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Estonian Defence Force Soldiers live fire training while serving with BKN09 in Mali
Photos: srs Valner Väino
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Israeli soldiers conducting search missions during the search for three missing teenagers June 16, 2014 in Halhul, West Bank. Israeli soldiers have so far detained more than 150 suspects in the search for three teenagers who went missing in Jewish settlements in the West Bank late last week.
Photos: Ilia Yefimovich
Failing sea defences at Corton in Suffolk. The original timber breastworks/groynes were installed here in 1899-1900. They have been replaced and upgraded periodically ever since. Corton aerial image #Corton #aerial #image #Suffolk #Coast #AerialPhotography
The Chief of Defence Staff General Rick Hillier arrives onboard a CC-130 Hercules aircraft with members of Team Canada at Kandahar Airfield in presence of The Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay.
Le Général Rick Hillier, Chef d’état-major de la Défense, arrive à bord d’un avion Hercules CC 130 avec des membres de l’Équipe Canada, au terrain d’aviation de Kandahar, en présence du ministre de la Défense nationale, l’honorable Peter Gordon MacKay, et du commandant de la Force opérationnelle interarmées, Guy Laroche.
Photo : Cplc Bruno Turcotte
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A reconstruction of a dyke made in the first World War. It was made to flood the land en protect/defence the land behind.
BURRAS DOMINATE THE DAY
A GRADE
The opening round of the 2010 Central Highlands Netball League provided Hepburn with the start they wanted in their hunt for a finals berth. Hepburn’s new senior line up took to the court with great confidence after 10 weeks of fitness and skill training. From the first whistle, Hepburn’s new recruit and star defender Ebony Place, intercepted the ball to pass on to sister Lauren at Wing Defence and Hepburn controlled the ball down court to score.
The Burras continuously applied pressure all over the court as they quickly broke down Daylesford’s attacking systems. Tara Ford, 2009 Under 17’s League Best & Fairest made her senior’s debut in fantastic form. Hepburn’s new defensive combination proved too strong for their opposition and combined with the speed of their attacking line up. Hepburn went to the first break 21 to 3.
Hepburn didn’t hesitate to rotate its entire bench throughout the game with each combination seeing the Burras increase their lead. Hepburn’s fitness and accuracy in goals saw them run out winners 86 to 8. Captain Libby Purtell and Defender Kylie Torpey were extremely pleased to have such a strong win for their 200th games with the club.
Goals: Jane Lienhop 36/43 84%, Libby Purtell 31/41 77%, Kristina Closhey 19/25 76%
B GRADE
Hepburn’s new reserves line up was also eager to kick start the year. With the return of deadly accurate goaler Mel Penny, the Burras came out fast and hard early in the first quarter to over run their opponents defence. Led by captain and Wing Attack Janee Brown, Hepburn continuously pushed the ball down court with speed and accuracy to eventually dominate all over the court.
From a 14 to 2 first quarter start, the Burras never looked back. The new centre court line up has been working on skills and fitness to provide both ends with the support they struggled with last year. Hepburn ran out winners 53 to 18. This will now help the reserves with their goal of a top 4 finish and a run in the finals.
Goals: Mel Penny 41/50 82%, Tania Grant 8/15 54%, Courtney Wetzel 3/7 42%
Other Results
Hepburn’s new C grade team also had a solid win 31 to 25. Hepburn’s Under 17’s won 32 to 13 and Under 13’s A 7 to 4.
The 13th Battalion of the Golani Brigade during a drill held in the Golan Heights, northern Israel. The NAMER ("Tiger"), a new vehicle combining the artillery abilities of the Merkava tank and the APC's shielding capacities, was fully integrated in this drill for the first time, improving the battle tactics used by the IDF in the field. August 21, 2012
Photo by Cpl. Shay Wagner – Israel Defence Force
Israeli soldiers watch as a missile is launched from the Iron Dome defence system in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva on March 12, 2012, as a new round of tit-for-tat violence between Gaza militants and Israel has ruptured the calm that was restored after a major flare-up last August.
The ‘Boom Defence’ was a metal net suspended underwater to protect the Grand Harbour from any surface or underwater attack, being lifted and lowered as required. This system was built in 1909 and saw use from 1935-1945 in particular.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the 2nd week of July, 2017.
The levels of activity fluctuate along this stretch of the riverbank, and especially around the Irish Rail bridge, informed by the tides and priorities.
Since Summer 2016, this is where the heavy-duty engineering works have been taking place.
This is a section of the flood protection scheme that I have not covered in detail -- it's inconvenient for me to access, and others cover it much better.
Standing on the new riverside walkway alongside Seapoint Court, we could see construction activity sited along the Ravenswell Road, temporarily closed due to on-going works.
That was the site of the old Bray Golf Club -- hotly contested as a (potentially) poorly considered as a site for a shopping centre development complex, and still an area of ground that has to act as a flood plain in the event of tidal surges.
As well as raising a heightened flood protection wall, they've created an access ramp down to the riverside.
The area in the background, site of the old Bray Golf course, was both a works compound and vehicle route for the transportation of material to/from the other sectors along the River Dargle involved in construction works.
By now, it would appear that the concrete strengthening is complete around the railway bridge piers. Nice clean collars of concrete.
Don't know how much more work is necessary to restore the riverbed and ancillary items.
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Between Bray Bridge and the Railway Bridge there was a wooden footbridge linking Ravenswell Road and the Seapoint Road, this bridge was built at the time of the railway coming to Bray.
It closed in 1870 and was removed shortly afterwards.
"The Little Book of Bray and Enniskerry" by Brian White.
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The Irish Rail Bridge, Bray Harbour:
Phase 1 flood defence works to the Irish Rail bridge commenced in August 2016.
Phase 2 flood defence works will be completed during May to September 2017. This work is being undertaken directly by Irish Rail.
The work includes strengthening the integrity of the bridge by creating buttresses around the base of each pillar.
To do this they have to pile-drive sheets into the river bedrock.
The work is complicated by;
(a) the need not to damage or disturb in any way the actual bridge itself (Irish Rail train and DART carriages pass overhead on an hourly basis), (b) the confined spaces under the bridge, and (c) the twice-daily rising tides from Bray Harbour which spill upriver into the newly expanded basin.
The length of the Ravenswell Road is to be landscaped into a pedestrian 'experience', with plants, seating and viewing points created in the sea-wall. I think this might link up with a new road and pathway being constructed around to Little Bray.
Through the past few weeks/months, we can see the construction in and around the Irish Rail bridge, where new and extensive reinforced concrete collars are built up to support the existing support pillars/piers. The river and sea beds are also engineered to control the flow of tides and river flows.
For all the convenience, speed and efficiency that modern machinery offers, the scale and nature of this specialised construction works still requires the team of workers to get down and 'hands-on' with the river-bed and the associated fittings that go to shape the upgraded flood defence works.
The OTO Melara 76 mm gun is a naval artillery piece built and designed by the Italian defence company Oto Melara. It is based on the Oto Melara 76/62C and evolved toward 76/62 SR and 76/62 Strales. The Oto Melara 76 mm Compatto cannon system is compact enough to be installed on relatively small warships, such as corvettes, avisos (a vessel somewhere in size between a corvette and a patrol boat), and patrol boats. The gun's high rate of fire and availability of specialised ammunition make it well-suited to varied roles such as short-range anti-missile point defence, anti-aircraft, anti-surface, and ground support.
Specialised ammunition includes armour-piercing, incendiary, directed fragmentation effects, and a guided round marketed as capable of destroying manoeuvring anti-ship missiles. A stealth cupola is now offered.
The OTO Melara 76 mm has been widely exported, currently in use internationally by 60 navies. It has recently been favoured over the French 100mm naval gun for the joint French/Italian Horizon-class frigate project and FREMM frigate. On 27 September 2006 Iran announced it has started mass production of a marine artillery gun, named the Fajr-27, which is a reverse-engineered Oto Melara 76 mm gun.
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Paratroopers Prove Themselves On the Ground
The paratroopers of the 101st Battalion had a full week of training to make sure they know exactly what to do once they land on the ground.
Images: Copyright Israel Defence Force
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the fourth week of July, 2016.
Meanwhile, in the stretch of the river alongside The Slang, a futile attempt is made to dress the river bed/bank.
I say 'dress'.
It effectively involves moving the gravel around a little bit. Adding a top layer of soil, and flattening that with a roller. As if that is going to do any good. Or last any length of time. Come the next heavy run of water -- and Nature will re-establish it's own path for the river.
On a slightly more serious rant . . . .
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.
Dublin 30 Sep 09. The Ministerial Review of troops from the 41 Infantry
Group bound for service in Kosovo next month at Cathal Brugha Bks today.
The Panhard AML final range shoot that took place 29 - 30 Apr 2013 in the Glen of Imaal, Co Wicklow. The pictures show the AML 90 firing its main armament
These photos are of the last shoot of the Panhard AML 90 Armoured Vehicle and were taken on 30 April 2013 in the Glen of Imaal by Airman Jason Byrne.
Panhard armoured vehicles were first introduced into service with the Defence Forces in 1964 and soon after, AML 60s were deployed on overseas service to Cyprus (UNFICYP). Over a period of almost fifty years, the Panhard armoured fleet has seen extensive service both at home and abroad including firing in action in the Battle of At Tiri in Lebanon in 1980, as a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) to injured civilians during the Grapes of Wrath offensive in Lebanon in 1996 and were used in an armoured reconnaissance role during violence in Monrovia, Liberia when intensive rioting began in 2004.
Following an upgrade programme in the 1990s which included dieselisation and re-turreting, the operational life of the vehicles was extended. However the Panhard fleet of AML 90s and 20s has now reached the end of its operational life.
All Panhard AML 90 and AML 20 vehicles currently in service with the Defence Forces became non-operational on the 1st of May 2013 and have been withdrawn from service.
Students on the Standard NCO Course on exercise in Fort Davis County Cork
Students from the 3rd All Arms Standard NCO course conducting a FIBUA (Fighting in Built up Areas) exercise in Fort Davis, April 2013. During the exercise the students were tested using an Engineer Assault Bridge to gain entry and a Artillery 105mm Gun to break strong points. There are thirty nine students on the course representing the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineer, Ordnance, CIS and Air Corp.
Members of the Irish Defence Force serving with the 118th Battalion, serving in the Lebanon with UNIFIL
Photos: Airman Gibney
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers live-fire training while serving in Mali with BKN-10 as part of the French led Operation Barkhane.
Photos: n-ltn Liis Vaksmann
Israeli Soldiers from the Nahal's Brigade during a Brigade Training Exercise conducted on May 22nd 2012
Photos: Israel Defence Force
Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade take part in an exercise near the border with Syria on May 6, 2013 at the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Syria has accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes on targets near the Lebanon/Syria border, including an arms shipment and the Jamraya research centre, that was thought to produce chemical weapons.