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Mark E . Mitchell Mark E . Mitchell was the first member of the United States Army to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during the War in Afghanistan ( 2001 - present ) , and was the first to receive the award since the Vietnam War . He received the award for his actions during the Battle of Qala - i - Jangi . His award citation reads : " The President of the United States of America , authorized by Act of Congress , July 9 , 1918 ( amended by act of July 25 , 1963 ) , takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Major Mark E . Mitchell , United States Army , for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment , 3d Battalion , 5th Special Forces Group ( Airborne ) , during the period of 25 to 28 November 2001 . Major Mitchell distinguished himself while engaged in combat operations during Operation Enduring Freedom . As the Ground Force Commander of a rescue operation during the Battle of Qala - I - Jang Fortress , Mazar - e - Sharif , Afghanistan , Major Mitchell ensured the freedom of one American and the posthumous repatriation of another . His unparalleled courage under fire , decisive leadership and personal sacrifice were directly responsible for the success of the rescue operation and were further instrumental in ensuring the city of Mazar - e - Sharif did not fall back in the hands of the Taliban . His personal example has added yet another laurel to the proud military history of this Nation and serves as the standard for all others to emulate . Major Mitchell ' s gallant deed was truly above and beyond the call of duty and is in keeping with the finest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself , the 5th Special Forces Group ( Airborne ) , the United States Army , and the United States of America . " Mitchell ' s home of record is Milwaukee , Wisconsin .
Russian torpedo boat Ismail The Russian torpedo boat " Ismail " was the first ship in the Russian Navy ' s Black Sea Fleet to join the mutiny of the battleship " Potemkin " in 1905 . It was the " Potemkin " s escort and had on board a complement of three officers , 20 sailors , two 37mm guns and two torpedo launchers . The " Ismail " brought rotten meat aboard the " Potemkin " in June 1905 , an incident which sparked the mutiny . The commander of the " Ismail " was Lieutenant Pyotr Klodt von Yurgensburg , a 41 - year - old Russian nobleman . Specifications . The " Ismail " had a top speed of 25 knots and was 127 feet long and 11 feet wide . Mutiny of the " Potemkin " . During the mutiny of the " Potemkin " on 14 June 1905 ( according to the Western Calendar ; 6 July 1905 according to the Julian Calendar ) , officers from that ship swam for safety towards the " Ismail " . Yurgensburg hesitated for 20 minutes before deciding to flee the scene , but the " Ismail " was prevented from doing so when its mooring line became caught in the anchor . When the signalman informed Yurgensburg that his ship was being fired upon with rifles by sailors from the " Potemkin " , he ignored a call to surrender but was eventually halted by three shots from the " Potemkin " s guns , the last damaging the " Ismail " s funnel . Yurgensburg then surrendered without a fight . All the officers on board the " Ismail " were taken to the " Potemkin " and replaced by five revolutionaries ( two stokers , two machinists and a helmsman ) . The " Ismail " protected the two launches and 40 sailors who took part in the funeral of the revolutionary sailor Grigory Vakulinchuk in Odessa . It also acted as a go - between when the battleship " Georgii Pobedonosets " briefly joined the uprising . On 23 June ( 6 July in the Julian Calendar ) there was an attempted counter mutiny when some sailors rushed the helm , wanting to return to Sevastopol . They failed in their attempt to seize control of the " Ismail " and the torpedo boat accompanied the " Potemkin " to Constanţa under tow . On 24 June ( 7 July ) , only two hours from their destination , a wave severed the towline ; but the " Ismail " stayed with the Potemkin until it reached port the next day . It was then allowed to set sail for Sevastopol .
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force ( CMSAF ) is a unique non - commissioned rank in the United States Air Force . The holder of this rank and post represents the highest enlisted level of leadership in the Air Force , and as such , provides direction for the enlisted corps and represents their interests , as appropriate , to the American public , and to those in all levels of government . The CMSAF is appointed by the Air Force Chief of Staff ( AF / CC ) and serves as the senior enlisted advisor to the Air Force Chief of Staff and the Secretary of the Air Force on all issues regarding the welfare , readiness , morale , and proper utilization and progress of the enlisted force . While the CMSAF is a non - commissioned officer , the billet is protocol equivalent to a lieutenant general . The current Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force is Chief James A . Cody . He is the 17th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in the history of the U . S . Air Force . The salary / pay for CMSAF is $ 7 , 609 . 50 / month plus other allowances . Rank Insignia . On November 1 , 2004 , the CMSAF ' s rank insignia was updated to include the Great Seal of the United States of America and two stars in the upper field . This puts the insignia in line with those of the Army and Marine Corps who have similar insignia to denote their senior enlisted servicemen . The laurel wreath around the star in the lower field remained unchanged to retain the legacy of the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force . The CMSAF wears distinctive collar insignia . Traditionally , enlisted airmen ' s collar insignia was silver - colored " U . S . " within a ring . The CMSAF ' s collar brass replaced the standard ring with a silver laurel wreath . The CMSAF also wears a distinctive cap device . Enlisted airmen ' s cap device is the Coat of Arms of the United States , surrounded by a ring , all struck from silver - colored metal . Much as with the position ' s distinctive collar brass , the ring is replaced with a laurel wreath for the CMSAF . The Sergeant Major of the Army wears an identical cap device , albeit of gold - colored metal . The official term of address for the CMSAF is " Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force " or " Chief . "
Eitel - Albert Barth Eitel - Albert Barth ( 7 December 1915 – 4 May 2004 ) was a German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Eitel - Albert Barth joined the post - war Bundeswehr in 1956 , he retired in 1960 as a Major .
Augustus Charles Newman Lieutenant - Colonel Augustus Charles Newman VC , OBE , TD , DL ( 19 August 1904 – 26 April 1972 ) 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 . Details . Augustus Newman was educated at Bancroft ' s School , Essex . He was 37 years old and a lieutenant colonel in the The Essex Regiment ( Territorial Army ) , British Army , attached to No . 2 Commando during the Second World War , when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the V . C . On 28 March 1942 in the attack on St . Nazaire , France , Lieutenant Colonel Newman was in charge of the military forces and he was one of the first ashore , leading his men and directing operations quite regardless of his own safety . Under his inspiring leadership the troops fought magnificently and held vastly superior numbers of the enemy at bay until the demolition parties had done their work . The colonel then attempted to fight through into open country and not until all the ammunition was spent were he and his men overwhelmed and taken prisoner . Subsequent career . Newman subsequently served in the Special Air Service and on 1 October 1959 was appointed Major in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps . His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London .
Operation Accumulator Operation " Accumulator " was an Allied naval operation near the Channel Islands on the night of 12 / 13 June 1944 , in support of Operation " Overlord " , the invasion of France . As part of Operation " Fortitude " , a series of deception operations had been used to divert attention from the Allied landings by suggesting that a second invasion force was still waiting to land . This caused the defenders to divert their forces from the fighting in Normandy , holding them in reserve for an invasion in the Pas de Calais , to the east . Some days after the initial landings , it was decided to mount a smaller operation to simulate a follow - up landing force heading for Granville , at the western side of the Cotentin Peninsula . The desired effect would be to force the German command to pull units from the front line and redeploy them to protect the western coast . The plan was for two Royal Canadian Navy destroyers , " Haida " and " Huron " , to make a series of fake radio transmissions , which would be intercepted . The beginning of the operation went smoothly , with the two ships signalling that the invasion fleet had been delayed by engine problems , and giving a revised plan . However , the radios on the " Haida " broke down , forcing the " Huron " to continue alone ; the two ships were also spotted by an Allied reconnaissance plane , which radioed back that it had found " unidentified warships " . The operation was a failure ; whilst the signals were made , there was no reaction from the German force . This may have been helped by the Allied air report - a major invasion fleet would have been known to the pilot ! - and by a lack of any corroborating evidence ; for example , there was no attempt at spoofing radar signals , as had been carried out for the main invasion by Operations " Glimmer " and " Taxable " . References .
23rd Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 23rd Field Artillery Battalion was a field artillery battalion of the regular Army Lineage . Constituted 16 August 1921 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion , 23rd Field Artillery . Battery A activated 1 March 1936 in the Philippine Islands ; remainder of battalion 14 March 1941 . By July 1941 the regiment still fielded only a single battalion of artillery with 10 officers and 391 enlisted men and was armed with the obsolete 2 . 95 - inch mountain guns ( pack ) . Reorganized and redesignated 23rd Field Artillery Battalion ( Philippine Scouts ) and assigned to the 12th Infantry Division ( United States ) 6 April 1946 Disbanded 25 March 1952 . Campaign streamers . World War II Current units . unit broken up Coat of arms . none
David A . T . Stafford David Stafford ( born March 10 , 1942 ) , full name David Alexander Tetlow Stafford , is projects director at Edinburgh University ' s Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars and Leverhulme Emeritus Professor in the University ' s School of History , Classics , and Archaeology . Stafford took his B . A . at Cambridge University in 1963 . He then undertook postgraduate study at the University of London , taking an M . A . and finally his Ph . D . in history in 1968 . Beginning his career with government service , Stafford served in the British Diplomatic Service as a third secretary at the Foreign Office from 1967 to 1968 , and then as second secretary in 1968 . He then took up an appointment as research associate ( 1968 – 70 ) at the Centre of International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science . He then became assistant professor of history ( 1970 – 76 ) at Canada ' s University of Victoria in British Columbia . He was promoted to associate professor of history ( 1976 – 82 ) and finally professor of history ( 1982 – 84 ) . He then became director of studies ( 1985 – 86 ) and executive director ( 1986 – 92 ) at the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . From 1992 to 2000 Stafford became a visiting professor at Edinburgh University ' s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities , and then , from 2000 , he became projects director at the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars . Stafford is particularly noted for his scholarly works concerning Winston Churchill and British intelligence , various aspects of the Second World War , and Twentieth Century intelligence and espionage with a focus on Britain . He currently resides in British Columbia , Canada .
Fraser Commando School The Fraser Commando School ( FCS ) was the main Services Reconnaissance Department training facility after training operations were transferred from the Z Experimental Station in October 1943 . The FCS was located on Fraser Island in Southeast Queensland , near to the McKenzies Jetty , just south of what is now the Kingfisher Bay Resort . The site was selected due to its seclusion and sparse habitation . At the time of the establishment of the FCS , Fraser Island was virtually uninhabited apart from a small Forestry establishment at Central Station and a Royal Australian Air Force Radar Station at Sandy Cape , on the northern tip of the island . Fraser Island also has rainforest areas which were utilised for jungle warfare training and a series of freshwater lakes . The largest of these , Lake McKenzie , was used for parachute water jump training by night and day . FCS was the basic Special Operations training facility for the Services Reconnaissance Department , Far Eastern Liaison Office and also hosted students from the Philippines Regional Section . Students received instruction in weapons , demolitions , advanced parachuting , water operations using folboat s and rubber boats , as well as extensive signals , physical fitness and unarmed combat training . Major H . A . Campbell , one of the architects of Operation Jaywick was in command of the FCS until January 1944 , when he was succeeded by Lt . Davidson RNVR , Major L . McGuinn and later , Major S . R . Leach . Operations at the FCS ceased in December 1945 and the school was shut down in early 1946 .
William D . G . Hunt William Dennis Goodchild Hunt MBE ( born 8 May 1955 in Essex , England ) served a full career in the British Army as an Ammunition Technician ( AT ) and Ammunition Technical Officer ( ATO ) and served in the UK ( including Northern Ireland ) , mainland Europe as well as the Middle and Far East . A strong advocate of raising standards in the industry , William campaigns for the expansion of International Mine Action Standards ( IMAS ) to cover offshore UXO detection and clearance operations . Career . Prior to commissioning , William Hunt attained the highest non - commissioned appointment of Conductor . Prominent posts within the military service were : Throughout his military service , Hunt was primarily concerned with Explosive Ordnance Disposal ( EOD ) , including Improvised Explosive Device Disposal ( IEDD ) in high - threat terrorist environments in Northern Ireland , Europe and the Middle East . On leaving the military in 1998 after 26 years service , he became a consultant to NATO in the Balkans throughout the Kosovo crisis , where he remained supporting several projects until 2002 . In Albania , he designed , set up executed NATOs first Partnership for Peace ( PFP ) Demilitarization Trust Fund project which successfully destroyed the country ' s entire stockpile of anti - personnel landmines . More recently Hunt has been involved with the Sakhalin II integrated Oil and gas project in Far East Russia , advising on EOD and security issues . Awards . In 1993 , Hunt was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ( MBE ) for services to counter - terrorism specifically for the development of effective strategic and tactical countermeasures . His achievements were again formally recognized in 2003 by Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at a special reception at Buckingham Palace in November 2003 . The reception was to mark the contribution of ' Pioneers to the Life of the Nation ' . He has also been decorated by the governments of the United Kingdom , HM The Sultan of Brunei and the General Staff of Russia .
Big Mountain Air Force Station Big Mountain Air Force Station is a military use airstrip located near Big Mountain , in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U . S . state of Alaska . The airstrip was built to support the Big Mountain Radio Relay Station , an abandoned Air Force facility located southwest of Anchorage on the south shore of Iliamna Lake . History . Big Mountain RRS was constructed in 1956 as part of the White Alice Communication System ( WACS ) , a defense communication network and aircraft warning system established across Alaska during the Cold War . Advances in technology made the Big Mountain installation obsolete and it was abandoned in 1979 . The United States Air Force still owns at the site , which consists of a Lower Camp alongside the airstrip and an Upper Camp on the top of Big Mountain . There is also a barge landing site at Reindeer Bay that is now owned by the University of Alaska , with surrounding land owned by the State of Alaska . Facilities . Big Mountain has one runway designated 7 / 25 with a 4 , 200 by 145 ft ( 1 , 280 x 44 m ) gravel surface .
746 Communication Squadron 746 Communication Squadron is a reserve military unit in Calgary , Alberta , Canada . The unit ' s motto is " Determined " and its badge is a Pony Express Rider . Role . As with all reserve communication squadrons , the primary role is to augment the Regular Force for both domestic and international operations , including those with the United Nations and NATO . International deployments include most recently Afghanistan , Bosnia and the Golan Heights . Soldiers have also been deployed to the Manitoba floods , BC forest fires , Ontario ice storms and the 2002 G8 summit in Kananaskis Country . From 2000 until 2003 , the unit ' s focus was on strategic communications , typically voice and data over MSAT and HF . From 2004 on , the unit role changed to focus on tactical ( field ) communications , VHF and limited HF . UPDATE : As of 2013 - 746 Communication Squadron is now known as 41 Signals 3 Squadron Composition . 746 Communication Squadron comprises mainly signal operators and line technicians , as well as a normal squadron complement of support trades . History . 746 Communication Squadron traces its history back to Number XIII Detachment , Signalling Corps , which was housed in Mewata Armories in 1913 . In 1920 , Number 13 Signal Company was raised in Calgary under the command of Major J . E . Hanning . In 1923 the unit was designated as 13th Signal Battalion , and in 1934 changed designation yet again to 13th Divisional Signals under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Harry Pryde . During World War II the main function of 13 Signals was to train communicators for posting to units going overseas . In 1949 the unit was renamed to 7th Independent Signal Squadron , Royal Canadian Corps of Signals . Two years after the 1968 unification of the Canadian Armed Forces , and the formation of Canadian Forces Communication Command , the name was changed to 746 ( Calgary ) Communication Squadron . The unit was moved from Mewata Armouries to the Naval Reserve building in 1987 . On 9 May 2000 the squadron became part of 74 Communication Regiment but has since become an independent squadron of 73 Communication Group once again .
Misagh - 2 The Misagh 2 is an Iranian man - portable infrared guided surface to air missile . The Misagh 2 is the next version of the Misagh - 1 . Similar to its predecessor , the Misagh 2 is supposedly also based on Chinese technology . Iran ’ s defense minister launched the domestic mass production of the Misagh 2 , on 5 February 2006 .
Newfoundland Escort Force The Newfoundland Escort Force was an Allied formation of escort ships during the Battle of the Atlantic . Created in 1941 , the force consisted of ships from the Royal Navy , Royal Canadian Navy and United States Navy under the command of Commodore Leonard W . Murray ( RCN ) . In June 1941 , the British decided to provide convoy escort for the full length of the North Atlantic crossing . To this end , the Admiralty on 23 May 1941 asked the Royal Canadian Navy to assume the responsibility for protecting convoys in the western zone and to establish the base for its escort force at St . John ' s , Newfoundland . On 13 June 1941 Commodore Leonard W . Murray assumed his post as Commodore Commanding Newfoundland Escort Force , under the overall authority of the Commander in Chief , Western Approaches , at Liverpool . Six Canadian destroyers and 17 corvettes , reinforced by seven destroyers , three sloops and five corvettes of the Royal Navy , were assembled for duty in the force , which escorted the convoys from Canadian ports to Newfoundland and then on to a meeting point south of Iceland , where the British escort groups took over . In February 1942 the NEF was re - organized as the Mid - Ocean Escort Force .
HMS Montserrat ( K586 ) HMS " Montserrat " ( K586 ) was a Colony - class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II . She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the " Tacoma " - class patrol frigate USS " Hornby " ( PF - 82 ) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion . Construction and acquisition . The ship , originally designated a " patrol gunboat , " PG - 190 , was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as USS " Hornby " . She was reclassified as a " patrol frigate , " PF - 82 , on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh - Kaiser Company at Providence , Rhode Island , on 28 August 1943 . Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom , the ship was renamed " Montserrat " by the British prior to launching and was launched on 27 September 1943 . Service history . Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend - Lease on 31 August 1944 , the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS " Montserrat " ( K586 ) on patrol and escort duty . Disposal . The United Kingdom returned " Montserrat " to the U . S . Navy on 11 June 1946 . She was sold to the John J . Duane Company of Quincy , Massachusetts , on 30 November 1947 for scrapping .
Richard Thomalla Born in Annahof in the former Upper Silesia region of the German Empire ( now , the village of Sowin , Opole Voivodeship , Poland ) . Thomalla became a member of the Nazi Party in 1932 : ( no . 1 , 238 , 872 ) and SS ( no . 41 , 206 ) . The first death camp to be constructed under Thomalla ' s supervision was Bełżec . Construction started on 1 November 1941 and was completed in March 1942 . He then proceeded to design and supervise the construction of Sobibor in March 1942 . Workers employed for building the camp were local people from neighboring villages and towns . During this preliminary stage , Thomalla served as the head of the Sonderkommando at Sobibor . The Sonderkommando consisted of about eighty Jews from ghettos within the vicinity of the camp , brought to Sobibor for construction work . A squad of ten Ukrainians trained at Trawniki concentration camp guarded the Sonderkommando . Upon completion of the camp , these Jews were shot . When Thomalla completed his building assignment in Sobibor he was replaced there by Franz Stangl in April 1942 . He then proceeded to Treblinka which copied the design of Sobibor . " SS - Unterscharführer " ( Corporal ) Erwin Lambert who had previously been assigned to the Action T4 euthanasia program and had constructed the new gas chambers in Treblinka , testified about Thomalla : Between July 1942 and October 1943 , around 850 , 000 people were killed in Treblinka . Thomalla was reportedly executed by the NKVD ( Soviet Police ) in Jičín , Czechoslovakia on 12 May 1945 .