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Soldiers diligently cleaning their rifles to ensure that they will work well when called into action.
A Swiss F-18 Hornet Fighter Jet takes off from Leeuwarden Airbase.
Photo: OR-8 Sebastien Raffin / FRA Army
In September 2016, the Regional Security Office (RSO) at the U.S. Embassy Muscat in Oman paired with U.S. Marines, the U.S. Navy, and the Royal Oman Police (ROP) to conduct the first full-scale non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) training exercise at an active embassy.
During an actual NEO, the Departments of Defense and State assist in evacuating U.S. citizens and nationals, and designated persons, whose lives are in danger.(U.S. Marine Corps photo)
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service's first training exercise on board a ship has been hailed a success.
Crews from around the county were called to Wisbech Port on Wednesday evening (Oct 19) for a simulated fire in the engine room of a 3,000 tonne Russian ship, with casualties and persons overboard.
The Incident Command Unit from Huntingdon attended along with crews from Wisbech and Huntingdon. Crews from Dogsthorpe with specialist in-water training also attended, together with two crews from Outwell and West Walton in Norfolk.
Twenty-five firefighters had to locate and gain access to the ship’s engine room where the fire was located and carry out a search and rescue of all on-board casualties and extinguish all fires.
Dogsthorpe firefighters wearing drysuits used an inflatable boat to locate and rescue three casualties in the water, working alongside two crews from Fenland District Council’s Harbour Authority, who also had three members of staff shoreside, including Harbour Master Jamie Hemming and a representative from Fenland District Council’s Health and Safety Department.
Exercise Poseidon, as it was referred to throughout the exercise, saw dummies thrown into the water some distance from the ship, which was moored at the harbour in Nene Parade, close to the town centre.
Hazards faced by the crews included narrow passageways, trip hazards with ropes and a potential to fall in the water.
On-board operations took place in dark, narrow passageways with one room filled with smoke. Firefighters searching for bodies in the River Nene worked in night-time conditions.
Although Wisbech firefighters have attended a fire on board a ship before, it was over the border in Norfolk.
Wednesday night’s Exercise Poseidon, however, was Cambridgeshire’s first in-county training exercise on board a ship.
Watch Commander Phil Pilbeam, from Wisbech Station, spent eight weeks planning the event with Crew Commander Tim Carr.
“I’m really pleased with how things went. It all went really smoothly.”
He said the exercise provided a unique opportunity for firefighters to train on board a ship.
"Firefighters in Cambridgeshire are well trained and knowledgeable in house fires, factory fires and Road Traffic Collisions etc. However, a ship fire is unique. It's in a confined space, it's made of metal and it's a lot hotter because it's a metal container.
"Ships have an unfamiliar layout to crews. They can be very complex in their layout and this was a unique opportunity for all the crews to attend and to put these different skills into practice."
WC Pilbeam said the exercise had raised some good learning points.
“The inflatable boat from Dogsthorpe was not powerful enough for a tidal area. It was fine going with the tide but not against it. It had to be towed by the two boats from the Harbour Authority.
“Also, the crew set up lots of hose reels to help us out but we couldn’t use them because the couplings didn’t fit ours so we will be talking to the Harbour Master and our Operational Support Group to bring in some specialist hose reels for the harbour.”
He said communication with the nine-strong Russian crew on board the ship, had proved challenging.
“There were definitely language barriers that were an issue. We would ask what we wanted to get across and they would try and put across what they wanted. There were lots of hand signals and lots of pointing and gesturing.”
Despite some of the difficulties faced, he said the whole exercise, from time of call-out to when the crews returned to their stations, took three hours, which was what he had expected.
Harbour Master Jamie Hemming, of Fenland District Council, said with about forty cargo ships arriving at Wisbech Port each year there was a ‘real chance’ of a fire on board a ship so training exercises like this were really helpful.
“There’s a real chance of fire on board a ship. We are the only Port in Cambridgeshire so for Wisbech it is a serious scenario so from that point of view it was good to see the guys working on something a little bit out of their comfort zone.
“The joint exercise went extremely well and it was reassuring for us as a Harbour Authority to see the whole thing co-ordinated in such a professional and timely manner. It will stand us all in good stead should a similar real incident occur.”
Jamie said the Harbour Authority was keen to see more training exercises on board ships in the future.
“I would like to see another training exercise on board a ship at least once or twice a year as it’s a very proactive approach.”
The majority of boats coming into Wisbech arrive from the Baltics carrying timber and leave with scrap metal for Spain.
Chilean 1st Paratroopers Battalion soldiers and members from 2e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment, conduct helicopter insertion rappelling from a Royal Canadian Air Force Bell CH-146 Griffon (S/N 146476) during RIMPAC 2016 at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California on July 22, 2016.
Exercise Northern Raider 2014 .
Canadian Ranger Kim Courtney of Patrol Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador, fills the fuel tank of a snow mobile in the training area of 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador on February 24 during Ex NORTHERN RAIDER..
Ex NORTHERN RAIDER 2014, taking place from February 22 to 28, is a comprehensive winter warfare training exercise involving soldiers, primarily Reservists, of 37 Canadian Brigade Group (37 CBG) from Newfoundland. The exercise aims to maintain and refine both the Canadian Army’s operational capabilities and soldiers’ ability to operate in the Arctic’s austere conditions..
Photo by WO Jerry Kean.
Photo identified by LH2014-003-019.
© 2014 DND-MDN Canada.
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Exercice Northern Raider 2014 .
Le Ranger canadien Kim Courtney de la patrouille Burgeo, à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, remplit le réservoir à carburant d’une motoneige dans le secteur d’entraînement de la 5e Escadre Goose Bay, à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, le 24 février, pendant l’exercice NORTHERN RAIDER..
L’exercice NORTHERN RAIDER 2014, mené du 22 au 28 février, est un exercice complet d’entraînement à la guerre en hiver auquel participent des soldats, principalement des réservistes du 37e Groupe-brigade du Canada de Terre-Neuve et Labrador. Cet exercice vise à mettre à jour et à peaufiner les capacités opérationnelles de l’Armée canadienne et la capacité des soldats à mener des opérations dans les conditions difficiles de l’Arctique..
Photo de l’adjudant Jerry Kean.
Photo no LH2014-003-019.
© 2014 DND-MDN Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force Air Weapons Systems Technician, Master Corporal Derek Chopowick conducts a pre-installation inspection on a AIM-7 Sparrow missile at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) on July 21, 2014.
Crewmembers aboard German mine hunter FGS Homburg (SNMCMG1) lower a Seafox marine drone into the water on October 26, 2018 during mine countermeasures operations at night as a part of Trident Juncture 18. Trident Juncture 18 is designed to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. Trident Juncture 18 takes place in Norway and the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden.
With around 50,000 participants from 31 nations Trident Juncture 2018 is one of NATOâs largest exercises in recent years. More than 250 aircraft, 65 ships and 10,000 vehicles are involved in the exercise to perform and conduct air, land, maritime, special operation and amphibious drills. NATO Photo By WO FRAN C.Valverde.
A Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighter jet pilot climbs out of his cockpit after landing at a military runway in Southern Sweden. Sweden has played host to an exercise involving 26,000 personnel from Sweden and various NATO countries. Exercise Aurora 23 was aimed at helping Sweden defend itself in case it was ever to come under attack. The exercise took place throughout Sweden, but primarily in the southern parts of the country and on Gotland.
NATO Allies that took part included Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, UK and US.
They trained alongside the Swedish Army, Swedish Navy, Swedish Air Force and Home Guard. Exercise Aurora 23 ran from 17 April to 11 May 2023.
A Canadian Armed Forces Military Police Officer and a Norwegian Military Police Officer compare arm badges while on a patrol near Alvdal, Norway during Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE on November 2, 2018.
Photo Credit: MCpl Stuart MacNeil, C NAVY PA©2018 DND-MDN Canada
Soldiers folding a camouflage net. Folding a camouflage net properly is crucial in ensuring that it can be deployed in the quickest possible time.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service's first training exercise on board a ship has been hailed a success.
Crews from around the county were called to Wisbech Port on Wednesday evening (Oct 19) for a simulated fire in the engine room of a 3,000 tonne Russian ship, with casualties and persons overboard.
The Incident Command Unit from Huntingdon attended along with crews from Wisbech and Huntingdon. Crews from Dogsthorpe with specialist in-water training also attended, together with two crews from Outwell and West Walton in Norfolk.
Twenty-five firefighters had to locate and gain access to the ship’s engine room where the fire was located and carry out a search and rescue of all on-board casualties and extinguish all fires.
Dogsthorpe firefighters wearing drysuits used an inflatable boat to locate and rescue three casualties in the water, working alongside two crews from Fenland District Council’s Harbour Authority, who also had three members of staff shoreside, including Harbour Master Jamie Hemming and a representative from Fenland District Council’s Health and Safety Department.
Exercise Poseidon, as it was referred to throughout the exercise, saw dummies thrown into the water some distance from the ship, which was moored at the harbour in Nene Parade, close to the town centre.
Hazards faced by the crews included narrow passageways, trip hazards with ropes and a potential to fall in the water.
On-board operations took place in dark, narrow passageways with one room filled with smoke. Firefighters searching for bodies in the River Nene worked in night-time conditions.
Although Wisbech firefighters have attended a fire on board a ship before, it was over the border in Norfolk.
Wednesday night’s Exercise Poseidon, however, was Cambridgeshire’s first in-county training exercise on board a ship.
Watch Commander Phil Pilbeam, from Wisbech Station, spent eight weeks planning the event with Crew Commander Tim Carr.
“I’m really pleased with how things went. It all went really smoothly.”
He said the exercise provided a unique opportunity for firefighters to train on board a ship.
"Firefighters in Cambridgeshire are well trained and knowledgeable in house fires, factory fires and Road Traffic Collisions etc. However, a ship fire is unique. It's in a confined space, it's made of metal and it's a lot hotter because it's a metal container.
"Ships have an unfamiliar layout to crews. They can be very complex in their layout and this was a unique opportunity for all the crews to attend and to put these different skills into practice."
WC Pilbeam said the exercise had raised some good learning points.
“The inflatable boat from Dogsthorpe was not powerful enough for a tidal area. It was fine going with the tide but not against it. It had to be towed by the two boats from the Harbour Authority.
“Also, the crew set up lots of hose reels to help us out but we couldn’t use them because the couplings didn’t fit ours so we will be talking to the Harbour Master and our Operational Support Group to bring in some specialist hose reels for the harbour.”
He said communication with the nine-strong Russian crew on board the ship, had proved challenging.
“There were definitely language barriers that were an issue. We would ask what we wanted to get across and they would try and put across what they wanted. There were lots of hand signals and lots of pointing and gesturing.”
Despite some of the difficulties faced, he said the whole exercise, from time of call-out to when the crews returned to their stations, took three hours, which was what he had expected.
Harbour Master Jamie Hemming, of Fenland District Council, said with about forty cargo ships arriving at Wisbech Port each year there was a ‘real chance’ of a fire on board a ship so training exercises like this were really helpful.
“There’s a real chance of fire on board a ship. We are the only Port in Cambridgeshire so for Wisbech it is a serious scenario so from that point of view it was good to see the guys working on something a little bit out of their comfort zone.
“The joint exercise went extremely well and it was reassuring for us as a Harbour Authority to see the whole thing co-ordinated in such a professional and timely manner. It will stand us all in good stead should a similar real incident occur.”
Jamie said the Harbour Authority was keen to see more training exercises on board ships in the future.
“I would like to see another training exercise on board a ship at least once or twice a year as it’s a very proactive approach.”
The majority of boats coming into Wisbech arrive from the Baltics carrying timber and leave with scrap metal for Spain.
Georgian soldiers of Alpha Company, 43rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade provide security while conducting a cordon and search training scenario during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the U.S. Armyâs Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 26, 2015. Georgian Armed Forces and U.S. Marine Corps Security Cooperation Group are conducting the MRE from Feb. 2 to March 3, 2015, as part of the Georgian Deployment Program-Resolute Support Mission (GDP-RSM). The GDP-RSM, formerly the Georgian Deployment Program-International Security Assistance Force, is a program between the U.S. Marine Corps and Georgian Armed Forces that prepares Georgian service members to support NATOâs Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan. More at www.eur.army.mil/JMTC/GMRE.html. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lloyd Villanueva/Released)
Technicians do final checks of an underwater drone aboard FGS Homburg (SNMCMG1) October 26, 2018 before launch during Trident Juncture 18 night mine countermeasures operations. Trident Juncture 18 is designed to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. Trident Juncture 18 takes place in Norway and the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden.
With around 50,000 participants from 31 nations Trident Juncture 2018 is one of NATOâs largest exercises in recent years. More than 250 aircraft, 65 ships and 10,000 vehicles are involved in the exercise to perform and conduct air, land, maritime, special operation and amphibious drills. NATO Photo By WO FRAN C.Valverde
strobist.com exercise as with others in this series. With Charlie directing as personal trainer in the bottom right.
Master Seaman Rory Buchanan, a Stoker on Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) HALIFAX, uses a lathe in the mechanical workshop to manufacture a locking pin for the ship’s cable brake, during Exercise JOINT WARRIOR on October 9, 2015.
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Photo: LS Peter Frew, Formation Imaging Services Halifax
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Le matelot chef Rory Buchanan, soutier à bord du Navire canadien de Sa Majesté (NCSM) HALIFAX, se sert d’un tour dans l’atelier de mécanique afin de fabriquer une goupille de verrouillage pour le câble de frein du navire, au cours de l’exercice JOINT WARRIOR, le 9 octobre 2015.
Photo : Mat 1 Peter Frew, Services d’imagerie de la formation Halifax
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Greater Manchester's emergency services and Highways England traffic officers joined forces last weekend for one of the biggest ever motorway emergency exercises.
Exercise Dark Knight saw over 100 people respond to a simulated major incident on a closed section of the M62 motorway.
Over 50 volunteers played the part of drivers and passengers involved in a major collision. Their role was to simulate a range of injuries, from cuts and bruises to fatalities.
The exercise was designed to improve responses to major road incidents and ensure coordination between the various emergency services.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Greater Manchester's emergency services and Highways England traffic officers joined forces last weekend for one of the biggest ever motorway emergency exercises.
Exercise Dark Knight saw over 100 people respond to a simulated major incident on a closed section of the M62 motorway.
Over 50 volunteers played the part of drivers and passengers involved in a major collision. Their role was to simulate a range of injuries, from cuts and bruises to fatalities.
The exercise was designed to improve responses to major road incidents and ensure coordination between the various emergency services.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
L'Adjudant-maitre Gaudreault, Sergent-major de la Compagnie B du 1er Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment, donne son briefing pour l'attaque sur un ennemi fictif dans la Ville de Gaspé, sur le Navire de la Marine Française, Le Mistral, pendant l'Exercise Lion Mistral 2014, au large de la Nouvelle-Écosse, le 19 juin 2014.
Photo: Cplc Patrick Blanchard, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
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Czech Soldiers from the 43rd Airborne Battalion, 2nd Company gaurd a staging area before departing to the Pardubice Airfield in Chrudim, Czech Republic, April 9, 2015. Exercise Noble Jump marks the first time that high-readiness units have physically tested their response to rapid ‘orders to move’ under the new VJTF framework. The training event marks a learning process that will allow NATO military staff to identify both successes and shortfalls as the Alliance continues to refine its high readiness capabilities. (NATO Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Davis, USAF)
sb-24 in brolly box camera right at 1/16 power. Slowing shutter speed increases ambient light but exposure of the subject is controlled separately by aperture and flash power. Only change is last pic where I added Full CTO (all others had 1/2 CTO gel)
Greater Manchester's emergency services and Highways England traffic officers joined forces last weekend for one of the biggest ever motorway emergency exercises.
Exercise Dark Knight saw over 100 people respond to a simulated major incident on a closed section of the M62 motorway.
Over 50 volunteers played the part of drivers and passengers involved in a major collision. Their role was to simulate a range of injuries, from cuts and bruises to fatalities.
The exercise was designed to improve responses to major road incidents and ensure coordination between the various emergency services.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
An exercise bike "parked" outside of the BGSU Student Union. I noticed this on May 9th, 2006. I found it amusing, mainly because you don't see something like this that often.
From my website: sean-ward.com/?q=node/126
On Tuesday 21st June 2022, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service hosted Exercise Mitchell, a large-scale training exercise at their Bury Training and Safety Centre.
The exercise focused on testing the multi-agency operational response to a CBRNE incident by working with partners and volunteers.
Volunteers were on hand to play the part of casualties following a chemical incident on a tram. Greater Manchester Police (GMP), Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), Transport for Greater Manchester (TFfG) and other partners responded to the incident.
The exercise commenced with joint working between emergency service control rooms in the early stages of the incident, with several calls being made on 999 calls reporting an incident had occurred on the tram.
It took the form of a multi-agency response to the incident in the morning, working with GMP and NWAS. Later in the afternoon crews also set up and tested the Mass Decontamination Unit, helping volunteers through the process.
This training helps to reinforce understanding of different agencies roles and responsibilities during the response to such an incident and validate learning from the response to previous Major Incidents in Greater Manchester. The exercise also reinforced JESIP principles and procedures to help embed multi-agency working amongst Greater Manchester and regional partners.
Further elements of the exercise will take place later in the year, focusing on the Strategic Coordinating Group (SCG) and Tactical Coordinating Group (TCG) elements of a Major Incident.
The overall exercise helped to test the multi-agency response at the Strategic, Tactical and Operational levels including looking at the operational response, Local Resilience Forum procedures and interoperability between organisations.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
You can access many of our services online at www.gmp.police.uk
BLACK SEA, July 19. 2018. SNMG2 flagship HNLMS De Ruyter deploys its NH-90 Helicopter while conducting a Anti-Submarine Warfare exercise during Exercise BREEZE 18. NATO Photo by WO FRAN C. Valverde.
a macro shot of the discarded mechanical components from the exercise bike laying on the floor at the st john of god church in lawndale.
I appreciate awards and the time you have taken to view my work, but i prefer comments - all graphics will be deleted.
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Greater Manchester's emergency services and Highways England traffic officers joined forces last weekend for one of the biggest ever motorway emergency exercises.
Exercise Dark Knight saw over 100 people respond to a simulated major incident on a closed section of the M62 motorway.
Over 50 volunteers played the part of drivers and passengers involved in a major collision. Their role was to simulate a range of injuries, from cuts and bruises to fatalities.
The exercise was designed to improve responses to major road incidents and ensure coordination between the various emergency services.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
They say exercise is good for you. That's why I'm getting into the habit of exercising while watch my favourite TV program.
Exercise Northern Raider 2014 .
Cpl Zack Roche, a member of 35 Field Ambulance, wears a scarf knitted by his girlfriend Juliana proudly as he stands on watch during a winter exercise on a bright sunny day in the training area of 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador on February 27 during Ex NORTHERN RAIDER. .
Photo by WO Jerry Kean.
Photo identified by LH2014-003-051.
© 2014 DND-MDN Canada.
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Exercice Northern Raider 2014 .
Le Cpl Zack Roche, membre de la 35e Ambulance de campagne, porte fièrement un foulard que lui a tricoté son amie de cœur Juliana, pendant qu’il assume la fonction de vigie durant un exercice d’entraînement à la guerre hivernale mené par une belle journée ensoleillée dans le secteur d’entraînement de la 5e Escadre Goose Bay, Terre Neuve et Labrador, le 27 février dernier, dans le cadre de l’Ex NORTHERN RAIDER. .
Photo : Adj Jerry Kean.
Photo no LH2014-003-051.
© 2014 DND-MDN Canada
Crewmembers aboard Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) ship HNoMS Helge Ingstad took a quick minute to pose for a photo while conducting a "replenishment at sea" or RAS to get fuel and other goods from Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) tanker ESPS Cantabria on October 31, 2018 during NATO exercise Trident Juncture. More than 140 cubic meters of fuel was transfered. Photo: Marius Vågenes Villanger / Forsvaret
An exercise was recently conducted at Liverpool Marina on Merseyside to test the Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service response to a simulated blaze on board a vessel at the lock gate end of Brunswick Dock.
Pumps and crews from Kirkdale, Toxteth and City Centre stations were involved in the drill which took place over a two hour period.
MFRS New Generation Scania P280 DK22DBU, Fleet Number 1409, is seen outside the marina main building while the Crew Managers were being briefed. This pump is based at Toxteth.
(With thanks to Thomas Riley for additional information.)