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More than 90 paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade began combined Romanian-American exercises on October 21 with an airborne operation into Campia Turzii. The American paratroopers initiated the rapid-reaction exercise with only several hours’ notice. (Lucian Crusoveanu/Public Diplomacy Office)
Read more at romania.usembassy.gov/policy/media/pr-10212014.html
Lieutenant (Navy) Alina Na, an Intelligence Officer aboard HMCS CALGARY, conducts their duties in the Arabian Sea during Operation ARTEMIS and as part of Combined Task Force 150, on May 15, 2021.
Please credit: Corporal Lynette Ai Dang, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Dive Task Force member conducts dive operations during Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut on March 7, 2023.
Photo by: Corporal Antoine Brochu, Assistant Deputy Minister (Public Affairs)
Operation IGNITION is Canada’s periodic participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Airborne Surveillance and Interception Capabilities to meet Iceland's Peacetime Preparedness Needs, which is a NATO operation conducted to patrol Iceland’s airspace.
Known as Task Force Iceland, the Canadian Armed Forces contingent comprises about 160 personnel and includes a detachment of six CF-18 Hornet jet fighters plus a support element located at Keflavik Air Base.
Paratroopers from Italy, Spain, and the U.S. jump from aircraft to seize an airfield on Smardan Training Area, Romania. XVIII Airborne Corps led a Combined Joint Task Force during a joint forcible entry training exercise as part of Operation Swift Response 15 (photo by Lt. Col. Rod Cunningham).
Members of the embarked Air Detachment aboard HMCS FREDERICTON load a torpedo on the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter âPHOENIXâ during Operation REASSURANCE in the Mediterranean Sea, on 06 April 2023.
Please credit: Cpl Noé Marchon, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Commander Annick Fortin, the Commanding Officer of HMCS WINNIPEG, and the crew onboard HMCS WINNIPEG conduct a PASSEX with the Royal Thai Navy, HTMS Sukhothai, after the departure of Thailand during Operation PROJECTION on Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
Photo: S1 Melissa Gonzalez, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Flight Deck Coordinator, Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Eldridge, oversees contact with Search and Rescue Technicians onboard the CH-149 Cormorant helicopter while conducting helo hoist operations during Operation PROJECTION INDO - PACIFIC on 27 March 2023 off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Photo: S1 Taylor Congdon, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Combat System Engineers onboard HMCS Winnipeg conduct CIWS maintenance and loading during Operation PROJECTION while sailing in the pacific ocean on October 25, 2022.
Photo: S1 Melissa Gonzalez, Canadian Armed Forces Imagery Technician
Le Matelot-chef Mikael Tardif et le matelot de 3e classe Zachary Clarke hissent les drapeaux pour communiquer avec le navire portuguais Corte-Real, dans la baie de Riga, en Lettonie, dans le cadre de l'opération REASSURANCE, le 5 novembre 2021.
Photo : Cpl Laura Landry, Forces armées canadiennes
Texas National Guardsmen maneuver through an Urban Operations training course at Camp Swift. This is where Soldiers learn to move tactfully through a built up environment also called "knock and talk" or "breach and teach". Photo by SSG Malcolm McClendon
Operation AVRO is a forcewide initiative that delivers a surge of extra resources and specialist officers to a different district or policing priority within Greater Manchester each month.
This month saw the operation return to Wigan.
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
Approximately 20 personnel from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron, and a few support personnel, return to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson from a five-month long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operations Resolute Support and Freedom’s Sentinel, June 8, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)
Members of HMCS HALIFAX’s Naval Boarding Party (NBP) practice their clearance drills onboard as part of their readiness training during Operation REASSURANCE on 28 April 2022.
Please credit: Pte Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces photo
XVIII Airborne Corps Deputy Commander of Operations Canadian Brig. Gen. Simon Heatherington (right) and Communications Director Col. Joseph Hilfiker observe observe paratroopers from Italy, Spain, and the U.S. jump onto a drop zone to sieze an airfield as part of a joint forcible entry training exercise. XVIII Airborne Corps led a Combined Joint Task Force during a joint forcible entry training exercise as part of Operation Swift Response 15 (photo by Lt. Col. Rod Cunningham).
Lieutenant Stephen Lamarche speaks with boarding party members from ITS (Italian Ship) Luigi Rizzo aboard HMCS MONCTON as part of OBANGAME EXPRESS during Operation PROJECTION, off the coast of West Africa on March 14, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Jaclyn Buell, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Operation Knotweed. A multi agency emergency response exercise, November 2012.
Scenario: Light aircraft crashes at sports stadium during an event.
Staged at Salford City Stadium / A J Bell Stadium.
Participants: City Airport / Barton Aerodrome. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. North West Ambulance Service. Greater Manchester Police. Casualties Union. Salford City Stadium.
North Carolina National Guard member Sgt. Mario Delgado of the 42nd Civil Support Team, Greenville, NC, dons protective gear for a simulated chlorine gas attack during Operation Vigilant Catamount in Canton, NC, on June 10, 2017. Operation Vigilant Catamount (OVC) is a joint civilian and NCNG regional domestic operations and homeland security exercise. (Photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean, NCNG PAO Raleigh)
Crewmembers carry out their duties on the bridge of HMCS HARRY DEWOLF during Operation CARIBBE, while sailing the Atlantic Ocean, May 3, 2022.
Please credit: Canadian Armed Forces photo
Members of HMCS MONTREAL ride off in a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) as part of a Search and Rescue (SAR) mission off the coast of Australia while deployed on Operation PROJECTION on 29 July 2023.
Photo by: Cpl Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Des membres d’équipage du NCSM MONTREAL se déplacent à bord d’une embarcation pneumatique à coque rigide lors d’une mission de recherche et sauvetage au large de l’Australie, dans le cadre de leur participation à l’opération PROJECTION, le 29 juillet 2023.
Photo : Cpl Connor Bennett, Forces armées canadiennes
Marshall County Railroad Historical Society/Central Branch Railroad equipment on their tourist operation.
A Royal Canadian Navy member aboard HMCS MONTREAL partakes in live-fire training with the C8A2 carbine during Operation REASSURANCE, in the Mediterranean Sea on February 26, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Braden Trudeau, Canadian Armed Forces photo
A Mexico special operations competitor sprints to a new objective during an assault team event May 4, 2016 as part of Fuerzas Comando in Ancon, Peru. Through friendly competition, this exercise promotes military-to-military relationships, increases training knowledge, and improves regional security. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Menegay/Released)
In autumn 2022, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) launched Operation Vulcan to clear the areas of Cheetham Hill and Strangeways of the counterfeit goods trade and associated organised crime.
Eleven months on and the area today paints a very different picture, with over 200 counterfeit shops shut down, over 1000 tonnes of counterfeit items repurposed and recycled, £520,000 cash seized, and violent crime and public order offences reduced by 50%.
Following this success, Greater Manchester Police and partners vow to bring the same dynamic change, vigour and enthusiasm to Piccadilly Gardens.
Using the same specialist taskforce, alongside local neighbourhood officers and PCSO’s, dedicated resources will be embedded into Piccadilly Gardens to identify the root causes of the existing problems and work closely with local residents and partners to eliminate the criminality in all its forms, helping to create a safer community and supporting businesses to thrive and grow.
Policing alone will not solve these problems, and that is why the multi-agency approach is so key to tackle the issues in Piccadilly Gardens. Working with Manchester City Council, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and local businesses and charities, this is our commitment to tackling and creating sustainable resolutions to issues such as anti-social behaviour, drug dealing, exploitation, theft from person, and violent crime which have, for too long, impacted the lives and livelihoods of those in and around Piccadilly Gardens.
Detective Superintendent Neil Blackwood, who will be leading the specialist team of officers in Piccadilly Gardens, said: “Building on the success of the existing partnerships we have, strengthening the multi-agency approach to key issues that are impacting the lives of the local community and visitors, police and partners will use every power and policy available to revitalise the area.
“Operation Vulcan Piccadilly is the product of hours of interactions with locals, residents, and partners from across Manchester, and represents what they want from their police force. We will work with the public to fight crime and anti-social behaviour, utilising all of the specialist resources within GMP to make a real difference in the area.
“We want Piccadilly Gardens to feel safer and become a more welcoming place for people to live, work, and socialise, but make no mistake, we will be adopting a zero-tolerance approach to any criminality, and we will be relentless in our pursuit to make this a hostile environment for criminals."
Councillor Luthfur Rahman, Deputy Leader of Manchester City Council, said: “We welcome this operation, with the police focusing resources on Piccadilly Gardens and acting on concerns raised by the community, the Council and others.
“The Council will support the operation whether through services to improve the appearance of the area as anti-social behaviour is reduced, or by aiding vulnerable people who need support – for example drug and alcohol treatment or safeguarding.
“Piccadilly Gardens is a public space with huge potential and we’ve seen it successfully host events such as the Christmas Markets and more recently screenings of Lionesses matches. It’s a much-used space, with 150,000 people a day passing through it, but we recognise that it has issues with crime and anti-social behaviour and that negative perceptions surround it.
“This commitment from the police will help make it an area which is welcoming to everyone except those with criminal or anti-social intent. Building on this foundation, the Council has appointed designers to come up with a plan to transform the area, creating a welcoming, flexible and family-friendly space. Together we can deliver real improvements.”
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Operation Pedro Pan
On this site, which was officially known as the Florida City Shelter of the Catholic Welfare Bureau’s Cuban Children’s Program, thousands of Operation Pedro Pan children found refuge from Communist Cuba between 1961 and 1966. Operation Pedro Pan was conceived and organized by Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh of the Archdiocese of Miami and James Baker, headmaster of Ruston Academy in Havana, Cuba, at the request of parents who sought to prevent Communist indoctrination of their children. It was financed largely by the United States Government with full support of the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations, and was supervised by the State of Florida. Between December 1960 and October 1962, over 14,000 Pedro Pan children arrived in South Florida. The Florida City Shelter was the largest of the Operation’s facilities in the state. It housed girls 5-19 years old and boys under 13 who lived in home units under the care of exiled Cuban couples who served as house parents. Its day-to-day operations were managed by Catholic priests and Sisters of St. Philip Neri. Many Operation Pedro Pan children went on to plant deep roots in the region and made significant contributions to Florida and the nation.
Operación Pedro Pan
En este sitio, denominado Refugio de Florida City del Programa de Niños Cubanos del Buró Católico de Bienestar Social, miles de niños integrantes de la Operación Pedro Pan recibieron albergue de Cuba Comunista entre 1961 y 1966. La operación fue concebida y organizada por el Monseñor Bryan O. Walsh de la Arquidiócesis de Miami y por James Baker, director de la Academia Ruston, ubicada en La Habana, Cuba, a solicitud de padres que no querían que sus hijos fueran adoctrinados por el régimen. Fue financiada por el gobierno estadounidense, con respaldo de las administraciones de Eisenhower, Kennedy y Johnson y supervisada por el gobierno estatal de Florida. Entre diciembre de 1960 y octubre de 1962, más de 14,000 niños cubanos llegaron al sur de Florida. En el Refugio de Florida City, el mayor del estado, se acogieron niñas entre 5 y 19 años de edad y niños menores de 13. Los menores residían en hogares encabezados por matrimonios cubanos exiliados que fungían como padres. La administración estaba bajo la dirección de sacerdotes católicos y las Hermanas de San Felipe Neri. Muchos niños de Operación Pedro Pan echaron raíces en la región y contribuyeron al desarrollo socioeconómico y cultural de Florida y del país.
Returning from Trapani, Italy, seven CF-188 "Hornet's" land at their home base, the 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron, in Bagotville, Quebec November 4, 2011.
Operation MOBILE is the Canadian Forces’ participation in Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, the NATO-led effort, as authorized in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 of 17 March 2011, to impose upon Libya an arms embargo, a no-fly zone and to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas in Libya.
Task Force Libeccio is the Air Component of Operation MOBILE and it is composed of the Task Force Headquarters, based in Napes, Italy; the Air Coordination Element, based in Poggio-Renatico, Italy; and the Sicily Air Wing, based out of two locations in Sicily, Italy. There are approximately 350 personnel deployed to Italy as part of Task Force Libeccio.
Sicily Air Wing is made up of four air operations flights and two close support flights, which include: a CP-140 Flight, based at Sigonella, Sicily; and a CF-18 Flight, a CC-150T Flight, a CC-130T Flight, an Operational Support Flight and a Mission Support Flight, all based at Trapani-Birgi, Sicily.
In addition to the support furnished to Operation MOBILE by Task Force Libeccio, HMCS Vancouver is currently conducting presence and surveillance patrols under CJTF Unified Protector, through the NATO Maritime Component Commander and Combined Task Group (CTG) 455.01 deployed in the Mediterranean.
Master Corporal David Scott, an Aviation Systems Technician guides a CH-148 Cyclone as it backs out of the hanger onto the flight deck of HMCS HALIFAX in preparation for take off, 23 March 2022.
Photo by: Pte Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces photo
A Boatswain onboard HMCS YELLOWKNIFE fires a C8 rifle during a Small Arms Shoot as part of weekly training to maintain a high degree of readiness during Operation CARIBBE, March 4, 2022.
Photo: MARPAC Imaging Services, Canadian Armed Forces photo
A sailor onboard HMCS MONTREAL observes Motor Vessel (MV) ASTERIX from the port boat deck as the two ships conduct a Personnel Awaiting Transfer (PAX) during Operation SAVANNE on 3 May 2023.
Photo by: Cpl Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Commander Annick Fortin, the Commanding Officer of HMCS WINNIPEG, and the crew onboard HMCS WINNIPEG conduct a PASSEX with the Royal Thai Navy, HTMS Sukhothai, after the departure of Thailand during Operation PROJECTION on Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
Photo: S1 Melissa Gonzalez, Canadian Armed Forces photo
HMCS Fredericton sails out of Syracuse Harbour, Italy, during Operation REASSURANCE, on 11 February 2023.
Please credit: Cpl Noé Marchon, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
After the flag raising my crew celibrated with a cigar. From left to right: PFC Sorrell, PFC Bishop, SSG Taets, PFC Pliego, and PFC Cleland. The Flag is being flown to honor my daughter, Jasmin, on her birthday. 10 October.
BALTIMORE, Md. (September 24, 2011), Elements of the Maryland Defense Force and the Maryland Army National Guard provided health care, legal services and logistical support to more than 210 homeless veterans during “Operation Stand Down” in Baltimore this weekend. The event was organized by The Way Station Inc., in partnership with the State of Maryland, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, various Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs), and volunteer organizations.
“It is our obligation to serve those who have served on our behalf. With estimates showing that on any given night there are as many as 1,000 homeless veterans in our state, it is clear that we must do more to keep these brave Marylanders from falling through the cracks,” said Lt. Governor Anthony Brown. “Events like Operation Stand Down provide an opportunity not only for homeless veterans to get the services and resources that they need and deserve, but an opportunity for the community to come together to give something back to those who have so bravely sacrificed in service to their country.”
Operation Stand Down provided an opportunity for homeless veterans in Baltimore to interact and form ties with peers and volunteers while receiving much needed, specific services. Organizations, private companies and service providers had stations set up throughout the War Memorial Plaza where veterans could learn about what benefits they may be eligible for, receive certain essential services (such as medical, addiction counseling, showers, veteran benefits, housing assistance, clothing, etc.) and be given opportunities for possible training and employment.