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Stephen W . Rochon Rear Admiral Stephen W . Rochon is the former Director of the Executive Residence and White House Chief Usher . Admiral Rochon served his last day on active duty with the Coast Guard on March 9 , 2007 , and began his service at the White House on March 12 . Admiral Rochon succeeded Gary J . Walters , who retired in January 2007 after 20 years as White House Chief Usher . He resigned as Chief Usher in 2011 to work in the United States Department of Homeland Security and was replaced as Chief Usher by Angella Reid on October 5 , 2011 . Education . Rochon holds a B . S . in Business Administration from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Master in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University . Coast guard career . Admiral Rochon enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1970 . He rose through the enlisted ranks and received a commission as an Ensign in 1975 from the Officer Candidate School at Yorktown , Virginia . As the Coast Guard ' s Commander of the Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic , Admiral Rochon was responsible for naval and civil engineering , financial management , personnel , legal , civil rights , electronic systems support , and contingency planning across 40 U . S . states , Puerto Rico , Europe , and the Middle East . A New Orleans native , Admiral Rochon served as the Coast Guard ' s Director of Personnel Management in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricanes , providing support for Coast Guard personnel and their families , and ensuring they had housing and new job assignments . Admiral Rochon has a passion for history and historic preservation . He produced video documentaries in 1989 and 2005 honoring Alex Haley , USCG ( Ret ) and author of " Roots . " Admiral Rochon also spearheaded the posthumous awarding of the Gold Lifesaving Medal to the African American crew of the Pea Island Life - Saving Station for a daring rescue in 1896 near the Outer Banks of North Carolina . He has contributed his expertise to a number of museums across the United States , from Louisiana to Connecticut . Admiral Rochon helped rebuild and preserve the historic significance of three turn - of - the - century homes in New Orleans following the 2005 hurricanes . Awards . Admiral Rochon has earned three Legion of Merit medals . He has also received numerous civic and community leadership awards . A White House lawn picnic table is dedicated to Admiral Rochon
Integrated Biological Detection System The Integrated Biological Detection System is a system used by the British Army for detecting Chemical , biological , radiological , and nuclear agents or elements . The Integrated Biological Detection System can provide early warning of a chemical or biological warfare attack and is in service with the United Kingdom Joint NBC Regiment . It can be installed in a container which can be mounted on a vehicle or ground dumped . It is also able to be transported by either a fixed wing aircraft or by helicopter . The system comprises
Choloki River The Choloki River ( ) in Georgia forms the border between the autonomous province of Ajaria and the province of Guria . For a time in the nineteenth century it formed the border between Turkey and Imperial Russia . During the Crimean War , Russia ’ s 13 , 000 troops consisting mainly of Georgian militias under General Lieutenant Prince Ivan Malkhazovich Andronnikov ( Andronikashvili ) routed Sinan Pasha ’ s Turkish corps of 35 , 000 strong on the left bank of the Choloki River on June 4 , 1854 . Another military episode took place on April 16 , 1918 , when the Georgian National Guard under General - Lieutenant Giorgi Mazniashvili repelled a Turkish invasion force . The bridge over Choloki river that was a main road link between Ajaria and the rest of Georgia was blown up on May 2 , 2004 by the ousted leadership of the Autonomy . Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze called the decision to blow up the bridges in the Kobuleti border region " a preventive measure against the possible attempt of military action by the central Georgian authorities . "
217th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) 217th Brigade ( 217 Bde ) was a Home Service formation of the British Army during World War I and World War II . World War I . 217 Bde was formed in late 1916 as part of 72nd Division , which had the dual role of training men for overseas drafts and providing forces for home defence . The original second line Territorial Force battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers were transferred to the brigade on 14 November 1916 from 188th Brigade , which had been part of 63rd ( 2nd Northumbrian ) Division until that division was disbanded in July 1916 . Composition . The following infantry battalions served in 217 Bde during World War I : On 21 December 1917 orders were issued to break up 72nd Division . Disbandment began in January 1918 and its last elements disappeared on 8 April 1918 . World War II . A new brigade under the title of 217th Independent Infantry Brigade ( Home ) was formed for service in the United Kingdom on 20 October 1940 under the Northumbrian Area headquarters . At first it was composed of infantry battalions from North - East England . Composition . The following units served in 217 Bde : Commanders . The following officers commanded 217 Bde : Service . 217 Bde transferred to Durham and North Riding County Division when that formation was created on 12 March 1941 . The Divisional headquarters ceased to function on 1 December 1941 , and 217 Bde HQ disbanded on 22 December , all its battalions having been previously posted away .
75 mm Schneider - Danglis 06 / 09 The 75 mm Schneider - Danglis 06 / 09 ( ) was a Greek - designed and French - manufactured ( all manufacture , including test construction , was made by the French Schneider company ) mountain gun . The invention of a mountain gun that could easily be broken down to pieces for transport , and reassembled into a highly efficient weapon is claimed by two Greek army engineers , ( then ) Engineering Corps Major P . Lykoudis , who made such a design in 1891 , and then Artillery Major Panagiotis Danglis ( Παναγιώτης Δαγκλής ) , who made his own design in 1893 . Danglis ' proposal to the Greek Army Ministry caused an immediate reaction by Lykoudis , who claimed that his designs had been copied . Surprisingly , at the time no particular interest was shown , neither by the Greek military , nor by foreign weapon manufacturers ; the rivalry between the two men would continue , though , for several years . Danglis devoted personal effort into developing his design , and eventually convinced French " Schneider " armaments company to construct and test his design . Prototype development , construction and testing were completed between November 1905 and June 1906 . Meanwhile , Lykoudis had arranged with the German manufacturer Krupp to develop his design . The final " victory " for Danglis came in 1907 . In that year , after testing , the Greek Army determined that the " Schneider - Danglis " weapon was superior to the " Krupp - Lykoudis " and placed an order for the gun with the French manufacturer . Other nations followed with orders , and this mountain gun proved its merits in action ( it was used by Greece in the Balkan Wars , World War I and World War II ) , while " Schneider " developed the technology further in later models . Danglis ' efforts came to a successful conclusion altogether , when a fair financial settlement was made with the French manufacturer concerning the rights to use his design .
Lance - Sergeant A Lance - Sergeant ( LSgt or L / Sgt ) in the armies of the Commonwealth was a Corporal acting in the rank of Sergeant . The appointment is retained now only in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company . In these regiments , all Corporals are automatically appointed Lance - Sergeant on their promotion , so Lance - Sergeants perform the same duties as Corporals in other regiments and are no longer acting Sergeants in anything but name . The appointment originated in the British Army and Royal Marines , in which it could be removed by the soldier ' s commanding officer , unlike a full Sergeant , who could only be demoted by court martial . Lance - Sergeants first appeared in the 19th century . The appointment was abolished in 1946 , except in the guards ' regiments mentioned above . Some cadet units also retained the rank in addition to Corporal into at least the 1980s . The Household Cavalry equivalent is Lance - Corporal of Horse . Lance - Sergeants wear three rank chevron s . In full dress , Foot Guards Lance - Sergeants are distinguished from full Sergeants by their white chevrons ( full Sergeants wearing gold ) . Some sources claim that the use of the appointment of Lance - Sergeant was introduced by Queen Victoria , who stated that her Guards would not wear only one chevron when mounting guard outside the Royal Palaces . Guards Lance - Corporals therefore wore two chevrons . That left the problem of what the full Corporal would wear , so the appointment of Lance - Sergeant was introduced . However , the Guards regiments still had Corporals until after the First World War and the appointment of Lance - Sergeant was used throughout the Army ( not just by the Guards ) until 1946 , so the veracity of the story is questionable .
Greek destroyer Sfendoni ( 1907 ) Sfendoni ( Greek : Α / Τ Σφενδόνη , " Sling " ) was a " Thyella " class destroyer that served in the Royal Hellenic Navy ( 1907 - 1945 ) . It was the second ship of that name in the Hellenic Navy , but the first destroyer - type vessel bearing the name . The ship , along with her three sister ships , was ordered from Britain in 1905 and was built in the Yarrow shipyard at Cubitt Town , London . During World War I , Greece belatedly entered the war on the side of the Triple Entente and , due to Greece ' s neutrality the four " Thyella " class ships were seized by the Allies in October 1916 , taken over by the French in November and served in the French Navy 1917 - 18 . By 1918 , they were back on escort duty under Greek colors , mainly in the Aegean Sea . " Sfendoni " saw action in the Greco - Turkish War ( 1919 - 1922 ) . After the declaration of war by Italy in World War II , " Sfendoni " saw action in the area of North Ionian Sea and the strait of Otranto , executing escort missions for cargo ships carrying ammunition , fuel and food to Allied forces . In between escort missions , attack operations of limited scale were planned and executed without any losses to the Hellenic Navy . After the German invasion of Greece in April 1941 , the Royal Hellenic Navy suffered serious losses , but " Sfendoni " evacuated with the remaining ships of the Greek fleet to Alexandria , Egypt and served under British command for the duration of the war . After the war , " Sfendoni " was decommissioned .
USS S - 22 ( SS - 127 ) USS " S - 22 " ( SS - 127 ) was a first - group ( " S - 1 " or " Holland " ) " S " - class submarine of the United States Navy . Her keel was laid down on 6 January 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy , Massachusetts . She was launched on 15 July 1920 sponsored by Mrs . Mark C . Bowman , and commissioned on 23 June 1924 with Lieutenant John H . Forshew , Jr . , in command . Service history . In addition to duty off the northeastern coast , out of New London , Connecticut , from 1924 through 1930 , " S - 22 " visited Hawaii from 27 April to 25 May 1925 . " S - 22 " operated in the Panama Canal Zone from February through April 1926 , and visited Kingston , Jamaica , from 20 to 28 March 1927 . She served again in the Panama Canal area in the late winter and early spring of 1928 , 1929 , and 1930 . Sailing from New London on 5 January 1931 , she cruised via the Panama Canal and California to Hawaii , arriving at Pearl Harbor on 25 April . From then into 1938 , " S - 22 " operated in Hawaiian waters . Departing from Pearl Harbor on 15 October 1938 , " S - 22 " returned to New London on 11 December where she joined a test and evaluation division . Occasionally , the submarine was employed in training United States Naval Academy midshipmen at Annapolis , Maryland , and assisting the diving school at Piney Point , Maryland . After duty at Key West , Florida , from December 1940 into May 1941 and overhaul during the latter half of 1941 , " S - 22 " served in the Panama Canal area from January into March 1942 . Returning to New London on 17 April , she was decommissioned on 19 June 1942 and was transferred to the United Kingdom for service in the Royal Navy as . Returned to the United States Navy at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 11 July 1944 , " S - 22 " was subsequently used as a sonar target at New London and in tests at the U . S . Naval Experimental Facility , Minas Basin , Nova Scotia , Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in August 1945 . Her hulk was sold for scrapping on 16 November 1945 to North American Smelting Company in Philadelphia .
Ruricius Pompeianus Ruricius Pompeianus ( d . 312 Verona ) was Praetorian prefect and Commander of cavalry and infantry under Maxentius , Western Roman Emperor . While guarding the Adige and Po Rivers with the ample and well - directed forces of the province of Venetia , Pompeianus was killed by Constantine I ' s troops during the desperately fought Battle of Verona ( 312 ) . Pompeianus is mentioned only briefly in two accounts of Constantine ' s campaign against Maxentius . In a Panegyric from the year 313 , he is called " Pompeianus " . In the second source , also one of the Panegyrici Latini , by Nazarius , his name is given as " Ruricius " . As it is clearly the same person , the conflict is usually resolved by combining the names into " Ruricius Pompeianus " .
Espionage in Norway during World War I Norway was a neutral country during World War I , but the country was subject to extensive espionage from both sides in the conflict . Background . Two proactive Acts had been sanctioned by the Norwegian Parliament in the early phase of the conflict . These were " Lov om forsvarshemmeligheter " in 1914 , and " Lov om kontroll av post - og telegrafforbindelser " in 1915 . Chief of the criminal department of the Kristiania Police Johan Søhr was responsible for police investigations of espionage in Norway during World War I . In 1938 he wrote a book giving an account of the espionage investigations during the war period . Cases . Finnmark . The county of Finnmark borders to both Finland and Russia , and during the Finnish Civil War and the Russian Civil War considerable amounts of goods were transported from Skibotn into Finland , and from Karasjok into Russia . Among the famous incidents of espionage was the arrest and expulsion of the Swedish Baron Otto von Rosen , who operated in Northern Norway as a German agent . He was arrested in Karasjok in January 1917 . Among the confiscations in this affair were anthrax bacteria and the toxin curare , and also explosives . Oslo . A number of suspected spies operating in or near Kristiania were investigated . Among the best known cases was the Rautenfels affair , when the German diplomatic courier Walter von Rautenfels was accused of leading a sabotage league with the purpose of attacking Allied ships . After a long investigation 188 kg of explosives , in suitcases and packing cases , were confiscated at the railway station Oslo Ø . These included 95 larger and 12 smaller explosive bombs , 104 fire bomb s , detonators and percussion caps . Due to diplomatic pressure Rautenfels was extradicted to Germany because of his immunity as courier for the German Emperor , while other members of the league were eventually convicted to prison . Other cities . The cities Bergen and Trondheim were subject to several espionage cases during World War I . Bergen was an important harbour , and information about ships traffic was sensitive due to the U - boat Campaign by the German Empire against Britain and her allies . From 1914 to 1918 more than 800 Norwegian merchant ships were sunk due to the German U - boat Campaign . A series of unexplained fires occurred in 1917 . These involved fires in Horten , Holmestrand , Stavanger , Sørengen , Trondheim and Orkdal , Greaker , Tveitsund , Hurum , Gjøvik , Skien and Tønsberg .
Test Flight and Development Centre SAAF The Test Flight and Development Centre is a unit of the South African Air Force . It is a test flight and evaluation organisation . Due to South Africa ' s apartheid policies of the 1960s , a number of countries instituted an arms boycott against it . This forced the SAAF to create an indigenous flight testing and development capability to research new technologies and methods and update old ones , and in this light a former graduate of the Empire Test Pilots ' School ( ETPS ) was appointed the SAAF ' s Chief Test Pilot in 1967 and tasked with improving and expanding the air force ' s test flying and evaluation capabilities . In 1974 another ETPS graduate took over , and was tasked with creating a specialised test flying and evaluation unit within the SAAF . The end result was that the Test Flight and Development Centre was officially established on 10 August 1975 at AFB Waterkloof . Over the next few years until the imposition of the mandatory United Nations arms embargo against South Africa in 1977 , additional pilots were sent to the ETPS and to EPNER in France to gain flight test experience and expertise . By 1979 , the TFDC had grown large enough to merit the allocation of one of the hangar complexes at AFB Waterkloof , and in 1980 it established a satellite unit at Van Ryneveld Airfield in Upington to conduct weapons release tests . Once the Denel Overberg Test Range near Bredasdorp on the southern Cape coast had been completed , the TFDC moved to an adjacent airfield , now known as AFB Overberg . Aircraft Fleet . As of July 2011 TFDC ' s permanent fleet consists of : Other aircraft are operated on temporary detachment from squadrons as well as manufacturers such as Denel . Projects . Hawk trainer . The TFDC ' s largest running project was the operational evaluation of the BAe Hawk Mk . 120 and certification of its Adour 951 turbofan engine . Weapons integration was also performed , with the SAAF ' s series of pre - fragmented bombs . The programme is now largely complete , with one Hawk airframe remaining on strength with TFDC , for further tests . Hawk has entered SAAF service as of 2006 . Taurus missile . In 2001 and 2002 it assisted the German Air Force in the testing of the Taurus stand - off missile , for which two Panavia Tornado aircraft deployed a number of times to AFB Overberg from Germany with the help of a SAAF Boeing 707 aerial tanker . In 2009 the Spanish Air Force performed integration tests of the Taurus missile on their F - 18 Hornet fighters at TFDC . Gripen . The TFDC received the SAAF ' s first JAS 39 Gripen in 2006 . The aircraft is flown through an extensive test programme , integrating weapons and SAAF specific avionics etc . During November 2007 , the Gripen was shown publicly taking off loaded with eight ' dumb ' bombs during weapons integration trials . Luftwaffe Kormoran Anti Ship missile firings . During 2006 the German Air Force deployed six Panavia Tornado aircraft to TFDC for live Kormoran anti ship missile firings with a German Navy task group in joint exercises with South African forces .
57th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 57th Brigade was a formation of British Army . It was part of the new army also known as Kitchener ' s Army . It was assigned to the 19th ( Western ) Division and served on the Western Front during the First World War .
Type 77 Heavy Machine Gun The Type 77 heavy machine gun is described as China ’ s first generation designed 12 . 7mm heavy machine gun . The Type 85 is a “ product improved ” version . The weapon is both gas ( three settings ) and recoil operated . The ammunition belt is the standard DShK metal non - disintegrating link .
93rd Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 93rd Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the First World War . It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener ' s Army and assigned to the 31st Division . The brigade served in Egypt defending the Suez Canal between January and March 1916 , and then left for the Western Front . In April 1981 after suffering heavy casualties the 93rd and 92nd Brigade s , were amalgamated for two days , and known as the 92nd Composite Brigade .
Glacis A glacis ( ; ) in military engineering is an artificial slope of earth used in late European fortresses so constructed as to keep any potential assailant under the fire of the defenders until the last possible moment . On natural , level ground , troops attacking any high work have a degree of shelter from its fire when close up to it ; the glacis consists of a slope with a low grade inclined towards the top of the wall . This gave defenders a direct line of sight into the assaulting force , allowing them to efficiently sweep the field with fire from the parapet . Additionally , but secondarily , the bank of earth would shield the walls from being hit directly by cannon fire . Though defenders on a high ground already have a direct line of sight , a glacis allows defenders to sweep the field more efficiently by minimizing changes to the angle of their guns while firing . Furthermore , the glacis prevents attacking cannons from having a clear shot at the walls of a fortress , as one usually cannot even see the walls until the glacis is crossed and the ditch , bounded on either side by the smooth , masoned scarp and counterscarp , is reached . More generally , the term " glacis " can denote any slope , natural or artificial , which fulfils the above requirements . The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made dangerous with ice , hence the relationship with " glacier " . Armored vehicles . The term glacis plate describes the sloped front - most section of the hull of a tank or other armored fighting vehicle . In a head - on - head armored engagement , the glacis plate is the largest and most obvious target available to an enemy gunner . Anti - tank mine s which employ a tilt - rod mechanism are also designed to detonate directly underneath the glacis plate . As a result , the glacis plate is generally the thickest , most robust armored section of a tank , followed by the turret face and mantlet . Geomorphology . An erosional or depositional landform , with little slope . Erosional glacis occur mostly in arid regions , and result from intense weathering and surface transport via laminar , episodic water flow .
Air Force Cross ( United Kingdom ) The Air Force Cross ( AFC ) is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces , and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries , for " an act or acts of valour , courage or devotion to duty whilst flying , though not in active operations against the enemy " . A bar is added to the ribbon for holders who are awarded a second AFC . History . The award was established on 3 June 1918 . It was originally awarded to Air Force commissioned officer s and Warrant Officer s , but this was expanded after the Second World War to include Army and Navy aviation officers , and again in 1993 to other ranks after the discontinuation of the Air Force Medal . During the First World War , approximately 680 were awarded . During the Second World War , 2 , 001 medals were awarded , with 26 bars awarded . One unique second bar was awarded to Wing Commander H . J . Wilson in 1944 . 58 honorary awards were made to aircrew from other non - Commonwealth countries . Post - nominal letters . Recipients of the Air Force Cross are entitled to use the post - nominal letters " AFC " . A bar is added to the ribbon of holders of the AFC for each additional award .
7th ( Magdeburg ) Cuirassiers " von Seydlitz " The 7th ( Magdeburg ) Cuirassiers “ von Seydlitz ” were a heavy cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army . The regiment was formed in 1815 . The regiment fought in the War of the Sixth Coalition , the Austro - Prussian War , the Franco - Prussian War and World War I . The regiment was disbanded in 1919 .