engines that generate a combined power of 3000 kW and propelled by a main unit of four 3 , 888 kW diesel engines at 1 , 050 rpm . " Kiltan " is to be armed with a range of indigenously developed cutting edge weapons and sensors including " a medium range gun , torpedo tube launchers , rocket launchers and a close - in weapon system " . The ship will also contain an integrated communication system and an electronic warfare system .
5th Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Force The 5th Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Force ( 5th Yokosuka SNLF ) were troops of the Imperial Japanese Navy ' s Special Naval Landing Forces . Formed at the Yokosuka Naval District , the 5th Yokosuka SNLF participated in the invasion of Buna - Gona and the Guadalcanal Campaign .