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On This Day in Naval and Marine Corps History
June 13
1881 The bark-rigged wooden steamship Jeannette sinks after she is crushed in an Arctic ice pack during the expedition to reach the North Pole through the Bering Strait. Only 13 of her crew survive out of 33.
1900 During the Boxer Rebellion, the International Relief Expedition turns back near Anting, China, and moves to Sanstun after the Tientsin-Peking railroad is cut by the Boxers, whose anti-foreign mantra grew to burning homes and killing foreigners as well as Chinese Christians. In total, 56 Marines and Sailors receive the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Rebellion.
1913 Lt. j.g. P.N.L. Bellinger sets an American altitude record for seaplanes when he reaches 6,200 feet in a Curtiss (A 3) aircraft.
1939 USS Saratoga (CV 3) and USS Kanawha (AO 1) complete a two-day underway refueling test off the coast of southern Calif., demonstrating the feasibility of refueling carriers at sea where bases are not available.
1943 USS Frazier (DD 607) sinks Japanese submarine (I 9), east of Sirius Point, Kiska, Aleutian Islands.
1944 USS Melvin (DD 680) sinks Japanese submarine (RO 36) between 50 and 75 miles east of Saipan. Also on this date USS Barb (SS 220) sinks Japanese army transport Takashima Maru in the Sea of Okhotsk and survives counter-attacks by destroyer Hatsuharu.
1992 USS Maryland (SSBN 738) is commissioned at New London, Conn. Two days later, the 13th out of 18 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines sails with her Gold Crew to her homeport at Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Ga.
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Today in History June 13
1777 The Marquis de Lafayette arrives in the American colonies to help in their rebellion against Britain.
1863 Confederate forces on their way to Gettysburg clash with Union troops at the Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia.
1920 The U.S. Post Office Department rules that children may not be sent by parcel post.
1923 The French set a trade barrier between occupied Ruhr and the rest of Germany.
1940 Paris is evacuated as the Germans advance on the city.
1943 German spies land on Long Island, New York, and are soon captured.
1944 The first German V-1 buzz-bomb hits London.
1949 Installed by the French, Bao Dai enters Saigon to rule Vietnam.
1971 The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers.
1978 Israelis withdraw the last of their invading forces from Lebanon.
1979 Sioux Indians are awarded $105 million in compensation for the 1877 U.S. seizure of the Black Hills in South Dakota.
1983 Pioneer 10, already in space for 11 years, leaves the solar system.
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WOMAN'S HAND SIGNAL FOR HELP - CRITICAL
We've done this one on The List before. But here is a similar version of it.
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 13 June 1967… SecDef sends LBJ a recommendation LBJ will execute on 1 March 1968…
This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip
Vietnam Air Losses
Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
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Monday Morning Thoughts for Flag Day
Tuesday, June 14, is Flag Day
Flag Day was first celebrated in 1877 on the centennial anniversary of the original resolution adopting the stars and stripes as the official flag of the nascent United States. In 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the flag by a resolution that laid out the colors and the general configuration of the flag.
It wasn't until 1885 that Flag Day became a national, annual event. The "Father of Flag Day," BJ Cigrand, organized a group of kids to observe the first annual Flag Day on its 108th birthday. Slowly, the idea of a national Flag Day grew. Celebrations in Chicago, New York, Pennsylvania and elsewhere popped up around the country.
For about 30 years, Flag Day was limited to state and local municipalities, but the popularity of celebrating the American flag's birthday grew with the rise of nationalism in the United States. Calls for a national Flag Day can be traced as far back as 1861, and Pennsylvanian William T. Kerr even chaired the national American Flag Day Association for 50 years, starting in 1889.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson recognized Flag Day as a national holiday in a presidential proclamation. This came at the behest of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, which had adopted June 14 as its Flag Day in 1907. It wasn't until 1949, however, that an Act of Congress, signed by President Harry S. Truman, firmly established Flag Day as a national holiday.
Submitted by Mike Ryan:
Watch Old Glory at https://www.youtube.com/embed/3c7GqpoM6wU
The Pledge of Allegiance
The following words were spoken by the late Red Skelton on his television program as he related the story of his teacher, Mr. Laswell, who felt his students had come to think of the Pledge of Allegiance as merely something to recite in class each day. Now, more than ever, listen to the meaning of these words.
"I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?"
• I--me, an individual, a committee of one.
• Pledge--dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity.
• Allegiance--my love and my devotion.
• To the flag--our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there's respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job!
• United--that means that we have all come together.
• States--individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country.
• And to the republic--a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
• For which it stands, one nation--one nation, meaning "so blessed by God"
• Indivisible--incapable of being divided.
• With liberty--which is freedom -- the right of power to live one's own life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation.
• And Justice--the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others.
• For all--which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine."
• Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance...UNDER GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too? God Bless America! "
No Refuge Could Save by Dr. Isaac Asimov
I have a weakness--I am crazy, absolutely nuts, about our national anthem.
The words are difficult and the tune is almost impossible, but frequently when I'm taking a shower I sing it with as much power and emotion as I can.
It shakes me up every time.
I was once asked to speak at a luncheon. Taking my life in my hands, I announced I was going to sing our national anthem--all four stanzas.
This was greeted with loud groans. One man closed the door to the kitchen, where the noise of dishes and cutlery was loud and distracting. "Thanks, Herb," I said.
"That's all right," he said. "It was at the request of the kitchen staff."
I explained the background of the anthem and then sang all four stanzas.
Let me tell you, those people had never heard it before--or had never really listened. I got a standing ovation. But it was not me; it was the anthem.
More recently, while conducting a seminar, I told my students the story of the anthem and sang all four stanzas. Again there was a wild ovation and prolonged applause. And again, it was the anthem and not me.
So now let me tell you how it came to be written.
In 1812, the United States went to war with Great Britain, primarily over freedom of the seas. We were in the right. For two years, we held off the British, even though we were still a rather weak country. Great Britain was in a life and death struggle with Napoleon. In fact, just as the United States declared war, Napoleon marched off to invade Russia. If he won, as everyone expected, he would control Europe, and Great Britain would be isolated. It was no time for her to be involved in an American war.
At first, our seamen proved better than the British. After we won a battle on Lake Erie in 1813, the American commander, Oliver Hazard Perry, sent the message "We have met the enemy and they are ours."
However, the weight of the British navy beat down our ships eventually. New England, hard-hit by a tightening blockade, threatened secession.
Meanwhile, Napoleon was beaten in Russia and in 1814 was forced to abdicate. Great Britain now turned its attention to the United States, launching a three-pronged attack. The northern prong was to come down Lake Champlain toward New York and seize parts of New England. The southern prong was to go up the Mississippi, take New Orleans and paralyze the west. The central prong was to head for the mid-Atlantic states and then attack Baltimore, the greatest port south of New York. If Baltimore was taken, the nation, which still hugged the Atlantic coast, could be split in two. The fate of the United States, then, rested to a large extent on the success or failure of the central prong.
The British reached the American coast, and on August 24, 1814, took Washington, D. C. Then they moved up the Chesapeake Bay toward Baltimore. On September 12, they arrived and found 1000 men in Fort McHenry, whose guns controlled the harbor. If the British wished to take Baltimore, they would have to take the fort.
On one of the British ships was an aged physician, William Beanes, who had been arrested in Maryland and brought along as a prisoner. Francis Scott Key, a lawyer and friend of the physician, had come to the ship to negotiate his release. The British captain was willing, but the two Americans would have to wait. It was now the night of September 13, and the bombardment of Fort McHenry was about to start.
As twilight deepened, Key and Beanes saw the American flag flying over Fort McHenry. Through the night, they heard bombs bursting and saw the red glare of rockets. They knew the fort was resisting and the American flag was still flying. But toward morning the bombardment ceased, and a dread silence fell. Either Fort McHenry had surrendered and the British flag flew above it, or the bombardment had failed and the American flag still flew.
As dawn began to brighten the eastern sky, Key and Beanes stared out at the fort, trying to see which flag flew over it. He and the physician must have asked each other over and over, "Can you see the flag?"
After it was all finished, Key wrote a four stanza poem telling the events of the night. Called "The Defence of Fort M'Henry," it was published in newspapers and swept the nation. Someone noted that the words fit an old English tune called "To Anacreon in Heaven" --a difficult melody with an uncomfortably large vocal range. For obvious reasons, Key's work became known as "The Star Spangled Banner," and in 1931 Congress declared it the official anthem of the United States.
Now that you know the story, here are the words. Presumably, the old doctor is speaking. This is what he asks Key:
Oh! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
"Ramparts," in case you don't know, are the protective walls or other elevations that surround a fort. The first stanza asks a question. The second gives an answer:
On the shore, dimly seen thro' the mist of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep.
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream
'Tis the star-spangled banner. Oh! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
"The towering steep" is again, the ramparts. The bombardment has failed, and the British can do nothing more but sail away, their mission a failure.
In the third stanza, I feel Key allows himself to gloat over the American triumph. In the aftermath of the bombardment, Key probably was in no mood to act otherwise. (During World War II, when the British were our staunchest allies, this third stanza was not sung. However, I know it, so here it is)
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
The fourth stanza, a pious hope for the future, should be sung more slowly than the other three and with even deeper feeling:
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation,
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause is just,
And this be our motto--"In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
I hope you will look at the national anthem with new eyes. Listen to it, the next time you have a chance, with new ears.
And don't let them ever take it away.
The kindergarten teacher was showing her class an encyclopedia page picturing several national flags. She pointed to the American flag and asked, "What flag is this?"
A little girl called out, "That's the flag of our country!"
"Very good!" the teacher said. "And what is the name of our country?"
"Tis of thee," the girl said confidently.
Did you know...
• Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" on September 14, 1814. The song officially became the United States national anthem in 1931?
• June 14, 2022 marks the 43rd anniversary of the first National Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance? Please take a few moments at 7:00 PM EST to recite the Pledge. The current words, adapted over the years from the original written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy.
Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Al
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This Day in U S Military History…….June 13
1805 – Having hurried ahead of the main body of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four men arrive at the Great Falls of the Missouri River, confirming that the explorers are headed in the right direction. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had set out on their expedition to the Pacific the previous year. They spent the winter of 1804 with the Mandan Indians in present-day North Dakota. The Hidatsa Indians, who lived nearby, had traveled far to the West, and they proved an important source of information for Lewis and Clark. The Hidatsa told Lewis and Clark they would come to a large impassable waterfall in the Missouri when they neared the Rocky Mountains, but they assured the captains that portage around the falls was less than half a mile. Armed with this valuable information, Lewis and Clark resumed their journey up the Missouri accompanied by a party of 33 in April. The expedition made good time, and by early June, the explorers were nearing the Rocky Mountains. On June 3, however, they came to a fork at which two equally large rivers converged. "Which of these rivers was the Missouri?" Lewis asked in his journal. Since the river coming in from the north most resembled the Missouri in its muddy turbulence, most of the men believed it must be the Missouri. Lewis, however, reasoned that the water from the Missouri would have traveled only a short distance from the mountains and, therefore, would be clear and fast-running like the south fork. The decision was critical. If the explorers chose the wrong river, they would not be able to find the Shoshone Indians from whom they planned to obtain horses for the portage over the Rockies. Although all of their men disagreed, Lewis and Clark concluded they should proceed up the south fork. To err on the side of caution, however, the captains decided that Lewis and a party of four would speed ahead on foot. If Lewis did not soon encounter the big waterfall the Hidatsa had told them of, the party would return and the expedition would backtrack to the other river. On this day in 1805, four days after forging ahead of the main body of the expedition, Lewis was overjoyed to hear "the agreeable sound of a fall of water." Soon after he "saw the spray arise above the plain like a column of smoke…. [It] began to make a roaring too tremendous to be mistaken for any cause short of the great falls of the Missouri." By noon, Lewis had reached the falls, where he stared in awe at "a sublimely grand specticle [sic]…. the grandest sight I had ever held." Lewis and Clark had been correct–the south fork was the Missouri River. The mysterious northern fork was actually the Marias River. Had the explorers followed the Marias, they would have traveled up into the northern Rockies where a convenient pass led across the mountains into the Columbia River drainage. However, Lewis and Clark would not have found the Shoshone Indians nor obtained the horses. Without horses, the crossing might well have failed. Three days after finding the falls, Lewis rejoined Clark and told him the good news. However, the captains' elation did not last long. They soon discovered that the portage around the Great Falls was not the easy half-mile jaunt reported by the Hidatsa, but rather a punishing 18-mile trek over rough terrain covered with spiky cactus. The Great Portage, as it was later called, would take the men nearly a month to complete. By mid-July, however, the expedition was again moving ahead. A month later, Lewis and Clark found the Shoshone Indians, who handed over the horses that were so critical to the subsequent success of their mission.
1918 – Marines plug the line in their exposed area. German counterattack begins supported by the artillery from three divisions and almost recaptures Bouresches. Heavy gas casualties. A planned relief of 2/5 goes for naught as 2/6 is caught in the open by a artillery barrage with gas.
1942 – John C. Cullen, Seaman 2/c discovered Nazi saboteurs landing on beach at Amagansett, Long Island. He reported this to his superiors. The FBI later captured the Nazis and Cullen was awarded the Legion of Merit. The four men had plans to sabotage NYC's water system and industrial sites across the Northeastern US.
1942 – CGC Thetis sank the German U-boat U-157 off the Florida Keys. There were no survivors.
1942 – 1st V-2 rocket launch from Peenemunde, Germany, reached 1.3 km.
1943 – CGC Escanaba exploded and sank off Ivigtut, Greenland, with only two survivors. The cause for the loss has never been confirmed.
1944 – Only one week after the Normandy invasion, the first German V-1 buzz bomb, also called the doodlebug (Fieseler Fi-103), was fired at London. The first guided missile to be used in force, the V-1 was powered by a pulse-jet engine and resembled a small aircraft. Only one of the four missiles London saw that day caused any casualties, but a steady stream of V-1s causing severe damage and casualties fell on London in coming months. At times, nearly 100 bombs fell each day. Many German buzz bombs never reached their targets because of primitive guidance systems or because they were destroyed in flight by anti-aircraft fire or intercepting Allied fighters.
1944 – US 1st Army makes progress towards St Lo and across the Cotentin. Pont l'Abbe is capture in the peninsula. A German counterattack, spearheaded by 17th Panzer Division, toward Carentan is held.
1944 – On Biak, American forces reduce the scattered Japanese resistance from caves in the east of the island. US aircraft are operating from Mokmer Airfield.
1945 – On Okinawa, the Japanese resistance in the Oruku peninsula ends. The US 6th Marine Division records a record 169 Japanese prisoners as well as finding about 200 dead. (This is a large total when compared with previous numbers of Japanese prisoners reported.) The fighting continues to the southeast, especially in the Kunishi Ridge area where a regiment of the US 1st Marine Division suffers heavy casualties. The US 24th Corps uses armored flamethrowers in the elimination of the Japanese held fortified caves on Mount Yuza and Mount Yaeju and on Hills 153 and 115.
1945 – On Luzon, an American armored column attempts pass through the Orioung Pass, to exploit a breakthrough achieved by the US 145th Infantry Regiment (US 37th Division), but a Japanese counterattack blocks the road.
1966 – The Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda vs. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police. The conviction of Ernesto Miranda for rape and kidnapping was overturned because his confession was not voluntarily given.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
FASSEUR, ISAAC L.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1860 Holland. Biography not available. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna, 13 June 1884, at Callao, Peru, Fasseur rescued William Cruise, who had fallen overboard, from drowning.
WILLIAMS, LOUIS (Second Award)
Rank and organization: Captain of the Hold, U.S. Navy. Born: 1845 Norway. Accredited to: California. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884 Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna, Williams rescued from drowning William Cruise, who had fallen overboard at Callao Peru, 13 June 1884.
SAGE, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Captain, 23d U.S. Infantry. Place and date: Near Zapote River, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 13 June 1899. Entered service at: Binghamton, N.Y. Birth: Centerville, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 July 1902. Citation: With 9 men volunteered to hold an advanced position and held it against a terrific fire of the enemy estimated at 1,000 strong. Taking a rifle from a wounded man, and cartridges from the belts of others, Capt. Sage himself killed 5 of the enemy.
* KEDENBURG, JOHN J.
Rank and organization: Specialist Fifth Class, U.S. Army, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. place and date: Republic of Vietnam, 13 June 1968. Entered service at: Brooklyn, N.Y. Born: 31 July 1946, Brooklyn, N.Y. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sp5c. Kedenburg, U.S. Army, Command and Control Detachment North, Forward Operating Base 2, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), distinguished himself while serving as advisor to a long-range reconnaissance team of South Vietnamese irregular troops. The team's mission was to conduct counter-guerrilla operations deep within enemy-held territory. prior to reaching the day's objective, the team was attacked and encircled by a battalion-size North Vietnamese Army force. Sp5c. Kedenburg assumed immediate command of the team which succeeded, after a fierce fight, in breaking out of the encirclement. As the team moved through thick jungle to a position from which it could be extracted by helicopter, Sp5c. Kedenburg conducted a gallant rear guard fight against the pursuing enemy and called for tactical air support and rescue helicopters. His withering fire against the enemy permitted the team to reach a preselected landing zone with the loss of only 1 man, who was unaccounted for. Once in the landing zone, Sp5c. Kedenburg deployed the team into a perimeter defense against the numerically superior enemy force. When tactical air support arrived, he skillfully directed air strikes against the enemy, suppressing their fire so that helicopters could hover over the area and drop slings to be used in the extraction of the team. After half of the team was extracted by helicopter, Sp5c. Kedenburg and the remaining 3 members of the team harnessed themselves to the sling on a second hovering helicopter. Just as the helicopter was to lift them out of the area, the South Vietnamese team member who had been unaccounted for after the initial encounter with the enemy appeared in the landing zone. Sp5c. Kedenburg unhesitatingly gave up his place in the sling to the man and directed the helicopter pilot to leave the area. He then continued to engage the enemy who were swarming into the landing zone, killing 6 enemy soldiers before he was overpowered. Sp5c. Kedenburg's inspiring leadership, consummate courage and willing self-sacrifice permitted his small team to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy and escape almost certain annihilation. His actions reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Army.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for June 13, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
13 June
1910: Through 18 June, the Indianapolis Air Meet took place at the Speedway. The Wright Exhibition Team flew here for the first time. (24) In 3 hours 27 minutes, Charles K. Hamilton flew 149.54 miles from New York to Philadelphia and back to win the New York Times $10,000 prize. (24)
1913: Lt (JG) Patrick N. L. Bellinger flew the Curtiss A-3 at Annapolis to a 6,200-foot US altitude record for seaplanes. (24)
1925: In a sham air battle staged 4,000 feet over Times Square, four National Guard aircraft defeated an attack on New York City by four Army planes and then chased them back over Long Island. An estimated 6,000 people watched the clash, and radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey, broadcast the event live. (32)
1943: Eighth Air Force lost 26 of 60 bombers in a raid on Kiel, Germany. That mission demonstrated the need for fighter escorts. (21)
1962: Capt Richard H. Coan flew the H-43B Huskie helicopter to a world distance record of 656.258 miles over a 25-mile closed-course at Mono Lake, Calif. (24)
1968: A Titan IIIC launch vehicle placed eight Initial Defense Communication Satellite Program (IDCSP) jam-proof satellites into an equatorial orbit, for a total of 26, to extend the system's life span. The launch from Cape Kennedy also ended the IDCSP program. (16) (26)
1972: At Edwards AFB, Maj Buzz Lynch became the first USAF pilot to fly the A-10A. (3)
1973: Seventh Air Force, Eighth Air Force, and the Navy Task Force 77 received the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 1972 for the use of advanced aerospace technology in Operation Linebacker II.
1983: Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system. (21) 1995: A B-2 bomber dropped a precision-guided munition on target in a test of a Global Positioning System Aided Munition. The test occurred at China Lake. (16)
1999: Operation ALLIED FORCE. A KC-135R and aircrew from the 319 AREFW at Grand Forks AFB, flying with the 92 AEW in southern Europe, performed the first-ever combat sortie in a Pacer CRAG-modified KC-135 while supporting this operation. Although Pacer CRAG tankers had been deployed to Southwest Asia to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, the 13 June mission marked the first time a Pacer CRAG aircraft had logged actual combat time. (22)
2007: The U. S. Army announced a $2.04 billion contract award to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems after selecting the C-27J Spartan as the Joint Cargo Aircraft. (AFNEWS, "C-27J Named as Joint Cargo Aircraft," 14 Jun 2007,
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World News for 13 June thanks to Military Periscope
USA—Another LCAC-100-Class Landing Craft Delivered U.S. Navy | 06/13/2022 The Navy has accepted delivery of a new hovercraft from the manufacturer, Textron, reports the service. On June 9, LCAC-104 was formally handed over following the completion of acceptance trials. The program has started serial production, with LCAC-105 to -116 currently under construction, the Navy said.
USA—C2 Interoperability With U.K. Strengthened DoD News | 06/13/2022 The U.S. and U.K. are increasing the ability of their command-and-control systems to work together seamlessly, reports the DoD News. The objective of the bilateral project is "fully networked command, control and communication" (FNC3). If the program is successful, the goal is for it to be scaled to include other countries. The allies have been working together for years to ensure their respective command-and-control programs -- Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) in the U.S. and Multidomain Integration Change Program (MDI CP) in the U.K. -- will be able to work together. The two countries are also cooperating on the construction of a coalition information-sharing capability called the mission partner environment. The participants use the same standards and specifications to ensure interoperability from the start, U.S. officials said. Once the U.K. and U.S. achieve C2 interoperability they will work to bring other allies onboard. Australia has already expressed interest in the effort.
USA—Large-Scale Op Underway To Tackle Human-Smuggling In W. Hemisphere Cable News Network | 06/13/2022 The Biden administration has unveiled a major operation to disrupt human-smuggling networks in Central and South America, reports CNN. The "Sting Operation" led by the Dept. of Homeland Security involves the deployment of hundreds of personnel throughout the region and a multimillion dollar investment, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told the news channel in an interview. The all-of-government efforts includes the Dept. of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, the FBI, other Justice Dept. agencies and partners in Mexico, the secretary said. The operation has so far conducted around 20,000 "disruption actions," including arrests and prosecutions; property seizures; and criminal investigations, according to Homeland Security. An additional 1,300 personnel have been deployed in the Western Hemisphere and more than $50 million has been invested in the effort. The operation builds on previous programs to target criminal smuggling organizations that migrants use to get to the U.S.-Mexico border.
USA—Navy Seahawk Helo Goes Down In Calif. Cbs News | 06/13/2022 A U.S. Navy helicopter has crashed during flight operations in Southern California, reports CBS News. On June 9, the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter went down on a training range near El Centro in Imperial County, said a Naval Air Force spokesman. All four people onboard survived, the spokesman said. At least one was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the crash was under investigation. The incident came one day after a Marine MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor went down in Imperial County, killing all five personnel onboard.
USA—Oil Prices Fall As U.S. Inflation Rises, China Implements New Lockdowns Bloomberg News | 06/13/2022 West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures fell two percent to cap off a sell-off driven by concerns about the U.S. and Chinese economies, reports Bloomberg News. In the U.S., traders are predicting that persistent inflation will push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. Inflation data reported last Friday showed 8.6 percent growth in prices over the last year, a 40-year record. In China, investors reacted to the announcement that lockdowns are returning to Beijing and Shanghai as the government imposes its "zero COVID" policy. Officials blame a popular bar in Beijing for an outbreak of 45 local cases. Shanghai reported 37 cases. Oil remains 60 percent above last year's prices, with WTI trading at $119 a barrel. Global economic recovery combined with Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, which reduced supplies, has increased prices. President Joe Biden announced last week that he would ask Saudi Arabia to produce more oil in a bid to lower prices.
Russia—Cyberattacks Could Lead To 'Direct Military Clash,' Foreign Ministry Says Tech Monitor | 06/13/2022 A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official has warned that cyberattacks by the U.S. against Russian infrastructure could lead to a military conflict, reports the Tech Monitor news site. On Thursday, A.V. Krutskikh, the director of the Dept. of International Information Security at the ministry, expressed concern that the U.S. appeared to be "lowering the threshold" for offensive cyberattacks. Russian online infrastructure has been regularly targeted by hackers since it launched its unprovoked invasion in February. The warning came after the website of the Russian Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities was taken offline earlier this month and replaced with a message reading "Glory to Ukraine," reported Reuters. Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of the U.S. National Security Agency, recently acknowledged that Washington had stepped up offensive cyber activities in support of Ukraine. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs last week also criticized increasingly aggressive U.S. cyber operations, saying that they could "lead to an escalation in the Russian-Ukraine conflict."
Belgium—ECA Group Opens New MCM Systems Facility In Ostend ECA Group | 06/13/2022 French firm ECA Group says it has opened a new factory in Ostend, Belgium, to build mine countermeasures (MCM) systems for the Belgian and Dutch navies. On Friday, the company marked the formal opening of the facility, which will produce and support MCM drones. The factory will manufacture hundreds of drones ordered by the Belgium and Dutch navies as part of a joint mine warfare program, with deliveries slated to begin in 2024. It is also expected to produce drones and related systems for other customers.
China—Defense Minister Warns U.S. About Taiwan, Meets With Australian Counterpart New York Times | 06/13/2022 Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe reiterated his government's position that Taiwan is part of mainland China and that Beijing would fight to bring it under its control if necessary during a regional forum in Singapore over the weekend, reports the New York Times. During his closing speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday, Wei reaffirmed Beijing's commitment to reuniting the island with the mainland by force if necessary in response to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's criticisms of growing Chinese aggression in the region. Wei and Austin met on Friday to discuss regional issues, the war in Ukraine and improved communication between their militaries to prevent dangerous misunderstandings. Separately, the minister met with his Australian counterpart for the first time in more than two years on the sidelines of the forum, reported the South China Morning Post. "It was an opportunity to have a very frank and full exchange in which I raised a number of issues of concern to Australia," said Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles. Relations have been fraught since Canberra called for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 in China in 2020.
India—2 Killed As Protests Over Alleged Anti-Muslim Comments Continue New York Times | 06/13/2022 Two protesters have been killed in the latest protests against comments by members of India's ruling party considered anti-Muslim, reports the New York Times. On Friday, demonstrations broke out following prayers in Ranchi, the capital of the eastern Jharkhand state. Participants said the protests began peacefully but gradually grew out of control, resulting in police charging the crowd with batons. Demonstrators threw stones and eventually there was gunfire, killing 2. Dozens of demonstrators and some police were injured in the clash.
Nigeria—Militants Release 11 Hostages Taken In March Daily Trust | 06/13/2022 Militants who took dozens of hostages in March from a train traveling to Kaduna in northern Nigeria have just released 11 abductees following negotiations with Nigerian authorities, reports the Daily Trust (Abuja). After being held for 74 days six women and five men were released on Saturday. In return, the Nigerian government freed eight children of the kidnappers who had been captured by the army, reported All Africa. Separately, on Sunday evening unknown gunmen abducted Oluwaseun Aderogba, the Anglican bishop of the Jebba diocese in the western Kwara state, his wife and their driver after their vehicle developed a problem a few miles short of Oyo, reported the News Agency of Nigeria. Police have launched a manhunt for the kidnappers.
Norway—Defense Ministry Ends Troubled NH90 Helo Program Vertical magazine | 06/13/2022 The Norwegian Defense Ministry has decided to terminate its contract with NH Industries for NH90 maritime helicopters, reports Vertical magazine. The ministry said that the contractor's inability to find replacement components for vital systems on the helicopter, including some for the helicopter's anti-submarine warfare capability, meant that the aircraft would never be able to meet the military's requirements. The Norwegian Defense Material Agency (NDMA) subsequently informed NH Industries that it was terminating the entire contract and would return all the helicopters as well as any spares and equipment received. The agency also sought a US$525 million refund covering the full cost of the contract, reported Defense News. In 2001, Norway ordered 14 NH90s for the coast guard and anti-submarine warfare missions, with service entry planned for the end of 2008. Prior to the termination, only eight had been delivered in a full operational configuration. NH Industries said it was disappointed with the decision and rejected the ministry's charges that the NH90 could not meet its requirements. The company said it was not given the opportunity to discuss the latest proposal to improve the availability of the aircraft and address specific Norwegian requirements.
South Korea—New Defense Hotlines Launched With China Yonhap | 06/13/2022 The defense ministers of China and South Korea have unveiled new hotlines intended to prevent accidental clashes, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul). On Friday, South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong Sup and his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe, met on the sidelines of the Shangri-La regional security forum in Singapore. Lee emphasized the need for the two countries to work together to make North Korea understand that the benefits of abandoning its nuclear weapons program would outweigh the costs of possessing them, said a release from the South Korean Defense Ministry. Wei expressed support for cooperation with Seoul on the North Korea issue and reaffirmed Beijing's backing for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The ministers also announced the opening of two additional military hotlines, one linking the navies and the other the air forces of the two countries. Seoul has been trying to enhance communication with Beijing in response to repeated, unannounced entries by Chinese aircraft into South Korea's air defense identification zone. There are now five military hotlines linking China and South Korea, including one between their defense ministries.
Syria—Damascus Airport Knocked Out By Israeli Airstrikes Haaretz | 06/13/2022 Israeli airstrikes forced Syria to close Damascus International Airport over the weekend, reports Haaretz (Israel). On Friday, Israel hit the northern runways, control tower and three hangars at the airport, according to the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The hangars were used by Iranian-backed militias in Syria, the observatory said. The airport suspended operations for repairs and rerouted air traffic through Aleppo, the Syrian Transportation Ministry said. No casualties were immediately reported.
Turkey—Iranian Plot To Attack Israeli Targets Foiled Ynet News | 06/13/2022 The Israeli and Turkish intelligence services foiled a recent Iranian plot to attack Israeli targets in Turkey, reports the Ynet News (Israel). On Sunday, senior Israeli officials told the news site that the foiled attacks came about two weeks after the Israeli National Security Council issued a severe travel warning urging Israelis to avoid traveling to Turkey and other countries bordering Iran, noting likely Iranian plans to seek revenge for the assassination of a high-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officer that was blamed on Israel. No details of the alleged plots were made public. Separately, there have been a series of deaths among top Iranian aerospace scientists and IRGC officers. Ayoob Entezari, an aerospace engineer said to be involved in Tehran's drone program, died after reportedly being poisoned at a dinner he was invited to, while Kamran Malapour, a nuclear scientist, also died, although no details of the circumstances have been made public. Iran International (U.K.) reported that two IRGC aerospace force officers died on Sunday. One died in a car accident "in the line of duty" in Khomein in central Iran and the other in unspecified circumstances in Semnan.
United Kingdom—Energy Exports To Europe Increase As Countries Cut Russian Imports Guardian | 06/13/2022 The U.K. has seen a dramatic increase in liquefied natural gas exports to Europe as European countries seek new energy supplies in the wake of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, reports the Guardian (U.K.). The latest data suggest that the U.K. has become a hub for LNG imports from the rest of the world, which are then pumped through pipelines to Europe. British fuel exports rose by about 500 million pounds (US$615 million) on the month, driven by gas and crude oil exports to Ireland and the Netherlands. The U.K. is home to three of the largest terminals in Europe for converting LNG back into gas. Imports to these sites from the U.S. and Qatar have increased significantly as European countries move to reduce their reliance on Russian energy.
United Nations—Human Rights Commissioner Won't Seek New Term After Controversial China Trip Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | 06/13/2022 The U.N. human rights chief says she will not seek a new four-year term when her current stint ends in August, reports Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Michelle Bachelet has come under heavy criticism from rights groups following a trip to China. Human-rights groups say Bachelet "whitewashed" Chinese crimes against the Uighur minority in the western Xinjiang region. The European Parliament also approved a resolution criticizing Bachelet saying she "failed to clearly hold the Chinese government accountable for human-rights abuses against the Uighurs during her visit." The U.S. and several civil society groups have labeled China's crackdown on the Uighurs as "genocide."
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