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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.
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.
Botswana Defence Force Millitary Hardware on Parade at the 50th Independence Celebration.
All Images courtesy of Botswana Aviation Art
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.
IDF's Mostly Female Combat Unit Attend Training Day in Azuz
Israeli Soldiers from the Karakal Batallion on the Shooting range on July 6, 2016 in Nitzana, Israel.
The first mixed-sex Karakal combat battalion was formed in 2004 and is based in the Negev desert on the border with Egypt and Jordan.
French soldiers scan the horizon for possible threats with the French weapon system during exercise Ramstein Legacy 22.
NATO and partner nations are taking part in exercise Ramstein Legacy 22, a NATO large-scale live-fire air defence exercise. Seventeen Allied and partner countries trained in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland with aircraft, missile defence systems and electronic warfare systems from 6 to 10 June 2022.
A line of "tank traps" at Long Nanny near to the Little Tern colony. They have their own defenders in the form of the National Trust wardens, who do an amazing job of looking after these lovely birds.
Two Ridgback armoured vehicles (front) and a Panther armoured command vehicle (rear) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shazad, Afghanistan.
Lieutenant-Colonel RJ Boyd, Commanding Officer (CO) 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (Lions of England) had assumed control of the new Combined Force Head-Quarters in Shahzad.
Forward Operating Base (FOB) SHAHZAD is the lynchpin in the creation of a new Battle Group Area of Operations (AO) in the North of Nadi-e Ali. Operating as a truly combined force, British soldiers will work alongside their Afghan counterparts and a dedicated Estonian Company.
The 2nd Battalion, on their 5th overall deployment during their tenure as the Theatre Reserve Battalion (TRB) are based in Episkopi Garrison, Cyprus. They took over FOB SHAHZAD from Burma Company 1LANCS and will continue to provide security and stability as well as setting the conditions for 3 PARA to take over the AO later in the year.
Photographer: Cpl Gary Kendall RLC
From: www.defenceimages.mod.uk
28 June 2011: Jacques Verges who defends Khieu Samphan during the second day of the initial hearing in Case 002.
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers from the Scoutspataljon during a Vehicle and foot patrol in Gao, Mali.
Photos: maat Maria Tõkke
A service badge issued to volunteers of the Civil Nursing Reserve (CNR) by the Ministry of Health. The badge was worn as part of the uniform and would have been pinned to the left side of the overall. Early badges were made in sterling-silver and later ones in white-metal.
The CNR was established in January 1939 to provide extra nursing staff in the Emergency Medical Services Hospitals. As a civil defence organisation, it was staffed mainly by volunteers of whom most worked as auxiliary and assistant nurses. Recruitment into the CNR was at three levels – State registered Nurse, Assistant Nurse and Auxiliary Nurse, who all came under the control of the Ministry of Health. The number of volunteers in the CNR remained consistent at around 25,000 for the duration of the war.
The badge is made from die-stamped silver with two enamels (red & blue). There is a pin clasp on the reverse with the wording ‘sterling’ and the maker’s initials – L.S & Co (Lionel Smith & Co of Spence Street, Birmingham). It measures 1 ¼” high x ¾” across (about 32mm x 19mm).
Last week, UK defence personnel and UK companies attended the the Association of the US Army’s (AUSA) 2014 annual meeting and exposition in Washington DC. This year’s delegation was led by, the British Army’s Commander for Force Development and Capability. Led by Lieutenant General Mark Poffley, attendance included a significant portion of the British Army’s 100-strong presence in the US - also in town for their annual conference at the British Embassy (BASCON).
British industry was represented by over 30 UK companies and subsidiaries including Airbus, BAE Systems, Chemring, Cobham, D3O, JCB, MBDA Missile Systems, Thales UK, Ultra Electronics, QinetiQ and others.
On Tuesday, a reception at the British ambassador’s residence celebrated the unique relationship between both nation’s armies and the close co-operation between our defence industries.
Throughout the rest of the year, members of the British Army’s 100-strong presence in the US are located throughout the USA (in over 30 states) working alongside their US Army colleagues in exchange and liaison posts. Lieutenant General Mark Poffley, the British Army’s Commander for Force Development and Capability, was the senior UK attendee.
Their roles cover all aspects of the Army relationship from testing equipment at Aberdeen proving ground, helicopter pilot training, developing new concepts and doctrine at the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), to key command positions in the 82nd Airborne Division and the US Army’s III Corps.
At BASCON, attendees heard from speakers that included General Daniel Allyn, the current Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army, and the British Ambassador to the US, Sir Peter Westmacott.
Title: Service home presentation - Wheelers Hill
Date range: 1974 - 1974
Source: From the National Archives of Australia
NAA: B6295, 3779A
Item ID: 30625787
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
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.
A reservist soldier with the Territorial Army (TA) is pictured on patrol in Afghanistan.
There are around 30,660 Volunteer Reservists in the UK. Coming from all backgrounds, regions and jobs, these are ordinary men and women who give up their time to train and serve alongside the Regular Forces.
Volunteer Reservists are called out to supplement the Regular Forces whenever Operational demands require it. If they’re mobilised they’ll carry out the same roles to the same high standards as their Regular counterparts. They also receive the same world-class training and develop the same skills.
Reservists make up around 14% of the nation's total defence capacity which in turn makes them an essential part of our defence strategy. They are called upon as individuals for their specific skills or as ready-formed units to serve alongside the Regular Forces whenever required.Photographer: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC
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The members of 106 Recruit Platoon have completed their toughest week of training thus far following an intensive exercise in the Glen of Imaal. The platoon exercised in conventional military operations involving long range patrols, patrol harbours, fighting patrols and a platoon in defence scenario. This was a physically and mentally demanding week for the recruits and is another step towards the successful completion of the their basic military training.
Photos:DFTC
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the second full week of November 2014.
There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. Some finishing touches to the river bed itself, cosmetic work along the riverbank sides, and a jig-saw pattern of large boulders placed in mid-stream. The main (final) focus will be on completing the profiles to the wall, securing with poured concrete, and then the completion with the pre-fabricated stone capping.
The guys have attached steel frames to the recess of the sheet-steel uprights, and filled with concrete. They very carefully check levels, laser-assisted. There's still a surprising amount of intricate manual work involved -- machines can only do so much!
The next step involves swinging in pre-formed capping slabs, with inset jacking points, and embedded rods to intertwine with the sheet-steel wall. Accuracy satisfied, the welder melds them together.
It's a race against time, schedules - and expected heavy rains and high river levels on the way.
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.
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
Well, here they are. A little overdue, but oh well. I know the picture isn't the best, but this was taken late at night. If someone could please edit this, that would be brilliant. I could post an overly-detailed description, but I'm tired.
Single pictures and other soldiers coming soon!
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.
Israeli Soldiers from the Herev Battalion (Sword Battalion)training in the Golan – 2011
The IDF Sword Battalion (Gdud Herev) is an Arabic-speaking unit of the Israel Defense Forces, also known as Unit 300 and formerly known as the IDF Minorities Unit. Non-Jewish minorities also serve in the Druze Reconnaissance Unit and the Bedouin Trackers Unit. In 1987, "Unit 300" was officially renamed the "Sword Battalion."
The Minorities Unit was formed in the early summer of 1948 by incorporating a unit of Druze defectors from the Arab Liberation Army and small numbers of Bedouin and Circassians.[1] The unit was attached to the Oded Brigade and fought in Operation Hiram in October 1948. It has fought in every war since. Today, most members of the unit are Druze, but there are also Bedouins, Circassians and Christian and Muslim Arabs. The unit has produced several generals.
The Minorities Unit has a small elite Sayeret special forces branch.
Druze and Circassian men are subject to mandatory conscription to the IDF.[2] In the mid-1950s, the Druze leadership appealed to David Ben-Gurion, then Minister of Defense, to draft Druze men on the same basis as Jews. The State Defense Act of 1949, which called for drafting all individuals in the country, allowed the minister to issue exemptions for certain groups. The Druze asked that their exemption be canceled. [3] Originally, they served in the framework of a special unit. Since the 1980s, Druze soldiers have joined regular combat units, attaining high ranks and commendations for distinguished service. 83 percent of Druze boys serve in the army according to IDF statistics.[4] According to the Israeli army, 369 Druze soldiers have been killed in combat operations since 1948.[5]
There is a long-standing government policy of encouraging Bedouins to volunteer and offering them various inducements. In some Bedouin communities a military career is seen as a means of social mobility. Muslim and Christians Arabs are also accepted as volunteers.[6]
In 1987, the unit was officially renamed from "Unit 300" to the "Sword Battalion." (Gdud Herev)[7]
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
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
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
Nahal's Elite Unit Concludes Training Course
The Gadsar, Nahal's Elite Unit, concluded their 16 month course with a final, challenging exercise. From storming and capturing hills, to a 15km trek throughout the night, the soldiers completed the course. At the concluding ceremony, the soldiers were awarded with their combat wing pins. February 13, 2013
Photo by Cpl. Zev Marmorstein, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
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
The Dynamic Defence Display, a combined land, air and sea performance by the Singapore Armed Forces during the National Day Parade 2017 Preview 2
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
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
Estonian Sailors practice VBSS and Vessel protection duties on-board Estonian Naval Vessels 25th May 2016
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
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
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
Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade prepare during a military exercise May 7, 2013 near the border with Syria, in 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.
iisraeli soldier cover with camouflage equipment during a military exercise in the Golan Heights northern Israel on 21 August 2012
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
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
Where the fence is no longer.
Day trip to Orford Ness and Orford Castle
Orford Ness is a vegetated shingle spit, approximately 10 miles long; it is separated from the medieval port of Orford by the River Alde.
Prior to the C20 Orford Ness was a rarely visited place; the main economic activity was animal grazing on reclaimed marsh land. In 1915 the Armament and Experimental Flight of the Royal Flying Corps (later known formally as the Aircraft Armament and Gunnery Experimental Establishment) established a flying field on King’s Marshes to the west of the ditch, now known as the Airfield Marshes, serviced by a range of ancillary buildings arranged along a single track known since 1993 as ‘The Street’, on which ran a narrow-gauge light railway which led back to the jetty. Its main areas of investigation were the evaluation and suitability of aircraft, machine guns and gun sights, bomb sights, night flying and navigation, and a huge range of research projects to solve technical difficulties encountered in action. From 1924 the airfield was re-occupied as a satellite station of the Airplane and Armament Experimental Establishment based at Martlesham Heath. During their tenure, a number of structures were constructed on Orford Beach. Due to its remoteness one of the main activities at Orford Ness was the investigation of bomb ballistics; the study of the flight of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity. Other experimental work continued into the inter-war period on Orford Ness. In 1935, a small experimental radar team arrived and conducted experiments that were critical in proving the value of this technology, turning the theory into a practical air defence system. Between 1953 and 1971, the spit was occupied by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. Its primary task was environmental testing to simulate the conditions that nuclear weapons and their components might experience during trials and in service use. Here science and high politics merged, with investigations that were crucial to the credibility of the United Kingdom’s nuclear deterrent forces, the cornerstone of Cold War defence policy...
...With the introduction of the WE177 and the Polaris system, there was relatively little new work in prospect and in April 1969 the decision was announced to close Orford Ness and to move many of its functions to Aldermaston. The last trial took place on 9 June 1971and the establishment closed on Friday 1 October 1971. On 24 July 1972 Orford Ness formally passed from AWRE to No.2 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit of the RAF. In the following decades they worked to clear the range of unexploded munitions and brought other munitions on to the spit for destruction. This work ceased about 1986, although many unexploded munitions still remain on Orford Ness, and some limited work may have carried on here until the early 1990s. Following negotiations with the Ministry of Defence, the National Trust acquired Orford Ness in 1993.
[HistoricEngland.org]
Walking around in Venice, the focusing set back to AF and the fog increasing little by little. November 2012.
Original shots taken with a Canon Eos 5 AF SLR, Sigma 28mm F1,8 lens, 24x36 format on expired "some brand" ortho 25 asa black and white film. Digitally composed, almost no post processing, just scanned.