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An Israeli soldier places her national flag on graves at the military cemetery on mount of Olive overlooking old city of Jerusalem, on May 8,2011 to commemorate Israeli soldiers killed in wars since 1860. Remembrance Day is followed immediately by the 63th anniversary of the creation of Israel in 1948 according to the Jewish calendar. At least 25310 Israelis have been killed in combat or Arab attacks since 1860.
SHIZAFON, ISRAEL - JANUARY 31: Israeli soldiers take part in an army exercise on at the Shizafon army base, in the Negev Desert north of the southern city of Eilat on January 31, 2012 in Shizafon, Israel.
Photo by Uriel Sinai
Israeli paratroopers take part in a military exercise in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war, November 25, 2009. Israel annexed Golan in 1981 in a move not recognised internationally.
One last check from the soldiers commander and now it is finally time to celebrate.
At the end of the gruesome eight month training that recruits of the IDF’s Paratroopers Brigade have to complete their final challenge. Before the recruits will be fully fledged soldiers of the Paratrooper’s Brigade they have to finish their ‘Masa Kumta’, which translates to ‘Beret March’. This is an all night 90km march in full gear, through any kind of weather, at the end of which young Paratroopers receive their red berets. This signifies the end of their training and full admission to the active forces of the Paratrooper’s Brigade.
Photos:Israel Defence Force
Last month, soldiers from the Elite Egot Unit took on their final test- after more than a year of training; they conducted a week of exercise in which they put all of their studying into action.
During this week, the soldiers demonstrated their abilities in camouflage, fighting in urban warfare style and much more.
The Egoz Reconnaissance Unit is an elite Special Forces unit of the IDF that specializes in guerrilla warfare. The Egoz Battalion is part of the Northern Command's Golani Brigade.
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli Soldiers from The Nitzan 636 special unit called "Chameleon" – the unit operates in the West Bank – seen during a training exercise – January 2012
The European Defence Agency’s Annual Conference 2019 entitled 'Taking European Defence Cooperation to the Next Level - Prospects for the decade ahead’ took place in Brussels on 28 November.
For more information on the conference, visit www.eda.europa.eu/info-hub/press-centre/latest-news/2019/....
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the last week of June 2014. Preparation and constructions works are now underway in this area of the The Slang/Dargle River.
JONS Civil Engineering would appear to have the contract to devise/construct/complete a retaining wall along the La Vallee office+apartment stretch of riverbank. Much of the early work involves removal of plant material along the riverbanks, adjacent to the office-apartments complexes. Heavy machinery now appears on site, rows of sheetpile steel lengths are trucked in, and carefully laid out, access ramp down to the riverbed is cut and graded, and hard-core of varying grades is stockpiled. The continued dry, sunny weather is a welcome relief for this production work.
The "Herev" (Sword) Battalion, comprised of Druze, Jewish and Christian soldiers, are an elite unit specially trained in the Northern Command.
56 years ago, 30 Druze soldiers joined the ranks of the IDF – the first generation of official recruits. Since then 83% of Druze youth enlist to the IDF’s – more than the numbers of Jewish youth. The “Sword” (Herev) Battalion, comprised almost entirely of Druze soldiers, specializes in the Northern Command and is currently training in the Golan Heights.
Photos:Israel Defense Force
Israeli Karakal Battalion Graduation
Soldiers from the 'Karakal' Battalion during a graduation march near the Israeli-Egyptian border on March 13, 2010 near Azoz, Israel. The Karakal is a mixed-sex battalion formed in 2004, with men and women serving together in this combat unit, based in the Negev desert on the borders with Egypt and Jordan.
Israeli Troops Train at Golan Heights
Israeli troops take part in a military exercise with armored vehicles on June 12, 2013 near the border with Syria, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. A first group of Peacekeepers of the United Nations Austrians Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has moved today from Syria into Israel, as their disengagement is expected to be completed within weeks.
Israeli Paratroopers from the Parachute Brigade during a field training exercise on the Golan Heights – 25th January 2012
Photo: Ofek Ron-Carmel
IDF Artillery Corps – Live Fire Practice
The IDF Artillery Corps is responsible for operating the army's medium and long-range artillery. The corps is placed in charge of two principal tasks: assisting the maneuvering forces at the necessary time place, and with the required firepower. Its second task is to confront enemy forces deep inside the battlefield.
Photos by Sgt. Ori Shifrin, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Since Ireland became a member of the United Nations on 14 December 1955, not a single day has passed without the presence of personnel from the Irish Defence Forces deployed somewhere around the world in the service of peace.
It is said that peacekeeping is not a soldier’s job, but that only soldiers can do it and soldiering for peace has many hazards, some fatal. 26 Irish soldiers were killed in the Congo from 1960 to 1963.
Trooper Edward Gaffney died on 13 September 1961.
On 13 September 1961 the United Nations launched Operation Morthor in an attempt to round up mercenaries in the province of Katanga which had unilaterally seceded from the Congo a few days after independence in July 1960 . In addition, the central government had issued arrest warrants for Moishe Tshombe, leader of Katanga, and several of his officials which the United Nations troops were authorised to execute. The Katanganese had been forewarned however and put up some resistance. Tshombe escaped to Northern Rhodesia and Conor Cruise O’Brien, the United Nations Secreteary General’s special representative in the Congo and an Irishman, caused a diplomatic storm by announcing that the Katanga secession was over. The United Nations had no mandate to end the secession. Trooper Edward Gaffney was killed in fighting in Elizabethville, the capital of Katanga.
The parade and church service shown were held on Sunday 14 September 2003 to dedicate a new plaque on the grave of Trooper Edward Gaffney. The plaque was provided by Post 3 in Wexford of the Irish United Nations Veterans Association.
Now that the recruits have arrived at their destination, they can finally get some much deserved rest and get cleaned up for the ceremony that is soon to follow.
At the end of the gruesome eight month training that recruits of the IDF’s Paratroopers Brigade have to complete their final challenge. Before the recruits will be fully fledged soldiers of the Paratrooper’s Brigade they have to finish their ‘Masa Kumta’, which translates to ‘Beret March’. This is an all night 90km march in full gear, through any kind of weather, at the end of which young Paratroopers receive their red berets. This signifies the end of their training and full admission to the active forces of the Paratrooper’s Brigade.
Photos:Israel Defence Force
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.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the last week of July 2013, tracking the on-going river bank alterations. The prolonged dry weather is now apparent in the soil surface. We would all experience the effects of, in Irish terms, a prolonged 'heatwave'. Activity in this Slang area has been drastically curtailed in recent months. Minimal landscaping work on the riverbank top area. What work being carried on seemed to involve endless shifting, and 'turning' of top spoil. With recent dry weather, the top levels quickly dry out, making it necessary to use a tractor/sprayer to siphon water from the river, and 'dampen down' the dust-laden streets, and site access ramps. What is evident is that, despite the prolonged dry period, there is a slow, but constant, seepage of water from the upper banks, gathering along the lower riverbank shelf. One has got to question the impact of such seepage on the integrity of the recently-constructed upper banks, especially the exposed slopes
Cast in 1766-1769, 12 pounders with a range of 1,500 metres. Used to protect the narrow stretch of water between Sweden and Denmark.
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli soldiers patrol the border between Syria and Israel, close to the northern Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights May 20, 2011. Israel heightened its security along the northern borders amid fears that Palestinian demonstrators would try to breach it's borders, repeating similar events on May 15, when dozens of protesters surged towards Israel's frontiers from Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed the territory in 1981, a move not recognized internationally.
Visited as part of an Open Day on 29 September 2018.
Construction started in 1877 as one of a series of defences to protect the strategically important docks at Chatham. After a few setbacks and delays, the fort was completed in 1892 and the finished construction was considerably smaller than the original plan. The only excavations to be dug were those of the ditch, from which the earth was used to cover the exposed structures inside the fort. The ditch was concrete lined and the final feature to be installed was the rare rolling drawbridge.
The fort was purely defensive, and was never armed (like most 'forts' of the time), but would have been armed and manned in the event of a national crisis. Ironically, by the time the series of fortifications were completed they were outdated and obsolete.
- 1877 construction started
- 1892 construction completed
- 1907 siege works exercise
- 1914 to 1919 transit barracks
- 1920 to 1933 storage
- 1938 conversion to Gun Operations Room
- 1945 to 1961 used for summer camps
- 1961 sold to Kent County Council
- 1990 sold to private individual. Museum and tea room
- 2001 resale and restoration
Israeli paratroopers take part in a military exercise in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war, November 25, 2009. Israel annexed the Golan in 1981 in a move not recognised internationally.
Israeli Soldiers from the Stinger Unit (IDF Canine Unit) during the Tracking Phase of a field training exercise – 10th to 12th March 2012
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.
IDF Desert Reconnaissance Battalion at the Urban Warfare Center
Last week, the Desert Reconnaissance Battalion conducted a drill in the Urban Warfare Training Center, simulating fighting in populated cities. The drill was conducted to assure maximum efficiency while fighting in urban centers by focusing solely on hostile targets.
The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion, also known as "the natural detectives" is comprised almost entirely of Bedouins whom, though exempt from service, volunteered to serve in the IDF. These soldiers use their unique abilities to track down infiltrators and other threats in the vast Israeli desert. April 2, 2012
Photographed by Cpl. Gal Asuach, IDF Spokesperson's Unit.