Job Amupanda

Job Shipululo Amupanda (born 28 August 1987 in Omaalala, Oshana Region) is a Namibian activist and politician who is the current Mayor of the City of Windhoek, in office since 2 December 2020. Previously, he was an academic at the University of Namibia before he co-founded the Affirmative Repositioning movement, a movement setup by radical youth activists of the SWAPO Party Youth League in November 2014.
Early life and education.
Amupanda was born in northern Namibia in Omaalala in 1987. He was raised by his grandmother Theopolina Adolf whom he used to help sell merchandise as a child.
From 2005 Amupanda studied at the University of Namibia (UNAM) where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science, and from 2008 served as the president of the Students' Council where he gained popularity during his tenure.
Education.
In 2010 he continued his studies at Stellenbosch University where he graduated with BA Honours in political science (2010) and MA in political science (2012). He also holds a BA Honors in history from the University of South Africa. While at Stellenbosch he founded the Stellenbosch Political Science Students Association (SPOSSA) and a served as political education officer and later deputy secretary of the South African Students Congress. He dedicated his master's degree to the children of Namibia especially those who went to school without shoes. In 2020, he graduated with a PhD in Political Studies at the University of Namibia. His dissertation titled The Consolidated Diamond Mines and the Natives in Colonial Namibia: A Critical Analysis of the Role of Illegal Diamonds and the Development of Owamboland (1908 - 1990). Amupanda was one of the few radical youths in Namibia and is very outspoken on youth matters. He scooped the Windhoek Observer 2015 award of Newsmaker of the year in the politics category where he was competing with, amongst others President Hage Geingob and went to get the Overall Newsmaker award for the year 2015.
In 2015 Amupanda started lecturing political science at his alma mater UNAM. A year later, he was appointed Deputy Dean of his faculty, the youngest at the institution at the time. Utaara Mootu, Inna Hengari, Joseph Kalimbwe and Henny Seibeb were all his students.
Activism career.
Amupanda was first introduced to youth leadership when he was elected to the UNAM SRC in 2007 as secretary for information and publicity. The following year, he became president of the organisation at the age of 22.
In 2013, he joined the SWAPO Party Youth League after being elected as the SPYL secretary for mobilisation and information by the structures of youth wing. While at the party's youth organisation, he advocated for land reforms and democratisation of state institutions. However, his stance of giving land to the landless Namibians was met with disagreements within the top four of the SWAPO Party which included President Hifikepunye Pohamba, his then deputy Hage Geingob, party Secretary General Nangolo Mbumba and his deputy who together ruled to remove and expel Amupanda along with Dimbulukeni Nauyoma, George Kambala and Elijah Ngurare from the party. After his expulsion from the party, Amupanda formed the Affirmative Repositioning movement to advocate for land and other issues affecting youths in Namibia.
Personal life.
On 17 August 2019, Amupanda married his long time partner, Taimi Iileka, a Sisa Namandje Incorporation lawyer in a private ceremony at his hometown village of Omaalala. Amupanda lives in Windhoek. He is an avid boxing fan and participates in boxing activities.
Affirmative Repositioning.
Amupanda holds political admiration for Burkina Faso's Thomas Sankara, Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe, South Africa's Steve Biko, Robert Sobukwe and Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters.
In November 2014, Amupanda, Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and George Kambala, all of the SWAPO Youth League, occupied land in the affluent Klein Windhoek suburb as a means to demand land in the city, and in response to reports of corruption by the Windhoek municipality. They named their action "Erf 2014" to coincide with the year of action. This move was seen by SWAPO as an illegal grab of municipal land, and all three activists were expelled. Amupanda had shortly before resigned from his position as spokesperson for the SWAPO Party Youth League.
Subsequently, Amupanda, Nauyoma and Kambala formed the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement. The movement mobilised thousands of young people who turned up at the City of Windhoek's head office in Windhoek and submitted over 14,000 land application forms. He successfully challenged his expulsion from the party in court and was reinstated as a party member in May 2016.
Mayor of Windhoek.
In November 2019, Amupanda began to position himself for the position of Mayor of Windhoek under his organization, the Affirmative Repositioning Movement. On 2 December, following months of campaigning, he was elected Mayor of the city after the opposition voted in his favour to lead the municipality.


Stepan Poltorak

Stepan Poltorak () was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 14 October 2014 until 29 August 2019. Previously he was the commander of the Internal Troops of Ukraine and National Guard of Ukraine. Poltorak's rank was General of the army of Ukraine. From 1 January 2019, Poltorak remained the country's defense minister as a civilian, after resigning from military service in October 2018. Poltorak resigned at the request of newly inaugurated president Volodymyr Zelensky on 20 May 2019.
Biography.
Poltorak was born on 11 February 1965 in the village Vesela Dolyna (located in the Bolhrad Raion, Odessa Oblast). He has served in the military since August 1983. Poltorak is a graduate from Ordzhonikidzevsky highest military command college of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.
Poltorak has a Ph.D. In 2003 he successfully defended his thesis on "Pedagogical conditions of the skills of the commander unit in the future officers of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine."
In March 2002 Poltorak was appointed head of the Academy of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kharkiv.
On 28 February 2014 acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov appointed Poltorak commander of the Internal Troops of Ukraine.
When the National Guard of Ukraine was reestablished on 13 March 2014, Poltorak became its first commander on 15 April 2014.
On 14 October 2014, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada approved Poltorak's appointment as Ukraine's Minister of Defence.
, replacing Valeriy Heletey, who was appointed head of the State Security Administration after President Petro Poroshenko accepted his resignation.
President Poroshenko accepted Poltorak's resignation from military service on 13 October 2018. Poltorak stayed on as Minister of Defence.
Poltorak resigned at the request of newly inaugurated president Volodymyr Zelensky on 20 May 2019. His official tenure as Defence Minister ended on 29 August 2019 when Andriy Zahorodniuk was appointed his successor.
Family and Personal Life.
Poltorak is married to Inna (who is two years younger than him) and has an adult son called Ihor. His wife is a captain at Poltorak former posting, the Academy of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kharkiv.


Supreme Headquarters (Yugoslav Partisans)

The Supreme Headquarters was created in June 1941 by the Central Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party after the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of 6 April 1941. It was the main command and staff body of the Yugoslav Partisans, with Josip Broz Tito at its head.
Initially titled Partisan Chief Headquarters when it was created on 27 June 1941, it was renamed at the Stolice conference of 26–27 September 1941. Its full name became the Supreme Headquarters of the People's Liberation Partisan Detachments. From January 1942, the headquarters became the Supreme Headquarters of the People's Liberation Partisan and Volunteer Army of Yugoslavia to allow for the incorporation of "Volunteer Detachments" consisting of insurgents that were not willing to formally become Partisans, most of whom were Serb nationalist Chetniks. By November 1942, this experiment had clearly failed, and it was again renamed the Supreme Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia. Finally, on 1 March 1945, it became the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army (renamed Yugoslav People's Army in 1951).
The composition of the Supreme Headquarters during the war was successively supplemented, as few members lost their lives. Members of Supreme Headquarters throughout the war were: Josip Broz Tito (supreme commander), Arso Jovanović (chief of Supreme Headquarters), Velimir Terzić (deputy chief of Supreme Headquarters), Sreten Žujović, Edvard Kardelj, Aleksandar Ranković, Ivo Lola Ribar (died in November 1943), Svetozar Vukmanović, Milovan Đilas, Ivan Milutinović (died in October 1944), Peko Dapčević, Savo Orović, Sava Kovačević (died in June 1943), Vladimir Popović, Radivoje Jovanović, Vlada Zečević, Petar Drapšin, Rade Hamović, Vojislav Đokić, Franc Leskošek, Uglješa Danilović, Mihailo Apostolski, Nikola Grulović, Pavle Ilić, Moša Pijade, Rade Končar (died in May 1942), Gojko Nikoliš, Izidor Papo, Ivan Rukavina, Pavle Savić, Vladimir Smirnov and Ivan Maček.


Sparoair

Sparoair was a family of air-launched sounding rockets developed by the United States Navy in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Based on the Sparrow air-to-air missile, three versions of the rocket were developed; although some launches were successful, the system did not enter operational service.
Sparoair I and II.
Sparoair was developed by the Naval Missile Center, as a two-stage development of the Sparrow III air-to-air missile. Propelled by two Sparrow rocket motors mounted in tandem, the Sparoair could be launched from F3H (F-3) Demon and F4D (F-6) Skyray fighter aircraft, and was capable of lifting a payload to an apogee of .
The Sparoair I was the original version of the rocket, launched using an ejection system and a lanyard for firing; after that proved unreliable in flight testing, the Sparoair II was developed that utilised a rail launch with ignition prior to release from the aircraft. Eight launches of Sparoair II vehicles had been conducted by 1961. Each Sparoair II rocket cost US$6,000.
Sparoair III.
Sparoair III utilised a redesigned second-stage motor, and could be launched from the F-4 Phantom II; however, any aircraft capable of launching the Sparrow III AAM could launch the Sparoair.
The Sparoair III utilised the aircraft's Low Altitude Bombing System (LABS) circuits to initiate launch; the second stage was ignited via a mechanical device armed by the acceleration of the first stage.
The first Sparoair III was launched on 8 July 1965; it proved a partial failure as the second stage failed to ignite. The second launch on 26 May 1966 failed after six seconds of second-stage burn when the vehicle exploded. No further launches were undertaken.


USCGC Bernard C. Webber

USCGC "Bernard C. Webber" (WPC-1101) is the first of the United States Coast Guard's 58 cutters.
Like most of her sister ships, she replaced a . "Bernard C. Webber", and the next five vessels in the class, , , , , and , are all based in Miami, Florida.
First of class.
On September 26, 2008, Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana, was awarded US$88 million to build the prototype first vessel in its class. The Sentinel-class design is from the Netherlands-based Damen Group, and is based on that company's Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel. The first vessel Bollinger built became "Bernard C. Webber", which is the first of 58 planned Sentinel-class cutters to be put into the U.S. Coast Guard fleet to replace their old 110 ft patrol boats (and their unseaworthy 123 ft cutters), starting with the first six based in Miami, then six in Key West, then six in Puerto Rico.
On July 24, 2014, it was announced that the, U.S. Coast Guard had exercised a $225 million option at Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana for construction through 2017 of an additional six Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRC), bringing the total number of FRCs under contract with Bollinger to 30. On May 4, 2016, Bollinger Shipyards announced that the U.S. Coast Guard awarded it a new contract for building the final 26 Sentinel-class fast-response cutters. That brings to 58 the total number of FRCs that the USCG ordered from Bollinger. Acquiring the 58 cutters is expected to cost the federal government $3.8 billion — an average of about $65 million per cutter.
Operational history.
"Bernard C. Webber" was launched in April 2011.
She commenced her sea trials on November 27, 2011. She arrived in her homeport of Miami, Florida, on February 6, 2012.
She was commissioned on April 14, 2012, at the Port of Miami, Miami, Florida.
For a week in August 2015 "Bernard C. Webber" was tasked to host some VIPs, and demonstrate to them the ability of the Coast Guard to protect the United States' borders.
In November 2015 the cutter cooperated with the Netherlands offshore patrol vessel in the interception of a large quantity of illicit drugs, off the coast of the Dominican Republic.
On April 10, 2016, "Bernard C. Webber" rescued ten individuals from a vessel that capsized off Freetown, Bahamas. The ten individuals were adrift for about six hours, but none of them were injured. Since they were assessed to be migrants, trying to make their way to United States, they were transferred to the custody of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force.
Namesake.
Like the other ships of her class "Bernard C. Webber" is named after a heroic enlisted member of the Coast Guard. Bernard C. Webber was coxswain of the wooden Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500 that ventured out in seas to rescue men from the stricken T2 tanker that had broken in two during a Winter storm off Chatham, Massachusetts on February 18, 1952. The rescue of the survivors of the shipwrecked "Pendleton" is considered one of the most daring rescues of the United States Coast Guard.
The story of the "Pendleton" rescue has been made into a motion picture titled "The Finest Hours".


Garry Begg

Garry Begg is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Surrey-Guildford as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.
He previously ran in the 2015 federal election as the federal New Democratic Party's candidate in Fleetwood—Port Kells, but was not elected. Prior to entering politics, Begg was an inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.


Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2

Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 is the headquarters element of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and is located at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
History.
Commissioned on 31 December 1955, Marine Wing Headquarters Group 2 was garrisoned at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. At that time, the unit was composed of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 2, Marine Air Support Squadron 1, and Marine Air Control Squadron 7 and Marine Air Control Squadron 8. In May 1966, MWSG-2 was decommissioned. Through further reorganization in August 1967, MWSG-2 was reactivated and assumed the responsibilities of supporting the Marine Wing Headquarters. On 1 July 1971, MWSG-2 was re-designated to the current title of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2.
Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 has traditionally been a non-deployable Marine Corps unit, though it supports the War on Terror through individual augments to deploying units. The unit deployed as a whole for the first time in February 2005 until February 2006 where it was deployed to Al Asad Airbase in the Al Anbar Province Iraq where it raised its new unit colors and squadron logo (known as Snake Eyes) designed and created solely by Sgt James Fife. It operated for a second time in Al Asad from February 2007 until March 2008 and deployed a third time to Al Asad from January 2009 until November 2009.


USCG CG-249

CG-249 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard.
History.
She was laid down at the Jacksonville, Florida shipyard of Gibbs Gas Engine Company, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard. She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore. The date of her launching and completion is uncertain although the class design was finalized in April 1924 and all of the Six-Bitters were commissioned by 1925. She was commissioned in 1924/1925 as "CG-249". On 7 August 1927, her crew boarded a ship suspected of transporting alcohol off the coast of Florida. A member of the boarded ship, Horace Alderman, murdered two Coast Guardsmen and a Secret Service agent before being subdued by the remainder of the crew. Alderman was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death; he was hung at the Coast Guard station at Bahia Mar, Florida on 17 August 1929. She was struck from the register in 1930/1931.


M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle

The M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle (EMR; formally Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle; NSN 1005-01-553-5196) is a semi-automatic, gas-operated designated marksman rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. It is a modified and accurized version of the M14 rifle used by the United States military, in a similar vein to the Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle. It is based on the United States Marine Corps Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR), which it replaced. It is manufactured by Sage International and maintained by the USMC's Precision Weapons Section.
The rifle is currently issued with match-grade M118LR 175-grain long range ammunition. The "basic" EMR (without telescopic sight, magazine, sling, basic issue items, cleaning gear, suppressor and bipod) weighs or less.
History.
In November 1992, Marine Corps Systems Command drafted a mission needs statement for an enhanced sniper support team weapon (SSTW). It called for a weapon to support the M40A1 sniper rifle in a Scout Sniper team for close-range engagements and to lay down rapid semiautomatic suppressive fire. At the time, the role was filled by the M16A2, which could not mount optics or night vision sights and used M855 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition, which was too inaccurate for the role. A previous designated marksman weapon effort attempted to use the M14 for the role, but it was not as accurate as bolt-action rifles and could not fit into the Fleet Marine Forces logistics system. The enhanced SSTW had to engage targets out to 600 meters, use ammunition interchangeable with the M40A1, be able to mount a sound suppressor and optics, and be supportable. Even though the M14 was not initially suitable, rifle equipment builders continued to refine it and produced versions as "interim measures". They eventually became a program unto themselves and culminated as the M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle.
Specifications.
There are several differences between the DMR and EMR.
Applications.
The EMR is primarily used by a designated marksman, to provide precision fire for units that do not rate a scout sniper. As a replacement for the DMR, the EMR fills the need for a lightweight, accurate weapon system utilizing a cartridge more powerful than the M16A4's standard 5.56×45mm NATO—the 7.62×51mm NATO. The EMR is also used by Marine scout snipers when the mission requires rapid accurate fire and by Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal teams.
In early 2012, the Marine Corps began replacing the M39 with the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System, originally developed for the U.S. Army, on a one-for-one basis, with the designation of Mk 11 Mod 2. The M110 better fills the requirements of the SSTW, being able to mount suppressors and night vision systems while maintaining zero, and having M16 training and supply commonality.


Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals

The Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals (CGCCA) is the intermediate appellate court for criminal convictions in the U.S. Coast Guard. It is located in Washington, DC.
The Court was established under Article 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), by the Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard. The Court is normally composed of five appellate military judges, organized in panels of three for consideration of referred cases. All but the Chief Judge have other primary duties, so that their service on the Court constitutes a collateral duty.
Jurisdiction.
Review of courts-martial.
In general, the Court reviews and acts on the records by affirming, reversing, or modifying in part the findings or sentence in each case of trial by court-martial in which the sentence, as approved, extends to death; dismissal of a commissioned officer or cadet; dishonorable discharge; bad conduct discharge; or confinement of one year or more. The Court also reviews other courts-martial with lesser sentences if the Judge Advocate General so directs.
After CGCCA review, the next level of appeal is to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Writ review.
Also reviewed by the Court are petitions for extraordinary writs, petitions for new trial which have been referred to the Court, and appeals by the United States under Article 62, UCMJ.
Current Composition of the Court.
The judges may be commissioned officers or civilians. As of 2019, the Court is constituted as follows:


Tuzla Infantry School Command

The Tuzla Infantry School Command () is located in Tuzla District of Istanbul. A military school that trains officers, non-commissioned officers and specialist sergeants belonging to the infantry class under the Turkish Land Forces Education and Doctrine Command (EDOK). It is Turkey's first and only infantry school.
Overview.
Founded in 1909, the school moved to Çankırı in 1941 and was named Infantry School in 1946. In 1961, it was moved to the Tuzla district of Istanbul. Courses are composed of the regiment command and the sub-units of the demonstration and exercise battalion command, and the class training of the infantry class officers, non-commissioned officers, specialist sergeants and lieutenants occur in the school. Trainings are given on subjects such as the use of infantry fighting vehicles and marksmanship.
PKK attack.
On February 12, 1994, a bomb was placed in a garbage container at the Tuzla Train Station by militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). As a result, 2 reserve officer candidate students and 3 soldiers were killed while waiting for a train at the station to go on leave.


Operation Steel Pike

Operation Steel Pike was the largest peacetime amphibious landing exercise in history, conducted by the United States Navy and Marine Corps and taking place on the coast of Spain in October to November 1964.
The operation involved 84 naval ships and 28,000 Marines of the 2nd Marine Division, and was commanded by Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. and Lieutenant general James P. Berkeley. The director of control group during for exercise was Brigadier general John C. Miller Jr. In the opening hour of the landing, two helicopters collided in mid-air, resulting in the deaths of nine Marines and causing injuries to 13 others. Another Marine was crushed to death by a tank while asleep in his sleeping bag. During the trip over the ships were divided into three convoys sailing under war time conditions with ASW escorts. There were many civilian ships contracted to the Navy to transport military personnel and cargo to the landing area. Once the ships were anchored in place the landings began. There were two or three days of landing men and equipment ashore, then one day of rest for the landing craft. After that, the task force started back loading men and equipment onto the ships. When it was finished, the ships departed for liberty to different ports: the USS Okinawa to La Pallice and La Rochelle, France, and to Plymouth, England.
Additional notes by a Marine veteran of the operation:
The units, including both ground and aviation conducted joint wargame exercises with NATO allies in Spain. During the deployment the Marines were visited by Commandant of the Marines Corps, General Wallace M. Greene. The Gen RM Blatchford took Marines to liberty call in the canary Islands.


Coast Guard Station Brant Point

United States Coast Guard Station Brant Point is located on Brant Point, in Nantucket, Massachusetts.


Fleet Marine Force

The United States Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) are combined general- and special-purpose forces within the United States Department of the Navy that perform offensive amphibious or expeditionary warfare and defensive maritime employment. The Fleet Marine Forces provide the National Command Authority (NCA) with a responsive force that can conduct operations in any spectrum of conflict around the globe.
Organization.
The Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) consists of Marine Corps' operating forces components that constitute the Fleet Marine Forces on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, or within its "designate(s)". While the FMF is a Marine Corps organization, the FMF is a type command under the operational control of Navy fleet commanders; the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) retains administrative and training control.
The Commanding General of the Fleet Marine Force; either its Pacific (CG FMFPAC) or Atlantic (CG FMFLANT) command, are responsible for the administration and training of all of the subordinate units of the Marine Corps Forces (MARCORFOR). The subordinate units of the Fleet Marine Forces come under the operational control of the commanders, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (formerly Atlantic Fleet) or United States Pacific Fleet, when deployed.
The commanders of Marine Forces Command (MARFORCOM) and Pacific (MARFORPAC) serve as Marine Corps component commanders to their respective combatant commanders and may also serve as commanding generals of Fleet Marine Forces (FMFs) Atlantic, or Pacific.
The operating forces of the Marine Corps are currently organized into two Fleet Marine Forces (FMF):
Each FMF is equivalent to a U.S. Navy type command and reports to its respective Fleet Commander-in-Chief. The commanding general—a lieutenant general—may be either an aviator or a ground officer. His deputy commanding general is from the other community.
Marine Corps forces are organized into warfighting units of combined arms known as Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTFs) and are either employed as part of naval expeditionary forces or separately as part of larger joint or combined forces.
Each FMF consists of at least one Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) consisting of at least one Marine Division (MARDIV), one Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), one Marine Logistics Group (MLG) (formerly the Force Service Support Group (FSSG)), and an MEF Information Group. Other miscellaneous supporting units may be attached. In addition to one or more MEF(s), each FMF is further organized into one or more intermediate-sized MAGTFs called Marine Expeditionary Brigades (MEBs) and smaller MAGTFs called Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs).
History.
Its predecessor was the Advanced Base Force in the early 20th century. The history of the FMF dates to December 7, 1933, when Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson issued General Order 241 defining the Fleet Marine Force.
Momentarily before and during World War II, the Fleet Marine Force had FMF units also in western Pacific assigned to the United States Asiatic Fleet, establishing the Fleet Marine Force, Western Pacific (FMFWestPac).
Navy personnel in the Fleet Marine Forces.
For service in the Fleet Marine Force, the United States Department of the Navy issues the FMF Enlisted Warfare Specialist Insignia and the FMF Qualified Officer Insignia (formerly, the Fleet Marine Force Ribbon was issued). Navy Fleet Marine Force personnel, usually Corpsmen, Religious Program Specialists or Naval Gunfire Liaison Officers who participate in amphibious assaults, are also eligible to receive the FMF Combat Operations Insignia to certain service medals and ribbons. Such Navy personnel are authorized to wear the Marine Corps utility uniform with Navy insignia, and must conform to all physical requirements of the U.S. Marines.


Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force

The Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force is the second senior-most chaplain in the United States Air Force Chaplain Corps, holding the rank of brigadier general, and acting as principal deputy to the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force.
The current Deputy Chief of Chaplains is Chaplain (Brigadier General) Randall E. Kitchens.
Air Force Chaplains.
Official Air Force instructions task chaplains with providing "spiritual care and the opportunity for Airmen, their families, and other authorized personnel to exercise their constitutional right to the free exercise of religion." This goal is accomplished through "religious observances, providing pastoral care, and advising leadership on spiritual, ethical, moral, morale, core values," in addition to additional religious accommodation issues that have already been identified or might arise in the future.
Additionally, "Chaplain Corps personnel conduct needs assessment based upon the commander’s mission requirements in order to plan and execute religious programs."
Armed Forces Chaplains Board.
As the active duty Deputy Chief of Chaplains for the Air Force, the man or woman holding this position is one of the six chaplains (Chiefs of Chaplains and active duty Deputy Chiefs of Chaplains of the Army, Navy, and Air Force) who together comprise the Armed Forces Chaplains Board, advising the Secretary of Defense and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on matters affecting military personnel throughout the U.S. military services.


U.S. Naval Torpedo Station


Steven D. Poulin

Steven D. Poulin (born January 1, 1962) is a United States Coast Guard vice admiral who currently serves as commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic Area and Coast Guard Defense Force East. As Atlantic Area commander, he has operational control over Coast Guard missions covering the Rocky Mountains to the Arabian Gulf, covering 5 Coast Guard districts and 40 states. He previously served as director of operations for the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), commander of the Coast Guard First District and Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard.


SS Sansinena

SS "Sansinena" was a Liberian oil tanker that exploded in Los Angeles harbor on Friday, 17 December 1976 at 7:33pm. She was docked at berth 46 at Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California.
The vessel was a steamship built in 1958. At its final port of call, "Sansinena" had discharged its cargo of crude oil and was taking on ballast and fuel when a massive explosion split the ship in half and obliterated multiple port buildings. The blast shattered windows for miles around and triggered a fire that spread across the dock and around the tanker. The Los Angeles Fire Department soon arrived on the scene to contain the blaze and rescue survivors. A United States Coast Guard investigation later concluded that the incident was caused by flammable vapor buildup on the deck of the ship. The ignition source was never identified.
The official casualty count is:
The explosion of "Sansinena" and technical details of the incident were featured as the first segment of the Engineering Disasters of the 1970s' episode of History Channel's Modern Marvels television series.


Rick Stoner

Colonel Richard Stoner is a fictional secret agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Barry Dutter and M.C. Wyman, first appeared in "Fury" #1 (May 1994).
Rick Stoner was played by Patrick Warburton in the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."s fifth and seventh seasons.
Fictional character biography.
Rick Stoner was a hard man who always stuck to the rules and showed much disdain towards his fellow World War II soldiers, specifically Nick Fury whom he had a love-hate relationship of sorts with. He along with James "Logan" Howlett worked at the C.I.A. and fought Hydra. Stoner was eventually offered the director's seat of the then newly formed S.H.I.E.L.D. Upon looking at the Howling Commandos' dossiers, he told himself that "these jokers will never become S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as long as I'm director". His director status is short lived as he's shot and killed by Hydra while trying to uncover a traitor within S.H.I.E.L.D.
This turned out to be a cover up with Stoner actually having been disavowed and abandoned by S.H.I.E.L.D., plotting revenge against Fury for taking his job. Now under the Fallen Angel codename, he plots to use a project to manipulate reality. Stoner and Fury have a battle over the project, ending up trapped in a pocket universe. Fury ultimately prevails while Stoner is killed.
In other media.
Rick Stoner appears in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", portrayed by Patrick Warburton. This version is a military general from the 1970s. He first appears in the season five episode "All the Comforts of Home" as a prerecorded holographic greeting message for a then-uninhabited version of a S.H.I.E.L.D. base called the Lighthouse. In the episode "Option Two", Phil Coulson's team learn that Stoner had equipped the Lighthouse for every possible type of apocalyptic scenario after he unknowingly activates the nuclear option, causing the Lighthouse to go into lockdown. After a Gravitonium-powered Glenn Talbot defeats alien warriors sent to kill Coulson's team and takes Coulson to confront the aliens' leader Qovas, Stoner's holographic message appears again to announce the end of the nuclear protocol. Stoner makes his first physical appearance in the season seven episode "A Trout in the Milk", when the agents travel to the year 1973 in an alternate timeline created by the Chronicoms, and Daniel Sousa identifies him as "Little Ricky", a junior agent who "couldn't tell the difference between a clip and a mag." Due to the Chronicoms' influence in the 1950s, Stoner unknowingly approves of a Hydra plot identified as , which was developed decades early. Coulson and Melinda May confront Stoner and attempt to warn him of the plot, but the latter is forced to knock him out after using her empathetic abilities to determine he did not believe them. Stoner eventually does so after two Chronicoms attempt to steal his face and teams up with May to take out the remaining Chronicoms and kills their leader Luke, before parting with the future S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on good terms.


Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy

The Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy () is an academy for the training of personnel of the Turkish Gendarmerie and the Turkish Coast Guard located in Ankara, Turkey.


List of equipment of the South African Army

The South African Army maintains a wide variety of military equipment.


USCGC Alert

USCGC "Alert" can refer to the following ships of the United States Coast Guard:


Marine Corps Career Retention Specialist

The Marine Corps Career Retention Specialist is an enlisted Marine who is responsible to the immediate Commanding Officer for all aspects of retention of enlisted personnel in the United States Marine Corps.
Military occupational specialty designators.
The current military occupational specialty (MOS) designator for Career Retention Specialist is 4821. This MOS designator has been changed a couple of times in the first decade of the 21st century and was formerly 0143 and 8421 before that.
Other titles.
Other titles for the Career Retention Specialist include Career Planner or as the acronym CRS.
A derogatory term for the unit Career Retention Specialist is Career Jammer, or just Jammer.
Title change.
As of May 11, 2010, the Career Retention Specialist title was official changed to "Career Planner." All official correspondence in relation to MOS 4821, enlisted Career Planning, and designation letters will reflect this title change. The authority for this change is TFRS Message M0099.
Primary duties.
The primary duties of the Career Retention Specialist include assisting enlisted Marines with reenlistments, lateral movements, extensions, and special duty assignments such as Recruiting Duty, Drill Instructor Duty, Marine Security Guard, Marine Corps Security Forces, and Marine Combat Instructor. The Career Retention Specialist is responsible for identifying, screening, and interviewing Marines for retention and special duties listed above. A large part of the Career Retention Specialist's job is to advise and counsel Marines on how they can become more competitive for promotion and retention. A good Career Retention Specialist is to be considered an expert on all matters pertaining to enlisted retention in the Marine Corps.
Publications governing career retention.
The Career Retention Specialist is guided in the performance of his duties by Marine Corps Order P1040.31: Enlisted Retention and Career Development Manual. Becoming familiar with this Marine Corps publication makes the Career Retention Specialist effective at his work. Marine Corps Order P1326.6D is the Special Duty Assignment Manual and is also heavily utilized by the Career Retention Specialist to screen applicants for special duty assignments.
Formal training.
The MOS granting school for Career Retention Specialists is the Career Retention Specialist Course (CRSC) which is a part of Recruiters School, and located at MCRD San Diego, California. It is a rigorous seven-week course that familiarizes the Career Retention Specialist with many aspects of the job. At this school, the student is normally issued a medium dress blue allowance and after graduation becomes eligible to receive special duty assignment pay.
There is also an Additional Duty Career Planner Course which is significantly shorter than the MOS granting course and is usually conducted by a mobile training team by experienced, senior Career Retention Specialists and instructors from CRSC.
Orders to attend the seven-week course are issued only by Commandant of the Marine Corps, Manpower Management Enlisted Assignments 6. Formal orders are not necessary for the additional duty course, and can be granted by a Marine's command through permissive temporary assigned duty (PTAD).
Required office assets.
Every command is required to provide minimum assets for the Career Retention Specialist to use in the performance of their duties. These assets include: sufficient computer with internet access, color monitor, laser printer, and a scanner. The Career Retention Specialist is also to be assigned to a work space that is private, where conversations cannot easily be overheard, and is conducive to conducting confidential interviews and career counseling.
Career Retention Specialist Staff Noncommissioned Officers in Charge (SNCOIC).
The CRS SNCOIC is usually a Staff Sergeant (in some cases, senior Sergeants) who oversees the work of less senior Career Retention Specialists and provides training for them on a regular basis. The CRS SNCOIC is also responsible for quality control in regards to the work of his subordinates. The CRS SNCOIC is essential in providing guidance to the Career Retention Specialists under them.
Total Force Retention System.
The Total Force Retention System is used by the Career Retention Specialist to create requests for Marines desiring retention, special duty assignment, separations pay, among other requests. It is a website that can only be accessed with a username and password. It is also a website where Career Retention Specialists can access messages pertinent to their mission. The Total Force Retention system is commonly referred to by its acronym of "TFRS." Access to this site is governed by Manpower Management Enlisted Assignments (MMEA). It is the link usually used by the Career Retention Specialist to request things on behalf of their unit's Marines. Requests generated by the CRS using TFRS are usually run through a CRS's CRS NCOIC before being submitted to MMEA. In TFRS, the Marine actually submitting the request to MMEA is called the "Designated CRS."
The requests generated in TFRS are usually called a "RELM" which stands for Reenlistment, Extension, Lateral Movement, but is not limited to these specific request types. Every RELM has a TFRS authority number which is a combination of letters and numbers.
Career interviews.
There are periodic interviews required by Marine Corps order that a Career Retention Specialist must coordinate for every enlisted Marine entrusted to them. These interviews are categorized as either FTAP (First Term Alignment Plan) or STAP (Subsequent Term Alignment Plan). FTAP Marines are the most common interviewees. They have four required interviews: The initial interview conducted by the CRS, the CRS FTAP, the CO FTAP, the CRS EAS, and the CO EAS. The initial interview is mainly to introduce Marines to the process of Career Retention and inform them of how better to be competitive for promotion and retention. The FTAP interview is geared toward developing a recommendation for reenlistment and also guiding the Marine in making a decision to leave the Corps or reenlist. The FTAP is conducted by both the CRS and Commanding Officer. The EAS interview is geared toward ensuring the Marine is ready to transition out of the Marine Corps, or to see if there is still potential for further service.
Subsequent Term Alignment Plan interviews are for Marines who are on their second or subsequent contracts and there are three that are required: CRS STAP, CRS EAS, CO EAS. Many STAP Marines reenlist prior to requiring any of these interviews. Only the last EAS interview is conducted by the commanding officer for STAP Marines.
Units requiring a Career Retention Specialist.
Any battalion sized unit or larger requires a Marine holding the Occupational Specialty of Career Retention Specialist, that is to say, holding the MOS of 4821. Individual company Career Planners may be assigned at the command's discretion, but do not have to be formally trained, and do not receive SDA Type II pay, or the medium dress blue allowance and they are mainly there to support the battalion Career Retention Specialist. A squadron is the air wing's equivalent to the battalion. Typically a Sergeant or Staff Sergeant is assigned as the CRS for a battalion or squadron. It is important to note that a battalion usually is much larger than a squadron.
A regiment or the air wing's equivalent of Aircraft Group requires a Career Retention Specialist, also. This Marine is in a leadership position among other Career Planners and typically has a vast amount of Career Planning experience. These Marines typically range from a Staff Sergeant up to a Master Sergeant.
The division or the wing is the next rung in the Career Planning ladder and the Career Retention Program is usually run by a Master Sergeant at this level.
After the division or wing, there are major commands such as Marine Forces Pacific, whose Career Retention Specialist is a Master Gunnery Sergeant.
Many Career Retention Specialists are required at Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps in Quantico, VA who process incoming requests on the Total Force Retention System.
There are a variety of units in the Marine Corps, but the explanation above covers most units' organization.


USCGC Bellefonte (WYP-373)


Naval EOD Technology Division

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division is a field activity of the United States Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). It is located 30 miles South of Washington, D.C. in Charles County, Maryland. NAVEODTECHDIV is a unique support activity administered by the U.S. Navy and utilized by all the Armed Services who work together to determine Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) requirements.
The Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NAVEODTECHDIV) traces its origin back to World War II when the U.S. Navy recognized the need for countering advanced and complex weapons systems being deployed by other nations. In May 1941, the Naval Mine Disposal School was established in Washington D.C. Later that year the Naval Bomb Disposal School was also established. In 1945, both schools combined to form the Naval Ordnance Disposal Unit and by 1946 relocated to the Naval Powder Factory in Indian Head, MD. An important component of those schools was the Ordnance Investigation Lab (OIL) located at the Stump Neck Annex, which was tasked to develop standardized procedures and tools for that core of EOD professionals. Through the post war period and many name changes, the OIL evolved to keep pace with the increasingly complex and rapidly proliferating ordnance threat.
By 1951, the Navy was assigned Joint-Service (Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps) EOD responsibilities for explosive training as well as research and development. Two years later, the research and development tasks were assumed by a separate organization, The Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technical Center, that was located at the Stump Neck Annex. The explosive training function was renamed the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal School and remained at the Naval Powder Factory. By the mid-1950s, the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Center's technical staff grew to include civilian engineers and support technicians. In 1962, the Center was placed under the direction of a Commanding Officer and again renamed the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Facility (NAVEODFAC). In 1971, the NAVEODFAC was tasked to provide EOD research and development support to carry out the responsibility of meeting Joint-Service EOD technology requirements. In 1995 the command became the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NAVEODTECHDIV) under the Naval Ordnance Center (NOC). Today the NAVEODTECHDIV reports directly to the Naval Sea Systems Command.
EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
In 1951, the DoD assigned the U.S. Navy with the responsibility for Joint Service EOD Research and Development (R&D). Initially accomplished at the Naval EOD School, in 1953 a separate organization, the Naval EOD Technical Center, was established to accomplish the R&D tasks. A Joint Service Directive governed the program, and individual Services were allowed to continue their own EOD R&D programs. Following Congressional interest in 1969 regarding the individual Service efforts, DoD directed that all EOD R&D be consolidated under SECNAV as a Single Manager, to eliminate duplication of effort. A Joint Program was developed by the Services that ensured all of their interests were addressed. DoD Directive 5160.62 was first issued in 1971, designating SECNAV as the Single Manager for EOD Technology and Training, a designation that continues today. The Naval EOD Technology Division (NAVEODTECHDIV) is the EOD Technology Center, which the Navy is directed to provide, manage, and maintain.
The DoD EOD Technology Program is requirements driven and requires customer participation from the identification of requirements, to the selection of technology projects to satisfy requirements, to the acceptance of the ultimate R&D outputs. The process for customer participation is formal, structured, and documented.
Documentation of the process begins with DoDDir 5160.62 that, in addition to designating SECNAV as Single Manager, directs the appointment by the Navy of an Executive Manager with broad authority to manage the program. It also establishes a Program Board, constituted of flag/general officers from the four Services, to assist the Executive Manager and represent their Services. In addition, the directive establishes a Joint Service Military Technical Acceptance Board (MTAB), which must approve all EOD tools, equipment, procedures, and publications developed by the Navy, prior to their use by the Joint Services. DoDDir 5160.62 (1989), which has recently been revised by the Joint Services and is in the OSD approval process, is implemented by SECNAVINST 5410.116B and by a Joint Service instruction (OPNAVINST 8027.1G, MCO 8027.1D, AR 75-14, AFR 136-8). In addition to the DoD directive and Service implementing instructions, the Program Board issues detailed program guidance by Policy Agreements (PAs). The Program Board meets three to four times each year, or as otherwise required. Each Service maintains a Detachment at the NAVEODnaveodtechdiv to provide Service participation in all of the processes. The OICs of the Detachments constitute the MTAB, and Detachment personnel form two sub-groups of the MTAB, responsible for recommendations to the MTAB relative to approval of tools/equipment and procedures. These personnel interact daily with NAVEODTECHDIV personnel in R&D and procedures development.


Pat McDonell

Pat McDonell is the Sergeant-at-Arms and Director General of Protective Services for the Parliament of Canada. He first served under, and then took over the duties of Kevin Vickers when Vickers was appointed Canadian Ambassador to Ireland in January 2015, on an interim basis. He was confirmed in this role on July 1st, 2019. The Sergeant-at-Arms is responsible for the safety and security of the Parliament buildings and occupants, and ensuring and controlling access to the House of Commons. The position includes the ceremonial function of carrying the ceremonial gold mace into the House of Commons before every sitting. He joined the Parliamentary security team as head of Senate Security in late 2010 or early 2011.
McDonell was honored by a standing ovation from Parliament along with Vickers and the rest of the security team after a gunman shot a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial before storming Parliament Hill and being killed by Vickers in the Hall of Honour on October 22, 2014.
Prior to his role in Parliament, McDonell served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for 30 years, rising to the rank of Assistant Commissioner. His last RCMP post was head of RCMP's protective policing unit, which includes the Mounties who patrol Parliament Hill and Embassies in Ottawa and Canada's air marshall service.


USCGC Iroquois (WHEC-43)

USCGC "Iroquois" (WHEC-43) was an "Owasco" class high-endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard. The war ended before the ship was completed and consequently she never saw wartime service.
"Iroquois" was built by Western Pipe & Steel at the company's San Pedro shipyard. Named after Lake Iroquois (Vermont), she was commissioned as a patrol gunboat with ID number WPG-43 on 9 February 1946. Her ID was later changed to WHEC-43 (HEC for "High Endurance Cutter" - the "W" signifies a Coast Guard vessel).
Operational history.
"Iroquois" was assigned to Honolulu, Hawaii. In February 1951 she served on Ocean Station Nan; July through August 1951 she served on Ocean Station Uncle; October–November 1951 she served on Ocean Station Victor; in January 1952 she served on Ocean Station Uncle; June 1952 she served on Ocean Station Queen; From December 1952 through January 1953 she served on Ocean Station Victor; In February 1953 on Ocean Station Sugar; in June–July 1953 on Ocean Station Queen; in August 1953 she served on Ocean Station Queen.
Run aground with major damage.
While departing Midway on 29 June 1954 "Iriquois" ran aground on a reef. She was refloated on 1 July but had sustained major damage to her hull. She was towed to the Coast Guard Yard, decommissioned and stored through 13 January 1965. Both of her boiler burners were removed and installed on board her sister cutter, "Escanaba". "Iroquois" was eventually sold for scrap.


Chief of Staff of the Army (Sri Lanka)

Chief of Staff of the Army (CoSA) has been the title of the second in command of the Sri Lanka Army. The post is held by a regular officer of the rank of Major General and is the second senior position in the army. Chief of Staff is charged with assisting the Army Commander in both operational and administrative aspects, functioning as the "Acting Army Commander" in his absences or incantation. Chief of Staff is assisted by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army.
History.
The post was established in 1949, when Lieutenant Colonel Anton Muttukumaru was appointed as Chief of Staff to Brigadier the Earl of Caithness, the first Army Commander when the Ceylon Army was formed. The post was thereafter held by one of the senior most officers in the Ceylon Army, usually of the rank of Colonel. In 1955, Colonel Gerard Wijeyekoon held the post and served as Acting Army Commander, while Brigadier Muttukumaru attend Imperial Defence College. On his return in 1956 Brigadier Muttukumaru assumed command of the army and Colonel Wijeyekoon was transferred to the newly created post of Commandant of the Volunteer Force which became the second most senior post in the army. Since 1966, it became the third-ranking after that of Army Commander. In the 1970s the post became a Brigadier's posting In the early 1990s the post of Deputy Chief of Staff was created. The post of Chief of Staff has become a Major General's posting since the early 1980s.


London Air Defence Area

The London Air Defence Area (LADA) was the name given to the organisation created to defend London from the increasing threat from German airships during World War I. Formed in September 1915, it was commanded initially by Admiral Sir Percy Scott, a controversial figure, responsible for major advances in naval gunnery techniques, but also accused of insubordination and profiting from his inventions.
In August 1917 Major-General Edward Ashmore was appointed Commander of the London Air Defence Area.
Airfields.
At the end of the war, the following airfields came under the direct control of LADA:


Regiment University of Cape Town

Regiment University of Cape Town was an artillery regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it had a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit. It was part of the South African Army Artillery Corps.
History.
By the 1950s, South Africa dedicated military units to each large university. The University of Cape Town was issued an anti-aircraft regiment transferred from the SA Marine Corps and composed of 51, 52 and 54 batteries known up to then as 4 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment.
The idea was for students to honour their obligatory military training in such units. Training would also be organised so as not to disproportionately affect university work.
The Regiment's first deployment was during a State of Emergency in March and April 1960 where it was utilised as infantry outside townships around the Cape Peninsula.
Early in the 1960s,the Regiment moved from Youngsfield to its new headquarters at Wingfield.
Training.
Until 1967, annual training lasted three weeks and was held at Eerste River while seaward gunnery practices were held at Strandfontein.
Equipment.
The Regiment used the standard 3.7 inch gun was replaced by a 35mm anti-aircraft gun requiring a conversion camp was held in December 1969. A second conversion camp was held at Wingfield from 5-25 October 1973.
Notable Members.
Prof Maj. Christiaan Barnard was at one stage, the Regiments’ medical officer.


List of commanders of the Third Army of Turkey

This list includes commanders of the Third Army of Turkey, who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Third Army (), one of the four field armies of the Turkish Land Forces.
The current Commander of the Third Army is Lieutenant general Şeref Öngay, since 22 August 2019.