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Leon L . Van Autreve Leon L . Van Autreve was the fourth Sergeant Major of the Army . He was sworn in on July 1 , 1973 and served until June , 1975 . He was born in Eeklo , Belgium , on January 29 , 1920 and died March 14 , 2002 , in San Antonio , Texas . Military career . He entered the U . S . Army in August 1941 from Delphos , Ohio . After basic training at Fort Belvoir , he served overseas with the 9th Infantry Division and participated in the invasion of Port Lyautey , Africa . He was discharged in August 1945 and enlisted again in March 1948 . After a tour in Germany from 1950 to 1954 , he served as an instructor with the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Toledo until 1958 . From ROTC duty he was assigned to Continental Army Command ( CONARC ) Armor Board at Fort Knox , Kentucky , remaining there until reassignment to Korea in 1960 . Upon completion of his tour in Korea , Sergeant Major Van Autreve returned to Fort Belvoir and was promoted to Sergeant Major in 1962 . He served as Sergeant Major of the 91st Engineer Battalion from 1962 until 1963 . From 1963 to 1964 , Sergeant Major Van Autreve was stationed in Indonesia , 1964 to 1967 in Germany as Sergeant Major , 317th Engineer Battalion , and 1967 to 1969 in Vietnam as Sergeant Major of the 20th Engineer Brigade . In July 1969 he was selected for assignment to Alaska as the Command Sergeant Major , where he remained until he was selected as the Sergeant Major of the Army . Sergeant Major of the Army . SMA Van Autreve saw increasing the standards of the Army ' s noncommissioned officer corps as his highest priority . As part of the rejuvenation of the NCO Corps , SMA Van Autreve gave NCOs more voice in command decisions , reduced the Army ' s reliance on soldiers ' councils , increased professional standards for NCOs , developed the Noncommissioned Officer Education System , and encouraged NCOs to have the moral courage to police their own ranks . Education . Sergeant Major Van Autreve attended George Washington University , University of Toledo , University of Maryland and Alaska Methodist University , and was a member of Phi Alpha Theta . Lineage . In 1994 , the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club designated Fort Sam Houston , Texas , as the SMA Van Autreve Chapter . References . < br > " The Sergeants Major of the Army " , Daniel K . Elder , Center of Military History , United States Army Washington , D . C . 2003 .
Flying Camp In the American Revolutionary War , the Flying Camp was a military formation employed by the Americans in the second half of 1776 . After the British evacuation of Boston in March 1776 , General George Washington met with members of the Continental Congress to determine future military strategy . Faced with defending a huge amount of territory from potential British operations , Washington recommended forming a " flying camp " , which in the military terminology of the day referred to a mobile , strategic reserve of troops . Congress agreed and on June 3 , 1776 , passed a resolution " that a flying camp be immediately established in the middle colonies and that it consist of 10 , 000 men . . . " The men recruited for the Flying Camp were to be militiamen from three colonies : 6000 from Pennsylvania , 3400 from Maryland , and 600 from Delaware . They were to serve until December 1 , 1776 , unless discharged sooner by Congress , and to be paid and fed in the same manner as regular soldiers of the Continental Army . Brigadier - General Hugh Mercer of Virginia was commissioned as its commandant .
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère Ouvrage Col de Buffere is a lesser work ( " petit ouvrage " ) of the Maginot Line ' s Alpine extension , the Alpine Line . The ouvrage consists of one combat block at an altitude of on the Col de la Buffère . Additional blocks were planned but not built or were left incomplete . A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery , armed with a machine gun port .
Platoon Sergeant Major Platoon Sergeant Major ( PSM ) was an appointment in the British Army in the short - lived rank of Warrant Officer Class III ( WOIII ) , created in 1938 . The Platoon Sergeant Major , and his cavalry counterpart , the Troop Sergeant Major , were part of an experiment in giving experienced NCOs command of units formerly reserved for commissioned officer s ( platoon s and troop s ) . The experiment was not considered a success , and no promotions were made to the rank after 1940 : most existing WOIIIs were commissioned as lieutenant s .
John Gildroy Grant John Gildroy Grant ( 26 August 1889 – 25 November 1970 ) was a soldier in the New Zealand Military Forces during the First World War . He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest award of the British Commonwealth for gallantry " in the face of the enemy " . Early life . Born on 26 August 1889 in Hawera , a small town in the Taranaki region of New Zealand , Grant was working as a builder when he volunteered for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force ( NZEF ) in June 1915 . Military career . At the time of Grant ' s enlistment , the NZEF was engaged in the Gallipoli Campaign and after initial training , he embarked for the Middle East in October 1915 . He joined the 1st Battalion , Wellington Infantry Regiment of the New Zealand Division , then being formed in the aftermath of the evacuation from the Gallipoli Peninsula . It duly embarked for the Western Front . Grant served with the battalion throughout 1916 and 1917 , and the following year had reached the rank of sergeant . He was 29 years old when he performed the deed for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross . On 1 September 1918 near Bancourt , the leading waves of the battalion on reaching a crest of high ground , found that a line of enemy machine - gun posts offered a serious obstacle to further advance . The company , however , advanced against these posts under point - blank fire , and when about away Grant , closely followed by a comrade , rushed ahead of his platoon , entering the centre post and demoralising the garrison so that the platoon were able to mop up the positions . In the same manner he rushed the post on the left and the remaining posts were quickly occupied and cleared by his company . Shortly afterwards , Grant was promoted to second lieutenant and traveled to Cambridge in England for officer training in October 1918 . He was wounded in November , within days of his return to the front . His service with the NZEF ended with his repatriation to New Zealand in 1919 . Later life . Grant remained involved with military life , serving in the Territorial Force until 1929 , by which time he had reached the rank of lieutenant . He was discharged due to his age and also for being unable to attend camp . He later worked in Paeroa , becoming noted for his erratic behaviour which meant he found it difficult to gain employment . Undiagnosed at the time , it is thought that Grant suffered from post - traumatic stress disorder . Grant died at the age of 81 , and is buried in Waikumete Cemetery in Auckland . Victoria Cross . Grant ' s Victoria Cross was displayed at the QEII Army Memorial Museum , Waiouru , New Zealand . On 2 December 2007 it was one of nine Victoria Crosses that were among a hundred medals stolen from the museum . On 16 February 2008 , New Zealand Police announced all the medals had been recovered as a result of a NZ $ 300 , 000 reward offered by Michael Ashcroft and Tom Sturgess .
Walter Buller ( bridge ) Lt . Col . Walter Buller ( 1887 – 1938 ) , auction and contract bridge organiser , writer and player , was the leading British bridge personality at the start of the 1930s . Life . Buller joined the Army Service Corps in 1907 , and served throughout World War I , first in France and then as a staff officer in the War Office . He retired from the army in 1923 and thereafter lived in London . Bridge career . Buller was one of those responsible for contract bridge being adopted at the Portland Club , after the game and its new scoring system was brought to England by Lord Lascelles and Jimmie Rothschild in 1927 . The Portland Club , which regulated the laws of whist since early in the nineteenth century , remains the law - giving body for bridge in Britain , and has taken part in every subsequent revision of the laws of bridge . In Buller ' s bridge career , and his weekly column for the Star , he was a showman whose motto was " Must do something to stir them up ! " . As such , he was the perfect foil to Ely Culbertson , the great publicist for contract bridge . Buller organised the first Anglo - American match against the Culbertson team in 1930 , and captained the English team . This match inaugurated the ' Golden Age ' of contract bridge , leading to an extraordinary amount of publicity in the press . Culbertson , a genius as a publicist , created many small incidents for the benefit of the press , and Buller did his best to provide quotable phrases in his interviews and his books . Buller was the leading proponent of the direct bidding system called " British Bridge " . It prided itself on having no conventional ( artificial ) bids . He was a bridge columnist , and wrote several books . Buller won the first English National Pairs in 1932 . In the famous match at Almack ' s club the English team was Buller , Mrs Gordon Evers , Dr Nelson Wood - Hill FRCS and Cedric Kehoe RN . Mrs Gordon Evers was Walter Buller ' s favourite partner : " white - haired and striking , she had toured the United States as an actress in Sir Herbert Tree ' s company " . The former world chess champion , Emanuel Lasker , reported the match for German and Austrian newspapers ; he became a registered teacher of the Culbertson system . The US team was Culbertson and his wife Josephine , Theodore Lightner and Waldemar von Zedwitz . All the members of the American team would be recognised as outstanding players in the years that followed . Both their partnerships were experienced and organised ; the result of the match was not long in doubt . Culbertson won by 4 , 845 points over a week ' s play of 200 deals ( total points scoring ) : not quite so bad for Buller as it might have been . Hubert Phillips commented on the match : Later , in 1934 , a match between Buller ' s team and Almack ' s Club was played , in which Almack ' s used ideas taken from Culbertson . Almack ' s won , knocking another nail in the coffin of Buller ' s system . The consequence was that direct and entirely natural bidding went out of favour , never to return . In the future , even natural bidding systems used detailed agreements and conventions .
Davis Elkins Davis Elkins ( January 24 , 1876 – January 5 , 1959 ) was a United States Senator from West Virginia . Born in Washington , D . C . , he attended the Lawrenceville School , Phillips Academy in Andover , Massachusetts and Harvard University . During the Spanish - American War he enlisted as a private in the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry , becoming assistant adjutant general in 1898 . Elkins was an industrialist with interests in railroads , banking , utilities , and coal mining ; he was appointed as a Republican to the U . S . Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father , Stephen B . Elkins , and served from January 9 to January 31 , 1911 , when a successor was elected . During the First World War he served in the United States Army in France , 1917 - 1918 . He was then elected to the U . S . Senate and served from March 4 , 1919 , to March 4 , 1925 ; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1924 . While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce ( Sixty - sixth Congress ) . From 1936 to 1956 he was owner of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Company . Davis Elkins died in Richmond , Virginia in 1959 ; interment was in Maplewood Cemetery , Elkins , West Virginia . Davis Elkins was a son of Stephen Benton Elkins and a grandson of Henry Gassaway Davis , both U . S . Senators from West Virginia . His sister Katherine Hallie " Kitty " Elkins ( Jan . 14 , 1886 - Sept . 3 , 1936 ) was engaged for some time to Prince Luigi Amedeo , Duke of the Abruzzi ( 1873 - 1933 ) , a cousin of the king of Italy .
Siege of Bactra The Siege of Bactra lasted from 208 to 206 BC . After defeating the Bactrians at the Battle of the Arius the Seleucids besieged the capital of Bactria until news from the west of his dominions and lack of progress against the city led Antiochus to negotiate peace with Euthydemus and lift the siege . In the peace that was agreed Antiochus recognized Euthydemus as an ally , and he gave one of his daughters as a wife to the Bactrian King .
22d Air Defense Missile Squadron The 22d Air Defense Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division , Aerospace Defense Command , stationed near Langley AFB , Virginia . It was inactivated on 31 October 1972 . History . The squadron was activated on 1 September 1959 as the 22d Air Defense Missile Squadron ( BOMARC ) and stood alert during the Cold War , equipped with IM - 99 ( later CIM - 10 ) BOMARC surface to air anitaircraft missiles . The squadron was tied into a Semi - Automatic Ground Environment ( SAGE ) direction center which could use analog computers to process information from ground radars , picket ships and airborne aircraft to accelerate the display of tracking data at the direction center to quickly direct the missile battery to engage hostile aircraft . The 22d was inactivated on 31 October 1972 . The BOMARC missile site was located west - northwest of Langley AFB at . Although geographically separated from the base , it was an off base facility of Langley and the squadron received administrative and logistical support from Langley .
USS Abner Read ( DD - 769 ) USS " Abner Read " ( DD - 769 ) was a planned United States Navy " Gearing " - class destroyer laid down during World War II but never completed . " Abner Read " was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at San Francisco , California on 21 May 1944 . The end of World War II in August 1945 resulted in the termination of the contract for her construction on 12 September 1946 or 13 September 1946 She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 13 September 1946 and scrapped on the building ways .
Patricia C . Lewis Brigadier General Patricia C . Lewis was Assistant Surgeon General , Medical Plans and Programs , and Chief of the Medical Service Corps , Office of the Surgeon General , Bolling Air Force Base , D . C . As the Air Force Medical Service senior programmer , General Lewis ’ key responsibilities were integrating , analyzing and defending the Defense Health Program and medical elements of Air Force funding during the Program Objective Memoranda , Program Budget Decision and Program Decision Memorandum . She provided expert consultative leadership for all of the Air Force Medical Service . The Medical Service supports the activities of 39 , 000 personnel serving 2 . 6 million beneficiaries through 75 medical treatment facilities worldwide with a budget of $ 6 . 3 billion . In her dual role as Chief of the Medical Service Corps , General Lewis was the senior healthcare administrator in the Air Force and responsible for accessions , development and management of 1 , 100 healthcare administrative professionals in the corps . General Lewis was born in Highland Park , Michigan . She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences and a Master of Arts degree in education administration from the University of the Philippines , Manila . In 1979 , she received a direct commission in the Air Force Medical Service Corps as a second lieutenant . She is board certified in healthcare management through the American Academy of Medical Administrators . General Lewis has served at Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command as Chief of Programs and Evaluations in the Office of the Command Surgeon , and at Headquarters U . S . Air Force as Chief of Personnel , Training and Medical Programs . She has also served as executive officer to the Air Force Surgeon General and Director of Medical Operations for Headquarters Air Force Inspection Agency . Her commands include the 1st Medical Support Squadron at Langley AFB , Virginia , and 366th Medical Group at Mountain Home AFB , Idaho . Prior to her current assignment , General Lewis was Commander of the Air Force Medical Support Agency , a field operating agency which reports to the Air Force Surgeon General . General Lewis retired from the USAF on August 1 , 2009 . BG Lewis never deployed in her entire career . Other Achievements . 1994 Air Force Commitment to Service Award , Medical Service Corps
HMS Yarmouth ( 1745 ) HMS " Yarmouth " was a 64 - gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Deptford Dockyard . She was previously ordered to the dimensions specified in the 1741 proposals for modifications to the 1719 Establishment , but the Admiralty had very quickly concluded that these were too small , and as an experiment in 1742 authorised an addition of 6ft to the planned length , and the " Yarmouth " was re - ordered to the enlarged design in June 1742 . She was built at Deptford , where the Admiralty felt they could best observe the effectiveness of the added size , and launched on 8 March 1745 . Commissioned in February 1745 under Captain Roger Martin . In 1747 under Captain Piercy Brett she was one of George Anson ' s squadron at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre . In 1781 , " Yarmouth " was reduced in armament to become a 60 - gun ship . She remained in this role until 1811 , when she was broken up . Destroying USS Randolph . On 7 March 1778 " Yarmouth " was attacked by the American frigate with half the guns and likely less than a quarter the firepower . The frigate managed to cause some minor damage to two of " Yarmouth " s topmasts and a portion of her bowsprit , then attempted to rake ( fire through the length of ) the ship ; " Randolph " was firing 3 broadside s to " Yarmouth " s one , however the 12 lb shot would have struggled to penetrate " Yarmouth " s scantlings ( armor ) , while " Yarmouth " s likely armaments of 12 lb 24 lb and 32 lb guns would have been able to penetrate any part of her comparatively lightly armored opponent . " Randolph " exploded during the engagement , likely due to a shot penetrating her magazine , killing all but four of her crew . Part of her wreckage landed on " Yarmouth " s decks , including " Randolph " s ensign . " Yarmouth " had to repair two damaged topmasts but suffered no significant damage and no fatalities or serious injuries . References .
Savolax Infantry Regiment The Savolax Infantry Regiment was an infantry musketeer regiment in the Swedish Army , in the province of Savolax ( Savonia ) . The Regiment was created in 1626 as the Savolax and Nyslotts Land Regiment . It became an " Indelta " regiment in 1695 . The regiment contained musketeer and grenadier units . History . The Savolax Infantry Regiment was created in 1626 as the Savolax and Nyslotts Land Regiment . ( Swedish : Savolax regemente ) It was created as part of the Swedish Allotment System . In 1634 , Savolax Regiment was ranked 14th amongst the Swedish infantry regiments by a Swedish government regulation . The regiment ' s origins go back to the Gustav Horn ' s regiment . Uniform . Troopers were armed with a bayonet and a musket , the bayonet was fixed to the musket at all times . Non - Commissioned Officers carried halberds and wore almost identical uniforms to regular infantry , with some differences . These were :
USS Lyndon B . Johnson ( DDG - 1002 ) USS " Lyndon B . Johnson " ( DDG - 1002 ) is to be the third and final ship of the . The contract to build her was awarded to Bath Iron Works located in Bath , Maine , on 15 September 2011 . The award , along withs funds for the construction of , was worth US $ 1 . 826 billion . On 16 April 2012 , Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship ' s named to be " Lyndon B . Johnson " in honor of Lyndon B . Johnson , who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 ; DDG - 1002 is the 34th ship named by the Navy after a U . S . president . " Lyndon B . Johnson " is a " Zumwalt " - class destroyer , 32 units of which were originally planned , the U . S . Navy eventually reduced this number to three units . Designed as multi - mission ships with an emphasis on land attack and littoral warfare , the class features the tumblehome hull form , reminiscent of ironclad warship s . In January 2013 the Navy solicited bids for a steel deckhouse as an option for DDG - 1002 instead of the composite structures of the other ships in the class . This changed was made in response to cost overruns for the composite structure , but due to the tight weight margins in the class , required weight savings in other parts of the ship .
USS Madgie ( 1858 ) USS Madgie ( 1858 ) was a steam operated gunboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries . " Madgie " , a wooden screw steamer , was built at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , in 1858 and purchased by the Navy at New York City 15 October 1861 for service in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron , Acting Master F . B . Meriam in command . Service with the South Atlantic Blockade . After fitting out , " Madgie " arrived at Port Royal , South Carolina , 19 April 1862 to patrol southern waters , and steamed off Lawford Channel , Georgia , in May . She sank a vessel carrying 3 , 000 barrels of rice off Barrett ' s Island 20 June , and captured schooner " Southern Belle " the same day . In July , " Madgie " joined the blockade of St . Simon ' s , reconnoitering up Ogeechee River with , , and the 24th , engaging Confederate batteries at Fort McAllister . In September " Madgie " was off Sepolo , Georgia , until ordered to Doboy ' s Island to relieve 30 October . After repairs at Port Royal in March 1863 , " Madgie " spent the year off St . Catherine ' s Sound , capturing 15 persons from the steamer " Ocanee " 21 August . Madgie sinks off Frying Pan Shoals . " Madgie " sank off Frying Pan Shoals 11 October 1863 .
Ian McKay Ian John McKay VC ( 7 May 1953 – 12 June 1982 ) was a posthumous 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 . Born in Wortley , near Barnsley , South Yorkshire , England , Ian McKay was Platoon Sergeant of 4 Platoon , B Company , 3rd Battalion , The Parachute Regiment , during the Falklands War when the deed described below took place , for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross . The medal . McKay ' s medals were sold by his wife around the year 2000 , to the disappointment of the Regimental Museum , who had hoped to obtain them . His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London . Legacy . The Territorial Army centre in Sgt McKay ' s home town of Rotherham is named " McKay VC Barracks " , also an accommodation block at the Defence Academy at Shrivenham was named McKay House in his honour . In mid October 2011 , Sergeants and Warrant Officers bar at MPA , Falkland Islands , was renamed as " Ian McKay VC Bar " in his honour . In the media . McKay was profiled in the 2006 television docudrama " Victoria Cross Heroes " , which included archive footage , dramatisations of his actions and an interview with his mother .
USS Margaret ( SP - 524 ) USS " Margaret " ( SP - 524 ) was a yacht acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War I . She was reconfigured by the Navy at Boston , Massachusetts and served as a patrol craft throughout the war . Post - war she was transferred to the War Department . World War I service . " Margaret " , a 145 - foot steam yacht , was built in 1913 at Morris Heights , New York . She was acquired by the Navy in April 1917 , converted to a patrol vessel , and commissioned late in the following June as USS " Margaret " ( SP - 524 ) . She was renamed " SP - 524 " in 1918 . Post - war disposition . In the Spring of 1919 , following World War I service , she was ordered sold , but was instead transferred to the War Department in March 1920 .