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4 promoted as AVMs -DAWN - National; October 10, 2003 AVM Hussain is currently performing the duties of assistant chief of air staff (operations) at the Air headquarters. AVM Mohammad Yousaf is currently serving as assistant chief of the air staff (administration) at Air headquarters. It says Air Commodore M. Ikramullah Bhatti, Air Commodore Sabeeh Hussain, Air Commodore Rao Qamar Suleman and Air Commodore Mohammad Yousaf have been promoted to the rank of air vice marshal. www.dawn.com /2003/10/10/nat6.htm   (286 words)

Author’s Note: This story takes place in Earth Year 2376, Star Trek: Voyager’s 6th season   Commodore Koester sat in his usual seat at the head of the table, surrounded by Virgil Kane, Jeff Bloom, K’danz, Nate Johnson, Tactical Chief Ga’gh Shuukveldlaan of Wilryk, Chief of Operation Phillip Winters, Counselor Kethry Sutherland, and the starship’s Command Master Chief Petty Officer, the El’Aurian Pono R. Kyman.             “Sorry to disturb you, Commodore, but we just received a top priority communiqué from Starfleet Command,” explained the voice of Commander Bloom over the intercom.             “I’m sorry for calling this meeting in the middle of the night,” the Commodore apologized, “but a situation has come to my attention, and time is of the essence.”   He looked toward Commander Bloom. home.comcast.net /~subguyss/1-5-01_Crisis.htm   (286 words)

New Director General Cadets Ms Bailey said she joined the Chief of the Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Angus Houston, in congratulating Air Commodore Dunlop on his promotion. AIR COMMODORE D.J. Air Commodore David Dunlop was born in Brisbane in 1949 and received his primary education at the Yeronga Primary School. Air Commodore Dunlop was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in the 1995 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his contribution to the introduction into operational service of the F-111G. www.defence.gov.au /minister/Baileytpl.cfm?CurrentId=3237   (610 words)

HyperWar: United Kingdom London Gazette Despatches 38011 Despatch on operations in Northern Norway: 1940 Apr. 10-June 8, by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery, Flag Officer, Narvik; 1940 Apr. 14-May 13, by Major-General P. Mackesy, Commander Avonmouth and Rupertforce; 1940 May 13-June 8, by Lieutenant-General C. Auchinleck, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Norwegian Expeditionary Force [PDF] 38346 Despatch on battle of the Java Sea 1942 Feb.27, by Commodore J. Collins, Commodore Commanding China Force These despatches were written by the commanders concerned during the war and then published later in the British Government newspaper of record, the www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/UN/UK/londongazette.html   (610 words)

Matthew Perry (naval officer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Perry acquired the courtesy title of commodore in 1841, and was made chief of the New York Navy Yard in the same year. Perry's early career saw him assigned to several different ships, including the President, where he was aide to Commodore John Rodgers, which was in a victorious engagement over a British vessel, HMS Little Belt, shortly before the War of 1812 was officially declared. Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, under the threat of military force. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matthew_Perry_(naval_officer)   (1222 words)

Governor Governor of Hong Kong The Governor of Hong Kong was a 1997 and was ex officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hon... Governor of Northern Ireland The Governor of Northern Ireland was the Crown representative in the Troubles. Supreme Governor of the Church of England The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the Church of... www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/governor.html   (1222 words)

General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2004 Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Air Vice-Marshall E.A. Mante, Chief of Air Staff, described the late Air Commodore De-Graft Hayford as "someone whose works spanned a whole gamut of discipline to achieve the ultimate position in the Ghana Air Force". Major Maxwell Ohene Tweneboa-Kodua (rtd), curator of the Museum, later led the officers, children of the late Air Commodore Hayford and the guests to inspect the artefacts at the museum. Kumasi, Aug 3, GNA - The sword of Air commodore John Ebenezer De-Graft Hayford, the first Ghanaian Air force commander, was on Tuesday presented to the Military Museum in Kumasi. www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=63155   (295 words)

Announcement of New Australian Commander for the Middle East Area of Operations Air Commodore Bentley renewed his association with the US Navy with a posting to Commander Patrol Wings U.S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters as Readiness Plans Officer and as Assistant Chief of Staff for Training (1995-97). Air Commodore Bentley was born in Ballarat, Victoria the son of a RAAF Navigator. Over the period 1981—83 Air Commodore Bentley was posted on exchange to No 415 Squadron in Nova Scotia, Canada. www.minister.defence.gov.au /Hilltpl.cfm?CurrentId=2789   (534 words)

NATO Who is Who? - Air Commodore D.J.G. Wilby AFC, FRIN, RAF Promoted to Air Commodore, he completed a 7 month tour as Chief NATO Liaison Officer to the UN and IFOR in Zagreb, Croatia. Air Commodore David J.G. Wilby was selected for training as a navigator on a Short Service Commission commencing 7 March 1965. Air Commodore Wilby is married and has 3 children. www.nato.int /cv/misc/wilby.htm   (418 words)

862 So on the 5 February 1941 the Air Training Corps (ATC) was officially formed, with King George VI agreeing to be the Air Commodore-in-Chief, and issuing a Warrant setting out the Corps' aims. Air Commodore Chamier is affectionately known as the father of the air cadet's. Air Commodore Chamier's idea seemed to capture the mood of the British people at the time. www.angelfire.com /falcon/862squadron_sunbury/ATCHist.htm   (802 words)

commissi.txt Commodore Porter achieved fame while in command of the frigate Essex by capturing the first British warship of the War of 1812. Commodore Porter died while serving as U.S. Minister of Turkey. Johnson, will give the order to “man our ship and bring her to life!” The ship honors a father, Commodore David Porter (1780- 1843) and his son, Vice Adm. David Dixon Porter (1813-1891) whose combined legendary naval exploits earned them a place of honor in U.S. Navy history. www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/destroyers/porter/commissi.txt   (802 words)

CD-TV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Commodore chose Amiga magazines as its chief advertising platform, but the Amiga community on the whole avoided the CDTV in the expectation of an add-on CD-ROM drive for the Amiga, which eventually came in the form of the A570. It was made by Commodore International and launched in March 1991. The CDTV (for Commodore Dynamic Total Vision) was the first computer to come with a CD-ROM drive as standard. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/CD-TV   (206 words)

The Hindu : Assumes charge Air Commodore Karmaker was commissioned a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force in 1973. Air Commodore Sapan Kumar Karmaker today took charge as the Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station, Tambaram from Air Commodore MPS Gill. He was commended for his distinguished service by the Chief of Air Staff in 1990 and awarded the Vayu Sena Medal in 1998. www.hinduonnet.com /2004/01/03/stories/2004010305950401.htm   (166 words)

Guardian Air Commodore Frank Padfield Air Commodore Frank Padfield, who has died aged 81, was given the task of making a reality of Lord Mountbatten's determination, when chief of the defence staff in the mid-1960s, to force the three military services to merge their communications systems. He ended his service career in 1977 with the rank of air commodore, and, for the following nine years, was marketing manager at Plessey Radar. With the satellite system underway, Padfield, by then a group captain, was appointed commandant of RAF Locking, Somerset, a radio school training 1,500 apprentices, airmen and officers, many of them from foreign air forces, in communications and radar. www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4857861-110595,00.html   (782 words)

TGDA Management Board Air Commodore Edge was posted to RAF Linton-on-Ouse as the Station Commander in July 1998 following which he assumed his appointment as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff J5 (Plans) at the Permanent Joint Headquarters on 24 July 2000. Air Commodore Edge was posted to Saudi Arabia in August 2002 as Commander British Forces RESINATE (South) and after 6 months, as the air component HQ was reinforced for offensive operations against Iraq, assumed the post of COS Ops Spt until the air campaign drew to a close. Air Commodore Edge was promoted to Wing Commander rank in July 1991 before taking up his appointment as Wing Commander Offensive Support at HQ RAF Germany, latterly HQ No 2 Group, in August 1991. www.tgda.gov.uk /mbedge.htm   (401 words)

Star Fleet On-Line Command Structure Commodore means that the Captain is on a Special Assignment or placed in a variant Role by the Fleet Admiral or Vice Fleet Admiral of Star Fleet On-Line. The Rank of Commodore is an appointed Rank given to an officer with the Rank of Captain. As soon as any Admiral or Commodore, The Chief of Staff, or Academy Commendant sees fit, a Cadet Second Class can be elivated to Cadet First Class. www.sfol.net /command   (401 words)

Admiral The rank of Commodore (rank)Commodore in the Royal Navy is not considered a flag rank, and Commodores fly swallow-tailed pennant/s bearing the cross of St George and a single red ball in the upper hoist. REAR ADMIRAL Hardley Lewin, Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), yesterday called upon politicians, business people and society to stop denying and rationalising crime and tackle it. Admiral is a word from either the Arabic languageArabic term ''amir-al-bahr'', or the Irish term ''Ard muirfhear'' or ''Ardmurar'', both meaning "commander of the seas." Crusaders learned the term during their encounters with the Arabs, perhaps as early as the 11th century. www.infothis.com /find/Admiral   (401 words)

Encyclopedia: Commodore Perry Perry acquired the courtesy title of commodore in 1841, and was made chief of the New York Navy Yard in the same year. Perry's early career saw him assigned to several different ships, including the President, where he was aide to Commodore John Rodgers, which was in a victorious engagement over a British vessel, HMS Little Belt, shortly before the War of 1812 was officially declared. Matthew Calbraith Perry ( April 10, 1794 - March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, under the threat of military force. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Commodore-Perry   (401 words)

Matthew Perry (naval officer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Perry acquired the courtesy title of commodore in 1841, and was made chief of the New York Navy Yard in the same year. Matthew Perry obtained a midshipman's commission in the Navy in 1809, and was initially assigned to Revenge, under the command of his elder brother. Perry refused to leave and demanded permission to present a letter from President Millard Fillmore, threatening force if he was denied. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matthew_Perry_(naval_officer)   (401 words)

Commander-in-Chief - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia provides that: "The command in chief of the naval and military forces of the Commonwealth is vested in the Governor-General as the Queen's representative". Commander-in-Chief is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. In the British Army, the office of General in Chief Command, later renamed Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, was instituted after the Restoration in 1660. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commander-in-Chief   (2209 words)

Statesman/Caprice models on sale in middle east  8/9/99 Commodore is also exported to Latin America, Brunei, Fiji and New Zealand - and the locally produced Vectra is shipped to Japan. Chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors Corporation, Mr Jack Smith, visiting Australia en route to the APEC summit in New Zealand, said the initiative highlighted Holden's continuing drive to return to high volume exports by successfully integrating its activities into the Corporation's global strategies. The all-new Holden WH Statesman/Caprice on which the Chevrolet Caprice export models are based was introduced in June and now occupies number one position in the locally produced luxury vehicle market segment. www.fastlane.com.au /News/Holden_lwb_mideast.htm   (2209 words)

The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Literature That the use of our well-equipped Air Force in curbing the insurgency is a must, is the well-reasoned contention of the author, Air Commodore Tiwari. I would have thought that senior Army officers, particularly those serving in JandK, would press hard for effective air support and the Army Chief would strongly support their case in the Ministry of Defence, to save the Army unnecessary casualties. He is probably the first senior Air Force, or for that matter Defence officer, who has strongly recommended the use of Air Force to support the army in its fight against insurgency. www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20021208/spectrum/book6.htm   (649 words)

Ask the Chief 12/19/97 Given the above, Kirk's rank in the earlier ST films may well have been equivalent to that of Commodore Decker in "The Doomsday Machine". (Notice they haven't used the term "Commodore" in recent Star Trek?) The rank was functionally equivalent to a "Rear Admiral", ie; an admiral with a single star (or pip). www.nitcentral.com /askchief/ac971219.htm   (649 words)

NYC, Commodore The Commodores flag is white bearing a navy blue cross and the Commodore has 3 gold stars surrounding the club crest on his cap. He is the chief executive officer of the club and shall supervise the other officers in the execution of their duties. The Commodore of the Nanaimo Yacht Club for 2004-5 is Denis Tremblay. www.nanaimoyc.ca /commodore.htm   (649 words)

Ask the Chief 12/12/97 Erin Hunt of High Point, NC: According to the "Star Trek Chronology", the rank of Commodore was abolished sometime between the end of the series and the first movie, which is how Kirk jumped straight from Captain to Admiral. The ranks of Commodore and Fleet Captain DID last through the movie era, though (even though we didn't see them). After Captain come five different ranks of Admiral, from One Star (er, pip) Admiral to Fleet Admiral (five star). www.nitcentral.com /askchief/ac971212.htm   (2723 words)

Pacific Profile Australian national, police chief Anthony Hughes was brought in to facilitate government’s efforts to clean up after the 2000 coup and police officers were brought in from Australia and New Zealand to assist local investigators. For the first time in Fiji’s history, two high chiefs—the vice president, Ratu Jope Seniloli and the Turaga Na Qaranivalu, Ratu Inoke Takiveikata—have been imprisoned for their involvement in the 2000 illegal takeover of government and the mutiny at the Queen Elizabeth barracks. As a result, the Commander of the Fijian army, Commodore Frank Bainimarama became locked in a power struggle with the home affairs ministry, which refused to recommend the extension of his contract. www.pacificislands.cc /pmalmanac/pmprofile.php?pmalmanacid=0008   (2723 words)

Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, Indian Airforce After the 1971 Indo-Pak war, Dilbagh Singh became Air Officer Commanding(AOC) of Air Force Station Poona, in the rank of Air Commodore. ACM Dilbagh Singh gave a brief speech which was followed by acrobatic demonstrations by IAF fighter jets, which released trailing smoke in the colours of the Indian flag. ACM Dilbagh Singh's tenure lasted three years till 1984, in which time the IAF saw the induction of the MiG-25, MiG-23 and the selection of the Mirage 2000. www.geocities.com /siafdu/dilbagh.html   (1168 words)

Secret Weapons of Commodore: The Story of Commodore Chief amongst them was Amiga and Commodore developer Jens Schoenfeld, who with his company Individual Computers, signed Ellsworth up to design a larger-scale project: a computer that could reconfigure itself using FPGA technology to become not just a new Commodore 64, but potentially any computer if sufficiently programmed. Commodore reigned practically supreme during the mid-to-late 1980's; estimate for total units sold range as high as 22 million, and several hundred thousand or more are estimated still in active use around the world. Ultimately, the Commodore curse jittered Tulip enough to shed their once coveted Commodore trademark to Yeahronimo, the USA company responsible for the media and music arm of the original Commodore plan, on 27 December 2004 for a total of 24 million euro to be paid by 2010. www.floodgap.com /retrobits/ckb/secret/history.html   (7777 words)

Crystal Palace luxury collectors case. For Swarovski Crystal in 24K goldplated with halogen lighting built in. Ammann, the master bridge builder and chief architect of the Port Authority, choose the steel arch design after rejecting a cantilever and suspension design as expensive and impractical for the site. Gilbert had designed an ornamental granite-sheathing over the steelwork as part of the original proposal, but as in the case of the George Washington Bridge, the stone sheathing was eliminated in order to lower the cost of the bridge, leaving the steel trusses exposed. When it opened it 1931, it was the longest steel arch bridge in the world, eclipsing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which had opened the same year, by two feet. www.display-cases.org /news15/bayonnebridge.html   (424 words)

New Zealand News - - Main players in the Fiji coup Ratu Epeli Nailatikau was appointed interim prime minister of Fiji on 31 May 2000 by the commander of the Fiji Military Forces, Commodore Frank Bainimarama. Bose Levu Vakaturaga (Great Council of Chiefs) - An advisory body of hereditary Chiefs which holds the right to appoint the President and some members of the Senate. He was an Army Lieutenant Colonel when he staged two bloodless coups in Fiji during a period of civil strife in 1987. www.nzherald.co.nz /storydisplay.cfm?storyID=137869&thesection=news&thesubsection=world&reportID=54011   (424 words)

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