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"Protect the President at all cost"
Those were the last orders I received after all this--mess broke out. Simple orders under different circumstances; we had contingency plans for terrorist attacks, nuclear, biological, natural disasters. But we didn't have anything planned for something like this. They made films like this, scientist said that it was illogical, no one was truly prepared. Our protocol was to get the President into one of his many safe houses, that was out of the question he would be in danger regardless of the amount of walls he had. So I suggested we take him to Air Force One until we got a better grasp on the situation. Unfortunately so did a group of militants trying to secure the base. They turned fire on us...allot of good men died protecting the President. In the end, there were only four of us left--and it was all my fault. We didn't have the slightest idea what to do, we were lost. A fellow agent spoke up saying that in the open we were sitting ducks and that we would run a better chance of survival if we moved from place to place instead of waiting for someone to pick us off. Everyone agreed with him, so that's what we did for weeks nothing but running for our lives and foraging for food.
All good things come to an end though. We barricaded ourselves into an old warehouse, everyone was exhausted and starving. Will explained that if we rationed this last bit of food we would still have enough for two or three days, but the President demanded it all. He said it was our duty to give him our food so that he wouldn't perish. No one said a word but the hate and anger was among us all--we decided to just go to bed, we were safe enough. We were wrong...again. The flesh eaters found a way in, there was a large group of them and they went for the first person they seen. That's what we woke too--then my brothers in arm were attacked, we held them off for a while...but there was only so much we could do. I was the last alive, I planned on ending my life but I had no more bullets. So I ran...I ran until I couldn't run anymore. I don't even know where I slept at, maybe I just laid down on the ground and the monsters thought I was dead. I don't know, but what I do know is that I failed my country. I'm looking for redemption.
"MEN ON THE MOON -- When America's first two-man team lands on the moon, one of their first tasks will be to obtain a sample of lunar materials as quickly as possible in event they have to make an emergency takeoff. If things go well, they will spend 25 hours on the surface, gathering up to 80 pounds of rocks, dust and other material to be put into vacuum-sealed containers. The artist's concept shows one astronaut gathering samples from a crater while his companion watches from the Lunar Module. Later, the two will roam up to 300 feet from the craft, working on a "buddy" system, to plant several measuring devices on the surface which will radio information to Earth."
Preceding description taken from an Associated Press caption of the same photo, which was apparently also used in a March 17, 1968 APN article, "The Moon: What We've Learned", written by Howard Benedict.
By 1966, I would’ve expected hand tools to have been depicted. Artistic license? Or, since it's the contingency sample that “Neil" is grabbing, the KISS principle may have been applied.
Gotta love those neat - literally - craters.
The verso bears the same numbering format, “P-XX”, of the illustrations in this latter North American Rockwell news/press publication:
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The parent site to the above is impressive:
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Credit: David Meerman Scott
As an aside, I do believe Mr. Scott used this photo (far left panel) of mine in his splash page:
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Metaphysical certainty is not God, though it contains something of Him. This is why Sufis accompany even their certainties with this formula: ''And God is more wise".
A cult of the intelligence and mental passion take man further from truth. Intelligence withdraws as soon as man puts his trust in it alone. Mental passion pursuing intellectual intuition is like the wind which blows out the light of a candle.
Monomania of the spirit, with the unconsious pretension, the prejudice, the insatiability and the haste which are its concomitants, is incompatible with sanctity.
Sanctity introduces in the flux of thoughts an element of humility and of charity, and so of calm and of generosity. This element, far from being hurtful to the spiritual impetus or the sometimes violent force of truth, delivers the spirit from the vexations of passions and thus guarantees both the integrity of thought and the purity of inspiration.
According to the Sufis mental passion must be ranked as one of the "associations" with Satan, like other forms of"idolatry" of the passions. It could not directly have God for its object, for, were God its direct object, it would lose its specifically negative characteristics.
Man must beware of two things: first of replacing God, in practice if not in theory, by the functions and products of the intellect, or of considering Him only in connection with this faculty; and, secondly, of putting the "mechanical" factors of spirituality in the place of the human values - the virtues - or only considering virtues in relation to their "technical" utility and not in relation to their beauty.
Intelligence has only one nature, that of being luminous. But it has diverse functions and different modes of working and these appear as so many particular intelligences. Intelligence with a "logical", "mathematical" or- one might say - "abstract" quality is not enough for attaining all aspects of the real.
It would be impossible to insist too often on the importance of the "visual" or "aesthetic" function of the intellective faculty.
Everything is in reality like a play of alternations between what is determined in advance - starting from principles - and what is incalculable and in some way unforeseeable, of which we have to get to know by concrete identification and not by abstract "discernment".
In speculations about formal elements it would be a handicap
to lack this aesthetic function of intellect. A religion is revealed, not only by its doctrine, but also by its general form, and this has its own characteristic beauty, which is reflected in its every aspect from its "mythology" to its art.
Sacred art expresses Reality in relation to a particular spiritual vision. And aesthetic intelligence sees the manifestations of the Spirit even as the eye sees flowers or playthings.
Thus, for example, in order to understand Buddhism profoundly, if one is not a Buddhist born, it is not enough to study its doctrine; it is also necessary to penetrate into the language of Buddhist beauty as it appears in the sacramental image of the Buddha or in such features as the "sermon on the flower".
The aesthetic function of the intelligence - if you may call it
that for lack of a better term - enters not only into the form of every spiritual manifestation but also into the process of its manifestation.
Truth must be enunciated, not only in conformity with certain proportions, but also according to a certain rhythm. One cannot speak of sacred things 'just anyhow", nor can one speak of them without limitations.
Every manifestation has laws and these intelligence must observe in manifesting itself, or otherwise truth will suffer.
Intellect is not something cerebral, nor is it specifically human
or angelic. All beings "possess" it. If gold is not lead, that is because it "knows" the Divine better. Its "knowledge" is in its very form, and this amounts to saying that it does not belong to it itself, for matter could not know. None the less one can say that the rose differs from the water-lily by its intellectual particularity, by its "way of knowing" and so by its mode of intelligence.
Beings possess intelligence in their form to the extent that they are "peripheric" or "passive" and in their essence to the extent that they are "central", "active" and "conscious".
A noble animal or a lovely flower is "intellectually" superior to a base man.
God reveals himself to the plant in the form of the light of the
sun. The plant irresistibly turns itself towards the light; it could not be atheistical or impious.
The infallible "instinct" of animals is a lesser "intellect", and man's intellect may be called a higher "instinct". Between instinct and intellect there stands in some sense the reason, which owes its troubles to the fact that it constitutes a sort of "luciferian" duplication of the Divine Intelligence - the only intelligence there is.
Knowledge of facts depends on contingencies which could not enter into principial knowledge. The level of facts is, in certain respects, inverse in relation to that of principles in the sense that it includes modes and imponderables that are the extreme opposite of the wholly mathematical rigour of universal laws. At least this is so in appearance, for it goes without saying that universal principles are not contradicted.
Even beneath the veil of the inexhaustible diversity of what is possible their immutability can always be discerned, provided that the intelligence is in the requisite condition for being able to discern it.
If the intellect is, so to speak, sovereign and infallible on its own ground, it cannot exercise its discernment on the level of facts otherwise than conditionally. Moreover God may intervene on the level of facts with particular things willed by Himself that are at times unpredictable, and of such things principial knowledge could only take account a posteriori.
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Frithjof Schuon
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Quoted in: The Essential Frithjof Schuon (edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
Service members unload a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III Oct. 30, 2014, during Operation United Assistance. The U.S. Africa Command-led operation provides command and control, logistics, training and engineering support to the U.S. government’s efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez/Released)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Ruehling, with the 621st Contingency Response Wing, waits to marshal a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Geronimo Landing Zone during the Joint Readiness Training Center 14-03 field training exercise at Fort Polk, La., Jan. 16, 2014. The training was designed to educate Service members in patient care and aeromedical evacuations in combat environments. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith, U.S. Air Force/Released)
Senior Airman Michelle Park, a 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, assists Lt. Col. David Graham, the 18th Aggressor Squadron commander, into a cockpit on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Jan. 17. 2015. More than 150 maintainers will keep the 18th AS in the air during the SENTRY ALOHA and COPE NORTH exercises, which are meant to prepare U.S. Airmen, Sailors and Marines along with coalition partners in the Pacific theater of operations for contingency operations if the need arises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft/Released)
OKINAWA, Japan (May 6, 2021) - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, performs hoist operations off the coast of Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, May 6, 2021. Hoist operations were conducted in order to train crew and pilots to conduct specialized contingency missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton J. Payne) 210506-M-VB420-1196
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The ego is at the same time a system of images and a cycle; it is something like a museum, and a unique and irreversible journey through that museum. The ego is a moving fabric made of images and tendencies; the tendencies come from our own substance and the images are provided by the environment. We put ourselves into things, and we place things in ourselves, whereas our true being is independent of them.
Alongside this system of images and tendencies that constitutes our ego there are myriads of other systems of images and tendencies. Some of them are worse or less beautiful than our own, and others are better or more beautiful.
We are like foam ceaselessly renewed on the ocean of existence. But since God has put Himself into this foam, it is destined to become a sea of stars at the time of the final crystallization of spirits.
The tiny system of images must become, when its terrestrial contingency is left behind, a star immortalized in the halo of Divinity. This star can be conceived on various levels; the divine Names are its archetypes; beyond the stars burns the Sun of the Self in its blazing transcendence and in its infinite peace.
Man does not choose; he follows his nature and his vocation, and it is God who chooses.
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Frithjof Schuon: Light on The Ancient Worlds
A General Purpose Machine Gunner(GPMG) from The 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (1PWRR) during Exercise Bavarian Charger.
The exercise was the first of three large contingency operation exercises being undertaken by 20th Armoured Brigade between May – October 2013.
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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Evil Star comes rushing into Lex’s office. He and Lex had a contingency if things were going sour he would be able to be teleported out just like Lex did three years ago. He comes in out of breath and sweaty. Lex is present in the office alongside Calculator as the two are discussing something with a hologram of Iron Heights Prison on the table. As Evil Star approaches them, Calculator shuts off the hologram and his eyes meet Evil Star’s.
Evil Star: “You did not tell me the entire Justice League would be present, Luthor! You told me only Green Lantern would show up and that I would be able to finish what I started three years ago!”
Evil Star’s eyes start glowing red and he balls his fist, only to be stopped by Calculator of all people.
Kuttler: “Easy there, big guy. Your mission might not have been a success, but ours was.”
Evil Star’s eyes start to go back to normal and he first takes a look at Calculator which then shifts to Luthor in a confused way.
Evil Star: “What is he talking about?”
“The Injustice League was sent there to steal a rare form of Kryptonite with a silver glow to it. Your personal mission was to kill the Green Lantern and settle the score. That was not the real mission however.”
Evil Star: “Explain. Now.”
“You were just a distraction. You see, we suspected that Batman had gotten word about my plans of bringing together a group of supervillains. To make sure my plans would stay a secret, I needed a distraction. I needed to make sure Batman and the League thought either they defeated this group of supervillains, or that I had nothing to do with it. Since I never got a visit from the League, my plan worked.”
Evil Star: “I was just a distraction?! Me?! The destroyer of worlds was a distraction?!”
“For the greater good. Because of your distraction, the Flash wasn’t present in his hometown, Central City. Located in Central City is Iron Heights Prison which houses some of the most dangerous criminals this country has ever seen. An associate of mine who goes by the Key managed to slip into Iron Heights with the Flash gone and freed two contacts of Calculator here who were willing to join my Legion. Giganta and Weather Wizard. They will be of great assistance to our cause, all thanks to you, my friend.”
Evil Star looks perplexed. He feels betrayed. Used by someone he considered kind and helpful to his cause.
“The mission overall was a success, and you are free to leave now. Enjoy destroying worlds and Green Lanterns.”
Evil Star: “No. You don’t just get to use me, Luthor. I want something in return for what you made me do. I want in on your Legion. Let me be a part of this, and I can assure you that with the right team members, I will destroy Green Lantern, and the rest of his puny Justice League.”
Lex notices Calculator wants to speak up to the supervillain but he raises his hand, indicating he’ll take care of this.
“Meet me back here in thirty minutes and we’ll discuss your place on my Legion. Fair enough?”
Evil Star grunts. “Fair enough.”
Evil Star turns around and leaves the office. As soon as he’s out the door, Calculator turns towards Lex.
Kuttler: “He doesn’t fit in our plan at all, Lex. How are you going to fix this?”
“Relax, Kuttler. I’ve already taken precautions on this. Have Sinestro and Ivy come to me asap.”
Thirty minutes pass by and Evil Star makes his way back to Luthor’s office. He thinks to himself, with these resources and better people, I can make the Green Lanterns suffer. Take out the entire Justice League as well, and when that’s done I’ll be able to destroy this puny world. And I’ll make sure Luthor goes down with it. He enters the office and there sits Lex alone at a table near the window. A kettle and two cups are on the table as well, shining in the light of the moon.
“Ah, right on time. Please, take a seat. And take off your helmet. Get comfortable.”
Evil Star does exactly that and places his helmet next to him on the table. He keeps staring at Luthor while Luthor in turn keeps looking at the moon. Evil Star’s eyes turn red again and he slams his fist on the table.
Evil Star: “Well? Are we getting to it?”
Lex looks away from the moon and looks at Evil Star. He’s not afraid of red eyes. He’s seen them often enough.
“Talks like these shouldn’t be rushed. We should take our time to evaluate your potential position on this team. Cup of tea?”
It sounds more like a command than a question. Evil Star looks at the kettle and back at Lex, giving him a single nod. Lex pours some tea into the cups on the table and raises his.
“To new opportunities.”
Evil Star takes his cup and meets Lex’s.
“To the Legion.”
Evil Star takes a sip of the tea and puts the cup down.
Evil Star: “Now. Where shall we s- st-.”
At that point Evil Star starts to cough and he starts gasping for air. His eyes are tearing up as his eyes turn red. Not from any kind of energy, but from the small veins popping as he’s suffocating. He manages to speak a single word.
Evil Star: “H- H- How?”
As Evil Star collapses to the ground, Lex stands up and walks over to him. He sees Evil Star looking at him with wide eyes, still gasping for air.
“You see, Evil Star. You were never intended on joining my Legion of Doom. You just wouldn’t fit in. Now of course, I know what you can do and all, and I’d like to keep this planet whole if you don’t mind. I knew that if you were rejected you would seek revenge. What better revenge for a planet killer than to destroy the planet? I don’t think so.”
Lex kneels down next to Evil Star as foam is coming out of his mouth.
“I heard you were indestructible. Guess what I heard was wrong. A good friend of mine told me that you had one weakness. Something called the Starheart. Sinestro was really kind in giving me that information.”
Evil Star’s eyes widen further upon hearing that name.
“Then I had Black Manta, a master scavenger, find a piece of the Starheart. Believe me, it wasn’t an easy find. You know how much I had to pay the man? Absurd! With that piece of the Starheart, Doctor Pamela Isley, a genius when it comes to poisons and toxins, and myself managed to turn it into a poison, which I casually slipped into your cup right before your arrival.”
Lex keeps watching as Evil Star’s gasps for breath go slower and slower.
“You are able to destroy entire planets, but you’re not even able to handle a cup of tea. Now that’s not someone who I need on my Legion. Consider your application denied, Evil Star.”
And with that Evil Star draws his last breath. Lex stands up leaving the lifeless body next to the table. He exits his office where Mercy Graves and Calculator are waiting for him. Lex motions for Mercy to go inside and clean the mess up while he and Calculator walk down the hall.
Kuttler: “How did it go?”
“All according to plan. Make sure to give Ivy a potted plant as a thank you gift.”
Kuttler: “I’ll keep it in mind. So what’s our next objective.”
Lex smirks.
“Time to go to war.”
THE END
STS-126 Pilot Eric Boe holds a Contingency Water Container (CWC) on the Middeck (MDDK) of the orbiter Endeavour. Image was taken during Expedition 18 / STS-126 joint operations.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s126e007957
Date: November 17, 2008
I love me some Roseate Spoonbills. Not only are they beautiful, they are really fun to watch. They hang out in noisy, funny, active flocks. And, the are LOUD!
Saw this Spoonbill along with it's pink pack of birds yesterday at High Island where thousands of birds come to do their Spring Fling each year.
Found an amazing website that has info on every bird you could want to look up. Has individual bird info as well as recordings of calls. You can even search by appearance and location.
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Tip: "Shotgun to the face is not a contingency plan".
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The tip may be from RvB, but it suits the situation well. I absolutely <3 the lighting!
Also Lite, go burn in a fire for getting me interested in The Metro.
What do you guys think of the overall Vignette and lighting?
Another portrait of Adrienne O'Leary from the Janis Claxton Dance Company performing 'Chaos and Contingency' in the Grand Gallery of National Museum of Scotland on Saturday.
This event was part of the Edinburgh Science Festival.
You can find out more about this year's science festival here:
You can find out more about Janis Claxton's Dance Company, here:
You can see more shots from this event at these links:
My thanks are due to Frances Sutton from Edinburgh Science Festival, Esme Haigh from National Museum of Scotland and Janis Claxton.
U.S. Navy Seaman Tamia O'Neil directs a landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Naval Beach Unit 7 as it exits the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during integrated unit level training in the East China Sea Oct. 14, 2018. Wasp, flagship of Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Barker) www.dvidshub.net
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Materas, 144th Fighter Wing crew chief from Fresno Air National Guard Base, California, fuels a United Kingdom Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J "Super Hercules" during Red Flag-Alaska 18-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 13, 2018. In RF-A 18-3 U.S. Army and Navy aviators in addition to Air Force Airmen are expected to fly, maintain and support more than 100 aircraft from more than a dozen units during this iteration of the exercise.
God knows all things actual and possible, completely and without strain of memory. God does not fail to act in a particular way because he did not consider the possibility and its contingencies. God does not forget. He never fails to act or symphathize because of a lack of knowledge. He does not overlook or neglect details. - Brad Hambrick
Psalm 139:1-4; Hebrews 4:12-13; 1 John 3:16-20
SCORE San Felipe 250 [Baja, Mexico]
Contingency Row - Downtown on the Malecon
FRIDAY, February 26, 2016
Two Lockheed Martin F-35B "Lightning II's" with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 “Wake Island Avengers,” 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, taxi the runway after landing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 5. A total of 10 aircraft and more than 250 Marines with VMFA-211 will participate in Red Flag 17-3, a realistic combat training exercise hosted by the U.S. Air Force to assess the squadron’s ability to deploy and support contingency operations using the F-35B. Red Flag 17-3 begins July 10 and ends July 28.
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The Lockheed Martin F-35 "Lightning II" is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather, stealth, fifth-generation, multirole combat aircraft, designed for ground-attack and air-superiority missions. It is built by Lockheed Martin and many subcontractors, including Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, and BAE Systems.
The F-35 has three main models: the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A (CTOL), the short take-off and vertical-landing F-35B (STOVL), and the catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery, carrier-based F-35C (CATOBAR). The F-35 descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, the design that was awarded the "Joint Strike Fighter" (JSF) program over the competing Boeing X-32. The official Lightning II name has proven deeply unpopular and USAF pilots have nicknamed it Panther, instead.
The United States principally funds F-35 development, with additional funding from other NATO members and close U.S. allies, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and formerly Turkey. These funders generally receive subcontracts to manufacture components for the aircraft; for example, Turkey was the sole supplier of several F-35 parts until its removal from the program in July 2019. Several other countries have ordered, or are considering ordering, the aircraft.
As the largest and most expensive military program ever, the F-35 became the subject of much scrutiny and criticism in the U.S. and in other countries. In 2013 and 2014, critics argued that the plane was "plagued with design flaws", with many blaming the procurement process in which Lockheed was allowed "to design, test, and produce the F-35 all at the same time," instead of identifying and fixing "defects before firing up its production line". By 2014, the program was "$163 billion over budget [and] seven years behind schedule". Critics also contend that the program's high sunk costs and political momentum make it "too big to kill".
The F-35 first flew on 15 December 2006. In July 2015, the United States Marines declared its first squadron of F-35B fighters ready for deployment. However, the DOD-based durability testing indicated the service life of early-production F-35B aircraft is well under the expected 8,000 flight hours, and may be as low as 2,100 flight hours. Lot 9 and later aircraft include design changes but service life testing has yet to occur. The U.S. Air Force declared its first squadron of F-35As ready for deployment in August 2016. The U.S. Navy declared its first F-35Cs ready in February 2019. In 2018, the F-35 made its combat debut with the Israeli Air Force.
The U.S. stated plan is to buy 2,663 F-35s, which will provide the bulk of the crewed tactical airpower of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps in coming decades. Deliveries of the F-35 for the U.S. military are scheduled until 2037 with a projected service life up to 2070.
Development
F-35 development started in 1992 with the origins of the "Joint Strike Fighter" (JSF) program and was to culminate in full production by 2018. The X-35 first flew on 24 October 2000 and the F-35A on 15 December 2006.
The F-35 was developed to replace most US fighter jets with the variants of a single design that would be common to all branches of the military. It was developed in co-operation with a number of foreign partners, and, unlike the F-22 "Raptor", intended to be available for export. Three variants were designed: the F-35A (CTOL), the F-35B (STOVL), and the F-35C (CATOBAR). Despite being intended to share most of their parts to reduce costs and improve maintenance logistics, by 2017, the effective commonality was only 20%. The program received considerable criticism for cost overruns during development and for the total projected cost of the program over the lifetime of the jets.
By 2017, the program was expected to cost $406.5 billion over its lifetime (i.e. until 2070) for acquisition of the jets, and an additional $1.1 trillion for operations and maintenance. A number of design deficiencies were alleged, such as: carrying a small internal payload; performance inferior to the aircraft being replaced, particularly the F-16; lack of safety in relying on a single engine; and flaws such as the vulnerability of the fuel tank to fire and the propensity for transonic roll-off (wing drop). The possible obsolescence of stealth technology was also criticized.
Design
Overview
Although several experimental designs have been developed since the 1960s, such as the unsuccessful Rockwell XFV-12, the F-35B is to be the first operational supersonic STOVL stealth fighter. The single-engine F-35 resembles the larger twin-engined Lockheed Martin F-22 "Raptor", drawing design elements from it. The exhaust duct design was inspired by the General Dynamics Model 200, proposed for a 1972 supersonic VTOL fighter requirement for the Sea Control Ship.
Lockheed Martin has suggested that the F-35 could replace the USAF's F-15C/D fighters in the air-superiority role and the F-15E "Strike Eagle" in the ground-attack role. It has also stated the F-35 is intended to have close- and long-range air-to-air capability second only to that of the F-22 "Raptor", and that the F-35 has an advantage over the F-22 in basing flexibility and possesses "advanced sensors and information fusion".
Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee on 25 March 2009, acquisition deputy to the assistant secretary of the Air Force, Lt. Gen. Mark D. "Shack" Shackelford, stated that the F-35 is designed to be America's "premier surface-to-air missile killer, and is uniquely equipped for this mission with cutting-edge processing power, synthetic aperture radar integration techniques, and advanced target recognition".
Improvements
Ostensible improvements over past-generation fighter aircraft include:
Durable, low-maintenance stealth technology, using structural fiber mat instead of the high-maintenance coatings of legacy stealth platforms.
Integrated avionics and sensor fusion that combine information from off- and on-board sensors to increase the pilot's situational awareness and improve target identification and weapon delivery, and to relay information quickly to other command and control (C2) nodes.
High-speed data networking including IEEE 1394b and Fibre Channel (Fibre Channel is also used on Boeing's "Super Hornet".
The Autonomic Logistics Global Sustainment, Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), and Computerized maintenance management system to help ensure the aircraft can remain operational with minimal maintenance manpower The Pentagon has moved to open up the competitive bidding by other companies. This was after Lockheed Martin stated that instead of costing 20% less than the F-16 per flight hour, the F-35 would actually cost 12% more. Though the ALGS is intended to reduce maintenance costs, the company disagrees with including the cost of this system in the aircraft ownership calculations. The USMC has implemented a workaround for a cyber vulnerability in the system. The ALIS system currently requires a shipping-container load of servers to run, but Lockheed is working on a more portable version to support the Marines' expeditionary operations.
Electro-hydrostatic actuators run by a power-by-wire flight-control system.
A modern and updated flight simulator, which may be used for a greater fraction of pilot training to reduce the costly flight hours of the actual aircraft.
Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries to provide power to run the control surfaces in an emergency.
Structural composites in the F-35 are 35% of the airframe weight (up from 25% in the F-22). The majority of these are bismaleimide and composite epoxy materials. The F-35 will be the first mass-produced aircraft to include structural nanocomposites, namely carbon nanotube-reinforced epoxy. Experience of the F-22's problems with corrosion led to the F-35 using a gap filler that causes less galvanic corrosion to the airframe's skin, designed with fewer gaps requiring filler and implementing better drainage. The relatively short 35-foot wingspan of the A and B variants is set by the F-35B's requirement to fit inside the Navy's current amphibious assault ship parking area and elevators; the F-35C's longer wing is considered to be more fuel efficient.
Costs
A U.S. Navy study found that the F-35 will cost 30 to 40% more to maintain than current jet fighters, not accounting for inflation over the F-35's operational lifetime. A Pentagon study concluded a $1 trillion maintenance cost for the entire fleet over its lifespan, not accounting for inflation. The F-35 program office found that as of January 2014, costs for the F-35 fleet over a 53-year lifecycle was $857 billion. Costs for the fighter have been dropping and accounted for the 22 percent life cycle drop since 2010. Lockheed stated that by 2019, pricing for the fifth-generation aircraft will be less than fourth-generation fighters. An F-35A in 2019 is expected to cost $85 million per unit complete with engines and full mission systems, inflation adjusted from $75 million in December 2013.
A C-130 Hercules takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam for a static jump training mission, Aug. 21, 2013. The day of training, the jumpers receive standardized airborne training, starting with a briefing from the jumpmasters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marianique Santos)
Pictured are two soldiers of 1PWRR ascending stairs during house clearing drills.
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (1 PWRR), conduct house clearance and contact drills within the Urban Defence Training Area (UDTA) of Sennelager Training Centre.
The 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (1 PWRR) is the very high readiness Armoured Infantry Battalion, as part of 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade. Known in the larger Army as a Reaction Force, 1 PWRR will provide a force that will undertake short notice contingency tasks and provide the Army’s conventional deterrence for Defence.
1 PWRR is trained and equipped to undertake the full spectrum of intervention tasks and provide the initial basis for any future lengthy operation. In essence, 1 PWRR will be the tip of the spear.
It is an armoured infantry battalion, known as the Armoured Tigers and is made up of three Warrior companies, a Fire Support Company and Headquarters Company.
As armoured infantry, the majority of our soldiers are mounted in Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles. This heavy, metal beast is powered by a 17-litre engine and packs a fearsome punch with its 30mm Rarden cannon and 7.62mm chain gun.
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The one and only scoop used by the Apollo 11 astronauts for EVA prep, identical to the one left on the moon, and next to a model of the largest known moon rock on Earth (lunar meteorite NWA5000, of which I have cross-sectional cuts) for scale.
This large box scoop was used by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during Apollo 11 EVA crew training at the Kennedy Space Center. The aluminum alloy 6061 scoop measures approximately 15.5″ in length, with the box section measuring 6″ x 6″ x 3.75″, and the handle extending an additional 9.5″. The end of the handle features a quick-disconnect fitting, with part number engraved just below knurled grip area, “SEB39103122-301,” and “Class III” etched below the part number. The lunar-flown version of the box scoop was stored inside the Lunar Module Eagle’s Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) along with other equipment needed to explore and study the lunar surface.
Apollo lunar sampling tools such as this large box scoop were first developed and tested by the US Geologic Survey team at their headquarters in Flagstaff, Arizona. Designed to be rugged yet ergonomic, the lightweight scoop with large bucket mouth featured an extendable quick-disconnect handle with sliding T-top that added another 23″ of reach for the astronaut. After prototypes were approved and subsequently manufactured at the Manned Spacecraft Center, they were then transferred to the Kennedy Space Center for Apollo 11 EVA training in June 1969.
Although the primary purpose of Apollo 11 was to perform a manned lunar landing and return, subordinate objectives were also included, such as survey, photography, and soil sampling. Of the three potential soil sample objectives—contingency, bulk, and documented—the large box scoop was a required tool for the latter two: the bulk sample required at least 10 kilograms of unsorted surface soil and selected rock chunks, while the documented sample involved a detailed and thorough documentation of the individual samples and collection area. The box scoop, in addition to the lunar tongs, served as the main instruments for large-scale soil sampling. In mankind's first lunar EVA, a total of 22 kilograms of material, including 50 rocks, two core tubes, and samples of the fine-grained lunar soil, were retrieved from the moon.
From the collection of Dan Schaiewitz, who worked as Extravehicular Crew Training Engineer at KSC. And here is Dan Schaiewitz’s detailed history and photo identification of the moon rock scoop.
I'm seriously sick to my stomach. I just read this article about all these beautiful horses that died in a horrendous fire. It's hard to believe the facility didn't have a contingency plan or that the CHP will not let people with their animals through when trying to escape during mandatory evacuations. It seems to me that conscience. morality and ethics have left the building when it comes to ANIMALS and their care. They are dependent on people for their food, water and survival. It is unfathomable to me, that anyone who owns a horse, dog or cat, could willingly leave them behind in a locked building or training facility to burn to death. It, to me is tantamount to murder and excuses to the contrary or justifications for their abandonment is just that: an exculpatory attempt that fails.
These are living, breathing and beautiful creatures who deserve life and the preservation of life when "owned" or considered "property" by any person and should be just as valuable as anyone else told to evacuate.
www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-horses-deaths-update-20...
My thoughts and prayers go to Trainer Martine Bellocq who suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns attempting to save horses.
Breyer Foal, ASMUS horses, Photographed in the Regent Horse-Barn by Ken Haseltine (www.regentminiatures.com).
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan 26, 2019) -Machinery Repairman Fireman Gabriel Khoury, from Westwood, N.J., manufactures a brass coupling with a lathe aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp, flagship of Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Galbreath)
One of 14 F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 18th Agressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, shortly after sunrise Jan. 17, 2015, in transit to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam to participate in the CENTURY ALOHA and COPE NORTH exercises. More than 150 maintainers will keep the Agressors in the air during the exercises, which are meant to prepare U.S. Airmen, Sailors and Marines along with coalition partners in the Pacific theater of operations for contingency operations if the need arises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Karen J. Tomasik/Released)
A British Warrior Armoured Infantry Fighting vehicle patrolling down the live firing range in Grafenwöhr, Germany.
Exercise BAVARIAN CHARGER was 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 was to train the 5 Rifles, The Queens Dragoon Guards (QDG) Battle Groups and 1 Logistic Support Regiment in combined arms manoeuvre.
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soft window light of early spring. berlin.
many say this place makes the best coffee in town. they focus on their coffee so much that there is hardly any place to sit. put ten people in it and it is already overcrowded.
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An A-10 Thunderbolt II takes off during the first sortie of Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Bulldog 14-01 Nov. 18, 2013, at Osan Air Base, South Korea. During the week, Osan AB Airmen will be tested on their ability to utilize their chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training, as well as administer self-aid and buddy care during contingency operations. The A-10 is assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Emerson Nuñez/Released)
A F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron walks to his hangar bay on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Jan. 17. 2015. More than 150 maintainers will keep the 18th AS in the air during the SENTRY ALOHA and COPE NORTH exercises, which are meant to prepare U.S. Airmen, Sailors and Marines along with coalition partners in the Pacific theater of operations for contingency operations if the need arises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft/Released)
Airmen from the 321st Contingency Response Squadron and Soldiers from the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element offload cargo from a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III on the flightline at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., during exercise Turbo Distribution Oct. 29, 2015. The U.S. Transportation Command exercise tested the Joint Task Force Port-Opening's ability to deliver and distribute cargo during humanitarian relief operations. The 321st CRS is from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and the 689th RPOE is from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)
The U.S. Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) trained in waterborne mobility operations with Landing Craft Air Cushions, assigned to U.S. Navy Assault Craft Unit Four, to rehearse the transportation of an Initial Response Force (IRF), at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., April 20, 2016. When directed, CBIRF forward-deploys with minimal warning to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) threat to assist local, state, or federal agencies and the geographic combatant commanders in the conduct of CBRNE response or consequence management operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Santiago G. Colon Jr.) www.dvidshub.net
Gunnery Sgt. Alexander H. Orellana, a non-lethal weapons instructor, fires the X26 Taser into the leg of Pfc. Luis E. CruzLopez, a food service specialist with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, both natives of New York City, during the culminating event of the unit’s public disorder and non-lethal weapons employment training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 24, 2013. Marines experience the Taser in order to understand the effects of the weapon and ensure it is only used when necessary. One of the secondary missions of Golf Battery is to serve as a non-lethal contingency force for the 31st MEU, useful in embassy security reinforcement, humanitarian operations and many other contingencies. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness for the Asia-Pacific region and the only continuously forward-deployed MEU.
Read more: www.31stmeu.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleView/tabid/7377/A...
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Kuppers/Released)
MUTSU BAY (July 19, 2020) Sailors lower the mine neutralization vehicle (MNV) into the water for mine hunting practice aboard mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer (MCM 9). Pioneer, part of Mine Countermeasures Squadron 7, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response platform for contingency operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caleb Strong)
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PHILIPPINE SEA (March 3, 2017) An Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) directs the pilot of a CH-53E Super Stallion during a landing on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). The ship is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to serve as a forward-capability for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William Sykes/Released) www.dvidshub.net
Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group load 8 tons of humanitarian aid and military supplies onto a C-130 at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014. The aircraft and crew, from Dyess Air Force Base Texas, are deployed to Senegal as part of the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron and will fly the cargo into Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
Timer, 3 seconds, desk light diffused through a tissue. The arm on the table was less pose than pause. Compositionally, it’s about containment, how much space a face can fill before it stops feeling like one.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq (Aug. 25, 2010) Seaman Shane Parker, assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 1, mounts a MK-44 medium caliber automatic cannon on a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Erik Reed/Released)
U.S. Army Solders operating an M88A2 Hercules assigned to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo., prepare to conduct recovery operations during Decisive Action Rotation 19-02 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Nov 3rd, 2018. Decisive Action Rotations at the National Training Center ensure Army Brigade Combat Teams remain versatile, responsive and consistently available for current and future contingencies. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Angel Sanchez, Operations Group, National Training Center)
A U.S. Air Force Airman part of the Joint Task Force-Port Opening team of the 621st Contingency Response Wing assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., helps to augment airport security along with local security personnel during Operation United Assistance, Oct. 16. The JTF-PO is supporting a comprehensive U.S. government effort led by the U.S Agency for International Development, to support the World Health Organization and other international partners to help the governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone respond to and contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez/Released)
"Armstrong is to scoop up sample of moon soil with a tool resembling a butterfly net. Sample is to be stowed in space suit pocket should he have to leave hurriedly."
Note the absence of plume deflectors, presence of a scimitar antenna and rather narrow MESA door. Also, the MESA appears to depict the television camera, with its handle sticking up, a hand tool extension handle(?), and an open ALSRC ready to be filled up. Nice attention to detail is the depiction of the snap-hook of Armstrong’s waist tether. Finally...for the most part contrary to what transpired...Aldrin photographing Armstrong, from inside the LM at that. A couple of Hasselblad shots certainly would’ve been nice…possibly doubling the number of photographs of Armstrong on the moon. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Although not signed, nor have I ever seen it before, I’m certain a Russell Arasmith work, which appears to have been part of a mission press kit, information packet, presentation, etc.
The following (and others) confirm the identification:
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/2-works--Space-Illustrations/00...
Credit: MutualArt website
www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/russ-arasmith-apoll...
Pride Month and the Run Off from a large Summer Thunder Storm has made for 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
The panel discusses contingency plans in the event of energy systems breakdowns.
For more information, including audio and video files, go to csis.org/event/preparing-unthinkable-joint-crisis-leaders...
The 552d Air Control Wing (552 ACW) is an operational wing of the United States Air Force based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 552d Air Control Wing is responsible to the commander of Air Combat Command for the operations, maintenance, logistics, training, and combat support of E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft and Control and Reporting Centers (CRCs). The wing provides combat-ready theater battle management forces and mobile command control, and communications radar element at the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It deploys, operates and supports these forces worldwide ensuring combat capability for all peacetime and contingency operations.
Boeing EC-137D 71-1407 MSN 20518, civil 707-320Bs taken from production line and modified as prototypes for AWACS. Designation later changed to E-3A. converted to E-3B.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan P. Olson with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, prepares to set up a security perimeter after exiting an MV-22 Osprey from Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron-165, while forward deployed to the Middle East, Dec. 26, 2016. Marines with 3/7 compose the ground combat element, to include the dedicated TRAP force, for SPMAGTF-CR-CC within the Central Command area of operations, spanning 20 countries. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is currently forward deployed to several host nations, with the ability to respond to a variety of contingencies rapidly and effectively. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher D. Thompson)
Tech Sgt. Jason Hubbart with the 435th Contingency Response Group (CRG) based out of Ramstien Air Base, Germany, retrieves his parachute during Operation Toy Drop (OTD) EUCOM on Dec. 9, 2015. OTD is hosted by the 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. OTD is an annual joint service and foreign partnership airborne operation that encompasses airborne proficiency, the holiday season and community relations. All donated toys collected during the operation are donated to children in the Kaiserslautern military community. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Reagan/Released)
PHILIPPINE SEA (May 30, 2019) Sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) perform a test of the ship’s counter-measure washdown system. Green Bay, part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anaid Banuelos Rodriguez)