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Kentucky National Guard by The National Guard

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group board a West Virginia Air National Guard C-17 at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept 23, 2017, in support of Hurricane Maria recovery operations. Thirty-two members of the unit are deploying to San Juan, Puerto Rico to establish an air cargo hub to process relief supplies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

KSC-20180214-PH_KLS01_0012 by NASA Kennedy

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An Aircraft Mishap Preparedness and Contingency Plan is underway at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center's Flight Operations rehearsed a helicopter crash-landing to test new and updated emergency procedures. The operation was designed to validate several updated techniques the center's first responders would follow, should they ever need to rescue a crew in case of a real accident. The mishap exercise took place at the center's Shuttle Landing Facility. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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U.S. Army Africa Contingency Command Post Public Affairs by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

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U.S. Army Africa’s Early Entry Command Post Soldiers conduct final check in preparation for a joint inspection. A joint inspection of equipment and vehicles is required prior to a deployment. (U.S. Army Africa photo)

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20Bde-2013-015-0082 by Part of 3rd (UK) Division - The British Army

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Photographer - Cpl Wes Calder RLC

Pictured - A British Challenger 2 main battle tank (MBT) live firing in Grafenwöhr (Germany)

Exercise BAVARIAN CHARGER is the first of three large contingency operation exercises being undertaken by 20th Armoured Brigade between May – October 2013. Contingency Operations training is known as Hybrid Foundation Training or HFT.

The aim of this exercise is to train the 5 Rifles, The Queens Dragoon Guards (QDG) Battle Groups and 1 Logistic Support Regiment in combined arms manoeuvre.

The exercise is split into 3 main phases. The first phase consists of a two week live firing exercise in Grafenwoer, Southern Germany, that enables the units and soldiers to refine their skills with their equipment and weapons. Training is constructed to develop skills from the individual level through to the Battlegroup level and culminates in a final attack that sees the use of helicopters, tanks, artillery and infantry combined.

The second phase will see all the exercising units transition from Grafenwoer to Hohnfels, some 100 km further south and simulates the kind of movements that are undertaken when moving an Armed force into hostile territory.

The third, and final phase is designed to test the planning and execution of combined arms manoeuvre operations in a hostile environment. The units will execute orders based on the delivery of Brigade Orders to defeat the enemy within the scenario.

2100 personnel with upto 768 vehicles ranging from Landrover, to Tanks to Apache helicopters are being exercised from 20th Armoured Brigade whose Headquarters are based in Sennelager, Germany. Approximately 500 personnel are required to support those training to ensure that supplies are maintained, vehicles are fixed and soldiers fed.

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Long Island Breach Closure Operations by USACE NY

A contractor working on post-Hurricane Sandy breach barrier island breach slorue operations gathers sand elevation data Monday November 26, 2012. The barrier island breach closure work at Cupsogue County Park, which was carried out as part of the Breach Contingency Plan in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, was completed Tuesday evening November 27, 2012. (photo by Hector Mosley, New York District public affairs)

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Airmen from the 435th Contingency Response Group secure a palled for supplies for movement of the Rwanda Defense Force to the Central African Republic to participate in peace keeping operations. (U.S. Army Africa photos by Master Sgt. Thomas Mills)

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2nd BCT GRF training by Fort Liberty

Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provide over-watch and fire support during training on Fort Bragg, Sept. 9, 2013. The White Falcons, currently part of the Global Response Force, conducted a two-week intensive training cycle designed to reinforce combat skills for the nation’s airborne assault-capable, contingency unit.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)

Washington, Tennessee Soldiers save time, support drawdown by Expert Infantry

Staff Sgt. Aroon Revilla, the supply noncommissioned officer in charge for 40th Trans. Company and Bangkok native, participates in pre-combat checks and pre-combat inspections before going on a convoy mission here Dec. 28 to turn in excess equipment at Contingency Operating Location Speicher.

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Path of a ‘Punisher’ by The 4th Infantry Division

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SAW gunner.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Specialist Luz Natalia Gonzalez, a military police Soldier from Providence, R.I., assigned to “Punishers” Provincial Police Transition Team, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, conducts security watch on the second floor of the Domies Police Station during a meeting between PPTT leadership and the Domies Police chief in Kirkuk City, Iraq, July 31, 2011.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N)

2nd BCT GRF training by Fort Liberty

Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct live fire training on Fort Bragg, Sept. 9, 2013. The White Falcons, currently part of the Global Response Force, conducted a two-week intensive training cycle designed to reinforce combat skills for the nation’s airborne assault-capable, contingency unit.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)

2nd BCT GRF training by Fort Liberty

Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, emplace a brazier charge, an improvised explosive tool designed to blow through concertina wire, during live fire training on Fort Bragg, Sept. 9, 2013. The White Falcons, currently part of the Global Response Force, conducted a two-week intensive training cycle designed to reinforce combat skills for the nation’s airborne assault-capable, contingency unit.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)

Breach closure work in Long Island after Hurricane Sandy by USACE NY

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Col. Paul E. Owen, commander of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stands on the edge of a dune in Cupsogue County Park on Friday November 16, 2012 on a barrier island in Long Island and looks over where Hurricane Sandy created a breach in the barrier island. In the distance is a dredge in nearby Moriches Inlet that is mobilizing to close the breach using sand from the inlet. The breach closure work is being done in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and local authorities in accordance with the Breach Contingency Plan. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)

Baltic Air Drop (Airborne) by U.S. Army Europe

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brenda Mayes, a Reno native with the 435th Security Forces Squadron, 435th Contingency Response Group out of Ramstein, Germany, tightens a strap on a Latvian National Armed Forces soldier’s equipment during joint airborne training operations held at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, June 15. Mayes, along with other airmen from the 435th SFS, are currently deployed to Latvia and participated in the training as part of Saber Strike 2015 and subsequently, Operation Atlantic Resolve, an ongoing, multinational partnership focused on joint training and security cooperation between the U.S. and other NATO allies. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brooks Fletcher, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Baja 1000 Contingency by desertdingo

We go through contingency at the Baja 1000 2013

131003-F-CA540-001 by Parker Gyokeres

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, fire at known-distance targets on a training range as part of close precision engagement indoctrination course as Staff Sgt. Bryan McMullen, CPE team leader applies verbal pressure here Oct. 3. Seven sharpshooter candidates were participating in a 10-day CPEC indoctrination course to prepare them for the more rigorous 19-day U.S. Air Force CPEC course at Fort Bliss, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

23MR4079Z-SharpenAI-SoftnessW by Bruce Symington

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A picturesque scene at the Current River Dam. The Led Lights are on from 6:00pm to 12:00am and during pride month are multi changing colours.

The Repairs are finally done By Concrete Walls the lead contractor and PDR Contracting . Original contract was The tender amount awarded to construction firm Concrete Walls, at a cost of just over $7.2 million, inclusive of HST and a $900,000 contingency fund. There was cost increases to $8.5 million by the end of the project. Thunder Bay Testing and Engineering Ltd was a part of the design Subcontracts and produced the design for the lighting of the walkway & and design outside the Box of the accent lighting which is drawing a lot of " That's What I'm Talking ABout " .

I have a connection to the beginning and end as well. Back in the early 1960's I was working for Boyles Bros Diamond Drilling and I were supposed to work on the original test holes in the dam but got called to a job on the Kam River. And A young lady Stephanie Pesheau (just received her accreditation As an ALA lighting consultant.. for TBT engineering. ) worked on the project team is the daughter of one of my former Clients and Daughter in Law of an Old Friend and Colleague. Well done you guys !

In 1901-1902, a dam was constructed on the Current River, as a source of electric power. This dam resulted in the creation of the Boulevard Lake reservoir.

In 1893, the town of Port Arthur purchased the first acres of land from Mr. James Lyon for $395. Port Arthur continued to acquire land from Lyon: 77.7 acres in 1901 for $521.26, 23.77 acres in 1911 for $2380, and 23 acres in 1914 for $51,000.

Mr. Lyon attached a few conditions to the sale on June 23, 1914:

That a public roadway be constructed and that it surrounds the reservoir, and that it is called "Lyon Boulevard"

That the City is free to sell not more than one third of the land surrounding Lyon Boulevard

That the City name the parkland "Lyon Park" and that it would be maintained as a public park

By July 1914, the gravel road, Lyon Boulevard, was complete. On July 15, 1914, 61 cars ceremoniously paraded from the Whalen building around Lyon Boulevard to Current River Park.

1911, the City of Port Arthur constructed the Black Bay Bridge. It was the first single span concrete bridge in Canada.

In 1936, the "Current River Reservoir" was renamed "Boulevard Lake." Also this year, Council decreed that pulpwood could no longer be kept in Boulevard Lake.

A boathouse and dressing rooms were constructed in 1936.

1936 was also the first year that swimmers at Boulevard Lake Park were protected by a lifeguard.

In 1937, a bathing beach opened.

In 1939, a boat rental business opened, renting out 3 buckhorn rowing boats, 3 Lake Queen Canoes, and 3 punts.

The picnic locations at Boulevard Lake Park were named in 1962. They became:

Lakeview Park,

Birch Point Park,

Evergreen Park,

River Bend Park,

Current River Park.

In 1963, Black Bay Bridge was widened.

In 1975, a new Multi-Service Building was constructed. This building replaced one which was severely burned in a fire in 1967.

Charles Henry Ritchie bequeathed 4.24 acres of land in 1979. The four parcels of land stretched from the Black Bay Bridge to the edge of the Lyon property.

The 1981 Jeux Canada Games held waterskiing competitions at Boulevard Lake.

As part of the Millenium Project, Birch Point Park was bestowed park status in 2000. It is home to walking paths, a number of public art installations, and Thunder Bay's first disk golf course

Path of a ‘Punisher’ by The 4th Infantry Division

Mission brief.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Specialist Luz Natalia Gonzalez, far left, and Staff Sgt. Richard Medina, far right, both military police Soldiers assigned to “Punishers” Provincial Police Transition Team, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, conduct a pre-mission brief at their vehicle motorpool on Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, July 31, 2011.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N)

Saber Guardian 2014 Formation by U.S. Army Europe

NOVO SELO TRAINING AREA, Bulgaria – U.S. Army Europe's Contingency Command Post OIC Col. Frederick Jessen, stands in from of the formation during the Saber Guardian 2014 closing ceremony. This year's exercise, hosted by U.S. Army Europe and the Bulgarian Land Forces, is a multinational military exercise involving approximately 700 military personnel from twelve participating nations including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Turkey and the U.S., as well as representatives from NATO. The exercise, which runs until April 4, 2014, is designed to strengthen international agency and military partnering while fostering trust and improving interoperability between NATO and partner nations involved in foreign consequence management and peace support operations with U.S. forces. Saber Guardian 2014 is part of the U.S. Army Europe annual training and exercise program and has been planned for since 2013. Last year’s iteration of the training exercise was conducted at the Romanian Land Forces Combat Training Center in Cincu, Romania. The training at Saber Guardian 2014 will reinforce USAREUR commitment to increasing regional flexibility, preserving and enhancing NATO interoperability, and facilitating multinational training. (Photo by Sgt. Brooks Fletcher, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)

Southbound State Highway Junction Route CA-170 Highland Avenue approaches, proceeds and crosses at left turn permitted into Selma Avenue (Do Not Block Intersection signage) intersection of the intersections traffic signal flashing red lights by Raymond Yu

powered off and switched off modification controlled by LADOT - Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Special Traffic Operations, Transportation and Traffic Management Plan and Program Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Ciclavia Meets The East, Central and West Hollywoods Open Streets for the People Powered Bikes and Pedestrians with Non-Motorized Vehicular Traffic followed by Sunset Blvd. is a crossing point for automobiles and bikes to cross traffic for automobiles intersection traffic signal green lights, left turn protected permissive green arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing white walking lights, flashing red lights at De Longpre Avenue, another crossing points for cars at Fountain Avenue, flashing red lights at Lexington Avenue and right turn into State Highway Junction Route CA-2 Santa Monica Blvd. intersections traffic signal green yellow red lights, left turn protected permissive green yellow arrow lights, pedestrian crosswalk crossing white walking lights and don’t walk orange hand lights located at Metro Red Line Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Avenue Underground Heavy Rail Subway Station, Gene Autry Square and School Crossings Ahead at Hollywood High School in Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California 90028.

This is the continuous Los Angeles Marathon Stadium to the Sea Route mile number 11.75 (km 18.91) water station drinking booth area and LA Pride LGBT Parade Route Mile 0.58 & km 0.93, and Ciclavia Meets The Hollywoods Bike Route.

(Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood Division Patrol Station Number 6, LAPD West Traffic Division Station Number 27, LADOT - Los Angeles Department of Transportation's Parking Enforcement Hollywood Division 54 on 411 North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California 90004-3512, Los Angeles City Council District 13 Office of Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez and Council District 4 Office of Councilwoman Nithya Raman)

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The Cost of Wars: Overseas Contingency Operations and Future Defense Spending by Stimson Center

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The Stimson Center

Sierra Leone ACOTA, July 2011 by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

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As part of the ongoing Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance (ACOTA) program, 1st Lt. Salvatore Buzzurro, USARAF ACOTA military mentor, train members of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces to conduct peacekeeping operations in Darfur.

Photo by U.S. Army Africa

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Southbound State Highway Junction Route CA-170 Highland Avenue approaches, proceeds and crosses at Lexington Avenue intersection traffic signal flashing red lights powered off and switched off modification controlled by by Raymond Yu

LADOT - Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Special Traffic Operations, Transportation & Traffic Management Plan and Program Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Ciclavia Meets The East, Central and West Hollywoods Open Streets for the People Powered Bikes and Pedestrians with Non-Motorized Vehicular Traffic followed by a right turn into State Highway Junction Route CA-2 Santa Monica Blvd. intersections traffic signal red yellow green lights, left turn and right turns protected permissive yellow green arrow lights, pedestrian crosswalk crossing don’t walk orange hand lights and white walking lights, Orange Drive flashing red lights, La Brea Avenue is a crossing point for automobiles and bikes to cross traffic for automobiles located at Hollywood area in Los Angeles, California 90038 and the City of West Hollywood, California 90046 - 90069.

This is the continuous Ciclavia Meets The Hollywoods between East and West Hollywood Bike Route.

(Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood Division Patrol Station Number 6, LAPD West Traffic Division Station Number 27, LADOT - Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s Parking Enforcement Hollywood Division Agency 54 on 411 North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California 90004-3512, Los Angeles City Council District 13 Office of Councilmember Mitchell O’Farrell transitioning into Hugo Soto-Martinez and Council District 4 Office of Councilwoman Nithya Raman)

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150508-F-XN788-159 by PACAF

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Manoj Khatiwada, 21st Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, stand in front of a pallet of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies, Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 8, 2015. Manoj joined a team from the 36th Contingency Response Group to assist U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development operations by assisting with communicating with the Nepalese Army as they process relief supplies following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck the region April 25, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa White/Released)

The Contingency Club by The Doctor

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alternate style CD cover for big finish audio

Ready for shipment out of Iraq by United States Forces Iraq

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Spc. Sirlen Arriaza, non-rolling stock clerk, 227th Quartermaster Company, from Indianapolis, Ind., lines up a pallet of equipment ready for shipment out of Iraq at the redistribution property assistance team yard on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Nov. 27.

Contingency Command Post by U.S. Army Europe

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PABRADE, Lithuania -- Lt. Col. Timothy Kreuttner,

U.S. Army Europe Contingency Command Post Deputy Chief of Operations,

briefs Dalia Grybauskaitė, president of Lithuania, and USAREUR Commanding General Lt. Gen. Donald Campbell describing the CCP

supporting roles and capabilities for Saber Strike June 5.

Saber Strike 2013 is a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational, tactical

field training and command post exercise occurring in Lithuania,

Latvia and Estonia June 3-14 that involves more than 2,000 personnel

from 14 different countries. The exercise trains participants on

command and control as well as interoperability with regional partners

and is designed to improve joint, multinational capability in a

variety of missions and to prepare participants to support

multinational contingency operations worldwide. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st. Class Victor Aguirre)

Astronaut Scott J. Horowitz by NASA Hubble Space Telescope

Scott J. Horowitz, STS-82 pilot, shows the hand-crafted thermal insulation blanket he fabricated to support a contingency task to cover tears in the Hubble Space Telescope insulation caused by in-orbit changes in thermal conditions.

Credit: NASA

Path of a ‘Punisher’ by The 4th Infantry Division

The return.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Specialist Luz Natalia Gonzalez, a military police Soldier from Providence, R.I., assigned to “Punishers” Provincial Police Transition Team, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, enters a vehicle after conducting security operations outside of the Domies Police Station in Kirkuk City, Iraq, July 31, 2011.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N)

090720-F-5586B-015.JPG by US Air Force

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Competitors from the 86th Contingency Response Group, Ramstein AB, GE, run toward a C-130 for the Engine Running On/Off (ERO) competition during Air Mobility RODEO 2009, July 20, 2009. The ERO is a timed event intended to simulate expedient on/offload of cargo in a wartime environment using a five member team. RODEO is an international combat skills and flying operations competition designed to develop and improve techniques and procedures with our international partners to enhance mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by James M. Bowman)

150508-F-XN788-063 by PACAF

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brint Ingersoll, 36th Contingency Response Group operations officer, guides an Airman using a forklift to move relief supplies from a Pakistan Air Force C-130 Hercules May 8, 2015, at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Nepalese Army and Airmen worked with military members from the Pakistan air force to process cargo from their aircraft arriving in Nepal to provide disaster relief following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck the nation April 25. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa White/Released)

Tanzanian Peace Keeper Training by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

Senior U.S. Army Africa NCOs recently conducted an on-the-ground training observation and exchange of ideas with their counterparts in the United Republic of Tanzania.

At the invitation of the Tanzania People Defense Force Land Forces, Army Africa Command Sgt. Maj. Gary J. Bronson and Equal Opportunity Officer, Sgt. Maj. Osvaldo Del Hoyo, with most of the TPDF’s noncommissioned and warrant officer corps to discuss the importance of leadership development at the NCO level as key to building force cohesion and soldier confidence in their leadership.

“They’re highly disciplined NCOs, and they really want to develop the corps,” Del Hoyo said.

The Army Africa NCOs toured the Tanzanian Peace Keeping Center to observe training activities and facilities, and share their insights on possible approaches to improve training.

They also traveled to the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance site at Msata to observe a TPDF battalion a gearing up for deployment to peacekeeping operations in Rwanda.

Bronson and Del Hoyo were briefed on the battalion’s upcoming mission, its readiness and a variety of training issues and concerns. The Army Africa NCOs observed each training event at the ACOTA, and ended the day with a roundtable discussion with TPDF officers and senior NCOs.

“This was time well spent both in terms of observing the TPDF training activities in person, and in building our partnership for peace and stability with the land forces leadership,” said Bronson.

The Army Africa NCOs ended their trip with a visit with Col. Tim Mitchell, senior defense official and defense attaché, and Lt. Col. Kevin Balisky, Office of Security Cooperation, and other military leaders at the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam to discuss future engagements.

“I’ll be traveling there again in September to assess their enlisted development program,” said Del Hoyo.

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Gen. Austin coins soldiers at COB Adder, Iraq by United States Forces Iraq

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Gen. Lloyd Austin, commanding general for United States Forces-Iraq, speaks to soldiers of the 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment

Command Nov. 24 at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. Austin visited with Col. Ron Kirklin, commander for the 4th Sust. Bde., while also coining soldiers and taking time to talk with them and take photos.

More images from Rwandan Airlift Mission by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

Tech. Sgt. Donald Gerhart, 435th Contingency Response Group, monitors the pallet loading of supplies to be flown from Rwanda to the Central African Republic in support of a joint operation with personnel from the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. The operation is in support of an African Union effort to confront destabilizing forces and violence within Central African Republic. (U.S. Army Africa photos by Master Sgt. Thomas Mills)

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1MechBde-2014-016-0273 by Si Longworth Photography

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Ten Tors is one of the biggest multi-agency, tri service civil contingency exercises in Britain. It is run by more than nine hundred military personnel - almost all of them Reservists - from all three branches of the Armed Forces, led by the Army’s 43 (Wessex) Brigade with its HQ in Tidworth, Wiltshire.

The 54th running of the event this year comes just months after military personnel, including Reservists from the South West , assisted local authorities, the Environment Agency and blue-light services during the floods, carrying out a range of tasks from sandbagging to engineering.

As a military exercise Ten Tors provides the Armed Forces with an invaluable opportunity to practice these life-saving civil contingency responsibilities, to enable the military - assisted by the emergency services, including The British Red Cross and the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Group - to be ready to help when they are called upon during a national emergency.

Brigadier Piers Hankinson MBE, Director of Ten Tors, is the Commander of 43 (Wessex) Brigade and was the Joint Military Commander for the South West during the flooding.

“The severe flooding across parts of the South West earlier this year clearly demonstrates the importance of such training and the ability to react to fast changing conditions and working in a multi-agency tri-service team. It also highlights the way that Reservists, who have wide ranging civilian experience and employment (from plumbers to accountants), train to operate with their regular counterparts under a One-Army ethos.”

Ten Tors:

As well as a vital high-level military exercise, The Ten Tors Challenge is also one of the biggest outdoors adventure events for young people in Britain today. In all, 2400 youngsters aged between 14 and 19 will take part in Ten Tors, with a further 300 youngsters with physical or educational needs taking part in the Jubilee Challenge.

The majority of the teams who enter Ten Tors are from schools and youth groups from Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. As usual, scores of scout groups, sports and ramblers teams and Armed Forces cadet units have accepted the challenge and are taking part.

Those teenagers taking on the Ten Tors Challenge will trek unaided over 35, 45 or 55 miles of some of the toughest terrain and highest peaks in Southern England relying on their navigational skills and carrying all their food, water, bedding, tents and other essentials as they go.

It is a feat they must complete as a team and without any help from adults and they’ll remain entirely self-sufficient during their arduous expeditions, including camping out overnight on the moor.

They do it for the challenge; to test themselves against one of the last remaining wildernesses in Britain. What they get in return for their months of hard training and commitment, as well as determination and bravery during the event itself, is an experience they’ll remember forever and the chance to learn a set of skills and values which will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

It’s a rite of passage which has played a positive and formative role in shaping the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.

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