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For a couple of years, I've been trying to get a few WWII naval miniatures to use with the game General Quarters. Well, I'm not that serious about naval wargaming, and I didn't want to get into some of the really "fiddly" GHQ models, but neither did I want to get those super-tiny 1:6000 scale ships. A destroyer only a centimeter long or so is just too short!
It turns out there's a company called "Panzerschiffe" (German for Armored Ships) that makes 1:1200 scale ships in "Battleship Gray" resin. They're not very expensive, VERY sturdy and ready to use as-is. Panzerschiffe recently added a PayPal shopping cart to their site, so I grabbed a few ships.
I got the Admiral Graf Spee and its foes Ajax, Exeter and Achilles for the "Battle of the River Plate" (a classic match up of a "pocket battlecruiser" and 3 smaller ships). I also picked up Bismarc, Hood, and the other ships that took part in their battle.
The ships have nice, clean lines and enough detail to recognize them and what guns they are toting, though they won't please any serious naval modeller. But as I said, I'm looking for GAME pieces, not display pieces, and as such they're perfect!
I've played the River Plate scenario a few times with GQ using blocks of wood, and it's a fun and fast battle. I can't wait to try it with the actual ships. I really hope I can get Christy to play, but I know she doesn't believe me that a naval game can be fun, so we'll have to see what happens. Who knows? Maybe I just need to find the right game. GQ is a great game though, and at over 30 years old, it's stood the test of time. Most games of that vintage are so dated that they're unplayable to the modern gamer, but GQ was really ahead of its time in many ways. We'll see.
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service
Jan. 19, 2007 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced Jan. 17 that President Bush has nominated Navy Adm. William J. Fallon as commander of U.S. Central Command, replacing Army Gen. John Abizaid. Fallon is currently serving as commander of U.S. Pacific Command; Abizaid has commanded CENTCOM since July 7, 2003, and is due to retire this spring.
Gates also announced that Bush has made the following nominations:
Army Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus has been nominated as commander of Multinational Force Iraq, replacing Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. Casey has been nominated to serve as Army chief of staff. Petraeus is currently serving as commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Army Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik has been nominated as commander of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq. Dubik is currently serving as commanding general, 1st Corps and Fort Lewis, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Army Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry has been nominated as the deputy chairman, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee, Brussels, Belgium. Eikenberry is currently serving as the commander, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan. In a news release Jan. 5, Gates praised Abizaid for his service in the Middle East and expressed confidence in Fallon. "In departing Central Command, General John Abizaid will cap what has been one of the most storied military careers in recent memory," Gates said in the release.
"A naval flight officer who flew combat missions in Vietnam, Admiral Fallon combines nearly four decades of military experience with fresh perspective to the challenges America faces in the Central Command's area of operations," Gates said. "Fox Fallon is one of the best strategic thinkers in uniform today, and his reputation for innovation is without peer."
Petraeus, who has commanded at Fort Leavenworth since Oct. 20, 2005, has extensive experience in Iraq, Gates noted in the release. He led the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul during the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he "oversaw a multifaceted program that within months established local government, restarted the local economy, and stood up local security forces," Gates said.
Petraeus served as the first commander of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq from June 2004 to September 2005 and commanded the NATO Training Mission Iraq from October 2004 through September 2005. As he launched and led the coalition's program to train and equip Iraq's army and police, Petraeus was leading the effort to rewrite the military's doctrine for defeating the insurgency, Gates said.
Casey, who has served as commander of Multinational Force Iraq since July 2004, is the right person to hold the top Army uniformed position, Gates said. "There is no officer at this time better suited to be Army chief of staff than General George Casey," Gates said. "General Casey knows first hand the capabilities the U.S. Army must have to succeed in the complex and unconventional campaigns of the 21st century."
Gates noted the mix of experience, skills, creativity and strategic vision that is essential in key national security positions and said Casey, Petraeus and Fallon possess these talents.
"We are engaged in three wars - in Iraq, Afghanistan, and against jihadist terrorism worldwide," Gates said. "As secretary of defense, and as a citizen, I firmly believe that Generals Petraeus and Casey and Admiral Fallon, as individuals and as a team, bring to the challenges that face us, the qualities necessary to be successful in war and to protect the American people."
Petraeus is scheduled to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee for confirmation hearings Jan. 23.
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President George W. Bush will deliver the principal address at the christening ceremony of the Navy's newest aircraft carrier, named for his father, former President George H. W. Bush, at a 10 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Oct. 7 at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard, Newport News, Va.
The last of the Nimitz-class carriers is named in honor of World War II naval aviator and America's 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush. The former president was born in Milton, Mass., on June 12, 1924, and began a lifetime of service to America when he joined the Navy on his 18th birthday as a seaman. He became the youngest pilot in the Navy at the time, receiving his commission and naval aviator wings before his 19th birthday.
Bush flew the Avenger torpedo bomber in combat from the carrier USS San Jacinto. During an attack on enemy installations near Chichi Jima in September 1944, his plane was hit by enemy fire while making a bombing run. Although the plane was on fire and heavily damaged, he completed a strafing run on the target before bailing out of the doomed aircraft. Bush parachuted into the sea and was later rescued by the Navy submarine USS Finback. He was later awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals for his Navy service in the Pacific theater during World War II.
After his Navy service ended in September 1945, Bush served America in a number of public service roles that included two-terms as a U.S. congressman from Texas, ambassador to the United Nations, chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to China and director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He then served two terms as vice president under former President Ronald Reagan before being elected himself as President of the United States in 1988. As commander-in-chief, Bush led the United States and a coalition of nearly 30 other nations during Operation Desert Storm, which ended Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and liberated the people of the small Persian Gulf nation.
Doro Bush Koch, daughter of former President George H.W. Bush, will serve as ship's sponsor. The ceremony will be highlighted by Koch breaking a bottle of American sparkling wine across the ship's bow to formally christen the ship, which is a time-honored Navy tradition. The former president and his wife, Barbara, are scheduled to attend the ceremony.
America's carriers serve a vital role in the defense of the American people. Deploying around the globe in support of U.S. interests and commitments, U.S. aircraft carriers are in place to immediately respond to emerging military and humanitarian crises and in various roles ranging from peacetime presence to full-scale war.
Capt. Kevin O'Flaherty, a native of Los Angeles, Calif., and a 1981 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, is the prospective commanding officer. In that capacity, he will be responsible for more than 5,000 crewmembers, to include the embarked air wing, when the ship is commissioned and fully operational.
Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, at 1,092 feet in length and 97,000 tons displacement, are the largest warships in the world. Traveling at speeds in excess of 30 knots and with flight decks encompassing 4.5 acres, they can easily support an air wing of about 75 aircraft.
By Jim Garamone
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2006 – As the ceasefire in Lebanon took effect, the U.S. military evacuated 21 more Americans from Beirut in recent days, DoD spokesman Bryan Whitman said today. This brings the total of Americans evacuated from Lebanon to 14,876 since the conflict between Israel and the terror group Hezbollah began July 16.
U.S. Navy ships remain off the coast of Lebanon to accommodate more evacuations, if needed. "But there are only trickles of people requesting to be departed," Whitman said. Seven vessels still are committed to the operation, as is the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The naval vessel Swift is still available to deliver humanitarian supplies. The destroyers USS Cole and USS Barry are available for escort duties, if required. Aviation assets, including CH-53 Sea Stallion and CH-46 Chinook helicopters, are available to fly evacuees to Cyprus, if needed.
The other vessels still in the area are: the USS Iwo Jima, the USS Trenton, the USS Nashville and the USS Whidbey Island. All told, about 6,000 American servicemembers are participating in the operation.
U.S. ships are standing by in case humanitarian aid is needed. The United Nations is delivering aid that had been bottled up in Beirut by the fighting, Whitman said. "With respect to supplies, there is not a current shipment of humanitarian assistance that the U.S. military is looking at bringing in," he said. "As we go into the future, there will be opportunities for ship and eventually air to be able to deliver those types of things from other countries, commercially."
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