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Personnel from HQ ARRC participate in Adventure Training.
Team building is the cornerstone of any successful military unit.
Last week June 22 to June 26 service members from the headquarters participated in Exercise RIDGEMASTER in Wales, along the Pembrokeshire coast. Personnel from the UK, French and German contingent were among the nations participating in the exercise; HQ ARRC's annual adventure training exercise.
RIDGEMASTER is a team building exercise coordinated bt Lt Commander Guy Richards, HQ ARRC, Support Division. The exercise gives the nations a chance to bond with other services and nations.
"Ridgemaster gets people away from their desk," said Lt Cdr Richards. "It allows participants to challenge themselves both mentally and physically, as well as develop team skills and leadership skills which is expected of military personnel," he added.
The exercise allowed participants to not only work as a combined team in the different elements, but also to interact with partner nations serving from the Navy, Army and Royal Air Force.
The five-day exercise comprised of mountain biking, sea kayaking and rock climbing.
Lt Co. Thorsten has been with ARRC since September 2014 working in the G5 cell.
He said "The exercise was a great opportunity to get out and provided a great amount of challenges as well".
"This is a great opportunity for us to practice and learn more about our strengths and weaknesses while simultaneously building team camaraderie," said Thorsten. "I would encourage people from the entire staff to participate in the Adventure Training," said the German officer.
(NATO photo/WO2 Dan Harmer GBR Army)
THE biggest live exercise of its kind ever held in Greater Manchester – Exercise Triton II – came to an end this morning (Friday, July 16, 2016) after months of intense planning.
Around 36 organisations across the region and nationally have been taking part in this major emergency planning exercise which saw dozens of emergency vehicles at sites across Greater Manchester and Chinook helicopters flying across the skies.
The complex scenario used was designed to test how local authorities, emergency services and other partners are equipped to tackle a major emergency working together.
Participating ‘players’ also included the military, government, health and utility companies, as well as voluntary agencies.
The exercise started on Monday, July 11, 2016, with ‘warnings’ from the Met Office regarding adverse weather and from the Environment Agency about the growing risk of regional flooding.
The emergency services, including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), and partners put procedures in place to ensure that where possible properties and critical infrastructure were protected and the public were warned. This theme was carried on through Tuesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
To ensure that both players and plans were tested to their full, a dramatic scenario developed on Thursday, July 14, whereby the bank on the Dove Stone Reservoir in Oldham was breached and water cascaded through a number of boroughs within Greater Manchester.
This meant that evacuation procedures had to be put in place and rest centres set up. Later in the day, a coach ploughed into the River Tame in a mock crash and a full-scale search and rescue operation was carried out.
Paul Argyle, GMFRS’ Deputy County Fire Officer and Chair of Greater Manchester Resilience Forum, said: “Exercise Triton II was a hugely complex emergency planning exercise and I would like to thank all of the agencies that have taken part this week.
"This was a very detailed scenario which had impacts across every part of the region and necessitated a full range of partners taking part.
"The scale of the destruction and chaos in the exercise was deliberately designed to test the region at full stretch.
"We have to do this to ensure we are well prepared to deal with any future real-life event or disaster that might occur – and it is also invaluable that those taking part got the chance to practise essential response skills that would be used during a major incident like this.
"I would particularly like to thank all the volunteers who took part in this exercise. The patience and understanding of local residents and communities on Thursday (as response plans went into effect at 'live' sites) was also greatly appreciated.
“All players have now been 'stood down'. Our next task is to evaluate how the exercise went, step by step. We will want to find out what worked well and crucially to identify and learn any lessons that could help us in the future in real-life situations. I would like to point out that incidents as extreme as this are highly unlikely, but ensuring we practice our response means that we are ready to respond to a variety of scenarios."
GRAND BARA DESERT, Djibouti (September 25, 2012) – U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Enrickie Jackson, an exercise participant, calls the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA, Joint Operations Center to inform them of an exercise emergency after an accident occurred during Mass Casualty Exercise 12-1 which started in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, September 25, 2012. The exercise followed a fictitious storyline, but called for the employment of real-world assets. While French and U.S. forces conduct frequent combined training events, this was the first exercise of this type between the two nations in Djibouti. The U.S. forces involved are assigned to CJTF-HOA. CJTF-HOA works with coalition partners, such as the French, and with countries in East Africa to promote regional security and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Veronica McMahon/RELEASED)
On Aug. 1, 2015, four companies of the New Mexico National Guard’s 93rd Brigade, conducted a Joint Training Exercise with the goal of improving the efficiency of aeromedical evacuation from point-of-Injury to patient stabilization at a Forward Surgical Team (Role II+) hospital. The companies participating were the 720th Transportation Company with detachments from Las Vegas and Santa Fe, New Mexico Medical Detachment, 1209th Area Support Medical Company, and C Company 1-171st Aviation (Rear). The 720th provided the 9-Line aeromedical calls, landing zone set-up, and simulated patients. The MED DET and 1209th provided the Role II+ capability, and C Co. 171st Aviation provided the aeromedical platform. This JTX allowed most Soldiers to interface in an environment that is not insulated, and challenged them to use their knowledge and skills. Feedback from Soldiers showed that it was an exciting and refreshing experience for them, with personal and professional takeaways. (Released, U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Zack Freeman, 200th PAD)
U.S. Army Soldiers plan for Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 6, 2017. MEDRETE 17-2 includes participants from the Ghanaian government, U.S. Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, and the North Dakota National Guard. It is the second in a series of medical readiness training exercises that USARAF is scheduled to facilitate in various countries in Africa. The mutually beneficial exercise offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to cooperate on medical specific tasks, share best practices and improve medical treatment processes. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Shejal Pulivarti)
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Members of ARRC's forward deployed HQ set to work in their new environment, while on Exercise Noble Ledger. Members of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), 16 Air Assault Brigade, Joint Force Command-Naples, and various other elements of NATO forces came together for Exercise Noble Ledger to certify that the ARRC is capable and ready to assume command of the NATO Response Force (NRF) mission throughout 2013. Taking command of the NRF means that the ARRC will be rapidly deployable and could deploy worldwide is support of combat or humanitarian relief efforts.
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Exercise Great Bear
SP4 Frank Olivarri and Pfc. John Jaramillo of Petro Dist Div, connect a hose to fill a 10,000 gallon tank from a 5000 gal tank truck in preparation for Exercise Great Bear. The hose connects a 250gpm 4 cycle 2 cylinder gasoline engine pump capable of working under 50lbs of pressure. The pump is made by Onan Pump Co. This took place at mile 129, halfway point.
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Exercise COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 17, which took place at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa from 19 to 22 September, provided an opportunity for Canadian Army stakeholders and civilian leaders to experience a personal and in-depth understanding of Canadian Army capabilities, equipment as well as the professionalism and skill of Canadian soldiers.
Photo by Avr Sylviane St-Cyr
Garrison Imaging Petawawa
L’exercice COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 2017, qui s’est tenu à la Base de soutien de la 4e Division du Canada Petawawa, du 19 au 22 septembre, a procuré à des intervenants liés à l’Armée canadienne et à des dirigeants civils une occasion de voir et de bien comprendre personnellement en quoi consistent les capacités et l’équipement de l’Armée canadienne, de même que de se rendre compte du professionnalisme et des compétences des soldats canadiens.
Photo par Avr Sylviane St-Cyr
Section d'imagerie Petawawa PA02-2017-0299-075
"Health and education services are two prospective business in Indonesia," once Dahlan Iskan told, "because people need to be more health and smarter." Many ways to reach them, especially on daily basis. One of them is "Ceragem": they offer free of charge (or perhaps low-cost) method for people to be health. Guests, mostly seniors, come since early morning, in a line and the staffs ask them to start with easy exercises.
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An MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) (Reinforced) 265, lands on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group Seven and is participating in Exercise Ssang Yong, an annual combined exercise conducted by Navy and Marine forces with the Republic of Korea in order to strengthen interoperability across the range of military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lance Burleson/Released)
Lieutenent Ward, an Australian exchange officer aboard Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland, keeps an eye on a tug as his ship gets underway from Reyjavik, Iceland October 22, 2018, to travel to the waters off Norway and participate in Trident Juncture 2018. With around 50,000 participants from 31 nations, Tridnet Juncutre 2018 is one of NATO's largest exercises in recent years. Around 250 aircraft, 65 ships and more than 10,000 vehicles are involved in the exercise. Photo: PO(Phot) Jim Gibson, Royal Navy Reserve.
THE biggest live exercise of its kind ever held in Greater Manchester – Exercise Triton II – came to an end this morning (Friday, July 16, 2016) after months of intense planning.
Around 36 organisations across the region and nationally have been taking part in this major emergency planning exercise which saw dozens of emergency vehicles at sites across Greater Manchester and Chinook helicopters flying across the skies.
The complex scenario used was designed to test how local authorities, emergency services and other partners are equipped to tackle a major emergency working together.
Participating ‘players’ also included the military, government, health and utility companies, as well as voluntary agencies.
The exercise started on Monday, July 11, 2016, with ‘warnings’ from the Met Office regarding adverse weather and from the Environment Agency about the growing risk of regional flooding.
The emergency services, including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), and partners put procedures in place to ensure that where possible properties and critical infrastructure were protected and the public were warned. This theme was carried on through Tuesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
To ensure that both players and plans were tested to their full, a dramatic scenario developed on Thursday, July 14, whereby the bank on the Dove Stone Reservoir in Oldham was breached and water cascaded through a number of boroughs within Greater Manchester.
This meant that evacuation procedures had to be put in place and rest centres set up. Later in the day, a coach ploughed into the River Tame in a mock crash and a full-scale search and rescue operation was carried out.
Paul Argyle, GMFRS’ Deputy County Fire Officer and Chair of Greater Manchester Resilience Forum, said: “Exercise Triton II was a hugely complex emergency planning exercise and I would like to thank all of the agencies that have taken part this week.
"This was a very detailed scenario which had impacts across every part of the region and necessitated a full range of partners taking part.
"The scale of the destruction and chaos in the exercise was deliberately designed to test the region at full stretch.
"We have to do this to ensure we are well prepared to deal with any future real-life event or disaster that might occur – and it is also invaluable that those taking part got the chance to practise essential response skills that would be used during a major incident like this.
"I would particularly like to thank all the volunteers who took part in this exercise. The patience and understanding of local residents and communities on Thursday (as response plans went into effect at 'live' sites) was also greatly appreciated.
“All players have now been 'stood down'. Our next task is to evaluate how the exercise went, step by step. We will want to find out what worked well and crucially to identify and learn any lessons that could help us in the future in real-life situations. I would like to point out that incidents as extreme as this are highly unlikely, but ensuring we practice our response means that we are ready to respond to a variety of scenarios."
Exercise COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 17, which took place at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa from 19 to 22 September, provided an opportunity for Canadian Army stakeholders and civilian leaders to experience a personal and in-depth understanding of Canadian Army capabilities, equipment as well as the professionalism and skill of Canadian soldiers.
Photo by Avr Sylviane St-Cyr
Garrison Imaging Petawawa
L’exercice COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 2017, qui s’est tenu à la Base de soutien de la 4e Division du Canada Petawawa, du 19 au 22 septembre, a procuré à des intervenants liés à l’Armée canadienne et à des dirigeants civils une occasion de voir et de bien comprendre personnellement en quoi consistent les capacités et l’équipement de l’Armée canadienne, de même que de se rendre compte du professionnalisme et des compétences des soldats canadiens.
Photo par Avr Sylviane St-Cyr
Section d'imagerie Petawawa PA02-2017-0299-069
Members of 5th Canadian Division set up and man a vehicle checkpoint during Exercise Maroon Triumph. Exercise Maroon Triumph is a joint exercise showcasing the interoperability between the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Navy. This exercise was conducted between April 22 and April 24, 2022 at Canadian Forces Base Halifax and 12 Wing Shearwater.
Des membres de la 5e Division du Canada établissent et tiennent un poste de contrôle des véhicules pendant l’exercice Maroon Triumph. L’exercice Maroon Triumph est un exercice interarmées mettant en valeur l’interopérabilité entre l’Armée canadienne et la Marine royale canadienne. Cet exercice s’est déroulé du 22 au 24 avril 2022 à la Base des Forces canadiennes Halifax et à la 12e Escadre Shearwater.
Photo By: Master Corporal Trevor Matheson, 5th Canadian Division Public Affairs
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Members of 5th Canadian Division set up and man a vehicle checkpoint during Exercise Maroon Triumph. Exercise Maroon Triumph is a joint exercise showcasing the interoperability between the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Navy. This exercise was conducted between April 22 and April 24, 2022 at Canadian Forces Base Halifax and 12 Wing Shearwater.
Des membres de la 5e Division du Canada établissent et tiennent un poste de contrôle des véhicules pendant l’exercice Maroon Triumph. L’exercice Maroon Triumph est un exercice interarmées mettant en valeur l’interopérabilité entre l’Armée canadienne et la Marine royale canadienne. Cet exercice s’est déroulé du 22 au 24 avril 2022 à la Base des Forces canadiennes Halifax et à la 12e Escadre Shearwater.
Photo By: Master Corporal Trevor Matheson, 5th Canadian Division Public Affairs
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Exercise COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 17, which took place at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa from 19 to 22 September, provided an opportunity for Canadian Army stakeholders and civilian leaders to experience a personal and in-depth understanding of Canadian Army capabilities, equipment as well as the professionalism and skill of Canadian soldiers.
Photo By: Pte Thomas Lee, Garrison Imaging Petawawa
L’exercice COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT 2017, qui s’est tenu à la Base de soutien de la 4e Division du Canada Petawawa, du 19 au 22 septembre, a procuré à des intervenants liés à l’Armée canadienne et à des dirigeants civils une occasion de voir et de bien comprendre personnellement en quoi consistent les capacités et l’équipement de l’Armée canadienne, de même que de se rendre compte du professionnalisme et des compétences des soldats canadiens.
1st MSC hosts mobilization readiness exercise
Camp Santiago, Salinas: Soldiers of the 1st Mission Support Command's Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment hosted a mobilization readiness exercise at Camp Santiago, P.R., 14-27 March.
During the event, HHD Soldiers completed readiness checks for over 1,000 Soldiers. Events such as this are commonly held annually to ensure that commanders can maintain their unit readiness.
"We try to do this as the units get closer to their available year in order to have them improve their overall readiness and mobilization posture in the event they get selected (for mobilization) down the road", said Gerardo Rodriguez, mobilization officer for the 1st MSC.
Rodriguez said MRXs help units maintain readiness for deployments but they also serve the individual Soldier.
"As part of the MRX ... there are different stations and one of them, one of the most important, is medical. A Soldier is completely checked and whatever cannot be fixed at this location ... the Soldier can go to a private (medical) provider and get that situation fixed and that helps them with their overall readiness",he said.
Soldiers rotate through eleven different stations in total where they are checked in by HHD Soldiers and efficiently move through the station. While the process has been refined over the years at times people still tend to get impatient.
Staff Sgt. Anaselly Ramos, logistics noncommissioned officer with the mobilization team, know the experience can be stressful but to help keep the level of frustration down she leads groups of Soldiers through stations when she sees openings. While each group of Soldiers is instructed to follow the schedule given to them for the MRX, Ramos' method keeps things moving along too.
Keeping track of the entire flow of Soldier traffic is a system called the mobilization plan data viewer.
"It shows all the stations and actually it runs the SRP (MRX) completely", said Spc. Hector Rodriguez, from Bayamon.
"It's tracking each Soldier by station ... you can see how many have completed (the stations) and how many have not",added Rodriguez, who is assigned to the 311th Quartermaster Company.
While the process can be tedious for the Soldiers going from station to station, one Soldier working at the medical readiness station found the MRX to be an opportunity to challenge herself by practicing her public speaking skills.
Spc. Jenniffer Gonzalez Diaz, a traffic management coordinator, who's primary language is Spanish, began giving the medical station briefings to many groups of Soldiers. Gonzalez admits that speaking English is not one of her strengths but her determination brought her recognition among her peers and even the Commanding General of the 1st MSC Brig. Gen. Fernando Fernandez.
"They gave me the opportunity to participate in this activity so I can ... help them in the system with the Soldiers, and I practiced a lot my English",said Gonzalez.
As a member of the the 390th Seaport Company, in Ceiba, Gonzalez recognizes the importance of refining her English language skills. When given the opportunity to refine her abilities when she signed up for the Army, Gonzalez participated in English language courses.
"I improved my English, I practiced my English when I took the class but I knew a little bit of the language because we are Puerto Rico and we are bilingual so we took classes when we started in (grade) school", said Gonzalez.
Gonzalez knows this isn't the only challenge she'll have to overcome in her military career, which is why she stays motivated and maintains a positive attitude.
"The important thing for me is to show people that you are trying, don't get upset, don't get mad if someone corrects you because they are helping you",she said. "If you don't know, ask, so you can learn ... the stuff you learn nobody can take away."
Drop the dumbbells. Here are 22 kettlebell exercises that’ll give the whole body a killer workout. greatist.com/fitness/workout-kettlebell-exercises/
Illustration by David Cushnie Bell
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Exercise for the L102 Restricting Light exercise assigned at strobist.blogspot.com/.
Setup here and modifications on it explained on each shot.
- Light sources were a 1/8 CTO gelled 550ex as front light and my old Sunpak Double Blue Gelled as backlight.
- Ambient influence as zero, to the point where if you shot without the flashs you would get a black image.
My Mom may kill me for posting this, but this is just adorable!
I started recording some low impact exercise shows like "Sit and Be Fit" for her.
(*she won't actually kill me or be mad... it'll just crack her up if she sees this)
Walk up any hill of mountain in Korea and you'll find retirees exercising vigorously on specially installed equipment.
Camera: Lubitel 166B; film: Kodak PPN160 (expired in 2006).
An overview of the staff working area within the Joint Logistic Support Group, during Ex Steadfast Juncture at Okehampton. Members of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), and various other elements of NATO forces came together for Exercise Steadfast Juncture to certify that the ARRC is capable and ready to assume command of the NATO Response Force (NRF) mission throughout 2013. Taking command of the NRF means that the ARRC will be rapidly deployable and could deploy worldwide is support of combat or humanitarian relief efforts.
GRAND BARA DESERT, Djibouti (September 25, 2012) – Exercise patients, secured on litters, await the attention of rescuers during Mass Casualty Exercise 12-1, which started in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, on September 25, 2012. The exercise followed a fictitious storyline, but called for the employment of real-world assets. While French and U.S. forces conduct frequent combined training events, this was the first exercise of this type between the two nations in Djibouti. The U.S. forces involved are assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA. CJTF-HOA works with coalition partners, such as the French, and with countries in East Africa to promote regional security and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Christopher Ruano)
Governor Kay Ivey participated in the Alabama Emergency Management Agency’s routine hurricane exercise Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Clanton, Ala. This year’s exercise will be for “Hurricane Yvonne” – a Category 4, directed at Alabama’s Gulf Coast. During her visit to AEMA, she will also briefly visit with emergency management staff and make a few remarks during a press conference. (Governor's Office/Hal Yeager)