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The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion
The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion acted professionally during a company exercise.
Photo credit: Barak Chen,
IDF Spokesperson Unit
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers live fire training while serving with BKN09 in Mali
Photos: srs Valner Väino
@kaitsevagi.edf
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
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Burying soldier who cut barbed wire defence of Adrianople
[1913]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from negative.
Photo related to Battle of Adrianople, 1912-13, First Balkan War. The year 1913 appears on marker behind coffin. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008, and Bain negative LC-B2-2483-14)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11367
Call Number: LC-B2- 2501-12
Israeli soldiers from the paratroopers brigade take part in a drill in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the border with Syria September 9, 2013. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed the territory in 1981
An impromptu flood defence during the downpour that led to floods in the west of England in July 2007. Possibly not a water-tight defence...
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers live fire training while serving with BKN09 in Mali
Photos: srs Valner Väino
@kaitsevagi.edf
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]
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
The 13/9/09 Al-Quds Day demonstration in London, in support of Palestine. It was demonstrated against by members of the English Defence League.
An exterior shot of the Defence Academy, Shrivenham, Wiltshire.
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The Irish Defence Forces parachute Team are made up exclusively of Defence Forces members who compete in international competitions and oversee parachute training, which is an essential military skill, within the Defence Forces. 16th June 2011
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Matlock
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Nov. 25th, 2022
Work is going on to repair flood defences which collapsed during storms earlier in the year. The work is being assisted by this 22 meters high, 800 tonne crane which is moving heavy materials. The crane has become something of a landmark and a competition was held to give it a name.
The winning suggestion was ....."Lifty McShifty".
“Спільна Литовсько-Польсько-Українська бригада – символ єднання наших народів”, – Міністр оборони України Степан Полторак
Сьогодні, 5 жовтня, у Республіці Польща, Міністр оборони України генерал армії України Степан Полторак взяв участь в урочистих заходах з нагоди другої річниці з дня створення Литовсько-Польсько-Української бригади та вручення Бойового Прапора багатонаціональній частині.
– Сьогодні у Любліні відбулася історична подія: у другу річницю з дня створення ЛИТПОЛУКРБРИГ, підрозділ отримав Бойовий Прапор. Спільна Литовсько-Польсько-Українська бригада – символ єднання наших народів, – наголосив Міністр оборони України генерал армії України Степан Полторак під час урочистої церемонії.
Міністр оборони України Степан Полторак зазначив, що за два роки бригада набула бойових спроможностей: сформовано штаб, проведено злагодження.
– Наступний рік для підрозділу розпочнеться переходом від командно-штабних навчань до тактичних навчань у складі підрозділів, залученням до багатонаціональних навчань під проводом НАТО, – сказав генерал армії України Степан Полторак.
Міністр оборони України генерал армії України Степан Полторак, разом з Міністрами національної оборони Республіки Польща та Литовської Республіки, взяв участь в урочистих заходах з нагоди другої річниці з дня створення Литовсько-Польсько-Української бригади.
Міністри оборони країн-засновниць ЛИТПОЛУКРБРИГ взяли участь в офіційній церемонії з нагоди присвоєння найменування ЛИТПОЛУКРБРИГ імені покровителя багатонаціональної бригади – Великого гетьмана Костянтина Острозького.
– Історичність сьогоднішньої події в тому, що наша багатонаціональна бригада отримала важливі ознаки військового формування - свій Бойовий Прапор та почесне найменування. ЛИТПОЛУКРБРИГ від сьогодні нестиме почесне ім’я гетьмана Костянтина Острозького. Історичність цієї миті і в тому, що бригаду створено не заради агресії, а заради миру. І головне завдання цього підрозділу – зберегти мир, – зазначив Міністр оборони України генерал армії України Степан Полторак вітаючи військовослужбовців.
з нагоди другої річниці з дня створення Литовсько-Польсько-Української бригади та вручення Бойового Прапора багатонаціональній частині Міністр оборони України генерал армії України Степан Полторак нагородив військовослужбовців ЛИТПОЛУКРБРИГ.
6 військовослужбовців Збройних Сил України, які виконують завдання у складі Литовсько-Польсько-Української бригади отримали з рук Міністра оборони України відомчі відзнаки “Знак пошани”. Також Степан Полторак вручив нагороди 7 іноземним військовослужбовцям ЛИТПОЛУКРБРИГ.
– Головне завдання яке стоїть перед вами сьогодні – це зберегти мир, не зрадити Присязі і вірності своїх народів. Я бажаю Литовсько-Польсько-Українській бригаді розвитку, перемог і здобути таких спроможностей, які б забезпечили виконання тих завдань, які покладені на Вас, – наголосив Міністр оборони України генерал армії України Степан Полторак.
Міністр оборони України генерал армії України Степан Полторак взяв участь у підписанні Угоди між Урядом Литовської Республіки, Урядом Республіки Польща та Кабінетом Міністрів України про внесення змін до Угоди між Урядом Литовської Республіки, Урядом Республіки Польща та Кабінетом Міністрів України стосовно створення спільної військової частини.
Документ підписали у Любліні Міністри оборони трьох країн – Міністр оборони України генерал армії України Степан Полторак, Міністр національної оборони Республіки Польща Антоній Мацеревич та Міністр національної оборони Литовської Республіки Раймундас Каробліс.
“Ця угода змінює форму цієї бригади. Віднині бригада зможе брати участь у заходах, які є необхідними тоді, коли мир перебуває під загрозою. Це добрий знак, який дозволить нашим народам, а насамперед бригаді, діяти заради безпеки Центрально-Східної Європи”, - заявив з цього приводу Антоній Мацеревич.
Глава Міноборони Республіки Польща підкреслив, що бригада є прикладом того, який шлях обирають три народи: шлях єдності у протистоянні ворогам, шлях взаємодопомоги.
“Сьогодні хочемо і будемо допомагати Україні, яка зазнала нападу східного імперіалізму, заради забезпечення миру, співпраці і доброго майбутнього для наших народів”, - підкреслив Антоній Мацеревич.
Grand Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade celebrates the Second Anniversary
LITPOLUKRBRIG presented with its Patron and Flag
Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade Command personnel and soldiers from affiliated units held a celebration of the trilateral military unit’s Second Anniversary in the Lublin Castle, on 5 October 2017.
The event was honored with the presence of the Minister of National Defence of Republic of Poland Antoni Macierewicz, the Minister of National Defence of Republic of Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis and the Minister of Defence of Ukraine General of the Army Stepan Poltorak.
In particular, three Ministers handed over the Multinational Brigade Flag to the LITPOLUKRBRIG Commander Colonel Zenon Brzuszko. Also, the high officials introduced to the trilateral unit its patron Grand Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski. During the official Ceremony, the Defence Ministers awarded recognized personnel with medals and decorations from the respective countries.
Also, this day was marked by a concert by the Polish military orchestra in Lublin Philharmonic.
Defence Forces Indoor Track & Field Competition Held in Athlone Institute of Technology Stadium 2015
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
An Israeli tank rolls along the Israeli-Lebanese border close to the Israeli settlement of Shtula, 01 August 2006. The European Union battled to hammer out differences over calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, as Israel extended its ground war against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Arriving for emergency talks, EU foreign ministers were united in deploring the fighting that has raged since fighters with the Shiite Muslim militia snatched two Israeli soldiers on July 12, and most want an immediate truce.
The Givati Reconnaissance Brigade's Final Test
The Givati Reconnaissance Brigade concluded its training in an exercise testing its soldiers' skills in navigation, camouflage, urban warfare and assaults in open areas. The soldiers completed the exercise using the weapons that they had specialized in during their basic training.
Images Copyright: Israel Defence Force
Brother's Keeper Operation in Judea & Samaria
On the night of June 12, three Israeli teenagers suddenly went missing in Judea and Samaria. Our forces are relentlessly searching for them, operating under the presumption that they were kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. These exclusive photos show the efforts of the IDF soldiers in Judea and Samaria.
The names of the abducted Israelis are Eyal Yifrach (age 19), Gilad Shaar (age 16), and Naftali Frenkel (age 16). Our mission is to bring them home as quickly as possible. We will do everything to
#BringBackOurBoys
For more updates:
The Israel Defense Forces Facebook
The Israel Defense Forces blog
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]
The impregnable fort in my home town Vellore is known for its many defences apart from its historic value !
Consider capturng this fort against the many defences it has ! If you can , you are the WINNER !!
#1- The deep moat . Do you know swimming ?
#2 - Fiersome crocodiles ! ( Not now , though )
#3 - Spears , pouring of hot oil and boulders !
#4 - Arrows and musket fire !
#5 - Even if you are venturesome enough to cross all these obstacles , finally the great inner wall to climb !
Are you game for the challenge ?
For those who are interested in its construction , some historical facts herebelow :
The Built area is around 133 acres (0.54 km²), situated above 220 mts on plains nestled within the broken range of Eastern Ghats near Palar riverbanks. The walls are constructed using heavy blocks of green granite rocks sourced from nearby hills in Arcot and Chitoor Districts.
The fortification consists of a main rampart broken at irregular intervals by round towers and rectangular projections. The crenellated parapets have wide merlons for musket fire. The fort is surrounded by a moat which was once filled with crocodiles to create a formidable extra line of defense.This broad moat is fed with water by subterranean drains from the Suryagunta tank. The rampart can also accommodate two cart wagons abreast.
The fort is considered to one of the most perfect specimens of military architecture in Southern India and is known for its grand ramparts, wide moat and robust masonry .
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the last full week of January 2017.
These are the critical stabilisation works at the Silverbridge site, adjacent to the N11 dual-carriageway:
Back in November 2014, we observed bank stabilisation works here involving excavation, repair and building of a support wall structure -- carried out by JONS Construction on behalf of the National Roads Authority.
We would occasionally catch sight of this work in the distance. Quite an impressive little piece of structural engineering.
Having built a retaining concave wall, backfilled for solidity, they were also drilling, fixing and sealing ground anchors to pin the entire structure together.
Now we see that further works are being undertaken.
Word has it that extra ‘stabilisation work’ has to be done to protect the integrity of the riverbank. At the section here we can see that there’s not much space between the edge of the rock face and the Armco at the side of the dual-carriageway.
Have yet to determine what precisely that will entail. Serious work to reinforce the side access ramp down to the river.
The N11 carriageway runs adjacent to this sunken side of the riverbank -- barely 2 (large) paces divide the two. Even with twin strips of Armco along the roadside, it's perilously close. Traffic speeds along this stretch (maximum speed 100 kmp). Only needs a touch from a heavy vehicle to cause secondary impact, which (worst possible scenario) could result in something going airborne.
Working in these confined spaces puts a premium of safety and communication.
The guys have hard-filled a working shelf on the riverbed, to allow machinery access to the rockface. Obviously some serious drilling is called for before a form of extra 'pinning' is put in place.
They have sunk a series of hollowed tubes/casings -- obviously to form the foundations of a more extensive structure.
And some investigative work around the transverse buttress of the access bridge, parallel to the heavy-duty pipeline carrying water down from the Vartry reservoir.
At a (rough) guess -- I'd say the foundations were sunk to a depth of approx 4+m.
With such secure foundations in place, they would then look to construct a substantial bank of material, and/or retaining wall (similar to that in place further along the roadside bank).
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Previously the guys drilled and sunk 4+metre deep reinforced tubing and rods along a newly laid concrete base. Those stubs were then used to attach steel rod cradles -- which, in turn, were filled with poured concrete. Result - the wall quickly rises. Variation on the method they've used elsewhere along this stretch of the river.
A continuous stretch of protective wall has now been poured, and joined up with the section originally erected back in 2014.
As we can see from the side-on shot, the base of the wall has pre-cut openings for the retaining pins that have been driven into the side wall of the roadside cliff. These will be sealed and capped.
Looking along the berm of one of the beach defences on the waterfront between Colwyn Bay and Rhos on Sea.
This is an HDR image made from 9 exposures (-4 to +4) processed in Photomatix.
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers live fire training while serving with BKN09 in Mali
Photos: srs Valner Väino
@kaitsevagi.edf
IDF Field Observers Unit Conduct Company Exercise
The female dominated observers unit conducted a company exercise which included shooting practice, physical fitness tests and binocular practice. August 29, 2012
Photos: Zev Marmorstein, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Mumbles, Gower Peninsula.
Work is progressing on the sea defences at Mumbles, built 120 years ago which are being raised to protect from flooding.
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and its international partners conduct a military assault against a rebel stronghold on the Rainbow Ski-field near St Arnaud in the Tasman district during SK15.
Ex Southern Katipo 2015 (SK15) is a combined, joint, international training field exercise focussed on developing, exercising and evaluating the NZDF’s independent amphibious capabilities and ability to project forces anywhere in the South West Pacific. SK15 provides the opportunity to ensure continual preparedness to operate independently or with our coalition partners. The scenario involves a fictional South West Pacific country that has requested international intervention to restore law and order. The scenario allows for an emphasis on amphibious operations within the context of a larger stability and security operation.
Israeli Soldiers from the Tsabar battalion during combined arms training exercise with a platoon from the 46th Armored Battalion - September 2013
Rimon Unit Trains in the Golan
The Rimon special-forces unit exercised last week in the forests of the Golan, in their first winter exercise. Training in mud and the pouring rain, these soldiers always work hard to protect Israel in the north. February 2, 2014
Images: Copyright Israel Defence Force
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
Brother's Keeper Operation in Judea & Samaria
On the night of June 12, three Israeli teenagers suddenly went missing in Judea and Samaria. Our forces are relentlessly searching for them, operating under the presumption that they were kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. These exclusive photos show the efforts of the IDF soldiers in Judea and Samaria.
The names of the abducted Israelis are Eyal Yifrach (age 19), Gilad Shaar (age 16), and Naftali Frenkel (age 16). Our mission is to bring them home as quickly as possible. We will do everything to #BringBackOurBoys
For more updates:
The Israel Defense Forces Facebook
The Israel Defense Forces blog
The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion
The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion acted professionally during a company exercise.
Photo credit: Barak Chen,
IDF Spokesperson Unit
Brother's Keeper Operation in Judea & Samaria
On the night of June 12, three Israeli teenagers suddenly went missing in Judea and Samaria. Our forces are relentlessly searching for them, operating under the presumption that they were kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. These exclusive photos show the efforts of the IDF soldiers in Judea and Samaria.
The names of the abducted Israelis are Eyal Yifrach (age 19), Gilad Shaar (age 16), and Naftali Frenkel (age 16). Our mission is to bring them home as quickly as possible. We will do everything to #BringBackOurBoys
For more updates:
The Israel Defense Forces Facebook
The Israel Defense Forces blog
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the second full week of August 2014.
Work is now on-going in this area of the The Slang/Dargle River, involving: -- Site preparation and mobilisation comprising sheetpile flood defence walls. The site preparation required the removal of mature trees and vegetation along the riverbank. Section-by-section, long lengths of steel sheet piling are aligned within a frame, and then driven partially into the bedrock by crane-suspended hydraulic hammers.
After a spell of spectacularly good weather, frequent and heavy squalls of rain swept the country. River levels were now prone to heavier flows.
The guys were now working to reinforce the riverside of the sheetpiling, buttressing with large boulders, and an overlay of smaller gravel.
Our friend in the CAT laid out the barrier with wonderful precision and speed. We sensed he wasn't well pleased when someone came along and marked out a line -- by which he should reset the alignment of the boulders!