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A CF-18 "Hornet" escorts a CC-150 "Polaris" after being refueled during Operation IMPACT on February 4, 2015.
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) VILLE DE QUEBEC’s CH-148 Cyclone, Avalanche, deploys a member of the ship’s dive team into the Atlantic Ocean during Operation REASSURANCE on January 15, 2019.
Photo: MCpl Andre Maillet, MARPAC Imaging Services
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Un membre de l’équipe de plongée du navire est largué dans l’océan Atlantique par l’Avalanche, l’hélicoptère CH-148 Cyclone du Navire canadien de Sa Majesté (NCSM) VILLE DE QUEBEC, au cours de l’opération REASSURANCE, le 15 janvier 2019.
Photo : Cplc Andre Maillet, Services d’imagerie des FMAR(P)
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Victorian Intelligence Officer Grayhawk was tasked with special activities and special reconnaissance at the border region. He established a safehouse and intelligence network at the Naran Darre Mountains and began his operation.
After Grayhawk received word that one of the tribal leaders in the region had major intelligence, a meeting was immediately setup. As Grayhawk entered the elder's house to meet, the rest of the team interact with the villagers to gather intelligence.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
Intelligence has located a group of insurgents massing in the Naran Darre mountains. A task force comprised of a 20-operator assault team and a 6-man fire support team was assigned to assault the suspected cave complex.
At nightfall, the task force was inserted by a Chinook helicopter. The task force patrolled towards the cave along the ridge line. The fire support team established a SBF position as the assault team advanced towards the cave complex.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
A surveillance team tasked to surveil an insurgent lieutenant followed him to a seafood restaurant in a major port city for the region. The lieutenant was seen meeting with a courier of a known arms dealer. The team continued to follow the lieutenant and began surveillance operation on the courier.
Intelligence assessed that a weapons exchange was imminent. A team from the Combined Anti-terrorism Task Force was forward deployed to the region.
While waiting for the target package, the team enjoyed some rare downtime.
To be continued...
US Naval Ship SUPPLY (centre) conducts a replenishment at sea with HMCS MONTREAL (bottom), and USS GONZALEZ (top), in the Mediterranean Sea during Operation REASSURANCE on February 15, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Braden Trudeau, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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L’US Naval Ship (USNS) Supply (au centre) effectue un ravitaillement en mer avec le NCSM Montréal (en bas) et l’USS Gonzalez (en haut) dans la mer Méditerranée au cours de l’opération REASSURANCE, le 15 février 2022.
Photo : Caporal Braden Trudeau, photo des Forces armées canadiennes
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces take their post as part of Exercise Crystal Arrow during Operation REASSURANCE at Camp Adazi, Latvia on March 22, 2023.
Photo: Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Des membres des Forces armées canadiennes sont en position au cours de l’exercice Crystal Arrow dans le cadre de l’opération REASSURANCE, au Camp Adazi, en Lettonie, le 22 mars 2023.
Photo : Forces armées canadiennes
Today (10 December 2015) saw a series of raids in the Wythenshawe area.
Police have launched a ’12 days of Christmas’ pre-emptive strike against offenders causing misery during the festive period.
The 12 high-profile days of action which will tackle the traditional spike in crime usually seen during this time of year.
The operation, which is codenamed ‘Bauble’, will see up to 1,000 officers take to the streets across Greater Manchester to disrupt criminal activity and stop offenders in their tracks.
Operation Bauble will target a range of offences including burglary, domestic abuse, robbery, handling stolen goods, dangerous and illegal driving and alcohol-fuelled violence.
Local officers will be joined by specialist resources during each of the 12 days, including traffic, tactical aid, ANPR, intercept teams, mounted and dog units. The teams will blitz areas and weed out individual’s intent on committing crime and preying on vulnerable people.
Police are also calling on communities to keep themselves and others safe, report crime and suspicious activity and look out for neighbours, relatives and friends.
Superintendent Craig Thompson said: “We want law-abiding people to remember Christmas for all the right reasons and to make sure this happens we’ll be doing everything we can to take offenders off our streets through Operation Bauble.
“Divisional officers with the support of specialist resources will be targeting local issues to ensure there isn’t a spike in crime and people can go about their daily business safely.
“The community can also do their bit to keep themselves and others safe this time of year by keeping their homes secure, arranging a safe mode of transport after a night out or checking on elderly neighbours to see if they are OK.”
To report crime call Greater Manchester Police on 101 or 999 in an emergency. Alternatively please contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 111 555.
Keep up-to-date with news from the Operation Bauble Team by following #OpBauble and #GMPChristmas on Twitter.
Completed Moc from Brickcon 2015
(Sorry for the not so high quality photo, it was taken on my friends phone and it kinda turned out a little weird)
Operation PRESENCE-Mali's Force Protection team assists a simulated casualty during a combat casualty exercise in Mali on December 17, 2018.
Photo: Corporal Ken Beliwicz
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The Task Force has identified that fighters were massing in the Naran Darre mountains. After gathering intelligence and mission planning, General Miller approved a mission to assault the suspected cave complex.
At nightfall, the operation was launched. The 20-operator assault team and a 6-man fire support team were inserted by a Chinook helicopter. The helicopter performed a pinnacle landing at a ridge line to insert the assault force.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
Her Majesty's Canadian Ship MONCTON sits at anchor in Pond Inlet, Nunavut during Operation QIMMIQ on August 21, 2015.
Photo: Corporal Felicia Ogunniya, 12 Wing Imaging Services
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Le Navire canadien de Sa Majesté MONCTON est à l’ancre à Pond Inlet, au Nunavut, au cours de l’opération QIMMIQ, le 21 août 2015.
Photo : Caporal Felicia Ogunniya, Services d’imagerie de la 12e Escadre
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Decided to re-edit this picture due to previous overexposure and filtering that I did not really like in my opinion.
Metra F40PH 166 pushes the inbound run of the Operation North Pole train towards Des Plaines, IL as it passes by the Arlington Heights Metra station.
During Operation Blue Moon www.flickr.com/photos/8212187@N05/49182441817/in/datepost..., the Combined Anti-Terrorism Task Force (CATF) captured an Al-Asad financier. Interrogation of the financier revealed that they were in the process of purchasing radioactive material from Panther (a Russian arms dealer name Ulysses Klaue) as the terror group planned to build several dirty bombs to target Victoria, United States and the United Kingdom. He could not provide further details on the location of Panther, but the TF believed the plan was derailed with his capture. The financier, however, did revealed the location of several high value individuals in the network. The CATF began to surveil these individuals.
Several months later, the CATF captured a high value individual through the intelligence obtained from the financier. The HVI confirmed that Al-Asad did indeed had plans to obtain radioactive materials to build several dirty bombs and the plans became dormant since the capture of the financier. However, the plot had recently been revived. Further, the HVI provided the TF with the location where the terror group will be receiving the materials from Panther. The exchange would occur in an area within the Russian sphere of influence and Panther himself would be at the exchange. However, according to the HVI, security would be light since they wanted to avoid drawing any attention at the exchange. It was expected that they would be traveling in civilian vehicles.
The intelligence was shared among allied nations. After a discussion at the highest Government level, it was decided that CATF would be assigned to capture both the radioactive material and the HVT Panther.
A Victorian special operations task force was assigned with the operation. To keep the operation a secret, a task force out of rotation was assigned. After receiving their orders from the Squadron HQ's SCIF, the team commanders immediately gave Warning Orders to their team members and made preparations to depart for Camp Oasis.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
A Sunwing passenger jet (SW703) traveling from Barkley Island to Victoria was hijacked by two gunmen from the Samedi Gang.
After two weeks of neogiation, an exchange of food and water for hostages, and the indication that the gunmen had a remote control, possibly a trigger for a bomb onboard, the Government of Victoria approved a hostage rescue and Team 7 of the National Mission Unit was deployed.
Just at dawn, snipers from Team 7 established an over-watch. Approaching from the plane's blind spot, the assault team also moved into position. The breacher carefully placed an explosive charge on the door.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
A CH-148 Cyclone helicopter sits on the flight deck of HMCS HALIFAX during flying stations prior to take off to Lisbon, Portugal as part of Operation REASSURANCE on 21 May 2022.
Please credit: Pte Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Un hélicoptère CH-148 Cyclone se trouve sur le pont d’envol du NCSM HALIFAX pendant les opérations aux postes d’envol avant son départ pour Lisbonne, au Portugal, au cours de l’opération REASSURANCE, le 21 mai 2022.
Photo : Sdt Connor Bennett, Forces armées canadiennes
Service members unload a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III Oct. 30, 2014, during Operation United Assistance. The U.S. Africa Command-led operation provides command and control, logistics, training and engineering support to the U.S. government’s efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez/Released)
British Airways short-haul operation at London Heathrow continues to see modernisation with deliveries of their Airbus A320neo/A321neo fleet continuing well into 2024 as British Airways will benefit from further examples from IAG's large order book.
The introduction of the Airbus A320neos have allowed British Airways to replace amongst the oldest Airbus A319s which the carrier still operates a number of examples, the most recent example having been withdrawn back in late-2020. The most recent delivery of the Airbus A320neo was back in late-2022, deliveries having been delayed owing to supply chain issues plaguing the aviation industry.
Very recently, British Airways was revealed to have ordered further Airbus A320neo family aircraft as a top-up of their existing order book. Prior to February 2023, British Airways had 4 Airbus A320neos and 2 Airbus A321neos remaining on-order... That has since increased with a further 7 Airbus A320neos and 3 Airbus A321neos added to the order book.
Currently, British Airways operates 142 Airbus A320 family aircraft, which includes 30 Airbus A319s, 67 Airbus A320s, 19 Airbus A320neos, 16 Airbus A321s and 10 Airbus A321neos. British Airways have 11 Airbus A320neos and 5 Airbus A321neos on-order.
Tango Tango November Romeo is one of 19 Airbus A320neos operated by British Airways, delivered new to the flag-carrier on lease from BBAM on 6th August 2021 and she is powered by 2 CFM International LEAP-1A26 engines.
Airbus A320-251N G-TTNR on short finals into Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) on BA835 from Dublin-Collinstown (DUB).
HMCS HALIFAX transits through Faroe Island as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) during Operation REASSURANCE on 5 June 2022.
Please credit: Pte Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Le NCSM HALIFAX, qui fait partie du 1er Groupe maritime permanent de l’OTAN (SNMG1), passe par les îles Féroé au cours de l’opération REASSURANCE, le 5 juin 2022.
Photo : Sdt Connor Bennett, Forces armées canadiennes
The Northern Lights shimmer above HMCS GLACE BAY during Operation NANOOK 2020 on August 18, 2020.
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Les aurores boréales brillent au-dessus du NCSM GLACE BAY au cours de l’opération NANOOK 2020, le 18 août 2020.
Photo : Caporal David Veldman, Forces armées canadiennes
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Some U.S troops try to make it off the beach on Utah beach. (P.S Major Bonacalli does this look good?)
Members of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) St. John’s embarked Maritime Tactical Operations Group, Tiger Team perform in room clearing drills while transiting the North Atlantic on January 22, 2018.
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Des membres de l’équipe d’intervention du Groupe des opérations tactiques maritimes à bord du Navire canadien de Sa Majesté (NCSM) St. John’s exécutent des drills d’évacuation des pièces alors que le navire traverse l’Atlantique Nord, le 22 janvier 2018.
Photo : Caporal Tony Chand, Services d’imagerie de la formation
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A Victorian special operations task force was assigned to ambush an exchange of radioactive material and capture a high value individual (HVI) codename Panther, a Russian arms dealer.
Since the exchange would take place in an area within the Russian sphere of influence, no ISR or air asset would be available. The plan was to insert reconnaissance teams before the exchange to perform advanced force operations (AFO) and to provide overwatch during the exchange. An assault team would then enter the area of operations (AO) by high altitude high opening (HAHO) insertion and setup an ambush at the exchange.
A ground extraction team will infiltrate the AO by vehicles (including HMMWVs and Grizzly LAVs) under the guise of a routine patrol to extract the assault team once the radioactive material and the HVI have been secured.
The remaining of the task force would be the quick reaction force (QRF) loaded in helicopters waiting at a forward operating base (FOB) and called upon if needed.
3 AFO teams (callsigns Sparrowhawk 2,3 &12) in UTVs were inserted into the AO by Chinook helicopters and setup observation posts (OPs) to conduct reconnaissance and to provide overwatch.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
A true night operation with Heidemarie W. Schnaufer!
I shot this photo during an astrophotography night with friends and work colleagues. We drove out of town to meet at Lake George (40min drive) braving the cold and darkness.
This was shot in one exposure with a 30 second exposure to get the background combined with a few strategic hits with my flash using the testing feature. It took a few tries, but the results worked out perfectly!
I was hesitant to take her along due to how dark and the extra bulk it would entail but, in the end, it was totally worth it!
I hope ya'll enjoy the photo and come follow me on Instagram ~ www.instagram.com/df_figureart/.
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces conducts a live-fire exercise as part of Operation REASSURANCE at Camp Adazi, Latvia, on January 2, 2023.
Photo: Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Un membre des Forces armées canadiennes participe à un exercice de tir réel dans le cadre de l’opération REASSURANCE, au Camp Adazi, en Lettonie, le 2 janvier 2023.
Photo : Forces armées canadiennes
Operation AVRO is a forcewide initiative that delivers a surge of extra resources and specialist officers to a different district within Greater Manchester each month.
This month (June 2022) saw the operation take place in Bolton.
The operation targets crimes that members of the public in that district have told us give them the most concern.
Members of the press and key partners, including local representatives, are invited to attend Operation AVRO deployments to see results first-hand and conduct important multi-agency work, such as welfare visits.
More details on AVRO can be found by visiting gmp.police.uk and following us on social media.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
You can access many of our services online at www.gmp.police.uk
Canadian Armed Forces members deployed to NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia participate in Exercise WOLVERINE FORGE as part of Operation REASSURANCE, held at Camp Adazi Training area on February 10, 2023.
Photo Credit: Sergeant 1st Class Christian Milano, Spanish Army
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Des membres des Forces armées canadiennes déployés au sein du groupement tactique de présence avancée renforcée de l’OTAN en Lettonie participent à l’exercice WOLVERINE FORGE dans le cadre de l’opération REASSURANCE, dans le secteur d’entraînement du Camp Adazi, le 10 février 2023.
Photo : Sergent de 1re classe Christian Milano, forces armées espagnoles
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The story of 707 Operations Inc. goes back to 1980 when a committee of six people formed themselves into a group under the name of ‘Plan R’. Inspections of steam locomotive R707 were made at Newport where it had laid in storage for the 6 years since its removal from service. Although it looked to be in a very dilapidated condition on the exterior, closer examination revealed that it was largely superficial and was mechanically in fair condition.
Proposals were then forwarded to the General Manager of VicRail regarding its restoration. Agreements were then put into place and R707 was placed in the old tarpaulin shop, and it was here in February 1981 that the all-volunteer workforce began work on the actual restoration.
The locomotive was dismantled and the complete overhaul began on the boiler, the frame wheels and axles, the cab fittings, smoke box, cylinders, motion gear and the tender. Late in 1984, R707 was steam tested in the presence of the DLI Inspector. Having passed all these tests R707 was almost complete. Final adjustments were made, and then began the task of painting the locomotive and tender in its original livery as delivered.
And so, on the 20th July 1985, R707 was returned to service when she ran a trip to Bacchus Marsh and return.
In order to cater for R707's future service the name Plan R was changed to Seven – O – Seven Operations Inc. In 1992 the home of 707 Operations was relocated and today is situated in Roads 7 and 8 of the Newport Workshops West Block.
Since those early days 707 Operations has expanded and today in addition to R707 they also have custody of locomotives:
R753 – dismantled, no current plans for restoration
J536 – dismantled, no current plans for restoration
K154 – dismantled, under conversion to N Class by the K154 Group
F317 – operational and used as the main yard shunter
F204 – non-operational, held as a source of spares for F317
T413 – operational, mainline certified and available for hire
Y127 – operational and used as a yard shunter
W241 – operational and used as a yard shunter
W244 – non-operational
All locomotives, except J536 and K154 (which is owned by the Locomotive Restoration Group), are allocated to 707 Operations but remain the property of the Public Transport Corporation of Victoria.
With the demise of West Coast Rail in 2005 they purchased a set of five air-conditioned steel carriages and now 707 Operations can provide a complete steam-powered train to operate excursions on the main lines of Victoria.
Members of Her Majesty's Canadian Ship SASKATOON carefully maneuver the ship around a large piece of ice while travelling through the Amundsen Gulf on August 22, 2015 during Operation NANOOK.
Photo: Cpl Donna McDonald, AETE Imagery Data Systems.
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Des membres du Navire canadien de Sa Majesté SASKATOON manœuvrent avec soin le navire afin de contourner un gros morceau de glace lors de leur passage dans le golfe Amundsen, le 22 août 2015, au cours de l’opération NANOOK.
Photo : Cpl Donna McDonald, CETA, Systèmes de données d’imagerie
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A deep undercover agent code name Emerald has been compromised and escaped to a safe house in the Naran Darre Mountain region. Unbeknownst to him, a Spetsnaz team is hot on his tail.
One morning as he was leaving the safe house for water, he spotted a GAZ Tigr quickly approaching. With no escape route, he quickly ran to a hidden space within the safe house.
Just as he closed the door to the hidden space, the Spetsnaz team arrived.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
HMCS HALIFAX transits into Eyjafjördur, Iceland along with fellow ships of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) during Operation REASSURANCE on 7 June 2022.
Please credit: Pte Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Le NCSM HALIFAX passe par Eyjafjördur, en Islande, en compagnie d’autres navires du 1er Groupe maritime permanent de l’OTAN (SNMG1), au cours de l’opération REASSURANCE, le 7 juin 2022.
Photo : Sdt Connor Bennett, Forces armées canadiennes
U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) members conduct a boarding exercise with HMCS BRANDON and HMCS SASKATOON in the Pacific Ocean, March 2, 2021.
Photo Credit: Op CARIBBE PAO, HMCS BRANDON, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Des membres du détachement d’application de la loi (LEDET) de la garde côtière américaine mènent un exercice d’arraisonnement avec le NCSM BRANDON et le NCSM SASKATOON dans l’océan Pacifique, le 2 mars 2021.
Photo : OAP, Op CARIBBE, NCSM BRANDON, Forces armées canadiennes
Members of Operation PRESENCE-Mali conduct their eleventh aeromedical evacuation mission, treating two civilian contractors involved in an IED attack before transferring the casualties to a MINUSMA Role 2 hospital in Gao, near Camp Castor on August 16, 2019.
Photo: Corporal Richard Lessard Task Force-Mali
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Des membres de l’opération PRESENCE-Mali participent à leur onzième mission d’évacuation sanitaire aérienne, au cours de laquelle ils soignent deux entrepreneurs civils victimes d’une attaque IED avant de les transférer vers un hôpital de rôle 2 de la MINUSMA, à Gao, près du Camp Castor, le 16 août 2019.
Photo : Caporal Richard Lessard, Force opérationnelle-Mali
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Police seized 41 vehicles during a two-day traffic operation earlier this week.
Officers were out in force with partner agencies as part of Operation Unity, which targeted a range of offences on the roads.
Check sites were set up in Gorton, Eastlands, Bolton and Manchester and during the course of the two days 575 vehicles were stopped.
Twelve vehicles were seized for being used illegally in the UK, 24 vehicles were seized for no insurance, two were seized for being driven without a licence and three were seized by the DVLA.
Police also issued 100 Traffic Offence Reports (TORs) to motorists, including 43 to drivers using a mobile phone and 16 for seatbelt offences.
The Drive & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) issued 55 prohibitions to commercial drivers for vehicle defects.
One vehicle was dealt with for red diesel, six taxi drivers were suspended and a 50-year old man was arrested on suspicion of two robberies in Tameside and remains in police custody for questioning.
Sergeant Garry Lyle from GMP’s Traffic Enforcement Unit said: “Partners and officers came together over the last two days to target offenders and send a stark reminder out to motorists that we will not let them compromise the safety of others on our roads.
“The Traffic Enforcement Unit deals with offences such as these on a daily basis but not to the same extent. We’re really grateful to our partners for assisting us throughout the operation and look forward to doing more of the same in the very near future.”
To report a crime please call police on 101 or ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
To keep up-to-date with GMP’s Traffic Unit, follow them on twitter - @gmptraffic
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Victorian Intelligence Officer Grayhawk was tasked with special activities and special reconnaissance at the border region. He established a safehouse and intelligence network at the Naran Darre Mountains and began his operation.
Grayhawk met with the tribal leaders in the region. After tea and gifts were exchanged, the tribal leader informed him that they observed military activities in an area not observed by satellites.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
Members of enhanced Forward Presence - Latvia participate in Exercise FURIOUS AXE, to ensure interoperability with other Baltic enhanced Forward Presence Battle Groups, in Camp Adazi Training Area, Latvia, October 19, 2020.
Please credit: enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Imagery Technician, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Des membres de la présence avancée renforcée en Lettonie participent à l’exercice FURIOUS AXE, assurant l’interopérabilité avec d’autres groupements tactiques baltes de la présence avancée renforcée, dans la zone d’entraînement du Camp Adazi, en Lettonie, 19 octobre 2020.
Mention de source : Technicien en imagerie du groupement tactique de la présence avancée renforcée, photo des Forces armées canadiennes
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces take their post as part of Exercise Crystal Arrow during Operation REASSURANCE at Camp Adazi, Latvia on March 22, 2023.
Photo: Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Des membres des Forces armées canadiennes sont en position au cours de l’exercice Crystal Arrow dans le cadre de l’opération REASSURANCE, au Camp Adazi, en Lettonie, le 22 mars 2023.
Photo : Forces armées canadiennes
A Canadian Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV) donated in support of Ukraine is being loaded for transport during Operation UNIFIER in southwest Poland, April 11, 2023.
Photo by: Corporal Marco Tijam, Operation UNIFIER, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Un véhicule blindé de dépannage canadien (VBD) donné pour soutenir l’Ukraine est chargé aux fins de transport durant l’opération UNIFIER, dans le sud-ouest de la Pologne, le 11 avril 2023.
Photo : Caporal Marco Tijam, opération UNIFIER, photo des Forces armées canadiennes
Canadian Armed Forces provide air mobile support of MINUSMA personnel and equipment during Operation PRESENCE-Mali, November 28, 2018.
Photo: Corporal Ken Beliwicz
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Les Forces armées canadiennes assurent le soutien mobile aérien du personnel et de l’équipement de la MINUSMA au cours de l’opération PRESENCE Mali, le 28 novembre 2018.
Photo : Caporal Ken Beliwicz
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Canadian Armed Forces members conduct a convoy exercise with members of the U.S. Army at the Mihail Kogalniceanu (MK) Air Base in Romania during Operation REASSURANCE, November 11, 2022.
Photo: Corporal Eric Chaput, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Des membres des Forces armées canadiennes participent à un exercice de convoi avec des membres de l’armée américaine, à la base aérienne Mihail Kogalniceanu (MK), en Roumanie, au cours de l’opération REASSURANCE, le 11 novembre 2022.
Photo : Caporal Eric Chaput, Forces armées canadiennes
Nilsson V70 Ambulance. From their website:
We have already transferred 30 ambulances and evacuation vehicles from Sweden to Ukraine. The cars have been filled with medical equipment and driven down to Ukraine to save lives. We have both civilian and front-line ambulances and some of them are manned by our own staff. An ambulance costs about SEK 35.000 a month to run. Sometimes there are also costs for repairs and maintenance. Over the course of a month, it manages to transport hundreds of injured people to the right healthcare facility.
A Victorian special operations task force was assigned to ambush an exchange of radioactive material and capture a high value individual (HVI) codename Panther, a Russian arms dealer.
The tasks were assigned to the TF through drawing straws. The assault team consisted of Team 8, the Squadron Master Chief (Callsign Orca-minor), and two machine gunners from Team 7. The extraction team consisted of Team 55 with Squadron Commander (Callsign Orca-actual), and a fire support section from the Special Operations Regiment. The extraction team are mounted in two GMV, one LAV-FSV, one LAV-ICV, and one HMWV Cargo. The remaining operators from Team 7 in two HH-60 Pave Hawks would be the QRF and positioned at FOB Spade. Video links with the Task Force's TOC, Victoria’s National Command Centre (NCC), United States’ Situation Room and United Kingdom’s COBRA were also setup to monitor the mission on the day of the exchange.
After the AFO teams were inserted, the assault team followed. The assault team would enter the AO by high altitude high opening (HAHO) insertion and patrol in to the exchange site. Just prior to launch, operators from Team 7 assisted their sister team and triple check their parachute and equipment.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
During Operation Blue Moon www.flickr.com/photos/8212187@N05/49182441817/in/datepost..., the Combined Anti-Terrorism Task Force (CATF) captured an Al-Asad financier. Interrogation of the financier revealed that they were in the process of purchasing radioactive material from Panther (a Russian arms dealer name Ulysses Klaue) as the terror group planned to build several dirty bombs to target Victoria, United States and the United Kingdom. He could not provide further details on the location of Panther, but the TF believed the plan was derailed with his capture. The financier, however, did revealed the location of several high value individuals in the network. The CATF began to surveil these individuals.
Several months later, the CATF captured a high value individual through the intelligence obtained from the financier. The HVI confirmed that Al-Asad did indeed had plans to obtain radioactive materials to build several dirty bombs and the plans became dormant since the capture of the financier. However, the plot had recently been revived. Further, the HVI provided the TF with the location where the terror group will be receiving the materials from Panther. The exchange would occur in an area within the Russian sphere of influence and Panther himself would be at the exchange. However, according to the HVI, security would be light since they wanted to avoid drawing any attention at the exchange. It was expected that they would be traveling in civilian vehicles.
The intelligence was shared among allied nations. After a discussion at the highest Government level, it was decided that CATF would be assigned to capture both the radioactive material and the HVT Panther.
A Victorian special operations task force was assigned with the operation. To keep the operation a secret, a task force out of rotation was assigned. After receiving their orders from the Squadron HQ's SCIF, the team commanders immediately gave Warning Orders to their team members and made preparations to depart for Camp Oasis.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
A Polish Armed Forces soldier trains a Ukrainian soldier in operating a Leopard 2A4 main battle tank at the driving circuit during Operation UNIFIER in south-western Poland, on February 20, 2023.
Photo by Corporal Marco Tijam, Operation UNIFIER, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Un soldat des forces armées polonaises donne de l’instruction à un soldat ukrainien sur la conduite d’un char de combat principal Leopard 2A4 sur le circuit de conduite au cours de l’opération UNIFIER, dans le sud ouest de la Pologne, le 20 février 2023.
Photo : Caporal Marco Tijam, opération UNIFIER, Forces armées canadiennes