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James Blair ( South Carolina ) James Blair ( September 26 , 1786 – April 1 , 1834 ) was a United States Representative from South Carolina . He was born in the Waxhaw settlement , Lancaster County , South Carolina to Sarah Douglass and William Blair . He engaged in planting and was also the sheriff of Lancaster District . Blair was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and served from March 4 , 1821 , to May 8 , 1822 , when he resigned . He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty - first through Twenty - third Congresses and served from March 4 , 1829 , until his death in Washington , D . C . , on April 1 , 1834 . Under date of December 24 , 1833 , John Quincy Adams records in his diary that Blair " had knocked down and very severely beaten Duff Green , editor of the " Telegraph " . . . " " Diary " ( New York , Longmans , Green , 1929 ) p . 434 . He paid " three hundred dollars fine for beating and breaking the bones " of Green . op . cit . , p . 450 . Under date of April 2 , 1834 , John Quincy Adams records in his diary that Blair " shot himself last evening at his lodgings . . . after reading part of an affectionate letter from his wife , to Governor Murphy , of Alabama who was alone in the chamber with him , and a fellow - lodger at the same house . " op . cit . p . 434 . He was buried in Congressional Cemetery ; his tombstone inscription includes his command as General of the South Carolina 5th Militia Brigade .
Joe French Air Chief Marshal Sir Joseph Charles French ( born 15 July 1949 ) , often known as Sir Joe French is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer , who was the last Air Officer Commanding - in - Chief RAF Strike Command . RAF career . French joined the RAF in 1967 , and qualified as a helicopter pilot , flying Wessex , Puma and Chinook . Postings included Sharjah , Hong Kong and Germany . He was commanding officer of No . 7 Squadron ( Chinook ) at RAF Odiham , where he was later station commander ( 1989 – 1991 ) . He attended the RAF Staff College and the Royal College of Defence Studies . Staff postings included aide - de - camp to the Chief of the Defence Staff , and Personal Staff Officer to the Air Officer Commanding - in - Chief Strike Command . He served on the staff of the Central Trials and Tactics Organisation , and was Head of the RAF Presentation Team . French served as Director of Air Force Staff Duties , and as Assistant Chief of Defence Staff ( Policy ) , before being appointed Director - General of Intelligence Collection . He was Chief of Defence Intelligence ( CDI ) from 2000 and it was whilst he was CDI that the controversial September Dossier was drafted which attempted to assess the state of Iraq ' s weapons of mass destruction . In April 2003 he was appointed Commander - in - Chief Personnel and Training Command and Air Member for Personnel . and Air Officer Commanding - in - Chief RAF Strike Command in 2006 . French was made a CBE in 1991 , and a KCB in 2003 . Retirement . Upon his retirement in the spring of 2007 , he became President of the RAF Servicing Commando and Tactical Supply Wing Association .
USS Natchez ( 1827 ) USS " Natchez " was a sloop - of - war in the United States Navy built at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard , Portsmouth , Virginia in 1827 . Commanded by Commander George Budd , she departed Hampton Roads on 26 July 1827 for the Caribbean . She patrolled with the West Indies Squadron as a deterrent against a resurgence of piracy until forced to sail north by an outbreak of yellow fever among the crew , returning to New York City on 24 November 1828 . The sloop , Commander William B . Shubrick in command , got underway for the Caribbean on 9 July 1829 and operated in the West Indies and along the Atlantic Coast until she decommissioned at Norfolk , Virginia on 24 August 1831 and was placed in ordinary . Reactivated during the South Carolina nullification crisis , " Natchez " was recommissioned on 28 December and sailed for Charleston on 2 January 1833 , anchoring in Rebellion Roads on the 19th . She moved up to Charleston Battery on 12 March and remained in that important Southern port until tensions were eased when the United States Congress lowered the tariff . She sailed for Hampton Roads on 4 April and , upon arriving Norfolk , was again placed in ordinary . " Natchez " returned to the West Indies in 1836 and operated there into 1838 . She again cruised in the Caribbean in 1839 . She was scrapped at the New York Navy Yard in 1840 .
Charles Auguste Frossard Charles Auguste Frossard ( 26 April 1807 – 25 August 1875 ) was a French general . He entered the army from the École polytechnique in 1827 , being posted to the engineers . He took part in the siege of Rome in 1849 and in that of Sevastopol in 1855 , after which he was promoted general of brigade . Four years later as general of division , and chief of engineers in the Italian campaign , he attracted the particular notice of the emperor Napoleon III , who made him in 1867 chief of his military household and governor to the prince imperial . He was one of the superior military authorities who in this period 1866 - 1870 foresaw and endeavoured to prepare for the inevitable war with Germany , and at the outbreak of the Franco - Prussian War he was given by Napoleon the choice between a corps command and the post of chief engineer at headquarters . He chose the command of the II corps . On the 6th of August 1870 he held the position of Spicheren against the Germans until the arrival of reinforcements for the latter and the non - appearance of the other French corps compelled him to retire . After this he took part in the battles around Metz , and was involved with his corps in the surrender of Bazaine ' s army . General Frossard published 111 1872 a " Rapport sur les operations du 2 corps " . He died at Cháteau - Villain ( Haute - Marne ) .
IV Corps ( United States ) The IV U . S . Army Corps was first organized in 20 june 1918 , during World War I as part of American Expeditionary Forces at Western Front , as " Headquarters IV Army Corps " . It participated in the offensives of St . Mihiel and Lorraine , being demobilized in Weimar Republic , 11 May 1919 . Word War II . Formely reactivated without interruptions since October 1939 , during WWII the IV Corps was reconstituted in 27 June 1944 , replacing the VI Corps in the Fifth United States Army ' s order of battle in Italian campaign , after Allied forces liberated Rome in the summer of 1944 when VI Corps was withdrawn to take part in Operation Dragoon , the Allied invasion of southern France . Initially the corps had two divisions , U . S . 1st Armored and 6th South African Armoured but was reinforced with 1st Brazilian Infantry Division from September , and U . S . 10th Mountain Division in February 1945 , as well as with U . S . 85th Infantry Division in April . Under command of Gen . Willis D . Crittenberger it took part in the fighting through the summer of 1944 as the 5th Army and the British 8th Army advanced north to the River Arno . In the autumn and winter of 1944 IV Corps formed the central wing of the 5th Army sector , taking the major role in the 5th Army ' s assault on the Gothic Line in the central Apennine Mountains fighting to break through to the Lombardy plains beyond . In the spring of 1945 the corps , still the 5th Army ' s central sector , took part in the successful Italian spring offensive breaking out of the Apennines to outflank the units of the German Tenth and Fourteenth Armies defending Bologna forming a pincer with 8th Army on the right to surround them , and then driving on to the River Po and finally Verona and Brescia . The corps was inactivated in 13 October 1945 , at Camp Kilmer , New Jersey , it was reactivated again at Birmingham , Alabama , in 1958 and inactivated at Birmingham in 1968 .
Alanson Merwin Randol Alanson Merwin Randol ( October 23 , 1837 – May 7 , 1887 ) was an army officer in the artillery and cavalry during the American Civil War . Biography . Born in New York , he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point , 9th in the Class of 1860 . Commissioned into the 1st U . S . Artillery , he served in combined Batteries E & G , 3rd U . S . Artillery , throughout the Civil War with the Army of the Potomac , eventually as part of the famed U . S . Horse Artillery Brigade . Despite his rapid advance in the regular army , having been promoted to captain in 1862 , he took a volunteer commission and served as colonel of the 2nd New York Volunteer Cavalry until the end of the war . After the cessation of hostilities , Randol was awarded a brevet promotion to brigadier general in the U . S . Volunteers ( on June 24 , 1865 ) and mustered out of the volunteer service . Remaining in the regular army , he returned to his permanent rank of captain . Promoted to major in 1882 , Randol transferred back to the 1st U . S . Artillery , and died in San Francisco , May 7 , 1887 .
Peter Drissell Air Commodore Peter James Drissell ( born 24 November 1955 ) is a retired British Royal Air Force officer . He is currently Director of Aviation Security at the Civil Aviation Authority . He previously served as Commandant - General of the RAF Regiment , and as a senior civil servant as Director Security and Business Continuity for the Home Office . Early life . Drissell was born on 24 November 1955 in Bristol , England . In 1974 , he began the study of psychology at City University . He graduated Bachelor of Science ( BSc ) in 1977 . Military career . On 15 September 1974 , Drissell was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Regiment as an acting pilot officer . He was given the service number 5202750 . He was regraded to pilot officer on 15 July 1977 with seniority in that rank from 15 October 1975 . He was promoted to flying officer on 15 January 1978 and given seniority in that rank from 15 April 1976 . He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 15 October 1980 . As part of the half - yearly promotions , he was promoted to squadron leader on 1 July 1988 . He served as Officer Commanding No . 48 Squadron RAF Regiment from 1989 to 1991 . In 1993 , he began the study of War Studies at King ' s College London . He graduated Master of Arts ( MA ) in 1994 . He was promoted to wing commander on 1 July 1994 as part of the half - yearly promotions . Between 1996 and 1997 , he was Officer Commanding Operations Wing at RAF Honington . He served as the personal staff offer to the Chief of the Air Staff from 1997 to 1998 . He attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2003 . As part of the half - yearly promotions , he was promoted to air commodore on 1 July 2003 . He was appointed Provost Marshal , the head of the Royal Air Force Police , and Air Officer Security on 27 February 2004 . In 2005 , he was appointed to the dual - hatted role of Commandant - General of the RAF Regiment and Air Officer RAF Police . He retired from the Royal Air Force in April 2007 after 32 years service . Later life . In March 2008 , Drissell joined the Home Office as a senior civil servant in the appointment of Director Security and Business Continuity . In December 2012 , he took on the role of Head of Security Profession attached to the Cabinet Office in addition to his role in the Home Office . In May 2013 , he left the civil service and joined the Civil Aviation Authority as Director of Aviation Security . In July 2004 , he became a non - executive director of the children ' s charity Plan UK . He has been a trustee of City and Guilds since 2012 . Personal life . In May 1995 , Drissell was shot with seven bullets in an armed mugging as he returned to his house in wandsworth Road from the Ministry of Defence . He survived the attack but four of the bullets remain in his body and his briefcase was taken .
Flavius Valila Theodosius Flavius Valila Theodosius or Theodobius ( d . before 483 ) was a Roman senator and military commander who held the office of " magister militum " in the west in 471 . Valila , who was Gothic origin , endowed a Christian church on his property near Tibur . At his death , he bequeathed the 4th century basilica of Junius Annius Bassus ( consul of 331 ) on the Esquiline Hill in Rome to the Church , and Pope Simplicius dedicated it to St . Andrew , which later came to be known as Sant ' Andrea Cata Barbara Patricia .
Cardaces The Cardaces ( or kardakes ) were a unit of the Persia n Achaemenid army . They were formed some time before the Macedonian invasion as a professional heavy infantry unit , intended probably to supplement the Greek mercenaries the Persian armies became heavily dependent upon . The Cardaces took part in the battles of Issus and Gaugamela , without much success . There is much debate among the historians about the armament and mode of operation of the Cardaces .
USS Tallahoma Tallahoma — a wooden - hulled , sidewheel , " double - ended " gunboat of the " Sassacus " class — was constructed at the New York Navy Yard and launched on 28 November 1862 . However , since her construction was not completed until 1867 — when the Civil War which had prompted her construction had ended — the ship saw no service . After a brief period in ordinary at New York , the ship was sold on 29 August 1868 . Documented as " Mary M . Roberts " on 10 November 1868 , the erstwhile gunboat was converted to a barge on 21 December 1870 , and she disappeared from the lists of merchant vessels .
SLNS Sagarawardena SLNS " Sagarawardena " ( P - 602 ) ( " Sagarawardena " , in Sinhalese : Sea advancer ) was an Offshore Patrol Vessel ( OPV ) of the Sri Lanka Navy . It was the second ship of the locally built Jayasagara class . The ship was sunk in 1994 when it was hit by two suicide crafts of the LTTE whilst on routine patrol off the coast of Mannar . Operations . " Sagarawardena " was the second ship of the Jayasagara class to join the Sri Lanka Navy and was assigned duty of offshore patrols to counter arms smuggling in the early stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War . On September 20 , 1994 she sailed from Colombo along the coast of Mannar on patrol with Commander Ajith Boyagoda as captain and a crew of 42 officers and men . It was tasked with monitoring LTTE communications during patrol . Around 11 . 00pm the " Sagarawardena " was attacked by a large group of LTTE boats with two explosive laden suicide crafts ramming into the ship , exploding on impact . Following the two initial explosions the ship began to sink . Of the crew of 43 there were 18 survivors including its captain Commander Ajith Boyagoda , who was captured along with another crewmen by the LTTE . Until his release in 2002 Boyagoda would be the most senior officer in LTTE detention . At the time of its sinking it was the largest ship in the Sri Lankan navy and its sister ship SLNS Jayasagara was the flagship of the fleet .
Air Defense Artillery Branch ( United States ) Air Defense Artillery refers to a combat arm that specializes in anti - aircraft weapons ( such as surface to air missiles ) . In the US Army , these groups are composed of mainly air defense systems such as the Patriot Missile System , Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ( THAAD ) , and the Avenger Air Defense system which fires the FIM - 92 Stinger missile . The Air Defense Artillery branch descended from the Anti - Aircraft Artillery ( part of the U . S . Army Coast Artillery Corps ) into a separate branch on 20 June 1968 . On 1 December 1968 , the ADA branch was authorized to wear modified Artillery insignia , crossed field guns with missile . Mission . According to the Army ' s Field Manual 44 - 100 , the mission of Air Defense Artillery is " to protect the force and selected geopolitical assets from aerial attack , missile attack , and surveillance . " History . On 10 October 1917 an Antiaircraft Service in the American Expeditionary Force ( AEF ) was created at Arnouville - Les - Gonesse where an antiaircraft school was established . The antiaircraft units were organized as serially numbered battalions during the war , as follows : In 1938 there were only 5 Regular Army and thirteen National Guard regiments , but by 1941 this had been expanded to 37 total regiments . In November 1942 , 781 battalions were authorized . However , this number was pared down to 331 battalions by the end of the war . On 9 March 1942 Antiaircraft Command was established in Washington D . C . and in 1944 the AAA school was moved to Fort Bliss . Army Anti - Aircraft Command ( ARAACOM ) was created July 1950 , and in 1957 , ARAACOM was renamed to US Army Air Defense Command ( USARADCOM ) . The serially numbered battalions bore the following titles and later In 1957 the Combat Arms Regimental System organized the battalions under regiments again . In 1968 the Air Defense Artillery Branch was created . In 2010 the United States Army Air Defense Artillery School was moved from Fort Bliss to Fort Sill . Shipton award . The Shipton Award is named for Brigadier General James A . Shipton , who is acknowledged as the Air Defense Artillery Branch ' s founding father . Shipton felt that the mission of antiaircraft defense was not to down enemy aircraft , but instead to protect maneuver forces on the ground : " The purpose of anti - aviation defense is to protect our own forces and establishments from hostile attack and observation from the air by keeping enemy aeroplanes [ sic ] at a distance . " The Shipton Award recognizes an Air Defense Artillery professional for outstanding performance individual thought , innovation and contributions that results in significant contributions or enhances Air Defense Artillery ' s warfighting capabilities , morale , readiness and maintenance .
Maneuver Combat Vehicle The is a wheeled tank destroyer of the Japan Ground Self - Defense Force . Overview . The maneuver combat vehicle , which will equip combat units , will be useful for attacks to armored fighting vehicles and personnel using a large caliber gun after rapid deployment in response to various contingencies . History . The Technical Research & Development Institute of Japan ' s Ministry of Defense had made several prototype vehicles since 2008 . They unveiled their fourth Mobile Combat Vehicle ( MCV ) prototype on 9 October 2013 . Testing is scheduled to begin in 2014 or 2015 , and be deployed by the JGSDF in 2016 .
Battle of Kamatero The Battle of Kamatero was fought on the night of 5 February 1827 in Kamatero , Greece ( near Menidi ) between the Ottoman forces of Reşid Mehmed Pasha and Greek irregulars led by French Colonel Denis Bourbaki ( his father was a Greek from Cephalonia ) . Battle . The battle helped to distract Reshid Pasha ' s forces from engaging the armies of British general Thomas Gordon while they were completing their defensive fortifications on the hill of Munychia . Colonel Bourbaki was a distinguished cavalry officer in the French military and was accompanied by rebel soldiers . Moreover , he was supported by commanders Vassos Mavrovouniotis and Panayotaki Notaras who each led Greek soldiers . During the course of the battle , Colonel Bourbaki led his forces to a plain and rushed into battle while simultaneously expecting his colleagues to support him . Unfortunately , they fled and abandoned Colonel Bourbaki . Even though the colonel fought bravely alongside his men , he was ultimately killed along with Greek soldiers .
Eurico Gaspar Dutra Eurico Gaspar Dutra ( ; 1883 – 1974 ) , was a Brazilian marshal , politician and president of Brazil from 1946 – 1951 . He was born in Cuiabá , Mato Grosso , and like many other Brazilians , was of Azorean - Portuguese origin . In 1936 , he was appointed as Minister of War , a post he held until the end of World War II . In this position , he played a key role along with Vargas and General Goes Monteiro , on conspiracy and establishment of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo , on November 10 , 1937 and the repression of the uprising of the local fascists in May 1938 . He remained as Minister of War until leaving office to contest the presidential election of 1945 . During World War II , he was among the Brazilian military leaders who were against an alignment with allies and a deeper involvement of the country in the conflict . With , although modest , Brazil ' s participation in the war on the Allied side , and the growing pressure from civil society for democratization of the country , Dutra formally adhered to the idea of the end of the regime that started in 1930 , participating in the following deposition of Getúlio Vargas in October 1945 , continuing the interventionist doctrine , practiced at the time by the Brazilian army . In this context , the deposed leader announced the following month his support for Dutra , candidate of the Army , at the expense of the candidate of the Air Force , Eduardo Gomes , in the elections that followed . He left it in 1951 and until then , he was considered as a presidential candidate . Gaspar Dutra died in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ' s former capital .
Type 054B frigate The Type 054B frigate is a Chinese multi - role warship class announced in 2013 by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology . The 5000 tonne vessels will feature enhanced anti - submarine capabilities , and will feature an all electric propulsion system . The ship is being constructed by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation No . 712 Institute . Improvements . The ship ' s independently developed integrated electric propulsion system will have a single - axis propulsion power of 20 MW . The 054B features a smooth and clean hull shape when compared with the 054A , with a long deck , a helicopter hangar behind the main hull base , a higher inclined bow , and boards designed to reduce waves from flooding the deck . The ship ' s horizontal profile resembles a V shape , with a relatively small length - to - width ratio estimated at approximately 8 . 0 . With the increases in hull size , the 054 will have more space to install complete weapons systems , with a focus on increasing anti - submarine capabilities and survivability , and strengthening operational efficiency . The ship ' s missile systems will feature a long - range supersonic C805 anti - ship missiles , and Changying - 3 anti - submarine missiles with a 60 km maximum range . The ship ' s air defence will feature either HHQ - 16C or HHQ - 16D series missiles , and a FL - 3000N close - range defence anti - missile system . The ship will be equipped with conventional Type 81 RBU and 324mm light anti - submarine torpedoes to protect against submarine torpedo attack . A Russian - made Ka - 28 anti - submarine helicopter will be kept on board .
Bajrang Lal Takhar Bajrang Lal Takhar ( ) ( born 5 January 1981 in Sikar district , Rajasthan ) is an Indian rower who won the first individual rowing Gold medal for India at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou . Takhar is a Naib Subedar in the Rajputana Rifles regiment of the Indian Army . Rowing career . Bajrang Lal won the first individual rowing silver medal for India at the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha He contested in the men ' s single skulls rowing event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , but failed to reach the finals . He finished with a rank of 21 . He then went on to bag gold at the Asian Championships in Korea last year 2007 . He won the quota place by winning gold at the Asian qualifying championships in Shanghai . He has won two gold medals in the single and double skull races in South Asian Games 2006 . In November 2010 , he won the first individual rowing Gold medal for India at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou .
Shahin ' s invasion of Asia Minor ( 615 ) In 615 , during the ongoing war with the East Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire , the Sassanid Persian army under spahbod Shahin invaded Asia Minor and reached Chalcedon , across the Bosporus from Constantinople . The Sassanids had already captured Roman Syria and Palestine in the previous year . After negotiations with Byzantine Emperor Heraclius , a Byzantine ambassador was sent to Persian Shahanshah Khosrau II , and Shahin withdrew again to Syria .