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714th Bombardment Squadron The 714th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last was assigned to the 448th Bombardment Group , stationed at Long Beach Army Air Field , California . It was inactivated on 21 March 1951 . History . Activated in mid - 1943 as a B - 24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron , trained under Second Air Force . Deployed to England in the European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) during November 1943 , assigned to VIII Bomber Command as a strategic bombardment squadron . Participated in the air offensive over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe until German capitulation in May 1945 . Personnel demobilized in England and returned to the United States ; squadron reassigned to Second Air Force and re - equipped with B - 29 Superfortress es , being trained for deployment to Pacific Theater . Japanese capitulation canceled deployment and was assigned to Fort Worth AAF , Texas as Continental Air Forces , later Strategic Air Command squadron . Budget and personnel shortages led to inactivation in August 1946 . Activated in the postwar reserve as a B - 29 squadron . Trained for proficiency as part of Strategic Air Command reserve forces . ( On paper only the unit never received the expected B - 29 ' s so it never trained with SAC . ) As the 714th Bombardment Squadron ( L ) it was a part of the 448th Bomb Wing ( L ) and trained with the Douglas A - 26 Invader later re - designated as the B - 26 at Long Beach Training Center until most 448th Bomb Wing operational personnel were re - assigned to various squadrons in the 452nd Bomb Wing upon its activation August 10 , 1950 for the Korean War . Those personnel remaining were re - assigned later to various units and the squadron was inactivated as a paper unit .
Ian Gordon ( general ) Major General Ian Campbell Gordon AO ( born 1952 ) retired from the Australian Army in 2009 . He had a long and distinguished career culminating as Deputy Chief of Army ( Australia ) ( 2004 – 2006 ) and Head of Mission ( Chief of Staff ) of UNTSO ( 2006 – 2008 ) . Personal . General Gordon is married to Ula and they have three children Tom , Alison and Jenny . His hobbies include scuba diving , touch rugby , restoring cars , reading and bushwalking . Since retiring from the Australian Army Ian Gordon has owned and managed a small publishing business , Barrallier Books , which has a focus on deluxe books and fine writing .
USNS Tonti ( T - AOG - 76 ) USNS " Tonti " ( T - AOG - 76 ) was a in operation for the United States Navy from 1948 through 1960 . She was originally constructed as MS " Tavern " for the United States Maritime Commission at the end of World War II , and intended for delivery to the United Kingdom under the terms of Lend - Lease . Although her construction was suspended in August 1945 after the war ' s end , the ship , renamed " Tonti " after an early explorer of North America , was completed in December 1945 . From June 1948 to July 1960 , the tanker was operated by a private company on behalf of the U . S . Navy . After being laid up in 1960 , the ship was transferred to Colombia in January 1965 . As ARC " Mamonal " ( BT - 62 ) , she served the Colombian Navy until 1975 , when she was scrapped . Career . " Tonti " ( AOG - 76 ) — originally slated for use by the British under the terms of the Lend - Lease Program — was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 2648 ) as " Tavern " on 16 May 1945 by the Todd - Houston Shipbuilding Corporation of Houston , Texas . She was sponsored by Mrs . E . Bornkman and launched on 23 August 1945 . Work on completing the ship was suspended on 26 August 1945 . Work was subsequently resumed , and the vessel was completed in December 1945 . Apparently named " Tonti " by the Maritime Commission at this time after explorer Henry de Tonti , the ship was leased on 24 June 1948 at Orange , Texas , to the Marine Transport Lines . Operating at first under the supervision of the Naval Transportation Service and , after September 1949 , under the auspices of the Military Sea Transportation Service , the gasoline tanker carried liquid cargoes for the U . S . Navy . She plied the waters of the Atlantic , the Caribbean , and the Gulf of Mexico , ranging as far north as the Labrador Sea . " Tonti " continued operations through the 1950s . In July 1960 , she was returned to the custody of the United States Maritime Administration ( a successor to the Martitime Commission ) and placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet . On 13 January 1965 , the ship was transferred to the Colombian Navy under the " grant aid " program and served as " Mamonal " ( BT - 62 ) until 1975 when she was scrapped . References .
402nd Field Artillery Brigade ( United States ) The 402nd Field Artillery Brigade is an AC / RC / NG unit based at Fort Bliss , Texas . The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve & Army National Guard units along the West coast . The unit was formerly designated as 3rd Brigade , 91st Infantry Division , and as the 402nd Brigade ( Training ) . The Brigade is a subordinate unit of the First United States Army ( First Army Division West ) . From 1985 to 1996 , the Brigade conducted artillery training at Fort Sill , Oklahoma . In 2006 , as part of the Army ' s Transformation of the United States Army , the 3 / 91st was redesignated as the 402nd Field Artillery Brigade . The 402nd Field Artillery Brigade was constituted 25 January 1943 in the United States Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 402nd Field Artillery Group and later activated on 15 March 1943 at Camp Butner , North Carolina . The unit participated in the following campaigns during World War II : Northern France , Rhineland , Ardennes - Alsace ( Battle of the Bulge ) and Central Europe . Inactivated 26 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer , New Jersey . Redesignated 16 March 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 402nd Brigade ( Training ) and activated at Lawton , Oklahoma , assigned to the 95th Training Division . It was organized with a command section , a training committee , and five subordinate battalions with 24 training batteries . The battalions were designed as unit of the 89th Field Artillery Regiment , with the 1st Battalion in Tulsa , Oklahoma ; the 2nd Battalion in Amarillo , Texas ; the 3rd Battalion in Denton , Texas , the 4th Battalion in the vicinity of Fort Worth , Texas ; and the 5th Battalion in Wichita Falls , Texas . On 25 January 1991 , the 402nd Brigade ( Training ) was mobilized in support of Operations Desert Shield / Storm . Detached from the 95th Training Division and attached to the U . S . Army Field Artillery Training Center , Fort Sill , Oklahoma . Inactivated 16 October 1996 at Lawton , Oklahoma . On 1 December 2006 the Headquarters & Headquarters Battery and Headquarters , 402nd Brigade ( Training ) withdrew from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters activated at Travis Air Force Base , California . Mission . The 402nd Field Artillery Brigade mission is to conduct post mobilization training for Army Reserve units and convoy / entry control point live fire training and detainee operations for U . S . Army Soldiers , Air Force Airmen , and Navy Sailors . The 402nd Field Artillery has trained in excess of 15 , 000 service members since being mobilized to Ft . Bliss , Texas , in 2004 . The Continental United States Replacement Center ( CRC ) is under the aegis of this brigade , now serving as the single deployment and redeployment point for all ranks and all services , for validating the training of all personnel who will be deploying on a non - unit basis .
Grigorovich I - Z The Grigorovich I - Z was a fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union during the 1930s . Advances in aircraft survivability thanks to all - metal construction and self - sealing and inert gas - filled fuel tanks led to experimentation with large - caliber weapons to shoot them down . In Soviet Union , L . V . Kurchevskiy developed a series of recoilless rifle s in various calibers and in 1930 was decided to adapt the 76 . 2 mm ( 3 in ) weapons for aircraft use . The result was a conventional strut - braced monoplane with fixed landing gear . A pair of APK rifles were mounted under the wings outside the propeller arc and the rear fuselage and tail assembly were of reinforced metal construction to withstand the blast . A single small - caliber synchronized machine gun in the left fuselage was added to aid the pilot in aiming . Two prototypes were built , the first flying in mid - 1931 . The second strengthened I - Zbis flew at the beginning of the following year . These were followed by 21 examples ordered as evaluation aircraft and 50 production machines . By the time this last batch was being delivered , however , it was already apparent that the concept of a " single - shot " fighter was flawed and the I - Zs that had been built were relegated to various testing roles . One such role was as a parasite fighter in the Zveno project .
USNS Powhatan ( T - ATF - 166 ) USNS " Powhatan " ( T - ATF - 166 ) was a United States Navy in service from 1979 to 1999 . " Powhatan " was laid down on 30 September 1976 by the Marinette Marine Corporation at Marinette , Wisconsin . Launched on 24 June 1978 , and delivered to the U . S . Navy on 15 June 1979 , " Powhatan " was assigned to the Military Sealift Command ( MSC ) , and placed in non - commissioned service as USNS " Powhatan " ( T - ATF - 166 ) in 1979 . " Powhatan " was taken out of service on 26 February 1999 and leased to Donjon Marine Company , Inc . , of Hillside , New Jersey , for commercial service , subject to recall by the Navy . Upon completion of the lease , " Powhatan " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 25 February 2008 and sold to Turkey on 26 February 2008 through the Security Assistance Program . Due to her poor condition upon termination of the lease , she underwent a refit which included complete rebuilding of all engines and generators at Charleston , South Carolina . During the refit , the ex - " Powhatan " was commissioned into the Turkish Navy as TCG " Inebolu " ( A - 590 ) .
Fort Bull Fort Bull was a fort located at the Oneida Carry in New York , United States during the French and Indian War . On October 29 , 1755 Governor William Shirley ordered Captain Mark Petrie to take the men under his command and to build a fort on the upper landing of Wood Creek to protect the Oneida Carry . The fort was capable of holding a garrison of sixty to seventy men . The fort was attacked and burned to the ground by the French on March 27 , 1756 . Battle of Fort Bull
Military Service Act ( Canada ) In Canadian history , the Military Service Act was a 1917 Act passed by the Canadian government in an effort to recruit more soldiers . The war was going badly , casualties were enormous , and Canada ' s contribution in manpower compared unfavourably with that of other countries . Voluntary enlistment had been uneven , and the military believed they could not maintain the Canadian Corps at full strength without conscription . Encouraged by English Canadians and the British , PM Sir Robert Borden introduced the Military Service Act . Riots broke out in Québec . The Act was unevenly administered , and there were numerous evasions and many exemptions . By the end of the war only 24 132 conscripts had reached the front . The Act ' s military value has been questioned , but its political consequences are clear . It led to Borden ' s Union government and drove most of his French Canadian supporters into opposition , as they were seriously alienated by this attempt to enforce their participation in an imperial war . On April 20 , 1918 , an order - in - council was passed that removed exemptions from the Military Service Act . This left farming operations across Canada short of much - needed labour .
District of California The District of California was a Union Army command department formed during the American Civil War . The district was part of the Department of the Pacific , the commander of the department also being District commander . The district was created as a separate command on July 1 , 1864 , after Irvin McDowell took command of the Department of the Pacific , relieving General Wright , who then remained as District of California commander . The District comprised the state of California and the areas of the Rogue River and Umpqua River in Southern Oregon . Its headquarters were in San Francisco , co - located with those of the Department of the Pacific . On March 14 , 1865 , the District of Oregon was extended to include the entire state of Oregon , removing the Rogue River and Umpqua River areas from the District . On July 27 , 1865 the Military Division of the Pacific was created under Major General Henry W . Halleck , replacing the Department of the Pacific . It consisted of the Department of the Columbia replacing the District of Oregon and the Department of California . George Wright , now a U . S . Army Brigadier General , was assigned to command the new Department of the Columbia . Events , skirmishes , and battles . 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 ( SLC - 40 ) , previously Launch Complex 40 ( LC - 40 ) is a launch pad at the north end of Cape Canaveral , Florida . It was used by the United States Air Force for Titan III and Titan IV launches between 1965 and 2005 . On April 25 , 2007 , the US Air Force leased the complex to SpaceX to launch the Falcon 9 rocket . Titan . The first launch from LC - 40 was the maiden flight of the Titan IIIC ( June 18 , 1965 ) , carrying two transtage upper stages to test the functionality of the vehicle . Two interplanetary missions were launched from the pad : The final Titan launch from SLC - 40 was the Lacrosse - 5 reconnaissance satellite ( Titan IV - B , April 30 , 2005 ) . The tower was disassembled during late 2007 and early 2008 . Demolition of the Mobile Service Structure ( MSS ) , by means of a controlled explosion , occurred on April 27 , 2008 , by Controlled Demolition , Inc . Falcon . During April 2008 , construction started on the ground facilities necessary to support the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket . Renovations include installation of new liquid oxygen and kerosene tanks and construction of a hangar for rocket and payload preparation . The first Falcon 9 rocket arrived at SLC - 40 in late 2008 , and was erected for the first time on January 10 , 2009 . It successfully reached orbit on its maiden launch on June 4 , 2010 , carrying the Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit . SLC - 40 is the launch facility of the SpaceX Dragon , a reusable automated cargo vehicle which will be used to provide two - way logistics to and from the International Space Station ; a role previously filled by the Space Shuttle until its retirement in 2011 . SpaceX successfully launched the first test flight for the Dragon from SLC - 40 on December 8 , 2010 . Its first attempt to dock with the International Space Station was successfully launched on May 22 , 2012 , following an abort after engine ignition three days earlier . Commercial crew upgrades . In October 2009 , NASA provided a pre - solicitation notice regarding an effort to be funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 . The commercial crew enabling work would include a " base task " of refurbishing and reactivating SLC - 40 power transfer switches , performing maintenance on the lower Aerospace Ground Equipment ( AGE ) substation and motor control centers , installing bollards around piping , replacing the door frame and threshold for the Falcon Support Building mechanical room and repairing fencing around the complex perimeter . Several optional tasks would include work installing conductive flooring in the Hangar Hypergol area , performing corrosion control inspection and maintenance of the lightning protection tower ' s structural steel , upgrading and refurbishing other facility equipment and performing corrosion control on rail cars and pad lighting poles , painting several buildings , repairing and improving roads , and hydro - seeding the complex .
USS Simplicity ( SP - 96 ) USS " Simplicity " ( SP - 96 ) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918 . " Simplicity " was built as a civilian motorboat in 1906 by Smith and Mabely at Astoria , New York . On 12 May 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her from her owner , A . S . Korter of New York City , for World War I service as a patrol boat . She was commissioned on 7 June 1917 as USS " Simplicity " ( SP - 96 ) with Boatswain M . J . Brophy , USNRF , in command . " Simplicity " was assigned to the Section Net Patrol at New York City , where she carried out harbor patrols during World War I On 19 October 1918 , the barge " No . 78 " struck and crushed " Simplicity " while she was alongside a United States Army pier at Fort Wadsworth , New York . Her hulk was beached and stripped by the Navy , and she was stricken from the Navy List as of 19 October 1918 .
Underwater Demolition Command The Underwater Demolition Command ( ) , abbreviated as DYK ( ) , until 2002 known as the Underwater Demolition Unit ( ) , abbreviated as MYK ( ) , is the Greek Navy ' s elite special warfare unit . History . Carrying on the tradition of the Hellenic Navy in naval special operations , the unit was established in 1957 with help from the United States Navy ' s Underwater Demolition Team , when two Greek officers were sent to Little Creek in Virginia to study UDT operations . On their return , they trained a dozen men who formed the nucleus of the MYK cadre . The OYK has been deployed on numerous occasions . It was deployed during the first Gulf War in 1991 , providing assistance for the naval embargo against Saddam Hussein , boarding 217 suspect vessels . In 1996 , the OYK was involved in the Imia crisis when Turkish commandos infiltrated the island . Small DYK teams infiltrated surrounding islands to observe activities , pending a political solution to the crisis and withdrawal of Turkish forces . In 1997 , during the violent unrest that erupted in neighbouring Albania , the OYK were responsible for taking control of the international airport of Tirana and carrying out recovery operations of Greek and other foreign diplomats . Structure . The DYK is organised into subsections called " Underwater Demolition Teams " ( ) , commonly known in their abbreviated form as OYK ( , ) , that specialise in a particular area . Each subsection consists of 25 men split into five teams of five . OYK 1 / 2 : This is the main offensive section of the OYK that specialises in sabotage , raids and maritime counter - terrorism . OYK 3 : This section specialises in reconnaissance . Establishing and reconnoitering beach landing sites prior to a main amphibious assault . OYK 4 : The section specialises in underwater demolition / EOD of obstacles that may prevent an amphibious landing . OYK 5 : This section is a reserve section that is only activated in times of war or serious emergency . It is made up of reservists from the MYK and instructors from the main body . The selection and training course lasts roughly seven months and is divided into three phases similar to that of the US Navy SEALs BUD / S course . The course has an extremely high failure rate similar to that of its US counterparts . The candidates will go on to airborne school and then continue to learn advanced naval special warfare techniques .
Gränsö Slott Gränsö Slott ( Gränsö Castle ) is a castle located near Västervik , Sweden . The site dates back to the medieval ages . The original castle consisted of a main hall made in wood , which was built in 1807 by Olof Johan Risselskiöld . The castle was extended many times during the 19th century . In 1992 , the castle was subject to an extensive renovation . In 1993 , when the renovation was nearly finished , a devastating fire destroyed the whole building . The castle was rebuilt again in 1994 , in only four months . Today , the castle is a part of a privately owned resort . Many different activities ( including festivals and concerts ) are held within the castle gardens .
Cardenas Medal The Cardenas Medal was an award approved by an act of Congress on May 3 , 1900 ( 31 Stat . 716 , 56th Congress ) . The award recognizes the crew of the , who showed gallantry in action at the Battle of Cárdenas during the Spanish - American War . The statute awarding the medal is listed as follows : Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That in recognition of the gallantry of First Lieutenant Frank H . Newcomb , of the Revenue - Cutter Service , commanding the revenue cutter Hudson , his officers and the men of his command , for their intrepid and heroic gallantry in the action at Cardenas , Cuba , on the eleventh day of May , eighteen hundred and ninety - eight , when the Hudson rescued the United States naval torpedo boat Winslow in the face of a most galling fire from the enemy ' s guns , the Winslow being disabled , her captain wounded , her only other officer and half her crew killed . The commander of the Hudson kept his vessel in the very center of the hottest fire of the action , although in constant danger of going ashore on account of the shallow water , until finally he got a line made fast to the Winslow and towed that vessel out of range of the enemy ' s guns . In commemoration of this signal act of heroism it is hereby enacted that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to cause to be and to present to First Lieutenant Frank H . Newcomb , Revenue - Cutter Service , a gold medal , and to each of his officers a silver medal , and to each member of his crew a bronze medal . Appearance . The medal was struck in gold for Newcomb , silver for the officers and bronze for the men of " Hudson " . The medal was designed by Charles E . Barber . The obverse of the medal depicts Victory wearing a winged cap . In her right hand she holds a sword and in her left an olive branch . In the background is the scene of " Hudson " tying up to the " Winslow " . At the bottom is the inscription " CARDENAS MAY 11 , 1898 " . The reverse of the medal bears the inscription in eleven lines : " JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS APPROVED MAY 3 , 1900 . IN RECOGNITION OF THE GALLANTRY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE HUDSON WHO IN THE FACE OF GALLING FIRE TOWED THE WINSLOW OUT OF RANGE OF THE ENEMY ' S GUNS . " To the right of the inscription is a nude female figure holding a chisel and hammer , to the left is a palm leaf and laurel branch . At the bottom is a tablet flanked by laurels where recipients ' names are engraved . The medal was originally struck as a non - wearable table top medal . It was later converted to a wearable medal . The Cardenas Medal of Honor appears in regulations on order of wear as late as 1930 .
Tinsel ( codename ) The codename Tinsel referred to a type of equipment carried by RAF bombers and used for jamming Luftwaffe night - fighter controllers ' speech radio - frequencies during the Second World War . The equipment consisted of an audio microphone mounted inside one of the bomber ' s engine nacelles , the output of which fed into the aircraft ' s standard radio transmitter . The wireless operator could listen in to the frequencies used by the defending forces and then , when he heard a German transmission , tune his transmitter into the Luftwaffe frequency and transmit the amplified engine - noise on the same frequency , thus jamming the enemy transmission . Although not very effective as a jammer - the noise produced merely acted as background noise to the transmitted speech - Tinsel did have the effect of making the night - fighter crews ' job of distinguishing the instructions received from the ground more difficult . See also . List of World War II electronic warfare equipment