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Date of Incident: 01 JANUARY 2021 Time of Incident: 22:00 Location of Incident: Quitupe Village, Afungi Peninsula, Palma District Proximity to Pemba – 230km At 22:00 on the evening of 01 December 2021, in the village of Quitupo inside the DUAT (close to the Airport), a brief exchange of fire between members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and 2 x insurgents that were hiding in one of the houses, occurred. This was the result of information of the possible presence of the insurgents in one of th...

Ikpoba-Okha Vigilante, JTF foil robbery operation, arrest robbery gang Ikpoba-Okha Vigilante, JTF foil robbery operation, arrest robbery gang • Hoodlums who burnt police stations in upper Sokponba caught, handed over to Police Share Luck ran out of a gang of armed robbers at Upper Sokponba area of Benin City, Edo State capital, as the vigilante group and JTF in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area on Sunday foiled a robbery operation in Oka 4, around First Page Hotel, Upper Sakponba Acting on a...

12 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets conduct maritime operations off the coast of Somalia under Joint Task Force – Quartz in support of Operation Octave Quartz. The mission of OOQ is to reposition U.S. DOD personnel from Somalia to other locations in East Africa. The F/A-18E and F/A-18F are designed to meet current Navy fighter escort and interdiction mission requirements, to maintain F/A-18 fleet air defense and close air support roles, as well as an increasing range of missions, incl...

12 The MV-22B Ospreys conduct operation off the coast of Somalia under Joint Task Force – Quartz in support of Operation OCTAVE QUARTZ. The mission of OOQ is to reposition U.S. DOD personnel from Somalia to other locations in East Africa. Description The V-22 is a joint service, multi-mission aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. It performs VTOL missions as effectively as a conventional helicopter while also having the long-range cruise abilities of a...

Published December 30, 2020, 10:00 AM ZAMBOANGA CITY – Stricter measures have been adopted by the local government of Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi to prevent the entry of a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Malaysia. Armed Force of the Philippines- Western Mindanao Command (AFP-WestMinCom) Commander Lt Gen Corleto Vinluan, Jr. said two Philippine Navy gunships, backed by four Naval patrol fast craft, were deployed near the sea borders of the country and the Federal State of Malaysia. ...

Dec 30, 2020 The onset of Covid and restrictions to travel and contact required doctors to make more use of a technology many had already used: telemedicine. Conducting appointments by video, they found a surprising willing acceptance by many patients. Dr. Justin Greiwe, an allergist in Cincinnati, Ohio, is on the Joint Task Force on Technology and Telemedicine, updating colleagues on his experiences in the video below. On the positive side, he explains, is easier follow up for patients with c...

He quickly moved into crime and was a major heroin importer by the mid 1970s Riley was an associate of Sydney gangsters Lennie McPherson and Neddy Smith His most notorious failed scheme was the 4.5 tonne Anoa cannabis importation He was jailed over a  £40million fraud conspiracy in the UK but escaped in 1993 Riley spent the rest of his long life in Queensland avoiding extradition to Britain  One of the most colourful chapters in Australian criminal history has finally closed with the death ...

Dec 30, 2020 The onset of Covid and restrictions to travel and contact required doctors to make more use of a technology many had already used: telemedicine. Conducting appointments by video, they found a surprising willing acceptance by many patients. Dr. Justin Greiwe, an allergist in Cincinnati, Ohio, is on the Joint Task Force on Technology and Telemedicine, updating colleagues on his experiences in the video below. On the positive side, he explains, is easier follow up for patients with c...

Comment: Of course, coming from Newsweek, what this really means is that Trumps martial law talk has t © Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Trump supporters at Freedom Plaza on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC Pentagon and Washington-area military leaders are on red alert, wary of what President Donald Trump might do in his remaining days in office. Though far-fetched, ranking officers have discussed what they would do if the president declared martial law. And military commands responsible fo...

12 The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group has been providing operational and close air support to Joint Task Force – Quartz and Operation Octave Quartz. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group arrived to support operations in Somalia Dec. 21. Supporting assets include the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), embarked Carrier Air Wing 17, guided-missile cruisers USS Princeton (CG 59) and USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), and guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). The Carrier Air Wing hos...