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Groupement tactique interarmes de Kapisa The Groupement tactique interarmes de Kapisa ( GTIA Kapisa , " joint tactical group of Kapisa " ) , also called Task Force Korrigan , is a battalion - sized unit of the French Army , based in Kapisa Province , in Afghanistan . It operates in the framework of the French forces in Afghanistan . Organisation . GTIA Kapisa comprises The support unit provides fire support , engineering , communications , maintenance and medical support . The GTIA Kapisa operates under the Regional Command East headed by US general Curtis Scaparrotti . The other units of the French Army in Afghanistan operate under Regional Command Capital headed by French general Michel Stollsteiner . From 15 June 2009 , GTIA Kapisa has been constituted of the 3rd RIMa , complemented with an armoured unit of the 1st RIMa , two engineering sections of the 6th RG , two mortar sections of the 11th RAMa , and a communication group for the 48th RT . This amounts to 650 personnel . The headquarter and one of the combat groups are positioned at Nijrab , while the other combat unit is based in Tagab . On 1 November 2009 , command of the GTIA was transferred to the Brigade La Fayette . History . The foundation of the GTIA - Kapisa was announced by President Sarkozy in 3 April 2008 , during the NATO summit in Bucarest . Task Force Chimera , August 2008 to January 2009 . From August 2008 - January 2009 , the GTIA - Kapisa was dubbed " Task Force Chimera " . It comprised elements of A company detached from the 8e RPIMa to the BatFra , and sustained casualties during the Uzbin Valley ambush on 18 August 2008 . Task Force Chimera sustained 15 wounded during its tour . Task Force Tiger , January 2009 to 15 June 2009 . From January 2009 to 15 June 2009 , the GTIA - Kapisa was dubbed " Task Force Tiger " , under Colonel Nicolas Le Nen . It comprised elements of One of the most notable operations was the Battle of Alasay , on 14 March 2009 . Task Force Tiger sustained one dead ( Corporal Nicolas Belda , killed during the Battle of Alasay ) , and one wounded . Task Force Korrigan , 15 June 2009 to 15 January 2010 . From 15 June 2009 to 15 January 2010 , the GTIA - Kapisa is dubbed " Task Force Korrigan " , under colonel Chanson . It comprises In June , the French troops received reinforcements with eight CAESAR self - propelled howitzer s . As of the 1 November 2009 , Task Force Korrigan had lost 7 killed and 44 wounded .
Battle of Rymnik In the Battle of Râmnic ( ) ( September 22 , 1789 ) took place in Wallachia , near Râmnicu Sărat , during the Russo - Turkish War of 1787 - 1792 . The Russian general Alexander Suvorov , acting together with the Habsburg general Prince Josias of Coburg , attacked the main Ottoman army under Grand Vizier Cenaze Hasan Pasha , following a grueling night march . In a pitched battle lasting only a few hours , the Russian and Habsburg forces , numbering about 25 , 000 , drove back the 60 , 000 Ottoman soldiers , inflicting heavy casualties . For this victory , Suvorov was awarded the title of " Count of Râmnic " ( граф Рымникский ) . The victory also resulted in the retreat of Ottoman forces from the Danubian Principalities , leading to the occupation of Wallachia by Habsburg troops .
HMS Mounts Bay ( K627 ) HMS " Mounts Bay " ( K627 ) was a anti - aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy , named after Mount ' s Bay in Cornwall . In commission from 1949 until 1960 , she saw active service in the Korean War , and was sold to Portugal in 1961 to serve as NRP " Vasco da Gama " ( F478 ) until 1971 . Construction . The ship was originally ordered from William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd . of South Bank , Middlesbrough , on 25 January 1943 as the " Loch Kilburnie " . However , in late 1943 the contract was changed , and the ship was laid down on 23 October 1944 to a revised design as a Bay - class . She was launched as " Mounts Bay " on 8 June 1945 , but work on the ship was then suspended . Finally , on 20 March 1946 , the ship was transferred to the shipyard of John I . Thornycroft & Company at Woolston , Southampton where she was completed on 11 April 1949 . Service history . " Mounts Bay " was commissioned for service , and after sea trials and training she sailed to the Far East to join the 4th Frigate Flotilla . From 1950 to 1953 she was part of the United Nations Task Force based at Sasebo , Japan , with other Commonwealth warships in support of military operations in Korean waters , spending routine maintenance and rest periods at Kure , Japan . She was also deployed for Squadron duties , including patrols to protect British merchant ships trading between ports in China and the South China Sea . When not deployed off Korea she carried out patrols off Malayan coast in support of British anti - insurgent operations , and took part in Squadron and Fleet exercises and visits to ports in the Far East . After the Korean War armistice was signed on 27 July 1953 , the UN Task Force operations continued , and " Mounts Bay " was deployed as a guardship into 1954 . In September of that year she returned to the UK to refit and then served in the West Indies in 1955 , in the South Atlantic in 1957 , and then returned to Far East . In May 1960 the ship was decommissioned and put into Reserve at Portsmouth . Placed on the Disposal List in 1961 she was sold to Portugal . References .
Fort de Seclin The Fort de Seclin , also known as Fort Duhoux , is located near the commune of Seclin , France , about south of Lelle . Built from 1873 to 1875 , it is part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications that France built following the defeat of the Franco - Prussian War . It was never modernized to cope with improvements in artillery technology in the late 19th century . It has been preserved and is interpreted by a local preservation association for the public . Description . The Fort de Seclin is trapezoidal in shape , with a central artillery position on top of barracks and support facilities , surrounded by a defended ditch and counterscarp . The ditch is covered by a double caponier and an aileron . The main entry has its own ravelin . The two - level barracks are recessed into courtyards and covered with earth and turf . The fort is constructed in brick and stone masonry and was never upgraded with concrete protection . The fort was initially armed with about forty artillery pieces , served by between 700 and 800 men . It had two satellite batteries . History . World War I . The fort did not see significant action during World War I , as it was to the rear of Lille and was among the last positions to be overrun . The Germans took over the fort and used it as a supply depot until 1918 , when it was occupied by British forces from the 68th Battalion , King ' s Liverpool Regiment , as they advanced into Lille . World War II . The Fort de Seclin saw no significant action in the Battle of France in 1940 . The fort was again occupied by the Germans and used as a prison for French Resistance fighters . A total of 69 people were executed at the fort . In the most notable event , seven employees of the French national railways were arrested and accused of sabotage , spying and armed resistance . The six male prisoners were executed by firing squad at the Fort de Seclin on 7 June 1944 . A monument commemorates the dead . Following the war it continued in use as an ammunition depot until the French Army abandoned it . Present . The Fort de Seclin was purchased by private owners in 1996 , who opened a museum on the site dedicated to the cavalry in 2003 .
Gary Roughead Gary Roughead ( born July 15 , 1951 ) is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 29th Chief of Naval Operations from September 29 , 2007 to September 22 , 2011 . He previously served as Commander , U . S . Fleet Forces Command , from May 17 , 2007 , to September 29 , 2007 . Prior to that , Roughead served as the 31st Commander , U . S . Pacific Fleet , from July 8 , 2005 , to May 8 , 2007 . He retired from the Navy after 38 years of service . Biography . Roughead graduated from high school at Valley Forge Military Academy ( Wayne , Pennsylvania ) in 1969 . He is a 1973 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a Surface Warfare Officer . His initial assignment was in the Weapons Department aboard the . This was followed by duty as Executive Officer on the patrol gunboats and , the former home - ported in Naples , Italy . He was the commissioning Chief Engineer aboard the and Executive Officer on the . Tours ashore include assignments as Flag Lieutenant to Commander , Naval Surface Force , U . S . Atlantic Fleet ; the Surface Warfare Analyst at the Navy ' s Office of Program Appraisal ; Administrative Aide to the Secretary of the Navy ; Executive Assistant to the Commander - in - Chief , U . S . Pacific Command ; Commandant , United States Naval Academy ; the Department of the Navy ' s Chief of Legislative Affairs ; and most recently , Deputy Commander , U . S . Pacific Command . Roughead was the commissioning Commanding Officer of the Aegis destroyer , and , upon assuming command of the cruiser , he became the first naval officer to command both classes of Aegis ships . While he was in command , " Port Royal " was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation and received the Golden Anchor Award for excellence in retention and crew support programs . He was Commander , Cruiser Destroyer Group Two and the Carrier Battle Group , deploying to the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea . His latest assignment afloat was as Commander , U . S . Second Fleet and Commander , NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic and Commander , Naval Forces North Fleet East in Norfolk , Virginia ; he was nominated to head the Fleet Forces Command on March 19 , 2007 . On September 2 , 2005 , Roughead was a keynote speaker at the End of WWII Commemoration aboard the battleship Memorial on Ford Island in Hawaii . On September 29 , 2007 , he became the Chief of Naval Operations . Awards and decorations . Roughead is also a distinguished recipient of the " Bob Hope Five Star Award for Distinguished Service to America . " The Asian - American Government Executives Network ( AAGEN ) recognized the Chief of Naval Operations ( CNO ) Adm . Gary Roughead with the AAGEN Excellence in Public Service Award June 10 , 2010 .
MEMS M - 52 / 60 The MEMS M - 52 / 60 is a submachine gun of Argentine origin manufactured by Miguel Enrique Manzo Sal ( MEMS ) . It is chambered in the 9x19mm round and fed from a 40 round magazine inserted in the forward pistol grip .
Herbert - Ernst Vahl Herbert Ernst Vahl was a Brigadeführer ( Major General ) and Generalmajor in the Waffen - SS during World War II . He was the commander of the 2nd SS Panzer Division " Das Reich " and the 4th SS Polizei Division , who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Herbert Ernst Vahl , was born on 9 October 1896 at Posen , Prussia n Province of Posen . World War I . During World War I he joined the 7th Infantry Regiment in 1914 , being selected to become an officer on 8 January 1915 . He served on the Western Front at the Somme and Verdun . He was twice wounded in 1916 and 1917 and by the end of World War I , had been awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class . Between the wars . At the end of World War I , Vahl had decided to stay in the Army ( Reichswehr ) . He served as an Instructor in several of the Military schools , before being posted to the 14rh Company , 16th Reiter Regiment ( Cavalry ) in Berlin . In November 1936 Vahl was promoted to Major and posted to the II . Battalion , 4th Panzer Regiment , 2nd Panzer Division . World War II . In September 1939 Vahl was promoted to Oberstleutnant ( Lieutenant Colonel ) , and posted to command the 65th Panzer Battalion , 6th Panzer Division which he served with during the Polish Campaign . In May 1940 he was in command of the 101st Panzer Battalion , which was a special unit comprising only flamethrower tanks . He commanded this Battalion during the Battle of France , the invasion of the Balkans ( Operation Marita ) and the Invasion of Russia ( Operation Barbarosa ) . During this time he was awarded the German Cross in Gold and the Panzer Badge . Vahl ' s Battalion was then attached to the German 3rd Infantry Division ( Motorised ) and moved to the Leningrad sector of the front . On 13 December 1941 Vahl was promoted to Oberst ( Colonel ) and given command of the 29th Panzer Regiment , 12th Panzer Division . In 1942 under orders from Berlin Vahl left the Heer and joined the Waffen SS , and is given the rank of Standartenführer ( Colonel ) , and posted to the " Das Reich " Division as the commander of the 2nd SS Panzer regiment . In February 1943 , Vahl was promoted to Oberführer ( Brigadier General ) , and given command of the " Das Reich " which was stationed in Russia . While in command during the Battle of Kharkov he was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and was seriously wounded at Bielgorod . In April 1943 while recovering from his wounds he was promoted to Brigadeführer ( Major General ) and Generalmajor of the Waffen SS . After recovering from his wounds he became the Inspector of Panzer troops in the SS Führungshauptamt ( SS main office ) . In July 1944 Vahl returned to active service with the 4th SS Polizei Division which was in Greece serving in Thessalonika fighting against partisans . Vahl arrived to assume command of the Division on the 13 July 1944 but was killed in a motoring accident on the 22 July 1944 .
Everett W . Stewart Everett Wilson Stewart ( July 18 , 1915 – February 9 , 1982 ) was an American flying ace of World War II with 7 . 83 aerial victories and 1 . 5 ground victories . Military career . Everett Stewart joined the US Army Air Corps in 1938 and flew with the 20th Pursuit Group in the Pacific at the beginning of the war . He quickly rose to the rank of squadron commander . After the battle of Midway , he was given command of the 328th Fighter Squadron of the 352nd Fighter Group , which was sent to England in mid - 1943 . In January 1944 , he was transferred to the 355th Fighter Group . He became the group ' s commanding officer in November 1944 . He was promoted to Colonel in January 1945 and given command of the famous 4th Fighter Group from February 1945 to the end of the war . After the war , Stewart remained with the Air Force , retiring in 1966
George N . Morgan George Nelson Morgan ( September 7 , 1825 – July 24 , 1866 ) was a Union general in the American Civil War . Morgan was born in Ontario , Canada , then moved to Minnesota and took up shipbuilding . He joined the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry , and advanced from Private to Colonel , commanding the 1st Minnesota at the Battle of Fredericksburg . Because of tuberculosis , he resigned , but later recovered sufficiently to command Fort Snelling , Minnesota , a training facility . He was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General in 1865 , but the tuberculosis worsened and he died the next year at Fort Snelling . His son , George H . Morgan , later became a cavalry officer , and was awarded the Medal of Honor . Namesake . Morgan Avenue in Minneapolis is named for George N . Morgan .
Alice Eckenstein Alice Emilie Eckenstein ( Basel , Switzerland 31 January 1890 - Riehen , Basel , Switzerland 12 May 1984 ) . Swiss rescuer of children in need in occupied Belgium during World War I . Life . At young age the daughter of Arnold Eckenstein - Marfort , merchant in Grellinger street in Basel , was already inspired by the wish to help others in need . Under the patronage of the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) she established an office in Basel with the intention to repatriate children in need from occupied Belgium . Among the numerous documents and letters that passed through her hands , those of anxious parents got her attention . During the summer campaign of 1914 multiple parents were surprised by the rapid advance of the Germans and got separated from their children , cut off by the frontline . With immence dedication and patience and at risk of her life , she succeeded in repatriating - each time again - children from occupied Belgium to Switzerland and then to the unoccupied zones of Belgium or France where they were reunited with their parents . Even large groups of children made it out of occupied Belgium thanks to this courageous woman . Her ashes are buried at the Wolfgottesacker cemetery in Basel . Source : Basler Zeitung
Chain - shot In artillery , a chain - shot is an obsolete type of naval ammunition formed of two sub - calibre balls , or half - balls , chained together . Bar shot is similar , but joined by a solid bar . They were used in naval warfare in the age of sailing ships and black powder cannon s to shoot masts , or to cut the shrouds and any other rigging of a target ship . Chain shot was used by the defenders of Magdeburg in May 1631 as an anti - personnel load , which according to counselor Otto von Guericke was one reason for the extreme violence of the victorious attackers . When fired , after leaving the muzzle , the shot ' s components tumble in the air , and the connecting chain fully extends . In past use , as much as six feet of chain would sweep through the target . However , the tumbling made both bar and chain shot less accurate , so they were used at shorter ranges . Chain shot was normally not used as an anti - personnel load ; this role was fulfilled more effectively and at lower cost by canister shot or grapeshot . The military usefulness of chain shot died out as wooden sail - powered ships were replaced with armored steam ships — first among navies , and then among commercial fleets — which do not have sails and riggings to serve as proper targets for chain - shot . Additionally , the conversion of naval armament from smoothbore , muzzle loaded , black powder cannon s to rifled , breech loaded guns further slowed the production of new chain shot ammunition ; the chain would damage barrels ( degrading maximum range , and further degrading effective range by degrading accuracy ) , and the new breech loading guns and their ammunition were meant to be effective against armored vessels as well as wooden sailing vessels . In modern times , the effect is replicated in shotgun s with the use of Bolo shell s — a pair of slugs connected by a strong wire . They are banned in several jurisdictions , including Florida and Illinois .
HMS Owen ( K640 ) HMS " Owen " ( K640 ) a Bay - class frigate of the British Royal Navy . She was named for the explorer and naval officer William Fitzwilliam Owen . She was originally laid down as the Loch - class vessel " Loch Muick " , and re - ordered as " Thurso Bay " while building . She was completed as " Owen " , a survey vessel for dealing with the large numbers of uncharted wrecks and mines around the British Isles as a result of World War II . For this purpose she was fitted for minesweeping .
CASA C - 101 The CASA C - 101 Aviojet is a low - wing single engine jet - powered advanced trainer and light attack aircraft currently in use by several air forces . In Spanish Air Force service , it is also flown by the " Patrulla Aguila " aerobatics team . Design and development . The aircraft was designed in response to a Spanish Air Force requirement in 1975 for a jet trainer to replace its aging fleet of Hispano HA - 200 s and Ha . 220s . Like many European jet trainers , it was also to have a limited attack capability . CASA sought technical assistance from Messerschmitt - Bölkow - Blohm ( MBB ) and Northrop , the latter designing the wings . A design along largely conventional lines was the result , the only surprising feature being a large internal weapons bay beneath the rear cockpit , allowing for a wider variety of armament to be carried than the underwing pylons alone would allow . Alternatively , this bay can be used to carry reconnaissance equipment . The aircraft is designed in a modular fashion to ease manufacturing and maintenance , and enjoys a great range since its initial requirement called for autodeployment to the Canary Islands from the Spanish mainland . Although the first flight took place on 27 June 1977 , test flights did not begin until 17 April 1978 . Performance was found to be better than anticipated by the designers . An initial Spanish Air Force order for 88 machines was placed , a dedicated trainer version designated C - 101EB - 01 by CASA and E . 25 " Mirlo " ( " Blackbird " ) by the air force . The first aircraft entered service on 17 March 1980 . This was followed in production by a combination attack / trainer with an uprated engine designated C - 101BB - 02 bought by Honduras , which bought four , and Chile , which bought four aircraft and parts for another eight to be assembled locally by ENAER . All Chilean BB - 02s are designated T - 36 Halcón . In 1983 , CASA flew a dedicated attack version , the C - 101CC - 02 , which was again ordered by Chile . This time , only the prototype was built in Spain , with the remaining 22 machines built by ENAER . This variant features yet another engine upgrade and increased fuel capacity and is designated A - 36 " Halcón " ( " Falcon " ) . Sixteen similar aircraft , the C - 101CC - 04 were sold to Jordan . The final version of the C - 101 , the C - 101DD was demonstrated by CASA in 1985 , featuring vastly improved avionics and the capability to carry the AGM - 65 Maverick air - to - ground missile , but failed to attract any orders . In the 1990s the armament system was modernized .
Wakarusa War The Wakarusa War was a skirmish that took place in Kansas Territory during November and December 1855 as part of the Bleeding Kansas violence . It centered around Lawrence , Kansas , and the Wakarusa River Valley . Background . The events that led to the Wakarusa War began on November 21 , 1855 , when a Free - Stater named Charles Dow was shot and killed by pro - slavery settler Franklin N . Coleman . Violent reprisals on both sides led to escalating tension . On December 1 , 1855 a small army of Missourians , acting under the command of Douglas County , Kansas Sheriff Samuel J . Jones , entered Kansas and laid siege to Lawrence . Siege . During the siege , the main body of the invaders were encamped on the Wakarusa bottoms , some six miles ( 10 km ) from Lawrence . The invading army numbered nearly 1 , 500 men . They were indifferently armed as a whole , although they had broken into the United States Arsenal at Liberty , Missouri , and stolen guns , cutlasses and cannon , and such munitions of war as they required . In Lawrence , John Brown and James Lane had mustered Free - State settlers into a defending army and erected barricades . No attack on Lawrence was made . A treaty of peace quelled the disorder , and its provisions were generally accepted . The only fatal casualty occurring during the siege was of a Free - State man named Thomas Barber , who had come to the defense of Lawrence . His death was memorialized in a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier titled " Burial of Barber " .