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Military children participate in the Nebraska National Guard Child and Youth Program's Operation: Hidden Egg, March 24, 2018, at the Joint Force Headquarters atrium and lawn in Lincoln, Nebraska. This annual Easter egg hunt event invites military families to come out for crafts and games, and is held in both Lincoln and Grand Island, Nebraska. (Nebraska National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Kevin Hynes)
Photo Credit: Mr. Robert Dozier (FMWRC)
Sgt. Christiana Ball performs "'Til the last shot's fired" by Trace Atkins en route to winning the title of Army Entertainment's 2013 Rising Star.
HMCS MONTREAL anchored outside the Suez Canal awaiting transit as part of Operation PROJECTION on 17 April 2023.
Photo By: Corporal Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
As the annual Conservative Party Conference comes to a close, Greater Manchester Police would like to thank attendees, the people of Greater Manchester, and visitors, for another successful and peaceful policing operation.
This multi-agency security operation, codenamed Operation Protector, has been months in the planning and saw thousands of extra people enter the city to attend the event, all of which passed without incident.
Sunday 1 October was the main day for protests, with thousands of protestors marching through the city, and attending a rally. Despite the typical Mancunian weather, spirits were high, and the events went ahead without incident, coming to a peaceful conclusion.
Whilst unrelated to the event, a number of proactive arrests were made in the city centre for a range of offences including driving whilst under the influence of drugs, shop lifting, and a man who was wanted for assault, demonstrating it was business as usual for many officers on the ground.
Assistant Chief Constable Chris Sykes, Gold Commander for the event, said: “Over the past four days, we’ve seen more than ten thousand delegates and visitors come to our city, supporting local businesses and the local economy; it is testament to Manchester being an iconic city for major events.
“As expected, and as in previous years, there were a number of protests throughout the period – notably on Sunday 1 October, which saw around 3,000 people march through the city.
“Security operations of this scale are always complex and require a high degree of multiagency work. With our partners, we have worked tirelessly to protect delegates, enable protests, and keep our city safe, and I am proud to hear such positive feedback about our staff who have performed their duties to the highest of standards.
“And finally, I would like to thank those who live, work or were visiting Manchester during this busy period for their patience whilst our operation was in place.”
Operation Shocktober on October 18th 2008 was the ninth straight month of peaceful global protests against the scientology cult. The theme was zombies, to coincide with Halloween and highlight the many mysterious deaths and suicides of cult members.
All faces of those unmasked are blurred to protect them from the cult's "Fair Game" policy of harassing it's critics. These are brave people of all ages and walks of life, standing shoulder to shoulder with ex-Scientologists to bring the truth TO YOU.
Educate yourself about what TIME Magazine called "The Cult of Greed and Power":
As part of Operation Turkey Manny Ortega and Ret. Col. Alan Smith of the American Red Cross Jersey Coast Board of Directors working together with the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters donate 56 turkeys to the American Red Cross New Jersey Region Service to the Armed Forces program at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Saturday, November 19. The turkeys will be distributed to military families across the base.
Photo taken Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
Vince Esposito/American Red Cross
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – During the first week of August, Santa Rosa Lake and Dam hosted Operation Pave Hawk, a scenario-based search and rescue training exercise organized by the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol and the New Mexico Civil Air Patrol. Shown: Members of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol and the New Mexico Civil Air Patrol transport one of the “lost” hikers "rescued" during training exercise Operation Pave Hawk, Aug. 4, 2018. (Photo by Paul Sanchez)
Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Toronto Naval Boarding Party members undergo training using live-fire simulated ammunition during Operation REASSURANCE on 23 September 2020.
Photo Credit: Cpl White-Finkle, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Image has been digitally altered due to operational security.
Crew members aboard HMCS SHAWINIGAN ready the ship as they depart Miami, Florida to take part in Operation CARIBBE, in the Caribbean Sea on June 10, 2021.
Photo: Canadian Armed Forces Imagery Technician, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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This is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway, which began operation on 22nd. June 2010. Tram 209 departing from the Byparken terminus.
Copyright © Ron Bowyer.
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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.”
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.
Yesterday ( Wednesday 7 September 2023), officers from GMP’s Economic Crime Unit with other specialist teams in the force, alongside support from Cheshire Police, RSPCA and the Northwest Regional Organised Crime Unit worked together to execute four simultaneous warrants in Partington, Manchester and Lymm in Cheshire.
Two men, aged 17 and 43, a father and son, and a 69-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of money laundering and possession of firearms. They remain in police custody for questioning.
A search of the properties revealed approximately £200k of illicit cash was seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act, two high value vehicles, three firearms, and a large quantity of high value items including 10 luxury watches.
A number of neglected animals were also rescued by RSPCA including eight puppies.
Detective Inspector James Coles of GMP’s Economic Crime Unit, said: “The partnership work today is invaluable to keeping the people of Greater Manchester safe, when we work together with other forces and law enforcement agencies, we are coming ever closer to removing this type of crime from our streets.
“This is great proactive policing work conducted by officers who have managed to remove suspected counterfeit cash from our streets.
“We recently launched Operation Notes, GMP’s dedicated response to tackling counterfeit currency, and although this may look like it is a victimless crime on the surface, counterfeit currency production and distribution is a serious offence and can promote organised violence.
“By seizing this cash today, officers have been able to put a dent in organised criminal networks to prevent the funds assisting further criminality within the community."
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Operation Shocktober on October 18th 2008 was the ninth straight month of peaceful global protests against the scientology cult. The theme was zombies, to coincide with Halloween and highlight the many mysterious deaths and suicides of cult members.
All faces of those unmasked are blurred to protect them from the cult's "Fair Game" policy of harassing it's critics. These are brave people of all ages and walks of life, standing shoulder to shoulder with ex-Scientologists to bring the truth TO YOU.
Educate yourself about what TIME Magazine called "The Cult of Greed and Power":
Fresno-Sunmaid, 5 December 2024
I went exploring in Fresno on 5 December and blundered into Sunmaid crossing, where the former SP line to Exeter, now operated by the San Joaquin Valley RR, crosses the BNSF main south of the Santa Fe-Amtrak station in downtown Fresno.
I was just looking for a place to walk Reeses next to the track and found a road on the west side of the BNSF line with decent light. We headed south and almost immediately, a southbound/eastbound BNSF freight appeared.
I knew that San Joaquin 712 was due while we would be there and the Amtrak app showed it as on time.
We walked south and passed the OK Produce warehouse, where their trailers had a variety of jokes about fruits and vegetables. Someone in their marketing department has my sense of humor!
It was south of OK's warehouse that we found the San Joaquin Valley track and its crossing of the BNSF. The name Sunmaid comes from a brand of raisins that are packed in the Fresno area. At one time a tower protected this crossing, but it is long gone and a BNSF dispatcher in Fort Worth, Texas controls operations here.
712 came south, led by a cabbage car (former F40 locomotive now used as a cab car with a baggage room where the engine used to be), and pushed by an F59.
About the time 712 passed, the road ended in a construction zone and we turned around to walk back to the car. As an OK truck stopped between us and the track, I heard an air horn and barely managed to get a video of northbound Amtrak 715 with an SC-44.
Not a bad hour and a half of train watching for this area.
HMCS FREDERICTON’s embarked CH-148 Cyclone helicopter “Phoenix” conducts foc’sle transfers during Operation REASSURANCE on 20 April 2023 in the Mediterranean Sea.
Please credit: Cpl Noé Marchon, Canadian Armed Forces photo
The Joint Force Command, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), commander, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, with an ABC news team visits troops throughout Liberia on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 2014.
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The 237th Military Police (MP) Company, 941st MP Battalion, New Hampshire Army National Guard, and the 30th MP Company, 3rd MP Regiment, 5th Canadian Army Division conducted a cross-border MP training exercise, Operation Maroon Thunder, May 12-14 at Ft. Devens, Mass.
Photo by Sgt. Bei Simmons, 114th Public Affairs Detachment
Over 300 people gather for Operation: PanzerFaust, an airsoft event hosted by Omega Ops at Panther Airsoft in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. Players were divided into two teams: Red Team and Blue Team and spent the day competing for control of the field.
Operation Shocktober on October 18th 2008 was the ninth straight month of peaceful global protests against the scientology cult. The theme was zombies, to coincide with Halloween and highlight the many mysterious deaths and suicides of cult members.
All faces of those unmasked are blurred to protect them from the cult's "Fair Game" policy of harassing it's critics. These are brave people of all ages and walks of life, standing shoulder to shoulder with ex-Scientologists to bring the truth TO YOU.
Educate yourself about what TIME Magazine called "The Cult of Greed and Power":
The operations team of Global Water Futures along with interested members of the public and fellow researchers met in Saskatoon at the University of Saskatchewan, January 21 - 23, 2019. All photos by Mark Ferguson, Communications Specialist for the USask Global Institute for Water Security and Global Water Futures.
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.
160627-N-VS214-051 ARABIAN GULF (June 27, 2016) Culinary Specialist Seaman Daniel Martinez prepares shrimp on a grill for lunch aboard the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49). Harpers Ferry is part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Eshleman/Released)