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Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve The Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve known as the Reserve Decoration ( RD ) was a medal awarded in the Royal Naval Reserve of the United Kingdom to officers with at least fifteen years of active duty . The medal was instituted in 1908 . Design . The medal had an oval medallion , consisting of the cypher of the reigning monarch in silver gilt surrounded by a silver rope tied with a reef knot at the base and surmounted by a gilt crown which acts as the ribbon suspension , hung from a ribbon which was dark green until 1941 and green edged white thereafter . Originally , fifteen years ' service was required ( not counting service as a midshipman ) , with wartime service counting double . Clasps to the Reserve Decoration were awarded to recognise further periods of 10 years service after the first award . When just the ribbon of the Decoration was worn , each clasp was indicated by a silver ' rosette ' on the ribbon . The RD and the Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal for RNR ratings were both replaced by a combined - services Volunteer Reserves Service Medal on 1 April 1999 .
Chief of Defence ( Norway ) The Chief of Defence ( " Forsvarssjefen " ) is the highest - ranking officer of the Military of Norway , second only to the King of Norway . Even though he holds the same rank as the King of Norway , according to the Norwegian Constitution the King holds the highest command of the Army , Air Force , Navy and Home Guard . The Chief of Defence is the top advisor to the Government regarding military issues . He is responsible for carrying out the mission the King or Minister of Defence gives to the Military . He is also Norway ' s representative to NATO ' s military committee . The post was first established in 1940 . Since June 2013 the position has been filled by Admiral Haakon Bruun - Hanssen .
Gotlands artilleriregemente Gotlands artillery regement , A 7 , was a Swedish artillery regiment that was in active service between 1811 and 2000 . The regiment was based in Visby to the Gotland Garrison . History . The Regiment origins from the Gotland Artillery Conscripts ( Gotlands nationalbevärings artilleribeväring ) , which was organized in 1811 as a result of a Russian occupation ( 1808 – 1809 ) . The Unit was later reorganized into Gotland Conscripts Artillery Corps ( Gotlands nationalbevärings artillerikår ) in 1861 and the designation No . 4 . In 1887 it changed name to Gotland Artillery Corps , A 4 . Gotland Artillery Corps was redesignated A 7 in 1892 because the planned Norrlands artillery regement got the designation A 4 . When Gotland Artillery Corps was reorganized in 1975 it became The Gotland Artillery Regiment , A 7 , which was the name it would keep until it was Disbanded in 2000 . Its traditions was passed on and left in the care of Artilleriregementet .
John W . Hendrix John Walker Hendrix is a retired United States Army four - star general , and served as Commander , United States Army Forces Command from 1999 to 2001 . Military career . Hendrix was born on September 22 , 1942 , in Bulloch County , Georgia , and received his commission after graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1965 with a degree in electrical engineering . He earned a master ' s degree in history in 1978 from Middle Tennessee State University , and is a graduate of both the U . S . Army War College and the U . S . Army Command and General Staff College . His other commands include V Corps in this position he served as commanding general of Task Force Hawk ; 3rd Infantry Division , Fort Stewart , Georgia ; and the United States Army Infantry Center , Fort Benning , Georgia . He also served as deputy chief of staff for operations , United States Army Europe and 7th Army ; assistant division commander , 1st Armored Division during the Persian Gulf War ; executive officer to the Supreme Allied Commander , Europe , Supreme Headquarters , Allied Powers Europe , Belgium ; and assistant commandant , U . S . Army Infantry School , Fort Benning . He completed several NATO assignments during the Cold War , and served two tours of duty as a rifle company commander in the Republic of Vietnam . He retired from the Army in 2001 . His awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal , Army Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster , Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters , the Silver Star with oak leaf cluster ; and the Bronze Star with " V " device and three oak leaf clusters . He also holds the Combat Infantryman Badge , Master Parachutist Badge , Ranger tab , and Army Aviator Badge . Post military . In retirement , Hendrix sits on the board of advisors of the National Infantry Foundation and worked for United Defense Industries . He was National Chairman of the Military Officers Association of America .
Villasur expedition The Villasur expedition of 1720 was a Spanish military expedition intended to check the growing French presence on the Great Plains of central North America . Led by Lieutenant - General Pedro de Villasur , the expedition was overwhelmed in an attack by far more numerous Pawnee and Otoe . In the first part of the 18th century , French explorers and fur traders began to enter the plains west of the Missouri River . In 1714 , Étienne de Veniard , Sieur de Bourgmont became the first European to reach the Platte River . Spain , which had claimed " ownership " of the Great Plains since the Coronado expedition of the 16th century , worried about the expansion of French influence in the region . In 1718 , the War of the Quadruple Alliance broke out between France and Spain . The governor of the Spanish colony of Nuevo México , based in Santa Fe , directed Villasur to capture French traders on the plains . Spanish authorities hoped to gather intelligence about French ambitions in the region . Villasur left Santa Fe on June 16 , 1720 , leading an expedition that included about 40 " Cuera " soldiers of a mounted frontier corps , 60 - 70 Pueblo allies , a priest , a Spanish trader , and approximately 12 Apache guides . Jose Naranjo , scout leader and explorer , was of African - Hopi parentage . A war captain for the Spanish Indian auxiliaries , Naranjo had by 1714 already explored the Platte River region three times . The expedition made its way northeast through present - day Colorado , Kansas and Nebraska . In August , they made contact with the Pawnee and Otoe along the Platte and Loup rivers . Using Francisco Sistaca , a Pawnee held as a slave ( and renamed ) by the Spanish , Villasur made several attempts to negotiate with Indians in the area . On August 13 , Sistaca disappeared from camp . Nervous about the possibility of attack and the increasing number and belligerence of the Pawnee and Otoe , Villasur camped that night just south of the Loup / Platte confluence , near what is now Columbus , Nebraska . The following morning ( August 14 ) , a large Pawnee and Oto force ( possibly aided by French traders ) attacked the Spanish camp . They quickly killed Villasur , 34 of his soldiers , Naranjo and 10 other Pueblo scouts after a brief battle . The survivors returned to Santa Fe on September 6 . The expedition , which had journeyed farther to the north and east than any other Spanish military expedition , marked the end of Spanish influence on the central Great Plains . Notes . The battle site was once claimed to have been near the confluence of the $ 3 and $ 3 rivers in western Nebraska .
HMS Seychelles ( K592 ) HMS " Seychelles " ( K592 ) was a Colony - class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II . She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the " Tacoma " - class patrol frigate USS " Pearl " ( PF - 88 ) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion . Construction and acquisition . The ship , originally designated a " patrol gunboat , " PG - 196 , was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as USS " Pearl " . She was reclassified as a " patrol frigate , " PF - 88 , on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh - Kaiser Company at Providence , Rhode Island , on , according to different sources , either 28 September 1943 or 30 October 1943 Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom , the ship was renamed " Seychelles " by the British prior to launching and was launched on either 30 October 1943 or 12 February 1944 , according to different sources . Service history . Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend - Lease on , according to different sources , either 12 February 1944 or 27 June 1944 , the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS " Seychelles " ( K592 ) on patrol and escort duty . Disposal . The United Kingdom returned " Seychelles " to the U . S . Navy in June 1946 . She was scrapped in 1947 .
Gao Huaide Gao Huaide ( 高懷德 ) ( 926 – 982 ) was a general in ancient China , first in the Later Zhou military and later in the Northern Song military . Gao Huaide ' s father Gao Xingzhou was a general in the Later Zhou military . In 944 , just 18 years old , Gao Huaide accompanied his father in resisting the invasion by the Liao forces from the north . In Qicheng ( near today ' s Puyang , Henan Province ) , his father was surrounded by the Liao forces and with no aid in sight , Gao Huaide fought a way out and saved his father on his horseback . In 957 , the Later Zhou military tried to invade Shouchun ( in today ' s Shou County , Anhui Province ) which was occupied by Southern Tang kingdom . At night , Gao Huaide and a few men went across the Huai River for reconnaissance and in the morning caught a Southern Tang soldier who provided important information . When Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou watched the battle from a height , he noticed a general who fought many enemies by himself , even taking the spear from the enemy ' s hands . He was informed that was Gao Huaide . When Later Zhou was overthrown by the Song Dynasty , Emperor Taizu of Song arranged for Gao Huaide to marry his younger sister , Princess Chang of Yan Kingdom . Along with Shi Shouxin , Gao Huaide defeated Li Yun ' s rebellion .
HMS Termagant ( 1796 ) HMS " Termagant " was an 18 - gun sloop of the Royal Navy . She was launched in 1796 and performed convoy duty during the French Revolutionary Wars , shuttling between The Nore and Riga under Commander David Lloyd in mid - 1797 in the company of . Because " Termagant " served in the navy ' s Egyptian campaign ( 8 March to 2 September 1801 ) , her officers and crew qualified for the clasp " Egypt " to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants . Fate . " Termagant " was sold out of service in 1819 .
USS Dyess ( DD - 880 ) USS " Dyess " ( DD / DDR - 880 ) , a " Gearing " - class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Aquilla James Dyess ( 1909 – 1944 ) . Dyess was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his leadership of his battalion of Marines in the Battle of Kwajalein . " Dyess " was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange , Texas on 17 August 1944 , launched on 26 January 1945 by Mrs . A . J . Dyess , widow of Lieutenant Colonel Dyess and commissioned on 21 May 1945 , Commander R . L . Fulton in command . After her shakedown cruise and conversion to a radar picket destroyer , " Dyess " sailed from Norfolk 7 November 1945 to join the 5th Fleet at Tokyo Bay 19 December for occupation duty in the Far East . She returned to San Diego 16 December 1946 , and on 6 January 1947 , got underway for the east coast , arriving at Norfolk 23 January . She served in local training cruises until August of that year when she sailed to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , to escort President Harry S . Truman , embarked in " Missouri " ( BB - 63 ) as far as Norfolk , where he transferred to the Presidential yacht " Williamsburg " ( AGC - 369 ) which " Dyess " escorted to Washington , D . C . " Dyess " arrived at Newport , R . I . , 27 September 1947 for local training operations . After a tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean from 29 October to 14 February 1948 , she returned to her home port of Norfolk . She was reclassified DDR - 880 18 March 1949 . Until the end of 1958 " Dyess " made nine tours of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean , patrolling to preserve peace and engaging in exercises with NATO forces . She also sailed on two midshipman cruises , one to southern Europe in the summer of 1948 and one to Halifax , Nova Scotia , in the summer of 1951 . The remainder of her service was as varied as her capabilities . She acted as plane guard during the qualifying of pilots in carrier operations and joined in hunter - killer exercises , amphibious training , and large - scale fleet exercises . She assisted in the evacuation of American nationals from Suez during the tense situation which developed during her 1956 Mediterranean cruise . In the summer of 1958 she joined in strengthening the free world ' s defenses with NATO operations in northern Europe . " Dyess " operated along the east coast and off Cuba in 1959 , and on 25 July arrived at Charleston , S . C . , her new home port . On 29 January 1960 she sailed on her tenth deployment to the Mediterranean . " Dyess " returned to Charleston , S . C . in August , and in October entered Charleston Naval Shipyard , where she remained until the end of 1960 . " Dyess " was decommissioned on 27 January 1981 , stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 27 February 1981 , transferred to Greece on 8 July 1981 and cannibalized for spare parts .
Douglas XB - 19 The Douglas XB - 19 was the largest bomber aircraft built for the United States Army Air Corps until 1946 . It was originally given the designation XBLR - 2 ( " XBLR - " denoting Experimental Bomber , Long Range ) . Design and development . The XB - 19 project was intended to test flight characteristics and design techniques for giant bombers ; Douglas Aircraft wanted to cancel the expensive project . Despite advances in technology that made the XB - 19 obsolete before it was completed , the Army Air Corps felt that the prototype would be useful for testing . Its construction took so long that competition for the contracts to make the XB - 35 and XB - 36 occurred two months before its first flight . The plane flew on June 27 , 1941 , more than three years after the construction contract was awarded . In 1943 the Wright R - 3350 engines were replaced with Allison V - 3420 - 11 V engines . After completion of testing the XB - 19 served as a cargo carrier until scrapped at Tucson in 1949 . Surviving artifacts . The new U . S . Air Force had plans to save the B - 19 for eventual display , but in 1949 the Air Force did not have a program to save historic aircraft and the Air Force Museum had not been built . So the B - 19 was scrapped , but two of its enormous main tires were saved . One was put on display at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden , Utah and the other has been on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton , Ohio , in the " Early Years " gallery for many years .
Unbestowed awards of Nazi Germany Unbestowed awards of Nazi Germany were a series of political , civil , and military decorations which were either under design , projected for design , or had been approved for issuance but never bestowed , when the Second World War ended in 1945 resulting in the fall of Nazi Germany .
Marshall E . Cusic Jr . Marshall E . Cusic Jr . is a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy Reserve and serves as the Deputy Commander for Total Force Integration , Navy Medicine Support Command and Chief , Medical Reserve Corps , Bureau of Medicine and Surgery . Biography . A native of Fort Smith , Arkansas , Cusic practices medicine at Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield , Wisconsin . He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Medical College of Wisconsin and is Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics ( Allergy and Immunology ) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health . Cusic is also a member of the American College of Physician Executives . Military career . Cusic joined the United States Navy in 1966 . He would serve in Puerto Rico from 1971 to 1975 before transferring to the Navy Reserve . After transferring , he would serve with a U . S . Marine division in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . Recalled to active duty in 1978 , he was stationed in San Diego , California . After returning to the Navy Reserve , he would serve in Madison , Wisconsin . Cusic would go on to lead training exercises to Costa Rica and Indonesia and conduct field research on the dengue virus at the Naval Medical Research Institute and in Peru . Cusic commanded Naval Reserve Naval Hospital Great Lakes from 1997 to 1998 and Naval Reserve Fleet Hospital Great Lakes from 1999 to 2001 . In 2003 , he was named Deputy Surgeon , United States Pacific Fleet before being named to his current positions in 2005 and 2006 . Awards he has received include the Legion of Merit , the Navy Meritorious Service Medal , the Navy Commendation Medal , the National Defense Service Medal with two service stars , the Navy Recruiting Service Ribbon , the Navy Overseas Service Ribbon with award star and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with silver hourglass device .
55th ( New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island ) Battalion , CEF The 55th ( New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island ) Battalion , CEF was formed in Prince Edward Island and Sussex , New Brunswick in 1915 . The majority of its members came from New Brunswick . The unit was mobilized in May 1915 and sent to Valcartier for training . They embarked in Montreal on the SS Corsican on October 31 , 1915 . As with most units arriving in the UK , this battalion was broken up and used as replacements . On July 6 , 1916 , it was absorbed into the 40th Battalion . The 55th numbered 42 officers and 1099 other ranks . They were commanded by Lt . Col . J . Renfrew Kirkpatrick . Members of this battalion served in the following battles : Mount Sorrel , Flers - Courcelette , Thiepval , Ancre Heights , Vimy Ridge , Arleux , Scarpe , Hill 70 , Ypres and Amiens . The 55th Battalion is perpetuated by The Royal New Brunswick Regiment . References . http : / / cefresearch . com / matrix / Army % 20Corps / Divisions / Reorganized % 20Units / Absorbed % 20by % 20Reserves / 55th % 20Battalion . htm
Battle of Calcinato The Battle of Calcinato was a battle in the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 19 April 1706 near Calcinato , Italy between the forces of Bourbon France and Spain and the forces of the Austrian Habsburgs . It ended in a victory for Marshal Vendôme ' s French and Spanish army . Prelude . In Italy the 1706 campaign had , as before , two branches : the contest for Piedmont and the contest between the French forces in Lombardy and the Austrian second army that sought to join Victor Amadeus and Starhemberg in Piedmont . The latter , repulsed by Vendôme at Cassano , had retired to Brescia and Lake Garda , Vendôme following up and wintering about Castiglione and Mantua . The battle . In April 1706 , profiting by Eugene ' s temporary absence , Vendôme attacked the Imperialist ' s camp of Montechiaro – Calcinato . His intention was by a night march to surprise the post of Ponte San Marco on their extreme left , but when day came he noticed that he could give battle to the enemy ' s left wing at Calcinato before their right from Montichiari could intervene . His onset broke up the defence completely and he hustled the fragments of the Imperialist army back into the mountains , where Eugene had the greatest difficulty in rallying them . Aftermath . Vendôme was sent to Flanders after the crushing defeat there in the Battle of Ramillies . As a result of the disastrous Siege of Turin the French position in Italy deteriorated drastically , and by the end of the year , all French forces had been chased from Italy .
HMS Pomona ( 1778 ) HMS " Pomona " was a 28 - gun " Enterprise " - class sixth - rate frigate of the Royal Navy . The " Pomona " was first commissioned in September 1778 under the command of Captain William Waldegrave . On 17 October 1779 , " Pomona " , together with , , and participated in the successful British attack on the Fort of San Fernandino de Omoa . As a result of the battle the British ships captured two Spanish prizes with a cargo of bullion worth in excess of $ 3 , 000 , 000 . " Pomona " and " Lowestoffe " also shared in the prize money for the " St . Domingo " and her cargo , which included 124 serons ( crates ) of indigo . Then on 15 June 1780 , " Pomona " , and " Lowestoffe " captured the brig " Delaware " , William Collins , Master . She was of 120 tons , armed with guns and had a crew of 53 men . She was sailing from Philadelphia to Port au Prince , with a cargo of flour and fish . More importantly , they also captured the French navy cutter " Sans Pareil " , of 16 guns and 100 men , as she was sailing from Martinique to Cap - Français . She was the former British privateer " Non Such " . In 1795 " Pomona " was renamed " Amphitrite " after the previous was wrecked after striking an uncharted submerged rock whilst entering Leghorn harbour on 30 January 1794 . Fate . She was taken to pieces at Portsmouth August 1811 .
William Wallace Duncan William Wallace Duncan ( December 20 , 1839 – March 2 , 1908 ) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church , South , elected in 1886 . He was born 20 December 1839 in Boydton , Virginia , of Scots - Irish descent and of scholarship . He was the son of Professor David Duncan , a native of Ireland , and of University of Edinburgh in Scotland . He settled in Kentucky , then migrated to Virginia . William graduated from Wofford College in South Carolina in 1858 and joined the Virginia Annual Conference of the M . E . Church , South in 1859 . He was a Chaplain of the Army of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War . Rev . Duncan transferred to the South Carolina Conference in 1875 . He was a delegate to the First and Second Ecumenical Methodist Conferences , in 1881 and 1891 , respectively . Prior to his election to the Episcopacy , he served as a Pastor and an Educator . Bishop Duncan died 2 March 1908 in Spartanburg , South Carolina , where he is also buried .
USS Mishawaka ( YTB - 764 ) USS " Mishawaka " ( YTB ‑ 764 ) was a United States Navy large district harbor tug named for Mishawaka , Indiana . Construction and commissioning . She was laid down down on 1 February 1962 at Slidell , Louisiana , by Southern Shipbuilding Corporation and launched 3 January 1963 . Operational history . She reported for duty in the 11th Naval District , headquartered at San Diego , in April 1963 , where she remained into the 1980s . Stricken from the Navy List 28 October 2002 , ex - " Mishawaka " was sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service ( DRMS ) to JE Ventures LP , Nederland , Texas , for commercial service . Renamed " Alois " . In 2008 , " Alois " was reported abandoned in Harlingen , Netherlands . At Harlingen , " Alois " was seized by court order and auctioned off by the International Transport Workers ' Federation , for 400 , 000 . In 2010 the ship was towed from Rotterdam to Port Arthur , TX , where she was berthed , awaiting sale by the bank .