Bluff Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
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The Commando System was a mostly voluntary, part-time force of the South African Army, but in their role as local militia the units were often deployed...
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Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...
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29 Commando Regiment sited between Fitzroy and Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, June 1982. A gunner from 29 Commando Regiment, during a Commando Conditioning...
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Falklands War (redirect from Casualties of the Bluff Cove disaster)
Haddow's position. 601st Commando tried to move forward to rescue 602nd Commando Company on Estancia Mountain. Spotted by 42 Commando, they were engaged with...
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The Bluff Cove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by Argentine Air Force (FAA) Douglas...
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Tomas Victor Fernandez's 2nd Assault Section from 602 Commando Company suffered two killed on Bluff Cove Peak during the Mount Kent Skirmish, First Lieutenant...
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seize Bluff Cove Peak. The radio operator, First Sergeant Vicente Alfredo Flores,sent out the following radio message from the slopes of Bluff Cove Peak...
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Natal Command (section Groups and Commandos)
Umvoti Commando Weenan-Kliprivier Commando Griqualand East Commando Bluff Commando Durban North Commando Durban South Commando Highway Commando Oribi Commando...
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Algeria and in mainland France, the OAS having a “Metro” branch, by the “Commando Delta”. In Spain, Pierre Lagaillarde, who was still a fugitive, stood with...
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2nd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company trying to exit the area after having taking cover among the boulders and caves on Bluff Cove Peak the day before...
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"If Mr. Chamberlain was really playing a game of bluff, it must be confessed that he was bluffing from a very weak hand." Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great...
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about 12 Argentine Commandos (Captain Tomás Fernández's 2nd Assault Section, 602 Commando Company) tried to get up the summit of Bluff Cove Peak, but were...
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games, all produced by LucasArts. He played the clone commando "Boss" in Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005), voiced all the troopers in Star Wars: Battlefront...
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Gendarmerie Company, and on Mount Simon and Bluff Cove Peak by two sections of 602 Commando Company. The 602 Commando Company's 1st Assault Section of thirteen...
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(1965), Mera Saaya (1966), Ek Phool Do Mali (1969) 1961 Saira Banu Junglee Bluff Master (1963), Padosan (1968), Hera Pheri (1976) Tanuja Samarth Hamari Yaad...
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Lima'". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com. "The curious case of former NSG commando & RAW agent Lucky Bisht". Moneycontrol. 8 July 2023. Durant, Michael J...
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David Stirling (category British Army Commandos officers)
September 1939. In June 1940, he volunteered for the new No. 8 (Guards) Commando under Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Laycock, which became part of Force Z (later...
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International ISIS campaign Location: Syria United States Revolutionary Commando Army Authenticity and Development Front Free Syrian Army Autonomous Administration...
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built around his 3rd Commando Brigade, which had three battalions of the Royal Marines (40 Commando, 42 Commando and 45 Commando), and supporting units...
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Battle of Bronkhorstspruit (section Boer commando)
(303 km) journey from Lydenburg back to Pretoria. A similar-sized Boer commando force, led by Francois Gerhardus Joubert, was ordered to intercept and...
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The assaulting British forces were the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, 42 Commando, Royal Marines Mortar platoon and four light tanks of the Blues and Royals...
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Omaha Beach (section Assaulting the bluffs)
area between the shingle bank and the bluffs was both wired and mined, and mines were also scattered on the bluff slopes. Coastal troop deployments, comprising...
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combat in Burma, and to General Stillwell and to Colonel Cochran's 1st Air Commando Group. He left the service with the rank of Colonel. He was a member of...
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"Orientation" (#157, April 2015) by John Jackson Miller (14 BBY) "Rebel Bluff" (#158, June 2015) by Michael Kogge (4 BBY) "Kindred Spirits" (#159, July...
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by the Brigade Headquarters until it moved ashore. In addition to HQ 3 Commando Brigade, it could also be used by the army Brigade designated for amphibious...
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After completing the course, he returned to India and was posted to the Commando School at Belgaum. After a year at the school, he moved back to his battalion...
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were injured, three students and the school's principal. Anti-terrorist commandos were sent to the scene and the shooter was arrested. The perpetrator's...
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boom to Reeve Aleutian. In 1957, an S-43 was traded in, two Curtiss C-46 Commandos were purchased from Cordova Airlines and Grumman G-21 Goose was leased...
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All Dogs Go to Heaven, Narrator in the All Grown Up! episode "Blind Man's Bluff"), dies at age 70. Frank Fritz, American antique picker and reality television...
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