![]() ![]() Then I took the “knowledge test” and some of the questions drove me berserk. Isn’t that what a judge deals with? Maybe the DMV is trying to scare us (successfully, for me). I took more than a 100 sample questions and wondered what fines and sentencing had to do with a test of my driving knowledge. or a three-axle 6,000 pounder) and how much time might a person serve in jail or get fined if he refuses to stop alongside a highway when police officers ask him (up to a year in jail). I know the DMV likes number, so I circled hundreds in the booklet, like how far should my headlights shine, how big a car can I drive with a Class C license (a two-axle weighing 26,000 lbs. It was a tedious read, full of boring information, e.g., how many feet I should park away from a fire hydrant (15), what does a five-sided sign mean (I’m near a school) or a truck is a slow-moving vehicle. Would I get a ticket for driving with an expired license? I called the Palo Alto Police Department, and was told no, as long as I could substantiate I had a scheduled DMV appointment.įive days before my appointment, I started reading the 118-page handbook. The first available date was four days after my birthday. I happen to be an overly conscientious person (a good and a bad trait), and so I immediately went online to schedule an appointment. Plus to pass the exam (7 out of 10 questions), the DMV advised me to read the “California Driver’s Handbook 2018.” ![]() Terror struck! I have taken these written tests before, and know they can be tricky and occasionally include questions on extraneous things that didn’t matter to me like how many seconds away from a motorcycle should I drive (four). I also have to pay $36 – by cash, check or debit card – but NO credit cards accepted. On that date, the DMV said, I needed to bring along a passport or a birth certificate, my existing driver’s license, two proofs of residency, a social security card - all to verify I am who I know I am. 4th, and make an appointment for a written test. THAT notice from the DMV arrived in my mailbox almost three months ago, announcing that I must renew my driver’s license by my birthday, Feb. I moved to Palo Alto in 1979, and have been involved in the community on several nonprofit boards. Born in a small community on Long Island, I attended Middlebury College, graduated from the University of Michigan, got married, had four boys in four years, and then started working. In the late 1990s, I sequentially wrote columns for all three local newspapers here in Palo Alto. I also worked for the State Bar of California as the first editor in chief of "California Lawyer" magazine, and then spent a decade at Stanford involved in public issues affecting the university. I then went to the San Jose Mercury as an editorial writer and columnist. I've been a journalist most of my life, first as a reporter and then managing editor of a Chicago newspaper, followed by a wonderful year at Stanford as a recipient of Knight Journalism Fellowship. My goal with this blog is to help the public better understand what really is happening, and more important, how residents living here may be affected by these local decisions. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help do the right thing. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. About this blog: So much is right - and wrong - about what is happening in Palo Alto. ![]()
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![]() ![]() SpaceX has rarely used such a "young" rocket for a Starlink mission. It seems likely that one or more Merlin engines were swapped out on the first stage because SpaceX performed a static fire test of the vehicle earlier this week, something the company usually doesn't do before a Starlink mission. That launch took place from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and the first stage has since been shipped across the country to Florida. The rocket for today's mission has only launched one other time, boosting the Sentinel-6A Earth science mission for NASA last November. The Dragon capsule was lost after the second stage broke apart and sank into the Atlantic Ocean. This record dates back to June 2015, when the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage failed during the launch of a cargo supply mission to the International Space Station. The most notable aspect of today's mission is that it would be the 100th consecutive successful flight for the Falcon 9 rocket. This marks the 28th overall launch of operational Starlink satellites. Original post, 1:31 pm EDT: SpaceX will attempt to launch another batch of 60 Starlink satellites today at 2:59 pm ET (18:59 UTC) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. 6th launch during the last 33 days, once every five days /kmuBJwA82i.16th launch of 2021, a cadence of one rocket every nine days.100th consecutive, successful launch of a Falcon 9.This booster has truly become the workhorse of the global launch industry:Īfter learning to crawl, walk and run, the Falcon 9 is now sprinting. Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to the beginning of fueling.Update, 3:30 pm EDT: Under bright blue skies, the Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida on Wednesday afternoon and promptly delivered its Starlink payload into orbit. Weather conditions over Cape Canaveral are mostly cloudy and breezy. Today's mission will carry 56 more Starlink internet-beaming satellites to orbit to join the more than 3,750 already in operation. EDT from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station this afternoon. EDT: SpaceX launch teams are counting down to a Falcon 9 liftoff at 4:01 p.m. ![]() EDT: The SpaceX launch director is "go" to proceed with fueling and launch of the Falcon 9 with liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station targeted for 4:01 p.m. 00:00:03 Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to startģ:25 p.m.00:00:45 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch.00:01:00 Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins.00:01:00 Command flight computer to begin final pre-launch checks.00:07:00 Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch.00:35:00 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins.00:35:00 RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins.00:38:00 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load.No local sonic booms are expected this time. About eight minutes after liftoff, the first-stage booster will target the Just Read the Instructions drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean for a landing attempt. Marking the 17th launch this year from Florida's Space Coast, the Falcon 9 will fly a southeasterly trajectory from Launch Complex 40. EDT Wednesday, March 29, for the launch of 56 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Read our full post-launch story here.įollow live as SpaceX targets 4:01 p.m. The first-stage booster successfully landed on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean a short time later. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Update: Launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 with 56 Starlink satellites at 4:01 p.m. Journalism like this takes time and resources. Please support it with a subscription here. Space is important to us and that's why we're working to bring you top coverage of the industry and Florida launches. ![]() ![]() Those black, gelatinous, brick-shaped pieces of sustenance that ultimately gave new meaning to the axiom that nobody wants to see how the sausage gets made.Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Palau, Paraguay, Republic of Cuba, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S. Morais is the story of Hassan Haji who rises from the slums of West Bombay to become one of the elite chefs of Paris. Too bad the whole thing comes across as super gross and unsanitary.ĥ,498. Labor Day: Ideally, the warm-light-infused scenes of Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin seductively making a peach pie in the sweltering late-summer heat would have been the sexy hook that brought all the boys (and girls) to Jason Reitman's yard. ![]() Filmul este o combinaie, ca o reet culinar, de romantism i dram presrate cu umor, probleme sociale i familiare. Helen Mirren plays the owner of a posh restaurant in the south of France who is outraged when a curry house opens nearby. This would have gotten me to see Trans4mers.ĩ. Din fericire pentru noi, colaborarea celor dou vedete s-a dovedit a fi bun, iar filmul The Hundred-Foot Journey o reuit. The Hundred-Foot Journey review curry-joint drama dishes up the cliches. The One I Love: This charming, surprising relationship dramady actually features a turn of plot wherein the fulcrum is a pan of frying bacon. Something to balance the ledger and get the audience salivating for more than hollandaise.Ĩ. Another few deep-focus glances at curry powder slowly incorporating into a sauce. A 100 Passos de Um Sonho, Madame Mallory e il piccolo chef indiano, imto ingsni kelion, Un viaje de diez metros, From Bombay to Paris: The Hundred-Foot. Two to three more closeups on simmering butter chicken. What I could have used a good bit more of were glamour shots of the indian cuisine. The Hundred-Foot Journey Drama 2014 2 hr 2 min English audio PG CC Buy or rent Helen Mirren stars in a movie bursting with flavor, passion and heart. On the subject of food porn, however, a note: the French cuisine of Madame Mallory's restaurant is given much loving attention, from the roasted squab to the boeuf bourguignon to so many fawned-over closeups of b échamel I started to make notes about looking up possible filmmaking grants from the French Sauce Council (none as far as I can tell). RELATED: Kristen Stewart Is a Guantanamo Bay Guard in 'Camp X-Ray' Trailer ![]() But when it comes to delivering a pleasant movie experience with a little sentiment, a few laughs, and a good number of pretty glamour shots of delicious-looking food, The Hundred Foot Journey is the best film you will wait to watch on HBO later this year some time. ![]() I was made to recall that Simpsons episode where the boys portentously crossed the town line into Shelbyville while in the background kids heedlessly ran back and forth over the insignificant line with impunity. It's the kind of movie you describe to friends as "cute" or "charming." It's a bit slow-going at first, and Mirren's French accent is forgivable (but something that needs forgiving), and the titular metaphor is leaned on pretty heavily. In the film, Helen Mirren's Madame Mallory, proprietress of a fine-dining Michelin-star restaurant in the French countryside, sees her bubble punctured by the arrival of an Indian family whose patriarch stubbornly establishes a competing restaurant directly across the road. Lasse Hallstrom's The Hundred Foot Journey, one of his more diverting and enjoyable films since The Shipping News sent his career spiraling down a strange Nicholas Sparks-y hole. ![]() ![]() ![]() The main disadvantage of this trimmer is obvious. It is also compact, lightweight and inexpensive. You control exactly what is trimmed off the bud and what stays, giving you nicer trimmed buds. Since you control it manually, it is much more precise. ![]() This hand trimming machine has advantages over the large trimmers below, too. If you employ human trimmers, or you simply trim smaller amounts of buds yourself, it will considerably speed up the process over using shears to remove leaves. The Magic Trimmer is great for complete manual hand trimming. Note: If you are just looking for a pair of manual trimming shears, I recommend this pair on Amazon.* They are inexpensive, but good enough to get the job done, and that's really all I need from shears.īest Automatic Handheld Trimmer: Magic Trimmer A bowl trimmer or a handheld automatic trimmer. When it comes to manual trimming machines, you really have two options. If you do not have a large operation that needs to process tens, hundreds, or even thousands, of pounds of bud per day, you probably don't need anything larger than one of the manual trimmer models. We'll break this down into a few categories: best automatic handheld bud trimmer, best bowl type trimmer, best wet and dry trimmer, best wet trimmer, best dry trimmer and best trimmer for kief collection.įor all the wet and/or dry categories, we'll give you the top options for different capacity levels, so you can choose the one that can handle your workload. If you do not need any pounds per hour, you have no need for a large trimming machine, to be honest. If you run a large operation, you should know how many pounds per hour you need to be able to process. Which specific trimmer is best for you will depend on two things: the amount of leaf and bud you need to process and the amount of space you have (some of these trimmers are quite large and heavy). For dry trimming, we recommend a Triminator trimmer for speed, or a Centurion trimmer if kief collection is important to you (again, more below). We'll get into more detail below, but for wet trimming or for anyone wanting both, we recommend a Centurion trimmer. That way you are able to take advantage of each, depending on what would be the best method in a given situation. Our recommendation is to get a trimmer than can handle both equally well. I f you are not sure which is best for you, read all about wet vs. Wet bud is fresh marijuana that has just been harvested, while dry refers to weed that has been dried and cured already.īoth wet and dry trimming have advantages and disadvantages. The first one concerns the type of buds you plan to trim with your trimmer. To do that, we first need to make a few key decisions. This article will help you figure out which bud trimming machine is best for you. The key is buying the right trimmer machine for your needs. Today's large industrial bud trimmers can replace up to 75 workers, but even a small handheld manual trimming machine can speed up the process considerably. If you run a sizable operation, you need an army of trimmers to get through your harvest. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, enemies such as Goombas and a giant Yoshi egg were shown in the announcement trailer.Ī smash hit when it was released in 1993, Link’s Awakening is set outside the kingdom of Hyrule and instead takes place on the mysterious island of Koholint. It is unknown if appearances by other Nintendo characters - a feature in the Game Boy original - will return for the remake. The game is a fully 3D remake of the original, featuring new graphics and mechanics while retaining the top-down perspective and the miniaturized look of classic Zelda.Īlso read: 16 Video Games to Look Forward to in 2019. On Wednesday, as the final announcement of the February 13 Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo revealed The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening for the Nintendo Switch. ![]() Watch the trailer above and read on for everything else we know about the upcoming Zelda remake. He’ll be with us as long as we’re looking.It’s time to return to Koholint Island! A stylized high-definition remaster of the 1993 Game Boy game The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is coming to the Nintendo Switch “later this year” in 2019. We can’t stop him because we must know what happens next our curiosity is his source of power. He’s a citizen of a country run by a television star obsessed with his ratings. He is a black hole, a vacuum for recognition, a product of an attention economy where we boost snake-oil salesmen with hate-views because we can’t simply believe what they’re willing to say to get by. Look into the glassy-eyed glare at the end of the “Gooba” video, as Tekashi stares into the camera, and by extension, into the face of the ostensibly disapproving viewer on the other end, doused in rainbow paint. But it’s a misunderstanding of who and what Tekashi is, and who and what we’ve become as an audience and a society, to think he’d do anything other than what he’s done or that it wouldn’t be tolerated. It’s jarring having a rapper tell you his entire persona was really just a money-making shtick and then step right back into the character, to hear and see a hip-hop artist make a joke out of the fact that he sang on the stand in court. Either way, “Gooba” sounds old on arrival. The chorus - “Are you dumb, stupid, or dumb?” - rehashes a line from the Brooklyn rapper Ronny Godz’s “Are You Dumb” (that Remy Ma made into a catchphrase), which he cannibalized once before on Dummy Boy’s “Stoopid.” Chalk the repetition up to a lack of creativity, or blame Tekashi for banking his comeback single on an outdated saying on the fact that he just came home last month. “Gooba” is more of the same, a two-minute middle finger to haters set to a trap beat that sounds like horror-movie music. What followed was peak Tekashi, a long diatribe about how everyone’s jealous because he’s doing better than them, and everyone is mad at him because he changed the game. ![]() ![]() On IG, Tekashi danced into the picture to the tune of “Bad Boys” by the Kingston reggae group Inner Circle (best known as the theme to the reality show Cops), sporting gaudy chains and dangling handcuffs in front of the camera. He’s back like nothing happened, counting money, flashing jewelry, flaming people who doubted him, and drawing smoke from other rappers. We have the answer now, as 6ix9ine unveiled his comeback single “Gooba” and returned to Instagram Live to a record-breaking 1.9 million viewers. What do you say after that? How do you show your face in a community that rewarded you for what looked like realness, that despises people who lie for clout and people who cooperate with the cops? In court, he switched up and gave up associates like Kooda B, who was accused of trying to shoot Keef. A statement released by his attorney following the 2018 arrest on federal charges deflated the Tekashi myth in no uncertain terms, calling the rapper “an entertainer who portrays a ‘gangster image’ to promote his music,” who’d done nothing but get mixed up with the wrong crowd. Under the threat of jail time, the Brooklyn rapper, born Daniel Hernandez, said 6ix9ine was merely a character he plays. The 6ix9ine saga jumped through the looking glass last fall when he escaped federal racketeering and firearm charges by pleading guilty and appearing as the star witness for the prosecution during the trial against the Nine Trey Bloods - the set he shouted out throughout his meteoric rise to rap stardom, fueled by the thunderous 2017 hit “Gummo.” The case chipped away at the very idea of Tekashi 6ix9ine, who’d made a name for himself up until that point as the consummate hip-hop troll, a tough guy prone to barking out side-splitting threats in his music and carrying feuds with rivals like Chief Keef out into the streets off record. Photo: Courtesy of Tekashi 6ix9ine/YouTube ![]() ![]() ![]() If he has some chronic condition like diabetes, or problems with their joints, sight and hearing it’s possible that they will worsen with time.ĭo consider supplementing your dogs nutrition with appropriate vitamins and minerals (consult you vet beforehand). Is your dog healthy?Īs your Jack Russel ages his health will deteriorate just like any humans. Make sure that they are warm enough and that they have everything they need for their comfort – a comfortable place to sleep and call their own, their favorite toys, fresh water nearby and plenty of love and affection as always. He just wants to enjoy the small comforts of life in their old age, just like your grandparents. Your adventurous Jack Russell might be more domesticated and tranquil than he was in his youth. Your exercise loving JRT might start to like shorter walks. The same thing applies to our pets, the only difference is that they age much faster and grow old much sooner then people. The body becomes more fragile and we get tired more easily. Most of us won’t go running marathons or attempt record braking weight-lifting in our sixties. Is your dog low on energy?Īs we age we often aren’t up to such physical strains as we were when we were young. Set up some boundaries regarding your beloved companion and make sure that everybody knows and understands them so that you all have a good time. Make sure that you explain the situation to other people, especially children. Observe and listen to your four legged buddies, they’ll always show you what they want to do.īe patient and full of understanding for your dog’s needs and wants. The most important thing is to not force them into doing things that they don’t want to. Your pets, as they age, will lose patience for some things and gain interest in others (especially napping), just as humans. They may even lose interest in toys that were previously their favorites and could even have short temper around small children. Often they’ll want to be left alone more than before and won’t have much understanding for other dogs and animals, and people trespassing in their space, even those that they got along with nicely before. They become grumpy and impatient, start barking at the smallest provocation (even if often you don’t know what could have possibly provoked them). ![]() Is your dog grumpy?ĭo you know how older people often complain how the things used to be better in the old days, the music today is too loud, young people have no respect for the elders, they don’t have a lot of understanding for young people and their “partying” and most things seem to bother them on a daily basis? They are individual and unique in their own way with their own likes and dislikes, preferences and annoyances, nevertheless here are some surefire ways to spot how old your dog is feeling and how to care him/her in the best way possible. ![]() Some won’t show signs of aging at all, while some start aging sooner than you would expect. Jack Russell Terrier’s life expectancy is about 15 years but, just like humans, not all dogs age the same way. These are all perfectly normal signs of aging and as your dog gets older you must consider making some extra effort to make sure that your beloved companion is happy and healthy. There inevitably comes a time in life when your dog won’t be as perky, energetic, patient, and healthy as it used to be. ![]() ![]() ![]() Monday to Friday 5:00 to 9:00 am and 4:00 to 7:00 pm Saturday and Sunday 5:00 am to 12:00 noon These stations air their own programming outside the hours listed. In addition, parts of Connecticut Public Radio’s programming day are carried on other frequencies. Note on preceding map: Service does not stop at this contour line. In many cases, FM stations can be received at locations well beyond the location of the mapped contour, with interference-free reception becoming less likely at greater distances. 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Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR) offers extensive local and national news coverage for the citizens of Connecticut as the radio service of Connecticut Public. ![]() ![]() I am playing my game completly unmodded but there is one mod I sure would like to have: Being able to see my notoriety with the factions and races whose reputation ranks are hidden in the standard game. Setting course for the middle of the map. I wanted to go see the south-west corner of the world but realise I need to go find a sector called Aladna Hill and scout around there (so I looked at a map.). There are some 225 sectors in X3TC and even in a Kestrel that takes time to explore. This became very clear when I did a return a ship mission which was across many sectors, my first ever mission of this kind. The Kestrel is nice but has a painfully small cargo hold for energy cells. This one looks like a blast to fly, if you get it -) ![]() Oh my, I found another ownerless M3 ship. Wait, I might load it with some hard-to-sell stuff I bought in a weak moment and use it for one of those Get-me-a-ship-worthy-of-the-Queen missions. (OK, I did check and there is a way to get one more but with quite some effort.) One thing I will use it for is protecting the slowboat Dolphin TS I bought 2nd hand while it trudges to the nearest shipyard never again am I keeping a neigh useless Dolphin. As a prototype it is not sold anywhere so if I sell it I might never get another one again. It is even a bit faster but has one big problem, it is BIG = easy for enemies to hit. As a fighter, it totally pawns my beginning Buster. I found an ownerless prototype Skate M3+ :-O Who in their right mind leaves such a gem just floating in space?! Claimed and sent to dock while I ponder what to do with it. ![]() I did try going after one in my Enhanced Jaguar, but I kept getting pounded by the rear turret guns and missiles, and with only 2MJ of shielding that did not go well for me, so I eventually gave up on that one after the pilot repeatedly refused to bail. I fired a Mosquito Missile or two at it to get its attention and then lured it away from its friends before turning on it, and the pilot actually bailed quite quickly. I used my usual Skate Prototype (M3+), equipped with an Ion Disruptor I found in a crate in the forward turret to take care of the shields and speed, and a pair of IREs to do the damage, although I think it was the Phased Repeater Gun in the rear turret that fired the fateful shot. ![]() Did you use a Jaguar or a standard Kestrel for the job? Sorry for all the questions. Themken: WOHOO!!! Congratulations! :-) How many IREs did you use? One? Two? Problem with capping (capturing, X slang) M5s is always their miniscule amount of hit points and shielding, so many weapons kill them outright instead of wound them, IF they can land a hit on the small and fast moving ship. As you can guess from the screenshot I am feeling a bit smug right about now :-D I've explored all the Xenon sectors in my standard Kestrel and I've had quite a few close brushes with some seriously huge Xenon heavy battleships that had multiple flak arrays and PBEs in their turrets.īottom line, if you've capped one, you have the best scout/exploring ship in the game (available outside of any plot-lines). I probably want it more than all the other pirate capital ships I'm planning to capture.Īs you've said it's slightly faster (about 5% I think) than the Teladi version, but overall that can make a huge difference, especially when flying through dangerous sectors. I'm also using a Teladi Kestrel as a personal jet-packed way of traveling and sometimes capping enemy M5s and M4s, but man, oh, man do I want to get my hands on the pirate version eventually. WinterSnowfall: I'm in my eight day game-wise and still have not managed to get a Pirate Kestrel pilot to eject and leave his utterly dreamy ship behind. ![]() ![]() The Day 0 candidates must prove they can be "Air Assault Students" by completing a obstacle course and a two-mile run. The 10 days are broken up into three, three day phases. Air Assault training focuses on the mastery of rappelling techniques and sling load procedures, skills that involve intense concentration and a commitment to safety and preparation. Lastly is Jump Week where the Soldier will complete five jumps at 1,250 feet from a C-130 or C-17 aircraft and land safely.Īir Assault Air Assault School is a 10-day course designed to prepare Soldiers for insertion, evacuation, and pathfinder missions that call for the use of multipurpose transportation and assault helicopters. Tower Week involves Soldiers qualifying on the Swing Lander Trainer (SLT), master the mass exit procedures from the 34-foot tower, gain canopy confidence and learn how to manipulate the parachute from the 250-foot tower. Ground Week builds Airborne skills by giving Soldiers the skills to parachute jump and land safely. The three training weeks are broken up into Ground Week, Tower Week, and Jump Week. The purpose of this training is to qualify the volunteer in the use of the parachute as a means of combat deployment and to develop leadership, self-confidence, and an aggressive spirit through mental and physical conditioning. This program is exclusively designed for MS III Cadets before and after completion of the Cadet Leadership Course (CLC).Īirborne This is a three-week course that teaches Soldiers the techniques involved in parachuting from airplanes and landing safely. Platoon Leader positions have a 3-4 week duration depending on the hosting unit and location. The exercise includes more than 9,000 members of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard working together to simulate fighting a war in the Pacific region.Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT) This is an opportunity for Cadets to gain leadership experience by serving as a Platoon Leader for an active duty unit. military working together, is one goal of Exercise Northern Edge 2009. Interoperability, or the different branches of the U.S. "We are always looking ways to improve skills Northern Edge 09 gives us an opportunity to do that." "The training that we are learning here is invaluable," said the SEAL. "We work with the Marine Mountain Warfare School in California and the Army Mountain Warfare School in Vermont so we are all teaching the same skills to our troops," he said. In addition to rope skills like those taught to the SEAL unit, the typical NWTC course also teaches altimeter use, basic knots, land navigation in mountainous terrain, movement on glaciers and snowshoe and ski skills, according to Stacy Griffith, the NWTC executive officer.Īlthough the SEALs didn't do the entire mountaineering course, the NWTC instructors strive to make sure their mountain warfare training is the same as that found in other services and geographic areas, according to Pete Smith, NWTC training and standards officer. "It is essential that USARAK Soldiers learn how to fight, sustain and win in a cold weather environment," said Major Bragg. They accomplish this lofty goal by training platoon and squad-level leaders, who in turn train the USARAK Soldiers in Arctic Light Individual Training. The NWTC is responsible for teaching cold weather and mountaineering skills not only to elite groups like the Navy SEALs, but also to every Soldier in the U.S. ![]() ![]() "The water was pretty cold and the current was fast," said the SEAL, "but our guys weren't afraid to get in there and go to work."įor the nearly 40 members of the NWTC, this type of training is nothing new. NWTC staff estimated that Phelan Creek, which is fed by Gulkana Glacier, has June water temperatures between 40-50 degrees Fahrenheit. The SEALs were transported to the training area in CH-47D Chinook helicopters, flown by Fort Wainwright's Task Force 49, 1-52 Aviation Battalion, B Company. The west-coast based Navy SEAL unit practiced the techniques in Phelan Creek, which is in the Black Rapids training area about 30 miles south of Delta Junction. The NWTC instructors provided demonstrations and hands-on training on how to cross using only a rope in a variety of conditions, including when the river is high-flowing, low-flowing, narrow, wide or cold. "We're happy to have a new asset in our skill set." ![]() "The instructors from the NWTC showed us some excellent techniques that our guys will use in the future," a senior SEAL member said. The Army's Northern Warfare Training Center, headquartered at Fort Wainwright, participated in Exercise Northern Edge 2009 here June 17 by instructing a visiting Navy SEAL team on cold-weather river crossing techniques. ![]() ![]() If you want more features, which include advanced two-factor authentication, compatibilty with authentication services like Yubikey and FIDO 2, 1GB of encrypted file attachments, plus security reports that warn you if any accounts that may have been breached, the $10 per year (around £7.50) cost of Premium is remarkably affordable. 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