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A sailor conducts routine maintenance on a Strike Fighter Squadron 86 Super Hornet in Hangar Bay 3 of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower, whilst the ship was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Marina Bay, Singapore.
This morning sunrise. Finally. Yes, finally I don't get some moody gloomy sky here! Pretty decent clouds and colours this morning and with 3 hours of sleep, it was a bit of a toss up whether I should go for sunrise. I am lucky I did.
Infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division prepare to fire and qualify at an M320 grenade launcher range at an Estonian Army Training Area, Nov. 2. Despite windy conditions all Soldiers managed to adjust and qualify, hitting targets ranging from 200 to 350 meters away. These activities are part of the U.S. Army Europe-led Operation Atlantic Resolve land force assurance training taking place across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to enhance multinational interoperability, strengthen relationships among allied partners, contribute to regional stability and demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO allies.
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (May 13, 2022) - A British Army soldier mans the turret of a light armored vehicle at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright during Exercise Maple Resolve 2022, May 13, 2022.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)
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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (13 mai 2022) – Un soldat de l’armée britannique est en poste dans la tourelle d’un véhicule blindé léger à la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright au cours de l’exercice Maple Resolve 2022, le 13 mai 2022.
(Photo de la U.S. Navy prise par le spécialiste des communications de masse de 1re classe Ryan Seelbach)
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment advance on an enemy position in Wainwright, Alberta during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 29, 2017.
Photo by Sgt JF Lauzé Garrison Imaging Petawawa
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Des membres du 2e Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, avancent vers une position ennemie, Ã Wainwright, en Alberta, au cours de lâexercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 29 mai 2017.
Photo : Sgt JF Lauzé, Imagerie de la garnison Petawawa
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26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marines exit the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 Reinforced, while conducting a parachute operation during Exercise Eagle Reslove over Qatar, April 26, 2013. Eagle Resolve is an annual multilateral exercise designed to enhance regional cooperative defense efforts in the Gulf Cooperation Council nations and U.S. Central Command. The 26th MEU is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response and limited contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Photo by Cpl. Chris Stone
Date Taken:04.26.2013
Location:Qatar
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Soldiers of 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, act as the coalition forces, in the final firefight during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE in the 3rd Canadian Division Support Base Detachment Wainwright, Alberta on May 10, 2021.
Please credit: Cpl Rachael Allen, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Des soldats du 1er Bataillon, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, jouent le rôle des forces de la coalition lors du dernier échange de feu au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, à la Base de soutien de la 3e Division du Canada, détachement Wainwright, en Alberta, le 10 mai 2021.
Photo : Cpl Rachael Allen, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes, Forces armées canadiennes
A 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron pilot maneuvers a KC-10 Extender into position in preparation to receive fuel over the United Arab Emirates in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, March 14, 2019. The 908th EARS empowers the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria by providing mission extending aerial refueling services to U.S. and coalition forces conducting operations in OIR's area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan Castelan)
Souveche, posing as Nikita, about to kick some ass
Alien Bee B1600 in a standard reflector gelled red, around the corner camera right, aimed at the ceiling and into the corridor. B800 in a PCB stripbox behind Souveche and slightly camera left providing rim light. Another B800 in a standard reflector with a 10º grid aimed only at Souveche's face.
Model: Souveche (Model Mayhem #1663859)
Location: Studio Twelve South First, San Jose
Light Armoured Vehicles from 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment hold a defensive line in a simulated battle at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright Training Area during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 22 on 13 May 2022.
Please Credit: Corporal Jonathan King, Canadian Forces Support Group (Ottawa/Gatineau) Imaging Services, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Des véhicules blindés légers du 1er Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, occupent une ligne défensive lors d’une bataille simulée dans le secteur d’entraînement de la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 22, le 13 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporal Jonathan King, Services d’imagerie du Groupe de soutien des Forces canadiennes (Ottawa/Gatineau), Forces armées canadiennes
When the seat of the federal government was transferred permanently to Washington, D.C., in 1800, no provision was made for housing for the Supreme Court. Less than two weeks before the Court was to convene, Congress resolved to let the Court use a room in the Capitol. The Court moved into the Old North Wing (image above), meeting in various rooms from February 1810 to December 1860. During the early years when construction displaced the Justices, they had to meet in nearby homes or taverns. Eventually the Court occupied a courtroom that had been especially designed for it in the basement beneath the new Senate chamber. When the Court moved upstairs in 1861, the old courtroom became the law library for both Congress and the Court, seen here in this c. 1895 photograph. The Supreme Court was housed in what is now called the restored Old Senate Chamber from 1861 to 1935. Although the chamber was more spacious and dignified than the basement one, there was no dining room (the Justices lunched in the robing room), and no individual office space for the Justices and their staff (the Justices often worked at home).
Chief Justice William Howard Taft and the Associate Justices admired architect Cass Gilbert’s model for a new Supreme Court building in 1929. Taft had begun lobbying for a separate building as early as 1912, and redoubled his efforts when he became Chief Justice in 1921. Taft not only persuaded Congress to fund the nearly $10 million building, giving the Court its own home for the first time, but he also oversaw its planning and initial construction. When the cornerstone was laid in 1932, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes said of Taft, who had died two years before: “This building is the result of his intelligent persistence.” To a country sunk deep in the Great Depression, Chief Justice Hughes added: “The Republic endures and this is the symbol of its faith.”
Gleaming bone white and austere among its distinguished neighbors on Capitol Hill, its stately façade evoking the long-enduring glory of ancient Rome, the Supreme Court Building imposes a mood of decorum. The aura of formality is no accident.
When architect Cass Gilbert submitted his design in May, 1929, he planned “a building of dignity and importance suitable…for the permanent home of the Supreme Court of the United States.” Gilbert has been chosen by a commission led by Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Gilbert’s associates were Cass Gilbert, Jr., and John R. Rockart, with executive supervision by David Lynn, Architect of the Capitol.
Into the Building the architects put about three million dollars’ worth of marble. For the exterior walls alone a thousand freight car loads of flawless stone come from Vermont—along with a 250-ton slab specifically cut for sculptor James E. Fraser’s allegorical figures at the entrance.
Georgia marble was chosen for the outer walls of four courtyards that divide the building into a cross-shaped center core and a gallery of offices and corridors. Nearly square, the resulting structure is 92 feet high and stretches 385 feet on its longest side. The interior walls are faced with marble quarried in Alabama.
Opposite the formal entrance, at the east end of the aptly named Great Hall, is the Court Chamber proper—82 by 91 feet, with a coffered ceiling 44 feet high. Gilbert walled this imposing room with Ivory Vein marble from Spain. For the 24 massive columns he insisted on marble of a particularly delicate tint, called light Siena, from the Old Convent quarry in the Italian province of Liguria.
From Italy the rough stone went to a firm of marble finishers in Knoxville, Tennessee, who dressed and honed the blocks into 72 slightly tapered cylinders, 11 feet in circumference at the widest. Three sections went into each 30-foot column, to be topped by an Ionic capital.
Darker marble from Italy and Africa gives color to the floor. Against the marble the room gains richness from its fittings: tones of red in carpet and upholstery and heavy draperies, highly polished luster in solid Honduras mahogany, gleaming bronze latticework in gates to the side corridors. And in 1973, new lighting, new paint, and new gilding restored the ornamented ceiling to a brilliance time had since dimmed since its installation nearly 40 years before.
Like Taft, Gilbert did not live to see his dream building completed. He died in 1934. The Court held its first session in the new building on October 7, 1935.
Not everyone liked the new building. Associate Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, who later became Chief Justice, at first called it “almost bombastically pretentious…wholly inappropriate for a quiet group of old boys such as the Supreme Court.” One of the old boys reportedly said that he and his brethren would be “nine black beetles in the Temple of Karnak.” Another—undoubtedly thinking of exotic pomp rather than domestic party symbols—remarked that the Justices ought to enter it riding on elephants.
Such comments suggest how different men have regarded their own remarkable positions of power, prestige and responsibility in the life of the Nation. Off the bench their successors show a similar concern—how to maintain a sense of human perspective in the marble temple.
The Supreme Court Building, constructed between 1932--1935, was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert, who is best known as the architect for the Woolworth Building in New York. The first session of the Supreme Court was convened on February 1, 1790, but it took some 145 years for the Supreme Court to find a permanent residence. During those years the Supreme Court lived a nomadic existence. Initially meeting in the Royal Exchange Building in New York, the Court established chambers in Independence Hall and later in City Hall when the national capitol moved to Philadelphia in 1790. The Court moved again when the Federal government moved in 1800 to the permanent capital in Washington. Since no provision had been made for a Supreme Court building, Congress lent the Court space in the new Capitol building. The Court convened for a short period in a private home after the British had used Supreme Court documents to set fire to the Capitol during the War of 1812. Following this episode, the Court returned to the Capitol and met from 1819 to 1860 in a chamber that has been restored as the Old Supreme Court Chamber. Then from 1860 to 1935, the Court sat in what is now known as the Old Senate Chamber. Finally in 1929, former President William Howard Taft, who was Chief Justice from 1921 to 1930, persuaded Congress to end this arrangement and authorize a permanent home for the Court.
At the laying of the cornerstone for the building on October 13, 1932, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes stated, "The Republic endures and this is the symbol of its faith." The building was designed on a scale in keeping with the importance and dignity of the Court and the Judiciary as a coequal, independent branch of the Federal government and as a symbol of "the national ideal of justice in the highest sphere of activity." Sixteen marble columns at the main west entrance support the portico and on the architrave above is incised, "Equal Justice Under the Law." Capping the entrance is the pediment filled with a sculpture group by Robert Aitken, representing Liberty Enthroned Guarded by Order and Authority. Cast in bronze, the west entrance doors sculpted by John Donnelly, Jr., depict historic scenes in the development of the law. The east entrance's architrave bears the legend, "Justice the Guardian of Liberty." A sculpture group by Herman A. McNeil is located above the east entrance that represents great lawgivers, Moses, Confucius, and Solon, flanked by symbolic groups representing Means of Enforcing the Law, Tempering Justice with Mercy, Carrying on Civilization, and Settlement of Disputes Between States.
Some critics condemn the religious symbols in the marble frieze above the east entrance to the building. However, in the 1930s, the Supreme Court Building Commission did not question the sculptures. Rather, they trusted in the architect, who deferred to the artistry of the sculptor, Herman A. MacNeil.
Explaining his work, MacNeil wrote, "Law as an element of civilization was normally and naturally derived or inherited in this country from former civilizations. The 'Eastern Pediment' of the Supreme Court Building suggests therefore the treatment of such fundamental laws and precepts as are derived from the East."
At the center of the pediment, the figures of Moses, Confucius and Solon represent three great civilizations. Flanking these figures are symbols which represent law enforcement and the tempering of justice with mercy. The presence of children suggests that civilization will continue through the learning of right and wrong.
The two figures with shields on the left-hand side suggest that disputes between states will be settled through enlightened justice. On the right side are symbols of maritime and other large functions which protect the United States.
At the corners of the pediment are symbols which represent the fable of the Tortoise and the Hare, study and the pondering of judgments, and the supremacy of the Court.
The US Supreme Court Building was the last project of Cass Gilbert's career, and was a team effort by members of his firm. Gilbert died in 1934, one year before the Building was completed.
•The Supreme Court building is 304 feet wide, 385 and long.
•The exterior is Vermont marble.
•The interior courtyard is Georgia marble.
•The floors are partially Alabama marble.
•The British used documents from the Supreme Court to burn the U.S. Capitol during the War of 1812.
•28 October, 2001 - For the first time in 66 years, the Supreme Court is forced to meet outside of its chambers. This change is ordered after anthrax was discovered in the mail room.
•17 June, 2003 - A five-year, US$122,000,000.00 renovation begins.
The main entrance to the Supreme Court Building is on the west side, facing the
United States Capitol.
A few low steps lead up to the 252-foot-wide oval plaza in front of
the building. Flanking these steps is a pair of marble candelabra with carved panels on their square bases depicting: Justice, holding sword and scales, and The Three Fates, weaving the thread of life. On either side of the plaza are fountains, flagpoles, and benches.
The bronze flagpole bases are crested with symbolic designs of the scales and sword, the book, the mask and torch, the pen and mace, and the four elements: air, earth, fire, and water.
On either side of the main steps are seated marble figures. These large statues are the work of sculptor James Earle Fraser. On the left is a female figure, the Contemplation of Justice. On the right is a male figure, the Guardian or Authority of Law.
Sixteen marble columns at the main west entrance support the pediment. On the
architrave above is incised .Equal Justice Under Law.. Capping the entrance is a sculptured group by Robert Aitken, representing Liberty Enthroned guarded by Order and Authority. On either side are groups of three figures depicting Council and Research which Aitken modelled after several prominent individuals concerned with the law or the creation of the Supreme Court Building. At the left are Chief Justice Taft as a youth, Secretary of State Elihu Root, and the architect Cass Gilbert. Seated on the right are Chief Justice Hughes, the sculptor Aitken, and Chief Justice Marshall as a young man.
Too often, visitors do not see the corresponding pediment and columns on the east side. Here the sculpture group is by Hermon A. MacNeil, and the marble figures represent great lawgivers, Moses, Confucius, and Solon, flanked by symbolic groups representing Means of Enforcing the Law, Tempering Justice with Mercy, Settlement of Disputes Between States, and Maritime and other functions of the Supreme Court. The architrave bears the legend:
.Justice the Guardian of Liberty..
One can enter the building through the opened bronze doors of the west front, each of which weighs six and one-half tons and slides into a wall recess when open. The door panels, sculpted by John Donnelly, Jr., depict historic scenes in the development of law: the trial scene from the shield of Achilles, as described in the Iliad; a Roman praetor publishing an edict; Julian and a pupil; Justinian publishing the Corpus Juris; King John sealing the Magna Carta; the Chancellor publishing the first Statute of Westminster; Lord Coke barring King James from sitting as a Judge; and Chief Justice Marshall and Justice Story.
The main corridor is known as the Great Hall. At each side, double rows of monolithic marble columns rise to a coffered ceiling. Busts of all former Chief Justices are set alternately in niches and on marble pedestals along the side walls. The frieze is decorated with medallion profiles of lawgivers and heraldic devices.
At the east end of the Great Hall, oak doors open into the Court Chamber. This
dignified room measures 82 by 91 feet and has a 44.foot ceiling. Its 24 columns are Old Convent Quarry Siena marble from Liguria, Italy; its walls and friezes are of Ivory Vein marble from Alicante, Spain; and its floor borders are Italian and African marble.
The raised Bench behind which the Justices sit during sessions, and other furniture in the Courtroom are mahogany. The Bench was altered in 1972 from a straight-line to a .winged. shape to provide sight and sound advantages over the original design.
At the left of the Bench is the Clerk of the Courts desk. The Clerk is responsible for
the administration of the Courts dockets and argument calendars, the supervision of the admission of attorneys to the Supreme Court Bar, and other related activities. To the right is the desk of the Marshal of the Court. The Marshal is the timekeeper of Court sessions, signalling the lawyer by white and red lights as to time limits. The Marshals responsibilities include the maintenance and security of the building and serving as the Courts building manager.
The attorneys arguing cases before the Court occupy the tables in front of the Bench. When it is their turn to argue, they address the Bench from the lectern in the center.
A bronze railing divides the public section from that reserved for the Supreme Court Bar. Representatives of the press are seated in the red benches along the left side of the Courtroom. The red benches on the right are reserved for guests of the Justices. The black chairs in front of those benches are for the officers of the Court and visiting dignitaries.
The main floor is largely occupied by the Justices. Chambers, offices for law clerks
and secretaries, the large, formal East and West Conference Rooms, the offices of the Marshal, an office for the Solicitor General, the Lawyers. Lounge, and the Justices. Conference Room and Robing Room. This office space surrounds four courtyards, each with a central fountain.
Most of the second floor is devoted to office space including the offices of the Reporter of Decisions and the Legal Office. The Justices. Library Reading Room and the Justices. Dining Room are also located here.
The Library occupies the third floor and has a collection of more than 450,000 volumes. To meet the informational needs of the Court, librarians draw on electronic retrieval systems and their microform collection in addition to books. The librarys main reading room is paneled in hand carved oak. The wood carving here, as throughout the building, is the work of the Matthews Brothers.
The ground floor is devoted to offices and public services, including the offices of the Clerk of the Court, the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice, police headquarters, the Public Information Office and Press Room, the Curators Office and the Personnel Office. On this floor visitors can view one of the two marble spiral staircases. Each ascends five stories and is supported only by overlapping steps and by their extensions into the wall.
continues and has been eating up a lot of free time. My 7D is broken and Canon had it for a week, said it was repaired but it is not. I am so disappointed in Canon at this time that I really wish switching to Nikon was an option. Selling my gear has proven to be a struggle and I have resigned myself to being stuck with Canon. The 7D was an awesome camera for the first few months (4) but now is a $1700+ piece of crap. The AF system is faulty and I do not see this issue being resolved (no pun indented) anytime soon. The internet is full of 7D AF issues with too many stories that are similar to mine to dismiss this as an isolated incident. (and the endings were never happy ones).
The building is the parliament in Ottawa, Canada during Blue hour taken on May 29th. For a larger version l, click here www.flickr.com/photos/9929191@N04/7396235562/sizes/k/in/p...
Canon 7D and the always great Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 non VC
30sec exposure
at f/11
and ISO 100
You will find 184 of my poems HERE. fno.org/poetry/index.html
Resolved
Shall we be even more bold this next year?
More brave and adventurous than last year?
Take more chances?
Risk more?
Shoot for the moon?
Bet the ranch?
Is this the year to go for glory?
Seize the day, the month, the actual year?
Carpe diem, mensis, annum?
Can we ask Lady Luck to visit?
Smile upon us?
End her long holiday elsewhere
and pay attention to our hopes?
Our wishes?
Our dreams?
Or is it better to go it alone?
Impertinent?
Cheeky and audacious to carve out our own good fortune?
Give the Lady leave?
Write her out of the story?
Shall we plot a tale of great adventure?
Leave nothing to chance?
Shall we grab life by the horns?
Of course we shall
We will step boldly
Unbowed
Resolute
Determined
Resilient
And Lady Luck can come along for the ride
If she wishes
© Jamie McKenzie, all rights reserved
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Resolved to get out tonight during some brief clear weather to play with a different software package for driving my camera and mount during astrophotography. The clouds held off long enough to get some decent data on this subject, but it quickly clouded up around 9. As I was packing up it turned to pea soup fog. :-)
William Optics GT 81
ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro
Triad Ultra Filter
EQ6-r Pro Mount
50mm guide scope
28x300" integration
Was experimenting with the Arista Ultra 100, since I had some (major) film defects the last time I used the 120 format. Went out in a early AM toward a local trail, and thematically tried to include shadows and reflections as much as I could. Using semistand development, there were definitely film defects around, which I guess is the price one pays for using budget film. While it can be corrected in post, usually I'm not a big fan of it. I still like the tonality of Ultra, and the price, but may have to transition toward a higher price point film to avoid said issues. Thanks for all those flickerans who continue to inspire - you really do help all of us keep trying!
Lorraine AP, France
The US Army past through this small French airport as part of their build-up for Atlantic Resolve.
A member of the Royal Canadian Regiment, playing as a enemy force combatant, deploys his C9 Light Machine Gun in a shooting position during the final attack of Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 22, at Rocky Ford in the 3rd Canadian Division Support Group detachment Wainwright, on May 21, 2022.
Photo by Corporal Daniel Chiasson, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Un membre du Royal Canadian Regiment jouant le rôle d’un combattant de la force ennemie tient sa mitrailleuse légère C9 en position de tir lors de l’attaque finale de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 22, à Rocky Ford, dans le détachement Wainwright du Groupe de soutien de la 3e Division du Canada, le 21 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporal Daniel Chiasson, Forces armées canadiennes
A member of The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment shouts orders to troops during a simulated attack as part of Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE in Wainwright, Alberta on May 21, 2022.
Photo by Cpl Aimee Rintjema, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Un membre du 2e Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, crie des ordres aux troupes lors d’une attaque simulée dans le cadre de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, à Wainwright, en Alberta, le 21 mai 2022.
Photo : Cpl Aimee Rintjema, Forces armées canadiennes
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (May 13, 2022) - Canadian Army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment conduct surveillance and overwatch of a defensive position during a ground battle exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright during Exercise Maple Resolve 2022, May 13, 2022.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)
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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (13 mai 2022) – Des soldats de l’Armée canadienne affectés au 1erBataillon du Royal Canadian Regiment assurent la surveillance et la protection d’une position défensive lors d’un exercice de bataille terrestre à la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright au cours de l’exercice Maple Resolve 2022, le 13 mai 2022.
(Photo de la U.S. Navy prise par le spécialiste des communications de masse de 1re classe Ryan Seelbach)
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment take cover behind a Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV 6.0) during an attack of a simulated village in Wainwright, Alberta as part of Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 29, 2017.
Photo by Sgt JF Lauzé Garrison Imaging Petawawa
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Des membres du 2e Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, se mettent à l’abri derrière un véhicule blindé léger (VBL 6.0) pendant une attaque menée contre un village fictif, à Wainwright, en Alberta, dans le cadre de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 29 mai 2017.
Photo : Sgt JF Lauzé, Imagerie de la garnison Petawawa
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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (May 9, 2022) – A Royal Canadian Armed Forces CH-146 Griffon helicopter takes off at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright during Exercise Maple Resolve 2022, May 9, 2022.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)
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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (9 mai 2022) – Un hélicoptère CH-146 Griffon des Forces armées canadiennes décolle de la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright pendant l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 2022, le 9 mai 2022.
(Photo de l’U.S. Navy par le spécialiste des communications de masse de 1re classe Ryan Seelbach)
A member from 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (1 RCR) waits to receive orders to attack during the final battle at Rocky Ford during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 22, May 14, 2022, in Wainwright, Alberta.
Please credit: Corporal Melissa Gloude, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Un membre du 1er Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment (1 RCR), attend de recevoir l’ordre d’attaquer lors de la bataille finale à Rocky Ford au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 22, le 14 mai 2022, à Wainwright, en Alberta.
Photo : Caporale Melissa Gloude, Forces armées canadiennes
2011 Resolved to give up cigarettes.
2016 Tonya resolves to fix up at least one room in her house that needs a little work.
Second-Lieutenant Trevor Clark of The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada yells orders to his troops while advancing on an enemy position during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 14, 2017 in Wainwright, Alberta.
Photo: Sgt JF Lauzé, Garrison Imaging Petawawa
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Le sous lieutenant Trevor Clark du Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada crie des ordres à ses troupes en avançant vers une position ennemie au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 14 mai 2017, à Wainwright, en Alberta.
Photo : Sgt JF Lauzé, Imagerie de la garnison Petawawa
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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (May 13, 2022) - Canadian Army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment conduct surveillance and overwatch of a defensive position during a ground battle exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright during Exercise Maple Resolve 2022, May 13, 2022.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)
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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (13 mai 2022) - Des soldats de l’Armée canadienne affectés au 1erBataillon du Royal Canadian Regiment assurent la surveillance et la protection d’une position défensive lors d’un exercice de bataille terrestre à la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright au cours de l’exercice Maple Resolve 2022, le 13 mai 2022.
(Photo de la U.S. Navy prise par le spécialiste des communications de masse de 1re classe Ryan Seelbach)
Un véhicule blindé léger monte la garde pendant que des membres du 2e bataillon Royal 22e Régiment travaillent sur une position défensive lors de l'exercice Maple Résolve 2018 (MR 18) dans les secteurs d'entrainements de la garnison Wainwright le 18 mai 2018. Photo: Caporal Vuong-De Ramos SJ05-2018-0063
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (May 13, 2022) - Corporal Ethan Hoyes, assigned to 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment maintains a defensive position with a C9 machine gun during a ground battle exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright during Exercise Maple Resolve 2022, May 13, 2022.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)
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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (13 mai 2022) – Armé d’une mitrailleuse C9, le caporal Ethan Hoyes, affecté au 1er Bataillon du Royal Canadian Regiment, occupe une position défensive lors d’un exercice de bataille terrestre à la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright au cours de l’exercice Maple Resolve 2022, le 13 mai 2022.
(Photo de la U.S. Navy prise par le spécialiste des communications de masse de 1re classe Ryan Seelbach)
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Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen.
McCain.
Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.
Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the new White House.
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.
To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.
To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
This is your victory.
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.
There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.
But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.
This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.
It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.
Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.
Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.
Yes we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
- Barack Obama - President Elect
Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a rally in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, after winning the race for the White House Tuesday night. The following is an exact transcript of his speech. (Source CNN)
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces provides security during a simulated attack in the Rocky Ford Urban Training Area, during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE in Wainwright, Alberta on May 15, 2022.
Please credit: S1 Zach Barr, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Un membre des Forces armées canadiennes assure la sécurité lors d’une attaque simulée dans le secteur d’entraînement aux opérations en milieu urbain de Rocky Ford, au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, à Wainwright, en Alberta, le 15 mai 2022.
Photo : Mat 1 Zach Barr, Forces armées canadiennes