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Rail ties awaiting refurbishment at Jinja, Uganda, Sept. 14, 2010.
U.S. Army photo by John Hanson
Railways, the technology that transformed Europe and America in the 19th century, may yet play a significant role in the future economic development of Uganda.
Two U.S. Army logisticians, John Hanson from U.S. Army Africa’s G-4 Programs and Policy Branch, and Lloyd Coakley, from the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command’s Transportation Engineering Agency, conducted a four-day assessment of Ugandan railway infrastructure Sept. 13-17 at the request of the Uganda People’s Defense Force’s Engineer Brigade.
The mission was to determine the current operational status of the Uganda railway system and its rolling stock, to assess the capability of UPDF personnel to rehabilitate the network, and to identify potential sites for training and repair operations. USARAF and SDDC were invited to contribute their expertise by Brig. Gen. Timothy Sabiiti, commander of the Uganda People’s Defense Force’s Engineer Brigade, Hanson said.
“He’s been charged with assisting in the rehabilitation of the railways. It would have a very positive economic impact, including natural resource development. It’s a five-year plan, a complete rehabilitation of the railroad. That’s why they’re doing it. It’s all civil development, but the railroad would be used by the military, too. It would enhance their mobility,” Hanson said.
Ugandan assessment team members included Engineer Murungi Daudi, Brig. Gen. George Etyang, Nakaliika Rahmat, Lt. Col. Luke Arikosi, and Engineer Kyamugambi Kasingye. Hanson, Coakley, and their Ugandan hosts, accompanied by a representative of the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, assessed the railroad stations and infrastructure in Jinja, Tororo, Mbale, Kumi, Soroti, Lira and Gulu. They also toured the Nalukolongo Railway Repair Facility in Kampala, he said.
“It’s a significant percentage of the railroad, the majority of the rail lines. We saw almost the entire rail line that has not been completely abandoned,” Hanson said.
The assessment team found the condition of the Ugandan system to vary greatly by region. The railway is still fully functional and operating in the Jinja-Tororo area, Hanson said. Tororo is the easternmost link on the line before it crosses into Kenya, heading for the coast at Mombasa.
As the team progressed north, however, damaged rails were common place, and track along the western section, from Gulu to Pakwach, is in general disrepair, a result of the area being for years under control of the Lord’s Resistance Army.
“It’s been pretty much abandoned since then,” Hanson said.
Nonetheless, the Ugandan-American team could clearly see the potential for future reconstruction.
“The Ugandan government and the UPDF are committed to returning their railway system to a fully operational status. SDDC and USARAF can assist in this effort to help build capacity, not only in Uganda, but eventually throughout the region,” Coakley said.
“It was great to partner with another Army Service Component Command on the continent,” said Hanson. “The engineers from SDDC have a lot of experience and expertise that can assist USARAF in finding solutions to the transportation and mobility issues we face throughout most of Africa.”
The railroads came to East Africa just before the turn of the 20th century, in the hey-day of European colonial expansion, and England and Germany in particular were in competition to build systems to extract the natural resources of what are today Kenya and Uganda. Beginning in the 1890s, both countries undertook mammoth engineering projects to build railroads from the Indian Ocean coast to Lake Victoria in the interior.
The development had profound economic and demographic impacts on the entire region. The influx of workers from British India to build the railways resulted in thriving Indian diaspora communities in both present day Uganda and Kenya; the growth of rail construction centers and nodes stimulated the establishment of such urban centers as Kisumu (then called Port Florence) and Nairobi, both in Kenya.
The Ugandan rail line finally reached Kampala in 1931. The northern branch, beginning in Tororo, was extended to Soroti by 1929 and reached Pakwach only in 1964.
The presently serviceable rolling stock consists of approximately 1,000 wagons and 35 diesel hydraulic locomotives, said Hanson, and though activity has been dormant in some areas for decades, and clearly in need of rehabilitation, the Ugandan system holds great promise for the future.
“SDDC has produced numerous studies on African seaports and infrastructure in the past. USARAF needs to synchronize our efforts with SDDC as they identify future locations to conduct their analyses,” Hanson said.
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March 16, 2020: As part of the response to COVID-19, HHS is deploying personal protective equipment from the Strategic National Stockpile.
EAST CHINA SEA (August 22, 2018) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Jackie Curry, from Tampa, Florida, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, removes fasteners from a wing panel on a F/A-18E Super Hornet aboard the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyleigh Williams)
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)
6862.Divers working from a landing craft are helping to prepare the 1,398 ton Army support ship JOHN MONASH AS3051 at her Woolwich, Sydney base for her first and only deployment to Vung Tau, Vietnam. As we've stated earlier, a deployment in 1971 was cancelled while the ship was en route.
Photo: Ron McIntosh, it appears here with permission, and was initially uploaded on Ron's Flickr photostream, called Rons Finds, which can be found here:
WATERS TO THE WEST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA (March 10, 2015) Engineman 1st Class Miguel Cantu, left, and Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class John Dahlstrom, right, both assigned to Surface Warfare Mission Package, Detachment 1, attach an 11-meter rigid hull inflatable boat to the launch, handle and recovery system aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) during Foal Eagle 2015. Foal Eagle is a series of annual training events that are defense-oriented and designed to increase readiness and maintain stability on the Korean Peninsula while strengthening the ROK-U.S. alliance and promoting regional peace and stability. Fort Worth is currently on a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the U.S. Navy’s strategic rebalance and is operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Conor Minto/Released)
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, Niagara Falls, NY- Soldiers from the 27th infantry Brigade Combat Team, are visited by Major General Raymond Shields, Commander New York Army National Guard today, while awaiting airlift for their deployment. General Shields gave the Soldiers words of encouragement and wished them well on their mission to Ukraine.
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)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA, October. 4. 2017. Spanish Marine tactical vehicles (VAMTAC) are deployed aboard a French Navy Landing Catamaran (LCAT) during amphibious assault training as part of exercise Brilliant Mariner 17. Brilliant Mariner 2017 is a NATO-Led interoperability exercise to certify French Maritime Component Command (MCC) capability in preparation to assume the role of NATO Response Force (Maritime) 2018. Brilliant Mariner 2017 focuses on training NATO Nations operations on the littoral operations within the frame of a crisis response scenario. Brilliant Mariner 2017 involves more than 3500 service members from 13 nations, 27 warships, 2 Maritime Patrol Aircraft, 1 submarine and various amphibious assets. NATO Photo by FRAN CPO Christian Valverde.
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.
Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations deploy a new asset to protect the United States. Marine Interdiction Agents use the Coastal Interceptor Vessel in coastal waters to combat maritime smuggling and defend the waterways along our nation’s border from acts of terrorism. The 41-Foot Interceptor Class Coastal Interceptor Vessel provides Marine Interdiction Agents with the protection, mobility, and reliability to intercept and apprehend maritime smugglers. The Coastal Interceptor Vessel will be deployed to marine units nationwide, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, throughout southeast Florida, and in San Diego, California. Photos by James Tourtellotte.
SURIGAO STRAIT (July 3, 2017) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), observe a moment of silence during a Battle of Leyte Gulf Commemoration Ceremony on the fantail, July 3, 2017, in the in the Surigao Strait. The Battle of Leyte Gulf raged from Oct. 23-26, 1944, pitting the Imperial Japanese navy against the Allied forces from the United States and Australia and was the last great battleship engagement in history. Nimitz is currently on deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia Pacific routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional peace and security. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cole Schroeder)
Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) logisticians practice palletizing techniques during a hands-on segment of Uganda ADAPT 2010, a mentoring program conducted in Entebbe, Uganda, that resulted in certifying 25 soldiers as C-130 aircraft load planners.
U.S. Army photo by Gordon Christensen
A U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) organized Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Team (ADAPT) recently trained, and for the first time ever, certified 25 soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) as C-130 aircraft load planners in Entebbe, Uganda.
A five-person team, led by Gordon Christensen of Army Africa’s G-4 Mobility Division, completed Phase III training with UPDF soldiers Aug. 27 in Entebbe, Uganda, said John Hanson, chief of the G-4 Policy and Programs Branch.
“This was the first actual air load certification we’ve done, of all the previous ADAPT engagements,” Hanson said. “That’s what makes it unique.”
Two weeks of classroom instruction and hands-on training enabled 25 of 31 students to earn U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command Form 9 certification, significantly augmenting the Uganda land force’s air deployment capability, while developing greater interoperability with U.S. military forces, Hanson said.
The ADAPT program, developed to enhance the force projection capabilities of African militaries, is managed by the USARAF G-4 staff. Its aim is to bridge the gap between limited deployment capacity and the need to provide forces in support of peacekeeping or humanitarian relief operations, Hanson said.
“We’re building capacity for people to deploy, to do their own missions,” he said.
Even when the training doesn’t lead to actual U.S. Air Force certification, as it did this time in Uganda, it contributes to an enhanced deployment capacity for the land force involved, Hanson said.
“That’s the intent. They can’t do the certification, but they can continue to train their own people. Then we back off and they continue to do that,” he said.
The program is a Title 22 tactical logistics engagement funded by the U.S. Department of State, and focuses on African countries that contribute troops to peacekeeping operations, Hanson said.
Training is executed in four installments in order to create a long-term, phased approach to building deployment capacity, Hanson said. Instructors take students from a general orientation to tactical deployment principles to an advanced level of practical proficiency.
Instructors for the UPDF course were sourced using the Request For Forces (RFF) process, Hanson said.
Christensen was accompanied U.S. Army Capt. Jedmund Greene of 21st Theater Support Command’s 16th Sustainment Brigade, based in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and three Air Force noncommissioned officers: Tech. Sgt. Venus Washington, Robbins Air Force Base, Ga.; Tech. Sgt. Byran Quinn, Pope Air Force Base, N.C.; and Senior Master Sgt. Anthony D. Tate of the Illinois Air National Guard.
“The training helped to strengthen the relationship with our Ugandan partners, and also helped them build a self-sustaining deployment capacity,” Greene said. “I hope 21st TSC can increase its support to USARAF logistics theater security cooperation events in the future.”
Army Africa’s G-4 staff is presently working to synchronize ADAPT with the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program. A proof of concept joint training was conducted with ACOTA in Rwanda earlier this year, combining tactical- and support-staff training in logistics with the more complex operational techniques of force deployment and mobility, Hanson said.
The Rwanda training demonstrated the feasibility of combining available U.S. government resources to achieve the most efficient and focused effort to advance common foreign policy objectives with U.S. partners in Africa, he said.
To date, ADAPT missions have been funded for eight African countries. Previous training sessions have been conducted in Rwanda, Ghana and Burkina Faso as well as Uganda, and the number is likely to grow in coming years, Hanson said.
“The programs were identified as being of interest to several other countries during the Army Africa Theater Army Security Cooperation Conference, held in Vicenza in August,” Hanson said.
The next planned ADAPT mission is for Phase I training in Botswana, scheduled for the first quarter of 2011, he said.
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Not only do they give off the same navigational beacon and energy signatures, even a quick visual won't tell you which one is which.
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.
Photo by: BSEE
Type 23 Frigate HMS Montrose is waved off by family members on the shore at Plymouth, Devon.
The vessel was deploying for anti-piracy operations to the Gulf of Aden.
South West Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose deploys to the Horn of Africa and Somali Basin today on counter-piracy operations.
The ship is leaving her homeport of HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, this afternoon to join a NATO lead task group engaged in counter-piracy in the region. The Type 23 frigate will also be employed in general maritime security operations while ready for any other crisis response tasking that may be required at any time.
The ship’s crew also comprises a team of Royal Marines having exercised their full range of counter-piracy capabilities using HMS Montrose’s Lynx helicopter and fast rigid inflatable boats. Images taken by LA(PHOT) Dan hooper on 09/08/10.
Photographer: LA(Phot) Dan Hooper
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U.S. Army paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, load onto U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft from the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., on Green Ramp, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Jan. 27, 2015, during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise. Five hundred paratroopers were airdropped onto Wright Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, Ga., from five C-17 transport aircraft 18 hours after notification. As the nucleus of the nation's Global Response Force, the 82nd Airborne Division provides a strategic hedge for combatant commanders with a responsive, agile and operationally significant response force that is flexible in size and composition to accomplish missions anywhere in the world. Air Mobility Command's participation also illustrates the critical partnership between Mobility Air Forces and the U.S. Army by exercising Joint Forcible Entry: the capability of rapidly introducing forces into hostile environments to conduct operations—whether combat or humanitarian support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marvin Krause)
NORFOLK, Va. (March 5, 2022) Sailors assigned to a Navy Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit and Air Force Airmen from the 301st Airlift Squadron perform final checks on medical equipment and supplies onboard a C-17 prior to take off. The FDPMU team deployed to the European Theater to help care for refugees in Poland. The deployment supports the strong commitment to NATO Allies and to a whole, free and peaceful Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Abraham Essenmacher/Released)
OVER DJIBOUTI - A KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24h Marine Expeditionary Unit, flies over Djibouti City after conducting aerial refueling training September 23, 2012. The training consisted of MV-22B Ospreys and AV-8B Harriers from 24th MEU conducting aerial refueling with the 24th MEU’s KC-130J Hercules planes to practice the skills needed for long-range flight operations. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force for U.S. Central Command in the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Michael Petersheim)
Testing the deployment of the Sentinel-1A radar antenna in the cleanroom at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, on 21 January 2014. As the satellite is designed to operate in orbit, it is hung from a structure during tests to simulate weightlessness.
Credits: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations deploy a new asset to protect the United States. Marine Interdiction Agents use the Coastal Interceptor Vessel in coastal waters to combat maritime smuggling and defend the waterways along our nation’s border from acts of terrorism. The 41-Foot Interceptor Class Coastal Interceptor Vessel provides Marine Interdiction Agents with the protection, mobility, and reliability to intercept and apprehend maritime smugglers. The Coastal Interceptor Vessel will be deployed to marine units nationwide, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, throughout southeast Florida, and in San Diego, California. Photos by James Tourtellotte.
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NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 29, 2009) - Gas Turbine System Technician Mechanical 2nd Class Ezekiel Lopez gives his wife a kiss goodbye before departing on a six-month deployment aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58), Feb. 29. Laboon will be operating in the Sixth Fleet area of responsibility, where it will support theater security cooperation by participating in regional exercises with allies, making diplomatic port calls and responding to any contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW/AW) Maddelin Angebrand/Released)
Testing the deployment of the Sentinel-1A radar antenna in the cleanroom at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, on 21 January 2014. As the satellite is designed to operate in orbit, it is hung from a structure during tests to simulate weightlessness.
Credits: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
iss072e352235 (Dec. 9, 2024) --- A CubeSat is ejected into Earth orbit from a small satellite orbital deployer attached to the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. A series of CubeSats were deployed into Earth orbit on Dec. 9, 2024, for educational research missions designed by Japanese high school and college students. Credit: NASA/Butch Wilmore
Military folks know that deployments are awful. The anxiety does not go away, we usually just get better at hiding it. There is nothing more terrifying to me than the thought of losing my husband. Thankfully, John has been home from his third deployment for over a year now, and I don't have this nightmare often, but during the deployment it was a weekly occurrence.
This image was created last summer for the Young Photographers Alliance Mentoring Program. I applied and was selected to participate for the Anchorage team. I worked with Clark Mishler (www.mishlerphotos.com/) and Jeff Schultz (www.schultzphoto.com/) and my fellow mentee. All the mentees, all over the world, were to create individual series of images based on the word "escape"; For my series, I chose to pursue the escape from reality that dreams provide. Dreams also reveal to us the anxiety and fears we cannot escape from in non-reality and all of my images were based on nightmares I have had.
Heads up: I'll be starting my third 365 project on January 01st, and I created a blog to go along with it because I want to encourage others doing 365s as well. Check it out here: www.mythird365.blogspot.com/
There are already several posts.
Mailboxes are so much more important now.
College letters.
My deployed man-friend-ish.
It's that weird feeling knowing that you can do absolutely nothing about any of it now. Except for wait, and hope for the best. With everything.
Master Sgt. Dennis Mobley, a helicopter crew chief with the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, spends some quality time with his daughter Kailee and his wife, Heidi, while waiting to depart Alaska for Afghanistan May 28, 2012. More than 180 members of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing are deploying for about four months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson)
Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations deploy a new asset to protect the United States. Marine Interdiction Agents use the Coastal Interceptor Vessel in coastal waters to combat maritime smuggling and defend the waterways along our nation’s border from acts of terrorism. The 41-Foot Interceptor Class Coastal Interceptor Vessel provides Marine Interdiction Agents with the protection, mobility, and reliability to intercept and apprehend maritime smugglers. The Coastal Interceptor Vessel will be deployed to marine units nationwide, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, throughout southeast Florida, and in San Diego, California. Photos by James Tourtellotte.