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U.S. Army Capt. Kirstine Purcell, the incoming commander of the 1156th Engineer Company, New York Army National Guard, takes command during a change of command ceremony at Camp Smith Training Site, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., November 15, 2020. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Sebastian Rothwyn)
Mardi 28 janvier, à 17h30, s’est déroulée la prise de commandement du capitaine Arnaud Péchard, chef du centre d’incendie et de secours de Gardanne. Un moment solennel en présence des autorités et d’un public venu nombreux.
The memorial will stand as a fitting tribute to the 55,573 Bomber Command crew who lost their lives in the Second World War.
The Bomber Command Memorial has been designed by architect Liam O'Connor
The memorial has been built to be modern, yet classical, in Portland stone.
At its heart are the bronze sculptures of a Bomber Command aircrew.
Within the memorial, the space is open to the sky with an opening designed to allow light to fall directly onto sculptures of the aircrew.
The scale of the sculpture as a whole means that visitors will always see the profile of the sculpture against the sky above them, day and night - thus rendering that section of the sky powerfully symbolic for the memorial.
Adm. Karl Schultz, Commandant U.S. Coast Guard, visited the Coast Guard Academy March 3, 2020.
During his visit he spoke with members of Basic Officer Candidate School class 2-20 about the Coast Guard mission and what it means to be a junior officer.
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme.
OVALAU, Fiji (July 26, 2016) - U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Ryan E. Scott, Battalion Commander for 9th Engineer Support Battalion, recognizes Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 16.2 for their outstanding performance thus far during his visit to the vertical construction training sites on Ovalau. Marines and Sailors with the task force will share engineering and infantry skills with the Republic of Fiji Military Forces to strengthen mil-to-mil relations and interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps imagery by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Jesus McCloud/Released) 160726-M-NV775-043
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PERTH, Australia (Nov. 14, 2012) - Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel Locklear accompanies U.S. Secretary of Defense Leone Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Australian Minister For Defense Stephen Smith and Australia Minister of Foreign Affairs Bob Carr during a wreath-laying ceremony at Kings Park Memorial here. This week senior defense and diplomatic officials from the United States and Australia will come together for this year's AUSMIN discussions. The AUSMIN is a bilateral conference between the two allies that occurs every year in either the United States or in Australia. ( U.S. Navy photo by MC1(SW/AW) Danny Hayes)
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The Strategic Air Command arrived at RAF Alconbury on 1 October 1982 when the 17th Reconnaissance Wing (17th RW) was activated. The 17th RW was assigned to SAC's Eighth Air Force, 7th Air Division. The operational squadron of the 17th RW was the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron, flying the TR-1A, a tactical reconnaissance version of the Lockheed U-2. In 1992 all TR-1s were designated U-2Rs.
The arrival of the U-2 led to a large remodelling of the northern section of the airfield to accommodate these aircraft and their specialised mission. Work included the construction of five prefabricated ‘Ready Sheds’, thirteen extra-wide hardened aircraft shelters, a squadron headquarters, a massive Avionics and Photography Interpretation Centre, and new concrete aprons and taxiways. In addition, in order to ensure that the 17th Reconnaissance Wing would always have a command post for its TR-1A aircraft, a nuclear-hardened command post facility was constructed with its own power plant, communications facilities, air supply, and decontamination facility, to help the wing continue operations during a nuclear war. During its operation, it was officially known as Building 210, but was better known by its nickname, 'Magic Mountain'. It was closed in 1991, is now open to the public under the care of English Heritage. It has been refurbished, with plans for it to be used as an emergency facility in the event of a natural disaster.
A Unified Command was established when Firefighters responded to a HazMat incident with an overturned semi on the southbound 405 Freeway. The tractor was carrying approximately 8600 gallons of butane. The container was righted without incident. © Photos by Juan Guerra
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 19, 2016) - Standard Missiles are launched from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) during Valiant Shield 2016. Valiant Shield is a biennial, U.S. only, field-training exercise with a focus on integration of joint training among U.S. forces. This is the sixth exercise in the Valiant Shield series that began in 2006. USS Stethem is on patrol with Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5) in the Philippine Sea supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Command Master Chief Jaret Morris/Released) 160920-N-EM227-011
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Air Force Lt. Col. Stephen Goodman and Capt. Robert Wilson of the Kadena Air Base-based 31st Rescue Squadron perform a high altitude low opening jump over Ie Shima Island, Japan, Dec. 23, 2009. The jump was part of routine training for the 31st and the 320th Special Tactics Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Chad Warren)
Soldiers of 41st Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, bid farewell to Lt. Col. James Beaulieu, the outgoing battalion commander, and welcomed Lt. Col. Matthew Baideme, the incoming Mountain Sapper battalion commander, during a Change of Command ceremony, February 20, 2020, at Fort Drum, New York. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jessica George)
In this room, decisions are made that shape the future—measured, calculated, and precise. The silence is thick with the gravity of responsibility, the stillness a reflection of absolute control. It is here, in moments of solitude, where true power is honed. Command is not merely given; it is embodied, carved into every gesture, every thought. The world outside bends to the will that sits here, unshakable and unrelenting.
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Jul. 28, 2012) - Medical Officer Lt. Cmdr. Greg Price teaches a Cambodian child how to play paddy-cake during a surgical civic action project (SURGCAP) as part of Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12). The SURGCAP was used to screen patients for possible surgery on board the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Now in its seventh year, Pacific Partnership is a U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance mission U.S. military, host and partner nations, non-governmental organizations and international organizations designed to build stronger relationships and disaster response capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass MC2 Stephen Votaw)
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Top-performing company-grade officer, warrant officer and non-commissioned officers, from all services across the Pacific region, including 1 Department of the Army Civilian, completed the 8th Theater Sustainment Command's Phase II of the Young Alaka'i Leader Development Program.
MCAAP was honored to host Col. Michelle M.T. Letcher, commander, Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., for a visit today. During her brief visit, she was able to walk a bomb production line, learn about a new production line under construction, gain insight into the logistics operations mission, and see firsthand how MCAAP provides quality control of its munitions at the X-Ray facility.
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - Rear Adm. Stephen P. Metruck, the 5th District commander, speaks at the change-of-command ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, June 26, 2014. Capt. R. Scott Craig relieved Capt. Joseph P. Kelly, who served as the air station’s commanding officer since 2011. Photo by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Charles McLeod
NEWPORT, R.I. – The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) holds a commencement ceremony for the College of Naval Command and Staff and the College of Naval Warfare 2023 graduating classes June 16, 2023, on board Naval Station Newport. The ceremony, presided over by NWC President Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, saw 468 students from senior-level leadership and intermediate-level leadership courses, including 103 international students representing 78 countries recognized alongside 1,925 students having completed coursework through NWC’s College of Distance Education programs, 121 of whom attended the graduation in person. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, gave the commencement address. Established in 1884, NWC is the oldest institution of its kind in the world. More than 50,000 students have graduated since its first class of nine students in 1885 and about 300 of today’s active-duty admirals, generals and senior executive service leaders are alumni. Since creating a program for international officers in 1956, the college has more than 4,500 international alumni from 137 countries worldwide. Approximately 10 percent of these alumni have become chief of their country’s respective navy. Today, NWC continues to deliver excellence in education, research, and outreach, informing today’s decision-makers and educating tomorrow’s leaders. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Dan Charest/Released)
L to R Major Owen Luke, Lieutenant Colonel Gavin O'Keeffe, Nadia Stone, Colonel Barry Smith and Captain David Howard, get hand delivered fathers days cards.
Nadia Stone from the Gloucester newpaper delivered the cards to officers working at ISAF Joint Command (IJC), Kabul, Afghanistan. All the officers are members of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) based in Innsworth, Gloucester.
Tobyhanna Army Depot
June 17, 2019
Reviewing Officer: Maj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor, U.S. Army CECOM Commanding General
Outgoing Commander: Col. Nathan M. Swartz
Incoming Commander: Col. John W. McDonald
Photographer: Thomas Robbins
VINH, Vietnam (Jul. 18, 2012) - Optometrist Capt. Michael Radoiu shows local doctors how to use equipment to prescribe glasses during a medical civic action project (MEDCAP) as part of Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12). MEDCAP’s provide free medical, dental and optometry care to local residents as an opportunity for multinational, multi-organizational exchange and teamwork. PP, an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance mission now in its seventh year, brings together U.S. military personnel, host and partner nations, non-government organizations and international agencies to build stronger relationships and develop disaster response capabilities throughout the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy Photo by MC2 Stephen M. Votaw)
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CAMP MUJUK, Republic of Korea (Dec. 6, 2012) - Rear Adm. Bill McQuilkin, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, center, and guests of honor break ground during a ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on new living quarters for U.S. Navy Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 14 (HM-14), Detachment 1. This will be the first U.S. Navy building in Korea with geothermal heating. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Robert Clowney)
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U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents challenge coins to members of Sgt. Maj. of the Army (SMA) Daniel A. Dailey's staff after presenting the Annual Joint Service E9 Golf Tournament trophy to the SMA in the Pentagon, July 27, 2016. The tournament is a friendly inter-service competition between the offices of the senior enlisted advisors of each branch. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann / Released) (Portions of the image were blurred due to security concerns)
Newly promoted SFC Romeo Belunta, Expeditionary Contracting Command, shares a kiss with his wife Kelly at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. (U.S. Army Photo by David San Miguel)
JEAN LABORDE : 1952-1970
Sources:
Historique de la flotte des Messageries Maritimes du commandant Lanfant
Le grand Siècle des Messageries Maritimes du Dr Paul Bois Tome V
Encyclopédie des Messageries Maritimes de Philippe Ramona (site sur le web)
Le forum des anciens des Messageries. De nombreuses photographies, anecdotes et précisons sont régulièrement mises en ligne.
Monsieur Xavier Escallier qui a très amicalement mis à ma disposition sa collection de cartes postales des Messageries.
Les différents sites internet sur la marine marchande, qu'ils soient Britanniques, Espagnols, Français ou autres.
Différents ouvrages personnel sur l'histoire de la marine marchande française.
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Dernier livré par les Chantiers de la Gironde à Bordeaux des 4 navires (FERDINAND DE LESSEPS - LA BOURDONNAIS - PIERRE LOTI) pour la ligne de l'Océan Indien.
1952 le 12 juillet: Lancement du JEAN LABORDE. Marraine Madame Gaston Defferre
1953 le 19 juillet: Prise en charge par le commandant Maltrait.
Ces paquebots subiront très peu de modification durant leurs 15 années d'exploitation aux Messageries Maritimes.
1952 : Coque noire d'origine. Liston blanc. Cheminée noire.
1960 en octobre : Modernisation (Climatisation généralisée et amélioration de la 4ème Cl) Ces travaux de modification dureront six mois. Ces modifications seront effectuées ultérieurement sur ses sister ships.
1963: Coque noire. Ajout d'un faux col blanc supprimant ainsi le liston. La cheminée reçoit un panneau représentant le pavillon de Compagnie à l'initiative du Président LE BIGOT. Pavillon aux coins rouges avec sur fond blanc le M.M
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CARACTÉRISTIQUES :
Silhouette : Un château central fermé, étrave incurvée et arrière rond. Deux mâts 6 cales et 20 mâts de charge.
Longueur : 150 mHT et 140 mPP
Largeur : 19.6 m
Jauge brute : 10.901 tjb
Jauge nette : 5.932 tn
Port en lourd : 6.835 tonnes
Déplacement : 17.500 t
T.E: 7.45 m
2 mâts
6 cales fermées par panneaux Mac Gregor single pull.
14 mâts de charge de 3t – 4 mâts de charge de 8t – 2 mâts de charge de 4t – 1 bigue de 40 t
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PROPULSION ET AUXILIAIRES ÉLECTRIQUES:
2 moteurs Burmeister et Wain de 10 cylindres 62 VTF 115 alésage 620 mm – course 1150 mm
Deux temps, simple effet à injection mécanique.
Réfrigération à l'eau douce
Combustible: Boiler fuel en Route Libre. Et Diésel Oil en manœuvre.
Puissance: 12500 cv aux essais pour 19 nœuds.
Vitesse: 18 nds en service, puis 17 nœuds par la suite
2 hélices
2 chaudières récupératrices sur les échappements de type Lamont timbrée à 4 kg/cm² produisant 1.800kg/h
4 Groupes diésels générateurs de 480 Kw triphasés 400v et 50 périodes
Diesels alternateurs : 7 cylindres de 325 mm d'alésage et de 370 mm de course. 2 temps simples effets de 485 cv à 428 t/mn
1 Groupe électrogène de secours de 90 Kw 400v 50 périodes
Distribution électrique: Circuit force 380v
Cuisine: 220v
Éclairage: 110 v
Climatisation partielle à l'origine puis complète en 1960 après modifications.
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PERSONNEL :
17 Officiers
129 hommes membres d'équipage
Service pont:26 matelots et Maitres
Service machine: 29 graisseurs et Maitres
ADSG: 74 garçons, cabiniers et Maitres d'hôtel
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PASSAGERS :
1ères Cl: 75 à 78 (Paul Bois donne 88 passagers)
2des Cl: 112 passagers de classe touriste
3èmes Cl: 48 (Paul Bois donne 30 passagers)
Rationnaires : 162 en dortoir (Paul Bois donne le chiffre de 248)
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LIGNE :
1953 le 31 juillet Départ du voyage inaugural
Il effectuera toute sa carrière sur cette ligne de l'Océan Indien, soit par Suez sauf en 1956 ou par le Cap durant la fermeture du Canal de Suez après 1967.
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ÉVÉNEMENTS :
1956 le 26 juin: A Tamatave, suite à une ronde et contrôle de carter, il est constaté de nombreuses cassures aux bâtis des moteurs. Les passagers sont débarqués et envoyés par avion à La Réunion et Maurice.
1956 le 4 juillet: Après réparations provisoires, il appareillera de Tamatave pour Marseille
1958 le 3 décembre: Au départ de Suez, une avarie de barre oblige à faire demi-tour sur Suez. Après réparation par le bord, il repartira dans la soirée.
1960 le 6 août: Stoppe en mer Rouge près des Iles des Frères pour recueillir un gardien de phare gravement malade.
1961 le 6 juin: En escale à Marseille, durant les travaux d’entretien inter voyages à 20:30h un incendie se déclare, il sera rapidement maitrisé. Incendie ayant entrainé peu de dégâts sans doute dû probablement à l'utilisation d'un chalumeau.1963 le 21 novembre: Escale à Messine de 18:35 h à 19:45 h pour débarquer un passager malade.
1964 le 3 août: Au mouillage à Port Saïd il est abordé par le RANGER NEW YORK qui lui causera des avaries de coque à tribord.
1967 le 28 novembre: Entre Dakar et Marseille (passage par Le Cap) le feu prend dans le caisson de balayage arrière du moteur tribord. L'incendie sera maitrisée par l'équipe incendie du bord après deux heures et demie de lutte.
1970 le 4 août: Il assiste le pétrolier Grec GEORGIOS V en recueillant le commandant malade. Soigné par le Dr Kovache du bord, il sera débarqué à Cape Town.
1970 le 10 août: Sur le même GEORGIOS V, une explosion de chaudière a fait 10 brûlés dont plusieurs gravement atteints. Assistance médicale par radio, puis lorsque l'état de la mer va le permettre le second capitaine Serge Callu accompagné du docteur Kovache se rendent à bord. Les tentatives de remorquage échouant, un avion parachutera des médicaments. Après 4 jours d'assistance un remorqueur viendra relayer le JEAN LABORDE. Le docteur Kovache restera à bord du GEORGIOS V jusqu'à Valvis Bay le 24 août. Le 25 le JEAN LABORDE reprendra son médecin.
Les ministres de la Marine Marchande grec et français féliciteront le commandant LAFOND Jacques.
NDLR: Un dossier complet sur le sauvetage du GEORGIOS V est disponible (rapport de mer, photographies, relations de cette opération, coupures de presse) sur le site FLICKR des Messageries Maritimes '' - www.flickr.com/photos/97069214@N08/sets/72157650330333640/'' -
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RETRAIT et FIN:
1970 le 30 août: Retour du dernier voyage aux Messageries Maritimes
1970 en décembre: Vendu en Grèce il devient le MYKINAI Grec
1974 Devient l'ANCONA Grec
1974 EASTERN PRINCESS
1976 à Singapore il devient l'OCEANOS Grec
1991.08.03 Naufrage près des côtes de la R.S.A. lors d'une croisière en Atlantique sud. Il y avait 524 personnes à bord. Il n'y aura aucune victime.
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NDLR: La fin de l'OCEANOS est retracée sur mon site FLICKR:
-https://www.flickr.com/photos/97069214@N08/sets/72157650267607417/-
Quelques documents filmés sur You Tube sur la fin de l'OCEANOS
Films sur la fin de l'Océanos du Pirée
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfIZ6rcySuY'-
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Ifnl3Iung-
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYZSWYpu_SQ&feature=related-
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VHf-N862-sA-
After several days on rain and gray skies, 401st folks at Bagram awakened to brilliant blue skies and snow-covered mountains Dec. 19.
About the 401st:
The 401st Army field Support Brigade provides Soldiers, Sailors, Airman, and Marines, the tools and resources necessary to complete the mission. If they shoot, drive it, fly it, wear it, eat it or communicate with it, the 401st helps provide it. The brigade assists coalition partners with many of their logistical and sustainment needs. The brigade also handles the responsible disposition of equipment in Afghanistan to support evolving missions. We are the single link between Warfighters in the field, and working through Army Sustainment Command, we leverage Army Materiel Command’s worldwide Materiel Enterprise to develop, deliver, and sustain materiel to ensure a dominant joint force for the U.S. and our Allies.
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FORT CARSON, Colo. – Major General Joseph Anderson, 4th Inf. Div. and Fort Carson commanding general, Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Stall, 4th Inf. Div. and Fort Carson senior enlisted advisor and leaders of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., welcomed “Warhorse” Soldiers at the Fort Carson Arrival/Departure Air Control Group, May 6, 2012. The Soldiers returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Porch 2nd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.)
Brig. Gen. James W. Ring takes command of the Virginia National Guard as the Adjutant General of Virginia from Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams and is promoted to major general during a ceremony June 3, 2023, at the VNG Sergeant Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Lt. Gen. Marc H. Sasseville, the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, presided over the ceremony. Governor Glenn Youngkin appointed Ring to serve as the 29th Adjutant General of Virginia and lead the Virginia Army National Guard, Virginia Air National Guard and Virginia Defense Force. Williams, who has served as the AG since 2014, received commemorative gifts following the change of command ahead of his July 1, 2023, retirement. VNG Soldiers assigned to the Norfolk-based 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team blank fired the honor salute, the Troutville-based 29th Infantry Division Band provided ceremonial music and members of the VDF provided traffic support and medical assistance for the event. Read more about the change of command at ngpa.us/25572. (U.S. National Guard photo by Mike Vrabel)
PHILLIPINE SEA (Oct. 1, 2012) - Sailors assigned to the Warlords of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 51 perform maintenance on an SH-60 helicopter on the flight deck aboard the forward deployed Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63). Cowpens is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, the U.S. Navy's only forward deployed carrier strike group based out of Yokosuka, Japan and is currently conducting a routine Western Pacific patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Paul Kelly)
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Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Starrett, 7th Signal Command, visits with members of the Installation Support Detachment before the annual presentation on Army heritage, with a display of uniforms from the American military’s earliest days on to the present time. (Photo 4 by Bill Bengtson /Fort Gordon Public Affairs Office)
CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 30, 2012) –1st Lt. Christopher A. Meadows, a ground intelligence officer with 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, ground guides a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle through an entry control point during Exercise Yama Sakura 61 located on Camp Courtney. Exercise Yama Sakura 61 is an annual, bilateral exercise between the Japanese Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Military. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ethan Johnson)
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Hundreds of Soldiers from the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) formed into their respective platoons to witness an awards and promotions ceremony held March 13, 2015, at the David R. Wilson Armed Forces Reserve Center in Orlando, Fla.
Army Capt. Jeffrey Hansen, commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 143d ESC, and Army 1st Sgt. Arthur Byson, Jr., the company's first sergeant, attached a velcro patch and pinned a metal insignia adorned with a single black chevron on the uniform of newly promoted Army Pvt. Steven L. Moore. A native of Grand Island, Fla., Moore serves as a transportation management coordinator in the 143d ESC's HHC.
Army Pfc. Paul M. King underwent a similar ritual when Hansen and Byson exchanged his chevrons for the black shield of a specialist. Having served in the Army for three years as a infantryman, King, a native of Orlando, recently enlisted in the Army Reserve as a power generation equipment repairer for the 143d ESC.
The company also recognized 12 officers and enlisted Soldiers who exceeded their superiors' expectations during Warfighter Exercise 15-3, a multinational training exercise featuring approximately 4,000 American and Canadian airmen and Soldiers conducting various sustainment operations in late January and early February 2015 at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Army Brig. Gen. Francisco A. Espaiilat, commanding general, 143d ESC, presented the Army Achievement Medal to the elite group.
Photos by Army Capt. Jamie Padgett and Army Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz visits the Coast Guard Academy, Sept. 18, 2020.
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (July 17, 2009) - Army Warrant Officer Christopher Sebastian, 78th Aviation Company HH-60 Blackhawk maintenance test pilot (right), and Air Force Capt. Jun Oh, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N Huey pilot, view gauges in a Huey cockpit as part of a joint service training day. Both the Air Force and Army play a crucial role in the airlift mission for the Pacific region. The 459th AS and 78th AC from Camp Zama, came together to share their expertise and information on local area flying techniques. During the professional exchange the units learned about each other's regular flight routes, capabilities and experiences. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Veronica Pierce)
The information below was excerpted from the Ajuntament de Barcelona website:
www.bcn.cat/castelldemontjuic/en/welcome.html
It is available in English, Castellano, and Català
The first fortification on Montjuïc Mountain was built in 1640, during the revolt against Felipe IV. It consisted of a quadrilateral structure covered in stone and mud. It first saw action on 26 January 1641, when an attack by the Castilian troops of Pedro Fajardo de Requesens-Zúñiga y Pimentel, the Marquess of Vélez, was repelled in the Battle of Montjuïc.
In 1694 the fort became a castle and the grounds took up most of the summit, with three bastions looking inland and a line of saw-tooth ramparts looking over the sea.
During the War of the Spanish Succession, the fall of the castle to the hands of Charles Mordaunt, Lord Peterborough, on 17 September 1705, was one of the factors that tipped the Catalans to the cause of Archduke Charles of Austria. Felipe V took it back on 25 April 1706, but lost it again on 12 May of the same year, and it was not again his till 12 September 1714, when, according to the fifth article of the capitulations —which the Duke of Berwick offered the city on the same day—, it surrendered to Bourbon troops.
In 1751, the military engineer Juan Martín Cermeño demolished the old fort of 1640, which still stood inside the new walls, and gave the complex of fortifications their present shape, providing them with services and cisterns (one of which being potable water), and also excavated a moat. Further construction work was done between 1779 and 1799, to accommodate the doubling of the castle’s population, including kitchens and ovens to feed 3,000, by which time the castle had taken on its final appearance. It was also when it was equipped with artillery, with 120 cannons.
On 13 February 1808, French troops entered Barcelona with 5,427 men and 1,830 horses. At first they were only supposed to remain in the city a few days but, on 29 February, a corps of Napoleon’s imperial troops, commanded by Colonel Floresti, climbed Montjuïc Mountain to capture the castle. This they achieved, but only by annoying the soldiers there because the Captain General of the Principality had received the direct orders of the Court itself to receive Napoleon’s troops with benevolence.
In 1842, during the regency of General Espartero, the city was bombed from the castle to quell a revolutionary uprising. The next year, General ordered a further bombing of Barcelona, with the firing of more than 2,500 projectiles during the 81 days that the siege by government troops lasted.
In the 1890s, the workers involved in the wave of anarchist violence were locked up here. As were the detainees of the Tragic Week of 1909, at the time the Catalan educator and creator of l’Escola Moderna, Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia was executed by firing squad also in Montjuïc. In 1919, more than 3,000 workers were jailed because of the Canadenca conflict. It was filled with right-wing prisoners in 1936, and between 1936 and 1938, in addition to continuing as a prison, 173 people were executed by firing squad. Also executed was the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, on 15 October 1940.
The castle remained a military prison till 1960, when it was ceded to the city under the direction and administration of the army. After three year’s work to refurbish the complex as a military museum, on 24 June 1963, Francisco Franco presided the inauguration.
Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III and other MACOM CSMs visited the Prototype Integration Facility on Redstone Arsenal, AL Jan. 10, 2012
The North Carolina National Guard’s Command Team, Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Swart, NCNG senior enlisted leader, far left, Army Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, adjutant general of North Carolina, center left, Army Chief Warrant Officer Five Richard D. Comer, state command chief warrant officer, far right, with retired Army Col. Carl Acree, oldest NCNG Soldier enlisting in 1949,center, and Spc. Aimee Glavan, youngest NCNG Soldier, together cut a National Guard birthday cake at NCNG Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 13. The ceremony is part of Tarheel Homecoming for NCNG retirees and prior service members. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan / released)