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Edward Whitmore Brigadier - General Edward Whitmore ( born in England in 1691 ; died off Plymouth , Massachusetts , 10 December 1761 ) was a British soldier who served in Europe and North America . Biography . He was probably a son of Arthur Whitmore , of York , England . He served in the War of the Austrian Succession , and was made lieutenant - colonel of the 36th Regiment of Foot in 1747 . He was promoted in July 1757 , colonel of the 22nd Regiment of Foot , and next year was made brigadier general . He was at the Siege of Louisburg in 1758 , and , after the surrender of the town , was left there as military governor . On a voyage to Boston in December 1761 , the ship put into Plymouth harbor to seek shelter from contrary winds , and Whitmore , going on deck at midnight , accidentally fell overboard and was drowned . His body was taken up next morning near the " Gurnet " , and carried to Boston in the same vessel . He was buried on 16 December in the King ' s Chapel .
Maryland Medal for Valor The Maryland Medal for Valor ( MMV ) was an award bestowed on active members of the Maryland National Guard who demonstrated remarkable , voluntary acts of heroism which placed the member in personal danger and which went above and beyond the call of duty . The act may or may not have been performed during duty hours . In 2010 , the Medal was replaced with the Maryland Distinguished Service Cross with an added device to indicate valor . Former recipients are entitled to continue to display the original medal or to request conversion .
Battle of Sluis ( 1603 ) The Battle of Sluis was a naval battle during the Eighty Years ' War in which a Spanish squadron commanded by Federico Spinola tried to break through a blockade of Sluis by Dutch ships under the command of Joos de Moor . After about two hours of fighting the heavily damaged Spanish ships returned to Sluis . His commander , the Italian captain Federico Spinola , was killed during the action .
Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski ( 1662 – 1728 ) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic ) . He was a Royal Colonel since 1690 , General of foreign mercenaries contingent and Krajczy of the Crown since 1702 , Great Recorder of the Crown since 1703 , Field Crown Hetman since 1706 , voivode of Podlasie Voivodeship since 1710 , Great Crown Hetman and voivode of Bełz Voivodeship since 1726 , starost chełmski , drohowyski , kłodawski , nowosielski , lubomski . He was married to Dorota Cetner and they had one child , Seweryn Józef Rzewuski . He was later married to Ludwika Kunicka and they had four more children : Wacław Rzewuski , Marianna Rzewuska , Sabina Rzewuska and Anna Rzewuska .
Battle of Stracathro The Battle of Stracathro , also known as the Battle of Inchbare , took place on 16 April 1130 about 3 miles north of Brechin , Scotland , near the River North Esk . Óengus of Moray and Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair invaded Scotland with 5000 warriors according to the Anglo - Norman chronicler Orderic Vitalis . The forces loyal to David I of Scotland under Edward , Constable of Scotland met and defeated the invading army . Óengus of Moray was killed along with some 4000 of the Moravians .
Battle of Lysimachia The Battle of Lysimachia was fought in 277 BC between the Gallic tribes settled in Thrace and a Greek army of Antigonus at Lysimachia , Thracian Chersonese . After their defeat at Thermopylae the Gauls retreated out of Greece and moved through Thrace and finally into Asia . Antigonus father , Demetrius Poliorcetes , had been driven from the Macedonian throne by Pyrrhus of Epirus and Lysimachus in 288 BC . Tired of war Demetrius surrendered himself to Seleucus I Nicator in 285 BC , leaving Antigonus as the Antigonid heir to the Macedonian throne . In 277 BC Antigonus organized an expedition to take Macedon from Sosthenes of Macedon . He sailed to the Hellespont , landing near Lysimachia at the neck of the Thracian Chersonese . The site of the landing was the territory of wild gallic tribes , who had settled the place after being driven out of Greece . When an army of Gauls under the command of Cerethrius appeared , Antigonus laid an ambush . He abandoned his camp and beached his ships , then concealed his men . The Gauls looted the camp , but when they started to attack the ships , Antigonus ' s army appeared , trapping them with the sea to their rear . In this way , Antigonus was able to inflict a crushing defeat on them and claim the Macedonian throne . It was around this time , under these favorable omens , that his son and successor , Demetrius II Aetolicus was born by his niece - wife Phila .
Enfidaville Airfield Enfidaville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia , located approximately 13 km north - northwest of Harqalah ; approximately 90 km southwest of Tunis . It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber ant troop carrier base . Known units assigned were : The 376th Bomber Group was composed of B - 24 " Liberator " heavy bombers . Aircrew and support personnel began arriving in late August , 1943 . The first mission carried out by the 376th was on 1Oct43 against the aircraft factory at Weiner Neustad in Austria . When the Americans moved to Italy , the airfield was dismantled and abandoned . Today the airfield has almost completely returned to its natural state , with only the outlines of the main runway and what appears to be taxiways faintly visible in aerial photography .
USS Juniata ( SP - 602 ) The second USS " Juniata " ( SP - 602 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918 . " Juniata " was built as the private motor yacht " Josephine " by Robert Jacobs at City Island in the Bronx , New York , in 1911 . She later was renamed " Juniata " . On 1 June 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired " Juniata " from her owner , G . W . Elkins of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard the same day as USS " Juniata " ( SP - 602 ) with Lieutenant , junior grade , W . G . Morse , USNRF , in command . Assigned to the 4th Naval District and based at Lewes , Delaware , " Juniata " conducted patrols in the Delaware Bay for about the next 13 months . " Juniata " was decommissioned on 13 July 1918 and returned to Elkins on 25 July 1918 .
Sipah - e - Muhammad Pakistan Sipah - e - Muhammad Pakistan ( ; English : " Soldiers of Muhammad " ) is a Shia group formed in the early 1990s ( the exact date of formation is unclear ) as a response to sectarian violence against Pakistani Shia orchestrated by Wahabi Militant Deobandi movements such as Sipah - e - Sahaba Pakistan ( S . S . P ) and Lashkar - e - Jhangvi ( L - e - J ) . On August 14 , 2001 , it was banned by President Pervez Musharraf as a terrorist organisation . Formation . During the 1980s , Zia - ul - Haq allowed and encouraged the Militant Wahabi Islamization of Pakistan . One of the organizations that arose in this period was the Sipah - e - Sahaba , a Wahabi Deobandi - supremacist militant group that considered the Shiite minority to be non - Muslim . The Wahabi Militia Sipah - e - Sahaba targeted Shiite mosques , community leaders , as well as Iranian visitors and diplomats . They orchestrated the assassination of Iranian diplomat Sadiq Ganji in Lahore . They were also involved in the killing of Iranian Air Force cadets visiting Pakistan in the early 1990s , when sectarian attacks on Shiites in Pakistan were at their peak . Both acts occurred in the northern city of Rawalpindi and greatly disturbed contemporary Pakistan - Iran relations . In response to this , Maulana Mureed Abbas Yazdani is believed to have formed Sipah - e - Muhammad as a splinter of the larger and more mainstream , Shiite political organization , Tehreek - e - Jaferia Pakistan ( Movement of Shiites , Pakistan ) , since that organization was not encouraging a violent response to the Sipah - e - Sahaba ' s attacks . Activities . Sipah - e - Muhammad ' s primarily aim was to target the leaders of Wahabi Militia Sipah - e - Sahaba and Lashkar - e - Jhangvi . However , with the subsequent rise in violence against Shiites , it was thought to be reforming . The movement was strong in various Shiite communities in Pakistan , and in the majority Shiite town of Thokar Niaz Baig ran a " virtual state within a state " in the 1990s . Affiliations . Sipah - e - Muhammad is thought to have ties with the Iranian regime , and to an extent , both it and Sipah - e - Sahaba are seen as attempts by , respectively , the Iranian and Saudi Wahabi governments to assert influence in Pakistan . Designation as a terrorist organization . The Government of Pakistan designated the Sipah - e - Muhammad a terrorist organization , and it is classified as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under U . S . law . As a result , its finances are blocked worldwide by the U . S government .
Cal Laning Rear Admiral Caleb Barrett Laning ( born 27 March 1906 , Kansas City , Missouri ; died 31 May 1991 , Falls Church , Virginia ) was a highly decorated naval officer , writer , and technical adviser . He was involved in the development of the U . S . naval Combat Information Center ( CIC ) during World War II . The idea was taken " specifically , consciously , and directly " from the spaceship " Directrix " in the Lensman novels of E . E . Smith , Ph . D . , and influenced by the works of his friend and collaborator Robert Heinlein , but for bureaucratic reasons the source of the idea was not disclosed .
Mark 21 torpedo The Mark 21 torpedo , designated Mark 21 Mod 0 was a passive acoustic homing torpedo designed in 1943 by Westinghouse Electric Corporation . The Mark 21 successfully passed launching tests in 1943 , however , due to difficulties encountered by Westinghouse , the project was abandoned after a few development models had been built .
Włodzimierz Potasiński Włodzimierz Potasiński ( July 31 , 1956 – April 10 , 2010 ) was a Polish military figure , commander - in - chief of the Polish Special Forces . Potasiński was born at Czeladź . He was killed in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu - 154 crash at Smolensk . Honours and awards . Potasiński was awarded numerous civil and military awards , including the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2006 .
Shimazu Takahisa , the son of Shimazu Tadayoshi , was a daimyo during Japan ' s Sengoku period . He was the fifteenth head of the Shimazu clan . On 1526 , Takahisa was adopted as the successor to Shimazu Katsuhisa and became head of the clan . He launched a series of campaigns to reclaim three provinces : Satsuma , Osumi , and Hyūga . While he made some progress , it would be up to the next generation in the Shimazu family to successfully reclaim them . He nurtured such future leaders like Shimazu Yoshihisa and his brothers Yoshihiro , Toshihisa and Iehisa who would , for a short time , see the Shimazu clan take over the entire island of Kyūshū , he is also said to have a daughter of unknown name . Takahisa actively promoted relationships with foreign people and countries . He was the first daimyo to bring Western firearms into Japan , following the shipwreck of a number of Portuguese on Tanegashima in 1543 . In 1549 , he welcomed St . Francis Xavier . He granted the Jesuit protection to spread Christianity in his domain , but later retracted his support of Christianity under pressure from local Buddhist monks . Takahisa also held a diplomatic relationship with the Ryūkyū Kingdom .
École Militaire The École Militaire ( , " Military School " ) is a vast complex of buildings housing various military training facilities located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris , France , southeast of the Champ de Mars . It was founded by Louis XV in 1750 on the basis of a proposal of the financier Joseph Paris Duverney with the support of Madame de Pompadour , with the aim of creating an academic college for cadet officers from poor families . It was designed by Ange - Jacques Gabriel , and construction began in 1752 on the grounds of the farm of Grenelle , but the school did not open until 1760 . The " Comte de Saint - Germain " reorganised it in 1777 under the name of the École " des Cadets - gentilshommes " ( School of Young Gentlemen ) , which accepted the young Napoleon Bonaparte in 1784 . He graduated from this school in only one year instead of two . It now hosts : École de guerre . The École de guerre ( fr : War School ) is a French institution for military higher education . It succeeds the former " Collège interarmées de Défense " ( Joint Service Defense College ) , itself the result of the merger of the four " Écoles supérieures de guerre " of the French Army , French Navy , French Air Force and National Gendarmerie , and the " Cours supérieur interarmées " since 1 September 1993 . It is located in the École Militaire , and is subordinated to the Chief of the Defence Staff ( France ) . Teaching is selective , diversified , and focused on joint warfare , international relations , and planning . The École de guerre teaches junior officers from the three services , the Gendarmerie , Services ( Service de santé des armées or Service des essences des armées ) , or Délégation générale pour l ' Armement . Candidate students are recruited by competitive examination , each promotion featuring nationals of over 70 countries . Once admitted , they are trained to assume staff positions in their armies of origin , in joint staffs , on interallied staffs , or any other position where defence policies are crafted and implemented . Attendance to the school is usually a necessary step for achieving field officers positions . The École de guerre can be compared to the Joint Services Command and Staff College , UK , and the Command and General Staff College , US .
Ronald H . Griffith Ronald Houston Griffith ( born March 16 , 1936 ) is a retired United States Army four - star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army ( VCSA ) from 1995 to 1997 . He was born in Lafayette , Georgia . Military career . Griffith comes from North Georgia , and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army after graduating from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1960 . Griffith is a Vietnam War veteran , having served as an infantry unit advisor with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam from 1964 to 1965 and later as Executive Officer of the 2nd Battalion , 8th Infantry Regiment , 4th Infantry Division from 1969 to 1970 . Griffith ' s commands include 1st Battalion , 32nd Armor in Germany , 1st Brigade , 2nd Infantry Division , and 1st Armored Division which he commanded in the Gulf War . His staff positions at the Department of the Army level include Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army for Operations and Plans ; Chief of the War Plans Division ; Deputy Director of Operations , and the Army Inspector General . He also served as the Chief of Staff , and later as the Assistant Division commander of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood , Texas . Griffith retired from the Army on November 1 , 1997 . Griffith ' s awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal the Army Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster , the Legion of Merit with 2 oak leaf clusters , the Bronze Star with “ V ” device and 5 oak leaf clusters , the Purple Heart , the Combat Infantryman Badge , the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge , and the Army Staff Identification Badge . He holds a master ’ s degree in public administration from Shippensburg University . His military education includes the Armor Officer Advanced Course , the Command and General Staff College , and the Army War College . Post military . After retiring from the military , Griffith became Executive Vice President of Military Professional Resources and Executive Vice President of the L - 3 Communications Government Services Group . He retired from these positions in 2010 . He also served on the board of directors of The Allied Defense Group and the board of Geonex - Martel Incorporated . For eight years he served on the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute , completing tenure in this position in 2011 . General Griffith presently serves as a member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services Health Sciences University . Griffith ' s wife , Dr . Hurdis M . Griffith , is Dean Emeritus of the College of Nursing at Rutgers University , and they have two adult daughters and five grandchildren .
Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge The Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge was a short lived decoration of the United Kingdom awarded to those members of the Territorial Force who were prepared to serve outside the United Kingdom in defence of the Empire . The conditions of enlistment for the TF laid down at their creation in 1908 did not allow for soldiers to be sent for service overseas against their will , as the TF was intended for home defence . However , any man could volunteer for the Imperial Service Section and serve abroad in times of war , which entitled him to wear this badge . The badge was worn on the uniform immediately above the right breast pocket , i . e . the opposite side to any medal ribbons . The majority of those who received the award did so for services during the First World War . This badge became obsolete when the Territorial Force was elevated to become the Territorial Army .
Dibb Report The " Review of Australia ' s Defence Capabilities " , better known as the Dibb Report , was an influential review of Australia ' s defence plans . While the report ' s recommendations were not fully accepted by the Hawke Government , they led to significant changes in Australia ' s defence policy , including adoption of the Defence of Australia Policy . Background . In February 1985 the Minister for Defence Kim Beazley commissioned Paul Dibb , who was an external consultant and former member of the Department of Defence , to analyse Australia ' s defence planning and make recommendations for future developments . Dibb ' s report was published in March 1986 and recommended that Australia abandon the remaining elements of the Forward defence policy and concentrate its military resources on the geographic areas relevant to defending the country and its economic interests from direct attack . Paul Dibb ' s recommendations were based around an assessment that " Australia is one of the most secure countries on earth " and that while there was the potential for regional conflict , the longer term intentions and capabilities of countries in Australia ' s region could not be predicted and as such did not form a suitable basis for planning . Dibb recommended that Australia ' s military posture be based on a strategy of denying aggressors the ability to attack the country . This was to be achieved through using a layered defence of over - the - horizon radar , patrol aircraft and maritime strike aircraft to protect Australia ' s approaches with the Army ' s Operational Deployment Force being responsible for defeating any landings on the Australian mainland . This would require changes to the Australian Defence Force ' s force structure and equipment acquisition programs . The policy of self - reliance proposed by Dibb also placed less emphasis on Australia ' s alliance with the United States than previous policies . Reception . The Dibb Report received a mixed response . Some experts regarded it as being an important contribution to developing an independent Australian defence posture . Other experts criticised the report for calling for an essentially defensive military strategy , implying that existing Australian military capabilities be abandoned and making optimistic assumptions about the period of time which would be available to detect and respond to new threats to Australia . Many of the Dibb Report ' s assumptions were used in developing the 1987 Defence white paper " The Defence of Australia " , but the Government did not adopt some of Dibb ' s key recommendations such as those concerning Australia ' s relationship with the United States and the Australian military ' s role in the Pacific .
Fort Ebersberg Fort Ebersberg , also known as Fort Rüdlingen , was built 1938 - 1940 in the Swiss Canton of Zurich to guard the Rhine against a German invasion at the opening of World War II . It is the only such position in the Zurich canton , located near the town of Berg am Irchel . The fort was part of the Swiss Border Line defenses , Swiss military designation A5438 . Description . The fort was built between 1938 and 1940 , buried in sandstone on a north - facing slope . In 1978 , the weapons were removed . The fort was decommissioned April 2003 . Ebersberg ' s primary weapons were two semi - automatic 75mm guns in separate blockhouses , intended to hamper a German crossing of the Rhine . Present situation . The surface installations at Ebersberg are accessible and have interpretive displays . The subterranean parts of the fort are not accessible to the public . The site is maintained in preservation under a long - term lease by the Military Historical Foundation of the Canton of Zurich . Although the guns were removed , the remainder of the equipment remains . Public tours are available .
Ravish Malhotra Ravish Malhotra ( born 25 December 1943 in Lahore ( now in present day Pakistan ) ) is a retired Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force . He became an Air Force test pilot , later stationed at the test center in Bangalore . He was also the Air Officer Commanding of Hindon Air Force Station near Delhi . In 1982 , he was chosen to train for spaceflight in the Soviet Union ' s Intercosmos program . Malhotra served as backup for Rakesh Sharma on the Soyuz T - 11 mission which launched the first Indian citizen into space . Malhotra was awarded the Kirti Chakra in 1984 . Malhotra is presently the Co - Founder & Chief Mentor of the aerospace division of Dynamatic Technologies .
216 Parachute Signal Squadron 216 Parachute Signal Squadron ( 216 Para Sig or simply , 216 ) is a Squadron of the British Army ' s Royal Corps of Signals . It is responsible for installing , maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and information systems in support of 16 Air Assault Brigade . History . 216 Parachute Signal ( Parachute Brigade Group ) was formed in 1959 before becoming 216 Parachute Signal Squadron in 1965 and deployed into operations in Cyprus , Bahrain , Aden , Borneo , British Guyana and Northern Ireland . In 1977 HQ 16 Parachute Brigade and 216 Parachute Signal Squadron amalgamated to form 6th Field Force Headquarters and Signal Squadron . 1981 saw the Signal Squadron re - role , retitling to become 1st Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron ( 216 ) , losing much of its airborne status . In 1982 members of the Squadron formed part of the Operation Corporate task force to the South Atlantic . The success of the Parachute Regiment during the conflict led to the decision to reinstate the parachute role and 5th Airborne Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron ( 205 ) came into existence in November 1983 . In December 1983 1st Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron ( 216 ) relinquished its airborne associations to 205 Signal Squadron and assumed the number 215 . In recognition of the historical significance of the number ' 216 ' and to mark the 50th Anniversary Year of Airborne Signalling , 205 Signal Squadron was re - titled in October 1991 as 216 Parachute Signal Squadron . When NATO troops moved into Kosovo in June 1999 the Squadron , as part of 5 Airborne Brigade , were amongst the first troops into the country . Subsequently , part of 24 Airmobile Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron ( 210 ) deployed into theatre in support of 101 Logistic Brigade . As this was happening , as part of the Strategic Defence Review 16 Air Assault Brigade was about to form from various elements of 5 Airborne Brigade and 24 Airmobile Brigade . Correspondingly , elements of the two brigade signal squadrons formed up on 1 September 1999 in both Colchester and Pristina , Kosovo as 216 Signal Squadron . In 2006 following an arduous tour of Afghanistan the squadron was handed its Parachute Title by HRH Princess Anne . It is known as 216 ( Parachute ) Signal Squadron .