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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.
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A service battalion (Svc Bn; French: bataillon des services or bon svc) is a unit of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) that provides combat service support to a brigade group and its elements.
It is able to fight in a defensive role as well as provide the vital logistical support to sustain the operations of the other units within the brigade group.
This is different to the "(service) battalion" designation in use in the British Army in 1914–1915 onwards. Such battalions were for war service only, having a temporary nature, like that of the bataillon de marche concept of the French Army.[1]
Service battalions are normally subdivided into:
The unit flag of a service battalion is steeped with the traditions of its founding corps. The flag is a tri-color with the top and bottom equalling two-fifths of the height each and the centre equalling one-fifth of the height. The official colours of the unit flag are Oriental blue (top) and marine corps scarlet (bottom) with an intervening gold stripe. Each battalion's flag has a large white Arabic numeral representing the number of the service battalion emblazoned on both sides in the flag's centre.
These regal colours have a long history of association with army services. The Oriental blue colour of the flag is reminiscent of the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) flag while the gold colour can be found on the former banners of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC), the Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers Corps (RCEME), and the Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps (RCAPC). The scarlet colour may have some reference to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC); the militia medical companies were, for a short period in the early 1970s, incorporated into the service battalion organizations. More correctly it refers to the scarlet accoutrements on the RCOC and RCEME dress uniforms earned through its close association with the Royal Canadian Artillery in the early 1900s.
This flag was designed by Chief Warrant Officer Phil Raven during his time as regimental sergeant major of 2 service battalion in the 1970s.
The following are the current service battalions in the CF, by brigade:
Historically, 3 Service Battalion was located at CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick, in support of 3 CIBG until disbanded in the early 1970s. 3 Svc Bn served as the "experimental service battalion" from 1963, when brigade-level combat service support resources were pooled under a single commanding officer and headquarters. This model has served the Canadian Army, albeit with some changes, since being adopted by the other brigades in 1968. Based in the Federal Republic of Germany, 4 Service Battalion was created at CFB Soest in 1968 and moved to CFB Lahr in 1970 in support of 4 CMBG until the close-out of Canada's NATO commitment there in 1993.
Service battalions were historically part of mechanized brigade groups, but were transferred to area support groups (ASG) in the late 1990s. In 2013, ASGs were renamed division support groups, and the service battalions were returned from these formations to the brigades. On 1 April 2010, the army reserve service battalions were modernized and aligned to represent the brigade group they were part of and to which they provide the combat service support (logistic and maintenance). Though the number of units was reduced from 19 to 10, the overall strength increased in-line with their role, the provision of combat support, logistic and maintenance resources to their respective brigade groups.
Although Canadian service battalions were a product of the Cold War and were expected to operate as complete units in support of Canadian Army brigades and brigade groups in the field, since the September 11 terrorist attacks, the non-linear battlefield has meant a shift towards the provision of service support to ongoing operations, e.g. in Afghanistan being provided by National Support Elements, tailored to the task at hand and not necessarily formed of just one service battalion. Service battalions are now thus largely force-generation units, and provide essential support in garrison.
LCol John Conrad bleakly described the evolution of Canadian logistics in his book, What the Thunder Said: Reflections of a Canadian Officer in Kandahar. He deployed to Afghanistan with an establishment capped at 300 all-ranks that almost failed to fuel, fix and feed troops during Operation Medusa in the summer of 2006. The doctrine, he describes, was unprepared for the intensity of mobile 360° warfare. At one point the planners lost count of LAV III cannon ammunition just as the battle group was firing much more ammunition than any calculation tables predicted. He also wrote about his own command group hitting an improvised explosive device west of Kandahar City, conducted the response drills then summoning his administration clerk with mock gravity to draft CF52 General Allowance Claim to replace the underwear he soiled. Conrad's book is a surprising but rare glimpse inside the logistics function in battle.
The infantry battalions raised as part of the New Armies were known as Service Battalions, simply to distinguished them as having been raised for war service only and not as a permanent addition to the Armed Forces of the Crown. In every other respect they were organised and (eventually) equipped in the same way as a regular battalion.
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A service battalion (Svc Bn; French: bataillon des services or bon svc) is a unit of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) that provides combat service support to a brigade group and its elements. It is able to fight in a defensive role as well as provide the vital logistical support to sustain the operations of the other units within the brigade group. This is different to the "(service) battalion" designation in use in the British Army in 1914–1915 onwards. Such battalions were for war service only, having a temporary nature, like that of the bataillon de marche concept of the French Army.
1 Special Service Battalion (usually abbreviated to 1SSB) is an armoured regiment of the South African Army and only one of two such in its regular force. The Regiment is based at Tempe near Bloemfontein. It was previously known in Afrikaans as 1 Spesiale Diens Bataljon (1 SDB).
The Special Service Battalion (SSB) is a South African military unit formed on 1 May 1933 under the patronage of Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence. The object was to give training to youths, between the ages of 17 and 23, who, in the wake of the 1929 depression, could find no suitable employment on leaving school.
1 Service Battalion (1 Svc Bn; French: 1er Bataillon des services) is a deployable field unit of the Canadian Forces. It provides second- and limited third-line combat service support to units throughout the 3rd Canadian Division. Located at Steele Barracks, Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, 1 Svc Bn is composed of the battalion headquarters and four functional companies: Transportation, Supply, Maintenance, and Administration. Administration Company is distinct in that it provides first-line support to the battalion itself, while the remaining companies provide second- and limited third-line support to units across the 3rd Canadian Division. The battalion is composed of an integrated and cohesive team of active military members and public servants. Soldiers must maintain their soldiering and war-fighting skills to a high degree of proficiency, while concurrently developing expertise in their respective trades. The battalion's primary focus is on conducting and training for operations; however, the unit also provides combat service support on a daily basis to 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group and the 3rd Canadian Division. 1 Svc Bn has, from 1990 to 2010, regularly generated, trained, and deployed the National Support Element (NSE) for several Canadian deployments. The unit motto is officium super omnia which translates to "duty above all". The current commanding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel James Legendre and the regimental sergeant major is Chief Warrant Officer Patrick (Pat) Lebel.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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