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4 YORKS - Exercise LION'S PROWL
British Soldiers from 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment during Exercise LION's PROWL marked the start of the battalion's new training cycle. It saw multiples out on the ground performing various tasks which culminated in a cordon and search operation.
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My bowl of melted army dudes. I used the heat gun/piece-by-piece method I first saw on Make Projects
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I'm using a glass bowl as the mold instead of a stainless steel one because I couldn't find a stainless bowl at the thrift store. The glass gets a bit hot and you have to stop and let it cool a couple of times but otherwise works fine and the plastic doesn't want to stick to it.
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Italian soldiers assigned to the 11th Bersaglieri Battalion accompanies an injured soldier during Combined Resolve XV, Feb. 21, 2021 at the Hohenfels Training Area.
Combined Resolve XV is a Headquarters Department of the Army directed Multinational exercise designed to build 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division’s readiness and enhance interoperability with allied forces and partner nations to fight and win against any adversary.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Julian Padua
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- A British soldier with the 3rd Battalion, the Mercian Regiment, based in Fallingbostel, Germany, adjusts his weapon’s sights during a weapons qualifying range at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area before taking part in Saber Junction here Oct. 15. The mission is part of U.S. Army Europe's exercise Saber Junction which trains U.S. personnel and more than 1800 multinational partners from 18 different nations ensuring multinational interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force.
A British soldier communicates over the radio during exercise Allied Spirit X in Hohenfels, Germany, April 10, 2019. Exercise Allied Spirit X includes approximately 5,600 participants from 15 nations, March 30-April 17, 2019, at the 7th Army Training Command's Hohenfels Training Area in Southeastern Germany. Allied Spirit is a U.S. Army Europe-directed, 7th Army Training Command-conducted multinational exercise series designed to develop and enhance NATO and key partner interoperability and readiness across specified warfighting functions. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dhy’Nysha James)
A soldier from the Canadian Army, Princess Patricia's Light Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, provides security while clearing a house during a Military Operations on Urban Terrain exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows on July, 6. Approximately 2,200 personnel from nine nations are participating in RIMPAC 2012 as part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 3, Combined Force Land Component Command. The CFLCC is conducting amphibious and land-based operations in order to enhance multinational and joint interoperability. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971.
South West soldiers train to fight in built-up areas
Around 80 Riflemen from 6th Battalion The Rifles (6 RIFLES) have taken part in Exercise WYVERN TEMPEST, around Imber Village on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.
The Reservists from across the South West were training to fight on operations in built-up areas (OBUA) and their mission was to defeat an enemy force which was trying to occupy the complex of buildings.
Major John Penhale, from Cheltenham, runs a recruitment company for armed service leavers and is also Training Major for 6 RIFLES, having served as a regular soldier for 16 years.
He said: “This particular exercise is the culmination of our offensive operations package.
“So what we have tried to do is combine what they have learnt from patrols and also the OBUA package, and all the skills they have learnt in the last six months they have had the opportunity to use.”
Rifleman Steven Morgan, from Gloucester, serves with A Company 6 RIFLES. He said: “This exercise requires a lot of physical effort and moving around as we offer fire-support and clear buildings.
“This is why I joined the infantry and this is the icing on the cake when we get to test and challenge ourselves in demanding environments.
“It is about really putting the hard yards in and coming away feeling like we have done the job proud.”
When not in uniform Steve is an Electrical Buyer for Honda in Swindon. “Honda gives me two weeks unpaid leave to do my TA training and skills for my military career,” he said.
The training for 6 RIFLES does not stop here and already the forecast of events is busy with the next phase including another overseas training exercise, which follows on from a very successful Summer Camp in Cyprus back in June.
Images by Corporal Daniel Wiepen RLC; Crown copyright
USAG-Humphreys Youth Sports provides a variety of sports programs for age groups 4-18 to include Baseball, Soccer, Swimming and Basketball. A variety of minor sport activities are also implemented throughout the year.
USAG-Humphreys participates in a league with Osan Air Base, USAG-Daegu, and USAG-Yongsan. Throughout the regular season, the older age groups travel occasionally to other installations to compete in league and postseason events.
USAG-Humphreys Youth Teams practice and play at Independence park which is located by the USAG Humphreys main gate.
Volunteer coaches are always needed! A background check is required to become a volunteer and also a certification course is required before anyone is allowed to coach with CYS Services Youth Sports.
Volunteers are required to register at www.myarmylifetoo.com
Coaching applications can be found at the Parent Central Services (PCS), currently located at the Child Development center Bldg 693 or the Youth Sports Office located in the Youth Sports Annex Gym, Bldg 111. There is a fee associated with registering for the major sports and all participants must be registered with the Child, Youth and School Services Program.
U.S. Army photos by Edward N. Johnson
Troops from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment during an amphibious assault rehearsal exercise at the United States Marines Corps Base - Hawaii.
Mid Caption: The Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison AO, visited soldiers of Alpha Company, the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) at the Marine Corps Base – Hawaii. 1 RAR soldiers are working with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines (1/3) in a series of urban operations training, live fire range practices and amphibious operations. Engineers from 3 Combat Engineer Regiment (3 CER) and 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (4 REGT, RAA) are supporting the infantry along with cavalry and medical specialists.
During RIMPAC 12, the soldiers will train alongside the Marines in their Amtrak amphibious vehicles before boarding the United States Ship Essex (USS Essex). The exercise will culminate with an amphibious beach landing and assault at the Marine Corps training area on the Big Island.
Approximately 1100 Australian sailors, soldiers, airmen and women are participating on Exercise RIM-OF-THE-PACIFIC (RIMPAC 12) from 27 Jun 12 to 2 Aug 12 in the Islands of Hawaii.
RIMPAC 12 is the world’s largest multilateral live-fire maritime training exercise held around the Islands of Hawaii. There are 22 participating nations including Australia, Canada, France and Russia. The US sponsored exercise is aimed to enhance the interoperability of the combined forces and involves war-fighting exercises, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) and maritime security operations.
Photo by CPL Chris Dickson
1st Joint Public Affairs Unit
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- British Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, the Mercian Regiment, based in Fallingbostel, Germany, clear a jam from a M249 S.A.W. at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area before taking part in Saber Junction here Oct. 15. The mission is part of U.S. Army Europe's exercise Saber Junction which trains U.S. personnel and more than 1800 multinational partners from 18 different nations ensuring multinational interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force.
A U.S. Army National Guard Soldier with Task Force Spartan, U.S. Army Central, assists families recently evacuated from Afghanistan as they arrive at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 23, 2021. U.S. Army Soldiers continue to work with their U.S. Central Command and Department of State teammates to support Afghanistan evacuation efforts with transportation, security, logistics and medical assistance at locations in Kuwait. (U.S. Army Photo by 1st Lt. James Mason)
The Bonus Army
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In 1924, a grateful Congress voted to give a bonus to World War I veterans - $1.25 for each day served overseas, $1.00 for each day served in the States. The catch was that payment would not be made until 1945.
Members of the Bonus Army
encamp within sight of the
Capitol, 1932
However, by 1932 the nation had slipped into the dark days of the Depression and the unemployed veterans wanted their money immediately.
In May of that year, some 15,000 veterans, many unemployed and destitute, descended on Washington, D.C. to demand immediate payment of their bonus. They proclaimed themselves the Bonus Expeditionary Force but the public dubbed them the "Bonus Army." Raising ramshackle camps at various places around the city, they waited.
The veterans made their largest camp at Anacostia Flats across the river from the Capitol. Approximately 10,000 veterans, women and children lived in the shelters built from materials dragged out of a junk pile nearby - old lumber, packing boxes and scrap tin covered with roofs of thatched straw.
Discipline in the camp was good, despite the fears of many city residents who spread unfounded "Red Scare" rumors. Streets were laid out, latrines dug, and formations held daily. Newcomers were required to register and prove they were bonafide veterans who had been honorably discharged. Their leader, Walter Waters, stated, "We're here for the duration and we're not going to starve. We're going to keep ourselves a simon-pure veteran's organization. If the Bonus is paid it will relieve to a large extent the deplorable economic condition."
June 17 was described by a local newspaper as "the tensest day in the capital since the war." The Senate was voting on the bill already passed by the House to immediately give the vets their bonus money. By dusk, 10,000 marchers crowded the Capitol grounds expectantly awaiting the outcome. Walter Waters, leader of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, appeared with bad news. The Senate had defeated the bill by a vote of 62 to 18. The crowd reacted with stunned silence. "Sing America and go back to your billets" he commanded, and they did. A silent "Death March" began in front of the Capitol and lasted until July 17, when Congress adjourned.
A month later, on July 28, Attorney General Mitchell ordered the evacuation of the veterans from all government property, Entrusted with the job, the Washington police met with resistance, shots were fired and two marchers killed. Learning of the shooting at lunch, President Hoover ordered the army to clear out the veterans. Infantry
Troops prepare to evacuate the
Bonus Army
July 28, 1932
and cavalry supported by six tanks were dispatched with Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur in command. Major Dwight D. Eisenhower served as his liaison with Washington police and Major George Patton led the cavalry.
By 4:45 P.M. the troops were massed on Pennsylvania Ave. below the Capitol. Thousands of Civil Service employees spilled out of work and lined the streets to watch. The veterans, assuming the military display was in their honor, cheered. Suddenly Patton's troopers turned and charged. "Shame, Shame" the spectators cried. Soldiers with fixed bayonets followed, hurling tear gas into the crowd.
By nightfall the BEF had retreated across the Anacostia River where Hoover ordered MacArthur to stop. Ignoring the command, the general led his infantry to the main camp. By early morning the 10,000 inhabitants were routed and the camp in flames. Two babies died and nearby hospitals overwhelmed with casualties. Eisenhower later wrote, "the whole scene was pitiful. The veterans were ragged, ill-fed, and felt themselves badly abused. To suddenly see the whole encampment going up in flames just added to the pity."
References:
Bartlett, John Henry, The Bonus March and the New Deal (1937); Daniels, Roger, The Bonus March; an Episode of the Great Depression (1971).
Norwegian Army Soldiers from the Telemark battalion training in Poland during Exercise Noble Jump 2019.
Photo: Sgt. 1st Class Michael O'Brien
Major Ivor Lopez debriefs the troops after the first phase of the Advance to Contact
Royal Gibraltar Regiment trains in the UK
Soldiers from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment have recently completed their annual four-week exercise in the UK where they have made use of training facilities not available on The Rock.
After their mandatory shooting tests on the impressive ranges at Hythe in Kent, the troops moved on to Sennybridge to make full use of the huge Brecon Beacons training area.
Unusually, the weather in South Wales was warm and sunny, so sunny in fact that a ban was imposed on the use of certain types of weapons because of the increasing number of large-scale grass fires.
During the exercise, the regiment was visited by its Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns, and by the British High Commissioner to The Gambia, Mr Phil Sinkinson. Sir Adrian said:
"I have been very impressed with the regiment's skills and motivation. Clearly, the exercise has been planned to gain maximum value from those facilities which are not available in Gibraltar."
Whilst at Hythe, every soldier completed his annual combat marksmanship test which included distances of 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400 metres. To fail at any one of these distances meant that a soldier failed the whole test.
Major Ivor Lopez said:
"Hythe's ranges are excellent. As well as the rifle ranges, there are ranges for sniper weapons, for our underslung grenade launchers and for our light support weapons.
"There is also a full scale 'village' in which we can practise our internal security tactics. We don't have these facilities in Gibraltar so we have to exploit this opportunity to the full."
After a long journey to the Sennybridge Training Area in South Wales, the troops stepped off the coach straight onto the training area and into five days of living 'in the field', carrying everything they needed on their backs.
During this period they practised all their basic infantry skills and relearned the art of living out in the open. Although the days were sunny and warm, night-time temperatures often dropped below zero.
The sheer size of the training area provided an opportunity to brush up on map-reading skills, so essential for soldiers who are not used to such an expanse of training land or navigating using 1:50000 maps.
It also tested the Regiment's ability to communicate by the use of radios across an area many times the size of Gibraltar. Major Lopez continued:
"We have brought twenty Moroccan troops with us and that also makes us think about how we work in a multinational environment.
"Soldiers' basic skills are learned here in Sennybridge and then adapted for use in Gibraltar. And everything that will be used later in the year on Exercise Jebel Sahara has been learned here."
A further advantage of training in the Brecon Beacons is that most of the Army's infantry courses are held there. The better the regiment's troops get to know Brecon, the better their chances of doing well on their career courses.
By the middle of the third week of the exercise, the troops were carrying out company-sized attacks using 'live' ammunition and 'live' hand grenades.
In one attack, three sections each of eight men made their way up a tight valley, knowing that the 'enemy' was hidden somewhere and was about to open fire on them.
The 'enemy' was represented by electronically-operated pop-up targets but as each soldier ran and dived for cover before opening fire with at least thirty 'live' rounds, there had to be some very real safety measures in place.
Private Daniel Rodgers said:
"I've enjoyed all the live firing. A lot of it has been exciting and I've learned a lot of new skills.
"At the recruit infantry training centre you don't do the training for Fighting In Built Up Areas and I've never done platoon attacks with 'live' ammunition. I'm really enjoying it."
Running separately from the main exercise is the six-week Junior Non-Commissioned Officers' cadre. This tough course helps the regiment select which of its top Private soldiers will achieve their promotion to Lance Corporal.
Several members of the cadre have already dropped off the course and others have injured themselves so the numbers are falling.
Private Luke Willis said:
"We know that promotion depends on how well we do here. Everyone wants to get one of the top slots. The first week was tough as we had snow and ice at night but since then the weather has improved - until today!"
The final days of the exercise saw the cadre setting off on its final task whilst the main regimental exercise was moving into its most intense phase.
The officers who planned the annual exercise had aimed for something that was 'ambitious but achievable' and, clearly, they had certainly achieved their aim.
The Regiment's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Colin Risso, said:
"This exercise qualifies our unit and our people for all our operationally-mandated tasks in Gibraltar and goes further in preparing every commander and soldier for wider professional utility.
"Let's be under no illusion, this is serious business and we will seize every opportunity we can to achieve the best results."
I took these pictures Dec. 2011 of the Army Navy Club. Didn’t know at the time that it would be practically destroyed before anyone could do much about it. We asked the guard at the gate if we could go inside and was denied. The building and grounds looked very unkept but it all, what I seen, looked structurally sound. I have a strong feeling that the developer was lying about the condition of the building and what their real intentions for the building were. I also suspect there was money pasted under the table for them to proceed as far as they got.
Sgt. Craig McComsey and Spc. Joe Sears, both members of the Mississippi Army National Guard, serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team, pose for a photo at the district center, Shah Joy, Afghanistan.
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conduct an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at CSL Manda Bay, Kenya, June 17, 2022. During the EDRE, the East Africa Response Force (EARF) forward deployed from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, to Manda Bay to exercise its capability to provide security augmentation while Soldiers with the EARF and CJTF-HOA security forces conducted presence patrols with Kenya Defense Forces and responded to multiple injects that included base defense drills. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff Clements)
no locker layout here. all military & civvie kit is all crammed into one metal locker.
supershit compared to pirbright.
Iveco, an acronym for Industrial Vehicles Corporation, is an Italian industrial vehicle manufacturing company based in Turin, Italy, and entirely controlled by CNH Industrial Group. It designs and builds light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, quarry/construction site vehicles, city and intercity buses and special vehicles for applications such as firefighting, off-road missions, the military and civil defence.
The name Iveco first appeared in 1975 after a merger of Italian, French and German brands.
Its production plants are in Europe, Brazil, Russia, Australia, Africa, Argentina and China, and it has approximately 5,000 points of sales and service in over 160 countries. The worldwide output of the company amounts to around 150,000 commercial vehicles with a turnover of about €10,000,000,000
Private Kalab Wessling from the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, takes aim during the Basic Sniper Course at Greenbank Training Area, Queensland.
Soldiers from the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, completed the Basic Sniper Course to qualify as snipers in the Australian Army.
The course involved a theory module where participants learned about navigation by day and night, and were assessed on basic soldier skills.
The following module focuses on camouflage and concealment, judging distances, observation, stalking an enemy, and refining their marksmanship skills at various distances on the SR98 Sniper Rifle.
The Basic Sniper Course is competitive to ensure the Australian Army chooses the best for employment as Sniper Team Leaders, and only the most capable participants finish the course as qualified snipers.
Photos: Pte Jacob Hilton
U.S. Army National Guard Officer Candidates from Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin conduct a confidence and rappel course as part of the consolidated OCS Phase III on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, August 1, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Bradey Petit)
U.S Army Medical Research Unit: Improving malaria diagnosis in Africa, one lab at a time
By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Africa
OYUGIS, Kenya – Inside Rachuonyo district hospital, Simba Mobagi peers through his laboratory’s only microscope at a sick woman’s blood sample.
The 33-year-old laboratory technologist’s goal – rapidly identifying malaria parasites.
Dozens more samples await his eyes. Each represents a patient suffering outside on wooden benches.
Mogabi takes little time to ponder his workload. He quickly finds malaria parasites, marks his findings on a pink patient record and moves to the next slide. Much to his surprise, a U.S. Army officer arrives, removes his black beret and sets down a large box.
Inside Maj. Eric Wagar’s box is a new microscope – a small gesture within U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya’s larger efforts to improve malaria diagnostics in Africa.
For more than 40 years, USAMRU-K – known locally as the Walter Reed Project – has studied diseases in East Africa through a partnership with the Kenya Medical Research Institute.
Wagar heads USAMRU-K’s Malaria Diagnostics and Control Center of Excellence in Kisumu, a unique establishment begun in 2004 that’s since trained more than 650 laboratory specialist to better their malaria microscopy skills.
“Working with the Walter Reed Project is so good for the community, as it benefits the patient,” Mobagi said, who is looking forward to attending the center’s malaria diagnostics course. “Plus, having a new microscope improves our work environment. Work will be easier and we will have better outcomes.”
Back in Kisumu, wall maps mark the center’s success, with hundreds of trained lab technicians from more than a dozen countries across the African continent. International students have come from Ireland, the U.S. and Thailand.
Many students are sponsored through U.S. government aid programs aimed at reducing disease in Africa or by nongovernmental organizations. Most of the center’s $450,000 annual budget comes from the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative. Other funding is from the U.S. Defense Department, NGOs and pharmaceutical companies.
For students to practice malaria identification, five Kenyan lab technicians work tirelessly to create a variety of blood specimens. Slides may show one or more of malaria’s several species – others are free of parasites. The majority of malaria cases are the falciparum species, but many people are co-infected with other species and it’s important for students to recognize that, Wagar said.
“At our course, lab students learn skills and habits that increase their ability to accurately detect malaria on blood slides. Yet, when they return to their local laboratories, they face the challenge of changing habits and procedures,” Wagar said. “Changing behavior is hard to do.”
In late-April, Wagar accompanied Jew Ochola, 28, the center’s daily operations manager to Oyugis, the district center of Rachuonyo that lies roughly 30 miles south of Kisumu in Kenya’s Nyanza province.
“First I do an assessment of the hospital’s lab, what procedures they have, the number of people on staff and the equipment they use,” Ochola said. “By partnering with laboratory managers, we hope to increase standards and improve efficient and effective diagnosis.
The goal is to lessen the burden of malaria on the local people.”
To mark progress, lab staffs must collect 20 slides each month that show properly handled blood samples. Monthly visits will mark performance improvement.
Through quality malaria diagnosis, USAMRU-K is part of a larger public health effort to reduce malaria’s impacts on Kenyan’s lives. Illness means paying for treatment and less wages earned, creating an impact on the economy.
“By mitigating a public health burden, people should have more time to grow food and have money for things other than medical care,” Wagar said. “We can’t expect to see change right away, but hopefully things will be a little bit better every month.”
Working with the Djibouti-based Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and other DoD agencies, the center recently offered microscopy courses through U.S. military partnership events in Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania. The effort supports U.S. Army Africa’s strategic engagement goal of increasing capabilities and strengthening capacity with the militaries of African nations, Wagar said.
“To date, that includes eight Kenyan military lab techs, 17 from the Tanzania People’s Defense Force and 30 Nigerians,” Wagar said.
Accurate diagnosis is also a key factor for military readiness, Wagar said. For example, a Kenyan soldier stationed in Nairobi – where malaria is less prevalent – is susceptible to the disease if posted elsewhere in the country.
“Improving malaria diagnosis within African military laboratories sets conditions for healthier troops,” Wagar said. “When forces are healthy, they are more capable to support their government and regional security.”
To learn more about U.S. Army Africa visit our official website at www.usaraf.army.mil
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Army vs. Middle Tennessee State at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York, Sep. 5, 2020 (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Ellington Ward).
Estonian Army Recruits during their final exercise before graduating from Basic training – 11th September 2012
British Army solders of 3rd Battalion the Mercian Regiment (Staffords) drive on their Jackal armored vehicle across a desert near the Patrol Base Jahan Zeb outside the town of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July 15, 2011.
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade react to contact while participating in Exercise Immediate Response at Pocek Training Area, Slovenia, May 15, 2019. Exercise Immediate Response is a multinational exercise co-led by Croatian Armed Forces, Slovenian Armed Forces, and U.S. Army Europe. The logistics-focused exercise is designed to test and improve the ability to move forces and equipment rapidly from one location to another. The exercise will improve readiness and interoperability among participating allied and partner nations.