1st BCT, 1st Armored Division Leadership
Commander
COL Stephen A. Fairless
Colonel Stephen A. Fairless was commissioned as an Armor Officer in 1997 following graduation from the United States Military Academy. His first assignment was with the 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea, from 1998 to 1999. There he served as a Battalion S-1 and as a Tank Platoon Leader. He then served in 1st Battalion, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, as a Mechanized Infantry Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and as a Support Platoon Leader from 1999 to 2000. While serving as the Support Platoon Leader, he deployed with the Battalion to Kuwait for four months in support of Operation Intrinsic Action.
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February 21, 2021 at 9:00 am
In late February 1966, a faction of the Arab Socialist Ba ath Party in Syria ousted the old leadership in a coup. The new leadership of young socialist Ba athists included Hafez Al-Assad, who would eventually rise to power in the so-called corrective revolution of 1970.
What: Overthrow of the government of the Syrian Arab Republic
Where: Syria
Background
Towards the end of 1965, Syrian politics was characterised by two distinct factions of the Ba ath Party. One was made up of the National Command, the ruling elite of the Syrian branch of the party. The other consisted of a combination of the party s Military Committee and Regional Command, including future Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad. The two Ba athist groups had come to power together in 1963 by overthrowing the then President, Nazim Al-Qudsi in a coup.
Kunduz airstrike: European rights court rules German response was adequate
Scores of Afghan civilians were killed in 2009 when a German commander ordered a NATO airstrike on two stolen fuel tankers. German courts have repeatedly rejected bids by the victims families to seek damages.
The German-ordered airstrike in 2009 killed over 100 people - including children
German courts and prosecutors thoroughly investigated a 2009 NATO bombing in Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday.
The decision comes after years of battles in German courts, who have ruled that the German officer behind the strike did not act improperly.
The Bono Regional Police on Saturday, February 13, 2021, buried their colleague in Sunyani who died of Coronavirus infection.
The late Inspector of Police, Fred Afortey Armah s death occurred at the Regional Hospital in Sunyani on Friday, February 5, 2021.
The Bono Regional Police on Monday, February 8, 2021, announced the death of their colleague.
According to the Police, the information received from the health authorities at the Regional Hospital in Sunyani disclosed that Mr Fred Afortey Armah died from coronavirus infections.
In a statement signed by the Deputy Bono Regional Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ASP) Baba Saanid Adamu and issued on behalf of the Regional Command sort to correct the erroneous impression in the public domain that this said Police officer was poisoned to death.