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Supreme Military Council ( Nigeria 1966 ) The Supreme Military Council was the body that ruled Nigeria after the coup d ' état in 1966 , which was followed by several Military Coups in Nigeria between 1966 and 1999 . According to a Constitutional Decree , published in Lagos on March 17 , 1967 legislative and executive power was vested in the Supreme Military Council . The Chairman of the Council was the head of the Military Government . The Supreme Military Council consisted of the Regional Military Governors and the Military Administrator of the Federal Territory , the Heads of the Nigerian Army , Navy and Air Force , the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and the Inspector - General of Police or his Deputy . The Supreme Military Council could delegate powers to a Federal Executive council , predominantly composed of civilian Commissioners . President of the Supreme Military Council was Maj . - Gen . Yakubu Gowon , Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces . Members ( in 1970 ) . The Military Governors of the twelve states of the federation were " ex - offcio " members of the committee .
HNLMS De Ruyter ( F804 ) HNLMS " De Ruyter " ( F804 ) ( Dutch Zr . Ms . " De Ruyter " ) is the third De Zeven Provinciën class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy . It was laid down in 2000 , launched in 2002 , and commissioned in 2004 . The frigate is named after the famous Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter ( 1607 – 1676 ) . The frigate should not be mistaken with the former Hr . Ms . " De Ruyter " ( F806 ) , which was a Tromp class frigate build in the 1970s , nor the current BAP Almirante Grau , a Peruvian gun cruiser that was known as the De Ruyter while in Dutch service . Since December 2012 , Commander Harold Liebregs is HNLMS " De Ruyter ' s " commanding officer . Previously it was commanded by Commander Jeanette Morang . She was the first woman to command a Netherlands Navy frigate .
139th ( Northumberland ) Battalion , CEF The 139th ( Northumberland ) Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . Based in Cobourg , Ontario , the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in Northumberland County . After sailing to England in September 1916 , the battalion was absorbed into the 3rd and 36th Reserve Battalions on October 6 , 1916 . The 139th Battalion , CEF had one Officer Commanding : Lieut - Col . W . H . Floyd .
USS Minotaur ( ARL - 15 ) USS " Minotaur " ( ARL - 15 ) was one of 39 " Achelous " - class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named for the Minotaur ( the mythological monster of Crete , half man half bull , who was confined in the Labyrinth ) , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . Originally laid down as " LST - 645 " by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company of Seneca , Illinois 20 June 1944 ; redesignated " ARL - 15 " on 14 August 1944 ; launched 20 September 1944 ; placed in ferry commission 30 September for conversion at Mobile , Alabama ; and commissioned as USS " Minotaur " ( ARL 15 ) 26 February 1945 with Lieutenant Joseph H . Church in command . Service history . 1st commission . Completing shakedown in March 1945 at the Amphibious Training Base , Panama City , Florida , " Minotaur " returned to Mobile to load steelplate and marine engines before departing for the Pacific . Steaming via the Marshall and Caroline Island groups , she anchored Buckner Bay , Okinawa on 4 June 1945 . Having arrived during the final stage in the capture of this Japanese bastion , she remained at Okinawa through the end of the War and until 12 December 1945 , when she sailed her landing craft repair facilities to Iwo Jima . Making two voyages to Chichi Jima , Bonin Islands , she served in the area a month and a half before heading home . Transiting the Panama Canal 10 April 1946 , " Minotaur " entered the Mississippi River eight days later and moored in New Orleans . In June 1946 , " Minotaur " arrived at Orange , Texas and joined the 16th Fleet . She decommissioned 26 February 1947 . 2nd commission . During the Korean War , " Minotaur " recommissioned 14 June 1951 with Lieutenant Commander D . Garrett in command . Assigned to Mine Squadron 8 and home ported at Charleston , South Carolina , for the next four years she repaired minesweepers and net layers . She made working visits to Panama City and Yorktown , Virginia and maintained sea readiness during training periods in the Chesapeake Bay operating area . " Minotaur " departed coastal waters only once for a short Caribbean tour early in 1953 before being made available for foreign duty under the Military Assistance Program two years later . At New York 3 October 1955 " Minotaur " decommissioned and was loaned to the Republic of Korea , where she served the Republic of Korea Navy as ROKS " Duk Soo " ( ARL 1 ) . Her final fate is unknown . " Minotaur " received one battle star for World War II service .
Royal Hampshire Regiment The Royal Hampshire Regiment was a British Army line infantry regiment from 1881 to 1992 . Its lineage is continued today by the Princess of Wales ' s Royal Regiment . History . Formation and antecedents . The Hampshire Regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 under the Childers reforms from the merger of the 37th ( North Hampshire ) Regiment of Foot and the 67th ( South Hampshire ) Regiment of Foot along with the militia and rifle volunteers of the county of Hampshire . A regimental tradition was that on 1 August , known as Minden Day , each year battalion members would wear a rose in their head dress to commemorate the Battle of Minden . World War I . In World War I it took part in the Battle of Gallipoli when engaged in the fatal Landing at Cape Helles of the 88th Brigade , 29th ( UK ) Division . Irish War of Independence . The 2nd Battalion was sent to Ireland to fight the IRA . On 31 May 1921 seven soldiers , all with the band of the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment were on their way to the rifle range at Youghal County Cork when a road mine exploded under the truck they were travelling in . Three soldiers were killed outright while a further four died later from their wounds . World War II . In the Second World War , the Hampshire Regiment had six battalions that fought abroad , whilst more battalions stayed at home . The six battalions who fought abroad were the 1st , 2nd , 1 / 4th , 2 / 4th , 5th and 7th Battalions . The 1st Battalion of the regiment formed part of the 50th ( Northumbrian ) Infantry Division , and took part in the D - Day landings , landing at Gold Beach on 6 June 1944 . The 1st Battalion . The 1st Battalion was a Regular Army battalion that started the war in El Daba , Egypt , on Garrison duties . The 2nd Battalion . The 2nd Battalion was a Regular Army Battalion that started the war in Aldershot , in Hampshire , UK . The 128th Infantry Brigade . The 128th Infantry Brigade – The Hampshire Brigade . The 2 / 4th battalion . The 2 / 4th Battalion . The Home Based Battalions . Although the Hampshire Regiment sent 6 battalions overseas , many more stayed at home . Post war and amalgamation . In 1946 the regiment was awarded the title of Royal Hampshire Regiment in recognition of its service during the Second World War . The unit served in Northern Ireland ( Operation Banner ) and during the Gulf War prior to the amalgamation . In 1992 , as part of the Options for Change reorganisations , the regiment merged with the Queens Regiment to become The Princess of Wales ' s Royal Regiment . Battle honours . The Regiment was awarded the following battle honours : 1 . For services of 37th Foot . 2 . For services of 67th Foot .
11th ( Northern ) Division The British 11th ( Northern ) Division , was one of the Kitchener ' s Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener , it fought at Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War . The division ' s insignia was an ankh or ankhus . Formation . The division comprised the following infantry brigade s :
Battle of Saraqeb The Battle of Saraqeb started eleven days after the victory of the Syrian Army in the Battle of Idlib of March 2012 , where they took back the main city of Idlib province . Saraqib was considered an important strategic point because of its size , being the second largest city of the province , and its geographic position at the junction of two highways going to Aleppo : one going south towards Hama , Homs and Damascus , and one going west towards Latakia . It was also used as a base to launch attacks on military convoys . On 24 March , the Syrian Army shelled the city briefly while leading a ground assault at the same time . A column of tanks entered the city to attack the defenses of the rebels , while infantry backed by snipers led the second wave to pursue the remaining fighters . The Free Syrian Army fighters fought back the first day and damaged a tank . In the fighting 18 of them were killed . After the first day , the rebels were forced to withdraw from the city after the army took full control of it . An opposition group accused the army of burning most of the shops in the town and called for observers to come in the city . After the battle , security forces and Shabiha militia searched for suspected rebels . On 28 March , the army continued their offensive and took control of Khan Sibil , a village near Saraqeb . The Arab news channel Al Jazeera showed video footage of the destruction of the city during the battle which killed dozens of armed men and civilians . Aftermath . On 1 November 2012 rebels attacked three , and overran at least one , army checkpoints on the road to Saraqeb , killing 28 soldiers and 5 rebels . The rebels captured and killed 10 government soldiers , beat them up and then executed them with automatic weapons . On 2 November , Syrian Army completely withdrawn from Saraqib . After capturing Saraqib , FSA started to bomb Taftanaz Helicopter Air Base of Syrian Army .
Felix Wheeler Major Gerald Felix Wheeler was the Crown Equerry in the Royal Mews of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom . He held this post from 2002 ( replacing Lieutenant - Colonel Sir Seymour Gilbart - Denham ) , and retired in 2005 . The Crown Equerry is the operational head of the Royal Mews of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom . He is responsible for the provision of land transport . The Equerries , although sharing their title with the Crown Equerry , perform distinct tasks , and are personal assistants to the Sovereign and senior members of the Royal Family . Wheeler was commissioned into the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards from Sandhurst in 1981 . He served in Kosovo in 2001 and retired in 2002 .
Myles C . Fox Myles C . Fox ( 1918 – 1942 ) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions during the World War II Battle of Tulagi . Biography . Myles Crosby Fox was born in New York , New York , on October 13 , 1918 . He graduated from Williams College in 1939 . Fox enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on May 4 , 1939 . He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on November 29 , 1940 and promoted to first lieutenant on April 11 , 1942 . In the initial assault of the Guadalcanal campaign , Fox was with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion during the seizure of Tulagi on the night of August 7 , 1942 . He ignored mortal wounds to deploy his men skillfully in filling a key gap in the American lines , thus repulsing a Japan ese attack with heavy losses . Awards . First Lieutenant Fox was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his great valor . Namesakes . The destroyer escort USS " Myles C . Fox " ( DE - 546 ) was named for First Lieutenant Fox , but her construction was cancelled in 1944 . The destroyer USS " Myles C . Fox " ( DD - 829 ) then was named in his honor and was in commission from 1945 to 1979 .
USS E . A . Poe ( IX - 103 ) USS " E . A . Poe " ( IX - 103 ) , formerly " Edgar Allan Poe " , an unclassified miscellaneous vessel , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Edgar Allan Poe . She was chartered by the Navy in 1942 , then taken over after being damaged and losing use of her engines on 30 August 1943 . She was employed as a dry storage ship being towed among the islands of the southwest Pacific , issuing provisions to them as well as to ships and small craft in the area . She was placed in service on 23 February 1945 and out of service on 15 March 1946 when returned to her owner . She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 March 1946 .
Cestus A cestus is an ancient battle glove , sometimes used in pankration . They were worn as are today ' s boxing gloves , but were made with leather strips and sometimes filled with iron plates or fitted with blades or spikes , and used as weapon s . Terminology . The word " cestus " is Latin , an agent noun derived from verb " caedere " , meaning " to strike " , and as such can be reasonably translated as " striker " . Despite the final " - s " , " cestus " is a singular noun . The Latin plural is " caestūs " , but in English " cestuses " has been used . Early Greek caestus . The first caestūs in Ancient Greece were series of leather thongs tied over the hand for use in boxing - like competitions . The Greeks also invented a variation called the " sphairai " which were fitted with cutting blades . Roman caestus . Roman variants included the " myrmex " ( or " limb - piercer " ) and others featuring various iron plates , spikes , or studs . Caestūs were frequently used in Roman gladiator ial bouts , where otherwise unarmed combatants – mostly slaves – fought to the death . Caestūs boxing became increasingly bloody until hand - to - hand fighting was officially banned in 393 AD . Boxer of Quirinal . The most famous depiction of the caestus is the Hellenistic sculpture The Boxer of Quirinal . The sitting figure is wearing caestūs on his hands . It is part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of Rome .
Egbert B . Brown Egbert Benson Brown ( October 4 , 1816 – February 11 , 1902 ) was a Union general in the Trans - Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War . Early life and education . Egbert Brown was born in Brownsville , New York , and as a young man sailed on a whaler before settling in Toledo , Ohio , in the early 1840s . He was a respected grain dealer and built the first steam elevator in town . After successively working his way to Mayor of Toledo , he moved to St . Louis , Missouri , in 1852 and engaged in the railroad business . Civil War . In August 1861 , Brown was commissioned as the lieutenant colonel of the 7th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment . He resigned this position in May 1862 to become a brigadier general of the Missouri State Militia ( Union ) . He was appointed as a brigadier general of U . S . volunteers to rank from November 29 , 1862 . Brown ' s duties primarily involved suppressing Confederate guerrilla s and opposing raids from Arkansas and the Indian Territory . Among the high points of his career were two victories over Joseph Shelby , at the Second Battle of Springfield during Marmaduke ' s first raid , and at Marshall , Missouri , during Shelby ' s Great Raid of 1863 . Brown was severely wounded in the shoulder at Springfield and lost the use of an arm . He commanded the District of Central Missouri during 1863 and through 1864 . Although successful in many engagements , Brown was criticized by some for lack of vigor . This came to a head during Sterling Price ' s 1864 raid of Missouri . At the Battle of Westport , Union Maj . Gen . Alfred Pleasonton relieved Brown of command and arrested him for failing to promptly obey an order to attack . Brown then assumed command of the District of Rolla in January 1865 until the end of the war . Post - war . Brown was the United States pension agent in St . Louis from 1866 to 1868 . He resigned to operate a farm in Illinois . He died in the home of a granddaughter at West Plains , Missouri , on February 11 , 1902 , and was buried next to his wife in Cuba , Missouri .
62nd Indiana Infantry Regiment The 62nd Indiana Infantry Regiment was a infantry regiment from Rockport , Indiana that failed to complete its organization to serve in the Union Army during the American Civil War . The enlisted men were transferred to the 53rd Indiana Infantry Regiment on February 26 , 1862 . One member , Colonel William Jones was a neighbor of young Abraham Lincoln ; one of Lincoln ' s first jobs was working for Jones in Jones ' general store . Jones was killed during the Battle of Atlanta in 1864 .
USS Niagara ( SP - 136 ) The sixth USS " Niagara " ( SP - 136 ) , later PY - 9 , was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1931 and which served during World War I . Acquisition . " Niagara " was a steam yacht built in 1898 by Harlan and Hollingsworth , Wilmington , Delaware . The U . S . Navy purchased her on 10 August 1917 from Howard Gould of New York , New York , and converted her into an armed patrol yacht . She was commissioned in the Tebo ' s Yacht Basin , Brooklyn , New York , on 16 April 1918 , Commander E . B . Larimer in command . World War I Service . " Niagara " departed New York on 21 May 1918 as escort for a merchant convoy bound for Bermuda and the Azores . She arrived at Ponta Delgada , Azores , on 12 August 1918 and departed on 22 August 1918 to join the American Patrol Detachment at Grassy Bay , Bermuda . On 5 September 1918 she stood out of Grassy Bay to rescue and tow in the merchant sloop " Gauntlet " , which was adrift after her sails had been carried away in a storm . On 14 September 1918 " Niagara " sailed for Martinique in the West Indies to escort the French cable ship " Pouyer Quertier " , arriving at Fort - de - France on 19 September 1918 . The two ships operated in the West Indies , visiting Trinidad , Barbados , Martinique , and Puerto Rico , until " Niagara " stood out from Port of Spain , Trinidad , on 13 December 1918 for Charleston , South Carolina . Postwar Service . " Niagara " entered the New York Navy Yard on 13 May 1919 for repairs before training out of New London , Connecticut , and New York . She departed New York on 25 September 1919 for Key West , Florida , then cruised off the coast of Mexico and between ports in Texas , Louisiana , and Florida . Other missions took her off Honduras , Guatemala , and Cuba . Reclassified PY - 9 on 17 July 1920 , she continued patrols in the Caribbean Sea as a unit of the special service squadron until decommissioning at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 21 April 1922 . " Niagara " recommissioned on 24 June 1924 , Commander Paul P . Blackburn in command . She sailed on 3 November 1924 to survey in the Caribbean under the direction of the Navy Hydrographic Office . She operated most of the next eight years charting the Gulf of Venezuela and the coast of Central America . Her last survey cruise ended when she returned to Philadelphia on 17 October 1930 . " Niagara " decommissioned on 3 March 1931 and her name was struck from the Navy List on 10 December 1931 . She was sold for scrapping on 13 September 1933 to the Northern Metal Company of Philadelphia .
HMS Sidlesham ( M2729 ) Their names were all chosen from villages ending in " - ham " . The minesweeper was named after Sidlesham in West Sussex . As of April 2007 she is moored in Chichester Harbour and in use as accommodation at a Youth Sailing Centre . Current use . HMS " Sidlesham " was one of 93 ships of the of inshore minesweepers . HMS " Sidlesham " was renamed TS " Gerald Daniel " , when it was permanently moored in Bosham Channel in Chichester Harbour , and used as a training centre for the Sussex Police . It was named after PC Gerald Daniel who was killed in service for the Sussex Police . In 1985 the youth organisation " Christian Youth Enterprises " bought the centre and have since run it as an activity centre for young people and adults . Photographs of the HMS " Sidlesham " and TS " Gerald Daniel " can be found on their website at http : / / www . cye . org . uk / galleryOld . htm In 2010 The ' Gerald Daniel ' , formerly HMS Sidlesham was purchased by a private individual and is now moored on the River Thames near Chelsea Harbour . A photograph of the Thames Jubilee Pageant with HMS Sidlesham in the background can be seen at https : / / picasaweb . google . com / 115447469682166819553 / GDOnTheThames ? authkey = Gv1sRgCOaE _ az7lJvcLw & feat = flashalbum # 5756752418733272946 < br >
Gail Peck Colonel ( Ret . ) Gaillard ( Gail ) R . Peck Jr . ( born October 31 , 1940 ) was a career officer in the United States Air Force . He is best known as creator of the Constant Peg training program that trained United States airmen against a collection of MiG fighter jets .
Benigno Ramos Benigno Ramos ( 1893 – 1946 ? ) was an advocate for the independence of the Philippines from the United States who collaborated with Japan . Educated in Bulacan , Ramos went to work there as a teacher . Later , whilst based in Manila , he entered the civil service and by 1928 had risen to a high position with the Senate Staff . He became a member of the Nacionalista Party and a close associate of Manuel L . Quezon but this came to an end in 1930 when he joined a wildcat strike by teachers in the capital , causing Quezon to demand his resignation . Ramos did so but became a figure of anti - Quezon agitation , setting up a Tagalog language newspaper " Sakdal " which gained a wide circulation in rural areas . Ramos reconstituted his followers as the Sakdalista movement . Gaining as many as 20 , 000 members the group launched an attempted uprising in May 1935 but this was quickly crushed and Ramos went into exile in Japan . Ramos returned to Manila on August 28 , 1938 on board the German passenger ship " Gneisenau " . He became leader of the Ganap Party which contested the 1941 elections ( although Ramos himself was imprisoned during the vote ) . During the Japanese occupation this group became part of the KALIBAPI governing coalition , whilst Ramos formed the Makapili , a militant youth movement that aimed to limit the power of José P . Laurel and to provide soldiers for Japan . The followers of Ramos and his ally Artemio Ricarte were eventually armed by the Japanese in December 1944 by which time the Americans had already landed . Accounts differ on what happened to Ramos after the fall of the Philippines ; some claim that he was killed in an airplane crash in Baguio along with the retreating Japanese . As well as his political activism , Ramos was also noted as a writer of poetry with a collection " Mga Agam - agam at Iba Pang Tula " due for publication .