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Friday, March 8th, 2013
Thomas Ahart, the interim superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, will become the school district’s next Superintendent, School Board Chair Dick Murphy announced today.
“Tom Ahart brings a commitment to our community, a wealth of experience, and a track record of success to this position,” said Murphy. “We had three strong, experienced candidates for this position – anyone of whom could have been a successful leader for our district – but in the end the very best was right here at home.”
Murphy said Ahart’s contract will be voted on at the next School Board meeting on Tuesday, at which time he would immediately drop ‘interim’ from his title. Ahart will become the 13th Superintendent in the 106-year history of Des Moines Public Schools, which is Iowa’s largest provider of public education with more than 32,000 students and nearly 5,000 employees.
“I am excited and honored by this opportunity, and promise that we are going to build on the success that we are seeing at schools throughout the community,” said Ahart. “I am thankful to be part of a great team of teachers and staff who each and every day are out there working to help every student succeed. My goal as Superintendent is straightforward: we will be recognized as the best urban school district in America.”
Ahart became interim Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools on May 15, 2012 and was appointed Associate Superintendent of the school district on July 1, 2011. Prior to that, he served as principal of Harding Middle School for three years.
He has also served as the Director of Human Resources at the Ankeny Community School District, the Director of Instruction at the Marshalltown Community School District, and as a school improvement consultant at the Heartland Area Education Agency. He has also been a language arts teacher at high schools in Denison, IA and Glenwood Springs, CO.
Ahart has also been involved in a number of educational and professional associations, including president of the Iowa Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and an editor of Iowa Educational Leadership. Ahart received a BA in speech and mass communications from the University of Denver as well as a Master’s of Public Administration and Ed.S from Drake University. He is completing his Doctorate in Education Leadership at Drake University, with a dissertation on student achievement factors in Iowa schools.
Ahart’s contract will be voted on at the next School Board meeting on Tuesday, March 12 and will go into effect immediately. The Superintendent’s salary will be $260,000.
7RAR mechanised infantry soldiers hold position with the support of an M1A1 Abrams tank as part of the combined-arms battle group live-fire assault in the Shoalwater Bay training area during Exercise Predator's Strike.
Mid-caption: Units from the Darwin-based 1st Brigade conducted Exercise Predator’s Strike from 28 June to 10 July 2011 at Shoalwater Bay in central Queensland to prove the war-fighting skills of the battle group in the lead up to Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011.
Predator’s Strike combined 1st Brigade units into a potent battle group that included 1st Armoured Regiment M1A1 Abrams tanks, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs), 5th and 7th Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment mechanised infantry mounted in M113AS4 armoured fighting vehicles, forward observers from the 8th/12th Regiment and elements from 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, 1st Combat Signal Regiment and 1st Combat Service Support Battalion.
1st Brigade has a distinguished history that includes five Victoria Cross winners, battle honours from Gallipoli and the Western Front, Vietnam, Iraq, East Timor and Afghanistan, and its soldiers are poised and ready to respond to a range of threats and regional events on behalf of the Australian Government.
Based in Darwin at Robertson Barracks, 1st Brigade is the Australian Army's light armoured brigade. More than 3400 civilian and military personnel support 1st Brigade at Robertson Barracks. (The 7th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment – including support elements from other 1st Brigade units – is based at RAAF Edinburgh, outside Adelaide, South Australia.)
Exercise Talisman Sabre (11–29 July 2011) is a major bilateral exercise designed to train Australian and United States forces in planning and conducting combined operations in order to improve Australian–US combat readiness and interoperability.
The lock team get in position for the arrival of the Arklow Field at Irlam Lock on the evening of the 26th July 2013. The high visibility vest on the left celebrates Manchester City winning the title in 2012.
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RODRIGUEZ LIVE-FIRE COMPLEX, Republic of Korea – U.S. Marines observe Republic of Korea Marines setting up an artillery firing position at the Rodriguez Live-Fire Complex Aug. 18 during Korean Marine Exchange Program 13-8. KMEP 13-8, a regularly scheduled, combined training exercise, enhances the combat readiness and interoperability of ROK-U.S. Marine Corps forces. The Marines are with 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment currently assigned to 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kasey Peacock/Released)
Not sure if this warning on St Peter's Church, Brighton, is warning about falling masonry or a falling missionary.
Helicopter extraction of Dutch marines after a raid on enemy positions.
Dutch Marines of 11 Raiding Squadron raid enemy positions at Cincu Training Area, Romania. During Noble Jump 2017 they conduct an air assault with American Chinook transport helicopters and get fire support from US Apache attack helicopters. After the firefight is won, they take prisoners and execute a medevac for one of their wounded comrades.
Credit: Corpoal Jasper Verolme
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In the childrens play area but out of use at Jersey's Living Legend. Ex Pioneer 10 and Tantivy 54 27/07/13
I grew up a few hours away from Gettysburg and have visited the battlefield multiple times. It never gets old. Like Arlington National Cemetery is it a vivid reminder of our history. This was my wife's first visit; we already had a long day and she was exhausted so we didn't get to spend as much time walking around as I would like. Still, we got to see a lot.
On this trip we visited the Confederate positions on Seminary Ridge and then looped around to the Union positions on Cemetery Ridge. It's always moving to think about what happened here back in July 1863; especially how history would/could have changed if the Confederates had won.
I took these photos in May 2019 at the Gettysburg National Military Park.
Right flash 100º, same height than the subject. Flash a la derecha 100º, misma altura que el sujeto. Muy cerca del sujeto (10 cm)
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This type 23 pillbox was built way up on High Edge to protect the extensive bomb storage area at RAF Harpur Hill.
after the stair race up Irelands tallest building. Up 27 floors with full gear a respirator and helmet. Part of the World Fire and Police games
Chuck always positions himself like this near the stove for a treat that may come his direction
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Oak tree in the middle of Cresent Field with the 11th Indiana position marker in the background.
Shiloh National Military Park
Shiloh, TN
With the threat of a German land invasion, gun batteries were placed strategically along the south coast. Brownstone Battery was built at Froward Point above Kingswear in 1940 to protect the Dart Estuary and nearby beaches Slapton and Blackpool Sands. The Battery was manned by up to 300 soldiers.
The Battery has two gun positions. Each housed a six-inch gun, taken from a First World War battleship. The guns had a range of over 14 miles, and 13 men were needed to operate each gun. The men worked on a shift system.
The shells containing high explosives were propelled from the guns by 'charges.' These were either cordite, a silk bag filled with smaller bags of explosive, or a cartridge, a brass cylinder filled with explosive.
At the lower position, a miniature railway was built and the track carried shells down the steep slop from the ammunition store to the gun position. The shells were loaded onto a truck or bogey then freewheeled down with gears controlling the speed. An engine and pulley hoisted the truck back up the slope.
There are two searchlight positions at the battery. The reinforced concrete buildings housed powerful searchlights which scanned the sea for enemy ships. Five men operated each searchlight, working on shifts. Below the searchlights, the whole cliff area was covered in barbed wire.
The Battery was decommissioned in the late 1950s and is now managed by the National Trust.