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U.S. Army Spc. Kristofer Encinas, a sniper and Spc. Alex Stoyonovich, a sniper team spotter with the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment take aim with an M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle during a field fire event as part of the 2019 European Best Sniper Team Competition at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 21, 2019. The European Best Sniper Team Competition is a U.S. Army Europe-directed/ 7th Army Training Command (7ATC) hosted contest of skill that includes 17 participating NATO allies and partner nations, July 20- 26. The European Best Sniper Team Competition is designed to improve professionalism and enhance esprit de corps. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremiah Woods)
All-Army Basketball Tournament, 4th Army vs 6th Army
Sitting in mid-air is #45 Muscaro, of 4th Army as he rides up in an attempted lay-up.
17 March 1956
From the National Archives: RG111-SC 469940
Turkish Army soldiers during follow up operations after two sergeants were killed and a soldier was injured after a military vehicle passed over a PKK mine trap in the rural area of Hakkari province - The mine explosion took place in Kirikdag area of rural Hakkari in southeastern Turkey on Monday morning. Two specialist sergeants were killed and a soldier was injured after a military vehicle of Zap Army Post passed over a previously laid mine - The vehicle fell to the River Zap with the impact of the explosion, and left 2 specialist sergeants dead and another soldier injured.
The PKK attack was announced with a press release from the Hakkari Governorship shortly after the incident.
Australian Army special forces soldier from 1st Commando Regiment provides security during Exercise Diamond Strike at Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, in June 2015.
Czech Soldiers serving with the 9th Unit, Provincial Reconstruction Team Logar, Are the first troops in Afghanistan to use the new CZ 805 BREN A1 and the CZ 805 grenade launcher the G1 in G1 40mm NATO – This can be used attached to the BREN assault rifle or as an Individual Weapon – 3rd April 2012
Finnish Army Soldiers taking part in Exercise Arctic Sheild: The aim of the exercise was to develop the performance of the ground in arctic conditions, to test the skills of a trained group and to increase compatibility with Swedish soldiers December 2018
Photo: Maavoimat - Armén - The Finnish Army
Army vs. Liberty football game. West Point, NY. September 8, 2018. (US Army photo by Cadet Isabela Vargas)
An Australian Army soldier from 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, fires a Javelin laser-guided missile during Exercise Predator's Gallop in Cultana training area, South Australia, on 23 March 2016.
Rhodesian Soldiers from 1 independent Company - Capt Andy Barrett in the bush near Vic Falls. Note the wooden butt of his FN, indicating it's age. This particular rifle carried the serial number 047.
1 independent Company was originally attached to the Rhodesia Regiment and later integrated into The Rhodesian African Rifles, both Battalions of The Rhodesian Army.
The Company was initially based in Wankie, Rhodesia, then relocated to The Victoria Falls and then to Beitbridge. Finally the company settled in Fort Victoria till the end of the war.
The Company had interaction with many other units, including Grey Scouts, Selous Scouts, Vic Falls and Beitbridge Police, The Rhodesian Air Force and the Rhodesian Light Infantry to name a few.
The Company formed a Fire Force reaction unit, named Fire Force Delta, nearer to the end of the war. Fire force Delta was manned by most of the soldiers in the Company and it worked on a rotation basis when the helicopters were available.
This photograph taken August 14, 2011 shows US Army Staff Sergeant Lindsey Thompson of US Forces Afghanistan K-9 unit holding Mayo, a German Shepherd as they prepare to board a convoy of armored vehicle from Forward Operating Base Pasab for an overnight ground assault mission in Maiwand district in Kandahar province. Mayo who has a rank of Technical Sergeant is a military working dog trained for patrol and find bombs and improvised explosive devices (IED) is currently deployed in southern Afghanistan saving lives of coalition forces in its war against Taliban insurgents.
An Austrian soldier of 2nd Company, 25th Infantry Battalion, 7th Infantry Brigade provides security during exercise Combined Resolve II at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, May 25, 2014. Combined Resolve II is a multinational decisive action training environment exercise occurring at the Joint Multinational Training Command’s Hohenfels and Grafenwoehr Training Areas that involves more than 4,000 participants from 15 partner nations. The intent of the exercise is to train and prepare a U.S. led multinational brigade to interoperate with multiple partner nations and execute unified land operations against a complex threat while improving the combat readiness of all participants. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Justin De Hoyos/Not Reviewed)
British Army Soldiers from 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (4 Yorks) an Army Reserve infantry unit based across Yorkshire, conducted Exercise Yorkshire Strike on 10 Feb 21.
This training package included cross-country driving, rifle ranges, and tactical skills as part of a Potential Junior Non-Commissioned Officer (PJNCO) course.
The exercise was conducted across three counties – County Durham, Cumbria, and North Yorkshire. It also involved personnel from 4 Lancs and the QOY.
Photos: @yorksregt
Gardens lettpansrede oppklaringstropps patruljelag på oppdrag.
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The guards reconnaissance squad during an exercise mission.
Austrian soldiers provide security after exiting a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during exercise Combined Resolve II at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, May 17, 2014. Combined Resolve II is a multinational decisive action training environment exercise occurring at the Joint Multinational Training Command’s Hohenfels and Grafenwoehr Training Areas that involves more than 4,000 participants from 15 partner nations. The intent of the exercise is to train and prepare a U.S. led multinational brigade to interoperate with multiple partner nations and execute unified land operations against a complex threat while improving the combat readiness of all participants. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Justin De Hoyos/Released)
First-ever women recruits of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) patrol the India-Pakistan border fence at Attari village near Amritsar, India, September 11, 2009. A total of 178 women recruits mostly between the age group of 19-25 have been inducted into the BSF after completing 38 weeks of training. Most of them will take up their assignment along the 553 kilometres long, fenced India-Pakistan border in Punjab while 60 women will be posted on the India-Bangladesh border in the near future, according to BSF officials. — AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
Army themed cupcakes for Brennan's birthday tomorrow. It is Chapter 2 of army birthday. James and I made an awesome cake for a party that we had for him last Sunday with family...pics to come.
The Army West Point Boxing team hosted the Beat Citadel Rumble Friday, October 9th at Trophy Point (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Ellington Ward)
Turkish soldiers patrol a road near Uludere in the Sirnak province, southeastern Turkey, near the Turkish-Iraqi border October 23, 2011.
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Sept. 22, 2013 @ 9 a.m. (the half-marathon start time)
This year, about 22,000 runners are expected to participate in the 5 km or the 21.1 km (half-marathon) Canada Army Run race events. The Canada Army Run, now in its sixth year, continues to be the fastest-growing race event in Canada.
The runners listed below are:
a) local (Ottawa-Gatineau and area) half-marathon participants, who
b) registered through the Running Room.
The lists are sorted by community and first name, as follows:
(page 1)
A. Ottawa, Ontario
B. Gatineau, Québec
C. Kanata, Ontario
D. Nepean, Ontario
E. Orleans, Ontario
(page 2)
F. Other Ontario, by community
G. Other Québec, by community
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F. Residents of other local "Ontario" communities
1427….Sigrun Schroeter….Alexandria
1428….Terry Koronewski….Alexandria
Almonte:
1429….Anna Bertrand
1430….Bob Mosher
1431….Daphne Lainson
1432….Emily Kehoe
1433….Jenny Sheffield
1434….Joanne Daykin
1435….Judi Sutherland
1436….Linda Melbrew
Arnprior:
1437….Connnie Palubiskie
1438….Dan Palubiskie
1439….Ghada Mulvihill
1440….Greg Palubiskie
1441….Jack Quinn
1442….Katelyn Patrois
1443….Laura Bayliss
1444….Mike Poirier
1445….Ray McCombe
1446….Rhonda Barone….Ashburn
1447….Sue Wheelband….Ashburn
1448….Aubrey Cottreau….Ashton
1449….Lynne Strickland….Ashton
1450….Peter Cottreau….Ashton
1451….Rob Walker….Ashton
1452….Chris Nicholas….Braeside
1453….Joanne Nicholas….Braeside
1454….Barb Kilgour….Brockville
1455….Mike Fowler….Brockville
1456….Rebecca Curtis….Brockville
1457….Terry Hodge….Brockville
Carleton Place:
1458….Bonnie Levesque
1459….Carolyne Buchanan
1460….Chris Loder
1461….Jennifer Blackburn
1462….Lee Thirlwall
1463….Naren Thaker
1464….Rob Illingworth
1465….Suzann Townend
1466….Trevor Bennett
Carp:
1467….Alfred Gillette
1468….Diana Baird
1469….Hans Buser
1470….Jane Parry
1471….Kathy Fischer
1472….Lyne Michaud
1473….Nancy Wawia Robb
1474….Peter Fischer
1475….Richard Snapper
1476….Danielle Carrière-Paris….Casselman
1477….Gillian Castonguay….Casselman
1478….Guy Brisson….Casselman
1479….Paul Groulx….Casselman
1480….Myra Gregor….Chalk River
1481….Sandra Heidel….Chalk River
1482….Cathleen Bourret….Chesterville
1483….Sarah Derks….Chesterville
1484….Nancy Boulianne….Clarence Creek
Cornwall:
1485….Garth Wigle
1486….Justin Wheeler
1487….Liane Ykema
1488….Melinda Fenton
1489….Pierre Doucette
1490….Richard Houde
1491….Genevieve Belanger….Cumberland
1492….Leslie Anne Patry….Cumberland
1493….Lynn Casimiro….Cumberland
1494….Monique Garneau….Cumberland
1495….Amy Festarini….Deep River
1496….Christine Lacroix….Dunrobin
1497….Ginny Fobert….Dunrobin
1498….Mark McLean….Dunrobin
1499….Vincent Mathieu….Dunrobin
1500….Jenny Benoit….Edwards
1501….Amber Hein….Eganville
Embrun:
1502….Aline Brosseau
1503….Carly Dussault
1504….Celin Alexiuk
1505….Chantal Cameron
1506….Cheryl DesRoches
1507….Colin Marvin
1508….Eric Deschamps
1509….Gordon Hastie
1510….Josee Lovett
1511….Lisa Fedak
1512….Lynne Brosseau
1513….Sonia Desnoyers
1514….Jay Buhr….Finch
1515….Denise Roy….Fournier
Gananoque:
1516….David Anderson
1517….Dustin Thorley
1518….Jessica Parkinson
1519….Jessica Thorley
1520….Jody Bovey
1521….Roberta Abbott
1522….Sandi Laveault
1523….Stephane Laveault
Gloucester:
1524….Angela Philion
1525….Benson Yee
1526….Brian McKay
1527….Bryar Engelbrecht
1528….David Clement
1529….Gilles Philion
1530….Jane Seabrooke
1531….Janet Engelbrecht
1532….Mark Engelbrecht
1533….Mary Murray
1534….Patricia Suys
1535….Sean Styles
1536….Sherri Forward
1537….Virginia Mofford
Greely:
1538….Casey Goheen
1539….Debra Harley
1540….Greg Matte
1541….John Ioannou
1542….Kevin Goheen
1543….Ricky Grisel
1544….Robert Lerch
1545….Benoit Carriere….Hammond
1546….Isabelle Tasse….Hammond
1547….Logan MacDonald….Hammond
1548….Louise Galipeau….Hammond
1549….Jean Claude Miner….Hawkesbury
1550….Lorne Thomas….Hawkesbury
1551….Christine Horne….Iroquois
1552….Karen Keeler….Iroquois
1553….Keira Cameron….Iroquois
Kemptville:
1554….Colleen Battista
1555….Dale Richardson
1556….Dave Springer
1557….Debi Pye
1558….Denis Bisson
1559….Emily Conway
1560….Fiona Tracey
1561….Heather Cranek
1562….Juanita Alexander
1563….Mark Blaisdell
1564….Pamela Hyndman
1565….Roxanne Harrington
1566….Stephane Sens
1567….Teena Dacey
1568….Paige Afelskie….Killaloe
1569….Amanda Burke….Kinburn
1570….Jennifer Higginson….Kinburn
1571….Maxine Hare….Kinburn
1572….Ron Stadnyk….Kinburn
1573….Terry Burke….Kinburn
1574….Tina Remillard….Kinburn
1575….Angèle Charron….Lanark
1576….Debbie Keaney….Lanark
1577….Scott Shaver….Lanark
1578….April Russell….Lancaster
1579….Camille Gravelle….Laurentian Hills
1580….Josee Adam….Limoges
1581….Rebecca Grenier….Limoges
1582….Simon Grenier….Limoges
1583….Martin Luys….l'Orignal
1584….Brian Carpenter….Maberly
Manotick:
1585….Emily Donaldson
1586….Fiona Valliere
1587….George Strawbridge
1588….Jill Payne
1589….Karen Donaldson
1590….Peter Stenger
1591….Robert Fabes
1592….Robert Lange
1593….Sara Wilson
1594….Tyler Bates
1595….Kevin Rayburn….Martintown
1596….Barbara Bacon….Merrickville
1597….Craig Killin….Metcalfe
1598….Cynthia Dubeau….Metcalfe
1599….Justin Turcotte….Metcalfe
1600….Richard Loewen….Metcalfe
1601….JoAnne Carter….Mountain
1602….Ada Gorrie….Munster
1603….Jason Greene….Munster
1604….Nancy Ann Smith….Munster
1605….Andrew Bridges….Navan
1606….Carole Charlebois….Navan
1607….Doug McNally….Navan
1608….Tony Benjamin….Navan
1609….Wally Burns….Navan
North Gower:
1610….Debra Hughes
1611….Gaye Godard
1612….Jenny McGill
1613….Kathleen Kerr
1614….Linda Stewart
1615….Lori Doehler
1616….Nicole Demers
1617….Sacha Van Den Hanenberg
Osgoode:
1618….Amy Blais
1619….Chris Morrison
1620….Joanne Bilodeau
1621….Michelle Harte
1622….Nancy Bleses
1623….Tim Lang
1624….Roger Sabourin….Oxford Mills
1625….Shaun Dunne….Oxford Mills
1626….Matt Verjans….Oxford Station
Pembroke:
1627….Amber Morris
1628….Amy Rutz
1629….Calvin Bertrand
1630….Carina Johnston
1631….Cindy Gale
1632….Corey Peckford
1633….Doug Thorlakson
1634….Garry Hartlin
1635….Heather Kilius
1636….Heather McNicoll
1637….Helen Hawes
1638….Jane Wood
1639….Janice Clouthier
1640….Julie Corrigan
1641….Karen Mullaney
1642….Laurie Thorlakson
1643….Lyndsay Smith
1644….Nathan Guirguis
1645….Patricia Lafreniere
1646….Sandy Farrell
1647….Sheri Gareau
1648….Theresa Bates
1649….Tim MacDonald
1650….Tricia Robinson
1651….Volkert Bobeldijk
1652….Genevieve Mclean….Perth
1653….Ivan Matte….Perth
1654….Sherry Burke….Perth
1655….Sue Matte….Perth
Petawawa:
1656….Aimee Lavallee
1657….Allan Lockley
1658….Anthony Sauve
1659….Anthony Shields
1660….Barry Malboeuf
1661….Brad Brooks
1662….Christine Styles
1663….Derek Church
1664….Hec Clouthier
1665….Helen Abbey
1666….Ingrid O'Connell
1667….Jeanette Carter
1668….Jennifer MacDougall
1669….Jessica Garneau
1670….John Theriault
1671….Kendra Bencun
1672….Kris Reeves
1673….Leendert Bolle
1674….Lisa Shields
1675….Maria Bolle
1676….Mark Zoretich
1677….Meagan Brooks
1678….Natalie Mooy-Beebe
1679….R. Amie Jones
1680….Robert Potter
1681….Ryan Bigney
1682….Stephen Shears
1683….Johanne Larabie….Plantagenet
1684….Nyköla Picarf….Plantagenet
1685….Tony Larabie….Plantagenet
1686….Veronique Gour….Plantagenet
1687….Christina Hughes….Prescott
1688….Claudine Dirksen-Fenard….Prescott
1689….Mark Dirksen….Prescott
1690….Chad Gilmour….Renfrew
1691….Hillary MacMillan….Renfrew
1692….Pat McGregor….Renfrew
1693….Amy Haber….Richmond
1694….Cheryl Gillies….Richmond
1695….Ruth Saunders….Richmond
Rockland:
1696….Adam Joiner
1697….Carole Joly
1698….Christine Hunter
1699….Esther Campbell
1700….Ethan Donald-Skinner
1701….Evan Skinner
1702….Greg Falardeau
1703….Isabelle Roy
1704….Jennifer Davis
1705….Livia Wright
1706….Melanie Carriere
1707….Michael Crabbe
1708….Michelle Turgeon
1709….Nancy Crabbe
1710….Pierre Caron
1711….Scott Bridger
1712….Terry Wright
1713….Allison Toohey-Faughnan….Russell
1714….Coralyn Johnston….Russell
1715….Diane Meagher….Russell
1716….Donna Johnston….Russell
1717….Mary Sweetlove….Russell
1718….Steve McFaul….Russell
1719….Colette Charlebois….Sarsfield
1720….Bethany Pattingale….Smiths Falls
1721….Debra Donovan….Smiths Falls
1722….Jenni McGrath….Smiths falls
1723….Natalie Lindsay….Smiths Falls
1724….Isabelle Beauchesne….St-Isidore
Stittsville:
1725….Amanda Leighton
1726….Andrea Currie
1727….Benoit Beaulieu
1728….Bill Theriault
1729….Braeden Radley
1730….Brian Hanlon
1731….Brian McClean
1732….Cathie Radley
1733….Cathy O'Neil
1734….Cathy Robinson
1735….Colin Guilbault
1736….Colleen Liddle
1737….Deborah McCarthy
1738….Derek Basinger
1739….Derek Liddle
1740….Elizabeth Buiting
1741….Evan Wile
1742….Jean Banerjee
1743….Jeanette Dionne
1744….Jennifer Anderson
1745….Joseph Watters
1746….Karen Whillans
1747….Keeghan Radley
1748….Krista Guilbault
1749….Linda Corriveau
1750….Lise Chabot
1751….Louise Guigue
1752….Luc Joly
1753….Lynn Pearson
1754….Maria Watson
1755….Mark Rhodenizer
1756….Matthew Dionne
1757….Melissa Brash
1758….Michael Self
1759….Mike McDonald
1760….Nic Daines
1761….Nicholas Alexander
1762….Nicole Porter
1763….Pam Norris
1764….Paula Rolston
1765….Pierre Bergeron
1766….Randall Toll
1767….Robert White
1768….Scott Miller
1769….Sean Gagnon
1770….Shari-Lynn Lawson
1771….Stephanie Chernichen
1772….Stephanie Eastman
1773….Stephen Lawson
1774….Steve McStravick
1775….Stewart Morris
1776….Susan Andre
1777….Susie Karrys
1778….Tarrynne Radley
1779….Telah Morrison
1780….Tim Radley
1781….Uyen Hoang
1782….Walter Hawes
1783….Louise Wanczycki….Vanier
1784….Ryan Benson….Vanier
1785….Tammy Frye….Vanier
1786….Meagan Dyer….White Lake
1787….Sarah Edwards….White Lake
1788….Trish Schlievert….White Lake
1789….Bill Chambre….Williamstown
1790….Brendan Kent….Woodlawn
1791….Jocelyne Barsalou….Woodlawn
1792….Kristi Raz….Woodlawn
1793….Susan Harford….Woodlawn
G. Residents of other local "Québec" communities
1794….Arek Rydel….Aylmer
1795….Luc Lacombe….Aylmer
1796….Robert Martel….Aylmer
Cantley
1797….Alain Theroux
1798….Alex McDermott
1799….Carl Boucher
1800….Carol Jr Groulx
1801….Gaetane Pouliot
1802….Karolyn Boyd
1803….Marie-claude Côté
1804….Martin Roussel
1805….Mylene Dube
1806….Sandra Roussel
1807….Yan Paradis
Chelsea:
1808….Alexandra Tremblay-Plourde
1809….Craig Higgins
1810….Derek Mahoney
1811….Heather Crooks
1812….Ian Hunter
1813….Joanie Verret
1814….Laura Bruin
1815….Serge Sincennes
1816….Alice Wegmueller….Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
1817….Bonnie MacGregor….Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
1818….Michel Paquette….Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
1819….Elizabeth Noel….Hull
1820….Francoise Bessette….Hull
1821….Laura Sanford….Hull
1822….Lori Jones….Hull
1823….Daniel St-Jean….Mont-Laurier
1824….André Pellerin….Val-des-Monts
1825….Jacynthe Côté….Val-des-Monts
1826….Marie-Josee Ouellette….Val-des-Monts
1827….Sylvain Sénéchal….Val-des-Monts
Wakefield:
1828….Annie Lance
1829….Archie Smith
1830….Dominic DeWolfe
1831….Geoff Dunkley
1832….Glenn Peters
1833….Jennifer DeWolfe
1834….John Miedema
1835….Pam Berthiaume
1836….Shirley Curran
French soldiers display arm caches confiscated from Islamist rebels during the visit of Army Chief of Staff General Bertrand Ract-Madoux at a French position in the Terz valley, about 60 km (37 miles) south of the town of Tessalit in northern Mali March 21, 2013. France has deployed some 4,000 troops to Mali, alongside a regional African force, in a nine-week operation that has driven Islamists into desert hideaways and mountains near the Algerian border. Picture taken March 21.
DAND DISTRICT, KANDAHAR PROVINCE - JUNE 13: Patches are seen on the arm of a Canadian Army soldier during a foot patrol with U.S. Army forces June 13, 2010 in rural Dand District, just south of Kandahar, Afghanistan. U.S. soldiers of the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division along with Canadian forces have fanned out in the vast hinterlands south of Kandahar, part of a counterinsurgency strategy aimed at protecting Afghan civilians and legitimizing the government of Afghanistan in the minds of the rural local populace.
An Iraqi soldier assigned to the 75th Iraqi Army Brigade fires his Dragunov sniper rifle at a zeroing range at Camp Taji, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2016. Training helps familiarize Iraqi soldiers with how to zero their weapons and builds confidence and proficiency while using their weapons. This training is critical to enabling the Iraqi army to counter the Islamic State or Iraq and the Levant as they work to regain territory from the terrorist group. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Craig Jensen)
Bangladesh army personnel unload supplies from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during Operation Sea Angel, a U.S. military effort to aid victims of a cyclone which struck the area on April 30th.
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program boxer Sgt. John Franklin scores with a left jab to the head of Oscar Cantu of Kingsville, Texas, en route to winning the flyweight crown at the 2011 USA Boxing National Championships on Saturday night at Colorado Springs City Auditorium. Franklin, a 27-year-old Soldier from Kansas City who is stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., won his first national championship with a 13-10 decision. (U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps, IMCOM Public Affairs)
U.S. Army Spc. David Barnes serving with 982nd Combat Camera Company, Det 70, attached to 2nd Platoon, Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, waits for the order to gear up for a mounted patrol in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 18, 2012.
Portuguese Paratroopers of 2º Batalhão de Infantaria Paraquedista Patrol the streets during exercise “Prestina” 161 in readiness for a deployment to Kosovo– March 2016
Indian soldiers perform a demonstration drill during an Army Mela (fair) and exhibition at Khasa, some 15 kms from Amritsar, on January 23, 2012. The Army Mela (fair ), organised by the Flaming Arrows Brigade, displayed weapons and military equipment to civilian visitors of the event.
The Journey so far.
New Model Army played their first gig in Bradford on October 23rd 1980. Its founding members were Justin Sullivan, Stuart Morrow and Phil Tompkins. The threesome had already been together for a couple of years in a number of Bradford bands with other musicians and singers but in the Autumn of 1980, they decided to form a stripped-down three-piece, their music drawing on a wide collection of influences and fuelled by their passions for Punk Rock and Northern Soul. Within a few months drummer Phil Tomkins had left to be replaced by Rob Waddington. The band slowly built up a local following and created a unique style based on Justin's song-writing and Stuart's virtuosity on lead-bass.
In Summer 1982, whispers about this band reached London and they were invited to perform at a couple of showcases. But in a scene hungry for "the next big thing" (the coming "New Romantics"), NMA's fearsome music and northern style did not win over the Major Record Companies and they returned to Bradford empty-handed. Rob Waddington left to be replaced by Robert Heaton, who had been working as a drum tech and occasional drummer for the band ‘Hawkwind‘. Undeterred by the indifference of the Music Business, NMA began to perform more and more around the country and frequently featured as opening act on a series of all-day concerts at the London Lyceum which heralded many of the "Post-Punk" bands. Although this meant traveling for several hours to play a twenty-five minute set for no money, the band embraced the opportunity and their reputation as a live act grew. A first small-label independent single "Bittersweet" was released in the summer of 1983, followed by "Great Expectations" on Abstract Records that autumn, both played frequently on late night radio by John Peel. Suddenly the band had a "Following", people who would travel to every concert around the country to see them.
Early in 1984, the producer of "The Tube", the most important live music show on TV, had seen NMA in concert and invited them to fill the ‘unknown' slot on the programme. Having originally asked the band to perform their provocative anti-anthem, "Vengeance", the TV Company suddenly got cold feet about the song's lyrics minutes before broadcast and asked the band to change songs. It made no difference. Somehow twenty to thirty followers had managed to get into the TV studio and when NMA began with "Christian Militia" the crowd went wild and an electric atmosphere was transmitted around the country. Suddenly NMA were underground news. Their first mini-album, "Vengeance" knocked "The Smiths" from the top of the Independent Charts and the major record companies, who had rejected them less than two years earlier, were now begging to sign the band.
The autumn of 1984 was a time of political turmoil in Britain. After five years of Mrs Thatcher's right-wing government, which had already fuelled so much of NMA's early fury, a final showdown with the National Union of Mineworkers (the strike that had begun in March and had split the country), entered a critical phase and much of Northern England began to resemble a Police State. NMA's last Independent EP "The Price" also featured "1984" a song written directly about the strike and, with their declared left-wing views, NMA's concerts became increasingly intense.
At the end of the year, NMA signed a contract of "complete artist control" with EMI (which included EMI giving a donation to a miners fund). The move surprised many people but the band were already looking beyond the confines of Britain and considered the deal to be the right one. In the Spring of 1985 the album "No Rest For The Wicked" and the single "No Rest" both reached the national top 40, but this success and now relative financial security had done little to soften NMA's confrontational attitude. They appeared on Top Of The Pops wearing T-shirts with a motif reading "Only Stupid Bastards Use Heroin" (a reaction against the fashionable drug of the time).
Then, halfway through the "No Rest" tour, the day after their hometown gig, Stuart Morrow decided to leave the band for personal reasons. Frantic negotiations were made (by a strange unhappy co-incidence, on the very same day as the Bradford City fire disaster killed 56 people at a football match), but to no avail. As a result, Justin and Robert decided to follow up the success of "No Rest" with an acoustic song from the album "Better Than Them" which had not involved Stuart and accompanied it with three specially recorded acoustic tracks, a move of principle which dumbfounded EMI. By the summer, Stuart had been replaced by 17 year-old Jason 'Moose' Harris, whose first gig was at a benefit for the families of the fire tragedy, and the "No Rest" tour continued.
Thatcher's victory over the miners, and by extension over all organised opposition, marked a new political reality. This, coupled with the shock of Stuarts's departure and increasing media hostility, resulted in the band taking an ever more defiant posture, exemplified by a typically fiery performance at the Glastonbury Festival. Then, despite being signed to Capitol Records in North America, all attempts to tour there were prevented when the band were refused visas. Many people, on both sides of the Atlantic, believed that this was for political reasons although this was never possible to prove. Instead, that autumn NMA set out on their first long tour of the European mainland, which unlike many UK acts, they found much to their liking, and later a trip to Japan. The year ended with yet another UK tour in support of a newly recorded EP: "Brave New World", a savage portrait of the Thatcher's Britain and "RIP", an equally furious study of the band's history thus far.
If 1985 had been a traumatic year, then 1986 saw one of the band's many resurrections, with the legendary Glyn Johns agreeing to produce their third album. Though relations between band and producer were often difficult, Justin recalls the sessions as "the biggest musical learning curve of my life". "The Ghost Of Cain" was well received by the critics and audience and many people began to see a band that were capable of developing and changing and adjusting to new realities while still staying true to their own principles; this was a band that were now pursuing their own musical agenda, completely unmoved by the whims of the music industry or the expectations of fans. Outside Britain, their name was slowly becoming known and in December of 1986, they finally made a first short tour of America.
1987 was a year of full bloom. In January, Justin and Robert recorded an album with the poet Joolz Denby. Joolz had been the band's first manager and has remained as a driving force and responsible for all of the band's artwork from the beginning to the present day. She had previously made spoken word albums and a series of EPs with Jah Wobble but it was inevitable that she would collaborate with NMA. The album "Hex" was recorded at the very special Sawmills Studio, a unique place in Cornwall, only reachable at high tide by boat. Although the studio is now well known, at that time it was infrequently used and accommodation was in primitive cabins deep in the woods. From this new setting, and freed from the pressures of "being New Model Army", Justin and Robert were able to explore all kinds of ideas and musical avenues that their experience with Glyn Johns had opened up. Later, they both considered "Hex" to have been one of the creative highlights of their musical partnership, with its strong, romantic soundscapes acting as the perfect accompaniment to Joolz' poetry.
Much of the writing of "Hex" had been done using samplers and the use of this new tool continued to take the band in unexpected directions. That summer they recorded the "Whitecoats" EP with its ecological lyric and mystical atmosphere. An interest in mysticism and spirituality had been becoming more and more apparent in Justin's lyrics (though this was no surprise to those who knew of his family's Quaker roots). The same summer, Red Sky Coven was born out of a group of friends who shared these interests and ideas. It included Justin, Joolz, singer-songwriter and storyteller Rev Hammer and musician Brett Selby. Together, the foursome decided to create a performance based on this friendship, a unique show which continues to tour on an occasional basis.
1987 also saw plenty more NMA concerts, including Reading Festival, a gig with David Bowie in front of the Reichstag in Berlin and a show-stopping performance at the Bizarre Festival at Lorelei in Germany. From time to time, the band added their friend Ricky Warwick as a second guitarist and also enlisted Mark Feltham, the legendary harmonica player who had graced "The Ghost Of Cain" and "Hex" to join them. At the very end of the year and the beginning of 1988, they returned to the Sawmills for two more inspired writing sessions, which laid the foundations for "Thunder and Consolation".
The following months, though, were far more difficult, while NMA chose a producer, another music legend - Tom Dowd - and set about recording the album. It was a long drawn-out process and relationships between band members became increasingly strained, only really maintained by the knowledge that they were making something truly special. "Thunder and Consolation" was finally released early in 1989, striking a perfect balance between the band's fascinations with rock, folk and soul music and Justin's lyrical interest in spirituality, politics and family relationships. The album brought critical praise and new levels of commercial success and the band toured Europe and North America, joined by Ed Alleyne Johnson playing electric violin and keyboards and Chris Mclaughlin on guitar. However, despite the success, relationships at the heart of the band had not really mended and even after Jason Harris left that summer, stresses remained.
By autumn Justin and Robert were back in the Sawmills working towards another album and, in the new year, they were joined by a new (and still current) bass player, Nelson, previously of a number of East Anglian cult bands, and a new second guitarist, Adrian Portas from Sheffield. The new musicians brought a stronger atmosphere to the touring band while, in the studio, Justin and Robert continued to explore different musical ideas. Partly self-produced, "Impurity" was finally finished and mixed by Pat Collier in the summer of 1990. Still featuring Ed Alleyne Johnson' violin, the album was more eclectic than "Thunder" but continued to win new fans and the world-wide tour that followed its release lasted the best part of a year, culminating in a rolling Festival in Germany involving David Bowie, Midnight Oil, The Pixies and NMA.
In mid-1991, "Raw Melody Men", a live album from the tour, was put together and released. It was to be NMA's last album for EMI. Unusually, given the history of the music business, the relationship between band and record company had always remained cordial but had now simply grown stale. There were minor dissatisfactions on both sides and, after lengthy negotiations, it was agreed to simply terminate the contract. NMA's own Management Company also imploded at this time and new management was drawn up. The band was not short of new record company offers and eventually chose Epic, for reasons to do with support in the US.
Although Mrs Thatcher had been ousted by her own Party in 1990 (a memorable night coinciding with NMA's first visit to Rome), the Conservative monolith that had ruled the country for so long remained in power and, against all expectations, won a further election in 1992. Outside Britain though, much was changed: there was recession and instability and a so-called "New World Order" in the wake of the collapse of Soviet Communism and the 1st Gulf War. Already the band was embarked upon a very dark album, driven equally by personal traumas, including Justin's near-death electrocution on stage in Switzerland and the changes in the world around them. Produced by Niko Bolas and mixed by Bob Clearmountain, "The Love Of Hopeless Causes" was not what anyone was expecting. Just as folk-rock, pioneered and inspired in part by NMA, became a fashionable and commercial sound, the band made a deliberate move away from it and straight and into guitar-driven rock music.
Replacing Adrian with Dave Blomberg on guitar, they embarked on the album tour and the European section featured their most successful concerts yet. However NMA's relationship with their new record company quickly deteriorated. Worse still, they found themselves caught in corporate dispute between London and New York, which was in no way related to them. By June, the band found themselves on an exhaustive US tour, in which they had invested much of their own money, with no support of any kind from Epic or any other source. The tour featured many outstanding concerts but it was a bittersweet experience. By the end of the summer, it had been agreed that there should be a year off for everyone to rest and consider the future, while the contract with Epic was quickly terminated.
Justin used 1993-4 to produce other artists (a second collaboration with Joolz entitled "Weird Sister", Rev Hammer's "Bishop Of Buffalo" album and also the unusual Berlin combo, The Inchtabokatables), tour with Red Sky Coven and create another way of performing NMA songs - in a duo with new guitarist Dave Blomberg. Together they went back to Justin's first love - small club touring - and eventually released an album of the live show entitled "Big Guitars in Little Europe", an album, which has proved enduringly popular. Robert's main wish was to spend more time at home with his family, which he was now able to do and Nelson formed a new band "Nelson's Column" which toured England. Ed Alleyne Johnson followed up his first solo album "The Purple Electric Violin Concerto" which had been so successful with a second entitled "Ultraviolet".
After the year was up, Justin and Robert tentatively began work on a new project and in December 1994, the band (with Dean White on keyboards replacing Ed Alleyne Johnson) reassembled to play a short series of concerts. However, the next two years were lost while Justin and Robert, plagued by ill health and personal-life distractions tried unsuccessfully to pin down hundreds of new musical ideas into an album. It became increasingly obvious to both of them (and everyone else in and around the band) that they were now on very different musical paths. In 1997, Tommy Tee who had been the band's Tour Manager in the 1980s returned to take control of the band's drifting affairs. He enlisted producer Simon Dawson to help finish the project and by the autumn "Strange Brotherhood" was completed. Unsurprisingly, it's an album full to the brim with different and contrasting musical ideas while the lyrics range from the politics of the British Road Protest movement (in which Sullivan had been actively involved during 1996) to the deeply personal and sometimes unusually obscure. During the mixing, it was agreed that Justin and Robert would go their separate ways after the tour.
Then, suddenly Robert was diagnosed as having a brain tumour, and though the operation to remove it was successful, any prospect of touring was impossible. So he suggested that his place be taken by Michael Dean, a young drummer who had been working as his technician since 1993. Having watched Robert for some years, Michael was immediately comfortable with the role of drummer and with all other aspects of the band. The "Strange Brotherhood" tour began in the spring of 1998 and, happy to be back on the road at last, for the first couple of months, the band embarked on an ambitious programme of doing two sets each night, a 50 minute acoustic set followed by a full 90 minute rock. The tour continued on and off through to the end of the year.
By now Justin and Tommy Tee had restructured New Model Army's set-up to take account of the changes that the Internet was bringing to the whole music industry. This included making sure that the band owned every aspect of their work, and included their own record label (Attack Attack) to be distributed by different companies in different territories. 1999 began with a review of live shows recorded the previous year and their amalgamation into a live double album entitled "New Model Army and Nobody Else". After this Justin (assisted by Michael) began to write new songs for the next album. This was done quickly and easily for the first time since "Thunder", with Justin claiming to be "reborn as a song-writer." To keep up the momentum, it was decided to self-produce and to record the album in the band's own studio. Again this was done quickly with mostly Justin, Michael and Dean at the controls. (Living 250 and 300 miles from Bradford meant that Nelson and Dave were more occasional contributors for purely geographical reasons). The whole process was very much a reaction to the slow progress of "Strange Brotherhood", with the album given the simple name "Eight" to go with its whole stripped-down approach. It was released in the Spring of 2000 and was followed by more touring.
On October 23rd 2000, the band celebrated their 20th anniversary by playing another two set marathon at Rock City in Nottingham and then three months later, further special concerts in London and Koln which featured four completely different sets spread over two nights - a 57 song marathon in each city attended by over 7000 people.
One of the legacies of the lost years of the mid 1990s was a lot of unfinished material and next, Justin, Michael and Dean worked to finish and assemble this into accessible form, a double album "Lost Songs" released in 2002. Another ‘unfinished' project was Justin's long promised solo album and it was at this moment that he decided to pursue it. Meant to take just a few weeks to record and tour, "Navigating By The Stars" became another marathon. Hooking up with film and TV music producer, Ty Unwin, the first week of working coincided with ‘9/11'. Rather than making a political or angry response to unfolding events, the album's purpose was to ‘make something beautiful in an increasingly ugly World'. The album came out in 2003 to surprised and favourable reaction. At first touring alone with Dean (including a long awaited return to America), Justin was then joined by Michael playing percussion and the threesome bought a large mobile home and set off across Europe. The live album "Tales of the Road", released in 2004 captures their unique sound and stripped-down rearrangements of some of NMA's lesser known songs.
In 2004, an exhibition of all Joolz' artwork for the band plus collected memorabilia was assembled for a touring exhibition. Entitled ‘One Family, One Tribe' it has been on display in art galleries in Otley, York, Bradford and Hamm in Germany and there are plans for more future showings. Meanwhile, the band work began work on a new NMA album, at first focused around Michael's increasing creativity as a drummer. "Carnival" was recorded with producer Chris Tsangerides and mixed by Nat Chan. It's lyrical subjects and musical roots were as usual very eclectic but included many people's favourite NMA track, "Fireworks Night", Justin's emotional response to the sudden and unexpected death of Robert that Autumn. "Carnival" was released in September 2005, but when it came to the tour, Dave Blomberg was unable to participate for family reasons and his place was taken by Marshall Gill, a blues guitarist from Ashton Under Lyne, completing the band's current line-up in what Sullivan calls “the best version of NMA since 1985”.
The Carnival Tour marked another dynamic new beginning for the band, with Nelson sometimes playing as a second drummer, Dean sometimes as third guitarist and Michael and Marshall's energy much in evidence. Such was the sense of momentum and togetherness that for the first time in years, NMA moved quickly on to making another album with major contributions from all members. "High" was written and recorded in five months at the beginning of 2007, produced by old friend (and another production star, Chris Kimsey) and was ‘angrier' than any releases for a while and lyrically very much in tune with current realities.
The "High" tour rolled through 4 continents with the new line up now firmly in tune with itself and Marshall bringing a tougher edge to the band's sound - even managing to re-arrange the classic violin led anthem "Vagabonds" into a guitar led version. This and 16 other songs were released on a new live album, "Fuck Texas, Sing For Us", in November 2008 (the title taken from a chant at the band's New Orleans show that serves as the intro to the album).
The year ended with tours in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the customary December run of London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Koln with the band playing a fiery set of recent material. Remarkably, the band’s main 17 song set featured only two pre-2000 songs, as well as brand new material, a sure sign of the band’s forward momentum - and with their ticket sales up everywhere. Then, at Christmas, manager Tommy Tee died suddenly and unexpectedly. This was a major shock to everyone in and around the band, not only because as he ran all aspects of the band's affairs but also as a major part of the NMA family and history since 1982.
It took a while before the band could refocus but by Spring 2009, they were back in the studio working on their eleventh studio album, “Today Is A Good Day”. Mostly written in the wake of the 2008 Wall Street Collapse (an event celebrated in the white-hot opening title track), it was recorded in the band’s own studio in Bradford with Chris Kimsey once more at the controls. Chris wrote “the NMA 'family business' is back in full swing. The boys sound brave & united.” The album was hailed as one of their very best and the album tour began with a month in North America and went on for a further six months ending with a triumphant return to Glastonbury and other Festivals in the summer.
In the Autumn of 2010, the band celebrated their 30th Anniversary with the release of boxsets, books, DVDs and a full set of retrospective material and set out on the curious and challenging schedule. Promising to play a minimum of four songs from each of their 13 albums (including the two B-sides compilations) over two nights, they performed this marathon in different cities on four continents every weekend from September until Christmas. The final weekend in London was recorded and released in full as a five hour DVD.
After such a hectic year, 2011 was always going to be relatively quiet with the band concentrating on writing material for their next project. Consciously looking for something new after two convincing great rock band recorded live in a studio albums. this is a work in progress interrupted only by a handful of full band shows and rather more of the semi-acoustic Justin and Dean duo concerts. But then, as the year ended, disaster once again struck with a fire, started in the next door furniture outlet, raging through the band's Bradford base destroying pretty their whole studio set-up. No one was injured and the band have remarkably been able to salvage some of their touring gear from inside flight-cases. However, while remaining characteristically upbeat about the future, the band acknowledge that the loss of so much gear and a place to work will delay their plans for 2012. Meanwhile, in the background, BBC/Channel Four diector, Matt Reid, has been putting together a documentary film about the group for release sometime this year.
This is a remarkable band - as hungry and focused as ever, with a continually regenerating audience and insatiable creative ambition.
U.S. Army Pfc. Eric Krussier, a paratrooper assigned to Bravo Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, looks down his sights of his weapon while he pulls security during squad level training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2015. Coalition forces routinely practice what they plan to teach Iraqi soldiers prior to each round of instruction. Training at the building partner capacity sites is an integral part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s multinational effort to train Iraqi security force personnel to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. A coalition of regional and international nations have joined together to defeat ISIL and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, the region and the wider international community. .
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Paris Maxey/Released)
Turkish soldiers at Isparta Mountain Commando school at Isparta, training in Mine Detection, Mountain Operations, Anti-Ambush Drills, Fitness and Night Operations – Once the training is complete they will be deploying to Southern Anatolia to help on anti-terrorist operations
Bangladesh Army Soldiers during foot and vehicle mounted patrols while Peacekeeping operations serving with UNAMID, Darfur Africa
Australian soldiers acting as enemy soldier for the U.S Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during the combined urban combat training exercise as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 2009 at the Urban Operations Training Facility, Shoalwater Bay Training Area on July 22, 2009 in Rockhampton, Australia.