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Shan State Army – South The Shan State Army - South ( SSA - S ) ( ; SSA - S , sometimes called simply the Shan State Army , though there is also a Shan State Army – North ( SSA - N ) ) is one of the bigger rebel factions fighting against the State Peace and Development Council ( SPDC ) regime of Burma . The commander in chief of the SSA is Lieutenant General Yawd Serk . The Shan State Army – South was formed by Lieutenant General Yawd Serk after Mong Tai Army / Shan State Restoration Council ( MTA / SSRC ) which was led by Khun Sa surrendered to Burmese Army in January 1995 , in Homong Eastern Shan State . After refused to surrender with Khun Sa on 27 January 1996 , lieutenant General Sao Yawd Serk is believed to led around 800 Shan patriots in the central of Shan State and established the Shan State Army - South ( SSA - S ) in 1996 . He then urged and persuaded the patriots to stand together and resume the resistance against Burmese Army . Right after then , he was able to increase over 1000 Shan patriots fighters before returning to the Shan - Thai border . During the staying along the Shan - Thai border , SSA - S manage to recruit significant numbers of troops and built its Headquarter . In 27 May 2000 , SSA - S formed Restoration Council of Shan State ( RCSS ) to act as its political wing with 11 Central Executive Committee members to lead on the political front . General Yawd Serk was chosen to be the chairman of the RCSS . Since SSA - S is formed , it face constant attacks from the Burmese Army . Territory . The SSA - South has 5 bases along the Thai - Burma border : Size and armament . Recent estimates place the size of the SSA around fifteen thousands troops . The Leader of the SSA is Lieutenant General Yawd Serk . Despite being isolated in the mountains of the Shan State , the SSA has managed to procure large quantities of weapons from both China and the United States . Unlike most rebel forces the SSA have uniforms and go through a seven week boot - camp to prepare them for combat with Government forces . Known Equipment include the M16 rifle , AK - 47 , RPD , FN MAG , RPK , M79 , USAS - 12 , Mortars , RPG - 7 and M203 . Alliances . On May 21 , 2005 , the Shan State Army pledged to work with the Shan State National Army against the SPDC to achieve the Independence of the Shan State . In December 2008 , the Shan State Congress ( SSC ) was formed at Loi Taileng under the aegis of Yawd Serk . It includes non - Shan groups as well with members from : There was a Six State Military Alliance with Arakan Liberation Party ( ALP ) , Chin National Front ( CNF ) , Kachin National Organization ( KNO ) , Karen National Union ( KNU ) and Karenni National Progressive Party ( KNPP ) , formed earlier but dormant for some years , and Yawd Serk expressed the need to revive this in anticipation of the 2010 elections .
Charles deForest Chandler Colonel Charles deForest Chandler ( December 24 , 1878 – May 18 , 1939 ) was an American military aviator , and the first head of the Aeronautical Division , U . S . Signal Corps that later became the United States Air Force . Biography . He was born in Cleveland , Ohio on Christmas Eve , December 24 , 1878 . He died on May 18 , 1939 .
Bronzewing - class harbour tug The " Bronzewing " - class harbour tug was a class of four tugs constructed for the Royal Australian Navy . " HTS 503 " was given to Papua New Guinea in 1974 . They were constructed by Stanard Bros , Sydney , except for " HTS Mollymawk " ( 504 ) , that was constructed by Perris Engineering , Brisbane .
Battle of Lacolle Mills ( 1812 ) The Battle of Lacolle River was fought on November 20 , 1812 , during the War of 1812 . In this relatively short and fast battle , a very small garrison of Canadien Militia , with the assistance of Kahnawake Mohawk warriors , defended a make - shift log guardhouse on the Montreal road at the bridge over the Lacolle River ( present day village of Lacolle , Quebec ) . The American invasion force , prepared and led by Major General Henry Dearborn , captured the blockhouse in the early morning , possibly following a brief confrontation with the outnumbered defending forces . In the dark , a second group of American militia attacked the troops at the guardhouse , resulting in a short battle between two groups of American forces . In the aftermath of this confusion , the Canadian forces under the command of Charles de Salaberry launched a counterattack against the shaken American forces , forcing a retreat to Champlain before the American forces withdrew from Lower Canada completely . After this defeat , the demoralized American forces would not attempt this assault again until 1814 in the Battle of Lacolle Mills ( 1814 ) . References . The First American Invasion of Quebec : The Battle of Lacolle River
Augustus Walker Air Chief Marshal Sir George Augustus ( Gus ) Walker GCB CBE DSO DFC AFC Master of Arts was a Second World War bomber pilot and jet aircraft pioneer , later Inspector - General of the RAF and RAF Air Chief Marshal . Early life . Walker was born 24 August 1912 in West Garforth , Leeds and studied at St . Bees School in Cumberland , and St Catharine ' s College , Cambridge . He played rugby for Yorkshire & England twice in 1939 . RAF career . He joined the Royal Air Force from University in 1934 . In November 1940 during the Second World War he was appointed Officer Commanding No . 50 Squadron in which role he earned the Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Flying Cross before moving on to become Station Commander at RAF Syerston in April 1942 . While working as Station Commander at RAF Syerston he rushed in a fire truck from the control tower to a taxiing Lancaster bomber when he saw it was on fire . He then tried to remove incendiary bomb s from under the bomb bay in the hope that he could prevent a 4 , 000Ib bomb from exploding , but it detonated and he lost his right arm as a result . Returning to active service with an artificial arm , he was referred to by personnel as the one - armed bandit . In February 1945 he was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No . 4 Group and went on to receive the Croix de Guerre and Légion d ' honneur . After the War he was appointed Deputy Director of Operational Training at the Air Ministry before taking up the role of Senior Air Staff Officer for the Rhodesian Air Training Group in 1948 . In 1951 he became Officer Commanding RAF Coningsby and in 1954 he was made Commandant of the RAF Flying College at Manby where he developed flying techniques for jet aircraft : he received the Air Force Cross in 1956 for his work in this and the techniques for flights over the North Pole . He became Air Officer Commanding No . 1 Group in October 1956 , Chief Information Officer at the Air Ministry in 1959 and Air Officer Commanding - in - Chief at Flying Training Command in 1961 . He held the post of Inspector - General of the RAF from 1964 to 1966 when he became Deputy Commander - in - Chief Allied Forces Central Europe . He continued his interest in rugby , acting as a referee and being President of the Rugby Union in 1965 - 6 . He retired in 1970 . Following his retirement he carried out various voluntary activities , notably for the Royal Air Forces Association , including the role of President . Family . On 5 September 1942 he married Dorothy Brenda Wilcox ( who survived him ) and they had a son and daughter . He died 11 December 1986 in King ' s Lynn , Norfolk . He had one brother called John James Rolph Walker , born in 1909 .
Aerotec Uirapuru The Aerotec A - 122 Uirapuru was a Brazilian military trainer aircraft . It was a low - wing monoplane with tricycle undercarriage that accommodated the pilot and instructor side - by - side . It first flew on 2 June 1965 . In October 1967 , the Brazilian Air Force ordered 30 aircraft to replace the obsolete Fokker S . 11 s and S . 12 s ( T - 21s and T - 22s ) that were operating in the Air Force Academy . Later , they ordered another 40 , and then 30 more . These were designated T - 23 . The Bolivian Air Force ordered 36 examples in 1974 , which flew until 1997 , and in 1975 the Paraguayan Air Force bought 8 aircraft to replace the Fokker T - 21 ( S . 11 ) . In 1986 , six more were donated by the FAB . Most of them were withdrawn from service in 1992 , replaced by the Enaer T - 35 Pillán . As of 2009 , only one T - 23 is in flying conditions . Thirty others were sold in the civilian market . A total of 155 were built including prototypes by the time production finished in 1977 . The T - 23 suffered fatal accidents during spin training . The problem was resolved after a crash in which an instructor described his stricken aircraft ' s responses to his control inputs all the way to the end . Uirapurus then received a fin under the rear fuselage to correct the issue . In 1980 interest by the airforce in an improved version led to the development of the Uirapuru II .
French frigate Jean de Vienne ( D643 ) The Jean de Vienne is a F70 type anti - submarine frigate of the French " Marine Nationale " . She is the third French vessel named after the 14th century admiral Jean de Vienne . Her complement is 20 % female . On 4 January 2009 " Jean de Vienne " helped to defend the Croatian tanker " Donat " , owned by the Tankerska plovidba from Zadar , and a cargo ship from Panama called " Vulturnus " , off Somalia . Note : The French navy doesn ' t use the term " destroyer " for its ships ; hence some large ships , referred to as " frigates " , are registered as destroyers .
Fort Crown Point " Crown Point " , was a British fort built by the combined efforts of both British and Provincial troops ( from New York and the New England Colonies ) in North America in 1759 at narrows on Lake Champlain on the border between modern New York State and Vermont . Erected to secure the region against the French , the Fort is located near the town of Crown Point , New York and was the largest earthen fortress built in the United States . The site is now administered as Crown Point State Historic Site . History . The French second built a fortress at Crown Point in the 1730s with thick limestone walls named Fort St . Frederic . British forces targeted it twice during the French and Indian War before the French destroyed it in the summer of 1759 . The Crown Point fort was constructed by the British army under the command of Sir Jeffery Amherst following the capture of Carillon , a French fort to the south ( which he renamed Ticonderoga ) , and the destruction of Fort St . Frédéric . Amherst used the construction of the fort as a means of keeping his men working through the winter of 1759 after pushing the French into modern Canada . The Fort was never directly assaulted . Mostly built after the threat of French invasion had ended , it was used largely for staging rather than as a position in its own right . On April 21 , 1773 , a chimney fire broke out in the Soldier ' s Barracks . It quickly spread , burning for days . British military engineer John Montressor described the fort ( post fire ) with the following words : " the Conflagration of the late Fort has rendered it an amazing useless mass of Earth only " . Montressor proposed expanding and improving one of the outworks rather than attempting to repair the main fort . After the French and Indian War the British left only a skeletal force at the Fort , which yielded easily to Capt . Seth Warner and 100 Green Mountain Boys , an American militia , on May 12 , 1775 in the battle of Crown Point at the start of the American Revolution . The 111 cannons captured from the British at Crown Point , so early in the War for American Independence , soon proved valuable in driving the British out of Boston Harbor . The Fort was used as a staging ground by Benedict Arnold during the Revolution for his navy on Lake Champlain . After the destruction of that navy in 1776 during the Battle of Valcour Island , the Fort was abandoned to the British in 1777 . It was abandoned for good in 1780 . The large earthen walls of the Fort are still visible today . A massive , accidental fire in April 1773 entirely destroyed the log and earth fortress , leaving the empty stone ruins of two barracks buildings standing . These ruins still stand and are being carefully preserved . The Fort was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968 .
Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services ( CFMWS ) ( French : " Services de bien - être et moral des Forces canadiennes " ; " SBMFC " ) , previously known as Canadian Forces Personnel and Family Support Services ( CFPFSS ) and Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency ( CFPSA ) , is responsible for administering non - public property on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff and delivering selected public morale and welfare programs , services , and activities . Activities . CFMWS has over 5 , 500 staff on bases / wings / units and at headquarters in Ottawa . In partnership with bases , wings , and units the Canadian Forces Regular Forces and Canadian Forces Primary Reserve members , retired and former members , military families , Department of National Defence employees , NPF employees , and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) personnel , receive the morale and welfare programs , services , and activities needed . History . Prior to Unification of the Canadian Forces , virtually all Non - Public Property ( NPP ) activities were controlled and managed at the local level . In 1969 , Treasury Board introduced the concept of delivering Morale and Welfare programs through a combination of Public and NPP resources . Immediately upon Unification in 1968 , the Director General Personnel Services ( DGPS ) was created , reporting to the Chief of Personnel . DGPS was responsible for NPP operations and Publicly funded fitness training and sports programs . At the same time , most resale activities were consolidated under the newly created CANEX . In 1996 , all elements of Public and NPP Morale and Welfare program delivery were consolidated under a single NPP organization , CFPSA . Specific Public Morale and Welfare programs were delivered through the NPP organization administered by CFPSA , with the cost of implementation reimbursed by the Public to NPP . Effective April 21 , 2008 , the Non - Public Property Board approved a name change for the organization from the Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency ( CFPSA ) to the Canadian Forces Personnel and Family Support Services ( CFPFSS ) . CFPFSS was formed to consolidate personnel and family support across the Canadian Forces under a single organization . On April 15 , 2013 , the Non - Public Property Board approved a second name change for the organization from CFPFSS to Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services . This name change aimed to strengthen the association of the name with the programs and services delivered by the organization .
3rd Armoured Division ( Australia ) The Australian 3rd Armoured Division was an armoured unit of the Australian Army that was established on 15 November 1942 by redesignating the 1st Motor Division ( which was previously the 1st Cavalry Division ) . As an armoured division the 3rd Armoured was equipped with M3 Grant medium tanks and M3 Stuart light tanks . The Division ' s 3rd Motor Brigade was gradually disbanded between March to August 1943 and the 3rd Armoured Division was disbanded in Queensland on 19 October 1943 as a result of manpower shortages in the Australian Army . Commanding officers . The 3rd Armoured Division had three commanders through its brief existence :
Harold Willmott Brigadier Harold Willmott CBE ( 1899 – 1993 ) was a South African military commander . He served in the Royal Air Force in World War I , and joined the South African Air Force in 1924 . During World War II , he served as Deputy Director - General of Air Services from 1939 to 1940 , as commander of 3 Wing in North Africa from 1941 to 1942 , as Director of the Coastal Air Force from 1942 to 1944 , and as Deputy Director - General of the Air Force from 1944 to 1945 , when he was promoted to Director - General . After the war , he served as Officer Commanding Natal Command , and finally as Air Chief of Staff , from 1951 to 1954 . Honours and Awards . He was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the January 1943 New Years Honours list .
Sunray Sunray is a term used in radio voice procedure ( the conventions used in radio conversation ) in the British military and in the military of nations strongly influenced by the British . It refers to the formation commander and serves as a synonym of " leader " . This could be a commander of platoon , company , combat group , battalion , or battle group . The second - in - command is also referred to as " Sunray Minor " .
Robert Van Rensselaer Robert Van Rensselaer ( December 16 , 1740 – September 11 , 1802 ) was Brigadier General during the American Revolutionary War . From 1775 to 1777 he was a member of the New York Provincial Congress and a member of the New York State Assembly in 1777 - 78 , 1778 - 79 and 1780 - 81 . Van Rensselaer was a Federalist presidential elector in 1796 , and cast his votes for John Adams and Thomas Pinckney . He died September 11 , 1802 at the Van Rensselaer Lower Manor House . On October 20 , 1775 , he was made colonel of the 8th Albany County Regiment of militia . On June 16 , 1780 , he was made Brigadier General of the second brigade of the Albany County militia . This brigade included the Tryon County militia . He fought at Fort Ticonderoga and at the Battle of Klock ' s Field . Family . He was born December 16 , 1740 , at Fort Crailo in Rensselaer , New York to Johannes van Rensselaer , and Angelica Livingston . His grandfather was Hendrick van Rensselaer . Robert married Cornelia Rutsen ( 1747 – 1790 ) , the daughter of Colonel Jacob Rutsen and Alida Livingston on April 23 , 1765 and had the following children :
Hate Woman Hate Woman was a Kainai woman . When she married Weasel Tail , she loved him so much that she refused to let him go into battle without her , so that they would never die apart . She went on five raids armed with a six - shooter . On one raid , she stole a saddle , an ammunition bag , and a war club . After another raid , she , her husband and one other man returned with fourteen good horses . Hate Woman was asked to tell her adventures at the Sun Dance celebration , an unusual honor . She died at around 1950 .
HMS Peterel ( 1860 ) HMS " Peterel " was a " Rosario " - class sloop of the Royal Navy . " Peterel " served three commissions as a warship , on the North America and West Indies Station , the Cape of Good Hope Station and the Pacific Station . In 1877 she became a lightship marking the wreck of , then in 1885 she was converted into a coal depot before finally being sold in 1901 , the longest lived of her class .
Ouvrage La Moutière Ouvrage La Moutière is a lesser work ( " petit ouvrage " ) of the Maginot Line ' s Alpine extension , the Alpine Line at an altitude of 2440 meters . The ouvrage consists of one entry block , one infantry block and one observation block , with an unarmed exit block . The " ouvrage " supported the Ouvrage Restefond on the crest of the pass , guarding its southern flank . It also covered the Col de la Barcelonnette to the north . The position was built between 1931 and 1935 . Description . The underground section of the " ouvrage " consists of three parallel galleries linked by a smaller passage . A fortified barracks for La Moutière ' s garrison was established at a lower altitude inside a semi - buried " abri " or shelter . The area around the position retains the vestiges of firing positions constructed of dry stone masonry pierced by embrasures for guns . The fortification saw no action in either 1940 or 1944 .
Rally of Democratic Forces ( rebel group ) The Rally of Democratic Forces ( in French : " Rassemblement des Forces Démocratiques " or RaFD ) is a Chadian rebel group led by Timane Erdimi . It is currently allied to the United Front for Democratic Change rebel group and both are dedicated to overthrowing Erdimi ' s uncle , the current Chadian President Idriss Déby and his administration . As of May 1 , 2006 , RaFD has a significant presence in the cities of Guéréda , Tissi and Adré . The 12 , 000 troops that make up the RaFD were expected to disrupt the 2006 presidential elections , but they did not , and President Déby was returned to power . The movement has been recently renamed Rassemblement des forces pour le changement ( RFC ) . September 2006 government offensive . On September 19 , 2006 , the Government of Chad began a campaign involving 3 , 000 against the RAFD , according to the Military of Chad . The troops attacked RAFD rebels at the Hadjer Marfaine area bordering Sudan , while simultaneously attacking other groups within the UFDC at Moudeina , and Aram Kolle . Mahamat Inee , RAFD spokesperson , said , " We were attacked by two columns of government troops on 19 September , but we repelled them . " Inee said the RAFD took 43 government soldiers prisoner , and seized 40 jeeps and trucks and two tanks . He confirmed news reports that French Mirage fighter jets stationed in Abeche made surveillance runs over the RAFD ' s position . Timane Edrimi warned that " all French citizens , military or civil , that fall into the hands of our combatants will be considered like mercenaries and treated accordingly . "
Akinosuke Oka Biography . Oka was a native of Wakayama Prefecture and a graduate of the 24th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy . As a lieutenant , he served in the Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA ) 7th Infantry Regiment , followed by the IJA 77th Infantry Regiment . In 1924 , he received specialized training in armored warfare , but remained in the infantry all of his career . He was promoted to major in 1930 , lieutenant colonel in 1935 and colonel in March 1935 . In June 1939 , Oka became commander of the 4th sector of the 8th Border Patrol Force under the Kwantung Army guarding the Manchukuo border against the Soviet Union . In June 1940 , he was assigned command of the IJA 124th Infantry Regiment , which participated in combat operations in the Second Sino - Japanese War . He was then scouted by General Kiyotake Kawaguchi for the proposed invasion of Port Moresby in New Guinea and reassigned to the southwest Pacific front in 1942 , landing on Guadalcanal together with the forces commanded by Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki . Oka commanded a portion of Japanese troops from the 35th Infantry Brigade in a losing effort during the Battle of Edson ' s Ridge in September , 1942 . He later successfully defended the Matanikau River area during the September , 1942 Matanikau action . During the Battle for Henderson Field , he led the 1 , 200 troops of the 124th Infantry Regiment across the Matanikau and attacked U . S . Marine defenses early on October 26 , 1942 but his attack was thrown back with heavy losses to his men , contributing to the overall decisive Japanese defeat in this battle . At the Battle of Mount Austen , the Galloping Horse , and the Sea Horse in January 1943 , Oka and the 1st and 3rd Battalions from the 124th unsuccessfully attempted to defend a terrain feature called the Sea Horse from American attacks . After losing possession of the feature and surrounding areas , Oka and his surviving troops escaped to friendly lines . Japanese records indicate that he was killed soon after this , but some sources suggest he may have been evacuated with the rest of the Japanese forces during Operation Ke and survived the campaign . He was posthumously promoted to the rank of major general .
VC D440 Battalion The VC D440 Battalion , also known as the " Viet Cong D440 Provincial Mobile Battalion " , was a Local Force battalion of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War . The battalion operated in the Phước Tuy and Long Khánh provinces usually along Route 2 . It was formed in 1968 under the command of Comrade Hai Tinh and consisted mainly of North Vietnamese Army personnel . The battalion or elements of it participated in the battle of Binh Ba against Australian Army forces , as well as a number of other actions . The unit generally performed poorly against Australian forces however , and it was eventually disbanded in August 1970 with most of its personnel transferred to D445 Battalion .