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Battle of Latakia The Battle of Latakia ( ; ) was a small but revolutionary naval battle of the Yom Kippur War , fought on 7 October 1973 , between Israel and Syria . It was the first naval battle in history to see combat between surface - to - surface missile - equipped missile boat s and the use of electronic deception . At the outset of hostilities , the Israeli Navy set out to destroy the naval capabilities of the Syrians , who were equipped with Soviet Komar and Osa class missile boat s . The Syrian missile - boats were equipped with Soviet manufactured P - 15 Termit ( NATO reporting name : SS - N - 2 " Styx " ) anti - ship missile s with twice the range of the Israeli Gabriel anti - ship missiles . The four Israeli Navy Sa ' ar 3 - class s and one Sa ' ar 4 - class missile boats headed towards the Syrian port of Latakia in two parallel columns . In the western column were the missile boats Miznak ( Blast ) , Ga ' ash ( Storm ) , and Hanit ( Lance ) and in the eastern column the missile boats Mivtach ( Reliance ) and Reshef ( Spark ) ) . At 22 : 28 hours the Israelis encountered the Syrian K - 123 torpedo boat which was sunk with 76mm cannon fire from Mivtach and Hanit . Then as they headed toward the shore , they encountered a 560 ton Syrian T43 - class minesweeper and sank it , using four Gabriel anti - ship missiles . At 23 : 30 the Israelis made contact with two Syrian Komar and one Osa class missile boat s . The Syrian missile boats fired their missiles at long range . As the missiles approached , the Israelis employed electronic countermeasures and chaff rockets to avoid being hit , with success . When the Israeli missile boats reached the range of their own missiles they fired five Gabriel missiles and sank one Komar and one Osa class missile boat immediately and damaged the second Komar . The surviving Syrian missile boat tried to escape , but it was stuck in shallow waters and was destroyed by 76 mm cannon fire at 00 : 26 hours . During this naval clash Syrian missile boats launched missiles from within the port limits ( actually launched while the missile boats were moored between merchant ships in port ) . These missiles malfunctioned or lost guidance and hit 2 merchant vessels anchored along the piers . Both ships ( one Greek and one Japanese ) were hit in the engine rooms . The Syrian Navy remained bottled up in its home ports for the rest of the war . While the Battle of Latakia was the first naval battle in history between missile boats , it was not the first incident in which a missile boat sank another ship using missiles . That had happened when one Egypt ian Soviet - built Komar class sank the British - built Israeli destroyer " Eilat " on 20 October 1967 , shortly after the Six Day War , using two to four P - 15 Termit surface - to - surface missiles .
Ian Brzezinski Ian Joseph Brzezinski is an American foreign policy and military affairs expert . He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy in 2001 – 2005 , under President George W . Bush . Career . Ian Brzezinski graduated from Williams College in 1986 . He was a Support Analyst / Information Assistant at the National Security Council in 1986 – 1987 . He served as a member of the Policy Planning Staff in the Department of Defense in 1991 – 1993 , and was also a consultant to the Center for Naval Analysis in 1991 – 1992 . In 1993 – 1994 , Brzezinski became a volunteer advisor to the government of Ukraine , where he assisted Ukraine ' s National Security Council , Foreign Ministry , Defense Ministry and Parliament . He returned to the United States in 1995 , and became Legislative Assistant for National Security Affairs to Senator William V . Roth . In 2000 , he became a Senior Professional Staff Member for the U . S . Senate Committee on Foreign Relations . He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy in 2001 – 2005 . After leaving the Defense Department , Brzezinski became a Principal at the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton , Inc . , providing policy and technical advice to U . S . combatant commands and foreign clients . He left Booz Allen Hamilton after five years , and now heads the Brzezinski Group , which provides similar services . He is also a member of the Strategic Advisors Group at the Atlantic Council ; in 2010 he was named a Senior Fellow in the Council ' s International Security Program . Brzezinski is a frequent contributor to the American press on foreign policy issues . Honors . For his public service , Brzezinski has been awarded Family . Ian Brzezinski is the son of foreign - policy expert Zbigniew Brzezinski and sculptor Emilie Benes Brzezinski , and the brother of American lawyer and foreign policy expert Mark Brzezinski and American television news journalist Mika Brzezinski . He is married to Ginny Flynn - Brzezinski , and has a son , William Zbigniew Brzezinski ( born 1999 ) .
Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory The Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory or NPOL is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO ) , under the Ministry of Defence , India . It is situated in Thrikkakara , close to Kochi , Kerala . NPOL is responsible for the Research & Development of sonar systems , technologies for underwater surveillance , study of ocean environment and underwater materials . History . The Indian Naval Physical Laboratory ( INPL ) was established in Kochi ( then Cochin ) by Indian Navy in 1952 . It worked initially as a field laboratory for fleet support activities . It was merged with DRDO in 1958 and started working on underwater systems . INPL was rechristened as Naval Physical Oceanographic Laboratory ( NPOL ) . Till 1990 , NPOL functioned from within the Naval Base in Kochi . In 1990 , it moved into a new campus at Thrikkakara , a suburb of Kochi . The new campus has a main technical complex and two residential complexes - SAGAR and VARUNA . The technical complex houses the main building , Abhinavam building and several test facilities including an acoustic tank . Besides the campus in Thrikkakara , NPOL has an offsite setup of underwater acoustic research facility at Idukki lake , 100 km east of Kochi . Since 1995 , NPOL has operated INS Sagardwani a 2000 ton Oceanographic research vessel used for oceanographic data collection . Areas of work . NPOL is developing a technology called seabed arrays that will be laid over the seabed surface for ocean surveillance which will provide measurements and inform the control centre about the happenings underneath through satellite . DRDO is planning a dedicated satellite for the coastal surveillance system . All the future inductions planned by the Indian navy are to be fitted with NPOL designed sonars . The sonars under development are HUMSA NG ( upgrade of the HUMSA sonar ) , the submarine sonars USHUS ( for the Sindhugosh class ) and PAYAL for the Arihant class . Underwater acoustics is another area where NPOL is looking at . The Physical Oceanographic conditions which will decide the propagation of the sound waves inside water is studied with the help of DRDO ' s Research Vessel INS Sagardhwani and in - house developed Ocean models . Different Sonar Rnge Prediction models are also developed by NPOL in the recent years which are used by Indian Navy .
93d Fighter Squadron The 93d Fighter Squadron ( 93 FS ) is part of the 482d Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base , Florida . It operates the F - 16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions . History . Activated in June 1943 under I Troop Carrier Command and equipped with C - 47 Skytrain s . Trained in various parts of the eastern United States until the end of 1943 . Deployed to England and assigned to IX Troop Carrier Command , Ninth Air Force . Prepared for the invasion of Nazi - occupied Europe . Began operations by dropping paratroop s of the 101st Airborne Division in Normandy on D - Day ( 6 June 1944 ) and releasing gliders with reinforcements on the following day . The unit received a Distinguished Unit Citation and a French citation for these missions . After the Normandy invasion the squadron ferried supplies in the United Kingdom . After moving to France in September , the unit dropped paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division near Nijmegen and towed gliders carrying reinforcements during the airborne attack on Holland . In December , it participated in the Battle of the Bulge by releasing gliders with supplies for the 101st Airborne Division near Bastogne . When the Allies made the air assault across the Rhine River in March 1945 , each aircraft towed two gliders with troops of the 17th Airborne Division and released them near Wesel . The squadron also hauled food , clothing , medicine , gasoline , ordnance equipment , and other supplies to the front lines and evacuated patients to rear zone hospitals . It converted from C - 47s to C - 46s and the new aircraft to transport displaced persons from Germany to France and Belgium after V - E Day . Returned to the U . S . during the period July – September 1945 , and trained with C - 46 aircraft until inactivated . The squadron trained in troop carrier operations from , 1949 – 1951 and fighter - bomber operations from , 1952 - 1957 . Since 1978 , it has trained to maintain combat readiness in tactical fighter operations . The 93d periodically deployed to Turkey to enforce the no - fly zone over northern Iraq from , 1997 - 2003 .
Kenneth Althaus Kenneth George Althaus , Sr . ( 13 June 1895 – 9 June 1987 ) was a Brigadier General in the United States Army during World War II . He served as commanding officer of the 11th Armored Regiment from 1943 , then as commander of Combat Command A , 10th Armored Division from 22 September 1944 . He retired on 31 May 1946 .
Order of St . Joan D ' Arc Medallion The Order of St . Joan D ' Arc Medallion is the top volunteerism award given by the United States Armor Association of the United States Army . In 1986 the United States Armor Association began an awards program to honor the very best of America ' s tankers and troopers . The Saint George Award program provides the mounted force with a way to recognize outstanding performers , their spouses ( Order of St . Joan D ' Arc ) and Armor Force supporters ( Noble Patron of Armor Award ) . The Order of St . Joan D ' Arc Medallion is conferred to honor people , generally spouses , who have voluntarily made contributions of great significance to the morale , welfare , and spirit of armor and cavalry units in the United States Army . The unit commander must compile and submit a nomination packet , which is performed without the knowledge of the potential recipient .
John H . Tilelli , Jr . John Harold Tilelli , Jr . ( born October 2 , 1941 ) is a retired United States Army four - star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army ( VCSA ) from 1994 to 1995 ; Commanding General , United States Army Forces Command ( CG FORSCOM ) from 1995 to 1996 ; and Commander in Chief , United Nations Command / Commander in Chief , ROK / U . S . Combined Forces Command / Commander , U . S . Forces Korea ( CINCUNC / CINCCFC / COMUSFK ) from 1996 to 1999 . He retired from the army on January 31 , 2000 . Biography . Army service . Tilelli was raised in Holmdel Township , New Jersey and is a 1963 graduate of Pennsylvania Military College , now named Widener University , where He received a degree in economics and was commissioned an armor officer . He earned a master ' s degree in administration from Lehigh University in 1972 and is a 1983 Army War College graduate . He also holds honorary doctorates in business management from Widener and in law from the University of Maryland . He served two tours in Vietnam , four in Germany and three in the Pentagon . His combat tours include assignments as a company commander in Vietnam and as commander of the 1st Cavalry Division during the 1991 Gulf War . Awards and decorations . Tilelli ' s awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal , the Army Distinguished Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Cluster s , the Navy Distinguished Service Medal , the Legion of Merit , the Bronze Star with " V " Device and Oak Leaf Cluster , Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters , Air Medal , Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters , Combat Infantryman Badge , Parachutist Badge , Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge , Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge and Army Staff Identification Badge . Civilian life . Since retiring , Tilelli has served as president of the United Service Organizations ( USO ) . He was also elected to the Board of Trustees of The Aerospace Corporation , and sat on the board of directors of Raytheon until May 4 , 2005 . In 2006 , he joined the board of directors for Xcelaero . In 2008 , he was elected to the board of directors of Military Officers Association of America ( MOAA ) , and in October 2012 he became chairman of the board .
Battle of Velletri ( 1744 ) The Battle of Velletri occurred August 12 , 1744 in the War of the Austrian Succession , between Austria and the Spanish - aligned Kingdom of Naples , defended by Spanish troops . After seizing Velletri in a nighttime attack and capturing much of King Charles ' royal entourage , the Austrian army joined battle with Charles ' Spanish army outside the city . The Austrians were rapidly thrown back by the Spanish and Walloon Guards and retreated north toward Rome with Charles in pursuit . Legacy . Act 3 of the opera La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi is set during the Battle of Velletri .
Coast Guard Aviation Association The Coast Guard Aviation Association , formerly known as the Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl ( AOP ) is a fraternal association founded in 1977 . The organization has the purpose of focusing on United States Coast Guard aviation history . On 5 May 2007 , the organization was renamed the Coast Guard Aviation Association . Membership is for former and present officers and enlisted personnel of the United States Coast Guard , and designated pilots of other military services and foreign governments who have piloted Coast Guard aircraft while involved in exchange programs between the Coast Guard and their respective service or government . Its goals include furthering and preserving the history of Coast Guard aviation and maintaining camaraderie between past and present Coast Guard members . The Coast Guard Aviation Association is headquartered in Chantilly , Virginia . Activities . The Order hosts an annual gathering known as the " Roost " . A Roost is normally anchored by a Coast Guard Air Station . List of past Roost locations :
Camille - Aimé Coquilhat Camille - Aimé Coquilhat ( 1853 – 1891 ) was a Belgian soldier , civil servant and governor - general of Congo Free State until his death on March 24 , 1892 . The city Mbandaka , was during the Belgian colonial period named " Coquilhatville " . Coquilhat was born in Liège .
Paul Scheuerpflug Paul Scheuerpflug ( 3 July 1896 – 8 August 1945 ) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 68th Infantry Division . 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 . Paul Scheuerpflug was wounded 8 May 1945 , and captured by Soviet troops . He died in a POW camp hospital at Auschwitz .
USS Exultant ( AM - 441 ) USS " Exultant " ( AM - 441 / MSO - 441 ) was an " Aggressive " - class minesweeper acquired by the U . S . Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships . The second ship to be named " Exultant " by the Navy , " AM - 441 " was launched 6 June 1953 by Higgins , Inc . , New Orleans , Louisiana ; sponsored by Miss A . Brooks , and commissioned 22 June 1954 , Lieutenant R . T . Gregory in command . She was reclassified " MSO - 441 " on 7 February 1955 . East Coast operations . " Exultant " first tied up at Charleston , South Carolina , her home port and headquarters for the Mine Force , Atlantic Fleet , 23 July 1954 . Along with the coastwise training operations vital to maintaining her readiness , she cruised to the Mediterranean to serve with the U . S . 6th Fleet in 1955 , 1957 – 1958 , and 1959 - 1960 . During all of these tours of duty , she exercised with ships of other NATO navies , joined in fleet operations , and visited a large variety of Mediterranean ports . In both 1956 and 1957 , " Exultant " spent a month in northern waters , in 1956 exercising with minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy out of Halifax , Nova Scotia , and in 1957 , participating in cold weather sweeping operations out of Argentia , Newfoundland . Her other activities through July 1960 included fleet operations in the Caribbean , as well as individual training there , amphibious exercises on the beaches of North Carolina , and participation in experimental operations in the development of mine warfare . " Exultant " catches on fire with loss of life . On 12 August 1960 , while underway off the U . S . East Coast , " Exultant " suffered extensive interior damage from a flash fire in her engineering spaces . Valiant performance of duty by the minesweeper ' s damage control parties , and gallant help from extinguished the flames and enabled " Exultant " to return safely to port . Five of " Exultant ' s " crew lost their lives in the blaze . Final status . " Exultant " decommissioned 30 June 1993 and was stricken from the Navy list on 9 March 1994 . Exultant was sold for scrapping in 2000 .
Battle of Bornhöved ( 1227 ) The ( second ) Battle of Bornhöved took place on 22 July 1227 near Bornhöved in Holstein . Count Adolf IV of Schauenburg and Holstein — leading an army consisting of troops from the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg , about 1000 Dithmarsians and combined troops of Holstein next to various Northern German nobles — defeated King Valdemar II of Denmark and the Welf Otto the Child . Background . Valdemar and his predecessor King Canute VI of Denmark had previously conquered Holstein , Mecklenburg , Hamburg , Lübeck ( 1202 ) , Ratzeburg and the coast of Pomerania including the island of Rügen . The battle . The contest was maintained with great firmness on both sides , and continued for an unusual length of time , and the carnage was so great , that its combatants are said to have fought knee deep in blood . The King of Denmark had one of his eyes shot out , and had several horses killed under him , but his troops and their allies fought with so much bravery that the victory would have been theirs had not the contingent of Dithmarschen , a Saxon ethnic group , deserted their colours . At the most critical moment of the action these troops passed over to the enemy , and the Danes were obliged to give way . In the confusion that followed Otto I , Duke of Brunswick - Lüneburg and the Bishop of Ribe were taken prisoner . Otto was sent to Rostock , the capital of a lordship held by Mecklenburg , where he was shut up in a fortress . But the King of Denmark , who escaped from the field , busied himself in repairing this disaster by forming a fresh army , with which he kept the enemy in check . Results . As a result of the battle , the Danish border with the Holy Roman Empire was moved north again from river Elbe to the Eider River , the southern border of the Duchy of Schleswig . This border remained in effect until 1806 . The victorious Adolf IV of Schauenburg regained the County of Holstein and his fellow victor Albert I , Duke of Saxony reasserted himself as liege lord of the Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein against the Welf claim . Dithmarschen shook off Danish supremacy and returned to a very loose overlordship by the Prince - Archbishopric of Bremen , paving the way for its de facto autonomy as a peasant republic until 1559 . The Principality of Rügen was the only possession in the Holy Roman Empire left to Valdemar after the battle .
George E . R . Kinnear II George E . R . " Gus " Kinnear II ( born January 12 , 1928 ) is a retired four star admiral in the United States Navy who served as U . S . Military Representative , NATO Military Committee from 1981 to 1982 . He was born in Mounds , Oklahoma . He attended George Washington University and Stanford University .
SS Gisela L M Russ Gisela L M Russ was a 1 , 175 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1922 by Stettiner Oderwerke AG , Stettin , Germany for German owners . She was seized by the Allies in May 1945 , passed to the Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) and was renamed Empire Consort . In 1946 , she was sold to the Greek Government and renamed Volos and then sold and renamed Marios II in 1948 . She served until she sank in 1959 following a boiler explosion . Description . The ship was built in 1922 by Stettiner Oderwerke AG , Stettin . The ship was long , with a beam of and a depth of . The ship had a GRT of 1 , 771 and a NRT of 785 . She had a DWT of 2 , 105 . The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine , which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke . The engine was built by Stettiner Oderwerke . It could propel the ship at . History . " Gisela L M Russ " was built for Ernst Russ , Hamburg . Her port of registry was Hamburg and the Code Letters RDHJ were allocated . Little is known of her merchant career , although it is recorded that she delivered 360 tonnes of mixed freight to Barcelona , Spain in March 1929 . In 1934 , her Code Letters were changed to DHJB . " Gisela L M Russ " was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at Flensburg . Ownership passed to the MoWT and she was renamed " Empire Consistence " . She was delivered to the United Kingdom on 23 June 1945 . Her port of registry was changed to London . The Code Letters GFVC and United Kingdom Official Number 180605 were allocated . She was placed under the management of the Springwell Steamship Co Ltd . In 1946 , " Empire Consort " was sold to the Greek Government . She was renamed " Volos " . In 1948 , she was sold to M A Karageorgis and renamed " Marios II " . On 19 February 1959 , she suffered a boiler explosion whilst on a voyage from Stratoni to Piraeus . Although taken in tow , she sank at .
Siege of Maastricht ( 1579 ) The Siege of Maastricht was a battle of the Eighty Years ' War it lasted from March 12 - July 1 , 1579 . The Spanish were victorious . Prelude . In 1579 the city of Maastricht was in the hands of the Dutch rebels . On March 12 , 1579 the Spanish General Alexander Farnese started to lay siege to the city with his army consisting of 20 , 000 men . The Dutch garrison consisted of 2 , 000 soldiers and some city militia . Siege . The Spanish commander ordered his troops to sap the walls . The inhabitants of Maastricht too were digging to reach the Spanish tunnels . Deep under ground the fighting continued , hundreds of Spanish soldiers died as boiling water was poured into their tunnels . Others died because of a lack of oxygen when the Dutch defenders ignited fires within them . Another 500 Spanish soldiers died when a mine , which they planned to use to blow up the wall , exploded prematurely . In the night of 29 June Farnese managed to get into the city while the exhausted defenders were fast asleep . The Spanish looted the city for 3 days .