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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- Participants of the Best Junior Officer listen to an Army Physical Fitness Test briefing before taking the test 24 July, at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Grafenwoehr Training Area during the first day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- U.S. Army Capt. Bryson McElyea, 24th Military Intelligence Battalion, fires his M9 pistol during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- U.S. Army Capt. John Arthur, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, goes through the obstacle course during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Jeremy Gilbert, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, performs a foot march during the United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- Capt. Michael Bruce, assigned to 1-214th AVN Regiment, fires a M 16 rifle during the United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
Jeff Sayer, Professor of Conservation and Development, James Cook University, speaking at the High-level plenary: Science-policy exchange – big ideas to connect landscapes, climate and development, on Day 2. Global Landscapes Forum, Paris, France.
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. John Tidwell, assigned to 72nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion in Schweinfurt, Germany, performs a 2 mile run during the United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
Crazy Japan!!! Japanese Broadcast Official: We Didn’t Commit War Crimes, the U.S. Just Made That Up
Japan's top TV figures are making increasingly outrageous statements about World War II
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In the clearest signal yet of U.S. unhappiness with the rightward tilt of Japan’s political leadership — and by extension, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — the U.S. embassy in Tokyo has strongly condemned charges by a top official at Japan’s national public broadcaster that Americans fabricated war crimes against Japanese leaders during World War II in order to cover up American atrocities.
“These suggestions are preposterous. We hope that people in positions of responsibility in Japan and elsewhere would seek to avoid comments that inflame tensions in the region,” an embassy spokesman told TIME early on Friday.
The charges were made this week by Naoki Hyakuta, a nationalist writer and close friend of Abe, who was recently appointed to the board of governors of the Japan Broadcasting Corp., commonly known as NHK.
In campaign speeches on behalf of a far-right candidate for the governorship of Tokyo, Hyakuta claimed that the infamous Nanjing Massacre in 1937 never occurred, and that Americans staged the postwar trials of Japanese leaders to cover up U.S. war crimes. He said those crimes included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the mass firebombings of Tokyo.
The staunchly conservative Abe himself caused diplomatic outrage in December, when he paid his respects at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine — a memorial to the Japanese war dead including 14 high-ranking war criminals. Beijing, Seoul and Washington strongly condemned the visit. Now supporters of Abe who have been appointed to NHK’s top decisionmaking body are fueling tensions by making revisionist or inflammatory statements.
Last week, the new NHK chairman Katsuto Momii provoked outrage both at home and abroad when he said all of the countries involved in World War II maintained “comfort women” — a euphemism for the system of forced prostitution employed by the Japanese military during the war years.
That charge prompted a frosty denial from the U.S. embassy in Tokyo that American forces had engaged in any such activity.
Along with Hyakuta’s charges, it was reported this week that another NHK board member had published an essay praising the leader of a nationalist group who committed ritual suicide in the offices of a major newspaper in October 1993 to protest negative news coverage.
Board member Michiko Hasegawa wrote that because the activist recited a brief prayer to the Emperor before shooting himself in the abdomen, “His Majesty the Emperor has again become a living god.” Hasegawa is a professor emeritus of Japanese cultural studies in Tokyo.
Japan’s Emperors were once worshipped as living gods, but are designated under the current constitution as “the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people.” As such, they have no governing authority or official religious function.
Hasegawa, who also has close ties to Abe, published the essay in connection with a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the activist’s death.
The appointment of such staunch nationalists to NHK’s board is part of a concerted campaign by the Abe administration to recast Japan as the true victim of World War II and put a more benign face on the country’s often brutal colonial practices, says Jeff Kingston, professor of Asian studies at Temple University’s Tokyo campus.
“These are Abe’s cronies, they agree with his revisionist views, and now he’s putting them in positions of power and influence,” says Kingston. “What they don’t realize is that the right-wing revisionists are not convincing many people in Japan, and they are not convincing people outside Japan. What they are doing is creating a huge diplomatic problem.”
Japan is locked in increasingly tense disputes with neighboring China and South Korea over territorial and historical issues. A spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry denounced Hyakuta’s statements on the Nanjing Massacre as “a barefaced challenge to international justice and human conscience” and called on Japan to “face up” to its history.
China says 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians died in Nanjing during a weeks-long rampage by Japanese troops. Although some mainstream historians put the number of casualties lower, few — if any — deny the incident occurred.
Critics say the Abe appointees threaten the editorial integrity of Japan’s largest broadcaster.
“Just the knowledge of the character of the governors leads producers and journalists working for NHK to engage in self-censorship,” says Michael Cucek, a Tokyo-based research associate at MIT’s Center for International Studies.
Indeed, NHK did not report chairman Momii’s controversial statements on comfort women until he was grilled by opposition members during a Diet session three days afterward. Nor had news of the debate over Hyakuta’s and Hasegawa’s statements appeared on the NHK news website as of early Friday — despite more than 7,200 messages, mostly negative, phoned in or emailed to NHK’s headquarters.
Members of the opposition have called for the appointees to be replaced, but an Abe spokesman said all had been speaking in their capacities as private citizens and had not violated government policy.
NHK is Japan’s largest television network, funded largely by viewer license fees. It produces round-the-clock entertainment and public-interest programming and operates news bureaus around the world.
The 12 members of NHK’s board serve three-year terms. They are appointed by the Prime Minister with approval of the Diet and exercise authority over NHK’s annual budget and top executives.
Hyakuta is the author of several best-selling books, including The Eternal Zero. Abe and his wife attended a screening of the film version of the book over the New Year holiday. The movie ends with the hero, a pacifist fighter pilot turned Kamikaze, flying his airplane into an American aircraft carrier.
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Markets for Change project launch in Solomon Islands
Developed specifically for the Pacific region, where markets are often the main source of livelihoods, especially in poorer households, the six-year, multi-country initiative is injecting more than USD 10 million into ensuring that such workplaces in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are safe, inclusive and non-discriminatory. Principally funded by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the initiative was officially launched in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in April, May and August 2014 respectively, and workshops like the ones Rose attended in Honiara are among the project’s initial activities.
The goal is to create accessible, inclusive and representative governance structures that will help markets thrive, while strengthening the role and influence of women vendors. The workshops include a mapping exercise whereby participants ask fellow market vendors about the issues they face and the changes they would like to see, making the process fully participatory.
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/8/markets-set-to-imp...
Pictured: Market vendor Rose Starlyn receiving her workshop certificate at the Markets for Change Solomon Islands launch in Honiara, May 2014.
“We can make a market that is a happy place for everyone,” Rose, a vibrant woman of 37, says with a broad smile. “A place that is healthy for everyone, where more people, including tourists, can come, and market vendors can earn more money. We can create a place where people can learn and share skills, and women can ‘come up’.”
Rose is one of around 1,000 vendors working at the Honiara Central Market, an estimated 80 per cent of whom are women.[1] She works six days a week as a tailor and clothing vendor and the money she makes covers the school fees and bus fares for her five children.
Photo: UN Women/ Ellie van Baaren
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Fellow, New America International Security program
Former Senior Director for Counter-Terrorism, National Security Council
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UNDP administrator Helen Clark (2nd R) listens to Timbuktu's HIV / AIDS clinic members on May 2nd, 2010 in Timbuktu during a two-day visit to Mali. AFP PHOTO / HABIB KOUYATE.UNDP Administrator Helen Clark wrapped up her Mali visit today where she underscored the country’s progress on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...The first UNDP Chief to travel to Mali, Helen Clark highlighted the country’s efforts in tackling issues such as HIV/AIDS, poverty, education and its commitment to democratic governance...The Administrator started out in the legendary city of Timbuktu, where she and the Head of UNAIDS, Michele Sidibé, spoke with the beneficiaries of an HIV/AIDS clinic...Mali has been making important headway in tackling the HIV/AIDS pandemic, having reduced national prevalence from 1.7% in 2001 to 1.3% in 2006 and dramatically expanding universal access to HIV services...The Administrator then visited the city’s historic mosques and toured the library that houses its medieval manuscripts. Timbuktu has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1988...On the outskirts of Bamako, Miss Clark visited an all-women mango cooperative which works to give women farmers the right skills to grow and treat their produce for export. Each of the farmers in this UNDP project, aimed at poverty alleviation, handled about 35 tonnes of mangos for the export market. Thanks to the project, Mali’s mango exports have risen sharply, from 2,915 tons in 2005 to 12,676 tonnes in 2008...“These types of aid for trade initiatives help empower women, boost family income, and even help ensure their children got to school. Everyone gains,” the Administrator said, adding that “Mali truly has the opportunity to become the breadbasket for the region.”..Today, she also praised Mali’s democratic advances in discussions with President Amadoun Toumani Touré, Prime Minister Modibo Sidibé, Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane and other senior Malian officials...Helen Clark discussed a range of additional development issues with the President, including the key role of agriculture for Mali, the importance of tackling the climate challenge, and the importance of advancing the status and influence of women...“We also agreed on the importance of promoting development in the north as the medium and long term answer to the challenges there,” the Administrator said...On climate change, UNDP and the Global Environment Facility will be developing a US$2,340,000 project to bolster the climate resilience of the agricultural sector in Mali...The Administrator also reiterated the importance of empowering women to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, describing “economic empowerment, access to legal rights, including inheritance rights, and participation in decisionmaking” as key steps toward achieving women’s empowerment...From Mali, Miss Clark heads to Burkina Faso, Tanzania and finally South Africa.
David Sterman,
Author, Decisionmaking in the Counter-ISIS War
Senior Policy Analyst, New America International Security program
Dr. Joshua Geltzer,
Fellow, New America International Security program
Former Senior Director for Counter-Terrorism, National Security Council
Dr. Alexandra Stark
Senior Researcher, New America Political Reform program
Uber simple, design.mitre.org site.
1. It's way too Juhan-centric. Uggh, my mug shot... but it's been public released.
2. We'll upload comps/pix/service screenshots to the ODG flickr site (and not link to my set).
3. We're adding two things: 1) our real-time RescueTime dashboards (for 4 of us) so folks can see what we're actually spending time doing in front of the machine and 2) the Open Design Manifesto.
4. Links to sourceforge/code repos, presentations, and patents coming soon.
Suggestions, ideas? Pee away!
David Sterman,
Author, Decisionmaking in the Counter-ISIS War
Senior Policy Analyst, New America International Security program
Dr. Joshua Geltzer,
Fellow, New America International Security program
Former Senior Director for Counter-Terrorism, National Security Council
Dr. Alexandra Stark
Senior Researcher, New America Political Reform program
Professor Noreena Hertz of the Duisenberg School of Finance, Rotterdam - think differently: In an inspiring speech on decision-making by one of the most influential economists in the world, Professor Hertz asks people to ''think differently'' and kick-start independent decision-making. She also gave advice on how to adapt and develop new skills during these difficult economic times. Noreena Hertz is a Professor at the Duisenberg School of Finance, the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University and fellow at Judge Business School, Cambridge University. Her speech is brought to you in full length by Euranet's Anastasia-Areti Gavrili. (In English)
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UNDP administrator Helen Clark arrives at the Timbuktu HIV / AIDS clinic on May 2nd, 2010 in Timbuktu during a two-day visit to Mali. AFP PHOTO / HABIB KOUYATE.UNDP Administrator Helen Clark wrapped up her Mali visit today where she underscored the country’s progress on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...The first UNDP Chief to travel to Mali, Helen Clark highlighted the country’s efforts in tackling issues such as HIV/AIDS, poverty, education and its commitment to democratic governance...The Administrator started out in the legendary city of Timbuktu, where she and the Head of UNAIDS, Michele Sidibé, spoke with the beneficiaries of an HIV/AIDS clinic...Mali has been making important headway in tackling the HIV/AIDS pandemic, having reduced national prevalence from 1.7% in 2001 to 1.3% in 2006 and dramatically expanding universal access to HIV services...The Administrator then visited the city’s historic mosques and toured the library that houses its medieval manuscripts. Timbuktu has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1988...On the outskirts of Bamako, Miss Clark visited an all-women mango cooperative which works to give women farmers the right skills to grow and treat their produce for export. Each of the farmers in this UNDP project, aimed at poverty alleviation, handled about 35 tonnes of mangos for the export market. Thanks to the project, Mali’s mango exports have risen sharply, from 2,915 tons in 2005 to 12,676 tonnes in 2008...“These types of aid for trade initiatives help empower women, boost family income, and even help ensure their children got to school. Everyone gains,” the Administrator said, adding that “Mali truly has the opportunity to become the breadbasket for the region.”..Today, she also praised Mali’s democratic advances in discussions with President Amadoun Toumani Touré, Prime Minister Modibo Sidibé, Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane and other senior Malian officials...Helen Clark discussed a range of additional development issues with the President, including the key role of agriculture for Mali, the importance of tackling the climate challenge, and the importance of advancing the status and influence of women...“We also agreed on the importance of promoting development in the north as the medium and long term answer to the challenges there,” the Administrator said...On climate change, UNDP and the Global Environment Facility will be developing a US$2,340,000 project to bolster the climate resilience of the agricultural sector in Mali...The Administrator also reiterated the importance of empowering women to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, describing “economic empowerment, access to legal rights, including inheritance rights, and participation in decisionmaking” as key steps toward achieving women’s empowerment...From Mali, Miss Clark heads to Burkina Faso, Tanzania and finally South Africa.
Professor Noreena Hertz of the Duisenberg School of Finance, Rotterdam - think differently: In an inspiring speech on decision-making by one of the most influential economists in the world, Professor Hertz asks people to ''think differently'' and kick-start independent decision-making. She also gave advice on how to adapt and develop new skills during these difficult economic times. Noreena Hertz is a Professor at the Duisenberg School of Finance, the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University and fellow at Judge Business School, Cambridge University. Her speech is brought to you in full length by Euranet's Anastasia-Areti Gavrili. (In English)
www.euranet.eu/gre/Dossiers/Antimetophizontas-ten-krhise-...
Photo by Euranet / Anastasia-Areti Gavrili
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- U.S. Army Capt. Bryson McElyea, 24th Military Intelligence Battalion, conducts a ruck march during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Thomas Malejko, assigned to Engineer Company in Bamberg, Germany, goes through the obstacle course during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Brian Keller, 212th Combat Support Hospital, fires his weapon during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
UNDP administrator Helen Clark (C) shakes hands with women at the Timbuktu HIV / AIDS clinic May 2nd, 2010, in Timbuktu during a two-day visit to Mali. AFP PHOTO / HABIB KOUYATE..UNDP Administrator Helen Clark wrapped up her Mali visit today where she underscored the country’s progress on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...The first UNDP Chief to travel to Mali, Helen Clark highlighted the country’s efforts in tackling issues such as HIV/AIDS, poverty, education and its commitment to democratic governance...The Administrator started out in the legendary city of Timbuktu, where she and the Head of UNAIDS, Michele Sidibé, spoke with the beneficiaries of an HIV/AIDS clinic...Mali has been making important headway in tackling the HIV/AIDS pandemic, having reduced national prevalence from 1.7% in 2001 to 1.3% in 2006 and dramatically expanding universal access to HIV services...The Administrator then visited the city’s historic mosques and toured the library that houses its medieval manuscripts. Timbuktu has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1988...On the outskirts of Bamako, Miss Clark visited an all-women mango cooperative which works to give women farmers the right skills to grow and treat their produce for export. Each of the farmers in this UNDP project, aimed at poverty alleviation, handled about 35 tonnes of mangos for the export market. Thanks to the project, Mali’s mango exports have risen sharply, from 2,915 tons in 2005 to 12,676 tonnes in 2008...“These types of aid for trade initiatives help empower women, boost family income, and even help ensure their children got to school. Everyone gains,” the Administrator said, adding that “Mali truly has the opportunity to become the breadbasket for the region.”..Today, she also praised Mali’s democratic advances in discussions with President Amadoun Toumani Touré, Prime Minister Modibo Sidibé, Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane and other senior Malian officials...Helen Clark discussed a range of additional development issues with the President, including the key role of agriculture for Mali, the importance of tackling the climate challenge, and the importance of advancing the status and influence of women...“We also agreed on the importance of promoting development in the north as the medium and long term answer to the challenges there,” the Administrator said...On climate change, UNDP and the Global Environment Facility will be developing a US$2,340,000 project to bolster the climate resilience of the agricultural sector in Mali...The Administrator also reiterated the importance of empowering women to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, describing “economic empowerment, access to legal rights, including inheritance rights, and participation in decisionmaking” as key steps toward achieving women’s empowerment...From Mali, Miss Clark heads to Burkina Faso, Tanzania and finally South Africa. ....
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- U.S. Army 1st Lt. Andrew D'Amelio, 230th Military Police Company, competes in the two-mile run event, part of the Army Physical Fitness Test, during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
UNDP administrator Helen Clark speaks to Timbuktu's HIV / AIDS clinic members on May 2nd, 2010 in Timbuktu during a two-day visit to Mali. AFP PHOTO / HABIB KOUYATE.UNDP Administrator Helen Clark wrapped up her Mali visit today where she underscored the country’s progress on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...The first UNDP Chief to travel to Mali, Helen Clark highlighted the country’s efforts in tackling issues such as HIV/AIDS, poverty, education and its commitment to democratic governance...The Administrator started out in the legendary city of Timbuktu, where she and the Head of UNAIDS, Michele Sidibé, spoke with the beneficiaries of an HIV/AIDS clinic...Mali has been making important headway in tackling the HIV/AIDS pandemic, having reduced national prevalence from 1.7% in 2001 to 1.3% in 2006 and dramatically expanding universal access to HIV services...The Administrator then visited the city’s historic mosques and toured the library that houses its medieval manuscripts. Timbuktu has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1988...On the outskirts of Bamako, Miss Clark visited an all-women mango cooperative which works to give women farmers the right skills to grow and treat their produce for export. Each of the farmers in this UNDP project, aimed at poverty alleviation, handled about 35 tonnes of mangos for the export market. Thanks to the project, Mali’s mango exports have risen sharply, from 2,915 tons in 2005 to 12,676 tonnes in 2008...“These types of aid for trade initiatives help empower women, boost family income, and even help ensure their children got to school. Everyone gains,” the Administrator said, adding that “Mali truly has the opportunity to become the breadbasket for the region.”..Today, she also praised Mali’s democratic advances in discussions with President Amadoun Toumani Touré, Prime Minister Modibo Sidibé, Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane and other senior Malian officials...Helen Clark discussed a range of additional development issues with the President, including the key role of agriculture for Mali, the importance of tackling the climate challenge, and the importance of advancing the status and influence of women...“We also agreed on the importance of promoting development in the north as the medium and long term answer to the challenges there,” the Administrator said...On climate change, UNDP and the Global Environment Facility will be developing a US$2,340,000 project to bolster the climate resilience of the agricultural sector in Mali...The Administrator also reiterated the importance of empowering women to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, describing “economic empowerment, access to legal rights, including inheritance rights, and participation in decisionmaking” as key steps toward achieving women’s empowerment...From Mali, Miss Clark heads to Burkina Faso, Tanzania and finally South Africa.
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Lyndon Hill, assigned to 30th Medical Command, fires the M9 pistol during the United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Brian Keller, 212th Combat Support Hospital, crosses a bridge during a ruck march at United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- Cpt. Michael Bruce, a native of Huckabay, Texas, and currently stationed in Germany, exits a military vehicle after finishing a convoy at the Grafenwoehr Training Area during the third day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Sgt. Michael Reinsch)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Thomas Malejko, assigned to Engineer Company in Bamberg, Germany, performs a foot march during the United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 2nd Lt. Victor Dominguez, a native of San Antonio, Texas, and currently stationed in Europe, makes his way through the obstacle course at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Grafenwoehr Training Area during the first day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- Cpt. Michael Bruce, a native of Huckabay, Texas, and currently stationed in Germany, takes part in the Army Physical Fitness Test at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Grafenwoehr Training Area during the first day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- U.S. Army Capt. John Arthur, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, conducts a ruck march during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)