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40 ( Ulster ) Signal Regiment 40 ( Ulster ) Signal Regiment ( Volunteers ) is a Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army . The regiment forms part of 2 ( National Communications ) Signal Brigade , providing military communications for national operations . The regiment does not have an internal security role in Northern Ireland . Structure . Initial Structure HQ Squadron at Clonaver Park , Belfast . < br > 66 ( City of Belfast ) Signal Squadron at Clonaver Park , Belfast . < br > 81 ( Northern Ireland ) Signal Squadron at Belfast . < br > 85 ( Ulster ) Signal Squadron at Clonaver Park , Belfast and Lurgan . This Squadron was later to raise a Troop in Larne , but then consolidated in Belfast before subsequently moving to Newtownards , then Bangor and finally Lisburn . Current Structure 66 ( City of Belfast ) Support Squadron at Clonaver Park , Belfast . < br > 69 Signal Squadron at Belfast and Limavady . < br > 85 ( Ulster and Antrim Artillery ) Signal Squadron at Lisburn . History . The Regiment was formed 1 April 1967 in Belfast by the amalgamation of 66 Signal Regiment ( TA ) , 81 Signal Regiment ( AER ) and 302 Signal Squadron . In 1969 81 Signal Squadron at Belfast was disbanded . This Squadron number is now used by an independent specialist TA Squadron , based at Colerne in England . On 1 April 1995 , due to Options for Change , 69 ( North Irish Horse ) Signal Squadron , based at Limavady , transferred from 32 ( Scottish ) Signal Regiment ( Volunteers ) . On 1 July 1999 85 ( Ulster ) Squadron moved to Bangor and was subtitled ' ( Ulster and Antrim Artillery ) ' . This was done in recognition of the loss of 74 ( Antrim Artillery ) Squadron Royal Engineers ( Volunteers ) . The Squadron became custodian of the Antrim Artillery property as a result of this . With the re - raising of TA Royal Engineers in Bangor , in the form of 591 ( Independent ) Field Squadron Royal Engineers ( Volunteers ) the Squadron moved to Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn . Operational deployments . Territorial soldiers from the Regiment have served on operations supporting the Regular Army in the Balkans and on Operation TELIC in Iraq , on Operation HERRICK in Afghanistan , on Operation TOSCA in Cyprus and on Operation OCULUS in the Balkans . Future . Due to the reduction in Territorial Army Royal Signals units , as a result of the Strategic Review of Reserves , 40 ( Ulster ) Signal Regiment ( Volunteers ) disbanded on 31 March 2010 . One Squadron remains , 40 Squadron , which is under the command of 32 Signal Regiment . It is based in Belfast and Derry .
Augustus P . Cooke Augustus P . Cooke , was a mid - 19th century United States Navy officer . Career . Cooke entered the United States Naval Academy during the 1850s , and passed examinations to become a Midshipman on 29 April 1859 . His nomination to the rank of Lieutenant was approved by President James Buchanan for approval by the Senate in late 1860 , and became official on 28 December of that year following the retirement of Lieutenant Robert Selden , which left a vacancy in the Navy ' s officer corps . This highly - rigid system of officer promotion based on seniority and available positions were a common feature of 19th century navies . When the Civil War broke out , Cooke remained loyal to the Union . He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on 11 August 1862 and shortly afterwards was given command of the steamer USS " Estrella " when the Navy took her into service late in the year . Under Cooke ' s command , " Estrella " saw extensive service in the fighting along the Gulf Coast . He was relieved of his command shortly before the Battle of Mobile Bay and ordered back to the Union states . Cooke remained in the navy after the end of the war and was promoted to Commander on 15 August 1870 . Four years later he was appointed as the commanding officer of the newly commissioned torpedo ram USS " Intrepid " , giving him the distinction of being the first American naval officer to command a ship armed with self - propelled torpedoes . After leaving " Intrepid " Cooke was promoted to Captain on 25 November 1881 . By 1888 he was serving as a branch vice - president of the United States Naval Institute . Cooke retired from the navy on 27 May 1892 .
Fort Billingsport Fort Billingsport , at Billingsport in Paulsboro , Gloucester County , New Jersey , United States , wss an early American fort on the Delaware River . The site of the fort is located at the Plains Terminal at the Port of Paulsboro . The land for the fort was purchased by the Continental Congress on July 5 , 1776 , the first land purchase made by the United States . The site was purchased for 600 pounds . Tadeusz Kościuszko designed the fortifications at the request of George Washington . The fort was constructed by troops from New Jersey , Pennsylvania , South Carolina and Virginia . It was never completed . The fort fell to the British in 1777 before the Battle of Red Bank .
Geoffrey Hemming Flight Sub Lieutenant Geoffrey William Hemming , DSC , RAF ( 3 April 1898 – 26 February 1926 ) was a British World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories . World War I service . Hemming joined 4 Naval Squadron just after its foundation . It was equipped with Sopwith Pup s , and based at Ostend , Belgium . Hemming piloted Pup No . N6177 to victory over a Siemens - Schuckert D . I , destroying it on 12 May 1917 . He switched to No . N6199 for his victories on 6 June , when he destroyed another Siemens Schuckert D . I , and drove a third one down out of control . He then upgraded to Sopwith Camel No . B3841 for his triple win on 22 August 1917 , when he drove down three Albatros D . V s out of control . Family . Geoffrey Hemming married Dorothy May Woods , daughter of Mr . and Mrs R . J . Woods , of Princetown Lodge , Bangor , County Down , on 7 February 1923 at St . Comgall ' s Parish Church , Bangor , County Down . Dorothy Hemmings ' son , Desmond Wettern , was Naval Correspondent of " The Daily Telegraph " . Geoffrey William Hemming perished in a flying accident with a Fairey III . D at RAF Calshot on 26 February 1926 . Honors and awards . Distinguished Service Cross ( DSC ) Flt . Sub - Lieut . Geoffrey William Hemming , R . N . A . S . In recognition of his services with a Wing of the R . N . A . S . at Dunkirk between March and September , 1917 , during which period he has been continuously employed on the Belgian coast , and on many occasions has been in charge of a flight . On 22 September 1917 , he led his flight against a formation of twenty enemy aircraft , and engaging three consecutively , brought them all down . References . " Above the Trenches : a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915 - 1920 . " Christopher F . Shores , Norman L . R . Franks , Russell Guest . Grub Street , 1990 . ISBN 0 - 948817 - 19 - 4 , ISBN 978 - 0 - 948817 - 19 - 9 .
419th Night Fighter Squadron The 419th Night Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with Thirteenth Air Force , being inactivated at Floridablanca , Luzon on 20 February 1947 . History . Activated on 1 April 1943 . Trained at Kissimmee , Florida using in the RP - 322 Lightnings and P - 70 Havocs due to non - availability of P - 61 Black Widows . By the end of training , the night fighter pilots realized that the Black Widow would not be forthcoming and resigned themselves to the fact they would be going overseas with P - 70s . The squadron arrived at Guadalcanal , Solomon Islands on 15 November 1943 , assigned to Thirteenth Air Force . The squadron absorbed Detachment B of the 6th Night Fighter Squadron . On 21 November 1943 , the squadron was assigned to the 18th Fighter Group . With the mixed bag of P - 38H Lightnings and P - 70s prowling the skies , combat operations commenced . The P - 38Hs were stock day fighters with no radar or any other equipment for finding the enemy at night . The Lightning pilots would wait until the enemy was over a target and , hopefully , illuminated by the defender ' s searchlights . They would then try to pick out the outline of the enemy aircraft and intercept . This method had its dangers since the P - 38 was subjecting itself to antiaircraft fire from defenders as well as gunners aboard the Japanese bombers . The squadron received the P - 61 Black Widow to replace the P - 38s / P - 70s in May 1944 . Then on 25 August 1944 , the squadron was re - assigned to the XIII Fighter Command . The squadron flew numerous missions against Japanese night intruders , which were a real nuisance to American forces and which up to this time had been virtually immune from interception . On typical missions , the pilot would be directed to the vicinity of its target by ground based radar . The onboard A / I radar under the control of the radar operator would then be used to direct the pilot to close with and intercept the enemy . As soon as the pilot had gotten close enough to its target to make a visual identification , the guns would be aimed and fired by the pilot or by the gunner . The appearance of the Black Widow in the night skies over the Pacific was a rude and unpleasant surprise for these night raiders . Engaged the enemy during the New Guinea , Northern Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago Campaigns . Moved the Philippines in 1945 , operating primarily over the southern islands . During 1945 aerial targets became increasingly rare , the 419th turned to long range night - time intruding , carrying out the same mission as the aircraft they had originally been stalking ending the war being stationed on Palawan . Personnel demobilized at Clark Field and returned to the United States after the war ; equipment remained in the Philippines for reclamation or sent to postwar units . Inactivated on 20 February 1947 at Puerto Princess , Palawan , Philippines as a paper unit .
William Irvine ( lawyer ) William Irvine ( February 14 , 1820 – November 12 , 1882 ) was an American politician , a United States Representative for New York ' s 28th district , and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War . Biography . Irvine was born in Whitneys Point , Broome County , New York , attended the common schools , and moved to Greene County , New York , in 1841 . He studied law ; was admitted to the bar in 1849 . Career . Irvine commenced his law practice in Corning , Steuben County , New York . He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from New York , 1856 . Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1858 as a Republican in New York ' s 28th district , Irvine served only one term from March 4 , 1859 to March 3 , 1861 . At the start of the Civil War he entered the army and assisted in raising the Tenth Regiment , New York Volunteer Cavalry , of which he became Lieutenant Colonel on November 25 , 1861 . He with his regiment served in fifty - five battle engagements from 1862 to the last conflict at Appomattox , Virginia in April 1865 . He was brevetted to Brigadier General on March 13 , 1865 , and was Adjutant General on the staff of Governor Fenton in 1865 and 1866 . After the war he moved to San Francisco , California and resumed the practice of law until his death . Death . Irvine died in San Francisco , California , on November 12 , 1882 ( age 62 years 8 months , and 29 days ) . He is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery , Elmira , Chemung County , New York .
USS Bignonia ( 1863 ) USS " Bignonia " ( 1863 ) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways . Acquired by the Union Navy in Cleveland , Ohio . " Bignonia " , a screw tug , was built in 1863 at Cleveland , Ohio , as " Mary Grandy " ; purchased by the Union Navy on 2 August 1864 ; and commissioned on 14 September 1864 , Acting Volunteer Lieutenant W . D . Roath in command . Civil War service . Until April 1865 , " Bignonia " served with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron as a tug . She was reassigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in April 1865 . Post - war decommissioning and sale . " Bignonia " was decommissioned there and sold on 12 July 1865 .
USS Wilkes ( TB - 35 ) The first USS " Wilkes " ( TB - 35 ) was a " Blakely " - class torpedo boat in the United States Navy . Built in New York . " Wilkes " was laid down on 3 June 1899 at Morris Heights , New York , by the Gas Engine and Power Company and the Charles L . Seabury & Co . ; launched on 28 September 1901 ; sponsored by Miss Harriet E . Rankin ; and commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 18 September 1902 , Lt . ( jg . ) Dudley Wright Knox in command . U . S . Navy service . " Wilkes " spent the bulk of her career in reserve . Soon after her commissioning , she was assigned to the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla based at Norfolk , Virginia . There , she remained until the winter of 1906 and 1907 when she briefly returned to full commission for service with the 3rd Torpedo Flotilla . On 30 May 1907 , she was again placed in reserve with the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at Norfolk . There , she remained until 23 November 1908 when she was recommissioned and assigned to duty with the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet based at Charleston , South Carolina . Decommissioning . On 22 December 1909 , she went back into reserve , this time at the Charleston Navy Yard . Apparently in commission , in reserve , while at Charleston , " Wilkes " was decommissioned there on 14 November 1913 , and her name was struck from the Navy list on the following day . She was sunk as a target in the summer or fall of 1914 .
Taha Yassin Ramadan Taha Yasin Ramadan al - Jizrawi ( 22 February 1938 – 20 March 2007 ) ( ) was a prominent Iraqi Kurd , serving as Vice President of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 . In October 2002 , four months before the United States invaded Iraq , Ramadan suggested U . S . President George W . Bush and Saddam Hussein settle their difference in a duel . He reasoned this would not only serve as an alternative to a war that was certain to damage Iraq ' s infrastructure , but that it would also reduce the suffering of the Iraqi and American peoples . Ramadan ' s offer included the possibility that a group of US officials would face off with a group of Iraqi officials of same or similar rank ( President v . President , Vice President v . Vice President , etc . ) . Ramadan proposed that the duel be held in a neutral land , with each party using the same weapons , and with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan presiding as the supervisor . On behalf of President Bush , White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer declined the offer . Following the fall of Saddam ' s government , Taha Yasin Ramadan was placed on the U . S . list of most - wanted Iraqis and depicted as the " Ten of Diamonds " in the most - wanted Iraqi playing cards . He was captured on August 19 , 2003 in Mosul , by fighters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK ) and handed over to US forces . He was one of the defendants in the Iraq Special Tribunal ' s Al - Dujail trial . On November 5 , 2006 he was sentenced to life imprisonment . On December 26 , 2006 the appeals court sent the case file back to the Tribunal , saying the sentence was too lenient and demanding a death sentence . On February 12 , 2007 he was sentenced to death by hanging . His sentence was carried out on the fourth anniversary of Iraq ' s US invasion , before dawn on March 20 , 2007 .
101st Rescue Squadron The 101st Rescue Squadron ( 101 RQS ) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing stationed at Francis S . Gabreski Air National Guard Base , Westhampton Beach , New York . The squadron is equipped with the HH - 60 Pave Hawk helicopter , configured for combat search and rescue operations . Overview . Established in 2004 by the Air Force Special Operations Command as part of a re - organization of Air National Guard rescue wings which created separate squadrons for fixed - wing , helicopter and pararescue elements of the 106th Rescue Wing . The squadron maintains , supports and operates the HH - 60 Pave Hawk helicopters of the 106th Rescue Wing . It is an integral component of the 106th Operations Group , along with the HC - 130P Hercules transports of the 102d Rescue Squadron , transporting pararescue personnel of the 103d RQS in their mission .
Anwärter SS - Anwärter " is a German title which translates as “ candidate ” . In modern day Germany , the title of " Anwärter " is typically used by those applying for employment and also as a designation for members of the " Bundeswehr " who are under consideration for a leadership assignment . During the Third Reich , " Anwärter / SS - Anwärter " was used as a paramilitary rank by both the NSDAP and the SS . Within the Nazi Party , an " Anwärter " was someone who had been accepted into a government service position and the rank was issued in two degrees : one for party members and the other for non - party members . " Anwärter " was the lowest Nazi Party rank in a complex and extensive system of Nazi Party political ranks leading up to such positions as " Gauleiter " and " Reichsleiter " . As an SS rank , an " SS - Anwärter " was someone who had applied for membership in the SS and was undergoing a probationary period , after which time an appointment would be issued to the rank of " SS - Mann " . The earliest recorded use of " Anwärter " as an SS rank was 1932 ; however , the rank was used as title dating back to 1925 . Within the " Allgemeine - SS " , the transition from " Anwärter " to " Mann " was an extensive process , typically taking over one year . During that year , a potential SS member would be drilled and indoctrinated ; racial , political , and background checks would also be conducted . At the end of this time , typically in an elaborate ceremony , an " Anwärter " would be promoted to the rank of " SS - Mann " . After 1941 , " Anwärter " was also used as a rank of the " Waffen - SS " , but to a much lesser degree than in the general SS . A " Waffen - SS " " Anwärter " was usually a recruit who had been processed into the SS ( typically at a recruiting station ) , but had yet to report for basic training . Once basic training began , the " Anwärter " was unceremoniously promoted to the rank of " SS - Schütze " . Between 1942 and 1945 , an even lower rank existed within the SS known as " Bewerber " . The SS was the only Nazi paramilitary group to have a rank lower than that of " Anwärter " . The SS rank of " Anwärter " used no insignia ; however , the Nazi Party rank displayed a bare collar tab with eagle and swastika pin issued for those " Anwärters " who were already Nazi party members .
Rhys Jones ( soldier ) Lieutenant General Richard Rhys Jones ( born 2 May 1960 ) is the current Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force . Early life . Jones was born in Timaru , the son of Methodist minister Alan Jones and the youngest in a family of nine , six in his immediate family plus three half - brothers including writer Owen Marshall Jones . He is a former pupil of Wanganui Boys ' College . Career . Jones enlisted with the New Zealand Army in December 1978 , and attended the Royal Military College , Duntroon in Canberra from 1979 to 1982 , graduating as a Bachelor of Arts , having majored in politics . In December 1982 , he entered the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps as a lieutenant . He then spent nine years at Waiouru Army Camp followed by ten years intermittently in Australia . He was posted to the Middle East as an observer with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation , and with the Observer Group Lebanon as an operations officer . Jones is a 1992 graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth , and was inducted into the USACGSC International Hall of Fame in October 2010 . He attended the higher defence college at the Australian Defence College , completed a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies at La Trobe University , and has a Diploma in Qualitative Futures . In 2000 , he had " some disagreements with the chief of army at that time " over armoured vehicles , was sent away to Australia and told he would receive no further promotions , but was later brought back . By 2005 he was a colonel at Burnham Military Camp . Jones was promoted from brigadier to major general in October 2007 and appointed Commander of Joint Forces New Zealand after serving as the Land Component Commander . On 1 May 2009 , he succeeded Major General Lou Gardiner as the Chief of Army . Prime Minister John Key announced on 6 December 2010 that Jones would be the next Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force , appointing him for a three - year term rather than the usual five in order to monitor progress in a major review of defence force spending . The appointment commenced on 24 January 2011 . Medal ribbons . Jones ' medal ribbons , as they would appear on the left breast of a uniform , are :
USS Mist ( 1864 ) The first USS " Mist " was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was planned by the Union Navy for use as a gunboat stationed off Confederate waterways to prevent their trading with foreign countries . " Mist " , a stern wheel steamer built at Allegheny , Pennsylvania , in 1864 , was purchased at Cincinnati , Ohio , 23 December 1864 , and commissioned at Mound City , Illinois , 3 March 1865 , Acting Master W . E . H . Fontress in command . Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron . " Mist " was converted into a gunboat during the first 4 months of 1865 . The new tinclad was assigned to the 8th District , Mississippi Squadron and patrolled the river protecting steamers and river settlements from desperadoes . End - of - war decommissioning , sale , and subsequent civilian career . " Mist " was removed from naval duty 4 August ; decommissioned at Mound City and was sold at public auction to C . C . Hutchinson 17 August 1865 . Documented as a merchant ship , she served American commerce on the Mississippi River and its tributaries until 1874 .