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Forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Royal Thai navy tank landing ship HTMS Surin (LST 722), Korean navy tank landing ship Seongin Bong (LST 685), Ticonderonga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) and forward-deployed amphibious transport dock USS Denver (LPD 9) steam in formation for a photo exercise Feb. 8, 2010, during exercise Cobra Gold 2010 in the Gulf of Thailand. Essex is part the of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is participating in Cobra Gold 2010, a co-sponsored United States/Thailand multinational exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taurean Alexander/Released)
Caption: KITGUM, Uganda, Oct 20 -- Pfc. Kendra Hinds, a medic deployed to Uganda with the Army Reserve's 7225th Medical Support Unit (MSU) searches for a vein in order to give a patient an IV. The expectant mother arrived at the Pajimo Clinic in the north of Uganda and delivered a healthy baby boy about 90 minutes later. (Photo credit Maj. Corey Schultz, Army Reserve Communications.)
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Army Reserve Nurse Delivers Baby in Rural Uganda
By Maj.Corey Schultz, U.S. Army Reserve Command
KITGUM, Uganda -- When 1st Lt. Victoria Lynn Watson deployed to Uganda for Natural Fire 10, she never imagined using her labor and delivery nursing skills during the exercise.
But when a Ugandan woman, Linda, arrived in labor at Pajimo medical clinic, where the Army Reserve's 7225th Medical Support Unit was partnering with East African medics to offer healthcare to the Kitgum community, Watson sprang into action.
She checked her watch. It was nearly 2:30 pm when medics hurried the 19-year-old expectant mother from the clinic gates where hundreds had gathered to receive care.
During the 10-day exercise, the medics run a daily clinic to treat upwards of 700 Ugandans a day for ailments such as arthritis, minor wounds, skin infections --and dental and optometry care. Soldiers from Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi are working alongside U.S. troops on medical, dental and engineering projects in the Kitgum region. Meanwhile, each nation is also taking part in security training and a simulated disaster relief exercise.
While pregnancy was not a planned treatment, the Pajimo clinic staffs a midwife and Watson was eager to assist. If the U.S. Army Reserve officer were back home in Abilene, Texas, she would do the same.
"This is what I do. I'm a labor and delivery nurse in my civilian job," Watson said, hurrying past Ugandan families clutching medicines and awaiting dental checks, "This is what I live for."
Watson serves with the 7231st Medical Support Unit in Lubbock, Texas, but volunteered to augment the 7225th for Uganda.
Once in the clinics maternity ward, Watson and Pfc. Kendra Hinds, a U.S. Army Reserve medic from Lubbock, Texas, joined Stella, the Ugandan midwife. Stella asked the lieutenant to work with her to deliver the child.
Stella and her Ugandan assistant prepared the delivery room. Watson's examined the woman - nine centimeters and having contractions. Her watch read 3 p.m.
Hinds never helped a woman give birth. So, Watson talked her through the exam as they felt the mother's stomach to see where the baby was.
"You can feel the contractions," Watson said to Hines. "Her sides and belly get hard. Feel here...that's the head. It's in the right place, that's good. The baby is aligned right."
The midwife, Stella Betty Lamono – who goes by Stella, produced a Pinnard Horn - a wooden listening device not often seen in America that is used to hear the baby's heartbeat. Watson and Hinds took turns listening.
Then Stella posed a question.
"You are delivering," Stella said. "You should name the baby."
"OK, I'll name the baby," Watson said, in a light-hearted way. "How about, let's see...Gracie for a girl? Yes, I like Gracie."
"And a boy?" asked Stella.
"Okay, for a boy...Cage. I like Cage."
Stella translated. The mother smiled, amused despite her obvious discomfort. It was nearly 3:30 p.m., the baby was coming but the delivery team still had things to do. They tried to start an intravenous drip.
There was a problem, they couldn't find a vein. They spoke with the mother and found she had not eaten anything for two days.
"She's dehydrated, she needs something with sugar," Watson said.
Soldiers offered sweet powdered drink pack from their daily rations - MRE's, such as lemon-flavored ice tea and a lemon-lime electrolyte drinks.
Watson stirred each drink in a green plastic cup and gave it to the mother, who drank thirstily.
The team then found a vein for an IV, the mother tried to relax. From time to time, she would lift a pink curtain and gaze through the window into the dusty yard. Things quieted.
Meanwhile, her sister arranged swaddling clothes on the receiving table at the other side of the room.
"How many weeks is she?" Hinds asked.
"Thirty-eight," Stella said, confidently.
Ugandan midwives determine the duration of the pregnancy by feeling the stomach for the size of the baby's head versus the height of the fundus -- how high the uterus has pressed upwards into the diaphragm.
"This is amazing," Watson said. "In the States, doctors run a sonogram over the belly, ask for the date of the last menstrual period, and go from there. We learn the 'old school' way, but we never actually do it like Stella has."
Certified Ugandan midwifes attend a three-year school, Stella said, herself a midwife with seven years experience who delivers up to 28 babies each month -- often in rural clinics.
The contractions continued. The mother remained stoic despite the lack of any pain medicine. Sweat beaded on her face, veins throbbed along her neck. She would lay calm more moments, the moan softly and slap the nearby wall. Hinds grabbed a cloth and patted her face and held her hands through contractions.
"Most girls in the States would be yelling and hollering by now," Watson said.
Unlike in the States, the clinic had no monitors, electrical gadgetry or air conditioning. It did have clean water, sterilized equipment and a trained midwife, plus her U.S. counterparts.
It was around 4 p.m., when the mother groaned and slapped the wall again.
"She's in second stage," Watson said. "All she has to do now is push."
A few minutes passed, the mother began to push – Hinds held her hand and continued to comfort her. Then came a loud cry from a healthy baby boy. It was 4:30 p.m.
Watson wiped him down. He waved his tiny hands and stared around the room with large, alert eyes. Stella tied up the stump of the umbilical cord
"You delivered the baby, what name did you pick for a baby boy,” Stella said, reminding Watson.
“Cage," Watson replied. "But I can't name her baby. It's her baby!"
Hinds placed the infant into his mother's arms. The new mom smiled.
"What is she going to name him?" Watson asked. Stella translated. The mother answered --and Stella began to laugh.
"What did she say?" Watson asked.
"She decided she liked the name you picked," Stella said. "She named her little boy 'Cage'."
Outside, U.S. and East African medics were closing up for the day, handing out the final doses of vitamins and routine medications, when they learned the good news. An officer took out the records reflecting the number of people treated, changing 714 to 715, to add Cage - Kitgum's newest resident.
"It's pretty amazing there's a little one out here that I named and that I helped bring into this world," Watson said. "Pretty amazing."
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 23, 2018) Operations Specialist Seaman David Llerena heaves line aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missle destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) during sea and anchor detail. Benfold is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th fleet Area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anna Van Nuys/Released)
RAF Typhoon
It’s been 20 years since the Eurofighter Typhoon’s first flight, and the 2014 Air Show display was performed by Flt Lt Noel Rees of 29(R) Squadron from RAF Coningsby.
Eurofighter Typhoon is the world’s most advanced swing-role combat aircraft providing simultaneously deployable Air-to-Air and Air-to-Surface capabilities.
It is in service with 6 customers across 20 operational units and has been ordered by a seventh. The aircraft has demonstrated, and continues to demonstrate, high reliability across the globe in all climates. It has been combat proven during operations in Libya.
Features of the aircraft Max speed - mach 2.0
Thrust - 90 kN from each of the two Eurojet EJ200 engines
Max altitude - Above 55,000 ft
Length - 15.96 m
Span - 10.95 m
Eurofighter Typhoon delivers an enviable level of flexibility and efficiency. Only Eurofighter Typhoon possesses both adequate weapon availability (up to 6 bombs whilst also carrying six missiles, a cannon and a targeting pod) and sufficient processing power to simultaneously support missile in-flight updates and bomb in-flight targeting. True swing-role capability.
Aircraft diagram
The aircraft is designed to be upgraded and extended to provide decades of effective use. Combining a proven, agile airframe built from stealth materials with the latest sensor, control and weapons systems delivers the optimum combat capability – both beyond visual range (BVR) and in close combat.
The weapons systems, navigation technologies and control infrastructure are all designed to be upgraded, to continue to enhance the overall performance of the aircraft.
The Airframe
Plane Aircraft
The aircraft is built with advanced composite materials to deliver a low radar profile and strong airframe. Only 15% of the aircraft’s surface is metal, delivering stealth operation and protection from radar-based systems. Pilots were included in design from the earliest stages to develop a deliberately unstable airframe that can still be flown effectively. This delivers both superior manoeuvrability at subsonic speeds and efficient supersonic capability to support the widest range of combat scenarios.
Eurofighter Typhoon specifications
Max speed Mach 2.0
Thrust 90kN from each of the two Eurojet EJ200 turbojets
Length 15.96M
Max altitude Above 55,000FT
Wingspan 10.95M
The Materials
Carbon Fibre Composites
Aluminium Lithium
Titanium
Glass Reinforced Plastic
Aluminium Casting
Aluminium Titanium
Strong, lightweight composite materials were key to the design of Eurofighter Typhoon to give it deliberate instability. Using them means the weight of the airframe is 30% less than for traditional materials, boosting the range and performance as well as reducing the radar signature.
General Materials Carbon Fibre Composites 70%
Metals 15%
Glass Reinforced Plastics (GRP) 12%
Other Materials 3%
Production
Ultrasound materials
Eurofighter Typhoon foreplane
The innovative production techniques developed for Eurofighter Typhoon have created a whole new industry for the most effective use of advanced composite materials. These provide greater tensile strength and more aerodynamic performance with less weight and more reliability than traditional materials.
The Eurojet EJ200 engine
Developing leading-edge engine technology has been a key part of the Eurofighter Typhoon project from the start. Four global companies have jointly developed the high performance EJ200 power plants that each provide 90kN of thrust from a small lightweight engine with high strength and high temperature capability.
The two-spool design with single-stage turbines drives the three-stage fan and five-stage HP compressor with annular combustion with vaporising burners. This allows Eurofighter Typhoon to cruise at supersonic speeds without the use of reheat for extended periods. The engines deliver 1,000 flying hours without needing unscheduled maintenance through the use of advanced integrated Health Monitoring for class-leading reliability, maintainability and Through Life Cost.
Did you know?
After a 1,400 hour flight simulation, the Eurojet engine produces the same operating performance as a brand new engine.
Sensor fusion is key to Eurofighter Typhoon's effective infrared sensor
Eurofighter Typhoon is at the forefront of sensor fusion technology and the sensor suite continues to be upgraded to deliver enhanced detection and decision-making. Combining the data from key sensors gives the pilot an autonomous ability to rapidly assess the overall tactical situation and respond efficiently to identified threats.
Infrared Search and Track (IRST)
The PIRATE infrared sensor provides passive Air-to-Air target detection and tracking performance in the IRST mode for covert tracking and Air-to-Surface operations in the Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) mode.
Graphic Radar
The Captor-M mechanically scanned radar is a best-in-class radar, offering an extensive suite of modes to meet customers’ operational requirements, as well as providing a very competitive field of regard.
Captor-E is the future primary sensor on Eurofighter Typhoon and has a full suite of Air-to-Air and Air-to-Surface modes. The capacious front fuselage of the Eurofighter Typhoon allows the installation of Captor-E’s optimised array whose Field of Regard is some 50 per cent wider than traditional fixed plate systems.
This wide field of regard offers significant benefits in both Air-to-Air and Air-to-Surface engagements and given the large power and aperture available provides the pilot with much enhanced angular coverage compared to fixed plate systems.
Air-to-Air Features
Air-to-air features
•Search Modes - Range While Search (RWS), Velocity Search (VS) and multiple target Track While Scan (TWS)
•Lock-Follow Modes, which are tailored for long range tracking and short range tracking for use in visual identification or gun attacks
•Air Combat Acquisition Modes allowing a choice of boresight, vertical scan HUD field of view or slaved acquisition
Air-to-Surface Features
Air-to-surface features
•Search Modes - Ground Map, High Resolution Map, Ground Moving Target Identification and Sea Surface Search and Track While Scan
•Track Modes - Fixed Target Track and Moving Target Track
•Air-to-Surface Ranging
Throughout the design of the Eurofighter Typhoon, the needs of the single seat pilot have been paramount. This has meant high levels of attention to the control and information interfaces throughout the unique glass cockpit, from the head-up, head-down and head-out systems to all-round vision. High workload situations were analysed to establish information priorities and automate tasks.
The advanced cockpit design and layout is based on an extensive series of formal assessments in a rapid prototype facility, undertaken by operational pilots from air forces flying the Eurofighter Typhoon. Using and upgrading the advanced digital technology not only enhances operation and survivability, but also simplifies aircraft maintenance.
Other features such as Direct Voice Input (DVI) and Hands On Throttle And Stick (HOTAS) control functions have been implemented on the Eurofighter Typhoon to drastically reduce the pilot’s workload. Voice + Throttle And Stick (VTAS) enables single pilot operations even in the most demanding Air-to-Air, Air-to-Surface and swing-role missions.
Head up Display (HUD)
The Eurofighter Typhoon’s wide angle head up display (HUD) provides the pilot with stable, accurate, high integrity, low latency eyes-out guidance in a compact package. The fully digital HUD offers high performance that is compatible with night vision and laser protection goggles.
Head down display systems (MHDD)
Three full colour multi-function head down displays (MHDD) are used for the overall tactical situation, presenting the attack situation, attack formats, map displays and air traffic procedures, in addition to system status and checklists.
Helmet mounted symbology system (HMSS)
Eurofighter Typhoon utilises a unique Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS), alongside six other pilot display surfaces. HMSS provides flight reference and weapon data aiming through the visor. It is fully compatible with night vision aids using light intensification and Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) imagery. It offers pilots a significant competitive advantage.
The helmet is composed of an outer helmet, inner helmet, optics blast/display visor, oxygen mask, night vision enhancement camera and head position tracking system.
Navigation sensors
Hands on throttle and stick (HOTAS) controls
The latest sensor technology supports automated and inherently covert operation down to 100ft. Eurofighter Typhoon’s navigation aids include a global positioning system (GPS) for full digital interface with individual satellite tracking channels and improved anti-jam capabilities. The package also includes an inertial navigation system with GPS. In addition, the navigation system features integrated lateral cueing and vertical commands, ensuring safe manoeuvre with 3D situational awareness.
Flight Control
The flight control system (FCS) is a full authority and quadruplex digital system which allows carefree handling and manoeuvring in all situations. Its intuitive operation is designed to enable the pilot to concentrate on the tactical tasks and to fly the aircraft 'head-up' in combination with the HOTAS (Hand-on-Throttle-and-Stick) concept applied to cockpit design. Automated Emergency recovery features have also been embodied in the system design to ensure maximum safety of operation.
Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS)
Eurofighter cockpit MIDS
The Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS)
The MIDS high capacity digital information distribution system allows secure exchange of real-time data between a wide variety of users, including all the components of a tactical air force and, where appropriate, land and naval forces.
Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS)
The DASS suite comprises wingtip Electronic Support Measures and Electronic Counter Measures pods (ESM/ECM), missile warners, chaff and flare dispenser and an optional laser warner.
Upgrades in computing power will support continuous protection from future threats, to enhance Eurofighter Typhoon’s survivability and greatly increase overall mission effectiveness.
Eurofighter Weapons system
Supporting multiple weapon configurations
As well as Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (SRAAM’s) and the 27mm Mauser Canon the Eurofighter Typhoon carries the latest beyond-visual-range (BVR) Air-to-Air missile technology. Soon the METEOR advanced long-range missile will provide the largest No Escape Zone of any Air-to-Air weapon, resulting in a long stand-off range and high probability of interception to ensure air superiority and pilot survivability. Guidance is provided by an active radar seeker with mid-course updates via data link.
The Laser Designator Pod (LDP) enables precise location of targets and guidance of Air-to-Surface weapons.
Eurofighter Typhoon has also been upgraded with Paveway IV to provide high levels of operational flexibility. The combat proven dual-mode guidance system, coupled with height of burst and penetrating capability, enable the decision of target engagement to be made right up to the point of release.
Eurofighter Typhoon will see the constant integration of new, smart weapons in accordance with the demands of current and future customers.
Storm Shadow, Taurus, Small Diametre Bombs, Brimstone, Anti-Shipping Missiles are just some of the upgrades planned.
Multiple Weapons
Eurofighter Typhoon can remain on task for long periods of time with large, flexible weapons loads including METEOR, AMRAAM, ASRAAM or IRIS-T
Multiple Weapons
Eurofighter Typhoon can carry a vast range of Air-to-Surface weapons, including the new Storm Shadow conventionally armed stand-off missile, the Brimstone anti-armour weapon and future Precision Guided Weapons
Life Support Systems
Fully equipped pilot
A fully equipped pilot before a flight , The Life Support System & Aircrew Equipment Assembly (AEA) is unique to Eurofighter Typhoon and includes full-cover anti-G trousers (FCAGT), a chest counter-pressure garment (CCPG) and a liquid conditioning garment, as well as nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) protection.
The helmet incorporates the latest Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS) and optical protection. For pilot comfort and optimum performance capability, Eurofighter Typhoon uses computer controlled anti-G and breathing support technology.
Ejection Seat
The Mk 16A ejection seat on the Eurofighter Typhoon is 30% lighter than equivalent ejection seats. This is achieved by combining the twin ejection gun outer cylinder tubes as both the propulsion system and the seat’s primary structure. The narrow head box also contributes to Eurofighter Typhoon’s excellent rear vision.
The seat integrates an on-board oxygen generation system (OBOGS) and communication systems. The simplified combined harness allows unassisted strap-in, and the passive leg restraint system avoids the need for the pilot to wear restraining garters. A second generation electronic sequencer is also incorporated. Reliability and maintainability are key elements of the design, with full access to in-cockpit components.
Cockpit Access
Eurofighter pilot entering cockpit
A pilot entering the Eurofighter Typhoon cockpit Normal access to the cockpit is through either a telescopic integral ladder or an external version. The integral ladder is stowed in the port side of the fuselage below the cockpit.
Fuel system - Forward transfer tank
Throughout the aircraft flexible couplings connect the fuel pipework built into the three main fuselage sections and wings. These provide a simple method to connect the fuel tanks, which all have fuel-flow proportioners to maintain the centre of gravity alongside relief valves to maintain air and fuel pressures. The intelligent computer-controlled fuel system ensures long-range, flexibility and safety.
Rockwell B-1B Lancer arriving into RAF Fairford on deployment for the first time since September 2020
PHILIPPINE SEA Nov. 6, 2020) -Quartermaster 1st Class Robert Waldrep, from Harker Heights, Texas, teaches Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Kelly Jocelyn, from L’borantie Ganieves, Haiti, how to secure a line aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54). Curtis Wilbur is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin T. Liston/Released)
Supporting legs provide extra stability when the mortar is deployed. The mortar itself has powerful dampers, that absorb most of the recoil.
Arizona Army National Guard Sgt. Cynthia Hernandez, an aircraft structural repairer in Company B, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, works on an AH-64 Apache helicopter at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 27, 2016. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Kummer)
CORAL SEA (July 11, 2019) - The Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails alongside, from right to left, the U.S. Navy’s Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), the Royal Canadian Navy’s HMAS Regina, ¬the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s JS Ise (DDH 182), USCGC Stratton (CGC 752), and USS McCampbell (DDG 85) during Talisman Sabre 2019. Talisman Sabre 2019 illustrates the closeness of the Australian and U.S. alliance and the strength of the military-to-military relationship. This is the eighth iteration of this exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gabriel A. Martinez) 190122-N-ZF088-0218
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Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District’s Forward Engineer Support Team – Advance participate in Exercise Arctic Edge April 20-30, 2010, where they assisted with aerial route reconnaissance, bridge assessment and contingency gap crossing expertise. Read more about it at www.army.mil/-news/2010/04/07/36961-europe-engineer-suppo... (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)
USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913) family members wait on the pier in Key West, Florida, Sept. 12, 2022. The cutter's crew returned home following a 92-day deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)
151212-N-YB023-071 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 12, 2015) E2-C Hawkeyes from the “Black Eagles” of Early Warning Airborne Squadron (VAW) 113 fly over the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are deployed in support of Southern Seas 2015. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Clemente A. Lynch/Released)
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ARABIAN SEA (June 30, 2019) Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman David Lau, from Mobile, Ala., plays the guitar during a church service held in the forecastle of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tristan Kyle Labuguen/Released)
Staff deploy weighted recycled Christmas trees to create fish habitat in Wye Mills Lake, winter 2020.
Deploying the MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Net Environmental Sensing System) on Lake Michigan, May 8, 2015. Credit: NOAA
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FWC Division of Law Enforcement storm response Hurricane Harvey; August 29, 2017.
FWC photo by Robert Klepper
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I photographed a very special family farewelling their sailor husband/father for a 6 month deployment to the Middle East. So much emotion, such a beautiful family! The countdown is on for his return in March when I'll be back to capture all the joy.
Navy Lt. Amber Higginson, a medical officer from Bethesda, Md., and Lance Cpl. Reinaldo Reyes, native of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, and Spanish translator from Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Ground Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, check a child for skin rashes at a medical site in a high school gymnasium in Bribri, Costa Rica, Aug. 23, 2010. Marines, sailors and USS Iwo Jima personnel are ported in Limon, Costa Rica, providing medical, dental, veterinary, community relations and engineering services to Costa Ricans as part of the CP10 mission during their deployment to the Caribbean, Central and South America.
AL-JAHRA, Kuwait – Soldiers deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom got a taste of Kuwaiti culture when they participated in a Diwaniyah, a social event that combines elements of a town hall meeting, a formal dinner banquet and a night club soiree.
A majority of the 17 troops that boarded a bus on that brisk Jan. 12 afternoon did not know what to expect beyond the fact that their hosts awaited them at their mukhayyam, a collection of tents situated outside the city limits of Al-Jahra, Kuwait. After a 90-minute drive along the desert landscape, the Soldiers stepped off their cramped coach and onto the courtyard of a lavishly decorated khaima tent complete with an archway entrance, a lighted pathway, a bubbling fountain and a grass lawn.
After making formal introductions the Soldiers took off their shoes and sat on the khaima tent's carpeted floor lined with cushions and pillows. Their hosts soon served tea and hors d'oeuvres while discussing current events. Although typically a male only congregation, the Kuwaitis broke tradition by welcoming the female Soldiers into the conversation.
The discussion gave way to a melody when Abdullah Al Omir, a well known musician among the local populace, picked up a lute—the predecessor to the guitar—and played “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Omir then handed the instrument to the Soldiers, some of whom played a few chords.
Later in the evening more musicians set up their lutes, drums, keyboards and violins and played popular Arabic songs. The catchy tunes inspired Americans and Kuwaitis alike to dance the night away.
Between songs and dances the attendees were drawn to a nearby khaima tent enveloped in the mouth-watering smells of an Arabic dinner buffet. There the guests dined on rice, soup, lamb, fish, chicken, salad and an assortment of desserts.
At 11 p.m. the Soldiers said farewell to their Kuwaiti hosts with both parties promising that they will meet again under similar circumstances.
The trip was made possible in part by the 143d ESC's civil affairs section.
“That was the real thing,” said Sgt. 1st Class Cesar E.Rivera, the 143d ESC's G-9 noncommissioned officer-in-charge, as he reflected on the night's events. “By participating in these kinds of engagements, we have a unique opportunity to gain a better understanding of the local Kuwaiti culture while learning more about Islamic customs.”
Story and photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC Public Affairs
November 8, 2016
Ingleside, Texas
An oil spill removal organization (OSRO), deploys a Transrec weir skimmer over the side of one of its vessels during a spill response exercise. BSEE Preparedness Analysts from the Oil Spill Preparedness Division (OSPD) regularly inspect these types of equipment and observe industry training and exercise activities to ensure compliance with regulations and to monitor the overall vigor of the oil spill preparedness and response community.
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U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 228th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade, South Carolina National Guard gathered during a deployment ceremony. The South Carolina Army National Guard conducted a deployment ceremony at the University Readiness Center in Spartanburg, S.C., Jan. 15, 2023. Soldiers and families congregated to say their goodbyes as service members deployed to the U.S. Central Command region. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Karla N. Evans)
Panorama of Perseverance images of under the rover. Of interest is the partially visible Ingenuity helicopter being ready to be deployed for a flight, probably in April. Ingenuity is visible sticking out the bottom of Perseverance. Color/processing variant.
over Saudi Arabia during the Iran-Iraq War in the Persian Gulf. 35mm Kodacolor 200 film. In September 1980 four E-3s and almost 200 wing members deployed to Saudi Arabia in an operation called "Elf One," which continued for 8.5 years. We provided "round-the-clock" airborne radar coverage. In March 1988, wing personnel were authorized wear of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for continued service in the Persian Gulf arena.
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Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe's 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, board a plane at Ramstein Air Base, Germany Dec. 2 to start an expected yearlong deployment to Turkey. The air defenders are headed to the Turkish city of Gazantiep, where they will replace the 3rd Battalion, 2nd ADA from Fort Sill, Okla., in fulfilling the U.S. commitment to a NATO mission to augment Turkish air defenses. Batteries from NATO allies Germany and the Netherlands are also taking part in the mission, which began last December, from bases at other sites in Turkey. (Photo by Sgt. Dan Cole)
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U.S. Army Africa’s G-4 Mobility Division added a sophisticated piece of equipment to its inventory recently that will augment the command’s ability to deploy and re-deploy a wide range of vehicles and cargo in short order.
The arrival at Vicenza of the Deployable Automated Cargo Measurement System (DACMS) drew more than a dozen logistics professionals from Army Africa and the U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza Directorate of Logistics to a briefing, demonstration and hands-on training at Caserma Ederle Aug. 30.
“What we learned last year during exercise Natural Fire 10 is that U.S. Army Africa may be supported by National Guard and Reserve units,” said Alex Menzies, USARAF, G-4 Mobility Division, Air Branch. Many units deploy without their unit movement officers, said Menzies, so Army Africa needs the capability to process and move equipment in country, often in remote locations and under austere conditions.
“This will help us with our through-put at any node, any APOD or SPOD (Aerial Port or Seaport of Disembarkation). With that set-up, you’re saving a lot of time,” said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Terry Throm, G-4 mobility warrant officer.
Lacking tools such as the DACMS made re-deployment of equipment a time-consuming and, occasionally, an iffy proposition.
“We did it the old-fashioned way, with pen and pencil and spreadsheet. We decided we needed the equipment … to be self-sufficient,” Throm said.
The DACMS, which consists of two-laser enabled reading posts and a set of digital, floor-pad sensors, is marketed by Intercomp Weighing of Medina, Minn., and costs $127,000. It electronically measures key data points and automatically enters them into electronic load planning systems, Menzies said.
The latest in vehicle processing technology, the unit is being fielded throughout U.S. military force projection platform locations, including Ramstein, Germany, and Aviano, Italy, said Menzies.
Its efficiency will reduce Installation Staging Area processing time significantly and minimize the deploying organization’s manpower requirements, he said.
“It alleviates a lot of the hands-on we have to do,” said Sgt. 1st Class Marina Dennis, USARAF G-4 Mobility NCOIC. “It cuts down a lot of the time.”
As if to make her point, garrison logistics personnel drove a trailer-bearing Highly Mobile, Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) through the electronic reading posts and over the weighing pads. Within 15 seconds, and without the vehicle operator having to come to a halt, the DACMS had measured and recorded its length, breadth, height, weight, number of axles and center of weight.
Army Africa is likely to put the unit to full use during exercises and training in the year ahead such as the 2011 episodes of Atlas Drop, Judicious Response and Natural Fire, said Menzies.
In addition to deploying the unit to the field, Army Africa can make the DACMS available to other commands and units in Vicenza, for instance the 173rd Airborne Brigade or the garrison Directorate of Logistics, said Throm.
And when it comes to going mobile, The DACMS can fit on a standard Air Force load pallet and be moved quickly to wherever it is needed.
“It’s part of our fly-away kit,” said Menzies.
“We’re hoping it’s a system for the 21st century,” said Throm.
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joel Hamlet, left, an aircraft electrical and navigation systems craftsman and Staff Sgt. Michael Kozak, right, an aircraft communications and navigation systems craftsman, both from the 43rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., review C-17 Globemaster III aircraft technical orders during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise on Jan. 27, 2015. By interacting and working closely with their joint partners, Mobility Airmen are able to develop refinements to processes and procedures that can potentially enhance the effectiveness of real-world operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marvin Krause)
The Sam Board(tm) is a WiFi connectivity solution for a tower site. It is a pre-packaged, standard tower board solution that allows Inveneo to separate the board design skill from the board deployment skill. Configurations for each onboard device are generated by a network design team, and complete Sam Boards are passed to deployment teams prior to installation. This allows us to quickly roll out new network locations using multiple in-country teams.
The Sam Board fits either in the telecom cabinet or in an outdoor enclosure. It's double layer design is very compact since the inside of a telecom cabinet usually has very limited space. When the board can't fit inside the cabinet, we have an outdoor weather proof enclosure that can be installed independent of the tower cabinet although the Sam Board can still receive power from it.
The board hosts the following devices:
1. Tower router
2. Managed switch for VLANs to be created and managed
3. Power controller/converter receives -48volt power from the tower cabinet, and runs it through a electronic fuse which protects rest of equipment on board. It also allows for remote power cycling of all the connected devices.
4. DC power strip connects the power controller to the devices on the board including the wifi gear mounted on the tower.
5. PoE injectors power devices using ethernet cable
The board powers a full WiFi antenna tower setup, including a number of configurations. One common example is 2 point-to-point WiFi dishes (one receiving internet and the other sending it off) and 4 local area distribution sector antennas. This equipment is mounted high on the tower and relays data to Sam Board router and switch that ties the tower to the rest of the wide area network.
The Sam Board is named for Sam Perales, who is proudly showing off his creation in the photo.
A visit to the National Trust property that is Penrhyn Castle
Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, in the form of a Norman castle. It was originally a medieval fortified manor house, founded by Ednyfed Fychan. In 1438, Ioan ap Gruffudd was granted a licence to crenellate and he founded the stone castle and added a tower house. Samuel Wyatt reconstructed the property in the 1780s.
The present building was created between about 1822 and 1837 to designs by Thomas Hopper, who expanded and transformed the building beyond recognition. However a spiral staircase from the original property can still be seen, and a vaulted basement and other masonry were incorporated into the new structure. Hopper's client was George Hay Dawkins-Pennant, who had inherited the Penrhyn estate on the death of his second cousin, Richard Pennant, who had made his fortune from slavery in Jamaica and local slate quarries. The eldest of George's two daughters, Juliana, married Grenadier Guard, Edward Gordon Douglas, who, on inheriting the estate on George's death in 1845, adopted the hyphenated surname of Douglas-Pennant. The cost of the construction of this vast 'castle' is disputed, and very difficult to work out accurately, as much of the timber came from the family's own forestry, and much of the labour was acquired from within their own workforce at the slate quarry. It cost the Pennant family an estimated £150,000. This is the current equivalent to about £49,500,000.
Penrhyn is one of the most admired of the numerous mock castles built in the United Kingdom in the 19th century; Christopher Hussey called it, "the outstanding instance of Norman revival." The castle is a picturesque composition that stretches over 600 feet from a tall donjon containing family rooms, through the main block built around the earlier house, to the service wing and the stables.
It is built in a sombre style which allows it to possess something of the medieval fortress air despite the ground-level drawing room windows. Hopper designed all the principal interiors in a rich but restrained Norman style, with much fine plasterwork and wood and stone carving. The castle also has some specially designed Norman-style furniture, including a one-ton slate bed made for Queen Victoria when she visited in 1859.
Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant, 4th Lord Penrhyn, died in 1949, and the castle and estate passed to his niece, Lady Janet Pelham, who, on inheritance, adopted the surname of Douglas-Pennant. In 1951, the castle and 40,000 acres (160 km²) of land were accepted by the treasury in lieu of death duties from Lady Janet. It now belongs to the National Trust and is open to the public. The site received 109,395 visitors in 2017.
Grade I Listed Building
History
The present house, built in the form of a vast Norman castle, was constructed to the design of Thomas Hopper for George Hay Dawkins-Pennant between 1820 and 1837. It has been very little altered since.
The original house on the site was a medieval manor house of C14 origin, for which a licence to crenellate was given at an unknown date between 1410 and 1431. This house survived until c1782 when it was remodelled in castellated Gothick style, replete with yellow mathematical tiles, by Samuel Wyatt for Richard Pennant. This house, the great hall of which is incorporated in the present drawing room, was remodelled in c1800, but the vast profits from the Penrhyn slate quarries enabled all the rest to be completely swept away by Hopper's vast neo-Norman fantasy, sited and built so that it could be seen not only from the quarries, but most parts of the surrounding estate, thereby emphasizing the local dominance of the Dawkins-Pennant family. The total cost is unknown but it cannot have been less than the £123,000 claimed by Catherine Sinclair in 1839.
Since 1951 the house has belonged to the National Trust, together with over 40,000 acres of the family estates around Ysbyty Ifan and the Ogwen valley.
Exterior
Country house built in the style of a vast Norman castle with other later medieval influences, so huge (its 70 roofs cover an area of over an acre (0.4ha)) that it almost defies meaningful description. The main components of the house, which is built on a north-south axis with the main elevations to east and west, are the 124ft (37.8m) high keep, based on Castle Hedingham (Essex) containing the family quarters on the south, the central range, protected by a 'barbican' terrace on the east, housing the state apartments, and the rectangular-shaped staff/service buildings and stables to the north. The whole is constructed of local rubblestone with internal brick lining, but all elevations are faced in tooled Anglesey limestone ashlar of the finest quality jointing; flat lead roofs concealed by castellated parapets. Close to, the extreme length of the building (it is about 200 yards (182.88m) long) and the fact that the ground slopes away on all sides mean that almost no complete elevation can be seen. That the most frequent views of the exterior are oblique also offered Hopper the opportunity to deploy his towers for picturesque effect, the relationship between the keep and the other towers and turrets frequently obscuring the distances between them. Another significant external feature of the castle is that it actually looks defensible making it secure at least from Pugin's famous slur of 1841 on contemporary "castles" - "Who would hammer against nailed portals, when he could kick his way through the greenhouse?" Certainly, this could never be achieved at Penrhyn and it looks every inch the impregnable fortress both architect and patron intended it to be.
East elevation: to the left is the loosely attached 4-storey keep on battered plinth with 4 tiers of deeply splayed Norman windows, 2 to each face, with chevron decoration and nook-shafts, topped by 4 square corner turrets. The dining room (distinguished by the intersecting tracery above the windows) and breakfast room to the right of the entrance gallery are protected by the long sweep of the machicolated 'barbican' terrace (carriage forecourt), curved in front of the 2 rooms and then running northwards before returning at right-angles to the west to include the gatehouse, which formed the original main entrance to the castle, and ending in a tall rectangular tower with machicolated parapet. To the right of the gatehouse are the recessed buildings of the kitchen court and to the right again the long, largely unbroken outer wall of the stable court, terminated by the square footmen's tower to the left and the rather more exuberant projecting circular dung tower with its spectacularly cantilevered bartizan on the right. From here the wall runs at right-angles to the west incorporating the impressive gatehouse to the stable court.
West elevation: beginning at the left is the hexagonal smithy tower, followed by the long run of the stable court, well provided with windows on this side as the stables lie directly behind. At the end of this the wall turns at right-angles to the west, incorporating the narrow circular-turreted gatehouse to the outer court and terminating in the machicolated circular ice tower. From here the wall runs again at a lower height enclosing the remainder of the outer court. It is, of course, the state apartments which make up the chief architectural display on the central part of this elevation, beginning with a strongly articulated but essentially rectangular tower to the left, while both the drawing room and the library have Norman windows leading directly onto the lawns, the latter terminating in a slender machicolated circular corner tower. To the right is the keep, considerably set back on this side.
Interior
Only those parts of the castle generally accessible to visitors are recorded in this description. Although not described here much of the furniture and many of the paintings (including family portraits) are also original to the house. Similarly, it should be noted that in the interests of brevity and clarity, not all significant architectural features are itemised in the following description.
Entrance gallery: one of the last parts of the castle to be built, this narrow cloister-like passage was added to the main block to heighten the sensation of entering the vast Grand Hall, which is made only partly visible by the deliberate offsetting of the intervening doorways; bronze lamp standards with wolf-heads on stone bases. Grand Hall: entering the columned aisle of this huge space, the visitor stands at a cross-roads between the 3 principal areas of the castle's plan; to the left the passage leads up to the family's private apartments on the 4 floors of the keep, to the right the door at the end leads to the extensive service quarters while ahead lies the sequence of state rooms used for entertaining guests and displayed to the public ever since the castle was built. The hall itself resembles in form, style and scale the transept of a great Norman cathedral, the great clustered columns extending upwards to a "triforium" formed on 2 sides of extraordinary compound arches; stained glass with signs of the zodiac and months of the year as in a book of hours by Thomas Willement (completed 1835). Library: has very much the atmosphere of a gentlemen’s London club with walls, columned arches and ceilings covered in the most lavish ornamentation; superb architectural bookcases and panelled walls are of oak but the arches are plaster grained to match; ornamental bosses and other devices to the rich plaster ceiling refer to the ancestry of the Dawkins and Pennant families, as do the stained glass lunettes above the windows, possibly by David Evans of Shrewsbury; 4 chimneypieces of polished Anglesey "marble", one with a frieze of fantastical carved mummers in the capitals. Drawing room (great hall of the late C18 house and its medieval predecessor): again in a neo-Norman style but the decoration is lighter and the columns more slender, the spirit of the room reflected in the 2000 delicate Maltese gilt crosses to the vaulted ceiling. Ebony room: so called on account of its furniture and "ebonised" chimneypiece and plasterwork, has at its entrance a spiral staircase from the medieval house. Grand Staircase hall: in many ways the greatest architectural achievement at Penrhyn, taking 10 years to complete, the carving in 2 contrasting stones of the highest quality; repeating abstract decorative motifs contrast with the infinitely inventive figurative carving in the newels and capitals; to the top the intricate plaster panels of the domed lantern are formed in exceptionally high relief and display both Norse and Celtic influences. Next to the grand stair is the secondary stair, itself a magnificent structure in grey sandstone with lantern, built immediately next to the grand stair so that family or guests should not meet staff on the same staircase. Reached from the columned aisle of the grand hall are the 2 remaining principal ground-floor rooms, the dining room and the breakfast room, among the last parts of the castle to be completed and clearly intended to be picture galleries as much as dining areas, the stencilled treatment of the walls in the dining room allowing both the provision of an appropriately elaborate "Norman" scheme and a large flat surface for the hanging of paintings; black marble fireplace carved by Richard Westmacott and extremely ornate ceiling with leaf bosses encircled by bands of figurative mouldings derived from the Romanesque church of Kilpeck, Herefordshire. Breakfast room has cambered beam ceiling with oak-grained finish.
Grand hall gallery: at the top of the grand staircase is vaulted and continues around the grand hall below to link with the passage to the keep, which at this level (as on the other floors) contains a suite of rooms comprising a sitting room, dressing room, bedroom and small ante-chamber, the room containing the famous slate bed also with a red Mona marble chimneypiece, one of the most spectacular in the castle. Returning to the grand hall gallery and continuing straight on rather than returning to the grand staircase the Lower India room is reached to the right: this contains an Anglesey limestone chimneypiece painted to match the ground colour of the room's Chinese wallpaper. Coming out of this room, the chapel corridor leads to the chapel gallery (used by the family) and the chapel proper below (used by staff), the latter with encaustic tiles probably reused from the old medieval chapel; stained and painted glass by David Evans (c1833).
The domestic quarters of the castle are reached along the passage from the breakfast room, which turns at right-angles to the right at the foot of the secondary staircase, the most important areas being the butler's pantry, steward's office, servants' hall, housekeeper's room, still room, housekeeper's store and housemaids' tower, while the kitchen (with its cast-iron range flanked by large and hygienic vertical slabs of Penrhyn slate) is housed on the lower ground floor. From this kitchen court, which also includes a coal store, oil vaults, brushing room, lamp room, pastry room, larder, scullery and laundry are reached the outer court with its soup kitchen, brewhouse and 2-storey ice tower and the much larger stables court which, along with the stables themselves containing their extensive slate-partitioned stalls and loose boxes, incorporates the coach house, covered ride, smithy tower, dung tower with gardeners' messroom above and footmen's tower.
Reasons for Listing
Included at Grade I as one of the most important large country houses in Wales; a superb example of the relatively short-lived Norman Revival of the early C19 and generally regarded as the masterpiece of its architect, Thomas Hopper.
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Spc. Amoury Carabello, left, a medic with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard’s 1013th Sapper Company and Spc. Nicole Roper of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 724th Engineer Battalion, treat a notional “casualty” during a mobilization training exercise at Fort McCoy, Wis., April 3. The 1013th has been attached to the 724th for its upcoming deployment to Iraq. 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Jopek
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 8, 2016) The Rt Honorable Philip Hammond MP, left, Secretary of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and the Rt Honorable Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defense, address media during a press conference on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Secretary of State for Defense's visit to Ronald Reagan reflects the strong relationship between the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and their partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Paolo Bayas/Released)
KUWAIT (Aug. 26, 2015) U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire an AT4 light anti-tank weapon during a live-fire training exercise. Elements of the 15th MEU are ashore in Kuwait for sustainment training to maintain and enhance the skills they developed during their pre-deployment training period. The 15th MEU is embarked aboard the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey/Released)
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Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe's 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, board a plane for deployment to Turkey in support of a NATO mission to augment Turkish air defenses, Dec. 2. Two Patriot missile batteries from the 5-7th are replacing members of the 3rd Battalion, 2nd ADA from Fort Sill, Okla., who has been fulfilling the U.S. commitment to the mission in the Turkish city of Gaziantep since last December. Patriot batteries from Germany and the Netherlands are taking part in the mission as well, from bases at other sites in Turkey. (Photo by Sgt. Dan Cole)
Polish Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter deploys it's breaking chute while landing at RIAT 2014.
Got me thinking while I was posting this shot, is it normal to deploy a breaking parachute before the aircraft touches down on the runway?.. Must be an interesting moment in the cockpit.
February 9, 2020
Galveston, TX
A spill response operating team (SROT) from an oil spill removal organization (OSRO) prepares to deploy a drum skimmer over the side of their vessel as part of a training activity. BSEE Preparedness Analysts from the Oil Spill Preparedness Division (OSPD) regularly inspect this type of equipment and observe industry training and exercise activities to ensure compliance with regulations and to monitor the overall vigor of the oil spill preparedness and response community.
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5th Canadian Division’s Immediate Response Unit (IRU), supporting Joint Task Force Atlantic, has been deployed to Cape Breton to help provincial authorities respond to the damages caused by Hurricane Fiona. The IRU is ready to assist Atlantic Canadians in crisis and to help mitigate the impact of the hurricane.
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces respond to the province of Nova Scotia’s request for assistance with relief efforts during Operations LENTUS, in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona that took place on September 24, 2022.
L'Unité d'intervention immédiate (UI) de la 5e Division du Canada, qui soutient la Force opérationnelle interarmées de l'Atlantique, a été déployée au Cap-Breton pour aider les autorités provinciales à faire face aux dommages causés par l'ouragan Fiona. L'UI est prête à aider les Canadiens de l'Atlantique en situation de crise et à atténuer l'impact de l'ouragan.
Des membres des Forces armées canadiennes répondent à la demande d'aide de la province de la Nouvelle-Écosse dans le cadre de l’opération LENTUS, à la suite de l'ouragan Fiona qui a eu lieu le 24 septembre 2022.