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Soldiers from Charlie Company load onto a Royal Canadian Air Force Chinook helicopter (CH-147F) at the end of Exercise SPARTAN STRIKE on 11 May 2015.
Exercise SPARTAN STRIKE was an air assault and mountain training exercise involving soldiers from 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Charlie Company (C Coy) air support from 450/410 Tactical Helicopter Squadron and support staff from 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. Soldiers from C Coy traveled over 46 Kilometers in mountainous terrain in a 4 day period. Exercise SPARTAN STRIKE took place from 3 to 11 May 2015 near Nordegg, Alberta, in the Rocky Mountains.
Photography by Robert Schwartz
3 CDSB Edmonton
Le 11 mai 2015, à la fin de l’exercice SPARTAN STRIKE, des membres de la compagnie Charlie montent à bord d’un hélicoptère Chinook (CH147F) de l’Aviation royale du Canada.
SPARTAN STRIKE était un exercice d’assaut aérien et d’entraînement en montagne auquel participaient des militaires du 3e Bataillon, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, l’appui aérien de la compagnie Charlie (Cie C) du 450e et 410e Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères et le personnel de soutien du 1er Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada. Les militaires de la Cie C ont parcouru plus de 46 kilomètres en terrain montagneux sur une période de quatre jours. L’exercice SPARTAN STRIKE s’est déroulé du 3 au 11 mai 2015, près de Nordegg, en Alberta, dans les montagnes Rocheuses.
Photo : Robert Schwartz
3 BS 3 Div CA, Edmonton
Been saying I will turn my fat ass into a phat ass for three years now...cannot push this off any longer.
My knees are angry and I can't wear the clothes I want to any more.
ABOARD USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7) (Aug. 10, 2006) --
Explosive Ordanance Disposal member EOD2 Michael A.Painter from the Explosive Ordanance Disposal team- Detachment 26, out of Little Creek VA, EOD2 Painter from Mesquite Texas is retrieved from the water after conducting a routine exercise in the Mediteranean sea. Members of the EOD group, are currently deployed with the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7). The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship is currently deployed in support of Maritime Security operations (MSO) in the region.
U.S. Navy Photo by Airman Michael N. Minkler
Another little window into how we were. This is the second, 1949 edition of a book brought out in 1939; I suppose the war got in the way of updates. What is surprising is the number of things for the housewife to do that I would have expected the man to do (like I do today), such as changing tap washers or putting up shelves.
When our 1949 housewife has done the other 100 "things to do", she can take time out to improve herself.
The term "working girl" used in the text, has taken on a more dubious meaning today!
After a ten day work-up on-board HMS Illustrious around the Cornish coast, the Merlin Carrier Air Group (MCAG) prepare to “Go Deep” as they sail westwards out into the Atlantic in pursuit of Submarines.
Exercise Deep Blue has so far seen the Merlin Mk 2s from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose put through their paces in the South West Approaches, exercising and practicing before they get a sniff at a live target.
That will come as they move westwards where they expect to find UK and Dutch submarines trying to penetrate their tight anti-submarine shield around HMS Illustrious and the two Type 23 Frigates who are joining the Task Group for the exercise.
“We have nine Merlins Mk 2s onboard,” said Commander Ross Spooner, CO of 820 NAS and Commander of the MCAG. “What we anticipate to deliver throughout this exercise is protection for the Fleet. Three aircraft will be in the air at any one time, two of them on station 24 hours a day.”
The role of the Merlins is to keep the Submarines away from the Carrier. High tech sonobouys are dropped in the water at intervals to form a barrier or screen to detect the enemy.
The aircraft also has a dipping sonar to “Ping” a signal out and listen to returns should a adversary get near to the Task Group. Torpedoes and Depth Charges can then be deployed to persecute and destroy the targets.
Aircrews and Engineers work to punishing schedules to keep the momentum up. Pilots, Observers and Aircrewmen work a “Sleep – Eat – Fly – Sleep” rotation, constantly planning the next stage of the routine with little concept of the 24 hour clock.
Engineers work an eight hour watch system that allows them to carry out maintenance on the Merlins which are not in the air or waiting to go onto the flying programme, either on deck or in the Ship’s large but crowded hangar.
“The primary role of the Merlin is ASW,” (Anti-Submarine Warfare) said Lieutenant Alex Best, an Observer with 820 NAS. “Upgrades to technology on-board have made this a phenomenal aircraft that is the best Sub Hunter in the world.”
All this is a hair’s breadth away to when HMS Queen Elizabeth begins operating with the Fleet and the skills and routines practiced today will be vital to the ship’s defence.
“The day to day business of ASW is something we have always practiced,” continued CDR Ross Spooner.
“What we are doing here is refreshing the pace and tempo, getting ourselves back onto the deck with large numbers of aircraft and large numbers of people, making sure we can maintain those 24/7 operations.”
Press Release, June 17, 2014; Image: UK Navy
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jon Wilkinson, left, the operations officer for the 36th Fighter Squadron, gets situated in the cockpit of his F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft while Senior Amn Bryan Strole, a tactical air craft maintainer for the 51st Maintenance Squadron, stands by to provide assistance during an exercise at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 23, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lakisha Croley/Released)
Everywhere you look you will find exercise information. It can come in fitness magazines, the beauty salon, your co-workers, the Internet, and infomercials.
You will see snappy headlines such as, “Lose 10 Pounds in a Week with No Exercise at All!”, and “Melt Pounds without Dieting.” These marketi...
Task Force Saber was out in full force with 1st Battalion, 25th Infantry Brigade, Hungarian Defense Forces Oct. 15-16, 2015 conducting a combined live fire exercise at Bakony Combat Training Centre, Veszprem, Hungary. The two armies are wrapping up Exercise Brave Warrior, a month long training exercise that enhanced interoperability, increased operational readiness and strengthened allied relationships. (Photo by: Staff Sgt. Jennifer Bunn)
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."
Emergency Services exercise at Barton Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal.
November 2004.
Fire services and Ambulance service respond to an aircraft crashing and hitting a shipping vessel on the canal.
Barton Aerodrome Fire & Rescue Service. (now City Airport)
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service.
North West Ambulance Service & EMAT team.
exercise 102 from strobist
exercise 102 from strobist
f/5.6, ISO 200 and shutter at 200 (I've found if it try 250 I get a black bar at the bottom of the photo). This is an overcast day, I sat him on a stool 1.5mts from the window. Strobe, 430ex set at 1/16 1.5mts away from him, low, right of camera
ARC2504/AR63 ALASKA
Exercise Timberline
Men of E Co., 4th BG, 23 Inf (aggressor) repair a broken track on their M-59 while in the field during exercise Timberline.
19 Feb 63
Sp4 King
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
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