Canadian troops in England

 

The Canadian Corps became effective in the United Kingdom on December 24, 1940. It was formed by renaming the existing Anglo-Canadian VII Corps. The 1st Canadian Infantry Division had already been sent across the Atlantic between December 1939 and early 1940, and had been attached to VII Corps to help defend southern England against the threat of German invasion from occupied France. However, the number of Canadian troops in the United Kingdom had increased significantly with the staged arrival, over the second half of 1940, of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. As a result, the formation of a separate Canadian Corps was deemed advisable to accommodate and clearly highlight the growing military contribution from Canada. It was based at Headley Court in Surrey.

British staff officers in the new Canadian Corps were replaced gradually with Canadians as trained replacements became available. Similarly, British units in the corps were gradually replaced with Canadian units. The Canadian Corps was redesignated I Canadian Corps on April 6, 1942, when the growing size of Canada's overseas expeditionary force in the United Kingdom required the formation of the First Canadian Army.

Special Report on Terrorism in Argentina

 

Special Report on Terrorism in Argentina

This Special Report provides an overview of terrorism in Argentina; Significant developments since the death of President Juan D. Peron on July 1974 are emphasized. For a complete analysis of the problem in a historical perspective. see AFOSI's Special Report entitled ''Insurgency in Latin Pmerjca11 dated June 1974, In focusing on the bitter struggle between leftist terrorists and regime security instruments, stress has been placed on how terrorism affects the US presence in Argentina.

Information used in the preparation of this report includes data generated by various US agencies including the State Department, Central Intelligence Agency ah<l Defense Intelligence Agency; Various open sources including newspapers and magazines were also used.

This study conforms with the provisions of DOD Directive 5200.27; it fulfills requirements levied by the OA as published in the Counterintelligence Publications Re9istry (CIPR) dated July 1974. The information unless otherwise indicated is current as of 30 May 1975.

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Operative Independence: 1975 (Part I)

Operative Independence: 1975 (Part II)

On February 5, 1975, the government of Isabel Perón signed a secret decree ordering the Army to start "Operation Independence" in Tucumán. The pretext of the military was to annihilate the Ramón Rosa Jiménez company of the ERP, but the real objective was to destroy the combative popular movement in Tucuman through kidnapping, the disappearance of people and clandestine detention centers where thousands of Tucumans were tortured and murdered. There was also a fight at the cultural level against the ideas and values ​​​​of university students, artists, intellectuals, scientists and religious, located in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán.

Between 1975 and 1976, confrontations took place in Santa Lucía, Potrero de Las Tablas, Quebrada de Lules, Río Pueblo Viejo, Manchalá, Las Maravillas, San Gabriel stream, Acheral, Tafí Viejo, Potrero Negro and El Cadillal.

Brigadier General Acdel Vilas affirmed that it was an "eminently cultural" guerrilla since the guerrilla was "only an armed manifestation of the subversive process." Most of the victims were workers in the sugar industry, cane peelers, day laborers, small storekeepers, butchers, and students who were persecuted, kidnapped, and murdered. It was a vast repressive apparatus that oriented its true actions to destroy the union, political and student leaders, a systematic attack from the State against a substantial part of the population that had been identified as "enemies" of the economic plan and politician who defined "the new argentinidad".

"If I have seen you, I don't remember" is a program on Public TV, hosted by Felipe Pigna, about the historical archives of the channel. A journey through images that we did not see, that we may not remember but will see again, with the particular approach and sensitivity of the historian. Milestones, facts, anecdotes, conquests and tragedies of our history, so that we can remember again, be moved and build our collective memory together.

1970 Alaska Air Command Big Game Trophy Contest

 

1st Battalion 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces: Operation "Off White" Kotzebue, Alaska

 

Abroad on an Official Assignment for the United States Government, 1968

 

Trip Report - DET 460, 1156th Technical Operations Squadron

 

Detachment 460

 

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Detachment 460 is to monitor and record natural and man-made seismic disturbances in the earth in conjunction with the Air Force Technical Applications Center’s nuclear treaty monitoring mission.

BACKGROUND

The Air Force Technical Applications Center’s Detachment 460, located at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, conducts nuclear treaty monitoring through seismic and atmospheric data collection. Findings from this data is reported to national decision makers through AFTAC’s headquarters at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Detachment 460 is a tenant organization of the 354th Fighter Wing at Eielson AFB. It is the largest and most varied detachment of its type of AFTAC’s numerous worldwide detachments.

Det 460 operates and maintains the most comprehensive seismic network in the United States Atomic Energy Detection System (USAEDS). Up until 2016, the detachment managed seven seismic arrays, many of them north of the Arctic Circle. Today, the detachment manages five after the 2016 decommissioning of Attu Island and Alaska Long Period Arrays. The current 35 seismic instruments are spread across these five arrays employing different electronics packages in geologically advantageous sites. The five seismic sites include the local array located at Eielson AFB; the Burnt Mountain array (north of Fort Yukon on the edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge); the Indian Mountain array; the Tatalina array; and the Beaver Creek array located on the Alaska-Canada Border south of the Alaskan town of Tok. This gives Det 460 a comprehensive view of the dynamics of the earth worldwide.

The Det also operates and maintains a network of gaseous and particulate air sampling units to detect airborne signatures of nuclear events. The atmospheric systems are located on Eareckson AFB (Shemya Island), Point Barrow and at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. These five specialized instruments at three different locations round out Det 460’s broad support to a nationally vital mission.

Stretching from far above the Arctic Circle to the Canadian border and out to the Aleutian Island Chain, Det 460’s area of responsibility comprises a vast and unique set of geographic, climatic and cultural challenges. From stifling heat and bugs in the summer to the extreme rigors of the remote Arctic in the winter, detachment personnel routinely overcome significant obstacles to provide a 24/7 vigilant watch for America and its allies.

 

HISTORY

Detachment 460 has a long and distinguished history in the service of the United States Atomic Energy Detection System. Its roots are actually derived from several AFTAC detachments scattered across the "Last Frontier" in the late 1950s. During this era, there were six detachments and approximately 200 AFTAC personnel in Alaska.

Eielson AFB was activated June 14, 1944. It was known as Mile 26 Airfield, and was an auxiliary field for Ladd field, presently called Ft. Wainwright. Air sampling operations conducted from Alaska in the late 1940s provided the first evidence which confirmed that Russia had exploded an Atomic bomb. Daily surveillance sampling flights were flown from Eielson AFB for the next 25 years.

Participation at/in Foreign Atmospheric Nuclear Tests