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"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
(Winston Churchill - British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, historian, writer and artist, 1874–1965)
This was shot after the railway station in Varanasi (Benaras) where a market stands on the railroad.
It is crowded with courageous people moving according the trains and doing any kind of job.
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CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
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Be Strong And Courageous
There's just something about these tall power-line towers that makes them beg to be climbed... And yesterday I might have just given in...
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U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Etna Regional Park (59 000 ha) is the protected area that surrounds the highest active volcano in Europe. It was the first Sicilian protected area, established in 1987. The park is divided into four zones: zone A has maximum protection and allows nature to play its course with minimal human intervention; zone B is a general reserve and is made up of small agricultural plots and wonderful examples of rural architecture; zone C and D cover 14000 hectares and here some tourist facilities are allowed but the preservation of the landscape and nature should always be respected.Etna Regional Park is located in eastern Sicily. At the heart of the ecosystem of the park is Mount Etna, with its lithological boundary of 250 km, height of approximately 3350 m and an area of about 1260 km². The beauty of the park is not only the grandeur of eruptions and lava flows. Around the great volcano, lies a unique landscape, rich in sounds, scents and colors. The territory of the Etna Park stretches from the summit of the volcano until the upper belt of Etna villages. 20 municipalities and a population of over 250 000 inhabitants are found within the park territory.With its forests, trails, unique landscapes, typical products and its historic municipalities Etna Regional Park is an attractive place to visit all year round.
The vegetation of the park is extremely rich and varied. In the lowest regions there are vineyards, orchards, nut trees and woods of oak and chestnut trees. Gathering height you can find woods of oak, turkey oak and larch pines and higher still (above 2000 m) there are beech and birch trees.Characteristic plant species of the Etna landscape are: the symbolic Etna broom, one of the main plants that colonizes the lava; pulviniformi Holy Thorn (Astragalus), which offer shelter to other plants of the Etna mountain, such as groundsel, chickweed, and the Sicilian soap. The porcupine, fox, wild cat, marten, rabbit and hare live on the mountain along with smaller mammels. There are also many birds including the hawk, buzzards, kestrels, peregrine falcon and golden eagle and various types of owl.
La bellezza del Parco dell'Etna non sta soltanto nella grandiosità delle eruzioni e nelle colate di lava incandescente. Attorno al grande vulcano si estende un ambiente unico e impareggiabile, ricco di suoni, profumi e colori. Un comprensorio dal paesaggio incantevole, protetto da un parco naturale che chiunque si trovi in Sicilia non può mancare di visitare. Il territorio del Parco dell'Etna, che si estende dalla vetta del vulcano sino alla cintura superiore dei paesi etnei, è stato diviso in quattro zone a diverso grado di protezione: zone A, B, C e D.
Mount Etna (Aetna in Latin, also known as Muncibeddu in Sicilian and Mongibello in Italian, a combination of Latin mons and Arabic gibel, both meaning mountain) is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. Its Arabic name was Jebel Utlamat (the Mountain of Fire).Volcanic activity at Etna began about half a million years ago, with eruptions occurring beneath the sea off the coastline of Sicily. 300,000 years ago, volcanism began occurring to the southwest of the present-day summit, before activity moved towards the present centre 170,000 years ago. Eruptions at this time built up the first major volcanic edifice, forming a strato-volcano in alternating explosive and effusive eruptions. The growth of the mountain was occasionally interrupted by major eruptions leading to the collapse of the summit to form calderas.From about 35,000 to 15,000 years ago, Etna experienced some highly explosive eruptions, generating large pyroclastic flows which left extensive ignimbrite deposits. Ash from these eruptions has been found as far away as Rome, 800 km to the north.Sicily's greatest natural attraction is also its highest mountain: Mount Etna, at 10,924 feet, is the most active volcano in Europe and the oldest recorded active volcano in the world.Mount Etna is an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. It is the largest active volcano in Europe, currently standing about 3329.6 m (10,924 feet)high, though it should be noted that this varies with summit eruptions; the mountain is 21.6 m (71 ft) lower now than it was in 1865. It is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 1,190 km² (460 square miles) with a basal circumference of 140 km.The fertile volcanic soils support extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards spread across the lower slopes of the mountain and the broad Plain of Catania to the south. Due to its history of recent activity and nearby population, Mount Etna has been designated a Decade Volcano by the United Nations.Etna lava stone is a material with unique characteristics: durable, indestructible, resistant to changes in the temperature (it’s a heat conductor), it offers infinite possibilities of uses: flooring, urban furniture, interior design.After the glazing process the product doesn’t get stained, resists to acids and doesn’t require particular maintenance: that’s why lava stone is the ideal material even to make kitchens and bathrooms countertops. The natural stone tends to grey, with the glazing process we can obtain any desired colour. Shapes, sizes and decorations can be customized . The lava stone it is formed by the solidification of cooled magma on the surface of the Etna volcano, in Sicily
L'Etna è un vulcano attivo che si trova sulla costa orientale della Sicilia (Italia), tra Catania e Messina. È il vulcano attivo più alto del continente europeo e uno dei maggiori al mondo. La sua altezza varia nel tempo a causa delle sue eruzioni, ma si aggira attualmente sui 3329.6 m (10,924 feet) s.l.m. Il suo diametro è di circa 45 chilometri.Un tempo era noto anche come Mongibello.In genere le eruzioni dell'Etna pur fortemente distruttive delle cose, non lo sono per le persone se si eccettuano i casi fortuiti o di palese imprudenza come quello dell'improvvisa esplosione di massi del 1979 che uccise nove turisti e ne ferì una decina di altri avventuratisi fino al cratere appena spento. L'Etna è un tipico strato-vulcano che iniziò la sua attività, tra 500 e 700 mila anni fa. La sua lava di tipo basaltico è povera in silice, è molto calda, densa e fluida. Per queste ragioni le eruzioni sono tranquille ed il percorso delle lave prevedibile. La velocità di scorrimento è superiore a quella delle lave acide, più ricche in silice e più viscose e leggere.La lavorazione della pietra lavica, derivante dall’industria estrattiva delle vicine cave dell'Etna, per scopi ornamentali o per materiali da costruzione, diede da vivere a molte famiglie siciliane.I "pirriaturi", anticamente, estraevano lungo i costoni dell'Etna solo strati superficiali di lava perché più porosi e più facilmente lavorabili con arnesi quali la subbia, lo scalpello, la mazzola e il martello. Sul materiale estratto interveniva lo spaccapietre che ricavava lastre di pietra, infine lo scalpellino rifiniva il materiale. Uno degli usi prevalenti cui era destinata la pietra lavica era la pavimentazione delle strade urbane
Loreto College Ballarat, a Catholic school for girls was established in 1875 by Mother Gonzaga Barry (1834 – 1915) a member of the order of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary whose members are commonly known as the Sisters of Loreto; a courageous woman with a truly visionary approach that saw her create educational opportunities for girls never before considered in the society of that day. The Loreto Sisters arrived in Australia in response to a request by the Bishop of Ballarat, Bishop O'Connell. The group of ten sisters from Ireland, led by Mother Gonzaga Barry, set up a convent in Ballarat, Victoria and their first girls school, known as Mary's Mount, which today is known as Loreto College.
When they arrived in Ballarat, the Mother Superior set about acquiring a property at 1600 Sturt Street. Under the sandstone facade of the main front building that exists today, you will find the original house purchased by the Loreto Sisters. The Regency style house was built for Edward Agar Wynne around 1868 as a family home. Today’s entrance was originally the back entrance as the house fronted Lake Wendouree. The upper floor and the Gothic facade were added in 1914. To the right, attached to the original building is the residential wing which was built in 1882. This contained a schoolroom on the ground floor and boarders’ dormitories above.
The Sisters of Loreto were anxious to build a wall around the convent for privacy. Indeed, in earlier times the order was kept semi-enclosed, which enabled limited contact with the world outside the convent walls. The convent was built in 1881 largely through donations. The grand gateway was designed by architect William Tappin.
The Loreto Chapel, or Children’s Chapel as it is known, was built between 1898 and 1902. The architect was William Tappin and the builder George Lorimer. It is built in an English Gothic style with French influences. The stone from which it is constructed is Barrabool Hills sandstone taken from a quarry near Geelong. It also features white stone detailing from Oamaru in New Zealand. Building was interrupted through lack of funds, but the project was finally completed with a large bequest from the German Countess Elizabeth Wolff-Metternich, who had arrived at Ballarat unannounced in 1898, was captivated by the post Gold Rush city and decided to teach German to the Loreto students. A direct descendent of St Elizabeth of Hungary, Countess Elizabeth later found that she loved the peace and simplicity of the Mary's Mount cloister, and informed Mother Gonzaga that she wished to be accepted as a novice. The Mother Superior urged the young woman to return to Germany to discuss her future with her family prior to making a decision. Sadly, Countess Elizabeth was never to return to Ballarat: tragedy struck the RMS India, in the Straits of Messina en route Europe, when Countess Elizabeth died suddenly in April 1899, possibly from cholera, as she was nursing sick passengers on board the ship during its journey. When her will was read, it was found that Countess Elizabeth had left a generous 16,000 pounds to the astonished Mother Gonzaga to `be used as she thought fit'. Funds were once again available to finish the Children's Chapel, but there was to be another, seemingly impenetrable, obstacle: Germany had instituted a law forbidding money to be sent out of the country, so the funds remained frozen in Germany indefinitely. However, Countess Elizabeth's relatives contacted their distant relative, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany (eldest grandson of England's Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) to petition that the funds be released for the Australian convent. It was only through the direct intervention of the Kaiser that the law was waived in this particular case. The Children’s Chapel was officially opened in December 1902.
The inside of the Children’s Chapel is decorated in soft pastel colours with artwork and statuary donated to the Sisters of Loreto by families in Ballarat and back in Ireland. The Rose Window over the Organ Gallery depicts Saint Cecilia the patron saint of music, surrounded by symbols of the four Evangelists, Matthew Mark Luke and John. The windows over the alter depict the instruments of the Passion of Christ. The marble alter features the Nativity scene as was requested by the girls attending Loreto at the time.
To the right of the driveway as you enter Loreto College stands a small building, which is the former St. Anne’s Primary School. It was the original parish school built in 1908. St. Anne’s was closed in the early 1920s, and became a finishing school for the daughters of the well-to-do of Ballarat and its surrounding districts. With the advent of the Great Depression, the need for a finishing school dwindled, and by the mid 1930s, St. Anne’s had become a Priest’s Chalet which it remained until 1941 when it became a kindergarten. The kindergarten finally closed in 1978, but not before the old school was completely swallowed by additions and modifications in the 1960s. A mine shaft was discovered when the 1960s extension was built. Today, St. Anne’s sits peacefully amid the grounds of Loreto College and at the time of photographing was being restored to its former Edwardian glory.
To the left of the entrance gates is the Rosary Way. This is a walk to be taken whilst saying the prayers of the Rosary. The Loreto College Rosary way is modelled on the Rosary Way in the Aylesford Priory Gardens in Kent. At the end of the Rosary Way is the Lourdes Grotto, built in commemoration of the grotto in Lourdes where Our lady of Lourdes appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. This is the second Lourdes Grotto, the first more elaborate two storey structure having been moved to make way for the Children’s Chapel. The Lourdes Grotto contains a small stone from Lourdes brought back by Mother Gorzaga Barry from her journey to Europe in 1894.
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U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
The Church of St George (Romansh: Sogn Gieri), dating back to the High Middle Ages, belongs to the church parishes of Bonaduz and Rhäzüns. It is decorated throughout with Gothic frescoes by the Waltensburger and Rhäzüns masters. The visitor experiences the Middle Ages here in the truest sense of the word. The depictions on the choir and nave walls of the Romanesque church are a ”biblia paupera”. The pictures recount events from the Old and, above all, from the New Testament. The Waltensburger frescoes testify to a courtly culture, which is also documented by the knightly epics and Minnesang. Representations of torture in the legend of St George stand in contrast to elegant saints and courageous knights. There is no other interior throughout the Canton of Graubünden whose walls tell us so much about what was important in the Middle Ages.
It is considered the richest example of a completely decorated church interior of the Middle Ages in Switzerland.__Located at a remote location on a wooded hill above the anterior Rhine. The patronage festival goes back to the local legend, which tells how St. George did missionary work in the Grisons in the middle of the 4th century. At this place he leapt over the Rhine on his horse to escape pagan persecutors. Old parish, mentioned 960; evidence of a Carolingian hall church with stilted apse and walled, open (?) entrance courtyard found during excavations when restoration took place in 1961-1963. The present-day complex consists of a Romanesque nave with a flat ceiling and a transverse rectangular Gothic choir (the choir lies perpendicular to the nave) from the early 14th century with a cross rib vault. High Gothic wall-paintings by two artists. The earlier ones in the choir and choir arch by the Waltensburg Master ca. 1350, the newer ones on the walls of the nave by a Rhäzuns master from the 2nd half of the 14th century.__Choir: the ribs painted colourfully to simulate rich profiles. Intertwined leaves between four large medallions with angels as evangelists in the sectroids. Christ’s countenance on the apex stone; Annunciation in the tree vault shields, (flanked by the fox and stork from Aesop’s Fables), Crucifixion and the Coronation of Mary; a badly damaged Adoration of the Magi, row of apostles and benefactor couple under a bold meandering frieze with the coat of arms of Rhäzüns; St. Oswald and St. Nicholas in the window embrasure; pedestal drapery._ Three image bands with iconographically interesting, intertwined scenes of the miracle and passion of St. George on the wall under the merlon frieze: on the upper right King Dadianus shows the wheel and cauldron instruments of torture to the Saint, next to it the miracle of St. George, who causes branches to grow out of the house of a poor widow; below this the widow’s crippled child is presented to St. George, on the left the capture of St. George; on the upper left Queen Alexandria is hung by her hair, whipped and then beheaded after her confession to Christianity, while St. George is put into a cauldron of boiling lead as he prays for her; in the middle band of pictures the magician Anthanasios causes a demon to rise up out of a bursting steer; in the lower band the Saint is tortured, hung and desecrated, to the right of the choir arch he is decapitated; under the legend of St. George to the left is a Virgin of Mercy with kneeling benefactor and two women under the coat of arms of Rhäzüns: John the Baptist on the right above the masonry altar block; representation of the battle with the dragon on the north wall of the nave.__Nave: three bands of single images from the 2nd half of the 14th century by the so-called Rhäzüns Master along the longer walls and on the west wall. These distinguish themselves from the true form and carefully composed art of the Waltensburg Master by their linear and improvised representation of a type of pauper's Bible. Scenes in loose order from the Old and New Testaments that are kept strictly disconnected. Further devotional images on the north wall: St. Nicholas with the three virgins above; the so-called Holiday Christ, Gregory Mass, local legend of the St. George leaping over the Rhine, Archangel Michael as weigher of the souls, the death and burial of the Mother of God below. (Kunstführer durch die Schweiz, Hg. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte, Band 2, Bern 2005) (Art Guide Throughout Switzerland, ed. Swiss Society for Art History, Volume 2, Berne 2005)
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U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
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Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.
The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.
Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:
Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)
Tom Barrett, Nativity
William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen
Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement
Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul
Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen
Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement
Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence
Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo
Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family
Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch
Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)
Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:
Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish
Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish
Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish
Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving
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U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
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U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
#RejectFear #StopC51
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There has been a call out to protest Bill C-51 on March 14, 2015 in cities across the country.
The proposed legislation Bill C-51 would clearly allow for the violation of Charter Rights, facilitate spying on innocent Canadians, and create a secret police force with little oversight or accountability.
This bill disproportionately targets indigenous communities, environmental activists, dissidents, and Muslims, many of whom are already subjected to questionable and overreaching powers by security officials. This bill will make it easier and ostensibly lawful for government to continue infringing upon the rights of peaceful people.
C-51 is reckless, irresponsible and ineffective.
We are calling on the government to withdraw the legislation.
We are calling on everyone to do what they can to bring attention to this governments attempt to compromise privacy for false security, while promoting a culture of fear and racism.
Please send a message to your MP, share this event, and join us on March 14!
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TORONTO EVENT
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We will gather in Nathan Phillips Square at 12PM NOON for an OPENING CEREMONY led by an indigenous elder followed by a drum song.
Elder Pauline Shirt to do Opening Ceremony at Nathan Philips Square at 12:00 pm.
Speakers will begin at approx. 12:15PM:
Special Performance
by Juno Award winning artist Maryem Tollar
Vanessa Gray, Young indigenous activist of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation
Nasim Asgari, Young spoken word artist
Riaz Sayani-Mulji, and Suraia Sahar
Paul Copeland, Human Rights Lawyer
Peggy Nash, NDP MP
Andrew Cash, NDP MP
Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader
Hassan Yussuff, Canadian Labour Congress
Syd Ryan, Ontario Federation of Labour
Chris Hedges, American journalist, activist, author, Presbyterian minister and humanitarian.
Judy Rebick, Canadian journalist, political activist and feminist
Josephine Grey, Human Rights Activist and founder of LIFT (Low Income Families Together)
Mohammad Ali, Hip-hop & spoken word artist
..............and then join us for a MARCH to 277 Front Street; the CSIS Toronto office building. (Front & John)
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We encourage every one to do what they can on this national day of action, rally, march, take direct action, spread information, write MP's, whatever it is you think will make a difference, do it.
This rally is endorsed by;
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50 032 "Courageous" pulls in to the station with eleven coaches. There seems to be someone walking about on the track that I never noticed before.
A record and probably final shot of a Trans Pennine Class 68 working that I'll get with the Class 68's and Mk5's due to be stood down at the December timetable change.
DRS 68029 'Corageous' arrives at Manchester Piccadilly with Mk5 set TP12. The working was 1U52 1248 from Scarborough.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
... attacking the lion! Finally my fist picture of Smoggy this year! I had accidentally erased some others of my computer and later the problems with my PC... but now, here it is! :¬)
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Network SouthEast liveried 50032 Courageous, at Eggesford, with the 11:19 Barnstaple-Exeter service on the 19th of September 1990
Loreto College Ballarat, a Catholic school for girls was established in 1875 by Mother Gonzaga Barry (1834 – 1915) a member of the order of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary whose members are commonly known as the Sisters of Loreto; a courageous woman with a truly visionary approach that saw her create educational opportunities for girls never before considered in the society of that day. The Loreto Sisters arrived in Australia in response to a request by the Bishop of Ballarat, Bishop O'Connell. The group of ten sisters from Ireland, led by Mother Gonzaga Barry, set up a convent in Ballarat, Victoria and their first girls school, known as Mary's Mount, which today is known as Loreto College.
The Loreto Chapel, or Children’s Chapel as it is known, was built between 1898 and 1902. The architect was William Tappin and the builder George Lorimer. It is built in an English Gothic style with French influences. The stone from which it is constructed is Barrabool Hills sandstone taken from a quarry near Geelong. It also features white stone detailing from Oamaru in New Zealand. Building was interrupted through lack of funds, but the project was finally completed with a large bequest from the German Countess Elizabeth Wolff-Metternich, who had arrived at Ballarat unannounced in 1898, was captivated by the post Gold Rush city and decided to teach German to the Loreto students. A direct descendent of St Elizabeth of Hungary, Countess Elizabeth later found that she loved the peace and simplicity of the Mary's Mount cloister, and informed Mother Gonzaga that she wished to be accepted as a novice. The Mother Superior urged the young woman to return to Germany to discuss her future with her family prior to making a decision. Sadly, Countess Elizabeth was never to return to Ballarat: tragedy struck the RMS India, in the Straits of Messina en route Europe, when Countess Elizabeth died suddenly in April 1899, possibly from cholera, as she was nursing sick passengers on board the ship during its journey. When her will was read, it was found that Countess Elizabeth had left a generous 16,000 pounds to the astonished Mother Gonzaga to `be used as she thought fit'. Funds were once again available to finish the Children's Chapel, but there was to be another, seemingly impenetrable, obstacle: Germany had instituted a law forbidding money to be sent out of the country, so the funds remained frozen in Germany indefinitely. However, Countess Elizabeth's relatives contacted their distant relative, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany (eldest grandson of England's Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) to petition that the funds be released for the Australian convent. It was only through the direct intervention of the Kaiser that the law was waived in this particular case. The Children’s Chapel was officially opened in December 1902.
The inside of the Children’s Chapel is decorated in soft pastel colours with artwork and statuary donated to the Sisters of Loreto by families in Ballarat and back in Ireland. The Rose Window over the Organ Gallery depicts Saint Cecilia the patron saint of music, surrounded by symbols of the four Evangelists, Matthew Mark Luke and John. The windows over the alter depict the instruments of the Passion of Christ. The marble alter features the Nativity scene as was requested by the girls attending Loreto at the time.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.
Click here to learn more about Camp Humphreys
U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Courageous Channel 12, a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise, was conducted here May 17-19.
Courageous Channel is an annual exercise held in Korea, which allows U.S. military dependents, non-emergency essential civilians and contractors to walk through the evacuation process that would be used in a noncombatant evacuation scenario.
During this exercise, an assessment team that consists of military medical, veterinarian and force protection personnel visit noncombatant evacuation operation sites around the peninsula and noncombatants practiced the evacuation process.
Participation is mandatory for family members of Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians and non-emergency essential workers.
“This exercise allowed dependents of all military members an opportunity to experience the emergency control center,” said Sgt. Hezekiah L. Jenkins, an Area III noncombatant evacuation operation coordinator.
The exercise included check-in tables divided by unit, an eligibility screening and a review of participant data in the NEO tracking system.
During the exercise, participants were given a bracelet, which would be used to track them at different stations worldwide in the event of evacuation.
The process also included a nuclear, biological, and chemical station, where people could practice donning protective masks and simulate the actions that would be taken in the event they needed to be decontaminated. Other specialists offered medical, legal and finance information.