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Long and winding mountain ranges laid down east-west as natural defece of Chnia and Mongolia in the past. at the end of winter, the mountain looked dried and harsch for living still natural defence has not be enough so the Great Wall was built asnd used for thousand years for many dynasties as defence of China from Mongolia...
Being there walking upstair of the Great wall standing on the top of the fort to view these scenic landscapes I could not help image the past scenes of horse riding, troop and warriors moving towards harsch barrier ...
The Great wall
Beijing, China
Sea defence work Eastern Prom.
Work continue's on the old sea wall,the over hang of scaffolding is held in place by the water containers,note the mobile generator covered by the wheelbarrow.!!!!!.
A detailed view of the optical suite on board the MOWAG MRV. Tpr Simon Barry and Pte Michael Kelly both of 6 Pltn, B Coy discuss live footage whilst on patrol near the Blue Line.
Member of the Irish Defence Forces serving in Lebanon as part of UNIFIL during a routine patrol of the Blue Line in the vicinity of UNP 6-52. 2014
Israeli soldiers rest before an exercise in built up area on July 3, 2018 in Tzeelim, South Israel. The soldiers practiced fighting in the Gaza Strip against Hamas militants.
Source: Getty Images Europe
Combat Intelligence Soldiers Train in the South
The Combat Intelligence Corps operates to collect intelligence in the field. They must make use of their surroundings and environment in order to camouflage themselves. The Nahshol Company is a combat intelligence company which is made up solely of women, from the soldiers to the company commander. These are some photos from their routine exercise in the Southern Region.
Copyright: Israel Defence Force
On the riverside of the road opposite the point, stood a 6pdr (57mm) HOTCHKISS Mk I or II QF on a pedestal mount with an extended platform, reportedly replaced later by a captured German Twin 2cm FLAK30/38 on Naval Pedestal mounting or just possibly Twin MG42 7.92mm Machine Guns. A French (M1897) 75mm Field Gun was also on hand as an auxiliary weapon.
This wall was damaged in the storms last year and was removed, now replaced by metal railings.
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In recognition of the the men of the 362 Coast Battery (555 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery) who manned the searchlight and equipment and of the local men of the No. 17 (Gunners Platoon), C company, 9th (Home Guard) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
With the outbreak of World War 2, and in particular after the fall of Dunkirk, the ability to defend the coast including Shaldon set at the mouth of the River Teign became of increasing importance. Defences grew to include lookout posts, searchlights, armament against air and sea attack and the necessary ancillary buildings to service the units who manned the positions, such as the Artificers Workshop, Nissan Huts used as lecture rooms, and a dummy loading hut where they practiced loading the guns. Above Ness beach there was an observation look-out post and Bofors guns manned by a Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillary, stood where the zoo stands today. A boom spanned the mouth of the river and was closed from the last low tide to sunrise the following day. The remains of these emplacements still survive and offer a valuable insight this period of Shaldon's history.
Members of the Irish Defence Force serving with the 118th Battalion, serving in the Lebanon with UNIFIL
Photos: Airman Gibney
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Staff Cadets from RMC-D land on the exercise area at Ingham airport by MRH-90 helicopter.
The Royal Military College (RMC) cadets from first class participated in the final battle block before their graduation in north Queensland from November 7-22, 2013. Around 128 cadets travelled up to Ingham, north of Townsville, for the two week battle block which saw them deploy in to the stability operations area of Masuria to meet the opposing (and fictitious) Kindamao Brotherhood militia group. Each cadet had the opportunity to act as a Platoon Commander to test their leadership skills prior to their upcoming graduation where they will become Lieutenants.
Botswana Defence Force Soldiers taking part in the SA Army 12th Annual Combat Rifle Shooting Competition held in de Brug, Bloemfontein over the period 25 June to 07 July 2019.
R4 Rehearsal, Army soldiers from the United States of America, Zambia, Lesotho and Botswana, 27June 2019.
Information and Photographs by Lance Corporal Phillimon Mafemo, SA Army Corporate Communication and Private Teboho Khoare 1 SAI, Corporate Communication
44 Infantry Group Mission Readiness Exercise
130 Defence Forces soldiers from the 44 Infantry Group are entering the final phase of intense training in preparation for the forthcoming deployment to the United Nations Disengagement Observation Forces, (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights region of Syria.
The training took place in the Glen Immal Co Wicklow. The personnel of the unit have a mix of experience, from first trip soldiers and officers, to highly experienced Senior NCO's and Commanders.
The 44 Infantry Group wil deploy to Syria in March, taking over from the 43 Infantry Group who have been serving with UNDOF since September 2013.
The Mission Readiness exercise put commanders and soldiers through a demanding series of scenarios based on the potential threats they may be encountered in the volatile mission area. The Troops face a series of scenarios involving simulated explosive strikes, air mobile helicopter drills,anti-ambush tactics, detailed operational planning and medical evacuation exercises.
We decided to visit La Defence and found this weird 'tunnel' from there. I held monopod with SB-600 with other hand and tried to have steady shot with other. Assistant would have been worth of million.
Model, MUA: MM #1779030
Info: Bare SB-600 cam R, triggered with Nikon CLS.
Members of the Irish Defence Force’s 95th Cadet Class completed their Military Operations in Urban Terrain Training in Fort Davis, Cork.
This demanding exercise marks an important milestone in Cadet Training, as we move towards Christmas, the New Year, and their completion of training. November 2019
Included in the 95th Cadet Class are members of the Armed Forces of Malta
Photo: Óglaigh na hÉireann / Irish Defence Forces
Attack and Defence. Vultures play an essential part in the health and well-being of our planet’s wildlife. It’s not an everyday event that one is lucky enough to get close to them in the wild. When the opportunity presented itself, I managed to capture the inter-action and ongoing battle between Vultures on a dead carcass. Although taking many frames, only one fight clearly showed the attack and simultaneous defence. Thank you for your Flickr-friendship and kind comments.
A soldier from the 1st Battalion The Scots Guards is pictured with a Light Machine Gun (LMG) near the village of Inzgule, Helmand, Afghanistan.
Developed from the Minimi Light Machine Gun following experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, the LMG is a belt-fed suppression weapon.
It provides the section commander with the capability to impose sustained suppressive fire onto an objective out to 300m and increases the overall firepower available to the section commander.
The LMG complements the Light Support Weapon and enhances the effectiveness of all section weapons across the spectrum of Infantry operations.
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Photographer: Cpl Mark Webster
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Defence Fire Service vehicles at RAF Boulmer, with Sea King from A Flight 202 Squadron in the background. Thanks to Stn/O Mark Liddell & Lff Bill Larson.
Israel - Yahalom Unit Exercise
Special unit of the Corps of Engineers, Yahalom, held a demonstration exercise at the urban warfare facility – 4th March 2012
Yahalom unit is the most elite unit of the Engineering Corps and one of the IDF's elite units. This is the professional body that provides a solution for operational purposes in sabotage, bomb disposal, dealing with the threat of tunnels and the like.
Photos: Ftian Ibrahim - IDF Spokesman Unit
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the fourth week of September, 2016.
Constant traffic nowadays with hard material being trucked in and dumped in storage areas along The Slang/Rehills section of the river bank.
Further work is now being undertaken to upgrade the protection of the riverbank edge with the laying down of extra stone material.
With the recent convoys of trucks bringing in vast quantities of stone, we now see that;
(a) some of the larger boulders are intended to be used as reinforcements along the base of certain bank edges (which have to be excavated again), and;
(b) some of the medium size stones look like they will be used to create secondary shelves along the riverside.
At the same time, the guys are working (or playing?) on changing the profile of the stepped terrace along the face of the Slang/Rehills section.
Seems like every time they do this, and we believe it is a 'finished' piece of work, they confound us later by ripping it up all over again.
I know there is value in maintaining this area as a smooth accessible strip. But the degree of attention they apply to this is then wasted by the randomness with which they undo all the previous work.
I call it the 'Biggest Sandpit/Playarea' in Wicklow, in Leinster, in Ireland.
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers from Estpla-26 during a patrol in Mali in support of the French-led Operation Barkhane – November 2018
Photo: Estonian Defence Force
The original Sea Defence piece which I did long before the course with Jean Littlejohn. In putting up the new pieces I realised I had never uploaded the finished version of this!
In recognition of World Heritage Day 18th April, I am posting images from World Heritage Sites: The defences of Valletta in Malta.
Estonian Soldiers during their final mission readiness exercise in the vicinity of ̃ before deploying to Iraq as part of ESTGUARD-4, which is part of the NATO Iraq Mission.
Photos: Estonian Defence Force
A radar operator sits at a keyboard in the operations room onboard Type 23 frigate HMS Monmouth.
Alarms sound, drills commence, monitors flash, switches are made; it seems a lot to think about all at once, but this is the constant tempo in the beating heart of HMS Monmouth; the Operations Room.
There are banks of displays each showing unique information which, to the untrained eye, is a jumble of letters, numbers and lines, but to the members of the Warfare department who call the Ops room home, it enables them to fuse information together to allow the Ship to operate effectively and is their way of life throughout a 7 month deployment.
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Israeli Soldiers from the Caracal Battalion during their basic training – 2012
The Caracal Battalion is an infantry combat battalion of the Israel Defense Forces, composed of both male and female soldiers, of both Jewish and Arab descent.[It is named after the Caracal, a small cat whose sexes appear the same. As of 2009, approximately 70% of the battalion was female.It is part of the 512th "Sagi" Brigade of Israel's Southern territorial command.
Prior to Caracal's formation in 2000, women had been prevented from serving in direct combat positions with the IDF. The unit has since been tasked with patrolling the Israeli-Egyptian border. It took part in Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2005.
The unit badge, adopted in 2009, incorporates the Sagi Brigade badge, with the addition of the Caracal cat.
New recruits in the Caracal Battalion, are issued the Israeli-made Tavor assault rifle. Battalion members partake in a four-month basic training period that includes physical training at the Givati Brigade training base.
Soldiers specialize in various weapons including machine guns, advanced weaponry, grenades, and mortars.
All female soldiers who join the battalion are required to sign up for a third year of military service, the same as their male counterparts. The men are drawn from Nahal garinim, or have volunteered.
Israel's Special Unit Bardalas Take Part in Training Exercise
Israeli male and female combat soldiers of the Bardales battalion take part in a training exercise July 13, 2016 in Nitzana, Israel. Bardales battalion is a new mixed-gender combat battalion that has been active since 2015.
Source: Ilia Yefimovich
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers from the Scoutspataljon during a Vehicle and foot patrol in Gao, Mali.
Photos: maat Maria Tõkke
Israeli soldiers from the Alpine Unit walk in the snow during a demonstration of their skills for the media on Mount Hermon, near the Israel-Syria border January 22, 2012. The Golan Heights form a strategic plateau between Israel and Syria of about 1, 200 square kilometers (460 square miles). Israel captured it in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally.