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ARC10348/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Sp4 David Blakesley from Honeywell, Arkansas, works on a 2 1/2 ton truck with the aid of an infra-red utility heater at the 64th Field Hospital Motor Pool, Tanacross, Alaska.
2 Feb 62
Sp4 Jerry Dickens
USARAL Spt Cmd Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
U.S Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Seese and Staff Sgt. Drew Achtermann, flightline avionics assigned to 140th Aircraft Maintence Squadron troubleshoots the flight control system during exercise Northern Lightning, August 11, 2021. Northern Lightning is a full-spectrum Counterland training exercise hosted at Volk Field Air National Guard Base. The goal of the exercise is to provide a tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for the Department of Defense Total Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Mira Roman)
Members of Bridgeton Fire Department complete an ice rescue exercise on Sunset Lake.
Caption: "Sam Feinstein went out with his camera Monday morning to take a photo of a bald eagle eating a frozen duck. Instead of finding the eagle again, he found the Bridgeton firefighters conducting an ice rescue drill."
Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Lens: Nikkor 70-300 VR
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 140 mm
ISO Speed: 200
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."
Virginia National Guard Soldiers of the 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command conduct field training exercise June 7, 2014, at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. The Soldiers were rated not only on their individual warrior tasks, but also on Sapper drills and the construction of bridges in two different scenarios: one with a Dry Support Bridge, and the other with an Improved Ribbon Bridge. (Photo by Capt. Andrew J. Czaplicki, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
ARC 10202/AR62 Alaska Exercise Great Bear From Hq & Hq Co, USARAL Hq Cmd, Ft Richardson, Alaska, PFC Robert Garboden, Roseberg, Oregon, and Sp4 Larry Wheeler, Hialeah, Florida, load barrels of kerosene onto a Weasel. The kerosene will be put into smaller containers to be burned in trailer stoves used in the Mohawk CP area staff sections, Fort Greely, Alaska. 10 Feb 62 Photo by Sp5 George Rice, USARAL Spt Cmd Photo Fac. Ft Richardson. AT465
The only thing I found negative about this photograph was the sky probably because it's not as blue as it really was the day I took it. Better retouching would also help it stand out more.
ARC2573/AR63 ALASKA
Exercise Timberline
Paratroopers of F Co.,4th BG, 23 inf. board an Army CH-21 helicopter for a heliborne raid during Operation Timberline.
20 Feb 63
by PFC Jerry Hickey
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
Philippe Halsman's portrait of Salvador Dali inspires me. I love how he achieved a great composition in the middle of quick action. It must have taken many attempts.
ARC10337/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
The 61st Army Nurse Corps at the 64th Field Hospital Mess Hall, Tanacross, Alaska. Left to right: Maj. Lois Eidson, from Nashville, Tennessee; 2nd Lt. Janie Bailey from Wake Forest, North Carolina; Lt. Col. Dorothy Kraftschenk, from Racine, Wisconsin; Maj. Patricia Murphy from the hospital (Chief Nurse) Captain Lillian Nagle from Seattle, Washington, [much of the last line is cut off, but 1st Lt. DeVoss, Michigan is still visible.
Sequence indicates 2 or 3 Feb and by Sp4 Dickens]
2 Feb 62
Sp4 Jerry Dickens
USARAL Spt Cmd Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
Hartlepool College of Further Education students were presented with certificates on June 2nd at the police firearms Tactical Training Centre at Urlay Nook to commend their assistance with one of the largest outdoor emergency exercises ever undertaken on Teesside.
ARC2218/AR63 ALASKA
Exercise Timberline
Members of the 56th Engineer Co With the First Dir Sup Gr. supplying the Aggressor Forcers in exercise TImber Line take time out with their husky mascot. They are L-R; Sp5 George Jordan, Aberdeen, Washington; Lewis Buckland, New Mexico (the dog's owner) and Bruce Wright, Palmdale, California.
13 Feb 63
by Sp5 Hank Hamilton
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
ARC10136/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Lt. Leon Coulon (left) and Col. C.E. Balthis pose by signs after the completion of the bridge. The former is the CO of 2nd BG, 60th Inf., and the latter is the CO of B. Co, 20th Eng. Tanacross, Alaska.
5 Feb 62
Photo by Pfc. Henri Hebert
CONUS Photo Fac
Fort Devens, Mass
AT465
May 11, 2022
Comox, BC
HMCS Brandon and HMCS Vancouver anchored off Airforce Beach in support of amphibious landings during Exercise Cougar Gauntlet.
Photo: Bombardier Albert Law
39 CBG Public Affairs
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."
ARC227/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Two men of the 7th Special Forces Group carry an automatic weapon to the Army aircraft that will carry them to an Eskimo village near Bethel, Alaska.
27 Jan 62
Photo by Sp5 George Rice
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson
AT465
ARC10181/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Front view of a Ford F-100 test vehicle showing cat track buffer plate at the base camp, Tanacross, Alaska.
7 Feb 62
Photo by Pfc. Henri Hebert
Fort Devens, Mass.
AT465
ARC10142/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Scene of a tent fire which caused two casualties at the 712th Engineer Co. in the base camp, Tanacross, Alaska.
5 Feb 62
Photo by Sp4 Halford
CONUS Photo Fac
Fort Devens, Mass
AT465
ARC 232/AR62 Alaska Exercise Great Bear Early morning light finds Kulis Air National Guard Base busy with members of the 7th Special Forces Group preparing to fly to Bethel, Alaska. 27 Jan 62 Photo by Sp5 H.J. Hamilton, USARAL Information Office. Ft Richardson. AT465
ARC10141/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Scene of a tent fire which caused two casualties at the 712th Engineer Co. in the base camp, Tanacross, Alaska.
5 Feb 62
Photo by Sp4 Halford
CONUS Photo Fac
Fort Devens, Mass
AT465
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Republic of the Philippines - Marine forces here get in position to place an anti-personnel obstacle breaching system during a live-fire demonstration conducted during Exercise Balikatan 2011 here April 13. Balikatan 2011 is an annual bilateral training exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military to maintain operational readiness and strengthen the U.S.-Philippine relationship.
ARC10301/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
Canadian paratroopers and their gear for war stand by in central Alaska for a U.S.A.F. transport that will take them to Nome for an aerial assault. They are members of A Co., Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from Edmonton, Alberta.
14 Feb 62
Sp4 Gary L. Dickens [Note: this again appears to be Sp4 Jerry Dickens, with cutline added by H. J. Hamilton]
USARAL Spt Cmd. Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
Hartlepool College of Further Education students were presented with certificates on June 2nd at the police firearms Tactical Training Centre at Urlay Nook to commend their assistance with one of the largest outdoor emergency exercises ever undertaken on Teesside.
Selection of Photos from Overnight Exercise 2017
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Capt. Jessica Taylor, physician assistant with Medical Support Unit-Europe, 7th Mission Support Command, treats a role-player casualty during a hazmat and search and rescue training exercise at Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre's "Bosna I Hercegovina 2017" consequence management exercise in Durdevik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sept. 28 (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Capt. Jeku Arce, 221st Public Affairs Detachment).
ARC10179/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
3/4 view of a Canadian-built Nodwell with an MRC-69 mounted on it at the base camp, Tanacross, Alaska.
5 Feb 62
Photo by Pfc. Henri Hebert
Fort Devens, Mass.
AT465
Northern Lightning is a full-spectrum Counterland training exercise hosted at Volk Field Air National Guard Base. The goal of the exercise is to provide a tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for the Department of Defense Total Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Mira Roman)