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Lieutenant Jakob Horck, 212 Eng. Co., Gota Engineer Regiment, Sweden (center) and 1st Sgt. Victor Haven, 2-7 Inf., 1ABCT, 3rd Inf. Div. discuss locations on a map during Exercise Cold Response 16. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Crista Mary Mack)
3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group Corporal Katherine Wesley from Kashechewan First Nation, Ontario cooks some bannock on a camp stove in her tent at the simulated crash site of an air disaster during Canadian Forces Exercise TRILLIUM RESPONSE near Cochrane, Ontario.
Le Caporal Katherine Wesley de la Première nation de Kashechewan (Ontario), membre du 3e Groupe de patrouilles des Rangers canadiens, fait cuire de la bannique sur un réchaud de camping dans sa tente, sur les lieux d’une catastrophe aérienne simulée, lors de l’exercice Trillium Response des Forces canadiennes, près de Cochrane, en Ontario.
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German soldiers of 6th Paratrooper Company, 31st Paratrooper Regiment, 1st Airborne Brigade observe their sector of fire while moving to an objective during exercise Swift Response 15 at the U.S. Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 26, 2015. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations – including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States – will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania, Aug. 17-Sept. 13, 2015. Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple Allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. To learn more about Swift Response, visit the U.S. Army Europe homepage at www.eur.army.mil. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Cress)
President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a Make America Great Again campaign rally at International Air Response Hangar at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona.
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A German paratrooper walks across the Jump field during a Joint Forcible Entry exercise as part of exercise Swift Response 15 on Hohenburg drop zone in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 26, 2015. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations participated during the exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kwadwo Frimpong / Released)
A high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle passes through standing water as Soldiers from the 150th and 160th Engineer Companies, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepare to move D7 bulldozers to perform beach replenishment operations Nov. 8, 2012, in the devastated Holgate section of Long Beach Island, N.J., following Hurricane Sandy and Norâeaster Athena. More than 2,000 Soldiers and Airmen from the New Jersey National Guard have been mobilized in response to Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
A British soldier of 821st Field Squadron, 33rd Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), provides security while conducting airborne operations during exercise Swift Response 15 at the U.S. Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 26, 2015. The purpose of the exercise is to conduct joint and combined training events in order to evaluate brigade and battalion level execution of strategic out-load in conjunction with Allied Partner nations through an intermediate staging base. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. ArmyÕs largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations- including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States- will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, and Romania, Aug. 17- Sept. 13, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lloyd Villanueva/Released)
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Warrior Response tests capabilities, builds partnership
By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Simulated chaos at U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, forced U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and German first responders to react to scenarios of car bombs, hostage-taking gunmen and a suspected chemical attack.
Dubbed Warrior Response 15, the daylong training event took place Sept. 24 on Pulaski Barracks, Ramstein Air base and Smith Barracks in Baumholder. Extra security measures were put into place at all Army and Air Force installations in the area, as responders set to work.
The exercise tested U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz’s command and control capabilities during simulated terrorist attacks. That response included German Polizei and U.S. Air Force security forces, plus employing the U.S. Army Reserve’s 773rd Civil Support Team, a unique 7th Civil Support Command unit that responds to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear events.
“Protecting military members and their families is our top priority,” said Col. G. Shawn Wells Jr., the garrison commander. “Training together with the Air Force, our German neighbors and the local Army Reserve unit is essential, because this is how we would respond to an actual emergency.”
During the scenario, a simulated explosion occurred at Pulaski’s entrance. As first responders from the U.S. Air Force 86th Airlift Wing and local German authorities joined garrison security and emergency personnel at the scene, the situation developed as a shooter nearby took hostages. Meanwhile, in Baumholder, a simulated contaminant was found at the post office.
“A key element of this training is building the alliance in partnership with our German emergency response professionals,” Wells said. “This exercise was also a great leadership development opportunity.”
U.S. and German forces established security as emergency service workers responded. Then word of a hostage scenario nearby forced leaders to broaden their focus toward a second hostile threat. In Baumholder, the 773rd survey team set up their gear in the post exchange parking lot, awaiting word from garrison firefighters to move forward.
Covered in protective gear, the 773rd survey team determines what the hazard is and collects a sample for further analysis, said Capt. Jon Underberg, 35, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, who leads the survey team. As part of a premiere 7th Civil Support Command unit, 773rd Soldiers are also key players in U.S. Army Europe’s outreach to partner nations. But team is committed to supporting U.S. garrisons overseas, Underberg said.
“The garrison is our primary focus. We have to be able to, at any moment, load out and respond,” Underberg said
While the Reserve Soldiers often work with local garrison staff, there are always new people to meet as Soldiers and civilians rotate into local units. Training strengthens the bonds that would be needed in a real emergency
“This training helps us build those connections and maintain the relationships that we already have,” Underberg said.
Training in Germany is sort of a homecoming for Staff Sgt. Adrian Sherfield, a full-time Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 773rd. Born in Germany, Sherfield, 33, of Cedartown, Georgia, returned this summer.
At his last unit, Sherfield did mostly administrative tasks. Taking part in Warrior Response 15, Sherfield was exposed to greater responsibilities, empowering a junior leader as suggested in U.S. Army Europe’s five pillars of Strong Europe.
“For me it’s good experience,” Sherfield said. “I’m glad to have this exercise under my belt.”
Photos by Staff Sgt. Warren Wright, 21st TSC PAO, Ignacio Rubalcava, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz and Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz
Maj. Clarence K. Kenney of the 130th Force Support Squadron, processes information through the Emergency Operation Center during an Operational Readiness Exercise at the Mississippi Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center Gulfport in Gulfport, Miss. The 134th Air Expeditionary Wing is comprised of four units: the 153rd Airlift Wing, the 130th Airlift Wing, the 375th Air Mobility Wing and the 89th Airlift Wing. The exercise assesses the abilities of the individual units to deploy forces, quickly respond and recover assets during a week-long exercise conducted and graded by an Exercise Evaluation Team. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Bryan G. Stevens/Released)
Possibly the most famous fighter of the US Navy and Marine Corps in World War II, the F4U Corsair started as a response to a 1938 US Navy requirement for a carrier-based fighter that could achieve the most “maximum speed possible,” and yet still have a stall speed of 70 miles an hour or less for carrier landings. It was a design requirement thought nearly impossible, but Chance-Vought gave it a try, mating the most powerful engine then available—the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp—with an airframe designed around the enormous engine. This required a wide wing and high landing gear to allow the propeller to clear the ground or deck—too high for US Navy standards. To shorten the landing gear, Chance-Vought adopted an inverted-gull wing that bent the wing downwards from the fuselage and upwards away from the landing gear. This not only solved the landing gear problem, but also gave the XF4U design better performance.
When the first XF4U-1 Corsair flew in May 1940, it met the Navy’s desire for speed, becoming the first single-engined American fighter to break 400 mph, and setting a mark faster than that of the fastest US Army Air Corps fighter, the P-38 Lightning. By this time, World War II was in full swing, and reports from Europe led Grumman to switch to an all-.50 caliber machine gun armament, with provision for later installation of 20mm cannon if necessary.
While pilots loved the Corsair’s superb performance in the vertical, it was proving problematic as a carrier-based fighter. Since the R-2800 engine was so huge, the cockpit was set further back than normal, making it difficult to see over the nose on landing approach. Because of the torque of the aircraft, the Corsair also proved prone to stalls on missed carrier landings, and had a tendency to bounce on landing—which could cause the aircraft to bounce over the arresting cables and into parked aircraft forward on the deck. Visibility was also considered to be inadequate in the F4U-1’s “birdcage” canopy. Unable to solve these problems and desperately needing a replacement for the obsolescent F4F Wildcat then holding the line in the Pacific theater, the Navy turned to the simpler, easier-to-fly F6F Hellcat as its primary carrier fighter, relegating the Corsair to Marine land-based units.
It would be the Marines who would prove the worth of the Corsair, beginning in 1943. In combat, it was found to be far faster than any Japanese fighter then in service, and its engine power finally ended the A6M Zero’s dominance in climbs; the Corsair still could not match the Zero in slow manuevering fights (which the Hellcat could), but this proved not to be much of an obstacle for Marine pilots. Flying from bases in the Solomon Islands chain, units such as Gregory “Pappy” Boyington’s VMF-214 “Black Sheep,” and Robert “Butcher Bob” Hanson’s VMF-215 “Flying Corsairs,” joined by the land-based VF-17 “Jolly Rogers,” which included Tommy Blackburn and Ira Kepford, the Corsairs were to prove deadly to Japanese aircraft over the hard-fought Southwest Pacific. These squadrons racked up an impressive 11-to-1 kill ratio over Japanese opponents, which to this point in the war the US had been lucky to achieve parity. The derisive nicknames of “Hosenose” and “Hog” became affectionate, and the F4U acquired another nickname of the “Bent-Winged Bird.” The Japanese had a far more telling name for the Corsair, however: “Whistling Death,” caused by the sound of air rushing through the supercharger intakes in the wings.
While the Hellcat was proving itself as well, the Navy still wanted a way to put the Corsair back onto carriers. The British Fleet Air Arm, which had adopted the Corsair to replace its earlier Wildcats and supplement its Seafires, had found some solutions to the Corsair’s carrier landing problems—using a snakelike approach to the carrier, only turning into the final landing leg at the last moment, while adding a “Malcolm Hood” developed for the Spitfire to raise the pilot’s seat seven inches. This mitigated (if not entirely solved) much of the problems with the Corsair, while Chance-Vought itself solved the stall problem by a slight modification to the wings and the bouncing problem by a hydraulic pressure bleed system. Finally, the F4U was ready for carrier operations.
It was to prove itself once more. First deployed in numbers during the Okinawa campaign of 1945, the Corsair gained another moniker, the “Angel of Okinawa” for its support of Marines ashore and sailors afloat. Faced with mass kamikaze attacks from Japan itself, the Corsair’s speed meant that it could run down kamikazes on their final attack runs, and its range meant it could catch kamikazes far enough away from the fleet. Modification of late-war F4U-1A Corsairs into fighter-bombers, a program that was overseen by Charles Lindbergh, allowed them to put bombs and rockets onto ground targets for American troops on Okinawa itself.
I was lucky to find a 1/144 F4U-1A in Seattle in 2014, so I built it right out of the box. I wanted to do something a little different than the kit aircraft, so instead I built a postwar Corsair, in the colors of VF-82 aboard USS Randolph, circa 1946.
Eight Allied nations conduct airborne operations during exercise Swift Response at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, August 26th, 2015. The purpose of the exercise is to conduct joint and combined training events in order to evaluate brigade and battalion level execution of strategic out-load in conjunction with Allied Partner nations through an intermediate staging base. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations- including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States- will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, and Romania, Aug. 17- Sept. 13, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bryan Rankin/Released)
Hugo Contreras prepares the plumbing system to be flushed with super heated water to kill any lingering bacteria.
Paratroopers jump into the Hohenburg drop zone during a Joint Forcible Entry exercise as more than 1,000 paratroopers from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the U.K and the U.S., conducted an airborne operation as part of exercise Swift Response 15 in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 26. 2015. The Forces work together to gather equipment look for the wounded and leave the drop zone for more jumpers. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations – including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States – will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania, Aug. 17-Sept. 13, 2015. Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple Allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. To learn more about Swift Response, visit the U.S. Army Europe homepage at www.eur.army.mil.
(U.S Army photo by Sp. Chrystopher Gaines)
Haitian citizens receive Project Handclasp relief supplies from Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry. Fort McHenry is participating in Operation Unified Response as part of the Bataan Amphibious Relief Mission in Haiti following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Jan. 12. (Photo by: Petty Officer 1st Class Rachael L. Leslie)
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Exercise Swift Response 16 went in to high gear June 7, 2016, as more than 1,500 paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, the British 16 Air Assault Brigade and the Polish 6th Airborne Brigade conducted a combined jump on to a drop zone near the city of Torun, Poland.
This is for my Art & Design coursework, we had to do a response to the Exactitudes. The Exactitudes are pictures of different people wearing very simular clothes and look simular, we had to do the same but show different outfits on us so people can see the different sides of us:)
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Tech Sgt. Eliza Villa of Fresno, Calif., a medic with the 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard (red helmet), and Pfc. Giovanny Guzman of Walnut Creek, Calif., a combat engineer with the 235th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, lead victims who are able to walk from the simulated disaster site to a decontamination area during the 2011 Arizona Vigilant Guard Exercise Nov. 4, 2011 in Phoenix. More than 500 California National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assisted in the statewide exercise, which included 250 agencies and prepared both the 49th Military Police Brigade to assume the role as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Region IX military disaster coordinator, or Homeland Response Force asset and Arizona’s plans for responding to a large-scale disaster. (Army National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Emily Suhr)
The EU's assistance also included a telecommunication model supplied by Luxembourg, a key component to help the coordination of operations on the ground.
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Here is a photo of our response card, also printed on moo.com from a photo I took of the Marquis at the Orpheum Theatre in Madison, WI
Here's my original photo-post with this pic: www.flickr.com/photos/silvaazniv/340143383/
Since we're having our reception in the Orpheum Theatre, we wanted to do something fun with the invitations.
So how might you describe the responses or attitudes of the people gathered on this corner?
Anger
Frustration
Denial
Blissfully Unaware
Apathy
Planned Ignoring
Disgust
Judgement
What might you add to this list?
Bulgarian Armed Forces Col. Iavor Mateev, Head of the Joint Military Facilities Department observes airborne operations conducted by Allied Partner nations during exercise Swift Response at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, August 26th, 2015. The purpose of the exercise is to conduct joint and combined training events in order to evaluate brigade and battalion level execution of strategic out-load in conjunction with Allied Partner nations through an intermediate staging base. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations- including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States- will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, and Romania, Aug. 17- Sept. 13, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bryan Rankin/Released)
A German paratrooper provides security during a convoy as seven NATO nations established and expanded a lodgment after conducting an airborne joint forcible entry exercise on Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 27. 2015. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations - Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States - will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, and Romania, Aug. 17 - Sept. 13, 2015. Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple Allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. To learn more about Swift Response, visit the U.S. Army Europe homepage at www.eur.army.mil. (U.S Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez/Released)
Major Bruno Turmel, 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment, briefs The Multi National Task Force staff during Exercise COLD RESPONSE in Bjerkvik, Norway on March 13, 2014.
Photo by: MCpl Dan Pop, Canadian Army Public Affairs
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A German paratrooper puts his weapon into service during a joint forcible entry exercise that is a part of exercise as part of exercise Swift Response 15 on Hohenburg drop zone in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 26, 2015. More than 1,000 paratroopers from Germany Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, the U.K and the U.S. conducted an airborne operation as part of exercise Swift Response 15 on Hohenburg drop zone in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 26, 2015. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations - Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States - will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, and Romania, Aug. 17 - Sept. 13, 2015. Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deployed and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez/Released)
Bank Robbery
Topanga Cyn @ 101 FWY
July 2009
Some lunatics robbed a bank and now a perimeter has been set up around the Citibank. Meanwhile, a ton of people are trapped trying to get off Topanga Cyn and get on with their day. BANK ROBBERS SUCK.
I'm snapping shots while I'm stuck in traffic.
Following the devastating explosions at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, European search and rescue, medical and chemical assessment teams were immediately deployed through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to support the emergency response on the ground.
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A German and U.S. Army soldier give instruction to civilian role-players as part of a simulated non-combatant evacuation operation on the Hohenfels Training Area (Germany) during exercise Swift Response 15, Aug. 30, 2015. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations – including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States – will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania, Aug. 17-Sept. 13, 2015. Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple Allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. To learn more about Swift Response, visit the U.S. Army Europe homepage at www.eur.army.mil. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Caleb Barrieau)
Rich Whipple, a chemist in the Forensic Science Center (FSC) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, prepares a glove box for use inside the FSC's mobile response van.
I was sent to a "fire" by a newspaper editor this morning. No fire, some smoke, but LOTS of Firemen and Fire Trucks ! Both the Forest and Arkona Volunteer Fire Departments responded.
Paratroopers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and six NATO nations established and expanded a lodgment after conducting an airborne joint forcible entry exercise on Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 27. 2015. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army’s largest combined airborne training event in Europe since the end of the Cold War. More than 4,800 service members from 11 NATO nations - Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States - will take part in the exercise on training areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, and Romania, Aug. 17 - Sept. 13, 2015. Swift Response 15 is designed to integrate multiple Allied nations’ crisis response forces into a cohesive team and demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe. To learn more about Swift Response, visit the U.S. Army Europe homepage at www.eur.army.mil. (U.S Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez/Released)