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Anybody who does not have fear is an idiot. It is just that you must make the fear work for you. When somebody shot at me, it made me madder than hell, and all I wanted to do was shoot back. -- General Robin Olds |
Nomad Vigil, Nomad Endeavor, Albania, Taszar Hungary, 01 Jul 1995-05 Nov 1996, March 1996(177 total words in this text)(3928 Reads)  Nomad Endeavor More than 70 U.S. military personnel deployed to Gjader Airfield, Albania, for Operation Nomad Vigil. At the center of the deployment was the Predator unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicle system which provides a low-risk, cost-effective, reusable, reconnaissance and surveillance platform. High-resolution video and still-photo images gathered by Predator were provided to NATO for use in monitoring operations in the former Yugoslavia. Tasking was provided by the JTF PP headquarters through the Southern Region Joint Operations Intelligence Center (SR JOIC) in Naples, Italy. The required airspace coordination was performed at the NATO Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Vicenza, Italy. The Predator deployment took place from July through November, 1995. The second European deployment, Nomad Endeavor, was in support of Operation Joint Endeavor with the Predator based in Taszar, Hungary. Tasking was provided by a forward element of U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) through the US National Intelligence Cell (USNIC) at Vicenza, Italy. The operational control of the Predator remained with USEUCOM, but tactical control was exercised by the NATO CAOC. The deployment started in March, 1996. |
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1863:
The largest cavalry battle of the Civil War is fought at Brandy Station, Virginia.
1923: Bulgarias government is overthrown by the military. 1942: The Japanese high command announces that "The Midway Occupation operations have been temporarily postponed." 1944: Russia penetrates into East Karelia, in Finland, as it fights to gain back control of territory that had already been ceded to it. 1945: Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declares that Japan will fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender. 1951: Eighth Army commander Lieutenant General James A. Van Fleet insisted that his forces occupy suitable ground in the event of a cease-fire. 1951: After several unsuccessful attacks on French colonial troops, North Vietnams General Vo Nguyen Giap orders Viet Minh to withdraw from the Red River Delta. 1959: The first ballistic missile-carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, is launched. 1972: Part of a relief column composed mainly of South Vietnamese 21st Division troops finally arrives in the outskirts of An Loc. The division had been trying to reach the besieged city since April 9th. |
