WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, February 23, 2010 Operation PODIUM Master Corporal Tim St. Onge (right), a line construction foreman with 1 Line Squadron, Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment (CFJSR), based in Kingston, Ontario, steadies a utility pole while members of his crew work on it at Twin Rivers quarry during Operation PODIUM. Operation PODIUM is the Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the overall security of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in support of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)-led Integrated Security Unit. With air, land and sea capabilities, the CF will help the RCMP maintain security zones around Olympic venues and will help monitor the air, land and sea approaches to Canada’s west coast. During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, from February 12 to March 21, 2010, security and public safety agencies from all levels of government are working together to provide a safe and secure environment while the world celebrates winter sporting excellence. Canadain Forces Image Number IS2010-9761-04 By Sergeant Frank Hudec with Combat Camera ___________________________________________Traduction WHISTLER (COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE), 23 fevrier 2010 Operation PODIUM A la carriere de Twin Rivers, dans le cadre de l’operation Podium, le Caporal-chef Tim St. Onge (a droite), un contremaitre d’installation des lignes au sein du 1er Escadron de poseurs de lignes, Regiment des transmissions interarmees des Forces canadiennes (RTIFC), base a Kingston, en Ontario, stabilise un poteau electrique pendant que des membres de son equipe effectuent des travaux. L’operation Podium est la contribution des Forces canadiennes (FC) a la securite generale des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques de 2010 a Vancouver a l’appui du Groupe integre de securite dirige par la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC). Grace a leurs ressources aeriennes, terrestres et maritimes, les FC aideront la GRC a assurer des zones de securite pres des installations olympiques et contribueront a la surveillance des voies d’approches maritimes, terrestres et aeriennes de la cote Ouest du Canada. Durant les Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d’hiver de 2010 a Vancouver, tenus du 12 fevrier au 21 mars 2010, des organismes de securite et de protection publique de tous les ordres de gouvernement travaillent ensemble pour assurer un environnement sur et securitaire pendant que l’on applaudit partout dans le monde l’excellence sportive. Image des Forces canadiennes numero IS2010-9761-04 Par le Sergent Frank Hudec avec Camera de combat

LANSING, Ill., -- Steve Shults, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Incident Commander, Operation Pelican, Capt. Luann Barndt, Commander, Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan and Army Col. Vincent Quarles, Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District, brief Congresswoman Judy Biggert, 13th District of Illinois, on the status of Operation Pelican, May 23, 2010. The goal of the operation is to collect data and determine the possible population of the invasive species, Asian Carp. U.S. Coast Guard is enforcing a safety zone for the duration of sampling operations. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class George Degener.