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USS Panay ( 1899 ) USS " Panay " was laid down for the Spanish Navy in 1884 by Cavite Navy Yard ; completed in 1885 ; purchased by the United States Army upon American occupation of the Philippines ; and transferred to the United States Navy in 1899 . She commissioned on 3 June 1899 , Ensign Harris Laning in command . Service history . Philippine – American War , 1899 – 1902 . Throughout the Philippine – American War , " Panay " served on blockade and patrol duty , intercepting contraband and aiding the Army on Mindanao , Leyte , Cebu , Samar , and Negros . The ship was decommissioned at Cavite on 7 August 1902 . Patrol boat and yard craft , 1907 – 1914 . " Panay " was repaired and recommissioned on 12 January 1907 , Midshipman ( Ens . from 2 February 1907 ) Chester W . Nimitz in command . Assigned to patrol Mindanao , Nimitz — who was to be Commander - in - Chief Pacific in World War II as a Fleet Admiral — took " Panay " — his first command — into many of the small ports to show the flag . He also commanded the naval station at Polloc . Returning to Cavite in July , Nimitz and his men were assigned to recommission , and " Panay " went into reserve , decommissioning on 5 October 1907 . " Panay " served as a yard craft at Olongapo and Cavite and as a ferryboat between Cavite and Manila in the years that followed , even after she was struck from the Navy List on 19 June 1914 . She was sold on 15 April 1920 .
No . 88 Squadron RAF No 88 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force . It was formed at Gosport , Hampshire in July 1917 as a Royal Flying Corps ( RFC ) squadron . Involvement in World War I . After forming at Gosport in July 1917 , the squadron was moved to France in April 1918 where it undertook fighter - reconnaissance duties . It was also involved in the development of air - to - air wireless telegraphy and participated in numerous bombing raids . Despite its short service at the front , the squadron claimed 147 victories for casualties of two killed in action , five wounded in action , and ten missing . Eleven aces served in the unit , including Kenneth Burns Conn , Edgar Johnston , Allan Hepburn , Charles Findlay , and Gerald Anderson . It was disbanded in 1919 . Involvement in World War II . No . 88 squadron was reformed in 1937 as a bomber squadron equipped with the Fairey Battle . It began the war as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force , making it one of the first squadrons to be sent to France and suffered very heavy loses during the Battle of France . They returned to Britain in June 1940 , moving to RAF Sydenham , Belfast where they operated a mix of Battles , Douglas Boston Is and Bristol Blenheim IVs , carrying out patrol duties over the Western Approaches . In July 1941 the squadron moved to RAF Swanton Morley , East Anglia where it converted fully to the Boston III and IIIA . From there it carried out attacks on German coastal shipping and targets on the coast of occupied Europe . In August 1943 the squadron relocated to RAF Hartford Bridge , Hampshire with its sister squadron No . 342 Squadron as part of 137 wing of No . 2 Group of the 2nd Tactical Air Force in preparation for the invasion of Europe . From there the squadron attacked German communications and airfields . On D - Day itself it was charged with laying the smokescreen to hide the first wave of landing craft . In October 1944 the squadron returned to France to join the tactical air forces that were supporting the Allied armies as they advanced across Europe . The squadron was finally disbanded on 4 April 1945 . Post - war History . On 1 September 1946 , No . 1430 Flight at RAF Kai Tak , Hong Kong was redesignated No . 88 Squadron for transport duties with six Short Sunderland flying boats . Courier services between bases in the Far East were operated until it was redesignated a general reconnaissance unit . It was disbanded on 1 October 1954 . On 15 January 1956 , No . 88 reformed at RAF Wildenrath as an interdiction squadron equipped with English Electric Canberra s . On 17 December 1962 , it was renumbered No . 14 Squadron RAF .
Thomas Hunter ( aviator ) Captain Thomas Vicars Hunter was a First World War flying ace credited with five aerial victories . He had a leg amputated because of wounds suffered as an infantryman ; he was the first known military pilot to qualify as a pilot and fly combat despite that disability . Biography . Hunter was educated at Eton and RMC Sandhurst . He joined the Rifle Brigade and was commissioned in December 1914 . The following month , he was so seriously wounded in battle that his leg had to be amputated . Early in 1917 , he joined the Royal Flying Corps . His nickname " Sticky " referred to his wooden leg ; he was known to remove it during rowdy parties to keep it whole . During his assignment to 66 Squadron , he used his Sopwith Pup to score five triumphs between 12 July and 8 November 1917 . He became a flight commander in September 1917 . He was killed in a flying accident on 5 December , just after his squadron had shifted from the Western Front to Italy . References . " Above the Trenches : a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915 - 1920 . " Christopher F . Shores , Norman L . R . Franks , Russell Guest . Grub Street , 1990 . ISBN 0 - 948817 - 19 - 4 , ISBN 978 - 0 - 948817 - 19 - 9 .
TIALD TIALD , the Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator pod , is manufactured by SELEX Galileo and was the UK ' s primary laser designator for laser - guided bomb s . The UK uses the Paveway series of laser - guided bombs ( LGBs . ) The first operational use of LGBs by the UK ' s armed forces were the RAF Harrier attacks on Argentine forces during the Falklands War . However , laser designation for these attacks was carried out by a forward air controller using a ground designator . Following the conflict it was realised that an airborne designator was required . Ferranti Defence Systems started development of the TIALD pod in the late 1980s . The 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the resulting Gulf War saw the TIALD pod rushed into service . In the Gulf War several modified Panavia Tornado s and some Blackburn Buccaneer s laser designated for unmodified Tornados which carried LGBs . The Buccaneers carried the Pave Spike designator , which was less capable and limited to daylight . The RAF dropped over 6 , 000 1 , 000 lb bombs , 1 , 000 of which were laser guided . Two TIALD - equipped Tornados guided more than 200 LGBs onto targets in the last month of the conflict alone . Further development of the pod enabled aircraft to self - designate targets . The TIALD pod has been used extensively since the Gulf War including during the Iraqi no - fly zone patrols ( 1991 - 2003 ) , the related Operation Desert Fox ( 1998 ) , the Kosovo War ( 1999 ) and the 2003 Iraq Conflict . The TIALD pod has been constantly updated , the current version of which is the Series - 500 . However The TIALD pod has been sidelined in recent years by the introduction of the stand - off Storm Shadow missile , GPS - guided Enhanced Paveway , and the LITENING pod to RAF service . Experience in Afghanistan lead to the realisation that TIALD was outdated , as described by an RAF Wing Commander : " [ It ] was designed in the 1980s , to allow pilots to drop laser guided bombs on targets like bridges , big buildings and aircraft hangars . . . TIALD as an air interdiction targeting pod is very good and has done this reasonably well over the last decade , as was proved in Deliberate Force ( 1995 ) , Allied Force ( 1999 ) , and Operation Telic ( 2003 ) . Now , however , we need a sensor that is geared more towards urban < nowiki > [ < / nowiki > close air support < nowiki > ] < / nowiki > , where we need to defend particular targets that are very similar to others , like compounds within small towns or villages . "
Alfred Teumer Alfred Teumer ( 11 February 1918 – 4 October 1944 ) was a German Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross ( ) . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . He is credited with 76 aerial victories claimed in over 300 combat missions . Career . Alfred Teumer took command of 2 . Staffel of Kommando Nowotny flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter . He was killed in a flying accident on 4 October 1944 at Hesepe airfield . His Me 262 A - 1a ( " Werknummer " 170 044 — factory number ) had suffered engine failure .
Formations of the United States Army during the War on Terrorism After the end of Operation Desert Storm / Shield , the US Army inactivated many units . The units fighting the War on Terrorism are the survivors of the " Peace Dividend " . While additional fighting brigades are being created , no additional deployable higher headquarters units are planned . This list is not comprehensive as it only includes active - duty formations under the divisional structure . There are many Reserve , National Guard , and support units not included or referenced here .
Sacking of Bergen ( 1393 ) The Sacking of Bergen in 1393 was one of two attacks on Bergen by the Victual Brothers , a former trading guild turned to piracy . The second attack was many years later , in 1429 . The Victual Brothers raided the town , pillaged and looted goods and killed the garrison and possibly also civilians . After they had won the attack they proceeded to burn the city down before leaving with their treasures .
Heerespersonalamt In October 1942 Major General Rudolf Schmundt became the new head of the HPA ( predecessor : 1933 - 1938 General Viktor von Schwedler , 1938 - 1944 General Bodewin Keitel ) . After his death from injuries received during the assassination attempt on Hitler ' s life of 20 July 1944 General Wilhelm Burgdorf took over the function .
Shvetsov ASh - 2 The Shvetsov ASh - 2 was an 28 - cylinder , air - cooled , radial aircraft engine designed in the Soviet Union in the late 1940s . It was inferior to the Dobrynin VD - 4K engine and did not enter production . One of the problems was air - cooling which ate up to 50 % of the total engine power at 15000 meters . In contrast , liquid - cooled VD - 4K required only 5 % of power for cooling at the same altitude .
German submarine U - 868 U - 868 was a Type IXC / 40 U - boat of the " Kriegsmarine " in the Second World War . The ship was ordered on 25 August 1941 and laid down on 11 March 1943 . She was launched on 18 August 1943 , at Bremen , Germany . She had two commanders over her operational lifespan , for the period from 23 December 1943 until 21 July 1944 it was " Kapitänleutnant " Dietrich Rauch , then " Oberleutnant " Eduard Turre for the period from 22 July 1944 unril 8 May 1945 . In her operations , she sank a single warship , the 672 ton HMCS " Guysborough " on 17 March 1945 . " U - 868 " was surrendered by her captain on 9 May 1945 at Bergen in Norway . She was then transferred to Loch Ryan 30 May 1945 for Operation Deadlight , where a large number of U - boats were sunk in one operation .
USS Woodrow R . Thompson ( DE - 451 ) The first USS " Woodrow R . Thompson " ( DE - 451 ) was a proposed World War II United States Navy " John C . Butler " - class destroyer escort that was never completed . " Woodrow R . Thompson " was scheduled to be built at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Newark , New Jersey , but her construction was cancelled on 6 June 1944 . The name " Woodrow R . Thompson " was reassigned to destroyer USS " Woodrow R . Thompson " ( DD - 721 ) .
BL 4 . 7 inch / 45 naval gun The BL 4 . 7 inch 45 calibres gun ( actually a metric 120 mm gun ) was a British medium - velocity naval gun introduced in 1918 for destroyers , to counter a new generation of heavily - armed destroyers Germany was believed to be developing . Description and History . Mk I , of built - up wire - wound construction , went into service beginning in 1918 on destroyers of the new Admiralty type destroyer leader ( Scott class ) and Thornycroft type leader ( Shakespeare class ) . Some saw service in World War I , but most entered service after the war ended . It was also mounted on : Mk II was a monobloc - barrel ( i . e . single - piece , typical of small - medium World War II guns ) gun of similar performance introduced in World War II to replace the worn - out Mk I guns on surviving ships . These were the only BL - type 4 . 7 inch guns in British service , all others have been of the QF - type . They were superseded on new destroyers from 1930 by the 4 . 7 inch QF Mark IX . External links . < br >
William Bensinger Private William Bensinger ( January 14 , 1840 to December 19 , 1918 ) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War . Bensinger was the second person to receive the country ' s highest award for bravery during combat , the Medal of Honor , for his action during the Great Locomotive Chase in Georgia ( U . S . state ) in April 1862 . He was honored with the award on 25 March 1863 . Biography . Bensinger was born on January 14 , 1840 in Waynesburg , Ohio and enlisted into the 21st Ohio Infantry at Hancock County , Ohio . He was among a group of Ohio men ( 19 soldiers and 2 civilians ) who volunteered to participate in a secret mission to disrupt Confederate communication . In April the group , led by James J . Andrews , which later came to be called " Andrews ' Raiders " , boarded a train in Georgia . On April 12 , after the train had stopped in Big Shanty , they commandeered the train ' s engine and three boxcars and headed towards Chattanooga , Tennessee . Under pursuit from the Confederates , they destroyed track and telegraph lines along the way . They never made it to Chattanooga but abandoned the engine . They were all captured within a week . Some of the men were hanged and Bensinger , among others , was taken to prison camp . He eventually escaped and arrived in Washington , D . C . Bensinger died on December 19 , 1918 .
Jean de Clamorgan Jean de Clamorgan , Lord of Saane , born in 1480 in the diocese of Coutances , was a cartographer , navigator and military commander , considered to be one of the best French admirals of the " Marine Royale " . Having long served in the French Navy , Francis I of France made him " captain of the Ponant " being the first to receive this title . After his defeat at the Battle of Muros Bay he retired to his land . He wrote a famous treatise on wolf hunting ( " La chasse du loup " ) , published in 1567 . He was also the author of a world map that Francis put in his library . The exact date of his death is not known .
Walter S . Gorka Walter S . Gorka ( 1922 – 1942 ) was a United States Navy sailor killed in action during World War II who received the Air Medal posthumously for his actions . Biography . Walter Stanley Gorka was born in Windsor Locks , Connecticut , on 24 March 1922 . He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve at Hartford , Connecticut , on 15 May 1940 and eventually attained the rate of aviation ordnanceman third class . During Operation Torch , the Allied amphibious landings in North Africa , Gorka was a bombardier and gunner on a Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber of Escort Scouting Squadron 27 ( VGS - 27 ) embarked on auxiliary aircraft carrier ( later escort aircraft carrier ) USS " Suwannee " ( ACV - 27 , later CVE - 27 ) . On the first day of the landings – 8 November 1942 – " Suwannee " s air group , including Gorkas aircraft , bombed Vichy French ships and shore installations in the Casablanca area of French Morocco , including the immobile but formidable battleship " Jean Bart " and the coast defense and shore batteries at Table d ' Aukasha . On 10 November 1942 , Gorka went on an attack mission against a French submarine . The French antiaircraft fire proved deadly accurate ; Gorka ' s aircraft was shot down , and Gorka was killed . Awards . For his performance of duty with Escort Scouting Squadron 27 during Operation Torch , Gorka received the Air Medal posthumously . Namesake . The U . S . Navy destroyer escort USS " Walter S . Gorka " ( DE - 604 ) was named for Gorka . She was converted during construction into the high - speed transport USS " Walter S . Gorka " ( APD - 114 ) , and was in commission as such from 1945 to 1947 .
Boris Lushniak Boris Lushniak is a rear admiral of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the current Surgeon General of the United States , acting in the capacity since July 17 , 2013 . Early life and education . A native of Chicago , Illinois , Lushniak is of Ukrainian ancestry , went St . Ignatius College Prep and is a graduate of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and Harvard University ' s School of Public Health . Career . Lushniak spent 16 years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . While there , he worked on assignments in Russia , Kosovo and Bangladesh . He also worked at the World Trade Center site and with the CDC anthrax team . Lushniak joined the Food and Drug Administration in 2004 . He served as the Chief Medical Officer , Office of Counterterrorism Policy and Planning in the Office of the Commissioner before being named Assistant Commissioner of the FDA the following year . He was promoted to Rear Admiral ( Upper Half ) and named Deputy Surgeon General in 2010 . He has received numerous USPHS awards including two Outstanding Service Medals , a Commendation Medal , and two Achievement Medals . In addition he has received the AMA Dr . William Beaumont Award in Medicine and the AMSUS Sustaining Member Lecture Award as well as DHHS Secretary and FDA Commissioner awards . Personal life . Lushniak is married with two children , Stephanie and Larissa , and is a member of Plast , serving at camps for Ukrainians in Wisconsin and New York .
R - 15 ( missile ) The R - 15 was a submarine - launched ballistic missile ( SLBM ) design from the Soviet Union during the Cold War . It was not deployed . The R - 15 was a project to develop an SLBM complex D - 3 with the capability to be launched directly from the submarine while submerged . The development was authorized for OKB - 586 in Dnipropetrovsk , Ukraine , on 20 March 1958 and cancelled before testing in December 1958 .
Daniel Savary André Daniel Savary ( b . Salles , 1743 ) was a French naval officer and admiral . He was orphaned at age 4 , Savary was raised by his uncle . At the age of 18 , he signed up for the Merchant Marine , and later to the French Royal Navy . He fought under Suffren in India . He was promoted to lieutenant in 1791 , Capitaine de corvette in 1798 , commodore in 1798 and counter - admiral in 1802 .
Mark A . Milley Lieutenant General Mark A . Milley is a United States Army general officer . A 1980 graduate of Princeton University , he gained his commission through ROTC . Though commissioned as an Armor officer he has spent most of his career in Infantry or Special Forces assignments . He is the Commanding General , III Corps , based at Fort Hood , Texas . Previously he served as the Commander of the 10th Mountain Division from November 2011 to December 2012 . Operational deployments . Milley has had multiple operational deployments including : Education . Milley earned a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from Princeton University , and a Masters Degree from Columbia University in International Relations . His military education includes Armor Officer Basic Course , Infantry Officer Advanced Course , Army Command and General Staff College , and Naval War College . Awards and decorations . Milley ’ s military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters , the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters , the Bronze Star Medal with three oak leaf clusters , the Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters , the Army Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters , and the Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster . His campaign and service medal s include the National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star , the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two bronze stars , the Afghanistan Campaign Medal , the Iraq Campaign Medal , the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal , the Korean Defense Service Medal , the Humanitarian Service Medal , the NATO Medal , and the Multinational Force and Observers Medal . Milley is authorized to wear the Combat Infantryman Badge ( with star ) , Expert Infantryman Badge , Master Parachutist Badge , Scuba Diver Badge , Ranger Tab , Special Forces Tab , and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge .
Rail Cannon 80 cm ( E ) Schwerer Gustav ( Dora ) The " Schwerer Gustav " ( Heavy Gustav ) was devised to destroy the forts of the Maginot Line . To support its tremendous weight , it used cars , parallel with the gun mounted on a platform between them . Despite its size DDs , could be assembled within a week , thanks to the use of various prefabricated components and a giant crane , mounted previously . Was not ready for the invasion of France and in the absence of other targets for their immense power , could only be used operationally for the first ( and only ) time during the siege of Sebastopol , where he sprayed the selected targets . 350 men were needed for the shot , plus support staff , numbering about 3870 men commanded by a colonel .
Texas Medal of Merit The Texas Medal of Merit is an award within the Texas Military Forces , within the United States Armed Forces . It is the sixth highest of the military decoration that may be awarded to a member of the Texas Military Forces . Eligibility . The Texas Medal of Merit may be awarded to members of the Texas Military Forces or another officially organized state militia . Use . The Texas Medal of Merit which may be presented to a member of the military forces of Texas , another state , or the United States who performs outstanding service or attains extraordinary achievement in behalf of the state or United States . The Adjutant General shall make rules and regulations pertaining to this award .