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Alfred W . Ellet Alfred Washington Ellet ( October 11 , 1820 – January 9 , 1895 ) was a civil engineer and a brigadier general in the Union Army who commanded the United States Ram Fleet during the American Civil War . Biography . Alfred Ellet was born at Penn ' s Manor Bucks County , Pennsylvania on the banks of the Delaware river and was the youngest of six sons and the second youngest of fourteen children . In 1824 , his family moved to Philadelphia where he attended the public schools . At age 16 , he went to Bunker Hill , Illinois to take up farming . A farmer and dry goods store owner , he was a resident of Illinois when the Civil War broke out . In August 1861 , Ellet was commissioned a captain in the 9th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment , which later became the 59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment . In March 1862 , he fought in the Battle of Pea Ridge . When his elder brother , Col . Charles Ellet , Jr . , undertook the conversion of several river steamers to rams in the spring of 1862 , Alfred Ellet became lieutenant colonel of Charles Ellet ' s U . S . Ram Fleet . Following Charles Ellet ' s death in June 1862 , Alfred took over the unit and was appointed brigadier general of the newly formed Mississippi Marine Brigade the following November . He commanded the Mississippi Marine Brigade during operations on the Western Rivers until 1864 , when the unit was disestablished . He resigned his commission late in that year to return to civilian life . Following the Civil War , Ellet was a businessman and civic leader in El Dorado , Kansas , where he died . He is buried there in Belle Vista Cemetery . Namesake . USS " Ellet " ( DD - 398 ) , which was in service in 1939 - 46 , was named in honor of Alfred W . Ellet and other members of his family .
Quartermaster Sergeant Quartermaster Sergeant ( QMS ) is a class of rank or appointment in some armed forces , especially those of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth . Ireland . Quartermaster Sergeant appointments in the Irish Defence Forces include : United Kingdom . A Quartermaster Sergeant is usually a non - commissioned officer or warrant officer who is responsible for supplies or stores . However , in the British Army this definition is extended to almost any Warrant Officer Class 2 who does not hold a Sergeant Major appointment , as well as a number of Staff Sergeant and Colour Sergeant appointments . In the British Army , Quartermaster Sergeants are frequently addressed and referred to as " Q " . Examples of Quartermaster Sergeant appointments include : In the Household Cavalry , the designation is replaced with Quartermaster Corporal ( QMC ) , as in Squadron Quartermaster Corporal and Regimental Quartermaster Corporal . United States . The rank was in use by both the Union Army and the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . The rank was just below Sergeant Major and just above Ordnance Sergeant . The same rank insignia was used by both armies . Both armies varied the color of the stripes by assigning red for artillery , yellow for cavalry , and blue for infantry . Some Confederate militia units varied these colors even further and had other colors including black stripes for various units .
George Owen Squier Major General George Owen Squier ( March 21 , 1865 - March 24 , 1934 ) was born in Dryden , Michigan , United States . He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1887 and received a Ph . D . from Johns Hopkins University in 1893 . Life and military career . George Squier wrote and edited many books and articles on the subject of radio and electricity . An inventor , he and Dartmouth professor Albert Cushing Crehore developed an magneto - optical streak camera " The Polarizinq Photo - chronograph " in 1896 to measure the speed of projectiles both inside cannon and directly after they left the cannon barrel . This was one of the earliest photonic programs . They also worked to develop sychronous AC telegraphic systems . His biggest contribution was that of telephone carrier multiplexing in 1910 for which he was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1919 . As executive officer to the Chief Signal Officer , U . S . Signal Corps in 1907 , Squier was instrumental in the establishment of the Aeronautical Division , U . S . Signal Corps , the first organizational ancestor of the US Air Force . He also was the first military passenger in an airplane on September 12 , 1908 , and working with the Wright Brothers was responsible for the purchase of the first airplanes by the US Army in 1909 . From May 1916 to February 1917 he was Chief of the Aviation Section , U . S . Signal Corps , the first successor of the Aeronautical Division , before being promoted to major general and appointed Chief Signal Officer during World War I . In 1922 he created Wired Radio , a service that piped music to businesses and subscribers over wires . Liking how ' Kodak ' was a made up name , in 1934 , he decided later to change the service ' s name to ' Muzak ' . Asked how to say his name , he told " The Literary Digest " it was pronounced like the word " square " . He died in 1934 of pneumonia . Legacy . In 1943 , the U . S . Navy named troopship in his honor . It was the lead ship of its class , which was known as of transport ships . General Squier Park , a historic district and waterpark in his hometown of Dryden , Michigan , is named in his honor .
USS Peri ( 1861 ) USS " Peri " was one of the ships of the Stone Fleet , sunk in the harbor of Charleston , South Carolina as a blockade during the American Civil War . " Peri " was purchased by the Union Navy at Portland , Maine on 29 November 1861 for the Stone Fleet . Intended to be sunk on 25 January 1862 as an obstruction in Maffit ' s Channel , Charleston Harbor , a gale on 24 January pushed her out to sea where she drifted for three days .
Aeronautical Medal The Aeronautical Medal ( ) is a state decoration of France established by the decree of February 14 , 1945 . It is awarded to both military personnel and civilians for outstanding accomplishments related to the field of aeronautics . Originally envisioned before the Second World War , it was intended as an equal to the Order of Maritime Merit . The intent was to create an aerial order of merit intended for civilian and military personnel working in aeronautics . The war temporarily put an end to the project until February 1945 . Statute . Recipients are chosen by a council presided by a member of the office of the secretary of state for the armed forces ( air ) that will be composed of : In case of the absence of any member of the council , an interim member is named by decree of the related authority . This same council has the authority to propose the revocation of the decoration for serious breaches of honour . The details of the workings of such a proposal would be made by ministerial decree . The Aeronautical Medal is limited to no more than 275 new recipients per year , it is awarded twice annually on 1 January and 14 July . It is awarded for professional valour to both civilians and military pilots and non pilots serving under the Ministry of Defence ( Air ) or the Department of Transportation . It is awarded to citizens who have distinguished themselves in the development of military or civil aviation , sports aviation , airports and aircraft manufacturing plants . It can be awarded for prowess in the air , an act of heroism in the air , or for particularly unusual work or research in aviation . Finally , the medal can be awarded for exceptional service during serious air related accidents . The medal can be awarded posthumously and to foreign nationals . Award description . The medal is rectangular and of gilt metal . The obverse bears the gilt left profile of Marianne from the 1940s representing France , below Marianne , the gilt inscription " Honneur et Patrie " ( Honour and Country ) . The medal is enamelled in red except for Marianne , the inscription and a 2 mm exterior border . The medal is suspended to a 37 mm wide royal blue silk moiré ribbon by a wing shaped pendant with a relief five pointed star at its center and an horizontal slot to receive the ribbon . The reverse bears the inscription on four lines " MÉDAILLE DE L ' AÉRONAUTIQUE 1945 " ( AERONAUTICAL MEDAL 1945 ) .
96th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 96th 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 32nd Division . The brigade served on the Western Front .
Battle of Iznalloz The Battle of Iznalloz , was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista fought in the Province of Granada near the city of Iznalloz , north of the city of Granada in 1295 . The battle pitted the troops of the Emirate of Granada , commanded by Muhammad II the Sultan of Granada against those of the Kingdom of Castile who were commanded by the Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava , Ruy Pérez Ponce de León on behalf of Sancho IV of Castile . The battle resulted in a catastrophic defeat for Castile and the Order of Calatrava , whose Grand Master died of wounds suffered in the battle . Historical Context . With the Marinid surrender of Algeciras and Ronda to the Kingdom of Granada , Granada was able to pursue policies of territorial expansion safe in the knowledge that James II of Aragon would not be adverse to any action by Granada against the Kingdom of Castile as the two kingdoms were themselves at odds . The Battle . In a bid to secure his northern frontier , Muhammad II seized a hill fort at Quesada and routed the forces of the Castilian crown under Ruy Pérez Ponce de León at Iznalloz in the final months of 1295 . The Castilian army retired to its camp where Ponce de Leon , the contemporary Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava would die of wounds inflicted in the action . Aftermath . The victory of Muhammad II over the Castilian forces facilitated way for an eventual pact of friendship between the Kingdom of Granada and the Kingdom of Aragon which had its own problems with Castile .
Frederick Thayre Captain Frederick James Harry Thayre , MC & Bar ( 20 October 1894 – 9 June 1917 ) was a British two - seater flying ace in World War I who , in conjunction with his observer - gunners , was credited with twenty victories . Background . Thayre was born in London on 20 October 1894 . He lived in Littlehampton prewar . Involvement in World War I . Thayre first flew operationally with No . 16 Squadron RFC ( Royal Flying Corps ) in France , in BE2 aircraft . In this two - seater aircraft , his first victory was achieved on 18 March 1916 when his observer , Lieutenant C . R . Davidson , shot down an attacking German Fokker E . III fighter aircraft . On 10 July , Second Lieutenant Thayre was promoted to Temporary Captain . On 1 September , he was granted permanent appointment as Lieutenant . Thayre was later posted to No . 20 Squadron , flying FE2d aircraft . He teamed up with Francis Cubbon , with whom he claimed two victories on 29 April 1917 . On 1 May , the duo shot down an Albatros two - seater of FA 6 , killing its crew of two , while on 3 May 1917 Thayre and Cubbon engaged twenty - six Albatros D . III scout aircraft , claiming two enemy aircraft shot down . At last , having exhausted their machine gun ammunition in that fight , Thayre and Cubbon used their automatic pistols as weapons of last resort . They would score fifteen victories together during the course of May 1917 . When Britain ' s leading ace , Albert Ball crashed to his death on 7 May , Thayre found himself lagging only his own gunner , Cubbon , and Billy Bishop in the ace race of the Royal Flying Corps . Killed in action . On 7 June , Thayre and Cubbon shot down and killed the 5 - victory ace " Leutnant " Weissner of Jasta 18 . On 9 June 1917 , their F . E . 2d aircraft , No . A6430 , received a direct hit from anti - aircraft fire from K Flak Battery 60 near Warneton and both men were killed . The nineteen victories they shared included five D . IIIs shot down in flames , eleven destroyed , an Albatros C reconnaissance two - seater set afire , and another destroyed . Another D . III was driven down out of control . To that , Thayre added his victory with Davidson — a Fokker E . III fighter destroyed . Along with his gunner Cubbon , Thayre was posthumously awarded a Military Cross and a Bar in lieu of a second award on 18 July 1917 . Honours and awards . Military Cross ( MC ) Military Cross ( MC ) Bar
Red Gate Woods Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve within the Palos Division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County , Illinois . Located within the preserve is the original site of Argonne National Laboratory and the Site A / Plot M Disposal Site , which contains the buried remains of Chicago Pile - 1 , the world ' s first nuclear reactor . After the initial tests , the reactor at Stagg Field at the University of Chicago was removed and reassembled at the Manhattan Project site in Red Gate Woods . Local residents reported encountering US Army MPs guarding the area during World War II but no one was aware of the true nature of the activities until long after the war . After further experiments and the shutdown of Pile 1 , a huge hole was dug and the 2 - story high reactor was pushed into it and buried . Other reactors were also built at the site and nuclear waste was buried there . The site is monitored by the United States Department of Energy and is open to the public . There is signage in the parking lot showing Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi at the Red Gate Woods site during the Manhattan Project . Concrete markers designate historic sites and the foundations of Manhattan Project labs still exist .
Army Battle Command System The Army Battle Command System ( ABCS ) is a digital Command , Control , Communications , Computers and Intelligence ( C4I ) system for the US Army . It includes a mix of fixed / semi - fixed and mobile networks . It is also designed for interoperability with US and Coalition C4I systems . Army Battle Command System ( ABCS ) Version 6 . 4 is an integrated suite that allows troops to obtain an automated view of friendly activity and supply movement ; plan fires , receive situation and intelligence reports , view the airspace and receive automatically disseminated weather reports . Systems . ABCS combines six packages into a single system : Additional systems that are integrated with the ABCS suite include :
Handheld Isothermal Silver Standard Sensor The Handheld Isothermal Silver Standard Sensor ( HISSS ) project was sponsored by DARPA in the 2000s to develop a hand - held sensor that is capable of identifying biological weapon threats across the entire spectrum including bacteria , viruses and toxins . The program began in early part of the 21st century with the following goals : The final goal was to give field units the ability to detect threat agents across the complete spectrum of biological warfare weapons . The main contractor for this project was Northrop Grumman with subcontractors Ionian Technologies and Ribomed .
Hish Hish ( , an abbreviation of " Heil HaSadeh " ( ) , lit . " Field Corps " ) was a corps formed by the Haganah in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1939 , following the disbandment of the smaller mobilized force known as the Fosh . It was the Haganah ' s main surface corps , alongside Him and the Palmach . History . 1939 was a turning point for the Jewish Defence forces . Orde Wingate was transferred out of Palestine and the Fosh was replaced by a less mobile but permanent " Field Force / Corps " , " Heil Sadeh " or the acronym Hish . The forces were formed with men with basic military training into Home Guard units , " Heil Mishmar " , Him . With " Plugot Meyuhadot " ( Pum ) as covert " Special Companies " to wage a counter terror war against the Arabs . Hish consisted of the Levanoni Brigade , Carmeli Brigade , Golani Brigade , Kiryati Brigade , Alexandroni Brigade , Etzioni Brigade , Givati Brigade and Oded Brigade .
Joint Forces Command The United Kingdom Joint Forces Command ( JFC ) manages allocated joint capabilities from the three armed services . Its second Commander is General Sir Richard Barrons , who took up his new position in April 2013 in succession to Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach . Barrons reports directly to the Chief of the Defence Staff . The Command achieved Initial Operating Capability on 2 April 2012 , having been set up following the Levene Report into Defence Reform published in June 2011 . It reached Full Operating Capability in April 2013 . Components . JFC ' s Northwood HQ staff is just 150 personnel . On 2 April 2012 , the following organisations transferred to the Joint Forces Command , giving JFC a total of some 30 , 000 military and civil personnel :
Gary Winton Gary Joseph Winton ( born ) is an American former basketball player best known for his collegiate career at the United States Military Academy ( " Army " ) between 1974 and 1978 . A 6 ' 5 " from Somerville , Alabama , Winton scored a then - school record 2 , 296 points ( later surpassed by Kevin Houston ) and grabbed a still - standing school record 1 , 168 rebounds . On 14 occasions he scored 30 or more points and recorded 15 + rebounds 17 times . In his junior and senior seasons Winton was an Honorable Mention All - American while playing for Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski . The National Basketball Association ' s Cleveland Cavaliers selected him in the 1978 NBA Draft , but due to a five - year commitment to serve in the United States Army after graduation , he never played in the league . After graduation , he did play on the pre - Olympic traveling USA Basketball Team . In 1979 , the men ' s basketball team participated in the Soviet Union ' s Spartakiad , an international sports event that the Soviet Union attempted to use to both oppose and supplement the Olympics . Winton ultimately never made the official Olympic roster , however . In 1990 he served as Army ' s head softball coach for just that one season . Fifteen years later he was inducted in the Army Sports Hall of Fame as part of their 14 - person induction class in 2005 .
William Gardner ( VC ) William Gardner VC DCM ( 3 March 1821 – 24 October 1897 ) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . He was 37 years old , and a colour - sergeant in the 42nd Regiment of Foot ( later The Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 5 May 1858 at Bareilly , India for which he was awarded the VC : Further information . He later achieved the rank of sergeant - Major . His medal was sold by one of his descendants to raise money for charity . His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London .
Walter Ohlrogge Walter Ohlrogge ( 15 January 1909 – 30 April 2003 ) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross ( ) during World War II . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . During his career he was credited with 77 aerial victories in 400 + missions .
4th Corps ( Vietnam People ' s Army ) 4th Corps ( ) or Cửu Long Corps ( , literally : " Corps of Cửu Long " ) is one of the four regular army corps of the Vietnam People ' s Army . First organized in 1974 during the Vietnam War , 4th Corps had a major role in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign and the Cambodian – Vietnamese War . Today the corps is stationed in Dĩ An , Bình Dương . History . In July 1973 , the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam after its 21st conference issued a resolution of strengthening the armed forces in order to unify the country . In executing the issue , three months later the Ministry of Defence and the Military Commission of the Central Committee approved the plan of organizing regular army corps for the Vietnam People ' s Army . On July 20 , 1974 , General Võ Nguyên Giáp , Minister of Defence , signed the edict that led to the establishment of the 4th Corps in Đông Nam Bộ , where is located the part of Mekong River called Cửu Long River ( Cửu Long Giang or Sông Cửu Long ) , from which came the name Cửu Long Corps of the unit . The first headquarters of the corps consisted of party committee secretary ( " bí thư " ) Hoàng Thế Thiện and commander ( " tư lệnh " ) Hoàng Cầm . During the Ho Chi Minh Campaign , it was 4th Corps that advanced through the delta regions of Phước Long , Biên Hòa and later captured the Special Capital Military District of Saigon and several important targets within Saigon . After the Vietnam War , 4th Corps continued to engage in the Cambodian – Vietnamese War , the corps was awarded the title Hero of the People ' s Armed Forces ( " Anh hùng Lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân " ) in 1980 . Organization . The command structure of 1st Corps consists of the High Command ( " Bộ tư lệnh " ) , the Staff of 2nd Corps ( " Bộ tham mưu " ) , the Political Department ( " Cục chính trị " ) , the Department of Logistics ( " Cục hậu cần " ) and the Department of Technique ( " Cục kỹ thuật " ) . The combat forces of the corps include the 9th Infantry Division , 7th Infantry Division , 309th Infantry Division , 71st Regiment of Air Defence , 24th Artillery Regiment , 429th Regiment of Special Force and 550th Regiment of Engineers .
Joseph - Henri Guiguet Sous Lieutenant Joseph - Henri Guiguet ( 10 March 1891 – 28 October 1979 ) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories . Guiguet was one of the earliest balloon buster s , destroying one for his first victory on 22 May 1916 ; at the time , he was flying a Nieuport for Escadrille 95 . After three more victories over enemy airplanes while piloting a Nieuport with Escadrille 3 , he was wounded on 23 May 1917 . Finally , over a year later , when he was in Escadrille 167 , he shared a victory with Bernard Barny de Romanet and became an ace . References . " SPAD XII / XIII aces of World War I . " Jon Guttman . Osprey Publishing , 2002 . ISBN . 1841763160 , 9781841763163 .
Royal Lancers The Royal Lancers is a planned cavalry regiment of the British Army . The regiment will be formed through the amalgamation of The Queen ' s Royal Lancers and 9th / 12th Royal Lancers ( Prince of Wales ' s ) , starting some time before 2015 . Operational role . The regiment will be a formation reconnaissance regiment , equipped on its establishment with the CVR ( T ) family . This will replaced by the Scout Specialist Vehicle from 2015 . It will consist of 3 Sabre Squadrons of 18 vehicles each ( at least ) and one Command and Support Squadron . Army 2020 . The Royal Lancers will form part of the Royal Armoured Corps . It will be based in Catterick as part of the 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade , one of the three Armoured Infantry Brigades of the 3rd Division . Their amalgamation was announced in July 2012 , and will begin upon completion of scheduled operational commitments , but not before October 2014 . Order of precedence . The new regiment will retain order of precedence from the more senior regiment , the 9th / 12th Royal Lancers ( Prince of Wales ' s ) .