2CR Brave Partner Exercise
December 1, 2023 - Germany - From right, U.S. Army Maj. Shaun Adams, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Cole Brown and Cpt. Daniel Reape, all assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, utilizes Tactical Mission Data Platform to communicate in a Stryker armored vehicle during Brave Partner exercise enroute from Ramstein Air Base to Skopje, North Macedonia Dec. 1, 2023. Brave Partner is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa scheduled, directed, and led short notice action planning (SNAP) exercise, which includes live-fire training and is designed to demonstrate USAREUR-AF's operational reach, validate U.S. investments in North Macedonia, and increase readiness. (Credit Image: © U.S. Army/ZUMA Press Wire)
Rapid infiltration live-fire exercise with NATO Allies demonstrates HIMARS capabilities in Baltics
December 2, 2023 - Camp Adazi, Latvia - An M142 High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System from 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, fires a rocket during a HIMARS rapid infiltration exercise at Camp Adazi, Latvia, Dec. 2, 2023. During the exercise, a Belgian transport flight from Germany landed in Latvia where the HIMARS rapidly moved to its fighting position at Camp Adazi. The exercise demonstrated the ability to quickly mobilize and employ HIMARS across the Baltics. The 3rd Infantry Divisions mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s forward deployed corps in Europe. (Credit Image: © Oscar Gollaz/U.S. Army/ZUMA Press Wire)
Quake 6.2 in Northwest China: Widespread Damage Reported
December 19, 2023, Jishishan, China: A child injured in an earthquake falls asleep after being treated and settled at a hospital in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Salar Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted an ethnic county in northwest China's Gansu Province midnight Monday has killed 105 people in Gansu Province.. The provincial fire and rescue department has sent 580 rescuers aided with 88 fire engines, 12 search and rescue dogs, more than 10,000 sets of equipment to the disaster area. (Credit Image: © Ma Xiping/Xinhua via ZUMA Press)
Israel-Hamas War 2023: RAFAH Over Million Seek Safety UN Says
December 28, 2023, Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory: Lights searching for bodies and injured people from under the rubble of a building struck by an Israeli raid on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. As battles continue between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. At least 187 Palestinians were killed and 312 others were wounded in Israeli air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours. 84th day since Hamas attacked Israel and Israel attacked back. UN reports massive surge in people fleeing to Rafah as fighting intensifies. 100,000+ arrived in the city in recent days, ‘well over a million’ now seeking safety in Rafah. A city who was around 200K before. 21,600 Palestinians, the majority women and children, been killed by Israeli forces since October 7. Israel forces have expanded their ground operations across the strip, where more than 1.9 million surviving Palestinians, have been displaced as a result. Israeli planes bombed refugee camps in Gaza on Saturday as troops expanded ground operations and thousands of Palestinians fled their homes, setting the stage for a new year as bloody and destructive as the last three months of 2023. For now there seems little hope of even a temporary break in attacks, even after Egypt hosted leaders for talks this week and pushed plans for a staged break in the war. A senior Hamas official told AP on Saturday they are firm in their position that there will be no hostage releases without a permanent ceasefire. Israel will not accept ending a war its leaders describe as existential and “without limit”. The Israeli prime minister, says Hamas must be destroyed after the brutal attacks of October, when gunmen broke into Israel and murdered 1,200 civilians. (Credit Image: © Bashar Taleb/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)
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