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437 Transport Squadron 437 Transport Squadron is a unit of the Canadian Forces under the Royal Canadian Air Force , based at CFB Trenton in Ontario . The unit operates the CC - 150 Polaris , and is responsible for long range military and VIP transportation ( especially for the Royal Family visiting Canada ) . History . 437 Squadron was formed at RAF Blakehill Farm in Wiltshire , England in 1944 as a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force , and provided general transport until it was disbanded in 1946 . During this time the squadron flew Douglas Dakota ( Mk . III and IV ) aircraft . The squadron was reformed at CFB Trenton in 1961 and equipped with CC - 106 Yukon . It was re - equipped with the CC - 137 Husky ( Boeing 707 ) in 1972 . While operating the Husky it provided Air to Air Refueling in addition to transport services . Operations . 437 Transport Squadron frequently supports government dignitaries while on official visits , including the Prime Minister of Canada and Queen Elizabeth II during Royal tours of Canada . In June and July 2011 the squadron provided transportation for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they toured Canada and the United States . The squadron currently operates the CC - 150 Polaris , a modified version of the Airbus A310 . Three are configured for personnel and material transport , while two were reconfigured into the aerial refueling role . Two CC - 150 air - to - air refueling tankers were deployed to support Operation MOBILE during the 2011 military intervention in Libya . Canadian CF - 188 fighter jets that enforce the no - fly zone over Libya under Operation Odyssey Dawn and Operation Unified Protector were refueled by 437 Sqn .
Careston Castle Careston Castle , also known as " Caraldston Castle " , is an L - plan tower house dating from the 16th century , in Careston parish , Angus , Scotland . History . The names is said to derive from Keraldus , dempster to the Earls of Angus at the start of the 13th century . Nothing remains of an earlier castle . The castle was built about 1582 by Sir Henry Lindsay , who became Earl of Crawford in 1620 . It was later owned successively by Sir John Stewart of Grantully , by the Skenes , by a farmer , and by John Adamson , a whaling ship owner from Dundee . Structure . The L - plan tower originally had three vaulted rooms , linked by a corridor in the first floor , although one room now has had its vault removed . There is a large scale - and - platt stair to the first floor , a turnpike stair in the south west jamb , and a private stair on the north . Careston Castle is notable for its chimney - pieces . The one in the Hall has an enriched cornice , and an overmantel with the Royal Arms of Scotland . There are fine chimney - pieces also in the dining - room , and the central and east bedrooms on the second floor . Two wings of the building have been demolished . It is a category A listed building .
George Barrow ( Indian Army officer ) General Sir George de Symons Barrow GCB KCMG ( 25 October 1864 - 28 December 1959 ) was a British Indian Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Yeomanry Mounted Division and the 4th Cavalry Division . Military career . Barrow was commissioned into the Connaught Rangers in 1884 . Having transferred to the 35th Scinde Horse , British Indian Army in 1886 , he served in Waziristan on the North West Frontier of India in 1895 and became aide - de - camp to the Commander - in - Chief , East Indies in 1899 . He then served in China during the Boxer Rebellion . He was appointed Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General in India in 1903 , Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at the Staff College , Camberley in 1908 and then became a staff officer at the Staff College , Quetta in 1911 . He served in World War I as a staff officer on British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and as General Officer Commanding Yeomanry Mounted Division and the 4th Cavalry Division in 1917 and in 1918 being present at the fall of Jerusalem in Palestine in 1917 . He served in the Third Anglo - Afghan War in 1919 and became General Officer Commanding the Peshawar District of India in 1919 , Adjutant - General , India in 1923 and General Officer Commanding Eastern Command , India later that year before retiring in 1929 . He served in the Home Guard during World War II . Family . In 1902 he married Sybilla Way .
Ernest Childers Ernest L . Childers ( February 1 , 1918 – March 17 , 2005 ) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his valorous actions in World War II . Biography . Childers was born in Broken Arrow , Oklahoma , on February 1 , 1918 . A Creek Indian , he graduated from the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in north - central Oklahoma . Coincidentally , Jack C . Montgomery , who also earned the Medal of Honor in World War II , graduated from the same school . In 1937 , Childers joined the Oklahoma Army National Guard and was assigned to the 180th Infantry Regiment , 45th Infantry Division . After the U . S . entry into World War II , he was sent to Europe and by September 22 , 1943 , he was a second lieutenant serving with 45th Infantry Division , 180th Infantry Regiment , in Italy . On that day , at Oliveto , he single - handedly killed two enemy sniper s , attacked two machine gun nests , and captured an artillery observer . For these actions , he was awarded the Medal of Honor seven months later , on April 8 , 1944 . He was the first Native American to earn the medal since the Indian Wars of the 19th century . Childers reached the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring from the Army . He died at age 87 and was buried at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens in his birthplace of Broken Arrow , Oklahoma . Before his death , a middle school was named in his honor , Ernest Childers Middle School which is a Broken Arrow Public School and services grades 6th through 8th grade . The Veteran ' s Administration Medical Center Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa , Oklahoma is named in his honor , the Ernest Childer ' s Out Patient Clinic Medal of Honor citation . Childers ' official Medal of Honor citation reads : For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action on 22 September 1943 , at Oliveto , Italy . Although 2d Lt . Childers previously had just suffered a fractured instep he , with 8 enlisted men , advanced up a hill toward enemy machinegun nests . The group advanced to a rock wall overlooking a cornfield and 2d Lt . Childers ordered a base of fire laid across the field so that he could advance . When he was fired upon by 2 enemy snipers from a nearby house he killed both of them . He moved behind the machinegun nests and killed all occupants of the nearer one . He continued toward the second one and threw rocks into it . When the 2 occupants of the nest raised up , he shot 1 . The other was killed by 1 of the 8 enlisted men . 2d Lt . Childers continued his advance toward a house farther up the hill and , single - handed , captured an enemy mortar observer . The exceptional leadership , initiative , calmness under fire and conspicuous gallantry displayed by 2d Lt . Childers were an inspiration to his men .
Farooq Feroze Khan Farooq Feroze Khan , NI ( M ) , SBt , ( born 17 August 1939 ) , is a retired four - star Air Chief Marshal in the Pakistan Air Force who was the 13th Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force ( PAF ) from 1991 to 1994 . Khan was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1994 to 1997 . He is the only Air Force four - star general and air officer to accomplish this task . Air Force career . Farooq Feroze Khan joined the PAF after completing his Senior Cambridge from PAF Public School Sargodha where he belonged to 1st entry ( 69 – Fury House ) . He was selected for training at the USAF Academy and on return , was commissioned in the PAF in 4 January 1959 in the 27th GD ( P ) Course . He has flown all the aircraft in the PAF inventory and even the Hunters , which he flew while on attachment to Royal Air Force . Command and staff appointments . A graduate of Flight Leaders School , Khan commanded No . 9 Squadron , No . 33 Wing , and two fighter bases ; PAF Base Sargodha and Masroor . He also has the distinction of commanding a Fighter Wing in the United Arab Emirates Air Force for three years . Some of his staff appointments included Personal Staff Officer to the Chief of Air Staff , Assistant Commandant of PAF Air War College , Senior Air Staff Officer at the Southern Air Command , ACAS ( Plans ) , DCAS ( Operations ) and Vice Chief of Air Staff . He was seconded to the Pakistan International Airlines as Chairman / MD before assuming command of the PAF in 1991 . Chief of Air Staff . Khan assumed the command of PAF at a difficult time . The Pressler Amendment had just been enforced and all the plans made for the restructuring of the Force had to be changed . He undertook the review and oversaw the induction of Australian Mirages , their upgrade , and the induction of F - 7s . He also launched the search for a hi - tech weapon system in lieu of the F - 16s that had been denied . he ensured the smooth amalgamation of the engineering branches , reorganized the Personnel Branch , and injected new life into the Inspectorate system by creating the post of Inspector General with wide ranging powers . He was decorated with Nishan - e - Imtiaz ( Military ) , Hilal - e - Imtiaz ( Military ) , Sitara - e - Imtiaz ( Military ) and Sitara - e - Basalat . He was CAS for three years and eight months before becoming CJCSC for three years from 1994 to 1997 . Personal life . Zafar Khan , an olympian field hockey silver and gold medalist is the cousin of Farooq Feroze Khan . They are a descendant of the Burki Pathans of Jalandar and belongs to the Danishmand branch ( khel ) . He is married to Farzana Khan and has three children . He resides in Islamabad .
USS D - 1 ( SS - 17 ) USS " D - 1 " ( SS - 17 ) was the lead ship of the " D " - class submarine s of the United States Navy . Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy , Massachusetts , under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton , Connecticut , as Narwhal , making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal , a gray and white arctic whale which averages 20 feet in length , the male of which has a long , twisted ivory tusk of commercial value . " Narwhal " was launched on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Mrs . G . C . Davison , and commissioned on 23 November 1909 with Lieutenant J . C . Townsend in command . Service history . " Narwhal " joined the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet , based at Newport , Rhode Island . These pioneer submarines operated very actively in diving grounds in Cape Cod and Narragansett Bay , Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound , and Chesapeake Bay , and off Norfolk , Virginia ; on target ranges proving torpedo es ; experimental operations ; and cruises along the East Coast . " Narwhal " was renamed " D - 1 " on 17 November 1911 . From 20 January - 11 April 1913 , the submarine flotilla cruised to the Caribbean Sea , and from 5 January - 21 April 1914 visited Gulf of Mexico and Florida ports . During World War I , " D - 1 " trained crews and classes of officers and served in experiments in the Third Naval District . After overhaul , " D - 1 " was placed in reserve commission on 9 September 1919 , continuing her work of training new submariners along with experimental and development work . On 15 July 1921 , she was placed in commission , in ordinary . She was towed to Philadelphia Navy Yard arriving on 30 January 1922 . Decommissioned on 8 February , her hulk was sold on 5 June . Whale Encounter . The " New York World " quoted Lt . Chester Nimitz , in command of " Narwhal " in August 1911 , with regards to an encounter with whales that the submarine had . This encounter is not referenced anywhere else and may be journalistic hyperbole .
Sathiraphan Keyanon Admiral Sathiraphan Keyanon ( Thai : สถิรพันธุ์ เกยานนท์ ) is a Thai naval officer , Commander of the Royal Thai Navy , and a deputy in the military junta that overthrew the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a 2006 military coup . Sathiraphan graduated from the Royal Thai Naval Academy before receiving a commission as a Captain of the Thai Coast Guard and held many key positions in the Navy . Prior to becoming Commander of the Navy , he was the Navy ' s Chief of Staff . Sathiraphan was reportedly reluctant to support the coup and did not deploy any sailers in the overthrow .
Marine Corps Combat Development Command Marine Corps Combat Development Command , located at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Prince William County , Virginia , has the mission of developing Marine Corps warfighting abilities to enable the Corps to field combat - ready forces . Its responsibilities include doctrine , organization , training and education , requirements development , and leadership .
Crystal Palace Barracks The Crystal Palace Barracks in London , Ontario was the site of the Provincial Exhibition in 1861 . The site was chosen at the north end of the military garrison grounds at Wellington Street and Central Avenue . In 1867 , the military built an octagonal " Crystal Palace " , an eight sided white brick building containing eight doors , one on each side . Forty - eight window s sided the second floor of the building . In 1887 , the Western Fair moved to its present location at Queen ' s Park . George Durand , in a competition , won the design for the new Main Exhibition Building , also known as the Crystal Palace . It borrowed many design features of Joseph Paxton ' s Crystal Palace in London , England . It featured thirteen high circular arch es and massive windows . At the same time , the Fair Board authorized the construction of one half mile of race track . The Crystal Palace was painted in two shades of terra cotta and trimmed in green , brown , and red . The Fair Board felt the building symbolized industry and progress . The Western Fair Crystal Palace burned to the ground in January 1927 . It was replaced with a red brick Confederation Building . 2000 ISBN 0 - 9687675 - 0 - 8
Japanese destroyer Tanikaze Tanikaze was a of the Imperial Japanese Navy . In June 1942 the ship participated in the battle of Midway where she was damaged by air attacks . Later that year she was busy with transport missions to Guadalcanal and in first months of 1943 she helped in the evacuation of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal . On 9 June 1944 , " Tanikaze " was torpedo ed and sunk by in Sibutu Passage near Tawitawi , 90 miles ( 170 km ) southwest of Basilan ( ) . 114 crew members were killed , while 126 survivors , including her commander Lieutenant Commander Ikeda , were rescued by , which five months later would be sunk by with all hands , including several survivors from " Tanikaze " .
Battle of Tamames The Battle of Tamames was a sharp reversal suffered by part of Marshal Michel Ney ' s French army under Major - General Jean Marchand in the Peninsular War . The French , advancing out of Salamanca , were met and defeated in battle by a Spanish army on October 18 , 1809 . Course of battle . The Spanish drew their forces in a defensive line on a low ridge above the village of Tamames . Despite being on excellent defensive ground , the battle opened badly for the Spaniards under General del Parque , who resorted to severe measures to restore discipline . The Spanish cavalry was routed early on , but scathing fire from del Parque ' s own infantry quickly brought their retreat to grief and directed them back into the fight . Spanish artillery positions similarly fell to the French but were retaken at bayonet point by del Parque ' s gallant infantry . The French attacked in masses columns but never in enough strength to dislodge the Spanish . Whilst the French had excellent cavalry ( a strange occurrence for the Peninsular Wars ) the difficult ground meant that they could not be deployed effectively . Immediate French losses amounted to about 1 , 200 killed or wounded on the battlefield . A vigorous pursuit by the Spanish cavalry increased these losses twofold ; the Spaniards captured the French colours and a 12 - pounder . Participants of the battle were later issued a badge reading " Venció en Tamames " , " [ We ] conquered at Tamames . " Forces . The VI Corps under Marchand consisted of his own 1st Division ( 3 battalions each of 6th Light , 39th , 69th and 76th Line ) , Maj - Gen Maurice Mathieu ' s 2nd Division ( 3 bns . each of 25th Light , 27th and 59th Line , and 1 bn . 50th Line ) , Brig - Gen Jean Lorcet ' s corps cavalry brigade ( 3rd Hussars , 15th Chasseurs , 15th and 25th Dragoons ) . There were about 9 , 000 infantry , 2 , 000 cavalry and 30 cannon . Del Parque ' s army included Maj - Gen Martin de la Carrera ' s Vanguard , Maj - Gen Francisco Xavier Losada ' s 1st Division , Maj - Gen Conde de Belvedere ' s 2nd Division , Maj - Gen Francisco Ballasteros ' s 3rd Division , Maj - Gen Marques de Castrofuerte ' s 5th Division and the Prince of Anglona ' s Cavalry Division . Altogether there were about 20 , 000 infantry , 1 , 400 cavalry and 30 artillery pieces . The French lost 1 , 300 killed , wounded and captured , plus one cannon . There were 23 officers killed and 55 wounded , including Lorcet . Del Parque ' s army suffered 713 killed and wounded . Strategic picture . Del Parque begged the Duke of Wellington to join him in an attempt to overrun Leon and Old Castile . However , the British general refused . Wellington had found the Spanish completely uncooperative during the campaign which culminated in the Battle of Talavera and his subsequent retreat to Portugal . A chastened Marchand would avenge his defeat at the Battle of Alba de Tormes in November .
Command Hospital Command Hospitals are major military hospital s in India . There is not more than one in each Command . The Indian Defence Services have six Command Hospitals . They are : INHS Ashwini , based in Colaba , Mumbai , is also at par with a Command Hospital .
Project West Ford Project West Ford ( also known as Westford Needles and Project Needles ) was a test carried out by Massachusetts Institute of Technology ' s Lincoln Laboratory on behalf of the United States Military in 1961 and 1963 to create an artificial ionosphere above the Earth . This was done to solve a major weakness that had been identified in US military communications . At the height of the Cold War , all international communications were either sent through undersea cables or bounced off the natural ionosphere . The United States Military was concerned that the Soviets might cut those cables , forcing the unpredictable ionosphere to be the only means of communication with overseas forces . So , a ring of 480 , 000 , 000 copper dipole antenna s ( 1 . 78 cm long needles , 25 . 4μm [ 1961 ] / 17 . 8μm [ 1963 ] in diameter ) was placed in orbit to facilitate global radio communication . The length was chosen because it was half the wavelength of the 8 GHz signal used in the study . The dipoles collectively provided passive support to Project Westford ' s parabolic dish ( located in the town of Westford ) to communicate with distant sites . After a failed first attempt launched on October 21 , 1961 ( the needles failed to disperse ) , the project was eventually successful with the May 9 , 1963 launch , with radio transmissions carried by the man - made ring . However , the technology was ultimately shelved , partially due to the development of the modern communications satellite and partially due to protests from other scientists . The needles were placed in medium Earth orbit between high at 96 and 87 degree inclinations and contributed to Earth ' s orbital debris . British radio astronomers , together with optical astronomers and the Royal Astronomical Society , protested this action . The Soviet newspaper " Pravda " also joined the protests under the headline " U . S . A . Dirties Space " . The issue was raised in the United Nations where then US Ambassador to the UN Adlai Stevenson defended the project . Stevenson studied the published journal articles on Project West Ford . Using what he learned on the subject and citing the articles he had read , he successfully allayed the fears exhibited by the vast majority of UN ambassadors from other countries . He and the articles explained that sunlight pressure would cause the dipoles to only remain in orbit for a short period of approximately three years . The international protest ultimately resulted in a consultation provision included in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty . Status . , several clumps of the needles are still in orbit , and occasionally re - enter .
Jean Brillant Jean Baptiste Arthur Brillant ( 15 March 1890 – 10 August 1918 ) was a Canadian 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 . Background . Brillant was born on 15 March 1890 in Assemetquagan , Routhierville , Quebec , the son of Joseph Brillant , a railway maintenance worker , and Rose - de - Lima Raiche . Brillant studied at the College of Saint Joseph in Memramcook , New Brunswick , and then at the Séminaire de Rimouski in 1904 – 5 . He later worked as a telegraph operator for a railway . World War I . Brillant volunteered for service with the 89th ( Temiscouata and Rimouski ) Regiment ( from 1920 the Fusiliers du Saint - Laurent ) and held the rank of lieutenant . In 1916 , eager to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force , he declared 13 years ' service with this unit . On 20 March 1916 Brillant left his job as a telegrapher . After about six months ’ training in Valcartier , he embarked for England with the 189th on 27 September 1916 ; on disembarking at Liverpool on 6 October , he was assigned to the 69th Infantry Battalion . He left for France on 27 October and joined the 22e Battalion ( Canadien Francais ) at Bully - Grenay . During the night of 27 / 28 May 1918 , in the vicinity of Boiry - Becquerelle , Brillant was called to lead a group of volunteers to help silence an outpost defended by about 50 men . Troops charged the enemy position , cut through the barbed wire protecting it , and took it . He was injured in the attack , yet captured enemy soldiers who had " valuable information " . Remaining in action that day despite his wounds , Brillant would be awarded the Military Cross on 16 September 1918 . He was awarded the VC for his actions on 8 / 9 August east of Meharicourt , France the first and second days of the Battle of Amiens . He died the next day on 10 August 1918 . Grave . Brillant is buried at Villers - Bretonneux Military Cemetery , Fouilloy , France located 15 km ( 9 miles ) east of Amiens . ( Plot VIa , Row B , Grave 20 ) . His medals are held at the Royal 22 Regiment Museum in Quebec City . A monument to Jean Brillant was erected in 1970 in Montreal , located in the park which also bears his name .
Gerardo Clemente Vega Gerardo Clemente R . Vega García ( born March 28 , 1940 in Puebla , Puebla ) is a Mexican General who served from 2000 to 2006 as Minister of Defense . Biography . Vega García studied at the Heróico Colegio Militar . , he received a bachelor ' s degree in administration from the " Escuela Superior de Guerra " and a Master ' s Degree in security and national defense from the " Colegio de la Defensa Nacional " . He has been professor of the " Heróico Colegio Militar " and of the " Escuela Superior de Guerra " and have served as Director of the " Colegio de la Defensa Nacional " and Rector of the " Universidad del Ejército y la Fuerza Aérea . Career and education . He has occupied different positions in the Mexican army . As Captain he served in the " 13 / o Batallón de Infantería " in Veracruz and in the " 15 / o Regimiento de Caballería " in Guanajuato . As Major he served in Mérida , Villahermosa , Chihuahua and Quintana Roo . He has also served as the Mexican military attaché in the former Soviet Union , Poland and West Germany . In 2000 President Vicente Fox designated him Minister of Defense .