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Giorgio Basta Giorgio Basta , Count of Huszt ( 1544 – 1607 ) was an Italian general employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War of 1591 - 1606 and later to administer Transylvania as an Imperial vassal to restore Catholicism as a predominant religion in Transylvania . Biography . On his orders , his ally Michael the Brave , the former ruler of Transylvania , Wallachia and Moldavia , was assassinated at Keresztesmező camp , near Câmpia Turzii , because Basta considered him a liability . The event happened on 9 August 1601 , only days after a joint victory in Battle of Guruslău . During his brief period of control over Transylvania , Basta tried to uproot Protestantism . Following Papal imperial policy , Calvinist Hungarians , Szeklers , Walachians , Serbs , and Lutheran Saxons were subject to any kind of abuse . Following years of warfare and his ruthless regime famine and plague appeared in Transylvania . In 1604 Basta defeated twice the forces led by Stephen Bocskay who attempted to oppose his rule over Transylvania . After his experiences of warfare in Eastern Europe he went to Prague where he died . Basta wrote several military manuals , the best known of which is his " Il maestro di campo generale . . . " ( Venice 1606 ) , and his posthumous work " Il governo della cavalleria leggiera " ( Venice 1612 ) .
Edward J . Erickson Edward J . Erickson is a retired regular U . S . Army officer at the Marine Corps University and is an eminent and leading authority on the Ottoman Army during World War I , a subject on which he has written widely . Erickson is also an associate of International Research Associates , Seattle , Washington Biography . He was born in Norwich , New York , USA . After military service as an infantry non - commissioned officer , he was commissioned in the Field Artillery in 1975 . During his career , Erickson served with the 509th Airborne Infantry Battalion , the 8th Infantry Division ( Mechanized ) , the 24th Infantry Division , the 528th Field Artillery Group , and the 42nd Field Artillery Brigade . During the Persian Gulf War , he served as the Operations Officer ( S3 ) of the 2nd Battalion , 3rd Field Artillery in the 3rd Armored Division at the Battle of Wadi Al Batin . In the latter phase of his career , he served in NATO assignments in Izmir , Turkey and in Naples , Italy as a Foreign area officer specializing in Turkey and the Middle East . In 1995 he was assigned to the NATO Headquarters in Sarajevo , Bosnia - Herzegovina , where he served as a Military Assistant to Commander , Implementation Force ( IFOR ) ( COMIFOR ) . Erickson retired in October 1997 to teach world history at Norwich High School , but was recalled to active duty in March 2003 for Operation Iraqi Freedom and was assigned as the Political Advisor to Major General Ray Odierno , 4th Infantry Division . After six months in Tikrit , Iraq , Erickson returned to civilian life . During his military service Erickson won many awards , including the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster . In 2005 he received his Ph . D in history at the University of Leeds in United Kingdom . From 2007 to 2008 , Erickson was professor of political science in the Iraqi Ministry of Defense , Baghdad , Iraq . Erickson is an associate professor of military history and teaches Operational Art at the Command and Staff College , Marine Corps University in Quantico , Virginia . Views . Erickson argues in his various publications that the relocations of Armenians in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 were the result of a military decision process . He asserts that the Armenian Revolutionary Committees conducted a violent insurgency in cooperation with the Russian army and that this insurgency was a genuine threat to the security of the Ottoman Empire . In 21 September 2004 , Vahakn Dadrian published an article criticizing Erickson ' s stand with reference to “ Ordered to Die . A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War . " Erickson responded 2 years later due to being in Iraq , in which he labeled Dadrian ' s allegations as " deliberate obfuscations , misquotes , and slanderous comments . "
Kosmos 2396 Kosmos 2396 ( meaning " Cosmos 2396 " ) is one of a set of three Russia n military satellites launched in 2002 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system . It was launched with Kosmos 2394 and Kosmos 2395 . This satellite is a GLONASS satellite , also known as Uragan , and is numbered Uragan No . 793 . Kosmos 2394 / 5 / 6 were launched from Site 81 / 23 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . A Proton - K carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 07 : 37 UTC on 25 December 2002 . The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 2002 - 060B . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 27618 . It was in the third orbital plane in orbital slot 20 . It is no longer part of the GLONASS constellation .
List of United States Air Force fighter squadrons This is a list of United States Air Force fighter squadrons . It covers units considered to be part of the Combat Air Force ( CAF ) such as fighter squadrons and serves as a break out of the comprehensive List of United States Air Force squadrons . Units in this list are assigned to nearly every Major Command in the United States Air Force .
Abdallah ibn Qais Abdallah ibn Qais ( Κάϊσος , " Kaisos " and , " Abdelas " in Greek sources ) was an Ummayad military leader active against the Byzantine Empire in the 670s . In ca . 672 / 673 he led a raid into Cilicia and Lycia , and wintered there before returning to Syria . In 674 / 675 , by which time , according to al - Tabari , he was admiral - in - chief of the Ummayad navy , he led a raid against the island of Crete along with general al - Fadl ibn Ubaid .
47th Regiment Royal Artillery 47th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army . It is equipped with Desert Hawk and Hermes UAV ' s . It is located at Baker Barracks , Thorney Island in West Sussex . This is the former airfield RAF Thorney Island . Under Army 2020 , it will not be under the 16th Air Assault Brigade but move to 1 Intelligence and Surveillance Brigade .
Gerald Boyd ( British Army officer ) Major - General Sir Gerald Farrell Boyd KCB CMG DSO DCM ( 19 November 1877 - 12 April 1930 ) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary . Military career . Educated at St Paul ' s School , Boyd enlisted into the Devonshire Regiment in 1895 and fought in the Second Boer War before he was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1900 . He went on to be Brigade Major for 11th Infantry Brigade in 1912 . He served in World War I with 11th Infantry Brigade as part of the British Expeditionary Force . He became a General Staff Officer with 1st Division and with 6th Division before becoming a Brigadier - General on the General Staff of 5th Army Corps in France in 1916 . He was made Commander 170th Infantry Brigade in France in July 1918 and General Officer Commanding 46th ( North Midland ) Infantry Division in September 1918 . He led the 46th Division when it successfully stormed the Hindenburg Line at Bellenglise . After the War he was made a Brigadier General on the General Staff at General Headquarters of British Army on the Rhine and then General Officer Commanding Dublin District in Ireland in 1920 . He was appointed Commandant of the Staff College , Quetta in 1923 and Military Secretary in 1927 . He died of cerebral spinal fever in 1930 . Family . In 1913 he married Grace Sophia Burdett and they went on to have two sons .
Point Arguello Launch Complex A Launch Complex A or LC - A at the Point Arguello Naval Air Station in California , United States , subsequently Point Arguello Launch Complex A or PALC - A at the Vandenberg Air Force Base , is a launch complex which was used for a number of sounding rocket launches between 1959 and 1966 . It was originally built as Launch Complex A or LC - A at the Point Arguello Naval Air Station , and was subsequently transferred to Vandenberg AFB as PALC - A following the merger of Point Arguello into Vandenberg AFB in 1964 . Blue Scout Junior , Astrobee , Black Brant , DAC Roc , Honest John - Nike - Nike , Javelin , Journeyman , Nike - Asp and Seagull rockets were launched from the complex whilst it was active .
SM UB - 148 SM " UB - 148 " was a German Type UB III submarine or U - boat built for the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 19 September 1918 as " UB - 148 " . " UB - 148 " was surrendered to the United States in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany on 1 December 1918 and later sunk as target by . Construction . She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction , launched at Bremen on 7 August 1918 . " UB - 148 " carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun . " UB - 148 " would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . " UB - 148 " had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged . Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged .
CZ - G 2000 The CZ - G 2000 ia a semiautomatic pistol created in 1999 by CZ - Guns . Description . This semiautomatic pistol has been developed in around 1999 by small Czech arms factory CZ - Guns Trade ( not to be confused with famous CZ - UB factory located in the city of Uhersky Brod ) . Apparently , this pistol has been designed for Czech police pistol trials , that were won by CZ - 75 P01 . Initially offered for export by another Czech company , Arms Moravia , this pistol was sold for a short time on European commercial markets , but soon disappeared without a trace , until 2005 , when its design surfaced a half - world away from its home , in Venezuela , where it is made under license by CAVIM as 9mm Zamorana pistol . CZ - G 2000 pistol uses traditional short recoil , locked breech , tilting barrel action . Barrel locks into slide with single large lug that enters ejection window ; unlocking is controlled by the cam - shaped lug below the barrel which interacts with the cross - pin , set into frame . Pistol frame is made from impact - resistant polymer , with removable steel insert that hosts slide rails . Trigger is of double action type , with exposed hammer , automated firing pin block and slide - mounted decocker lever ( left side only ) . Magazines are double stack , magazine release is located at the base of the enlarged trigger guard . Sights are fixed , both front and rear being dovetailed into the slide .
HMS Calgarian ( 1913 ) HMS " Calgarian " was an armed merchant cruiser of the Royal Navy . She was sunk by the U - boat off Rathlin Island , Northern Ireland on 1 March 1918 . The initial strike did not sink her and the crew managed to contain the damage . The U - boat torpedoed her again , despite the protection of other ships . She was hit by 4 torpedoes and quickly sank with the loss of two officers and 47 ratings . SS " Calgarian " was originally built for the Allan Line , making her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Canada on 8 May 1914 . Her sister ship was the " Alsatian " . On 15 September 1914 " Calgarian " was taken over as an armed merchant cruiser . Her naval career saw her take part in the blockades of the ports of Lisbon and New York and acts as a troop and passenger transport across the Atlantic . " Calgarian " was at Halifax when the Halifax Explosion took place on December 6 , 1917 . Her crew assisted with rescue and medical relief . She was officially transferred to Canadian Pacific in July 1917 on its acquisition of Allan . However , she continued in Royal Navy use until her sinking .
United States military aid The United States government first recognized the usefulness of foreign aid as a tool of diplomacy in World War II . It was believed that it would promote liberal capitalist models of development in other countries and that it would enhance national security . The United States is the largest contributor of military aid to foreign countries in the world , providing some form of assistance to over 150 countries each year . Military funding programs . There are three main programs where military funding is allocated : Foreign military financing provides grants for the acquisition of U . S . defense equipment , services , and training . These grants enable friends and allies to improve their defense capabilities . The goals of FMF are Peacekeeping Operations ( PKO ) provide voluntary support for international peacekeeping activities . These funds support non - U . N . operations and training in response to a nation ’ s crisis . The goals of PKO are The International Military Education and Training program ( IMET ) offers military training on a grant basis to foreign military officials . The goals of IMET are Criticisms . Currently , Congress wants to cut defense spending by lowering the amount of aid given to foreign militaries . Money saved from proposed cutbacks could benefit the U . S . military , which is closing military bases , freezing pay raises for service members , and cut the defense budget by $ 78 billion in 2011 . Particular targets of criticism include
HMS Leeds Castle ( P258 ) HMS " Leeds Castle " ( P258 ) was a Castle - class patrol ship built by Hall , Russell & Company of Aberdeen , Scotland for the Royal Navy . She was launched in October 1980 and commissioned the following August . She was involved in the 1982 Falklands War , operating between the British territories of Ascension Island , South Georgia , and the Falkland Islands as a dispatch vessel commanded by Lieutenant - Commander Colin Hamilton . The " Leeds Castle " spent much time performing fishery protection duties around the United Kingdom , as well as being used as a guard ship in the Falkland Islands . In 2000 , " Leeds Castle " underwent an eight - month refit , returning to the fleet in early 2001 . On 8 August 2005 she returned for the final time to her home base of Portsmouth to be decommissioned after a 24 - year career having finished her final deployment as a patrol vessel based in the Falkland Islands . She was relieved in that role by her sister ship ( commissioned in 1982 ) which served in that role until being replaced in 2007 by the new . In April 2010 " Leeds Castle " was sold to Bangladesh along with the sister ship HMS " Dumbarton Castle " . She left Portsmouth under tow for the A & P Group facility in Newcastle upon Tyne on 14 May 2010 , where both ships underwent a major regeneration refit that was completed in December 2010 . In March 2011 , the " Leeds Castle " and " Dumbarton Castle " was recommissioned as the " Dhaleshwari " and " Bijoy " of the Bangladesh Navy respectively .
Caproni Ca . 73 The Caproni Ca . 73 was an Italian airliner produced during the 1920s which went on to serve as a light bomber in the newly independent " Regia Aeronautica " . It was an inverted sesquiplane with a biplane tail and two engines mounted in a push - pull configuration within a common nacelle mounted on struts in the interplane gap above the fuselage . The two pilots sat in an open cockpit , while 10 passengers could be accommodated within the fuselage . The publication of General Giulio Douhet ' s seminal treatise on strategic bombing " Il dominio dell ' aria " ( " The Command of the Air " ) in 1921 had left Italy ' s military planners acutely aware of a lack of this capability . Established as a separate service in 1923 , the " Regia Aeronautica " relied upon World War I - vintage Caproni Ca . 3 bomber s , and a replacement was soon sought . The immediate solution was to repurpose the Ca . 73 as a warplane by adding a gunner ' s position in the nose , and dorsally and ventrally amidships . Bombs were carried on external racks on the fuselage sides . Ca . 73s remained in frontline service until 1934 , and from 1926 onwards participated in Italy ' s military actions in North Africa .
George Ravenhill George Ravenhill VC ( 21 February 1872 – 14 April 1921 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Ravenhill is one of eight men whose VCs were involuntarily forfeited . Military service . Ravenhill was born in Aston , Birmingham in 1872 . In May 1889 Ravenhill joined the 1st Battalion of The Royal Scots Fusiliers at Birr , Ireland . He served near six years in India then two years with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa . He gained the Queen ' s and the King ' s medals , with clasps , for Relief of Ladysmith , Transvaal and Cape Colony . Ravenhill was 27 years old , and a private in the 2nd Battalion , The Royal Scots Fusiliers , British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 15 December 1899 at the battle of Colenso , South Africa for which he was awarded the VC . His citation reads : He was wounded at Colenso due to being shot through the forearm . Forfeiture . Ravenhill ' s VC was forfeited in 1908 after he was imprisoned for theft of a quantity of iron and could not afford to pay the 10 shilling fine . His VC - entitled pension was also withdrawn . Ravenhill died in poverty at the age of 49 , and three of his children were taken away to be fostered in the USA and Canada . Ravenhill is buried in an unmarked grave at Witton Cemetery , Birmingham . The Medal . Ravenhill ' s Victoria Cross is currently displayed at the Museum of The Royal Highland Fusiliers in Glasgow , Scotland .
46th Punjabis The 46th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army . It was raised in 1900 , as the 46th ( Punjab ) Regiment of Bengal Infantry . It was designated as the 46th Punjabis in 1903 and became 10th ( Training ) Battalion of 16th Punjab Regiment in 1922 . In 1943 , it was converted into the 16th Punjab Regimental Centre . In 1947 , the 16th Punjab Regiment was allocated to the Pakistan Army . In 1956 , the 1st , 14th , 15th and 16th Punjab Regimental Centres where amalgamated to form the Punjab Regimental Centre . History . The regiment was raised by Major GP Ranken at Sialkot in October 1900 , as the 46th ( Punjab ) Regiment of Bengal Infantry . It was composed of Punjabi Muslims , Pathans and Sikhs . In 1901 , it was redesignated as the 46th Punjab Infantry . Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903 , the regiment ' s designation was again changed to 46th Punjabis . During the First World War , the regiment initially served on the North West Frontier of India , and took part in the Mohmand Blockade of 1915 - 16 and in operations against Mahsud s in Waziristan in 1917 . Later that year , it moved to Egypt but was not engaged in any fighting . In 1922 , the 46th Punjabis were grouped with the 30th , 31st and 33rd Punjabis , and the 9th Bhopal Infantry to form the 16th Punjab Regiment . The battalion was redesignated as 10th ( Training ) Battalion of the 16th Punjab Regiment and was permanently based at Multan . During the Second World War , 10 / 16th Punjab was converted into the 16th Punjab Regimental Centre . In 1947 , the 16th Punjab Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army , and in 1956 , it was merged with the 1st , 14th and 15th Punjab Regiment s to form the Punjab Regiment . The 16th Punjab Regimental Centre was merged with the 1st , 14th and 15th Punjab Regimental Centres to form the Punjab Regimental Centre . It is based at Mardan .
Lucerne hammer The Lucerne hammer is a type of polearm which was popular in Switzerland during the 15th to 17th centuries . It was a combination of the bec de corbin with the blunt war hammer . The name comes from a discovery of many of these weapons in Lucerne , Switzerland . The ' hammer ' was actually a three - to four - pronged head mounted atop a 2m - long ( 7 foot ) polearm stick . It bore a long spike on its reverse , and an even longer spike extending from the very top . It proved effective at puncturing or smashing armor , and much like a man catcher was used for dismounting riders .
Battle of Seminara ( 1503 ) The Battle of Seminara of 1503 took place on 21 April 1503 , near Seminara and Gioia Tauro , Calabria , between the French troops under the command of Bérault Stuart d ' Aubigny and the Spanish troops commanded by Don Fernando de Andrade during the Second Italian War . Background . In November 1500 both Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon signed the Treaty of Granada , still under Frederick IV of Naples ´s rule , in which they agreed to share the Kingdom of Naples , equally . In 1501 the French army under Bérault Stuart d ' Aubigny penetrated into Naples from the North , while the Spanish army commanded by Don Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba occupied the southern part . Frederick IV was overthrown and his kingdom divided between the two occupying forces , as stipulated in the treaty . There were soon signs of dissent growing between the Spanish and the French for the possession for the area that divided their territories and by June , 1502 , armed conflict broke out between them . The more numerous French forces were divided into two ; the French Viceroy of Naples Louis d ' Armagnac remained in Apulia surrounding Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba in Barletta while Stuart d ' Aubigny pursued the Spanish forces under Hugo de Cardona and Manuel de Benavides in Calabria . At the start of 1503 it seemed that peace was descending , due , mainly to the diplomatic negotiations that Philip I of Castile , son in law of Ferdinand II of Aragon had made with the French King signing the Treaty of Lyon , but Ferdinand refusal to ratify the agreement , left things as they were . The Battle . In February the Spanish fleet set sail from Cartagena , headed for Naples and sent by King Ferdinand to support Gonzalo de Córdoba guided by Luis Portocarrero , with 40 ships , 600 cavalry and 2 , 000 infantry aboard , and arrived in Messina on 5 March . Shortly after Portocarrero died , leaving Don Fernando de Andrade as his successor in command of the Spanish forces . On hearing about the Spanish reinforcements , Bérault Stuart d ' Aubigny gathered together 200 horsemen and 800 infantry and marched towards Terranova . Faced with the arrival of Spanish reinforcements he lifted the siege of Terranova and marched towards San Martino , meanwhile Fernando de Andrade gathered all his troops in Seminara . After negotiating , both sides agreed to do battle the following Friday 21 April . On the agreed date both armies met up half way between Seminara and Gioia Tauro . In the ensuing battle the Spanish defeated the French army , who retreated northbound while being chased and harassed by the Spanish . Consequences . Finally Bérault Stuart d ' Aubigny would be besieged in Castel Angitola , where he surrendered 30 days later . After that he was taken to Castel Nuovo as a prisoner . Once the French army had been defeated , the Province of Calabria was left under Spanish control . One week after this military confrontation , Don Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba would defeat the French in the Battle of Cerignola , again changing the direction of the war , after which , would turn in Spain ' s favour .