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Dans la dynamique de la commande tramway, la Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux a proposé d'étendre le principe de la commande artistique aux grands chantiers structurants de l'agglomération, en particulier à la construction des ponts Bacalan-Bastide et Jean-Jacques Bosc.
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Oct. 25, 2010) - Royal Cambodian Navy Rear Admiral Ros Veasna welcomes U.S. Navy Capt. David Welch, Commander, Task Group 73.1, and Cmdr. Joseph Keenan, Commanding Officer of USS Crommelin (FFG 37), after Crommelin's arrival in Cambodia for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia 2010. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jason Tross)
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Mk.XIV - A 1920's design with either a 320 lbs or 500 lbs charge and Hertz horns. When switch horns were developed this mine became the Mark XVII.
Great Britain developed a series of Hertz (acid) Horned Contact Mines just after World War One, with Vickers being heavily involved in production both for the Royal Navy and for other nations. The Mk.XIV was a 1920's design with either a 320lbs or 500lbs charge and Hertz horns, when the 'Switch Horns' was later developed the mine became known as the Mk.XVII.
There were 'Sinkers' attached to the Contact Mines, which were 'Boxes' that the mines would sit in, so when it was deployed from the Mine Laying Craft, the mine and its sinker would fall to the bottom of the sea, where upon the mine, connected to the sinker by a tether, would be released to float to the top, the sinker would then act as an anchor, retaining mine in the desired location.
During World War Two the RAF Home Command laid 48,158 mines during the entire war in Enemy waters and these mines sank 545 Merchant ships of 591,143 tons gross and 217 assorted Warships of 147,264 tons displacement. Over 20,000 additional mines were laid by Surface Ships and Submarines. The success of these additional mines has not broken out, but ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'' claims that British mines in total sank 1,050 Axis Warships and Merchant Ships and damaged a further 540. As opposed to the successes achieved via 'Offensive Mining' it appears that the British greatly overrated the effectiveness of mines as Defensive Weapons during World War Two. Some 170,000 mines were laid in 'Protective Fields' by Surface Ships, the majority in the Iceland and Faeroes passages. This massive effort resulted in exactly one U-Boat (U-647) being sunk and had no appreciable effect on the number of U-Boats engaged in Anti-Commerce Operations. This might have been forecasted by a study of the 1918 Orkney to Norway 'Mine Barrier' (also known as the North Sea Mine Barrage) which was an expensive failure. In some ways, these Defensive Fields restricted the Royal Navy more than the Kriegsmarine. For example, although the German small Battleships 'Gneisenau' and 'Scharnhorst' were able to traverse the Dover Straits in 1942, the first British Capital Ship to do so was HMS 'Warspite' which passed that way only after the Normandy Invasion in June 1944.
During World War Two, the U-Boat Fleet, which dominated much of the 'Battle of the Atlantic' was small at the beginning of the war and much of the early action by German Forces involved mining convoy routes and ports around Great Britain. German Submarines also operated in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the U.S. Coast. Initially, Contact Mines, required a ship to physically strike a mine to detonate them, were employed, usually tethered at the end of a cable just below the surface of the water. Contact Mines usually hole ships’ hulls. By the beginning of World War Two, most nations had developed mines that could be dropped from aircraft and floated on the surface, making it possible to lay them in Enemy harbours. The use of dredging and nets was effective against this type of mine, but this consumed valuable time and resources, and required harbours to be closed.
Later, some ships survived Mine Blasts, limping into port with buckled plates and broken backs. This appeared to be due to a new type of mine, detecting ships magnetically and detonating at a distance, causing damage with the shock wave of the explosion. Ships that had successfully run the gauntlet of the Atlantic crossing were sometimes destroyed entering freshly cleared British harbours.
More shipping was being lost than could be replaced, and Churchill ordered the intact recovery of one of these new mines to be of the highest priority. The British experienced a stroke of luck in November 1939. A German mine was dropped from an aircraft onto the mud flats of the Thames Estuary during low tide. As if this was not sufficiently good fortune, the land belonged to the Army, and a base with men and workshops was at hand. Experts were dispatched from London to investigate the mine. They had some idea that the mines used 'Magnetic Sensors' so everyone removed all metal, including their buttons, and made tools of non-magnetic brass. They disarmed the mine and rushed it to labs at Portsmouth, where scientists discovered a new type of Arming Mechanism. A large ferrous object passing through the Earth's magnetic field will concentrate the field through it, the Mine's Detector was designed to trigger at the midpoint of a steel-hulled ship passing overhead. The mechanism had an adjustable sensitivity, calibrated in milligauss. As it turned out, the German Firing Mechanism was overly sensitive, making sweeping easier.
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An attempt at reverse-lens macro- the Command key on my MacBook Pro.
Shot using the standard 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 kit lens on my Sony A200.
New Jersey State Police Superintendent, Colonel Patrick Callahan, and Lt. Col. Wayne Korte, lead the command staff meeting at the Log Cabin at division headquarters in West Trenton, N.J. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Today was Lt. Col. Korte’s last command staff meeting before he retires at the end of the month. (New Jersey State Police / Tim Larsen)
Command Sgt. Mittie Smith, right, hands off the noncommissioned officer sword to the USAG-Natick commander Lt. Col. Kari Otto. Smith is retiring from the Army after 28 years of service. (Photo by David Kamm)
Dans la dynamique de la commande tramway, la Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux a proposé d'étendre le principe de la commande artistique aux grands chantiers structurants de l'agglomération, en particulier à la construction des ponts Bacalan-Bastide et Jean-Jacques Bosc.
Dans la dynamique de la commande tramway, la Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux a proposé d'étendre le principe de la commande artistique aux grands chantiers structurants de l'agglomération, en particulier à la construction des ponts Bacalan-Bastide et Jean-Jacques Bosc.
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert C. Parker inspects an honor platoon from the Atlantic Area command during a change of command ceremony Friday, May 16 at Naval Station Norfolk. Va. Vice Adm. William "Dean" Lee relieved Parker of the command, which is responsible for all U.S. Coast Guard missions within a geographic region that ranges from the Rocky Mountains to the Arabian Gulf and spans across five Coast Guard districts and 40 states. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn)
Tobyhanna Army Depot
June 17, 2019
Reviewing Officer: Maj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor, U.S. Army CECOM Commanding General
Outgoing Commander: Col. Nathan M. Swartz
Incoming Commander: Col. John W. McDonald
Photographer: Thomas Robbins
MANILA, Philippines (Feb. 2, 2012) - Cmdr. Leopoldo Albea, commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer meets with Adm. A. Saprykin, commanding officer of Russian Task Group 1, aboard the Russian Federation large antisubmarine ship Admiral Panteleev while the ships shared a pier in Manila, Republic of the Philippines. Wayne E. Meyer, a member of the USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Grant P. Ammon)
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SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, Queensland, Australia (Jul. 13, 2012) - Staff Sgt. Bryan Robbins, platoon sergeant for 3rd plt., Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, calls for mortar support during a live-fire exercise. Following the conclusion of Exercise Hamel 2012, the Marines of Co. G. engaged in movement to contact drills, using what they learned from living in a woodland environment for the past three weeks. Exercise Hamel 2012 is a multi-national training evolution between the U.S. Marine Corps, Australian Army and New Zealand Army, aimed at certifying the Australian 1st Brigade for operational deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright)
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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Joaquin Spikes, assigned to the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, removes his helmet after completing a 12-mile ruck march during the 2017 Army Materiel Command's Best Warrior Competition July 17, 2017, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. During the three-day competition, these elite warriors are test on basic and advanced warrior tasks and drills. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Teddy Wade)
KABUL, Afghanistan (July 4, 2015) Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Commander U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Todd T. Semonite thanked coalition forces that gathered to celebrate the 239th anniversary of U.S. Independence Day in the Destille Garden at Resolute Support Headquarters based in Kabul, Afghanistan. Currently approximately 13,200 troops from 42 contributing nations, of which almost 6,800 are U.S. troops, are serving in Afghanistan on the NATO-led mission Resolute Support to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces and institutions. An additional 3,000 U.S. troops provide other real-world operational support in Afghanistan. (U.S. military photo by Lt. Kristine Volk, Resolute Support Public Affairs/Released)
KLANG, Malaysia (Sept. 26, 2012) - Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) and members of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) display good sportsmanship following a friendly soccer match at the Bandamaran Sports Center during Mustin’s port visit to Malaysia. While in port, Mustin Sailors will engage with members of the RMN and be afforded the opportunity to experience the sights and sounds of Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur and tours of the surrounding area provided by the Mustin’s Morale Welfare and Recreation department. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Devon Dow)
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Command of the new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital changed hands for the first time since its Aug. 31, 2011, opening during a ceremony in front of the facility Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Col. Susan Annicelli relinquished command of the award-winning hospital to Col. Charles Callahan as hundreds of medical staff, patients, friends and Family observed.
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Aug. 27, 2012) - The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Buffalo (SSN 715) sits moored at Fleet Activities Yokosuka during a port visit as part of its deployment to the Western Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by MC David Mercil)
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 13, 2011) - An SH-70B Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, lands on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is off the coastline of Japan to provide disaster relief and humanitarian assistance to Japan as directed in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Michael Feddersen)
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MOUNT BUNDY TRAINING AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (Sept. 5, 2012) - Marines advance behind an Australian M1A1 tank during a bilateral assault at the urban operations training. Marines have been conducting bilateral field training for approximately three weeks with various elements of the Australian Army’s 1st Brigade as the culminating event of the inaugural iteration of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacob D. Barber)
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KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea (Jul. 27, 2012) - Chairman Cho Nam-sok, left, 2007 United States Forces Korea Good Neighbor Program Award Winner, shakes hands with Lt. Col. Anthony D. Abernathy, right, 8th Operations Group vice commander, after greeting Col. Douglas Nikolai, 8th Fighter Wing vice commander, at a Korean-American Gunsan Association (KAGA) dinner. The KAGA is a way for base leadership and local businessmen to maintain a positive relationship. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brigitte N. Brantley)
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 31, 2011) - Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, left center, and Vice Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, commander in chief, Self-Defense Fleet, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), discuss Annual Exercise (AE 2011) with other senior leaders of the U.S. Navy and JMSDF aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington is currently participating in AE 2011, a Japanese-sponsored bilateral field-training exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 William Pittman)
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Maj. Gen. David Quantock, Lt. Gen. John Sterling, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command deputy commander, and Brig. Gen. Mark Yenter at the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood change-of-command ceremony. Yenter assumed command of MSCoE and Fort Leonard Wood from Quantock, Sept. 23, on Gammon Field.
Dans la dynamique de la commande tramway, la Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux a proposé d'étendre le principe de la commande artistique aux grands chantiers structurants de l'agglomération, en particulier à la construction des ponts Bacalan-Bastide et Jean-Jacques Bosc.
Happened across a strike team heading home, stopping in Dublin, CA for lunch in the Hacienda Crossings center.
Photo Credit: Summer Barkley
Maj. Gen. Larry D. Wyche, G-3/5, Army Materiel Command, and Col. Michel M. Russell, Sr., commander, 401st Army Field Support Brigade, watch as James S. Granitzki, RFAST-C engineer, operates a laser scanner and Jill Logsdon, RFAST-C Mechanical Engineer explains how it works.
The Air Education and Training Command took responsibility of the 344th Training Squadron Detachment 2 Aug. 25, 2022, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, after an official transfer authority from the 711th Human Performance Wing. The detachment provides Air Force Specialty Code courses, acceleration training for all fighter aircrew, and aerospace physiology initial and refresher training for all aircrew.
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (Sept. 28, 2012) - Lt. Col Jeffrey Menasco, commander of the 36th Airlift Squadron, presents a C-130 Hercules tail flash to Royal Thai Air Force Lt. Col Aticha Sirisap. Members of the Royal Thai Air Force partnered with Yokota aircrews for training before Red Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)
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HAWAII (July 31, 2012) - The view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II 'Warthog' flying over the Big Island as it follows a C17 Globemaster III during RIMPAC 2012 aerial exercises. The flights were part of an air drop event during the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Daniel Barker)
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The memorial will stand as a fitting tribute to the 55,573 Bomber Command crew who lost their lives in the Second World War.
The Bomber Command Memorial has been designed by architect Liam O'Connor
The memorial has been built to be modern, yet classical, in Portland stone.
At its heart are the bronze sculptures of a Bomber Command aircrew.
Within the memorial, the space is open to the sky with an opening designed to allow light to fall directly onto sculptures of the aircrew.
The scale of the sculpture as a whole means that visitors will always see the profile of the sculpture against the sky above them, day and night - thus rendering that section of the sky powerfully symbolic for the memorial.
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan ( Oct. 13, 2010) - (Left to Right) Iwama Masatoshi, Misawa City Police subsection chief, and Senior Airman Robert Quinn, 35th Medical Group, demonstrate joint city and military response efforts during an emergency response table top exercise in Misawa City, Japan, Oct. 13, 2010. Chief Master Sgt. McHudson Theodore (far right), 35th Civil Engineer Squadron fire chief, explains base first response procedures to Misawa city and military officials. These exercises are vital to maintaining the strong bilateral relationship between the base and Northern Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Cammie Quinn)
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – District Commander Lt. Col. James Booth (left) and Acting Deputy District Engineer Mike Goodrich; meet with Natural Resources Management Specialist Francisco Salazar in the receiving line after Lt. Col. Booth assumed command of the Albuquerque District May 12, 2016.
ACC hosts Army Futures Command (AFC), Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Army Gen. John M. Murray, the first commanding general of the United States Army Futures Command, for a special ribbon-cutting ceremony at the AFC Software Factory at Rio Grande Campus, on Thursday, April 15, 2021.
SINGAPORE STRAIT (Jul. 26, 2012) - U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Ryan Murtha, right, speaks with Republic of Singapore Navy 2nd Lt. Terence Toh, center, and 2nd Lt. Derick Ng during special sea and anchor detail on the bridge wing of the guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift. Vandegrift is on her way into Sembawang Wharf after completing the 'at-sea' phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Timor Leste joins the exercise for the first time in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 N. Ross Taylor)
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Work bought me a new toy to play with! Bill Murray would be so proud! I can't wait to drive it... As if...
commande pour les parents du petit Mathis. Une après midi à courir dans le park de Montchat ça rappelle la jeunesse ! ah
The Vigilant Air Command Warbird Museum is a cool air museum that doubles as an aircraft preservation and/or restoration facility. I had never heard of it until the day I visited - it sounded pretty good, and it was. I hit it shortly before closing on a Sunday evening and had the place to myself. My first impression was how crowded it was. Planes were tightly packed together in the hanger. It was hard to get any photos without getting a bunch of other stuff in the photo. There are also a number of planes outside in the elements. I liked that you can get up close and personal with the planes, but be careful since I almost poked my eyes out several times.
The museum is located at the Space Coast Regional Airport, near Titusville, Florida. Check it out if you are in the area. I took these photos in mid-December 2021.