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George Mundy Admiral Sir George Mundy , KCB ( 1777 – 9 February 1861 ) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century , serving principally in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars . Born in Shipley Hall , Derbyshire , the son of politician Edward Miller Mundy , George Mundy joined the Navy at a young age and served in several of the principal actions of the French Revolutionary Wars . He subsequently held a succession of frigate commands during the Napoleonic Wars and was active in the blockade of the French coast and in assisting Spanish irregular forces during the Peninsular War . After the war Mundy remained in service and in 1830 was captain of the royal yacht " Royal George " . He was knighted in 1837 and continued to rise through the ranks , eventually becoming a full admiral in 1849 . Life . George Mundy was born at Shipley Hall , Derbyshire in 1777 , one of the five sons of the prominent MP for Derbyshire , Edward Miller Mundy . In July 1789 he entered the Royal Naval Academy and in 1792 graduated to become a midshipman in the frigate HMS " Blanche " . Over the next year he moved to HMS " Pegasus " and then the ship of the line HMS " Victory " and the frigate HMS " Juno " . In " Juno " he was embroiled in the Siege of Toulon at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars , when his ship sailed into Toulon harbour after it had been evacuated by the allies and came under heavy fire from French Republican gun batteries and escaped with significant damage . Continuing to operate in the Mediterranean , " Juno " was employed in the invasion of Corsica and Mundy was detached for service ashore , participating in the sieges of Calvi , San Fiorenzo and Bastia . During the rest of the Revolutionary Wars , Mundy remained with the Mediterranean Fleet , seeing action at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797 and the Battle of the Nile in 1798 . For his service at the latter , Mundy was promoted to commander and took over the 14 - gun brig HMS " Transfer " , serving off the Spanish port of Cadiz . After the Peace of Amiens Mundy remained in service , becoming a post captain aboard the small frigate HMS " Carysfort " and later moving to HMS " Hydra " on the Cadiz station , where he captured the French brig " Furet " in February 1806 . After the outbreak of the Peninsular War in 1808 , Mundy was actively engaged in supporting Spanish irregular forces with supplies and direct military assistance on the coast of Catalonia . At the end of the war , Mundy was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath and remained in service , becoming the captain of the royal yacht " Royal George " in 1830 , becoming a rear - admiral in the same year . Between 1820 and 1830 he sat in Parliament for the constituency of Boroughbridge . He continued to rise through the ranks , becoming a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1837 , a vice - admiral in 1841 and a full admiral in 1849 . He died , aged 83 , in 1861 at his home in Grosvenor Street , London .
Peter Cairns Vice - Admiral Peter William Cairns CMM ( born 4 October 1938 ) is a retired officer of the Canadian Forces . He was Commander Maritime Command from 1992 to 1994 . Career . Cairns joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1956 and was appointed a midshipman in 1959 . He became Commanding Officer of the submarine HMCS " Onondaga " in 1972 , Commander of the First Canadian Submarine Squadron in 1974 and Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMCS " Fraser " in 1976 . He went on to be Commanding Officer of the destoyer HMCS " Margaree " in 1977 , Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMCS " Assiniboine " in 1978 and Deputy Commandant of the Canadian Forces Fleet School at Halifax in 1978 . After that he became Chief Project Technical Officer at Canadian Forces Maritime Command in 1979 , Commandant of the Canadian Forces Maritime Warfare School later that year and Commander Fifth Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1981 . Next he became Chief of Personnel Careers ( Officers and Senior Appointments ) at the National Defence Headquarters in 1983 , Director - General Personnel Careers ( Officers ) in 1985 and Deputy Chief of Staff ( Operations ) to the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1987 . His last appointments were as Commander Maritime Forces Pacific in 1989 and as Commander Maritime Command in 1992 before he retired in 1994 . In retirement Cairns became Director of Business Development at the Aviation Services Division of Spar Aerospace .
USS Henry R . Kenyon ( DE - 683 ) USS " Henry R . Kenyon " ( DE - 683 ) was a " Buckley " - class destroyer escort of the United States Navy in World War II . The ship was named in honor of Ensign Henry R . Kenyon , Jr . ( 1916 – 1942 ) , a naval aviator in squadron VT - 8 , who was killed in action in the Battle of Midway . " Henry R . Kenyon " was launched by Bethlehem Steel Co . ' s Fore River Shipyard , Quincy , Massachusetts , on 30 October 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Verna Markham Kenyon , widow ; and commissioned on 30 November 1943 , Commander C . M . Lyons , Jr . , in command . After her shakedown cruise off Bermuda , " Henry R . Kenyon " returned to Boston . She was underway on 26 January 1944 on a tour of convoy escort duty in the Caribbean , a fertile field for German submarine s . Returning to Boston again on 6 June , the ship underwent training in Casco Bay , Maine , and had her torpedo tubes replaced by additional antiaircraft guns . Assigned to an Atlantic escort group , she made five transatlantic voyages between 4 July 1944 and 30 August 1945 , providing antisubmarine and antiaircraft protection in the Atlantic and eastern Mediterranean . With the Battle of the Atlantic won , the destroyer escort proceeded on 15 May from Norfolk , Virginia through the Panama Canal and into the western Pacific theater . Arriving off Leyte on 7 July , she spent the remainder of the war escorting ships in the Philippines and to New Guinea and Okinawa . After the surrender of Japan in August , " Henry R . Kenyon " continued to operate in the Philippines and off the coast of Japan until departing Manila for the United States on 26 November . Arriving at San Diego , California on 17 December , she remained in that port except for periodic training cruises until decommissioning on 3 February 1947 . She joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet and berthed at Mare Island , Calif . , later to be moved to Stockton , Calif . — still a part of the nation ' s " Reserve Sea Power " . " Henry R . Kenyon " was stricken from the Navy Register on 1 December 1969 . The ship was sold on 22 October 1970 .
Charles Carroll Simms Charles Carroll Simms , a native of Virginia , became a United States Navy midshipman in 1839 . He served in the U . S . Navy for more than two decades , achieving the rank of Lieutenant in 1854 . He was dismissed from the service in April 1861 , after his state left the United States , and briefly was an officer in Virginia ' s Navy . Commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy in June 1861 , during that year he commanded the steamer CSS " George Page " and was assigned to the steamer CSS " Rappahannock " . Also commanded CSS Appomattox in coastal North Carolina until it was scuttled in Fedruary 1862 . As an officer of the ironclad CSS " Virginia " , he took part in her March – May 1862 actions in the vicinity of Hampton Roads . Subsequently , he served in the gunboat s CSS " Nansemond " on the James River , and CSS " Selma " in Mobile Bay . During the American Civil War ' s final year , while assigned to the Mobile Squadron , he commanded the ironclads CSS " Baltic " and CSS " Nashville " . First Lieutenant Simms surrendered to Federal forces in early May 1865 and was paroled soon afterwards . Simms was born 30 Mar 1824 in Virginia to John Douglas Simms and Eleanor Carroll Brent . He married Elizabeth James Nourse about 1852 and he died 24 Dec 1884 in Georgetown , Washington , D . C . He and his wife are buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington D . C . The Simms family was one of public service . His father was the Chief Clerk of the Navy Department . Col . Charles Simms , grandfather of Charles Carroll Simms , was , among other things , an officer in the American Revolution and Mayor of Alexandria , Virginia . References . " This page incorporates text from the public domain U . S . Naval Historical Center . "
HMS Hood Pride of the British fleet during the interwar period , HMS Hood still holds the record for longest vessel to be commissioned in the Royal Navy . He was in the bombing of the French fleet at Mers - el - Kebir in 1940 . The following year she participated in the hunt for the Bismark , exploding after being hit . Only three sailors were rescued . History . HMS Hood belongs to a class of four ships of which only the Hood has been completed . It was a big battlecruiser , a concept accepted prior to the World War I , but that resulted very few efficient in practice . However in 1920 was one of the latest and most modern ships of the Royal Navy , and it was decided to keep her . Underwent to upgrades to increase their skill and increasing their armor , which reduced his speed from 32 to 30 knots , but even so the added armor did not solve the main problem of the protection against vertical projectiles . But even so it was during the interwar period , the most powerful and emblematic ship of the British Navy . In 1939 there were plans to increase its protection against projectiles , but the WWII prevented the modernization because the ship was needed for the British war effort . After several operations during the initial phase of the conflict , the Hood was sunk in1941 by the German battleship Bismarck , in a confrontation in the strait of Denmark . The Hood was hit by projectiles fired at a great distance , piercing the protection of vertical cover , and hit the ammo storage of the ship . The Hood was destroyed victim of the explosion on her chain lockers , because of the disability known as characteristic of the Battlecruiser ’ s armor . Its crew of 1 , 421 men , only three survived .
31st U - boat Flotilla 31st U - boat Flotilla ( " 31 . Unterseebootsflottille " ) was a training flotilla ( " " Ausbildungsflottille " " ) of the German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . The flotilla was formed in Hamburg in September 1943 under the command of " Kapitän zur See " Bruno Mahn . Later based at Wilhelmshaven , and then Wesermünde , it was commanded by Carl Emmermann for the final month of the war . It was disbanded in May 1945 when Germany surrendered . Assigned U - boats . 156 U - boats were assigned to this flotilla during its service .
Saratov South Saratov South is a former air base in Russia located 8 km southwest of Saratov . It currently serves as a Yakovlev factory airfield and was a military airfield during the Cold War with 17 parking stands and tarmac space . Recent Google Earth high - resolution imagery showed one Yak - 42 and a couple of general aviation propeller planes .
Fort Goede Hoop , Ghana Fort Goede Hoop or Fort Good Hope was a fort on the Dutch Gold Coast , established in 1667 near Senya Beraku . Early in 1782 , Captain Thomas Shirley in the 50 - gun ship " Leander " and the sloop - of - war " Alligator " sailed to the Dutch Gold Coast . Britain was at war with The Netherlands and Shirley captured the small Dutch forts at Mouri ( Fort Nassau - 20 guns ) , Kormantin ( Courmantyne or - 32 guns ) , Apam ( Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience - 22 guns ) , Senya Beraku ( Fort Goede Hoop - 18 guns ) , and Accra ( Fort Crêvecoeur or Ussher Fort - 32 guns ) . The fort was occupied between 1782 and 1785 by the British , as well as by the local Akim population between 1811 and 1816 . In 1868 , the fort was ceded to the United Kingdom in a large trade of forts between the Netherlands and Britain .
Sierra Vista Municipal Airport Sierra Vista Municipal Airport , a joint - use civil - military airport which shares facilities with Libby Army Airfield , is located on Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista , a city and U . S . Army installation in Cochise County , Arizona , United States . The airport has three runways and one helipad . It is mostly used for military aviation for the surrounding military base . As per Federal Aviation Administration records , the airport had 1 , 304 passenger boardings ( enplanements ) in calendar year 2005 and 2 , 041 enplanements in 2006 . According to the FAA ' s National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007 – 2011 , Sierra Vista is a " general aviation " airport ( the " commercial service " category requires at least 2 , 500 passenger boardings per year ) . Scheduled commercial service by Great Lakes Airlines to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ended on February 28 , 2007 . Facilities and aircraft . Sierra Vista Municipal / Libby Army Airfield has three runways and one helipad : For the 12 - month period ending December 31 , 2006 , the airport had 157 , 184 aircraft operations , an average of 430 per day : 74 % military , 24 % general aviation , 1 % scheduled commercial and < 1 % air taxi . There are 118 aircraft based at this airport : 59 % single engine , 24 % military , 7 % multi engine , 7 % helicopters and 3 % ultralights .
Dép lốp The dép lốp ( dép " sandal " lốp " tire rubber " ) are a form of sandal in Vietnam made from recycled tires . The sandals , along with the khăn rằn scarf , were a distinctive clothing of Vietnamese soldiers . These shoes were often called " Ho Chi Minh sandals " by Americans .
Battle of Kallarawa The Battle off Kallarawa was a naval battle that occurred on March 25 , 2008 after a Sea Tiger patrol was intercepted by a Sri Lankan naval patrol . Background . The previous day a Dvora Fast Attack Craft blew up due to Sea Tiger activity , either due to a sea mine or a suicide semi submersible . The rebels claimed however that a 45 minute battle had destroyed the craft although another Dvora sent to investigate failed to find evidence of such . The next day a rebel patrol was sighted and the Sri Lankan Navy sent a force to intercept it . Battle . The government craft sighted the rebel craft near the coast at around 1 am local time . Over a dozen rebel craft where engaged and at least one was damaged before the rebel force withdrew . The engagement lasted for three hours . The Sri Lanka Navy claimed that they did not suffer any casualties but did disable a rebel boat . It further claimed that the Sea Tigers withdrew from the sea .
Operation Cold Comfort During World War II , Operation Cold Comfort was a failed SAS raid that began with a parachute drop north of Verona on February 17 , 1945 . The 12 man ski team under Capt . Littlejohn , and their equipment were widely scattered in the drop , and thereafter found themselves among hostile locals of essentially German origin . Their mission was to block by landslide the main rail lines through the Brenner Pass , thus having a dramatic effect on German reinforcements moving south . The men spent most of their time in hiding and attempts to supply and reinforce by air were unsuccessful . Capt . Littlejohn and Corporal Crowley were captured and executed under Hitler ’ s Commando Order . Eventually on 31 March the situation had worsened to the point exfil tration was ordered . References . A list of special operations Includes a reference for the exact date of this mission .
Capture of Minorca ( 1708 ) The Capture of Minorca saw the island of Minorca captured from Spain by British - Dutch forces acting on behalf of Charles VI , Holy Roman Emperor the Austrian claimant to the Spanish throne in September 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession . The British would later annex the island as their own possession at the Treaty of Utrecht ( 1713 ) . Background . Since 1702 a war had been fought over who would inherit the Spanish throne with Britain and the Dutch supporting the Austrian candidate while France and her allies supported a French candidate . In 1704 the Anglo - Dutch fleet had captured Gibraltar and defeated a Spanish fleet at the Battle of Málaga . Allied forces had also landed in Catalunya where they captured Barcelona in 1705 . The Catalans largely supported the Austrian claimant and many joined the Allied armies . Landing . On 14 September 1708 an Anglo - Dutch naval force under the command of General James Stanhope landed on the island of Minorca and laid siege to the town of Mahón . Sir Edward Whitaker , with his Admiral ' s flag in HMS Northumberland , went to join Sir John Leake in the Mediterranean where he assisted at in the capture of Minorca taking Fornelle and Ciutadella de Menorca . The island ' s inhabitants were , like most Catalans pro - Austria , and greeted the British and Dutch soldiers as liberators . A week later the Franco - Spanish garrison surrendered . Aftermath . Realising the potential of Minorca as a British naval base , the British moved to fully take control of it - and received acknowledgement of this at the Treaty of Utrecht . In the aftermath of the island ' s capture trade boomed , and the British increased prosperity on the island by spending large amounts rebuilding the island ' s fortifications . The British occupied the island on and off until 1802 when it was finally handed back to Spain for good . During that time Minorca became an important part of Britain ' s security architecture in the Mediterranean Sea with a major naval base .
Sychrov Castle Sychrov Castle can be found near the village Sychrov in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic . It is unique example of Neo - Gothic castle from second half of 19th century . A large park surrounds the castle . History . Since the 15th century , a fort existed in the place now occupied by Sychrov . During the years between 1690 and 1693 , a small baroque castle was constructed here . In 1820 the castle was bought by the Rohan family , French aristocrats exiled by the French Revolution who decided to stay in the Austrian Empire . The 125 - year - long ownership by the Rohans proved to be the most important in the castle ' s history . In 1945 the castle was nationalised because of the Beneš decrees . Since 1950 , it has been open to the public to a small extent . Since the 1970s , however , large parts of the castle were open to the public . Since the beginning of the 1990s , an extensive reconstruction and restoration of the castle exteriors , interiors , and the park have been underway , the object of which is to make Sychrov look as close to its original form at the time of its biggest boom , i . e . , its condition in the second half of the 19th century , as possible . In 1995 it came under the protection of the state as national cultural heritage . Architecture . A small , dilapidated , Baroque castle was rebuilt by the Rohans and finished in 1834 . A second reconstruction ( 1847 – 62 ) put romantic neogothic style into the castle , and this style remains today . The reconstruction was carried out according to the plans of Bernard Grueber , and all works were facilitated by domestic artists and craftsmen . The owner paid specific attention to the Castle Park , designed in the English style . The park became a model for the establishment of many now - important arboreta such as in Průhonice and Konopiště . During this period , a rare harmonising of the castle exterior , interior , and the park was accomplished . During the late 1920s / early 1930s , the castle interior was renovated . Especially valuable are the interior carvings by Petr Bušek , who worked in the castle for 38 years . Collections . The castle boasts a collection of around 250 portraits of the Rohans , related families , and French kings . It is the largest collection of French portrait paintings in Central Europe . Sychrov hosts unique glass paintings by Jan Zachariáš Quast . The park . The English park has an area of 23 hectares . The older , classical park was remodeled into the romantic style . Since botany was a hobby of the castle owner , the park received a lot of attention : There are rich dendrological and botanical collections . Unique beech ( Fagus silvatica Rohani ) was cultivated in the park . See www . zamek - sychrov . cz / en / apark . asp for more information . Legacy . The composer Antonín Dvořák visited the castle several times ( he was a friend of its administrator ) , and several of his works were inspired by its beauty . Today Sychrov is a popular place for wedding ceremonies .
Joint Task Force - Alaska Joint Task Force Alaska ( JTF - AK ) , headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf - Richardson , Alaska , is a multi - service command composed of approximately 80 Soldiers , Sailors , Airmen , Coast Guardsmen and Department of Defense civilian specialists . The task force is a homeland defense component of U . S . Northern Command that coordinates the land defense of Alaska and coordinates military assistance to civil authorities . JTF - AK plans and integrates the full spectrum of DoD support to homeland defense and civil support to lead federal agencies , such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ) . Prevention , crisis response and consequence management are capabilities included within the spectrum of support . In coordination with other federal , state and local agencies , JTF - AK constantly evaluates events and locations throughout the state of Alaska for their potential vulnerability as targets for aggression , such as terrorism . JTF - AK provides situational awareness to military commands and civilian agencies throughout the state of Alaska and the continental U . S . to aid in homeland security awareness and planning . JTF - AK ’ s civil support mission includes domestic disaster relief operations that occur during fires , hurricanes , floods and earthquakes . Support also includes managing the consequences of a terrorist event employing a weapon of mass destruction . The task force provides assistance to a lead federal agency when tasked by DoD . Per the Posse Comitatus Act , military forces can provide civil support in order to save lives , prevent injuries and provide temporary critical life support , but cannot become directly involved in law enforcement . The mission of support to civil authorities is not a new one for DoD . The U . S . military has a long history of providing assistance to civil authorities during emergencies and other instances of national concern . An emergency must exceed the management capabilities of local , state and federal agencies before Joint Task Force – Alaska and its components becomes involved . In most cases , support will be limited , localized and specific . When the scope if the disaster is reduced to the point that the lead federal agency can again assume full control and management without military assistance , JTF - AK will exit , leaving the on - scene experts to finish the job . On February 11 , 2002 , the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed USNORTHCOM to establish and USPACOM to source JTF - AK .
Philotas ( Antiochid general ) Philotas was a general in the service of Antiochus III the Great , who commanded the garrison of Abydos in the Roman – Syrian War . He was besieged by the Roman fleet under Gaius Livius Salinator ( 190 BC ) , and was desirous to capitulate ; but before the terms could be agreed upon , the news of the defeat of the Rhodian fleet under Pamphilidas caused Livius to withdraw in all haste in order to oppose the Antiochid admiral Polyxenidas of Rhodes .