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THE biggest live exercise of its kind ever held in Greater Manchester – Exercise Triton II – came to an end this morning (Friday, July 16, 2016) after months of intense planning.
Around 36 organisations across the region and nationally have been taking part in this major emergency planning exercise which saw dozens of emergency vehicles at sites across Greater Manchester and Chinook helicopters flying across the skies.
The complex scenario used was designed to test how local authorities, emergency services and other partners are equipped to tackle a major emergency working together.
Participating ‘players’ also included the military, government, health and utility companies, as well as voluntary agencies.
The exercise started on Monday, July 11, 2016, with ‘warnings’ from the Met Office regarding adverse weather and from the Environment Agency about the growing risk of regional flooding.
The emergency services, including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), and partners put procedures in place to ensure that where possible properties and critical infrastructure were protected and the public were warned. This theme was carried on through Tuesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
To ensure that both players and plans were tested to their full, a dramatic scenario developed on Thursday, July 14, whereby the bank on the Dove Stone Reservoir in Oldham was breached and water cascaded through a number of boroughs within Greater Manchester.
This meant that evacuation procedures had to be put in place and rest centres set up. Later in the day, a coach ploughed into the River Tame in a mock crash and a full-scale search and rescue operation was carried out.
Paul Argyle, GMFRS’ Deputy County Fire Officer and Chair of Greater Manchester Resilience Forum, said: “Exercise Triton II was a hugely complex emergency planning exercise and I would like to thank all of the agencies that have taken part this week.
"This was a very detailed scenario which had impacts across every part of the region and necessitated a full range of partners taking part.
"The scale of the destruction and chaos in the exercise was deliberately designed to test the region at full stretch.
"We have to do this to ensure we are well prepared to deal with any future real-life event or disaster that might occur – and it is also invaluable that those taking part got the chance to practise essential response skills that would be used during a major incident like this.
"I would particularly like to thank all the volunteers who took part in this exercise. The patience and understanding of local residents and communities on Thursday (as response plans went into effect at 'live' sites) was also greatly appreciated.
“All players have now been 'stood down'. Our next task is to evaluate how the exercise went, step by step. We will want to find out what worked well and crucially to identify and learn any lessons that could help us in the future in real-life situations. I would like to point out that incidents as extreme as this are highly unlikely, but ensuring we practice our response means that we are ready to respond to a variety of scenarios."
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Exercise in lighting with one 300 w studio light, reflector and a speedlight on some shots.
US Army soldiers walk down beach during Exercise Tobruq Arrows in Latvia. Tobruq Arrows is a Latvian-led, multinational short-range air defence exercise intended to enhance interoperability among NATO forces and increase readiness through the integration of land component air missile defence capabilities.
Members from 3 Royal Australian Regiment jump from a 36 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force C130H Hercules as part of Exercise KAPYONG WARRIOR..
Exercise KAPYONG WARRIOR is an annual exercise to mount and insert, via parachute, an Airborne Combat Team. The Airborne Combat Team consists of a normal light Infantry Company from 3 RAR, with its artillery, signals and logistic attachments. The exercise begins with a parachute insertion into a training area, traditionally Singleton, followed by progressive training from blank fire and culminating in a company live fire attack, supported by artillery and Close Air Support (CAS). .
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One of the objectives for Exercise KAPYONG WARRIOR 2005 was to test the procedures that will be used for the deployment of the Airborne Battle Group (ABG) during Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2005. Not only does Exercise KAPYONG WARRIOR test the soldiers, but it also tests the mounting procedures of both 3 RAR and RAAF Richmond, further developing and consolidating the joint nature of the ADF parachute capability..
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What: Exercise Kapyong Warrior Parachuting over Singleton Army Range by 3 Royal Australian Regiment.
Where: Singleton Army Training area, NSW.
Why: Exercise Kapyong Warrior.
Date: 6 May 05.
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Exercise COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 17, which took place at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa from 19 to 22 September, provided an opportunity for Canadian Army stakeholders and civilian leaders to experience a personal and in-depth understanding of Canadian Army capabilities, equipment as well as the professionalism and skill of Canadian soldiers.
Photo By: Pte Thomas Lee, Garrison Imaging Petawawa
L’exercice COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 2017, qui s’est tenu à la Base de soutien de la 4e Division du Canada Petawawa, du 19 au 22 septembre, a procuré à des intervenants liés à l’Armée canadienne et à des dirigeants civils une occasion de voir et de bien comprendre personnellement en quoi consistent les capacités et l’équipement de l’Armée canadienne, de même que de se rendre compte du professionnalisme et des compétences des soldats canadiens.
1st MSC hosts mobilization readiness exercise
Camp Santiago, Salinas: Soldiers of the 1st Mission Support Command's Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment hosted a mobilization readiness exercise at Camp Santiago, P.R., 14-27 March.
During the event, HHD Soldiers completed readiness checks for over 1,000 Soldiers. Events such as this are commonly held annually to ensure that commanders can maintain their unit readiness.
"We try to do this as the units get closer to their available year in order to have them improve their overall readiness and mobilization posture in the event they get selected (for mobilization) down the road", said Gerardo Rodriguez, mobilization officer for the 1st MSC.
Rodriguez said MRXs help units maintain readiness for deployments but they also serve the individual Soldier.
"As part of the MRX ... there are different stations and one of them, one of the most important, is medical. A Soldier is completely checked and whatever cannot be fixed at this location ... the Soldier can go to a private (medical) provider and get that situation fixed and that helps them with their overall readiness",he said.
Soldiers rotate through eleven different stations in total where they are checked in by HHD Soldiers and efficiently move through the station. While the process has been refined over the years at times people still tend to get impatient.
Staff Sgt. Anaselly Ramos, logistics noncommissioned officer with the mobilization team, know the experience can be stressful but to help keep the level of frustration down she leads groups of Soldiers through stations when she sees openings. While each group of Soldiers is instructed to follow the schedule given to them for the MRX, Ramos' method keeps things moving along too.
Keeping track of the entire flow of Soldier traffic is a system called the mobilization plan data viewer.
"It shows all the stations and actually it runs the SRP (MRX) completely", said Spc. Hector Rodriguez, from Bayamon.
"It's tracking each Soldier by station ... you can see how many have completed (the stations) and how many have not",added Rodriguez, who is assigned to the 311th Quartermaster Company.
While the process can be tedious for the Soldiers going from station to station, one Soldier working at the medical readiness station found the MRX to be an opportunity to challenge herself by practicing her public speaking skills.
Spc. Jenniffer Gonzalez Diaz, a traffic management coordinator, who's primary language is Spanish, began giving the medical station briefings to many groups of Soldiers. Gonzalez admits that speaking English is not one of her strengths but her determination brought her recognition among her peers and even the Commanding General of the 1st MSC Brig. Gen. Fernando Fernandez.
"They gave me the opportunity to participate in this activity so I can ... help them in the system with the Soldiers, and I practiced a lot my English",said Gonzalez.
As a member of the the 390th Seaport Company, in Ceiba, Gonzalez recognizes the importance of refining her English language skills. When given the opportunity to refine her abilities when she signed up for the Army, Gonzalez participated in English language courses.
"I improved my English, I practiced my English when I took the class but I knew a little bit of the language because we are Puerto Rico and we are bilingual so we took classes when we started in (grade) school", said Gonzalez.
Gonzalez knows this isn't the only challenge she'll have to overcome in her military career, which is why she stays motivated and maintains a positive attitude.
"The important thing for me is to show people that you are trying, don't get upset, don't get mad if someone corrects you because they are helping you",she said. "If you don't know, ask, so you can learn ... the stuff you learn nobody can take away."
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Exercise COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 17, which took place at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa from 19 to 22 September, provided an opportunity for Canadian Army stakeholders and civilian leaders to experience a personal and in-depth understanding of Canadian Army capabilities, equipment as well as the professionalism and skill of Canadian soldiers.
Photo by: Garrison Imaging Petawawa
L’exercice COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 2017, qui s’est tenu à la Base de soutien de la 4e Division du Canada Petawawa, du 19 au 22 septembre, a procuré à des intervenants liés à l’Armée canadienne et à des dirigeants civils une occasion de voir et de bien comprendre personnellement en quoi consistent les capacités et l’équipement de l’Armée canadienne, de même que de se rendre compte du professionnalisme et des compétences des soldats canadiens.
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Section d'imagerie Petawawa
Our Daily Challenge 14-22 August : For Your Health
I've really missed the swimming pool and have lost weight over the lockdown period, which is all muscle. So I bought this which I hope will help my legs. Not quite the same as a mile of back crawl, but every little helps.
Push up exercise is a perfect exercise to build upper body and core strength. It is a compound exercise that uses muscles in the chest, shoulders, triceps, back, abs, and even the legs. The 30 minutes push up workout challenge should practice on a regular basis for insane upper body strength . Xcross Fitness Channel has many push up exercise videos, so watch the videos and learn different exercises.
A CF-18 Hornet from 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron in Cold Lake, Alberta flies in the Alaskan airspace in preparation for Exercise VIGILANT EAGLE 13 on August 25, 2013-un-edited-Not part of my personal collection
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GULF OF THAILAND (June 8, 2013) - Crash and salvage crew members aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) observe flight deck operations while a Thai Navy S-70B Navyhawk, part of Royal Thai Navy Squadron 02, stationed at U'tapao Air Base, hovers in position during a helicopter in-flight refueling simulation within Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise Thailand 2013. More than 1,200 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Thailand. U.S. Navy ships participating in the exercise include the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) with embarked U.S. Marine Corps landing force, diving and salvage vessel USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) with embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, and Curtis Wilbur. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Patrick Dille) (RELEASED)
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Exercise Great Bear
Col. William R. Donaldson, G-3; Col Bernard Major, G-2; Sgt. Maj. Tom Stafford, Operations sergeant. Sgt. Maj. Stafford explains the nuclear blast effects to Col. Donaldson and Col. Major during the War Games Phase II Exercise Great Bear 18-20 Oct. 61 at Eklutna, Alaska.
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Photo by Sp4 Jerry Dickens
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson
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Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit assemble a radio antenna during a communications exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 6, 2014. The exercise is designed to prepare 15th MEU Marines for Exercise Iron Fist. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emmanuel Ramos/Released)
Edit: I added textures to the skin and background (ref. the endocrine illustration) but don't want to re-upload so use your imagination
For my AP art portfolio- my "concentration" is anatomical/organic/medical/etc see the Spaghetti picture too.
Private first class Adam Webber, left, data network specialist, and Lance Cpl. Carlos D. Vassallo, field radio operator, both with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, unload radio equipment during a communications exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 6, 2014. The exercise is designed to prepare 15th MEU Marines for Exercise Iron Fist. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emmanuel Ramos/Released)
A view of Philippines guard force peacekeepers that have taken up position to defend the crisis management center at the Philippines Company HQ, during a security exercise at the United Nations Mission in Liberia HQ, Sunday 27 April, 2014, in Monrovia, Liberia.
UNMIL Photo/Staton Winter
A Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command Stridsbåt 90N crossing out from the mist in a Norwegian fjord during NATO exercise Trident Juncture. Photo courtesy Norwegian Defense Forces.
Exercise COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 17, which took place at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa from 19 to 22 September, provided an opportunity for Canadian Army stakeholders and civilian leaders to experience a personal and in-depth understanding of Canadian Army capabilities, equipment as well as the professionalism and skill of Canadian soldiers.
Photo by Avr Sylviane St-Cyr
Garrison Imaging Petawawa
L’exercice COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 2017, qui s’est tenu à la Base de soutien de la 4e Division du Canada Petawawa, du 19 au 22 septembre, a procuré à des intervenants liés à l’Armée canadienne et à des dirigeants civils une occasion de voir et de bien comprendre personnellement en quoi consistent les capacités et l’équipement de l’Armée canadienne, de même que de se rendre compte du professionnalisme et des compétences des soldats canadiens.
Photo par Avr Sylviane St-Cyr
Section d'imagerie Petawawa PA02-2017-0299-061
Exercising the body was just as important as exercising the mind. Students participated in a variety of physical education activities such as marching, calisthenics, sports and games.
before we started too. she can do so much with her face though, it's crazy. she should have applyed for antm...
Lance Cpl. Carlos D. Vassallo, field radio operator, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, unloads data equipment during a communications exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 6. The exercise is designed to prepare 15th MEU Marines for Exercise Iron Fist. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emmanuel Ramos/Released)
A Mississippi Air National Guard pilot from the 172nd Airlift Wing looks out the window during an engine run offload on the flightline at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., during Exercise Turbo Distribution Oct. 29, 2015. The U.S. Transportation Command exercise tests the joint task force-port opening's ability to deliver and distribute cargo during humanitarian relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt.
Marianique Santos)