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A Canadian Forces soldier and captain discuss some tactics under the cover of some camo netting...
A vig I built a while back for fun. The camo netting was really fun to build and I fell in love with it.
Iraqi forces during fighting in west Mosul on April 8, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Despite air support from the U.S and U.K, Iraqi forces have had to engage Islamic State in house to house fighting as they continue their battle to retake Iraq's second largest city of Mosul. Despite now controlling most of the city, Iraqi forces continue to face extremely stiff resistance from I.S fighters who are now surrounded on all sides and are fighting to the death.
Photos: Carl Court
Remembrance Sunday, 8 November 2015
In the United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War at 11 a.m. on 11 November 1918. Remembrance Sunday is held to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most cities, towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and -women, members of local armed forces regular and reserve units, military cadet forces and uniformed youth organisations. Two minutes’ silence is observed at 11 a.m. and wreaths of remembrance poppies are then laid on the memorials.
The United Kingdom national ceremony is held in London at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Wreaths are laid by Queen Elizabeth II, principal members of the Royal Family normally including the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal, the Earl of Wessex and the Duke of Kent, the Prime Minister, leaders of the other major political parties, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Commonwealth High Commissioners and representatives from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets and the civilian services, and veterans’ groups. Two minutes' silence is held at 11 a.m., before the laying of the wreaths. This silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade to begin and end the silence, followed by Royal Marines buglers sounding Last Post.
The parade consists mainly of an extensive march past by veterans, with military bands playing music following the list of the Traditional Music of Remembrance.
Other members of the British Royal Family watch from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
After the ceremony, a parade of veterans and other related groups, organised by the Royal British Legion, marches past the Cenotaph, each section of which lays a wreath as it passes. Only ticketed participants can take part in the march past.
From 1919 until the Second World War remembrance observance was always marked on 11 November itself. It was then moved to Remembrance Sunday, but since the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1995, it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.
Each year, the music at the National Ceremony of Remembrance remains the same, following a programme finalised in 1930:
Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne
Heart of Oak by William Boyce
The Minstrel Boy by Thomas Moore
Men of Harlech
The Skye Boat Song
Isle of Beauty by Thomas Haynes Bayly
David of the White Rock
Oft in the Stilly Night by John Stevenson
Flowers of the Forest
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar
Dido's lament by Henry Purcell
O Valiant Hearts by Charles Harris
Solemn Melody by Walford Davies
Last Post – a bugle call
Beethoven's Funeral March No. 1, by Johann Heinrich Walch
O God, Our Help in Ages Past – words by Isaac Watts, music by William Croft
Reveille – a bugle call
God Save The Queen
Other pieces of music are then played during the march past and wreath laying by veterans, starting with Trumpet Voluntary and followed by It's A Long Way To Tipperary, the marching song of the Connaught Rangers, a famous British Army Irish Regiment of long ago.
The following is complied from press reports on 8 November 2015:
"The nation paid silent respect to the country's war dead today in a Remembrance Sunday service. Leading the nation in remembrance, as ever, was the Queen, who first laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in 1945 and has done so every year since, except on the four occasions when she was overseas.
Dressed in her customary all-black ensemble with a clutch of scarlet poppies pinned against her left shoulder, she stepped forward following the end of the two-minute silence marked by the sounding of Last Post by 10 Royal Marine buglers.
The Queen laid her wreath at the foot of the Sir Edwin Lutyens Portland stone monument to the Glorious Dead, then stood with her head momentarily bowed.
She was joined by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, who was invited to the Cenotaph for the first time to lay a wreath marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by British troops.
Watched by his wife Queen Maxima, who stood next to the Duchess of Cambridge in the Royal Box, the King laid a wreath marked with the simple message, 'In remembrance of the British men and women who gave their lives for our future.'
Wreaths were then laid by members of the Royal Family, all wearing military uniform: Prince Philip; then Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Prince William at the same time ; then Prince Edward, Princess Anne and the Duke of Kent at the same time.
Three members of the Royal Family laying wreaths at the same time was an innovation in 2015 designed to slightly reduce the amount of time of the ceremony and thereby reduce the time that the Queen had to be standing.
Prince Charles attended a remembrance service in New Zealand.
The Prime Minister then laid a wreath. The Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, appeared at the Cenotaph for the first time. He wore both a suit and a red poppy for the occasion.
His bow as he laid a wreath marked with the words 'let us resolve to create a world of peace' was imperceptible – and not enough for some critics. Yet unlike the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Battle service earlier this year, Mr Corbyn did join in with the singing of the national anthem.
Following the end of the official service at the Cenotaph, a mammoth column more than 10,000-strong (some 9,000 of whom were veterans) began marching along Whitehall, saluting the Cenotaph as they passed, Parliament Street, Great George Street, Horse Guards Road and back to Horse Guard Parade. The Duke of Cambridge took the salute from the column on Horse Guards Parade.
Time takes its inevitable toll on even the most stoic among us, and this year only a dozen World War Two veterans marched with the Spirit of Normandy Trust, a year after the Normandy Veterans' Association disbanded.
Within their ranks was 95-year-old former Sapper Don Sheppard of the Royal Engineers. Sheppard was of the eldest on parade and was pushed in his wheelchair by his 19-year-old grandson, Sam who, in between studying at Queen Mary University, volunteers with the Normandy veterans.
'It is because of my admiration for them,' he says. 'I see them as role models and just have the utmost respect for what they did.'
While some had blankets covering their legs against the grey November day, other veterans of more recent wars had only stumps to show for their service to this country during 13 long years of war in Afghanistan.
As well as that terrible toll of personal sacrifice, the collective losses – and triumphs - of some of the country’s most historic regiments were also honoured yesterday.
The Gurkha Brigade Association - marking 200 years of service in the British Army – marched to warm ripples of applause. The King’s Royal Hussars, represented yesterday by 126 veterans, this year also celebrate 300 years since the regiment was raised.
They were led by General Sir Richard Shirreff, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of Nato and Colonel of the regiment who himself was marching for the first time.
'We are joined by a golden thread to all those generations who have gone before us,” he said. “We are who we are, because of those that have gone before us.' "
Cenotaph Ceremony & March Past - 8 November 2015
Summary of Contingents
Column Number of marchers
B (Lead) 1,754
C 1,298
D 1,312
E 1,497
F 1,325
A 1,551
Ex-Service Total 8,737
M (Non ex-Service) 1,621
Total 10,358
Column B
Marker Detachment Number
1 Reconnaissance Corps 18 Anniversary
2 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment Old Comrades Assoc 10
3 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Association 60
4 Royal Artillery Association 18
5 Royal Engineers Association 37
6 Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Association 65 Anniversary
7 Airborne Engineers Association 24
8 Royal Signals Association 48
9 Army Air Corps Association 42
10 Royal Army Service Corps & Royal Corps Transport Assoc 54
11 RAOC Association 18
12 Army Catering Corps Association 48
13 Royal Pioneer Corps Association 54 Anniversary
14 Royal Army Medical Corps Association 36
15 Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Association 48
16 Royal Military Police Association 100
17 The RAEC and ETS Branch Association 12
18 Royal Army Pay Corps Regimental Association 36
19 Royal Army Veterinary Corps & Royal Army Dental Corps 18
20 Royal Army Physical Training Corps 24
21 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Assoc 48
22 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 30
23 Royal Dragoon Guards 78
24 Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own & Royal Irish) 12
25 Kings Royal Hussars Regimental Association 126
26 16/5th Queen's Royal Lancers 36
27 17/21 Lancers 30
28 The Royal Lancers 24 New for 2015
29 JLR RAC Old Boys' Association 30
30 Association of Ammunition Technicians 24
31 Beachley Old Boys Association 36
32 Arborfield Old Boys Association 25
33 Gallipoli & Dardenelles International 24
34 Special Observers Association 24
35 The Parachute Squadron Royal Armoured Corps 24 New
36 Intelligence Corps Association 48
37 Women's Royal Army Corps Association 120
38 656 Squadron Association 24
39 Home Guard Association 9
40 British Resistance Movement (Coleshill Research Team) 12
41 British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association 48
42 British Ex-Services Wheelchair Sports Association 24
43 Royal Hospital Chelsea 30
44 Queen Alexandra's Hospital Home for Disabled Ex-Servicemen & Women 30
45 The Royal Star & Garter Homes 20
46 Combat Stress 48
Total 1,754
Column C
Marker Detachment Number
1 Royal Air Force Association 150
2 Royal Air Force Regiment Association 300
3 Royal Air Forces Ex-Prisoner's of War Association 20
4 Royal Observer Corps Association 75 Anniversary
5 National Service (Royal Air Force) Association 42
6 RAFLING Association 24
7 6 Squadron (Royal Air Force) Association 18
8 7 Squadron Association 25
9 8 Squadron Association 24
10 RAF Habbaniya Association 25
11 Royal Air Force & Defence Fire Services Association 30
12 Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Association 30
13 Units of the Far East Air Force 28 New
14 Royal Air Force Yatesbury Association 16
15 Royal Air Force Airfield Construction Branch Association 12
16 RAFSE(s) Assoc 45 New
17 Royal Air Force Movements and Mobile Air Movements Squadron Association (RAF MAMS) 24
18 Royal Air Force Masirah & Salalah Veterans Assoc 24 New
19 WAAF/WRAF/RAF(W) 25
19 Blenheim Society 18
20 Coastal Command & Maritime Air Association 24
21 Air Sea Rescue & Marine Craft Sections Club 15
22 Federation of RAF Apprentice & Boy Entrant Assocs 150
23 Royal Air Force Air Loadmasters Association 24
24 Royal Air Force Police Association 90
25 Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service Association 40
Total 1,298
Column D
Marker Detachment Number
1 Not Forgotten Association 54
2 Stoll 18
3 Ulster Defence Regiment 72
4 Army Dog Unit Northern Ireland Association 48
5 North Irish Horse & Irish Regiments Old Comrades Association 78
6 Northern Ireland Veterans' Association 40
7 Irish United Nations Veterans Association 12
8 ONET UK 10
9 St Helena Government UK 24
10 South Atlantic Medal Association 196
11 SSAFA 37
12 First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteers Corps) 12
13 Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women 48
14 British Nuclear Test Veterans Association 48
15 War Widows Association 132
16 Gurkha Brigade Association 160 Anniversary
17 British Gurkha Welfare Society 100 Anniversary
18 West Indian Association of Service Personnel 18
19 Trucial Oman Scouts Association 18
20 Bond Van Wapenbroeders 35
21 Polish Ex-Combatants Association in Great Britain 25
22 Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantów Limited 18 New
23 Royal Hong Kong Regiment Association 12
24 Canadian Veterans Association 10
25 Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen's Association (UK Branch) 24
26 Hong Kong Military Service Corps 28
27 Foreign Legion Association 24
28 Undivided Indian Army Ex Servicemen Association 11 New
Total 1,312
Column E
Marker Detachment Number
1 Royal Marines Association 198
2 Royal Naval Association 150
3 Merchant Navy Association 130
4 Sea Harrier Association 24
5 Flower Class Corvette Association 18
6 HMS Andromeda Association 18
7 HMS Argonaut Association 30
8 HMS Bulwark, Albion & Centaur Association 25
9 HMS Cumberland Association 18
10 HMS Ganges Association 48
11 HMS Glasgow Association 30
12 HMS St Vincent Association 26
13 HMS Tiger Association 25
14 Algerines Association 20
15 Ton Class Association 24
16 Type 42 Association 48
17 Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service 36
18 Association of WRENS 90
19 Royal Fleet Auxiliary Association 10
20 Royal Naval Communications Association 30
21 Royal Naval Medical Branch Ratings & Sick Berth Staff Association 24
22 Royal Naval Benevolent Trust 18
23 Yangtze Incident Association 24
24 Special Boat Service Association 6
25 Submariners Association 30
26 Association of Royal Yachtsmen 30
27 Broadsword Association 36
28 Aircraft Handlers Association 36
29 Aircrewmans Association 40 Anniversary
30 Cloud Observers Association 10
31 The Fisgard Association 40
32 Fleet Air Arm Armourers Association 36
33 Fleet Air Arm Association 25
34 Fleet Air Arm Bucaneer Association 24
35 Fleet Air Arm Field Gun Association 24
36 Fleet Air Arm Junglie Association 18
37 Fleet Air Arm Officers Association 30
38 Fleet Air Arm Safety Equipment & Survival Association 24
39 Royal Navy School of Physical Training 24
Total 1,497
Column F
Marker Detachment Number
1 Blind Veterans UK 198
2 Far East Prisoners of War 18
3 Burma Star Association 40
4 Monte Cassino Society20
5 Queen's Bodyguard of The Yeoman of The Guard 18
6 Pen and Sword Club 15
7 TRBL Ex-Service Members 301
8 The Royal British Legion Poppy Factory 4
9 The Royal British Legion Scotland 24
10 Officers Association 5
11 Black and White Club 18
12 National Pigeon War Service 30
13 National Service Veterans Alliance 50
14 Gallantry Medallists League 46
15 National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association 98
16 National Gulf Veterans & Families Association 30
17 Fellowship of the Services 100
18 Memorable Order of Tin Hats 24
19 Suez Veterans Association 50
20 Aden Veterans Association 72
21 1st Army Association 36
22 Showmens' Guild of Great Britain 40
23 Special Forces Club 12
24 The Spirit of Normandy Trust 28
25 Italy Star Association, 1943-1945, 48
Total 1,325
Column A
Marker Detachment Number
1 1LI Association 36
2 Royal Green Jackets Association 198
3 Parachute Regimental Association 174
4 King's Own Scottish Borderers 60
5 Black Watch Association 45
6 Gordon Highlanders Association 60
7 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Association 12
8 Queen's Own Highlanders Regimental Association 48
9 London Scottish Regimental Association 30
10 Grenadier Guards Association 48
11 Coldstream Guards Association 48
12 Scots Guards Association 48
13 Guards Parachute Association 36
14 4 Company Association (Parachute Regiment) 24
15 Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 72
16 Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Past & Present Association 30
17 Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Regimental Association 24
18 Royal Hampshire Regiment Comrades Association 14
19 The Royal Hampshire Regimental Club 24 New for 2015
20 Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 48 New
21 Royal Sussex Regimental Association 12
22 Green Howards Association 24
23 Cheshire Regiment Association 24
24 Sherwood Foresters & Worcestershire Regiment 36
25 Mercian Regiment Association 30
26 Special Air Service Regimental Association 4
27 The King's Own Royal Border Regiment 100
28 The Staffordshire Regiment 48
29 Rifles Regimental Association 40
30 The Rifles & Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regimental Association 30
31 Durham Light Infantry Association 60
32 King's Royal Rifle Corps Association 50
33 King's African Rifles 14 New for 2015
Total 1,551
Column M
Marker Detachment Number
1 Transport For London 48
2 Children of the Far East Prisoners of War 60
3 First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteers Corps) 24
4 Munitions Workers Association18
5 Evacuees Reunion Association48
6 TOC H 20
7 Salvation Army 36
8 Naval Canteen Service & Expeditionary Force Institutes Association 12 Previously NAAFI
9 Royal Voluntary Service 24
10 Civil Defence Association 8
11 National Association of Retired Police Officers 36
12 Metropolitan Special Constabulary 36
13 London Ambulance Service NHS Trust 36
14 London Ambulance Service Retirement Association 18
15 St John Ambulance 36
16 British Red Cross 12
17 St Andrew's Ambulance Association 6
18 The Firefighters Memorial Trust 24
19 Royal Ulster Constabulary (GC) Association 36
20 Ulster Special Constabulary Association 30
21 Commonwealth War Graves Commission 12
22 Daniel's Trust 36
23 Civilians Representing Families 180
24 Royal Mail Group Ltd 24
25 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 24
26 The Blue Cross 24
27 PDSA 24
28 HM Ships Glorious Ardent & ACASTA Association 24 Anniversary
29 Old Cryptians' Club 12
30 Fighting G Club 18 Anniversary
31 Malayan Volunteers Group 12
32 Gallipoli Association 18
33 Ministry of Defence 20
34 TRBL Non Ex-Service Members 117
35 TRBL Women's Section 20
36 Union Jack Club 12
37 Western Front Association 8
38 Shot at Dawn Pardons Campaign 18
39 Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes 24
40 National Association of Round Tables 24
41 Lions Club International 24
42 Rotary International 24
43 41 Club 6
44 Equity 12
45 Romany & Traveller Society 18
46 Sea Cadet Corps 30
47 Combined Cadet Force 30
48 Army Cadet Force 30
49 Air Training Corps 30
50 Scout Association 30
51 Girlguiding London & South East England 30
52 Boys Brigade 30
53 Girls Brigade England & Wales 30
54 Church Lads & Church Girls Brigade 30
55 Metropolitan Police Volunteer Police Cadets 18
56 St John Ambulance Cadets 18
57 YMCA 12
Total 1,621
Iraqi forces during fighting in west Mosul on April 8, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Despite air support from the U.S and U.K, Iraqi forces have had to engage Islamic State in house to house fighting as they continue their battle to retake Iraq's second largest city of Mosul. Despite now controlling most of the city, Iraqi forces continue to face extremely stiff resistance from I.S fighters who are now surrounded on all sides and are fighting to the death.
Photos: Carl Court
Saudi special forces display some of their skills and equipment during a ceremony as they prepare for the influx of people to participate in the Hajj, in Arafat 15 kms outside of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009.
Snatch CAV Land Rover in EOD colours, on display for Armed Forces Day in Bangor, June 2017.
Copyright Nathan Lawrence.
Polish Soldiers from the elite 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów, 1 PSK (1st Special Commando Regiment, 1st Special Forces Regiment) during a training exercise - 2011
Latvian National Armed Forces Soldiers taking part in Exercise Northern Strike19 held in Michigan USA at the Alpen Battle Preparedness Training Center and the Grayling Training Ground From July 22 to August 2nd 2019
Northern Strike aims to maintain and improve unit combat readiness, including through combat shooting and integration of combined fire support in the performance of ground forces, as well as to improve cooperation between Allied forces.
Photo: Gatis Indrēvics
On April 27, 2012 thousands of Egyptians decided to march to Defense Ministry headquarters. Military Police and Central Security Forces blocked the way to the Ministry from Abassiya. Protesters decided to start a sit-in in front of army/police troops on April 28.
Majority of protesters were Salafis (mostly supporters of ousted presidential candidate Hazem Abu Ismail). The protested Article 28 of Constitutional Deceleration (which states that results of Presidential Electoral Commission PEC can't be appealed).
But all the people in the sit-in had a common/main demand, which is for SCAF to leave.
The Armed Forces flag was raised at GMP FHQ today, Monday 22 June 2020, in celebration of Armed Forces Week by ACC Chris Sykes, and a number of Armed Forces Reservists. The flag will remain raised until after Armed Force Day on Saturday 27 June.
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Polish Special Forces found and destroyed nearly half a ton of explosives, more than 30 different types of detonators and 12 complete sets for radio firing improvised explosive devices – 25th January 2012
Polish Special Operations during a combined operations with Elements from the Afghan Civil Order Police (ANCOP) stop and search vehicles for weapons and suspected Taliban fighters – 20th April 2012
The 65th Anniversary of the Armed Forces Day
Armed Forces’ parade on the main street in Seoul
2013.10.01.
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
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2013 Texas Military Forces Honor Guard course graduates and instructors at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, Aug. 30, 2013. Honor Guard Soldiers provide funeral honors for fallen comrades, serve as the "guardians of the colors" which consists of displaying and escorting the national and state flags on ceremonial occasions, as well as serve as ambassadors to the public - presenting a positive image of military service. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Malcolm McClendon).
The 2019 Armed Forces Wrestling Championship held at the Soto Physical Fitness Center at Fort Bliss, Texas from 23-24 February featuring the top wrestlers in the United States from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class J.E. Veal)
On the 18th March a New Special Operations unit was formed as part of the Polish Army - AGAT – This unit inherits the name and traditions of the famous WW2 AGAT Diversion Unit, which fought in World War II in occupied Warsaw - Subject to Kedywowi (Directorate of Diversion) Headquarters of the Army and it became famous for, among others things the attack on the head of the SS and police district of Warsaw
Modern AGAT is a special unit designed to perform tasks including the provision of assault combat support (kinetic) special operations conducted by Special Forces, as well as performing direct action at the back and the grouping of the enemy on the stated objectives. Moreover, it can conduct operations against the terrorist, anti-guerrilla and your critical infrastructure protection.
The units structure and purpose will be the equivalent of 75th Ranger Regiment (75th Rangers Regiment), and British Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). And is built around Assault Teams and Support Teams with JTACS and Forward Artillery Observers and other specialists
The Role of the Unit will be the equivalent of 75th Ranger Regiment (75th Rangers Regiment), and British Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).
Currently the unit is half way through the process of the selection and training of candidates for the new unit – With the selection and training course being run by experienced instructors from the 75th Rangers and US Special Forces .The first team to reach the initial assault capability will be ready for operations by the end of 2012.
A member of Guatemala's army special forces "Kaibil" takes part in an exhibition to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the Guatemalan army in Guatemala City June 30, 2011.
431 Air Demonstration Squadron Canadair CT-114 Tutor
The Team Is Celebrating 90th anniversary of the RCAF with the theme: To the Stars Fuelled by Legacy.
Waterloo Airshow
Two soldiers from the U.S. Army Honor Guard hold U.S. flags during a Full Honors Group Funeral Service for U.S. Army Air Forces Airmen missing from World War II in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 27, 2018. Laid to rest were Airmen Tech. Sgt. John Brady; Tech. Sgt. Allen Chandler, Jr.; 1st Lt. John Liekhus; Staff Sgt. Robert Shoemaker; and Staff Sgt. Bobby Younger.
All five Airmen were members of the 323rd Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy), Eighth Air Force, during World War II when their nine-man aircrew was on a mission to Merseburg, Germany. Their B-17 plane was hit by flak during this bomb run and fell out of formation, crashing two kilometers southwest of the town of Barby on Nov. 2, 1944. Three crewmembers survived and were taken as prisoners of war. One airman who was killed was identified in May 1945 while the rest of the crew was declared missing in action. In January 1951, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) concluded that the five unaccounted for crew members perished in the crash with the location of the B-17 unknown.
From the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)'s new release:
Department of Defense historians and analysts, aided by German researchers and local government officials, located a potential crash site associated with their loss. Recovery operations were conducted from June to September 2015. Recovery teams found osseous remains, material evidence and aircraft wreckage.
DPAA returned to the crash site in April and May 2016, locating additional osseous remains, material evidence and aircraft wreckage, consolidating them with the evidence from the previous operations.
Three of the crew, Brady, Shoemaker and Younger, were able to be individually identified through mitochondrial DNA analysis, forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence. The remains that could not be individually identified represented the entire crew.
Two caskets were present at the service on June 27 - one with the individual remains of Shoemaker, and another with the commingled unidentified remains. Individuals who received U.S. flags were: Nancy Farrell, Shoemaker's sister; Gertrude Reynolds, Liekhus' sister; and Fern Bridges, Chandler's widow who has since remarried. The U.S. flag from the casket carrying the commingled remains will be presented to the Casualty Assistance Office.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Iraqi forces during fighting in west Mosul on April 8, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Despite air support from the U.S and U.K, Iraqi forces have had to engage Islamic State in house to house fighting as they continue their battle to retake Iraq's second largest city of Mosul. Despite now controlling most of the city, Iraqi forces continue to face extremely stiff resistance from I.S fighters who are now surrounded on all sides and are fighting to the death.
Photos: Carl Court
Tunisian Special Forces and National Guard patrol Marhaba beach during a visit by British Home Secretary Theresa May at the scene where 38 people were killed on Marhaba beach last Friday, on June 29, Sousse, Tunisia.
June 28, 2015 - Source: Jeff J Mitchell
On the 18th March a New Special Operations unit was formed as part of the Polish Army - AGAT – This unit inherits the name and traditions of the famous WW2 AGAT Diversion Unit, which fought in World War II in occupied Warsaw - Subject to Kedywowi (Directorate of Diversion) Headquarters of the Army and it became famous for, among others things the attack on the head of the SS and police district of Warsaw
Modern AGAT is a special unit designed to perform tasks including the provision of assault combat support (kinetic) special operations conducted by Special Forces, as well as performing direct action at the back and the grouping of the enemy on the stated objectives. Moreover, it can conduct operations against the terrorist, anti-guerrilla and your critical infrastructure protection.
The units structure and purpose will be the equivalent of 75th Ranger Regiment (75th Rangers Regiment), and British Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). And is built around Assault Teams and Support Teams with JTACS and Forward Artillery Observers and other specialists
The Role of the Unit will be the equivalent of 75th Ranger Regiment (75th Rangers Regiment), and British Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).
Currently the unit is half way through the process of the selection and training of candidates for the new unit – With the selection and training course being run by experienced instructors from the 75th Rangers and US Special Forces .The first team to reach the initial assault capability will be ready for operations by the end of 2012.
21 February 2019 - Launch the 2018 Development Co-operation Report on Joining Forces to Leave No One Behind.
Photo: OECD/Victor Tonelli
Indonesian military personnel line up during security preparations on September 26, 2013 in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Indonesian military and police personel are making security preparations ahead of the 2013 APEC Leaders Summit, to be held from 1-8 October 2013.
Part of the Operation Big Bird Campaign, Battle of New Guinea, WW2.
Australian forces vs the Japanese Empire
Les Forces spéciales en mission de reconnaissance à Taoudeni - Opération Serval, avril 2013. Les forces spéciales mènent des opérations à l'extrême Nord du Mali.
Crédit : EMA / ECPAD
Les Forces spéciales en mission de reconnaissance à Taoudeni - Opération Serval, avril 2013. Les forces spéciales mènent des opérations à l'extrême Nord du Mali.
Crédit : EMA / ECPAD
Norwegian Special Forces taking part in the Large Scale NATO Special Operations Exercise ‘Jackal Stone 2011’
NATO Forces Take Part In Joint Warrior Military Exercise
Royal Marines take part in raid during Exercise Joint Warrior on April 27, 2018 in Dalbeattie,Scotland. The exercise is involving some 11,600 military personnel from seventeen nations, in one of the largest exercises of its kind in Europe, operating out of Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde.
The bi-annual exercise is running from the 21st April to 4th May and incorporates all three UK services as well as forces from 16 other nations including Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the US.
Photos: Jeff J Mitchell