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Canadian Special Air Service Company The Canadian Special Air Service Company ( CSAS ) was a Canadian Airborne Special Forces unit in operation between 1947 and 1949 . Role . As opposed to a purely military function , the Canadian SAS was originally given functions of airborne firefighting , search and rescue and aid to the civil powers . However once officially sanctioned , the SAS was assigned the functions of being initially a parachute company but able to be the cadre of up to three parachute battalions , provide demonstrations of their capabilities throughout the nation , and " preserve and advance the techniques of SAS ( Commando ) operations developed during World War II " . The Canadian SAS performed an arctic rescue mission in 1947 and provided flood relief efforts in the Fraser Valley in 1948 . Commander . Appointed as the first commander of the unit was Major Lionel Guy d ' Artois a savate instructor who served in World War II with the First Special Service Force and Special Operations Executive in France . Organisation . The Company was formed as a standard infantry company with a company headquarters and three platoons ; a fourth " services " platoon added in 1948 . The unit had no distinctive insignia . Disbandment . The Canadian SAS carried on in its mission of providing the nucleus of an airborne battalion that became the Mobile Striking Force in 1949 , replacing the SAS .
Mikołaj Sieniawski Mikołaj Sieniawski ( c . 1489 – 1569 ) was a notable Polish magnate , military commander and a prominent politician of his times . He built Brzeżany Castle round which the modern town of Berezhany has developed . He is not to be confused with his descendant Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski , who was also a hetman in 1682 and 1683 . Since 1539 Mikołaj Sieniawski served as a Field Hetman of the Crown and took part in most wars Poland was engaged in . Most notably he organized several successful raids to the area of the Ottoman Empire and Crimea . Between 1542 and 1553 he was also the voivode of Belz , and after that time he rose to be a voivod of the Ruthenian Voivodship , one of the richest and most populous regions of the Republic . In 1563 he was promoted to the rank of Grand Crown Hetman , that is the " de facto " commander in chief of the Polish army .
SM UB - 142 SM " UB - 142 " was a German Type UB III submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 31 August 1918 as SM " UB - 142 " . She was surrendered to France on 22 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up at Landerneau in July 1921 . Construction . She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction , launched at Bremen on 23 July 1918 . " UB - 142 " carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun . " UB - 142 " would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . " UB - 142 " had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged . Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged .
Singapore Armed Forces Best Unit Competition The Singapore Armed Forces Best Unit Competition is an annual competition which confers awards of recognition to the most outstanding units of the Singapore Armed Forces ( SAF ) in combat readiness , operational proficiency and administrative excellence . Besides encouraging the above , the award also seeks to promote esprit - de - corps and camaraderie among participating Army , Air Force and Navy units through friendly competition . The assessment factors of the competition are : The competition was started for active SAF units in 1969 , before being extended to the reservist units ( now known as NS units ) in 1993 . These units are conferred their awards at the annual Singapore Armed Forces Day parade . Past winners . Active army units . Most times won Best Combat Unit : 27 times ( 1 CDO BN ) Most times won Best Combat Unit consequtively : 10 times ( 1 CDO BN 2004 - 2012 ) Most times won Best Combat Support : 5 times ( 20SA ) Most times won Best Combat Support consequtively : 3 times ( 40SAR 1984 - 1986 , 36SCE 1996 - 1998 ) Most times won Best Infantry Unit : 9 times ( 3GDS ) Most times won Best Infantry Unit : 4 times ( 3GDS 1981 - 1984 )
USS Forrestal ( CVA - 59 ) The USS Forrestal ( CVA - 59 ) is a aircraft carrier leader of the Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier built by the U . S Navy in October 1 of 1955 and was descomissioned in September 11 of 1993 . Features . She displaced 80 , 000 tons at full load . It was a real giant warship floating airport . Its total length was 326 meters and its width was 76 meters . The range of flight , this is the area of the airfield had 75 , 000 meters square . He had four steam catapults . Its capacity was 90 planes . overlaid with three hangars and 19 floors , or levels . Crew . The crew of the Forrestal crew was composed of 3019 , excluding the crew of the aircraft , which could easily reach five thousand men . Their average population was 5499 people when in normal use . Structure . Its structure weighing 52 , 500 tons of stainless steel . The solder used in electrical construction has consumed 1 , 000 tons of electrodes of stainless steel . Had four lifts were served daily and around 10 , 500 meals . Your internal telephone exchange , they had 2300 branches , the daily consumption of fresh water , was around 750 , 000 liters , like a small town . Steering systems , anchor and drift . Helms steering the ship weighed 45 tons each , were three in total . His four propeller blades had five each had seven meters diameter , Weighing around 20 tons . The anchor of the vessel was divided in half , weighing thirty tons each . The drive system comprised four geared turbines were driven by steam generated by eight boilers , which developed 250 000 HP , Which would be replaced by nuclear reactors in the early sixties . Cruise control . The warship reached cruising speed of 30 knots per hour ( nearly 60 km per hour ) , was so stable that no motion was perceived when the sea was calm . The only drawback is the constant wind which at times can bring down a man . The " Forrestal " and the 1964 coup in Brazil . In 1964 The U . S . government supported the 1964 military coup at Brazil . To do so , sent the USS Forrestal ( and some destroyers ) for the Brazilian coast .
William Cushion Air Vice - Marshal Sir William Boston Cushion KBE CB ( 30 January 1891 – 16 January 1978 ) was a British Army and Royal Air Force officer and an executive of the British Overseas Airways Corporation . Early life . The son of William Cushion , of Surlingham , near Norwich , Cushion was educated at Gresham ' s School , Holt , where he was a member of the school ' s Officer Training Corps , and at Faraday House , London . Career . Originally he studied electrical engineering but at the start of the First World War Cushion was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the 22nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment on 3 December 1914 and attached to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915 . During the First World War he served in France from 1915 to 1918 . After the war , in 1919 , he received a permanent commission into the Royal Air Force , serving as a Flight Lieutenant from 1919 to 1921 , and was promoted Squadron Leader on 1 January 1922 . He served in India , 1922 – 1927 , and was promoted Wing Commander on 1 January 1929 . He served in Iraq ( then a British protectorate ) from 1933 to 1935 , was promoted Group Captain in 1937 , Air Commodore in 1940 , and Air Vice - Marshal in 1942 , serving as Director - General of Equipment at the Air Ministry . After retirement from the Royal Air Force , Cushion was an executive of the British Overseas Airways Corporation from 1946 , taking charge of General Services from 1948 . He represented BOAC on the Aircraft Requirements and Contracts Committee , which considered aircraft replacement jointly with British European Airways and British South American Airways . He retired from BOAC on 30 September 1956 , after an announcement in May : " The Corporation desires to place on record its great appreciation of the notable contributions of Sir Victor Tait , Sir Harold Whittingham , and Sir William Cushion to the progress and development of B . O . A . C . " Private life . In 1917 , Cushion married Esther Jane Kenyon - Spooner , and they had two daughters . He was a member of the Hurlingham Club and at the time of his death was living in London SW6 .
HMS Prince George ( 1772 ) HMS " Prince George " was a 90 - gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 31 August 1772 at Chatham . During her career , she was upgraded to a 98 - gun ship , through the addition of eight 12 pdr guns to her quarterdeck . In 1780 , " Prince George " was part of Rodney ' s fleet at the Battle of Cape St . Vincent . She took part in the Battle of the Saintes in 1782 , and the Battle of Groix in 1795 . " Prince George " was converted to serve as a sheer hulk in 1832 , and was broken up in 1839 .
Pierre Violet - Marty Adjutant Pierre Augustin François Violet - Marty was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories . Violet - Marty joined the artillery at the beginning of the war , but soon switched to aviation . In May 1915 , he was posted to Escadrille 55 , which was equipped with Maurice Farmans . He won the Medaille Militaire on 17 September 1916 , then requested transfer to fighters . He shifted to Nieuport s with Escadrille 57 on 29 September 1916 . Between 6 October and 17 December 1916 , he downed three enemy airplanes . On 27 December , he downed two more German planes and was killed in the process . Honors and awards . Médaille Militaire " Remarkable pilot , admired by both his leaders and his comrades for his courage , strength and coolness . On 6 August 1916 he put a Fokker to flight during a combat in which his plane was hit by two bullets . On 11 August he calmly carried out an artillery spotting mission amidst heavy shelling , until his observer was wounded . Then on 26 August he flew over attacking troops at low altitude in spite of the most unfavourable atmospheric circumstances . Already cited in orders three times . " References . " Nieuport Aces of World War 1 . " Norman Franks . Osprey Publishing , 2000 . ISBN 1 - 85532 - 961 - 1 , ISBN 978 - 1 - 85532 - 961 - 4 .
Hermann Geyer Hermann Geyer ( 7 July 1882 – 10 April 1946 ) was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the IX . Armeekorps . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Hermann Geyer retired in 1943 and committed suicide in 1946 .
HSwMS Thor ( 1898 ) HSwMS " Thor " was an " Oden " class coastal defence ship of the Royal Swedish Navy . " Thor " had her keel laid down on 26 October 1896 at Bergsunds Yard in Stockholm . She was launched on 7 March 1898 , and completed on 7 August 1899 . " Thor " displaced 3 , 300 tons , had a LPP of 84 . 4 metres , a length of 84 . 8 metres and a beam of 14 . 6 metres . Her two triple - expansion steam engines could propel her at 16 , 5 knots . She was struck from service in 1937 .
Dimdim Castle Dimdim Castle ( Persian : دم دم , " Demdem " or " Domdom " , Kurdish : " Qelay Dimdim " ) was a Kurdish fortress located on top of Mount DimDim in West Azarbaijan Province of Iran , just west of Lake Urmia . The fortress dates from pre - Islamic period and in 1609 it was rebuilt by Kurdish leader Emir Xan Lepzêrin , ruler of Bradost .
Cold War espionage Cold War espionage describes the intelligence gathering activities during the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact . Because each side was preparing to fight the other , intelligence on the opposing side ' s intentions , military , and technology was of paramount importance . To gather this information , the two relied on a wide variety of military and civilian agencies . While several such as the CIA and KGB became synonymous with Cold War espionage , many other organizations played key roles in the collection and protection of the secction concerning detection of spying , and analysis of a wide host of intelligence disciplines . Soviet espionage in the United States during the Cold War was an outgrowth of World War II nuclear espionage , and Cold War espionage was depicted in works such as the James Bond and Matt Helm books and movies .
Metropolitan Educational Enterprises Metropolitan Educational Enterprises , Inc . is a company , founded in 1968 and based in Chicago , Illinois , that reportedly sells educational materials through independent contractor s . The company often targets US military members as potential customers , sometimes even conducting door - to - door soliciting on military base s . Military families have complained to the media that the company ' s representatives use deceptive selling techniques and hidden fees and charges . If military families fall behind on payments for expensive encyclopedias or educational materials , which customers report are often never or tardily delivered , the company used aggressive collection tactics , including calling the commanders of customer ' s military unit s .
18th Intelligence Squadron The 18th Intelligence Squadron ( 18 IS ) is a space control intelligence organization of the United States Air Force , located at Wright - Patterson AFB , Ohio . The squadron provides , through space systems expertise , tailored intelligence to the planning , development , and execution of space control operations . The 18 IS consists of a headquarters element at Wright - Patterson AFB and two geographically separated detachments : Detachment 2 , Osan AB , Korea ; and Detachment 4 , RAF Feltwell , United Kingdom . The 18 IS is a subordinate unit to the 544th Intelligence , Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group , subordinate to Air Force Intelligence , Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency ( AFISRA ) , a field operating agency subordinate to the Director of Intelligence , Surveillance , and Reconnaissance ( HQ USAF / XOI ) . Through fixed and mobile sites , 18th IS provides scientific and technical collection to the NSA ( National Security Agency ) , AFISRA , AFMC ( Air Force Materiel Command ) , and 21st Space Wing , Passive Space Surveillance ( 21 SW / PASS ) mission . Where available , also provides limited analysis to the entities . History . The 18th Intelligence Squadron was originally activated as the 5th Photographic Laboratory Section on 20 Oct 1943 at Will Rogers Field , Oklahoma . It was redesignated as the 5th Photographic Technical Unit on 30 Nov 1944 at Esler Field , Louisiana and as the 18th Photographic Technical Unit on 29 Jan 1945 at Key Field , Mississippi . It was inactivated on 27 Dec 1945 at Bad Kissengen , Germany . In these early years , the unit served in the United States , France , and Germany . On 16 Oct 1984 , the unit was redesignated the 18th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron after it was consolidated with the 68th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron , which had been activated on 10 Oct 1951 and inactivated on 10 Dec 1951 at Lockbourne AFB , Ohio . The unit was redesignated the 18th Intelligence Squadron on 3 Sep 1993 and activated on 7 Sep 1993 at Falcon AFB , Colorado . Det 1 , 18 IS was activated at Holloman AFB , New Mexico in June 1995 , and later moved to Wright - Patterson AFB , Ohio during the summer of 2000 . Det 1 was the Air Intelligence Agency ' s only transportable system conducting Radio Frequency phenomenology studies . Det 1 was inactivated on 8 June 2010 and merged with the 18th Intelligence Squadron , which itself moved from Vandenberg AFB , California , to its current location of Wright - Patterson AFB , Ohio , in July 2010 . Assigned personnel provide data in support of Air Force Intelligence , Surveillance , and Reconnaissance Agency , National Air and Space Intelligence Center , and United States Strategic Command missions as well as information critical to the National Security Agency and other national - level organizations . Wright - Patterson AFB , Ohio ( 31 Aug 2000 - 8 June 2010 ) Subordinate units . Griffiss AFB , New York ( 7 Sep 1993 - 31 Aug 2000 )
USS Nepenthe ( SP - 112 ) USS " Nepenthe " ( SP - 112 ) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel in 1917 . " Nepenthe " was built as a civilian houseboat in 1917 by the Mathis Yacht Building Company at Camden , New Jersey . The U . S . Navy acquired " Nepenthe " from her owner , James Dearing of Miami , Florida , on 7 June 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Nepenthe " ( SP - 112 ) . Assigned to the 7th Naval District , " Nepenthe " served in Florida waters . However , she proved unsuitable for Navy service , and was returned to her owner on 5 October 1917 .
Magenta - class ironclad The " Magenta " class was a class of two broadside ironclad s of the French Navy . The type was designed by Dupuy de Lôme . The ships carried 50 guns in broadside . They were the only ironclad two - decker s ever built , and the first ironclad to feature a naval ram .
16th Light Cavalry The 16th Light Cavalry is a regiment of the Armoured Corps , a primary combat arm of the Indian Army . Prior to India gaining independence from the British in 1947 , it was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army . It was formed in 1776 and is the oldest armoured regiment raised in India . The 16th Light Cavalry saw service in a number of conflicts ranging from the Second Anglo - Mysore War in 1781 to World War II . It has a number of battle honours including " Punjab 1965 " earned during the Indo - Pakistani War of 1965 . History . Formation . The Regiment was raised prior to 1776 as the 3rd Regiment of Native Cavalry in the service of the Nawab of Arcot . In 1780 , while under service with the British East India Company , it formed part of the force that defeated Hyder Ali during the Second Anglo - Mysore War and was awarded battle honours for the " Battle of Sholinghur " , " Battle of Mysore " , " Battle of Carnatic " and the " Battle of Seringapatam " for service during the Anglo - Mysore War s . After the Anglo - Mysore Wars the Regiment was next in action during the Third Anglo - Burmese War and were awarded the Battle Honour of " Burma 1885 - 87 " . Early 20th Century . During World War I ( 1914 – 1918 ) the regiment remained in India for the defence of the North West Frontier but they did send drafts to other Indian cavalry regiments serving in France and the Middle East . In 1919 the regiment was involved in the brief Third Afghan War , for which they were awarded the battle honour of " Afghanistan 1919 " . World War II . During World War II the regiment was employed in the defence of India having converted from horses to armour at Quetta in 1941 . In 1945 they were selected to undertake operations in Burma . Within three weeks the Regiment covered a distance of 3 , 500 miles from Quetta to the banks of Irrawady River and was personally complimented by General Slim , the Fourteenth Army commander . In Burma the regiment was attached to the 255th Indian Tank Brigade , the brigade formation was ; Battle honours . The battle and theatre honours of the 16th Light Cavalry are :
HMS Speedy ( P296 ) HMS " Speedy " ( P296 ) was a Boeing Jetfoil mine countermeasure vessel of the British Royal Navy , based on the civilian Boeing 929 design . She was procured in 1979 , as the first of a planned class of twelve , to provide the Royal Navy with practical experience in the operation of a hydrofoil , to ascertain technical and performance characteristics , and to oversee the capability of such a craft in the Fishery Protection Squadron and North Sea Squadron . She was assigned to these squadrons in September 1981 . In 1982 , she was used in minesweeping and minelaying trials at Portsmouth , but these were unsuccessful and she was sold into mercantile service in 1986 .
AFP Eastern Mindanao Command The Eastern Mindanao Command , known officially as the EastMinCom , is one of the Armed Forces of the Philippines ' Wide Support Commands combating terrorism and insurgency in Mindanao . Units . The following are the units that are under the Eastern Mindanao Command .
HMS Scorpion ( 1863 ) HMS " Scorpion " , an ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead , England , was one of two sister ships that the Confederate States of America secretly ordered from the Laird shipyard in 1862 . To conceal her true ownership , all concerned endorsed the fiction that she was being constructed as the Egyptian warship " El Tousson " . She was to have been named " North Carolina " upon delivery to the Confederates . The British government seized the pair of ironclads in October 1863 , a few months after their launch and before they could be completed . British service . In early 1864 , the Admiralty purchased both for the Royal Navy and named them " Scorpion " and . Commissioned in July 1865 , " Scorpion " was assigned to the Channel Fleet until 1869 , with time out for a refit that reduced her sailing rig from a bark to a schooner . In late 1869 , she moved to Bermuda for coast and harbor defense service . " Scorpion " remained there for over three decades before being removed from the effective list . Fate . " Scorpion " was sunk as a target in 1901 but raised the next year and sold in February 1903 . She was lost at sea while under tow to the U . S . , where she was to be scrapped .
Erich Grätz Erich Grätz ( 14 August 1909 — ) was a Sturmbannführer ( Major ) in the Waffen - SS who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . He was born on the 14 August 1909 in Neusalz on the Oder , Niederschlesien . On joining the SS he was issued the service number 247 883 and was posted to the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and rose to command the 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment .
John G . Talbot John Gunnell Talbot ( 16 August 1844 – 19 December 1870 ) was an officer in the United States Navy . Born at Danville , Kentucky , Talbot was appointed a midshipman in 1862 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 12 June 1866 . Commissioned ensign on 12 March 1868 , Talbot attained the rank of master on 26 March 1869 and of lieutenant on 21 March 1870 . He was serving as executive officer of " Saginaw " when that steamer grounded on a reef off Ocean Island in the mid - Pacific on 29 October 1870 and broke up . Lt . Talbot and four men volunteered to go to Honolulu , the nearest port , 1 , 500 miles away , for help . The men began the voyage in an open boat on 18 November and reached Kauai , Hawaii , on 19 December . However , as the party attempted to get through the heavy surf to shore , their boat capsized . Lt . Talbot and three others drowned while attempting to swim through the rough breakers to shore . The lone survivor , William Halford , reported the wreck of " Saginaw " , and her crew was saved . The first USS " Talbot " ( Torpedo Boat No . 15 ) was named for him .
Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson VC DSO ( 1 April 1879 – 18 May 1901 ) 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 . Details . Coulson was 22 years old , and a lieutenant and Adjutant in the 1st Battalion , The King ' s Own Scottish Borderers , British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 18 May 1901 at Lambrechtfontein , South Africa , for which he was awarded the VC : The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of The Kings Own Scottish Borderers , Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland , England .