Well said Senojekips.

Here's what our (former) enemy said of our war dead and those left to grieve for them. Magnamimous indeed:

Those heroes that shed their blood

And lost their lives...

You are now lying in the soil of a friendly Country.

Therefore rest in peace.

There is no difference between the Johnnies

And the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side

Here in this country of ours...

You, the mothers,

Who sent their sons from far away countries

Wipe away your tears,

Your sons are now lying in our bosom

And are in peace

After having lost their lives on this land

They have become our sons as well

- Atatürk

Yeah Padre, any chance you could put a good word in with The Boss to get Ataturk back as an Aussie Statesman?

I use the word Statesman (with a capital letter) deliberately as I feel there is little similarity between Statesmen and "politicians".

Turkish Brigade in Korean War

Some comments by American officers give insight into the Turks and their abilities. "They really prefer to be on the offensive and handle it quite well," went one appraisal. "They are not as good at defensive positions, and certainly never retreat." Another report told of their patrol skills: "Certain Turkish patrols always reported high body counts when they returned from patrols. Headquarters always scoffed at the high numbers, much higher in fact than any other unit, until the Turks decided to bring the enemy bodies back and dump them at headquarters for the body count."

http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallAr...ishBrigade.htm

Turkish people are given a warm welcome in Korea because of the bravery the Turkish soldiers showed during the Korean War. They were Turkey's finest ambassadors.

Yeah, the Turks were some great fighters. I have mad respect for them as a nation and culture.

I wish my country, South Korea, have as much repect for our men as the Turks. Its too bad most young people here moan about their military duty and military culture in our society.

Originally Posted by Padre

Well said Senojekips.

Here's what our (former) enemy said of our war dead and those left to grieve for them. Magnamimous indeed:

Those heroes that shed their blood

And lost their lives...

You are now lying in the soil of a friendly Country.

Therefore rest in peace.

There is no difference between the Johnnies

And the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side

Here in this country of ours...

You, the mothers,

Who sent their sons from far away countries

Wipe away your tears,

Your sons are now lying in our bosom

And are in peace

After having lost their lives on this land

They have become our sons as well

- Atatürk

Great post bro...

Thank you Brother.

http://www.ssm.gov.tr/EN/Projeler/de...milgem__D.aspx

Turkey is shaping up to be a powerful country and a good ally to have on our side. I like their taste in equipment as well, they're not afraid to mix it up with American and Russian implements.

Project Genesis (ship management integration system):
A naval battle management system modernization project for the FFG-7 Perry class frigates, which entails a battle coordination system (GSYS). Development of hardware, software, ECDIS map screen, network centric warfare software, automated target tracking system, electronic warfare systems database.

The aim of the Genesis project is to blow new life in the ageing fleet of 8 Perry frigates.
Genesis will equip the frigates with up to date modern warfare command and control features, communications and C4I capabilities.

September 2006: Factory Level Acceptance Tests completed, all of the hardware related to the Ship Integrated Combat Management System GENESIS has been installed on the first of eight Gabya Class (ex-US Perry Class FFG)
Engineers are currently working to integrate the indigenous Combat Management
System with all the sensors and weapon systems aboard the frigate, including the Mk-13 launcher, SQS-56 sonar, Phalanx CIWS, AN/SPS-65 surface search radar, AN/SPS-49 air search/surveillance radar, Mk-92 fire control system, Mk-32 torpedo system, Mk-75 76mm gun, Mk-XII IFF and SLQ-32 ESM systems.

GENESIS project for upgrading 8 frigates costs US$97.5 Million ($12.2 Million/ship)

Genesis project will also take place on the Milgem(National ship) project.

The Perry class frigates currently have the outdated analogue command on control bridge




After the Genesis upgrade the control bridge will look like this, modern, digitalized and full automated tracking and targeting systems