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Patrick Tower Warrant Officer Patrick Tower , SMV , CD is a Canadian soldier who was the first recipient of the Star of Military Valour , a Canadian military decoration , in recognition of actions under enemy fire taken in the Pashmul region of Afghanistan . He had prior military service including the Battle of Medak Pocket and three tours in the former Yugoslavia with Canadian peacekeeping forces . During the Panjwayi fighting in the summer of 2006 , Tower was a section commander in 9 Platoon of the 1st Battalion , Princess Patricia ' s Canadian Light Infantry but by 3 August 2006 , " ( c ) asualties had elevated ( Tower ) to second - in - command of the platoon of about thirty soldiers of Charlie Company who had been fighting that day . " The citation for his Star of Military Valour reads : Sergeant Patrick Tower , S . M . V . , C . D . < BR > Edmonton , Alberta , and Victoria , British Columbia < BR > Star of Military Valour Sergeant Tower is recognized for valiant actions taken on August 3 , 2006 , in the Pashmul region of Afghanistan . Following an enemy strike against an outlying friendly position that resulted in numerous casualties , Sergeant Tower assembled the platoon medic and a third soldier and led them across 150 metres of open terrain , under heavy enemy fire , to render assistance . On learning that the acting platoon commander had perished , Sergeant Tower assumed command and led the successful extraction of the force under continuous small arms and rocket - propelled grenade fire . Sergeant Tower ’ s courage and selfless devotion to duty contributed directly to the survival of the remaining platoon members .
Kosmos 862 Kosmos 862 ( meaning " Cosmos 862 " ) was a Soviet US - K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1976 as part of the Soviet military ' s Oko programme . The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . Kosmos 862 was launched from Site 43 / 4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR . A Molniya - M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch , which took place at 09 : 12 UTC on 22 October 1976 . The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 1976 - 105A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 9495 . Podvig says that it self - destructed .
Ubaldo Soddu Ubaldo Soddu ( 23 July 1883 – 20 July 1949 ) was an Italian military officer , who commanded the Italian Forces in the Greco - Italian War for a month . Soddu was born in Salerno . During the period of 1939 - 1940 , Soddu was under - secretary at the Ministry of War . In November 1940 he was sent to Albania to take over command of the Italian Forces from General Sebastiano Visconti Prasca , who had proven himself to be incompetent . Soddu himself was relieved of command and replaced by the Chief of the General staff Ugo Cavallero just four weeks later , as Soddu had turned out to be incompetent as well .
No . 381 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF 381ECSS is an expeditionary combat support squadron of the RAAF formed at RAAF Williamtown , NSW in May 1998 . It is a fully deployable airbase operations unit that provides airbase - specific operations support and common ' close ' combat support functions to one or more collocated flying units at a forward operating base . Effectively an ECSS runs the base support to ensure lodger flying units are able to concentrate on the projection of the required air power to support directed RAAF missions . To date 381ECSS has assisted in Operations Warden / Stabilize ( East Timor ) , Gold ( Sydney Olympics ) , Relex ( bare base activation to support maritime interdiction operations ) , Gaberdine ( Immigration Support ) , Guardian ( CHOGM Support ) , Slipper ( Global War on Terrorism ) , Bastille and Falconer ( Iraq War ) . These activities have included defence aid to the civilian community , activation of bare bases , support to the UN peacekeeping missions , support to border protection , coalition force activities in the Fight Against Terrorism and the War in Iraq . 381ECSS airbase operations and combat support functions include : 381ECSS ' s in - garrison role is to provide specialist military airbase operations at Williamtown in concert with other airbase service providers such as Defence Support Group and Joint Logistics Command . At its ' home ' base 381ECSS does not provide all base support services , but when deployed it has the capability ( see above ) to support a bare base , a greenfield airfield or to augment operations on an existing main base as required , providing all the services to make it a fully operational base .
USS Calhoun ( 1851 ) USS " Calhoun " ( 1851 ) was a captured Confederate steamer acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War . " Calhoun " was put into service as a gunboat by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries . Captured by the Union and commissioned as a Union Navy vessel . " Calhoun " was built in 1851 at New York City as " Cuba " , was commissioned as a privateer by the Confederates on 15 May 1861 , and while operating as a Confederate privateer and blockade runner was captured by off Southwest Pass , Louisiana on 23 January 1862 . Commissioned for Federal service under Lieutenant J . E . De - Haven , she joined the West Gulf Blockading Squadron on 19 March 1862 . Civil War service . Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron . In her service on patrol off the Passes of the Mississippi River , " Calhoun " established herself as one of the most successful blockading ships , taking part in the capture of 13 ships before 5 May 1862 , when she steamed up the Mississippi River for duty in Lake Ponchartrain . Here she continued to add to her score , chasing and capturing a steamer , a gunboat , two schooners , and a sloop . Later in the year , she sought out and captured another sloop in Atchafalaya Bay . Capture of the Confederate CSS " Queen of the West " . In early November , " Calhoun " stood up Berwick Bay and Bayou Teche with two other steamers to engage Confederate shore batteries and the steamer CSS " Cotton " , barricaded on the Teche . Remaining in the Berwick Bay area on patrol , " Calhoun " and her consorts climaxed their extremely successful operations on 14 April 1863 when they attacked the cotton - clad steamer CSS " Queen of the West " . One shot at long range from " Calhoun " turned the Confederate ship into a torch , and a major threat to Union forces in the area was destroyed . " Calhoun " continued to add to her distinguished record with her participation in the attack on Fort Butte - a - la - Rose on 20 April , and in August was ordered to base on Ship Island , Mississippi , from which she continued her active and aggressive bombardments of shore positions , and took four more prizes . In the furious assault on Fort Powell the last two weeks of February 1864 , " Calhoun " flew the flag of Admiral David G . Farragut . Sold to the Union Army in 1864 . Turned over to the United States Marshal at New Orleans , Louisiana , on 6 May 1864 , " Calhoun " was sold on 4 June to the Union Army . She served as the Army steamer " General Sedgewick " for the rest of the Civil War . Sold in 1865 , she regained her old name and had a long subsequent career as the SS " Calhoun " .
Henry Martyn Robert Henry Martyn Robert ( May 2 , 1837 – May 11 , 1923 ) was the author of " Robert ' s Rules of Order " , which became the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure and remains today the most common parliamentary authority in the United States . Robert was born in Robertville , South Carolina , and raised in Ohio , where his father moved the family because of his strong opposition to slavery . Robert ' s father , Reverend Joseph Thomas Robert , later became the first president of Morehouse College where there is a dormitory on the campus named after him . Robert was nominated to West Point from Ohio , and graduated fourth in his class in 1857 . He became a military engineer . Under command of Silas Casey during the Pig War he built the fortifications on San Juan Island . In the American Civil War , he was assigned to the Corps of Engineers and worked on the defenses of Washington , D . C . , Philadelphia , and several New England ports . Robert served as Engineer of the Army ' s Division of the Pacific from 1867 to 1871 . He then spent two years improving rivers in Oregon and Washington and six years developing the harbors of Green Bay and other northern Wisconsin and Michigan ports . He subsequently improved the harbors of Oswego , New York , Philadelphia , and Long Island Sound and constructed locks and dams on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers . As Southwest Division Engineer from 1897 to 1901 , Robert studied how to deepen the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River . Robert was president of the Board of Engineers from 1895 to 1901 . He was made brigadier general on April 30 , 1901 , and was appointed Chief of Engineers . He served until May 2 , 1901 , when he retired from the Army . Following his retirement , he chaired a board of engineers that designed the Galveston , Texas seawall following the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 . He died in Hornell , New York , and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery . He is most famous for his " Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies " — a collection of rules regarding parliamentary procedure , published in 1876 . He wrote the manual in response to his poor performance in leading a church meeting that erupted into open conflict because of abolitionist concerns at the First Baptist Church , 149 Williams Street in New Bedford , Massachusetts . He resolved that he would learn about parliamentary procedure before attending another meeting . The rules are loosely based on procedures used in the United States House of Representatives , but the rule book was not intended for use in national and state legislatures . References . " This article contains public domain text from "
T - 54 / 55 operators and variants The T - 54 / 55 tank series is the most widely used tank in the world and it has seen service in over 50 countries . It also served as the platform for a wide variety of specialty armored vehicles . Models and variants . Modernization . T - 55 . Early on during the production T - 55 " s " were fitted with the TSh - 2B - 32P sight . Starting in 1970 T - 55 " s " were being armed at Uralwagonzavod 12 . 7 mm DShK 1938 / 46 or KPVT loader ' s anti - aircraft heavy machine guns . These tanks were known as Model 1970 , or sometimes T - 55AM . KTD - 1 or KTD - 2 laser rangefinders and R - 123 or R - 123M radio sets were fitted to older tanks starting in 1974 ( Model 1974 ) . At the same time efforts were made to modernize and prolong the life of the drive train . Variants . Self - propelled gun . SU - 122 - 54 ( Ob ' yekt 600 ) ( " Samokhodnaya Ustanovka " ) - Self - propelled 122mm gun , based on the T - 54A and sometimes known as IT - 122 . Between 1955 and 1957 , 77 vehicles were built with minor differences between production lots ( different commander ' s cupola etc . ) . The SU - 122 - 54 had a modified chassis , with small spaces between the first , second and fourth pair of wheels and a large gap between the third , similar to the T - 62 ' s and a superstructure , built into the hull , housing the 122 mm D - 49 L / 48 . 4 gun for which the vehicle carries 32 rounds . The secondary armament consisted of two KPVT heavy machine guns , one mounted as an anti - aircraft machine gun near the commander ' s hatch and the other mounted coaxially with the main gun . The vehicle carried 600 rounds for the machine guns . The main gun has a fume extractor positioned right behind the muzzle brake , some vehicles did not have the fume extractor . Other variations included a different commander ' s cupola . International derivatives . Yugoslavia . A variant of this modification , intended for export , was armed with L7A1 105 mm gun .
Arvandus Arvandus was a Gaul who rose through the hierarchy of Imperial Roman society to twice be appointed Praetorian prefect of Gaul . On the first occasion , 461 , he was appointed by Emperor Libius Severus . This appointment ended when Severus died in 465 . Two years later , in 467 , he was appointed by Anthemius . His friend and chronicler , Sidonius Apollinaris , records that his first term was successful and he himself well liked . However , in his second term he found himself widely hated , and in 472 was removed from office and brought to Rome in chains . Here he was accused by envoys from a commission of influential Gauls of committing treason . The envoys brought with them a letter which Arvandus ' secretary attested had been dictated by Arvandus . In it , Arvandus set out to dissuade Euric , king of the Visigoths , from concluding peace with the Eastern Roman Emperor , urging that instead he should attack the Bretons north of the Loire . The letter asserted that the Law of Nations called for a division of Gaul between the Visigoths and Burgundians . Riothamus , King of the Britons , was allied to Roman Emperor Anthemius , so this was tantamount to declaring war on the Emperor . Arvandus was put on trial for treason . The trial should have been overseen by Sidonius , but Sidonius chose to resign his position instead , and plead for clemency on behalf of his friend . At his trial , Arvandus was found guilty and was stripped on the spot of all the privileges pertaining to his prefecture , and consigned to the common jail to await execution . Cassiodorus asserts that Arvandus ' intention was to divide the empire and seize the throne : It may be that Arvandus was hoping to obtain the throne with aid from the Gauls and the Visigoths , in the manner of the previous attempt by Avitus . If so , Arvandus was disappointed ; he received no support from the Gallic aristocracy . Possibly this was a result of his undistinguished birth , but the great majority of the Gauls would have learned from Avitus ' example , and realized that the day for such adventures was long past . Cassiodorius reports that Sidonius and his friends were successful in saving Arvandus from the death penalty . " At the order of Anthemius , Arvandus , who had attempted to become emperor , was sent into exile " ( " Arabundus imperium temptans iussu Anthemii exilio deportatur " .
Kingdom of Etruria The Kingdom of Etruria ( ) was a kingdom between 1801 and 1807 which made up a large part of modern Tuscany . It took its name from Etruria , the old Roman name for the land of the Etruscans . The kingdom was created by the Treaty of Aranjuez , signed in Aranjuez , Spain on 21 March 1801 . In the context of a larger agreement between Napoleonic France and Spain , the Bourbons of Parma were compensated for the loss of their territory in northern Italy ( which had been occupied by French troops since 1796 ) . Ferdinand , Duke of Parma relinquished his claims , and in return his son Louis I was granted the Kingdom of Etruria ( which was created from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany ) . To make way for the Bourbons , the Habsburg Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinand III was ousted and compensated with the Electorate of Salzburg . Originally the Duchy of Tuscany , Etruria had been ceded to the Bourbons in 1801 in the person of Charles IV ' s eldest daughter and her Italian consort . The first king ( Louis I ) died young in 1803 , and his underage son Charles Louis succeeded him . His mother , Maria Luisa of Spain , was appointed regent . However , since Etruria was troubled with smuggling and espionage Napoleon annexed the territory . Since Spain ' s only hope of compensation lay in Portugal , co - operation with the emperor became more important . In 1807 , Napoleon dissolved the kingdom and integrated it into France , turning it into three French départements : Arno , Méditerranée and Ombrone . The king and his mother were promised the throne of a new Kingdom of Northern Lusitania ( in northern Portugal ) , but this plan was never realized due to the break between Napoleon and the Spanish Bourbons in 1808 . After his downfall in 1814 , Tuscany was restored to its Habsburg Grand Dukes . In 1815 , the Duchy of Lucca was carved out of Tuscany as compensation for the Bourbons of Parma until they resumed their rule in 1847 .
Linda Kitson Linda Kitson ( born 1945 ) is a British artist . She is best known for her work as an official war artist during the Falklands Conflict . Early life . Kitson studied at St Martins School of Art and the Royal College of Art , where she specialised in illustration . She then taught at Camberwell College of Arts , Chelsea College of Art and Design and the City and Guilds Art School . Falklands conflict . Kitson was commissioned by the Artistic Records Committee of the Imperial War Museum as the official war artist for the Falklands Task Force . She is the first female artist to have been officially commissioned to accompany troops in battle . In May 1982 , Kitson sailed to the Falklands with 3 , 000 men on the Queen Elizabeth 2 and later the SS Canberra , arriving on 3 June 1982 . She followed British forces across the island to Stanley , usually three or four days behind the action . Over a period of three months , under conditions of sleet , hail , snow , mud and sub - zero temperatures , and working at speed , she made over 400 drawings in conté crayon . She drew continuously , recording training and preparation ; the transfer at South Georgia to SS Canberra , the landings at San Carlos Bay , the deployment of the forces to Goose Green , Fitzroy , Darwin , and Port Stanley . Following the ceasefire in June , she drew the aftermath of the fighting . She captured the daily life of the troops and the conditions under which they had to operate , showing all aspects of the conflict except the fighting . After the re - taking of the Falklands , Kitson returned to Britain with the Welsh Guards and Royal Engineers . Many of Kitson ' s drawings are now part of the Imperial War Museum ’ s art collection , and were exhibited to the general public in November 1982 . They are featured again in the Museum ' s exhibition " Women War Artists " , in 2011 - 2012 .
MM - 1 The MM - 1 revolver grenade launcher is manufactured in USA by the Hawk Engineering Co , and is in use by Special Forces of USA , as well as of several South American and African countries . While MM - 1 may look much like upscaled Milkor MGL grenade launcher , most probably the MM - 1 traces its ancestry back to the Manville machine projector , a revolver - type 20 - shot tear gas gun , developed in USA for police use before the World War II . The MM - 1 , while being relatively heavy and quite bulky , can provide devastating firepower , with practical rate of fire as much as 30 rounds per minute . It may be very useful in ambushes and other fast - pacing close combat scenarios . MM - 1 is a revolver - type weapon , with the heavy cylinder being rotated for each shot by the clockwork - type spring . Spring is wound manually during the reloading . To reload the cylinder , the rear part of the gun is released and rotated sideways to expose the rear of the cylinder , which is connected to the front part of the frame and barrel .
20th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment The 20th Kansas Militia Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 20th Kansas Militia Infantry was called into service on October 9 , 1864 . It was disbanded on October 29 , 1864 . Detailed service . The unit was called into service to defend Kansas against Price ' s Raid . The regiment saw action at Byram ' s Ford , Big Blue , October 22 . Westport October 23 .
Chief of the Defence Staff ( France ) The Chief of the Defence Staff ( ) ( acronym : CEMA ) is the chief of defence of the French military . The position is currently held by Admiral Édouard Guillaud . Functions . The Chief of the Defence Staff has two roles : He is responsible for : Directly under his authority are :
Hōjō Ujimasa Ujimasa commanded in many battles , consolidating his clan ' s position , and retired in 1590 . His son Hōjō Ujinao became head of the clan and lord of Odawara , but later that year they failed to hold Odawara against the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi ( see Siege of Odawara ( 1590 ) ) . Ujimasa was forced to commit suicide along with his brother Ujiteru . Like many samurai who committed seppuku in the face of shameful defeat , Ujimasa composed a death poem : In popular culture . Hōjō Ujimasa appears in Koei ' s video games " Kessen " , " Samurai Warriors 2 " , " Samurai Warriors 3 " and " Warriors Orochi " . He was also in Capcom ' s " Sengoku Basara " , " Sengoku Basara 2 " , and " Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes " . He also appears in The Creative Assembly ' s Total War : Shogun , and Total War : Shogun 2 . Professional wrestler Akito wrestled as Ujimasa for the Dramatic Dream Team promotion on February 10 , 2013 .
515th Strategic Fighter Squadron The 515th Strategic Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the 407th Strategic Fighter Wing stationed at Great Falls AFB , Montana . It was inactivated on 1 July 1957 . History . Established in the spring of 1943 as an A - 24 Banshee ( Douglas SBD ) operational training squadron . Unfortunately , the Army A - 24 version of the Douglas dive bomber never achieved the degree of success as did its Navy SBD counterpart . In July 1943 , the squadron was relieved of its training mission and deployed to Amchitka Army Airfield , Alaska Territory , to take part in the Battle of Kiska during the Aleutian Islands Campaign . After carrying out an attack on Kiska Island on August 4 , 1943 , the squadron returned to the Continenal United States and was re - equipped with the A - 36 Apache ground attack version of the P - 51B Mustang . Was assigned to the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics at Lakeland AAF Florida until November when the school was closed down . Re - equipped with P - 51 Mustang s and P - 47 Thunderbolt s , became a training unit at Galveston AAF , Texas until April 1944 when the squadron was inactivated in a re - alignment of Training Command operational training units . Was reactivated by Strategic Air Command in 1953 as a strategic fighter squadron ; mission to provide fighter escort for SAC ' s long - range B - 36 Peacemaker bomber . Equipped with F - 84G Thunderjet s , the squadron deployed to Misawa AB , Japan , August – November 1954 to provide air defense . Left F - 84G ' s at Misawa , returned to Great Falls AFB and was re - equipped with F - 84F Thunderflash swept - wing aircraft . Also operated a few RF - 84F photo - reconnaissance aircraft . Squadron operated until 1957 when the B - 36 was being phased out and the unit was inactivated . The new B - 52 Stratofortress and B - 47 Stratojet bombers flew higher and faster than the F - 84 escort fighters and instead of flying in formations , SAC ' s bombers flew individually to their selected targets .