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Caracal Battalion Train in the South
This week, the Caracal Battalion held company-wide exercises to train the male and female combat soldiers the best manner to deal with any scenario that may happen in order to maintain peace and security on the southern border.
Photo credits: Gil Kremer
Members of the Irish Defence Force serving with the 118th Battalion, serving in the Lebanon with UNIFIL
Photos: Airman Gibney
BALTIMORE - The U.S. Marshals Service and task force partners conducted Operation Bless Baltimore is a large-scale, public safety initiative charged with operationalizing community policing strategies across all levels of government within the area of Baltimore. The U.S. Marshals Service partnered with federal, state, and local officials to support the Feds Feed Families (FFF) food drive and local charities via the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Additionally, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force provided operational support for the public safety partnership. In September 2022, the District of Maryland’s Silver Shield community-oriented policing unit
formed this partnership between the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore County Police Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department, and Maryland State Police.
“Our nation was founded on the concept that the government receives its power from the people and that the government works for the people,” said Johnny L. Hughes, U.S. Marshal for the District of Maryland.
“We embrace community policing because it aligns with the fundamental principles of our democracy. By taking care of each other, we give everyone hope.”
“The Baltimore Police Department is proud to partner with the U.S. Marshals Service and our state and federal partners in supporting Operation Bless Baltimore,” said Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison. “We know that this community policing-led initiative helped in building relationships with law enforcement and our communities, and also enhanced the lives of those
who benefited from these efforts.”
Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott and U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron provided the collective support of their offices. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; FBI; Drug Enforcement Administration; Homeland Security Investigations, and U.S. Secret Service provided substantial support for the initiative.
“Local, state, and federal law enforcement officers in Maryland never stop caring, whether they are performing public safety services or gathering food, clothing, and toys for those in need,” said Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel Woodrow W. Jones III. “Operation Bless Baltimore is a great example of the ongoing commitment of our public safety family to help others.”
Over the course of 90 days, the interagency partnership collected/donated over 10,000 pounds of sustenance, over $8,000 worth of clothing, and more than $7,000 worth of toys to help improve the lives of citizens from underserved communities throughout the area of Baltimore. As part of the joint problem-solving initiative, the interagency-community partnership reviewed public safety concerns facing local citizens. Working in partnership with the Baltimore Police
Department and other local officials, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force launched Operation Ignite the Light to serve as an enforcement component of Operation Bless Baltimore. During the final two weeks of the 90-day operation, the U.S. Marshals Service and law enforcement partners addressed
threats to the community by apprehending 68 violent offenders, recovering three firearms, and seizing dangerous drugs including heroin and cocaine.
“Through coordination and partnership, thousands of pounds of food, clothing, and toys have
been collected for Marylanders in need and 68 violent offenders have been arrested,” said U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron. “Law enforcement will continue to support the community, while we also hold accountable those who commit violent crimes.”
Operation Ignite the Light was conducted in support of Operation Bless Baltimore. Participants of the two-week enforcement initiative include: Annapolis Police Department, Anne Arundel County Police Department, Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore County Police Department, ATF, Carroll
County Sheriff’s Office, Cecil County Sheriff’s Office, FBI, Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, Frederick Police Department, Howard County Police Department, Howard County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Service, Division of Parole & Probation, Maryland State Police, Maryland Transportation Authority Police, and Westminster Police Department.
Photo by Shane T. McCoy / US Marshals
Botswana Defence Force Soldiers taking part in the SA Army 12th Annual Combat Rifle Shooting Competition held in de Brug, Bloemfontein over the period 25 June to 07 July 2019.
R4 Rehearsal, Army soldiers from the United States of America, Zambia, Lesotho and Botswana, 27June 2019.
Information and Photographs by Lance Corporal Phillimon Mafemo, SA Army Corporate Communication and Private Teboho Khoare 1 SAI, Corporate Communication
.:: El Volcan Santiaguito, desde el mirador en el Volcan Santa Maria, cerca de Quetzaltenango, Guatemala ::.
The plaque reads:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Johnson Space Center
NASA 930 (KC-135A - USAF Serial Number 59-1481)
Reduced-Gravity Research Aircraft
Acquired from the United States Air Force in 1973 and placed into service as a reduced-gravity research aircraft, the primary role of NASA 930 was spacecraft hardware testing, astronaut training and microgravity research. In this role, it completed 58,000 reduced gravity maneuvers, which translates into 13 and a half days of reduced gravity. It was also used to train astronaut pilots in the handling qualities of landing in heavy aircraft (precursor to landing a Space Shuttle). NASA 930 was retired in September 1995.
The Johnson Space Center and the City of Houston Department of Aviation placed this display as a tribute to all KC-135A flight and ground support personnel, and to all of the astronauts and test subjects who contributed so much to microgravity research.
Dedicated May 2000
Animals from the Botswana Defense Force wildlife training area in Gaborone.
Two U.S. Army Africa officers conducted a Military Decision Making Process seminar for Botswana Defense Force leaders Aug. 2-6 in Gaborone, Republic of Botswana.
Majs. Tre Wilcher III and Dan Kolva undertook the traveling contact team visit to present the U.S. Army approach to field grade officers of both the Botswana Ground Forces and the Botswana Air Wing, the two components of the BDF.
“The U.S. Army model of MDMP was introduced five years ago to the BDF, but previously has only been taught in the Command and Staff College. But now there seems to be a push to integrate it throughout their ranks for planning process at all levels,” Wilcher said.
The majority of participants held the rank of major, though there were a few warrant officers and noncommissioned officers in attendance as well. Participants included pilots, logisticians, military police, air defense and intelligence personnel, he said.
The seminar consisted of morning discussions regarding one or two of the seven MDMP steps followed by afternoon Tactical Decision Games or scenario exercises in which the BDF officers practiced the conduct of MDMP according to the U.S. Army model. The BDF officers were quick to grasp the MDMP and work with it as a planning tool, Wilcher said.
“They were overwhelmingly receptive to the concept and the seven steps,” Kolva said. “They conducted a candid analysis of the process and sequential steps, even to the extent of challenging the order we presented.”
The BDF officers occasionally worked through their scheduled breaks to ensure their grasp of particulars and the process as a whole, he said.
“The officers, warrants and NCOs that participated were always attentive to the subject. They displayed a real dedication to learning the process for the benefit of their branch and service,” Kolva said.
While in Gaborone, Kolva and Wilcher had the rare opportunity to tour the BDF’s “Snake Park,” a unique training environment that prepares BDF soldiers for deployments in the bush. The facility is home to not only snakes, but to lions, crocodiles, monkeys, hyenas and wild dogs among other creatures.
The BDF uses the facility to train soldiers to understand, react to and interact with the indigenous wildlife while conducting anti-poaching and border security missions.
“We learned something from them, too,” Wilcher said.
The hike to Wahclella falls in the Columbia River gorge is about 1 mile (awesome hike, by the way). At about 3/4 of a mile, you meet this river, cross a bridge and walk thru what I call the lower Wahclella Rapids. This is a shot where I'm trying to share with you the power and flow of this body of water. The sound is pretty amazing......
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens video game is out!
Watch my gameplay series: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlNhiga1Lv9w-Lzb7EFWT_zQPA...
Israeli paratroopers take their positions during a military exercise in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war, November 25, 2009.
Photo taken at funny car champion John Force's shop in Brownsburg, Indiana. John held an open house of his facility the week of the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, IN. Tour included the shop from the beginning stages of building a funny car to the final product. John's daughter Ashley won the funny car division at the nationals.
The United States Air Force Memorial honors the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its predecessors. The Memorial is located in Arlington, Virginia, on the grounds of Fort Myer near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery, at the intersection of Columbia Pike and South Joyce Street. It was the last project of American architect James Ingo Freed (known for the design of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) with the firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners for the United States Air Force Memorial Foundation.
The three memorial spires range from 201 feet (61 m) to 270 feet (82 m) high and appear to be soaring; its array of stainless steel arcs against the sky evoke the image of "contrails of the Air Force Thunderbirds as they peel back in a precision 'bomb burst' maneuver." Only three of the four contrails are depicted, at 120 degrees from each other, as the absent fourth suggests the missing man formation traditionally used at Air Force funeral fly-overs.[5]
The spire structure consists of stainless steel plates with high-strength concrete filling the lower 2/3 of each spire. The upper third is hollow stainless steel. At the transition between concrete and hollow steel portions, dampers provide aerodynamic stability and dissipate wind sway energy. Each damper consists of a lead ball weighing about a ton that is allowed to roll inside a steel box. The structural design of the spires was completed by the Arup engineering consultancy.
The pedestrian approach to the spires is from the west. South of the approach, before the inscription wall, stand four 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) bronze statues of the Memorial's Honor Guard, sculpted by Zenos Frudakis. To the north, this is linked by a stone plaza to the glass contemplation wall, a free-standing glass panel with the images of four F-16s flying in a Missing man formation engraved on both sides of the 5-ply panel. Except for the information kiosks outside the administration building, it is the only part of the memorial that depicts aircraft. The north inscription wall is visible through it.
The two inscription walls are located at each end of the central lawn. The walls are 56 feet (17 m) in length, 10 feet (3.0 m) in height and one foot thick. Both walls are made of polished, highly-reflective monolithic Jet Mist granite and both include a two and a half inch outer inscription panel made from Absolute Black granite. The north wall bears the names of Air Force recipients of the Medal of Honor, and the south wall bears inspirational quotations regarding core values, particularly the Air Force's three core values: "integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do".
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Israeli elite infantry soldiers armed with Israeli made Tavor rifles take part in an urban warfare training on June 30, 2009 in the IDF's Urban Warfare Training Center in Tzeelim, southern Israel. The training area simulates an Arab town.
BASE AÉREA DE MORÓN (LEMO) SPAIN / BOEING B52H STRATOFORTRESS / BOMBER TASK FORCE DEPLOYMENT
-A B-52H Stratofortress from Barksdale Air Force Base, LA, lands at Moron Air Base, Spain, May 17, 2021. The B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds of altitudes of up to 50,000 feet and provides the United States with a global strike capability.
A Bomber Task Force deployment of U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrived in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility to train with U.S. allies and partners on May 17, 2021.
The mission highlights the U.S. military’s ability to conduct integration training with partners and allies. This deployment of strategic bombers to Moron Air Base, Spain, helps exercise U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s capability to operate bombers out of a variety of forward operating locations.
The deployment is scheduled to include joint and allied training in the U.S. European Command theater and U.S. Africa Command theater to improve bomber interoperability.
Training with joint partners, allied nations and other units enables us to build enduring and strategic relationships necessary to confront a broad range of global challenges.
Bomber Task Force missions demonstrate the U.S.’ commitment to the collective defense of NATO and contribute to stability in the European theater. Our ability to quickly respond and assure allies and partners rests upon the fact that we are here, in Europe, forward and ready.
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Sept. 16, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, participates in Valiant Shield 2014. Valiant Shield is a U.S.-only exercise integrating U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps assets, offering real-world joint operational experience to develop capabilities that provide a full range of options to defend U.S. interests and those of its allies and partners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hernan Vidana/ Released)
President Obama lands in Miami International Airport via Air Force One to discuss Immigration Reform.
Israeli paratroopers take part in a military exercise in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war, November 25, 2009.
Field Reconnaissance Battalion Exercise
Soldiers from the Field Reconnaissance Battalion participated in a training exercise in northern Israel.
Photo by: Cpl. Hadar Ben Simon, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
This is the magnificent Aira Force Waterfall near Ulleswater, Lake District.
It's quite a walk up to this point but certainly worth it. The walk further up is also beautiful. One of my earlier posts was from the other side of the bridge with the stream running down to the point of the fall under the bridge.
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Katherine Force
1913 July 7 (date created or published later by Bain)
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows Miss Katherine Force, sister of Madeleine (Force) Astor who married Lorillard Spencer in 1922. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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Call Number: LC-B2- 2758-14
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt John Daniels, 4th Air Operations Support Group joint terminal attack controller instructor, conducts JTAC training with an Armed Force of Bosnia-Herzegovina service member Sept. 11, 2019, at Tuzla International Airport, BiH as part of the Silver Arrow in BiH training event. Silver Arrow is a U.S. European Command and U.S. Air Forces Europe sponsored training event that supports multinational interoperability and establishes a way-ahead for introducing air coordination and a Media Information Center element - a new capability for AFBiH. (AFBiH photo by Pfc. Amin Hadzic)
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Goat force is immune to poison oak.
Dairy goats that eat poison oak do not transfer detectible amounts of the toxic principle, urushiol, to the milk or to the urine. This oily, toxic irritant is found in goat manure at less than 9% of its concentration in poison oak leaves. How does this happen? ucanr.edu/repositoryfiles/ca4603p4-69619.pdf
First look at the Rapunzel Couture de Force Figurine by Enesco. Photographed in natural light. Price was $65. Purchased from the Disney Store online. Received on December 30, 2013.
Product information from the Disney Store (item is currently available online):
Rapunzel Couture de Force Figurine
$64.95
Item No. 6811101040828P
Blossoming beauty
You are certain to see the light with this enchanting, fully sculptured Rapunzel figurine in your Disney Couture de Force collection. She's worth the climb!
Magic in the details...
• Fully sculptured Rapunzel figure
• Hand painted
• Inspired by Disney's Tangled
• Part of the Disney Couture de Force Collection
The bare necessities
• Resin
• 8'' H x 3 3/4'' W x 5 1/2'' L
• Imported