The Defence Command (Danish:Værnsfælles Forsvarskommando, VFK) is the Danish joint military command and the top coordination and controlling authority of the Danish military. It is a Level I command authority, directly under the Ministry of Defence.
Forsvarskommandoen was established on the basic of law no. 334 of June 18, 1969 about the origination of the Danish Defence; in order to reduce resources expended and make a true combined Defence command of Denmark. It was a continuation of the Danish defence re-construction of 1950, which erected Ministry of Defence, Chief of Defence, Forsvarsstaben, Hærkommandoen, Søværnskommandoen and Flyverkommandoen.
These latter commands was in 1969 combined into one and placed under the Ministry of Defence, giving the Chief of Defence full administrative and operational command of all branches of the Danish military. The staff of these former branch commands continued to exist inside FKO, but in 1982, which saw a major re-construction of FKO, they too vanished in favour of an even more branch independent organisation. The reorganization resulted in a unified command structture similar to the previous Generalkommandoen.
A Harbor Defense Command was a military organization of the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps designated in 1925 from predecessor organizations dating from circa 1895. It consisted of the forts, underwater minefields, and other coast defenses of a particular harbor or river. Harbor Defense Commands were disestablished in 1950 along with the Coast Artillery Corps.
History
These commands originated as Coast Artillery Districts, to control groups of forts constructed under the Endicott Program beginning in 1895. A 1909 reference shows that districts could include (depending on size) a Battle Command (later Fort Command), Fire Command, Mine Command, and Battery Commands. In 1913 the districts were redesignated as Coast Defense Commands, called "Coast Defenses of..." the area protected. At this time Coast Artillery Districts became regional commands, each controlling several Coast Defense Commands. Several of these commands were disarmed and disestablished between World War I and World War II; some of these were rearmed in World War II with "Panama mounts", circular concrete platforms for towed 155 mm guns. In 1925 the Coast Defense Commands were redesignated as Harbor Defense Commands, called "Harbor Defenses of..." the area protected. After World War II all of these commands were disarmed within a few years, and they and the Coast Artillery Corps were disestablished in 1950.
Senior center back Luca Pignatiello was a commanding presence in defense, allowing Friday Harbor to maintain a high defensive line ... Defensively, Friday Harbor recorded their fourth clean sheet of the ...
had broken Japan’s secret codes and intercepted communications that a Japanese attack was imminent — and that there was a good possibility the attack would occur at PearlHarbor...Short; they were in charge of Pearl Harbor’s defense.
A telling point made by Stinnett is that if Washington had warned the PearlHarbor commanders, their resulting defensive preparations would have been noticed by the local Japanese spies and relayed to ...
A telling point made by Stinnett is that if Washington had warned the PearlHarbor commanders, their resulting defensive preparations would have been noticed by the local Japanese spies and relayed to ...
Two Harbors is 3-3 on the season, and the Agates are coming off a 54-0 victory over Pine City... He can command the offense.”. On defense, the Bluejackets have to prepare for a Two Harbors team that likes to run the ball.
The Post and Courier
06 Apr 2023
The Post and Courier
06 Apr 2023