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Republican Guard ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ) The Republican Guard ( FR : Garde Républicaine ) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , formerly known as the Special Presidential Security Group ( GSSP ) , is maintained by President Joseph Kabila . Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( FARDC ) military officials state that the Garde Républicaine is not the responsibility of FARDC , but the Head of State . Apart from Article 140 of the Law on the Army and Defence , no legal stipulation on the DRC ' s Armed Forces makes provision for the GR as a distinct unit within the national army . In February 2005 , President Joseph Kabila passed a decree which appointed the GR ' s commanding officer and ' repealed any previous provisions contrary ' to that decree . The GR is more than 10 , 000 strong ( the ICG said 10 , 000 – 15 , 000 in January 2007 ) , and consists of three brigades , the 10th , at Kinshasa , the 15th , and the 16th , at Lubumbashi . It has better working conditions and is paid regularly , but still commits rapes and robberies nearby their bases . Brigadier General Dieudonne Banze Lubundji is commander of the Republican Guard . He was appointed in 2007 , and from 2003 - 2006 was FARDC deputy chief of staff for operations . The previous commander , Jean - Claude Kifwa , became commander of the 9th Military Region ( Province Orientale ) . In an effort to extend his personal control across the country , Joseph Kabila has deployed the GR at key airports , ostensibly in preparation for an impending presidential visit . At the end of 2005 , there were Guards deployed in Mbandaka , Kindu , Lubumbashi , Bukavu , Kolwezi , staying many months after the President had left . They are still deployed at Kisangani ' s Bangoka airport , where they appear to answer to no local commander and have caused trouble with MONUC troops there . The GR is also supposed to undergo the integration process , but as of January 2007 , only one battalion had been announced as been integrated . Formed at a brassage centre in the Kinshasa suburb of Kibomango , the battalion included 800 men , half from the former GSSP and half from the MLC and RCD Goma . The Guard appears to be a functional successor to Mobutu ' s Special Presidential Division .
III Battle Squadron The III Battle Squadron was a unit of the German High Seas Fleet before and during World War I . The squadron saw action throughout the war , including the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916 , where it formed the front of the German line . The squadron commander at the time of the battle was Paul Behncke .
Goat locker In navy jargon , the goat locker is a lounge , sleeping area and galley on board a naval vessel which is reserved for the exclusive use of Chief Petty Officer s . By tradition , all other personnel , including officers and even the Commanding Officer , must request permission to enter the goat locker . Special Dinnerware . The United States Navy out of respect and in recognition of the senior position of the Chief Petty Officer provided dinnerware made specifically for the " The Goat Locker " . The special insignia ( or topmark ) used on this fine china to denote the Chief Petty Officer ' s Mess ( or Goat Locker ) were the letters " USN " beneath the U . S . Navy ' s traditional " Fouled , Fluked , and Stocked Anchor " . Official Naval and Nautical China was produced for the U . S . Navy by leading china manufacturers such as Tepco , Shenango , Buffalo , Sterling and Homer Laughlin from the early 1930s through WWII , and was used up until the 1960s until supplies ran out . This Navy China made for the Chief Petty Officer ' s " Goat Locker " is rare and hard to come by , as it is typically kept as family heirlooms along with sea stories originated by the Chief Petty Officer and passed down from generation to generation .
Liang Guanglie Liang Guanglie ( ; born December 1940 in Santai , Mianyang , Sichuan ) is a retired general and former Minister for National Defense in the People ' s Republic of China . Life and career . Liang joined the army in January 1958 and the Communist Party of China in November 1959 . His first assignment was with the Second Regiment , First Division of the 1st Ground Force Army ( 1958 – 63 ) , where he rose to the ranks of commander of an engineering company , quartermaster of the special agent company and staff officer in the operations and training branch . Liang studied at the Xinyang Infantry School ( 1963 – 64 ) and graduated from Henan University ' s political theory correspondence education program ( 1984 – 86 ) . After finishing his studies , Liang returned to his unit until 1970 when he was promoted to the Operational Department staff of the Wuhan military command headquarters where he remained until 1979 . Liang was named Deputy Commander of the 58th Division , 20th Group Army in 1979 and became commander in 1981 - 83 . After a study break at the PLA Military Academy ( March 1982 to January 1983 ) , he was named deputy Commander of the 20th Army in 1983 and Commander in 1985 . In June 1989 , he led the 20th Army to enforce martial law in Beijing to suppress the Tiananmen Square Protests . In 1990 he was transferred to command the 54th Army and from December 1993 to July 1995 , he was the chief of staff in Beijing Military Region . From July 1995 to December 1997 , he was the deputy commander in Peking Military Region . From December 1997 to December 1999 , he was the commander of Shenyang Military Region , and from December 1999 to November 2002 , he was the commander of Nanjing Military Region and deputy secretary of CCP ' s committee . Liang was the Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People ' s Liberation Army from 2002 to 2007 . He currently serves as a State Councilor and the Minister of National Defense . Additionally Liang is a member of Central Military Commission . He was also an alternate member of the 13th and 14th CCP Central Committees , and a member of the 15th , 16th and 17th Central Committee s . General Liang retired at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in late 2012 and was replaced by General Chang Wanquan .
RNTE Shotley RNTE Shotley , known in the Royal Navy as HMS " Ganges " , was a naval training establishment at Shotley , near Ipswich in Suffolk . Starting in 1905 , it trained boys for naval service until it closed in 1976 , following the raising of the school leaving age from 15 to 16 . It had a mixed reputation in the Royal Navy , both for its reputed harsh methods of training boys in order to turn out professionally able , self - reliant ratings and for the professionalism of its former trainees . It is particularly famous for its high mast which all boys under training were required to ascend , at least to the half - moon and for the mast manning ceremonies held whenever a dignitary visited the establishment . During the later 1980s and 1990s RNTE Shotley was used as a residential centre for civilian police officers to complete their basic training . Forces which used this centre included Essex , Suffolk , Norfolk , Bedfordshire , Hertfordshire , Cambridgeshire , Thames Valley and South Wales . Local police forces continued to use the site in 2007 . In fiction . In Arthur Ransome ' s children ' s novels " We Didn ' t Mean to Go to Sea " and " Secret Water " , the character Commander Walker is an officer stationed at Shotley .
USS Benefit ( 1863 ) USS " Benefit " ( 1863 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat and general transport in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways . Steamer borrowed by the Union Navy for use on the Mississippi River . " Benefit " , a sidewheel steamer built at Metropolis , Illinois , in 1863 , was temporarily acquired by the Union Navy sometime either late in that year or early in 1864 from Mr . Edward Buse for use of the Mississippi Squadron as a tug and general transport . Manned by a civilian crew and a ship ’ s master designated by the owner . Manned by a civilian crew and commanded by an officer appointed by her owner , under the direction of Acting Master John D . Harty , the steamer began serving the Navy early in February 1864 if not before then . Her first documented mission began at noon on 2 February of that year when she departed Cairo , Illinois , and descended the Mississippi River with important dispatches for Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter . Civilian master killed while bearing dispatches for Admiral Porter . The tug ’ s most notable service occurred during the joint Army Navy expedition up the Red River in the spring of 1864 . While engaged in this operation , she braved the fire of a four - gun battery some 50 miles above Grand Ecore , to carry information to the admiral . The civilian master of the tug was killed in the action , and Lt . Silas W . Terry took charge of the vessel so that she might complete her mission . Continued service through the end of war . After Porter ' s Flotilla succeeded in withdrawing from the Red River , " Benefit " continued to serve on the Mississippi and its tributaries supporting the Mississippi Squadron until after the Confederacy collapsed in April 1865 . Tug turned over to owner who returned it to service on the Mississippi . On 9 April 1865 , the day of General Robert E . Lee ’ s surrender at Appomattox Court House , her commanding officer was ordered to turn all public property on board " Benefit " over to the naval station at Monnek City , Illinois ; and , soon thereafter , she was returned to her owner . The tug resumed merchant service and continued to operate on the Mississippi River system until she was destroyed by fire on 6 April 1867 at Starks Landing , Alabama .
Henri Jules Bataille Henri Jules Bataille ( 6 September 1816 , Le Bourg - d ' Oisans , Isère — 10 January 1882 , Paris ) was a nineteenth - century French soldier . He rose to général de division of infantry and Grand Cross of the Légion d ' honneur . Life . Staff officer . Conseiller général for Bourg - d ' Oisans for two years , he retired as he did not support political life .
Groupement tactique interarmes de Surobi The Groupement tactique interarmes de Surobi ( GTIA Surobi , " joint tactical group of Surobi " ) , also called Task Force Dragon , is a battalion - sized unit of the French Army , based in Surobi District , in Afghanistan . It operates in the framework of the French forces in Afghanistan . Organisation . GTIA Surobi comprises From septembre 2010 , the name " task force " is given up , and replaced by the name " battle - group " . The support unit provides fire support , engineering , communications , maintenance and medical support . On 1 November 2009 , command of the GTIA was transferred to the Brigade La Fayette .
Kraków Fortress Fort 52a Kraków Fortress 52a , also called " Łapianka " ( Jugowice ) was a part of the Kraków Fortress between 1896 and 1902 ( according to other sources 1897 – 1898 ) . The fortress was built to enforce defense of the south flank of the fortress , ruling over the part of the road connecting Vienna and Lviv . The fortress has four towers equipped with 8 cm M94 artillery guns . It ' s one of the 14 similar forts , built during the same time in Kraków , which used to enforce outer defense ring of the city . Near the fort there was a artillery battery used for the long range defense , no longer in use .
Cavalleggeri Cavalleggeri were an inferior category of cavalry during the classic period of feudal cavalry . This included knife - armed cavalry , lancer s ' pages and mounted crossbow men . Later , " cavalleggeri " became a subsidiary arm of the gendarmerie . In 1498 , Louis XII of France gave this name to his mounted companies , forming a sort of mounted infantry , and this special body continued until 1570 . In this era Henry IV of France formed a company of " cavalleggeri " , well - educated and called ordinannce since it was used as the king ' s guard . Other Italian states and communal militias created " cavalleggeri " units . In the Florentine Republic it was established that 500 mounted crossbowmen would be regularly enlisted , with the option of arming 10 % of them with lances . These were also known as drappelli and were formed into bands , each of which was made up of 50 " cavalleggeri " and commanded by a " condotiere " . After 1600 this specialist cavalry was more and more streamlined and made more practical in the age of gunpowder . Such units were split up to increase numbers in heavy cavalry units , or turned into such units themselves . The " cavalleggeri " of this era were armed with carbine s or pistols . In 1799 , new " cavalleggeri " units were created , and under Napoleon these were once again armed with lances .
Manhattan Rebellion The Manhattan Rebellion or Manhattan Incident was a failed coup attempt by officers of the Royal Thai Navy against the government of Prime Minister Plaek Pibulsonggram ( Phibun ) on 29 – 30 June 1951 . At a ceremony for the official - handing over of the US dredge boat " Manhattan " to the Royal Thai Navy , a group of naval officers abducted Phibun and took him aboard the Navy ' s flagship HTMS " Sri Ayudhya " , where he was held hostage . Negotiations between the government and the coup organizers swiftly broke down , and violent street fighting between naval personnel and Royal Thai Army troops broke out in Bangkok . The Royal Thai Air Force bombed and sank the " Sri Ayudhya " despite Phibun being on board . The prime minister had to swim ashore along with the ship ' s crew . After losing their hostage , the sailors and marines who had participated in the coup were forced to surrender . This event led to the Navy being stripped of most of its power and influence . It also showed that political power actually lay with commanders of the Armed Forces rather than the prime minister .
USS General D . E . Aultman ( AP - 156 ) USS " General D . E . Aultman " ( AP - 156 ) was a for the U . S . Navy in World War II . The ship was crewed by the U . S . Coast Guard throughout the war . She was named in honor of U . S . Army general Dwight Edward Aultman . She was transferred to the U . S . Army as USAT " General D . E . Aultman in 1946 . On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) as USNS " General D . E . Aultman " ( T - AP - 156 ) . She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS " Portland , before being scrapped some time after October 1986 . Operational history . " General D . E . Aultman " ( AP - 156 ) was launched 18 February 1945 under Maritime Commission contract ( MC # 713 ) by Kaiser Co . , Inc . , Yard 3 , Richmond , California ; sponsored by Mrs . Alma H . Aultman , widow of General Aultman ; acquired by the Navy and commissioned 20 May 1945 , Captain S . P . Swicegood , USCG , in command . After shakedown out of San Diego , " General D . E . Aultman " got underway 30 June bound for France . She transited the Panama Canal and arrived Marseilles 24 July , embarking troops , nurses , and Red Cross workers for the Pacific theater . The transport sailed 26 July via the Panama Canal and found herself 1 day out of Balboa bound for New Guinea when the Japanese capitulated 15 August . " General D . E . Aultman " arrived $ 3 , New Guinea 4 September , and carried troops to Manila before returning to Portland 11 October 1945 . She was then assigned to the " Magic - Carpet " fleet , contributing her important part to the gigantic task of returning the hundred of thousands of Pacific veterans . She made two " Magic - Carpet " voyages to the Far East before decommissioning at San Francisco 15 March 1946 . She was returned to the Maritime Commission for transfer to the Army Transportation Service , serving in the Pacific . Reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950 , " General D . E . Aultman " joined the MSTS with a civil service crew and resumed her support of American posts in the Pacific . After the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 , the transport began the vital job of transporting troops to that strategic country . The veteran ship sailed to the western Pacific until she was returned to the Maritime Commission 4 June 1958 . She entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet , Suisun Bay , California , where she remained until sold to Containership Chartering Service of Wilmington , Delaware for commercial use in 1967 or 1968 . She was converted to an 11 . 389 ton container ship by Willamette Iron & Steel Co . and renamed " Portland " in 1968 . She was sold , possibly for scrapping , in October 1986 .
SM UB - 145 SM " UB - 145 " was a German Type UB III submarine or U - boat built for the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . She was never commissioned into the German Imperial Navy but surrendered to Britain on 27 March 1919 and broken up in Rochester in 1922 . Construction . She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction , launched at Kiel in October 1918 . " UB - 145 " carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun . " UB - 145 " would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . " UB - 145 " had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged . Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged .
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens ( 18 April 1847 – 2 May 1872 ) was a Royal Navy officer ; the fifth son and seventh child of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine . Biography . An endearing child , nicknamed " The Ocean Spectre " and " The Admiral " by his father , Sydney Dickens was born at 3 Chester Place and baptized at the church of St . Mary in Marylebone in London on 24 June 1847 , his godfathers being William Haldimand of Lausanne , and Henry Porter Smith ( 1797 - 1880 ) , an actuary for the Eagle Life Assurance Company . He was educated at Brackenbury ' s Military School at Wimbledon and at Mr Gibson ' s boarding school in Boulogne - sur - Mer , with his brothers , Alfred and Henry . When aged 3 , and staying with the family at Broadstairs , his father asked him if he would walk to the railway station to meet John Forster , who was coming for a visit . Without hesitation Sydney answered " Yes " and set off through the garden gate and down the street until another of the children ran after him and fetched him back . Aged 13 he joined Eastman ' s Naval Academy in Southsea , intending to train as a naval officer , a move designed by his father to encourage him to become self - sufficient in life . As a boy he had shown great energy and character , and was described by his father as a " born little sailor " . On 11 September 1860 , aged 14 , Sydney Dickens joined the Royal Navy as a cadet on the training ship . After his initial training he was posted to on 6 December 1861 . He was promoted midshipman on 7 March 1862 . On 19 May 1864 his career suffered a setback when he was docked a year ' s seniority " for misconduct " ; however , following a period of satisfactory conduct , 8 months of that time was restored to him on 9 November 1866 . On 30 August 1867 he was promoted to acting sub - lieutenant , and received substantive promotion on 30 November 1867 . He was promoted acting lieutenant on 20 April 1868 , reverted to sub lieutenant on 27 August 1868 , had a further period as an acting lieutenant from 19 July 1869 to 28 February 1870 , and finally received substantive promotion on 6 February . Charles Dickens was proud of Sydney ' s naval career , but was unhappy that he had fallen heavily into debt , and refused to help him . Indeed , at one stage Sydney became so reckless with money that his father refused to allow him into the house , and in later years his sister , Mamie Dickens , said she thought of him with " contempt " and even " horror " . Whilst serving on Sydney Dickens was invalided out of the Navy due to ill health on 22 April 1872 . He remained aboard " Topaze " for the passage home from India to England , and died at sea a few days later . He was buried at sea in the Indian Ocean .
Pine Creek Airfield Pine Creek Airfield was an emergency landing ground at Pine Creek , Northern Territory , Australia during World War II . Civil airfield extended by B Company and HQ Detachment of the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion between 11 May 1942 to 16 July 1942 . The runway was wide . Due to housing development and road and railway construction , the runway length has now been decreased to about , with a gravel surface .
Art Cross Art Cross ( January 24 , 1918 , Jersey City , New Jersey - April 15 , 2005 , LaPorte , Indiana ) was an American racecar driver . He was the first recipient of the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Award in 1952 . Racing career . Cross began racing midget cars in 1938 . He received a purple heart for his conduct during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II . He returned to midget cars after the war , and raced in one of Pappy Hough ' s " Little Iron Pigs . " Cross won the first Indy 500 Rookie of the Year award after a fifth place finish in the 1952 Indianapolis 500 . Cross used his take to purchase a farm near LaPorte , Indiana . He finished second in the 1953 Indianapolis 500 behind Bill Vukovich . Despite it being one of the hottest Indy 500s on record , Vukovich and Cross completed the entire race without relief . Driver Carl Scarborough died from the heat . Cross ' car was the " Springfield Welding Special " , which was owned by Bessie Lee Paoli , who was the only female owner at the time . Cross led in the 1954 and 1955 Indianapolis 500 before his retirement . After retiring from racing , he turned his attention to running the farm in LaPorte , Indiana . He later became involved in a heavy equipment business and in construction . He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1992 .
Timothy E . Ellsworth Timothy Edwards Ellsworth ( September 21 , 1836 , East Windsor , Hartford County , Connecticut – February 10 , 1904 , Lockport , Niagara County , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician from New York . He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate from 1896 to 1902 . Biography . He graduated from University of Rochester in 1857 . He was admitted to the bar in 1858 , and became a clerk in the law office of Gardner & Lamont in Lockport . In August 1861 he raised a company of cavalry which became part of the 7th Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry and became its captain . In March 1862 , he joined the staff of General James S . Wadsworth where he remained until the general ' s death in May 1864 . He finished the American Civil War as a colonel , and returned to Lockport where he formed a partnership with George D . Lamont until the latter was appointed to the New York Supreme Court . From 1870 to 1878 , he was Collector of Customs at the Lockport Suspension Bridge . He was a member of the New York State Senate ( 30th D . ) from 1882 to 1885 , sitting in the 105th , 106th , 107th and 108th New York State Legislature s . He was again a member of the State Senate ( 45th D . ) from 1896 to 1902 , sitting in the 119th , 120th , 121st , 122nd , 123rd , 124th and 125th New York State Legislature s ; and was President pro tempore . In 1897 , he introduced the much debated " Press Gag " bill in the State Senate , which did not pass .