Today's Pic's - Saturday, April 24

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Former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman, photographed in Puyallup, Washington in this June 2003 file photograph was killed in Afghanistan (news - web sites) on April 22 U.S. officials said April 23, 2004. Tillman, 27, was serving with the U.S. Army Rangers. *******/Photography Plus C/O Stealth Media Solutions/Handout

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SHAKAI, PAKISTAN: Former Taliban commander from the defiant Yargulkhel sub-tribe, Noor Islam (C-wearing turban), gives up his weapon to Pakistani Corps Commander Safdar Hussain (L) as he surrenders in the village of Shakai, some 25 kms (15 miles) north of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan region, 24 April 2004. Pakistan gave amnesty to five tribesmen wanted for sheltering Al-Qaeda suspects after they surrendered to the military at a tribal assembly near the Afghanistan border. AFP PHOTO/Tariq MAHMOOD (Photo credit should read TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/***** Images)

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SHAKAI, PAKISTAN: Former Taliban commander of the Yargulkhel sub-tribe, Nek Mohammad (R), is greeted by Pakistani Corps Commander Safdar Hussain (L) as he arrives at a tribal jirga (assembly) to surrender in the village of Shakai, some 25 kms (15 miles) north of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan region, 24 April 2004. Pakistan gave amnesty to five tribesmen wanted for sheltering Al-Qaeda suspects after they surrendered to the military at a tribal assembly near the Afghanistan border. AFP PHOTO/Tariq MAHMOOD (Photo credit should read TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/***** Images)

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SHAKAI, PAKISTAN: Former Taliban commander from the defiant Yargulkhel sub-tribe, Nek Mohammad (C), gestures as he delivers a speech after surrendering himself at a tribal jirga (assembly) in the village of Shakai, 25 kms (15 miles) north of Wana, the main town in the South Waziristan region, 24 April 2004. Pakistan gave amnesty to five tribesmen wanted for sheltering Al-Qaeda suspects after they surrendered to the military at a tribal assembly near the Afghanistan border. AFP PHOTO/Tariq MAHMOOD (Photo credit should read TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/***** Images)

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A picture of Iraqi woman Isra Cesuer, 28, mother of three children, is seen through a hole after a rocket slammed into her bedroom in the Baghdad suburb of Al Sadr City, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, 24 April 2004. Isra was killed instantly. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Smoke billows from the U.S. headquarters at the so-called 'Green Zone' in central Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, April 24, 2004. Insurgents struck a U.S. military base north of Baghdad with rockets around dawn Saturday, killing four American soldiers, an official said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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Iraqi police search through a truckful of artillery shells that were seized while entering the city of Basra, southern Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, April 24, 2004. Police sources said the truck was stopped at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani)

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Iraqi police parade unload a truck full of artillery shells that were seized while entering the southern city of Basra April 24, 2004. Police sources said the truck was stopped at a checkpoint on the northern outskirts of the port city. When searches revealed the munitions cache, all three men in the truck were detained. *******/Atef Hassan

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A soldier with Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, provides security during a street patrol in Sadr City, Iraq, near Forward Operation Base Camp Eagle. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)


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Spc. Brandon Wright, a U.S. Army videographer, documents soldiers with Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, during a street patrol through Sadr City, Iraq. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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Soldiers and Iraqi translators assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, prepare to enter an Iraqi electrical plant near Forward Operation Base Camp Eagle in Sadr City, Iraq. Members of the unit came to the plant to discuss issues with local electrical workers. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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US troops patrol a street in Baghdad. Some 25 Iraqis and seven US soldiers were killed in violence across Iraq (news - web sites) as the United States raised the alarm over troop shortages in the lead-up to the June 30 handover of power.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqis watch a US tank patrolling a street in Baghdad 24 April 2004. Renewed bloodshed in Iraq claimed the lives of seven US soldiers and 18 Iraqis as Washington considered boosting its military presence amid fears the levels of violence could rise further. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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TAJI, IRAQ: A US armored Styker vehicle passes 24 April 2004 a civilian truck at the road leading to al-Taji area 20 kms north of Baghdad where five US soldiers were killed and six more were wounded -- three of them critically -- when a rocket was fired at their base at dawn. Renewed bloodshed in Iraq claimed the lives of seven US soldiers and 18 Iraqis as Washington considered boosting its military presence amid fears the levels of violence could rise further. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US marines from the First Battalion, 5th Marines, Bravo Company, patrol the restive city of Fallujah as they search for weapons 24 April 2004. The US-led coalition has approved 500 million dollars in reconstruction spending for seven Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, Mosul and US-besieged Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the First Battalion, 5th Marines, Bravo Company, keeps watch with his sniper riffle while his comrades search for weapons 24 April 2004 in the restive city of Fallujah. The US-led coalition has approved 500 million dollars in reconstruction spending for seven Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, Mosul and US-besieged Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US marines the First Bttalion, 5th Marines, Bravo Company, search for weapons 24 April 2004 in the restive city of Fallujah. The US-led coalition has approved 500 million dollars in reconstruction spending for seven Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, Mosul and US-besieged Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US marines from the First Battalion, 5th Marines, Bravo Company, patrol the restive city of Fallujah as they search for weapons 24 April 2004. The US-led coalition has approved 500 million dollars in reconstruction spending for seven Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, Mosul and US-besieged Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

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Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, patrol through a cemetery in search of anti-coalition forces during Operation Vigilant Resolve in Fallujah, Iraq

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A Marine with Echo Company, Second Battalion, First Marines (E/2/1), aims-in to a suspected insurgent hide-out from a rooftop in Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Vigilant Resolve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenneth E. Madden III) (Released)


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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US marines from the First Battalion, 5th Marines, Bravo Company, search for weapons inside a storage room 24 April 2004 in the restive city of Fallujah.

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US marine Sergeant Ismael Sagredo from the First Battalion, 5th Marines, Bravo Company, searches for weapons in a mosque 24 April 2004 in the restive city of Fallujah. The US-led coalition has approved 500 million dollars in reconstruction spending for seven Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, Mosul and US-besieged Fallujah. AFP PHOTO/Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

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Anzac Day

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GALLIPOLI, TURKEY: A man dressed as Chief of the Mehteran Band, an old Ottoman military band, stands in front of the Turkish monument during the ceremonies marking the 89th anniversary of the Anzac Day, Gallipoli, western Turkey 24 April 2004. The Anzac Day commemorates the World War I Gallipoli campaign that costed hundred of thousands of lives after a bloody battle between Allied forces against the German-allied Ottoman Empire of Turkey at Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula. . AFP PHOTO/Mustafa Ozer (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/***** Images)

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GALLIPOLI, TURKEY: Turkish soldiers stand guard in front of the flags of the countries which took part in World War 1 during the ceremonies marking the 89th anniversary of the Anzac Day, Gallipoli, western Turkey 24 April 2004. The Anzac Day commemorates the World War I Gallipoli campaign that costed hundred of thousands of lives after a bloody battle between Allied forces against the German-allied Ottoman Empire of Turkey at Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula. Flags L to R : South Africa, Britain, Canada, Turkey, Pakistan, Germany. AFP PHOTO/Mustafa Ozer (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/***** Images)

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GALLIPOLI, TURKEY: Australian soldiers walk in front of Ataturk monument during the ceremonies marking the 89th anniversary of the Anzac Day, Gallipoli, western Turkey 24 April 2004. The Anzac Day commemorates the World War I Gallipoli campaign that costed hundred of thousands of lives after a bloody battle between Allied forces against the German-allied Ottoman Empire of Turkey at Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula. AFP PHOTO/Mustafa Ozer (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/***** Images)

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GALLIPOLI, TURKEY: A cartridge is seen as a Turkish soldiers shoot during the ceremonies marking the 89th anniversary of the Anzac Day, Gallipoli, western Turkey 24 April 2004. The Anzac Day commemorates the World War I Gallipoli campaign that costed hundred of thousands of lives after a bloody battle between Allied forces against the German-allied Ottoman Empire of Turkey at Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula. AFP PHOTO/Mustafa Ozer (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/***** Images)

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TBILISI, GEORGIA: A Georgian soldier fixes the Georgian national flag on his tank as prepares for a military parade in central Tbilisi, 24 April 2004. +AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/***** Images)

[Seoulstriker]

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Looks like they don't even need SPRs as sniper rifles. M14, M16 with a big ass scope seems to make the difference. :)

[Scottie]

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Its not the Choc-chip camo?? Digital? why?

[ZoneOne]

awesome pictures

like always -- thanks

[Denat]

Sorry, big one but really worth to put it here.


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Following an awards ceremony April 24, 2004, recognizing 12 Marines and one sailor who were wounded in action, a Marine wears the Purple Heart medal he received at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, from Brig. Gen. Richard S. Kramlich, commanding general of the 1st Force Service Support Group. Most received their wounds during the opening days of Operation Vigilant Resolve, launched April 4 to bring order to the city of Fallujah. All of the recipients are assigned to Combat Service Support Battalion 1, who provides logistical support to Marines operating in and around Fallujah. Despite the wounds, all have returned to duty. Before he awarded the medal, Kramlich spoke of the significance of wearing the Purple Heart saying that Americans "will be reassured that there's people - men and women like you all out there - that are ready to do whatever it takes." As of April 24, 57 Marines and sailors with the I Marine Expeditionary Force have been killed in action and another 483 have been wounded.
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As of April 24, 57 Marines and sailors with the I Marine Expeditionary Force have been killed in action
For our tommorow they gave their today RIP Fallen Marines

[J-10]

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Nice pic's.

Two little girls were going to school, looks good :D

[He219]

Its not the Choc-chip camo?? Digital? why?

K4F-Fairnie, Three Color replaced 'Choc-chip' Six Color soon after GW1. Only the US Marines use the above digital pattern (MARPAT) and the Canadians also have a similar Arid Canadian Disruptive Pattern (CADPAT). It just works better than anything else out there.
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Lance Cpl Matt Schlosser, Delta Company of the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (3rd LAR), 29 Palms, Calif., finishes putting up a shelter as the sun rises during Desert Environmental Survival Training in Borrego Valley, Calif., April 13, 2004. The Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group, Pacific, teaches DEST to provide DoD personnel with advanced survival and evasion skills. Students learn how to find and acquire food, water and shelter, along with techniques for evasion, self aid, travel and rescue signals in a desert environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist (SW/AW) Dave Fliesen) (Released)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US Marine Lcpl Chris Metner from the First Battalion, 5th Marines, Bravo Company stands guard at a temporary Marine base, in Fallujah, 24 April 2004.US marines besieging Fallujah were ordered not to allow residents who fled the fighting to return to their homes in the Sunni Muslim bastion. AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI. (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

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Ben, a military working dog, leaps out of a security forces vehicle to apprehend a suspect during his training as a stand-off and non-lethal weapon of the 100th Security Forces Squadron while on temporary duty at RAF Fairford, England, Apr. 13, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stacia M. Willis) (Released)

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ID this gun! :D
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NUSEIRAT, -: CORRECTION-Palestinain armed militants from the Fatah movement holds his gun in support of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a rally in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip 24 April 2004. The United States has sharply warned Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to keep his promise not to harm Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Sharon said in an interview with Israeli public television that he believed he was no longer under any obligation to abide by his pledge to US President George W. Bush and that Arafat "no longer has immunity" from an Israeli attack. "I promised President George W. Bush three years ago not to attack Arafat, but I am no longer bound by that promise, and (Arafat) no longer has immunity," Sharon said. AFP PHOTO/Mahmud HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/***** Images)

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SHAKAI, PAKISTAN: Pakistani tribals walk in front of army helicpoters as they arrive to witness the surrrender at a tribal jirga (assembly), of a former Taliban commander from the defiant Yargulkhel sub-tribe, Nek Mohammad (not in picture) in the village of Shakai, some 25 kms (15 miles) north of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan region, 24 April 2004. Pakistan gave amnesty to five tribesmen wanted for sheltering Al-Qaeda suspects after they surrendered to the military at a tribal assembly near the Afghanistan border. AFP PHOTO/Tariq MAHMOOD (Photo credit should read TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/***** Images)

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SHAKAI, PAKISTAN: Pakistani tribals raise their hands to pray after former Taliban commander from the defiant Yargulkhel sub-tribe, Nek Mohammad (not in picture) surrendered himself at a tribal jirga (assembely) in the village of Shakai, some 25 kms (15 miles) north of Wana, the main town in the South Waziristan region, 24 April 2004. Pakistan gave amnesty to five tribesmen wanted for sheltering Al-Qaeda suspects after they surrendered to the military at a tribal assembly near the Afghanistan border. AFP PHOTO/Tariq MAHMOOD (Photo credit should read TARIQ MAHMOOD/AFP/***** Images)

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CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 24: U.S. Marines with the 1st Force Service Support Group (FSSG), of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force that controls the Anbar Province of western Iraq, honor comrades wounded in fighting in Fallujah April 24, 2004 at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. forces have been coming under increasing fire after a year of occupation, with April being the deadliest month yet. (Photo by Scott Peterson/***** Images)

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CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 24: U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Sergio Monzon, of Vista, California, with the 1st Force Service Support Group (FSSG), of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force that controls the Anbar Province of western Iraq, wears the Purple Heart medal he received for wounds sustained in fighting in Fallujah April 24, 2004 at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. forces have been coming under increasing fire after a year of occupation, with April being the deadliest month yet. (Photo by Scott Peterson/***** Images)

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CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 24: A U.S. Marine wipes his eyes as fellow Marines with the 1st Force Service Support Group (FSSG), of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force that controls the Anbar Province of western Iraq receive Purple Heart medals for wounds sustained in fighting in Fallujah April 24, 2004 at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. forces have been coming under increasing fire after a year of occupation, with April being the deadliest month yet. (Photo by Scott Peterson/***** Images)

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ISKANDARIYAH, IRAQ: An Iraqi policeman stands near a wrecked bus in Iskandariyah 24 April 2004. Fourteen Iraqis, including a child, were killed and 11 wounded when their bus was hit by a roadside bomb in this city, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad. (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/***** Images)

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TBILISI, GEORGIA: Georgian soldiers march during a military parade in central Tbilisi 24 April 2004. Some 150 Georgian troops from a unit based in the rebel Adjara region and whose mutinous general this week refused to recognise President Mikhail Saakashvili as commander in chief were back in Tbilisi 24 april an official said AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/***** Images)

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TBILISI, GEORGIA: Georgian soldiers march during a military parade in central Tbilisi 24 April 2004. Some 150 Georgian troops from a unit based in the rebel Adjara region and whose mutinous general this week refused to recognise President Mikhail Saakashvili as commander in chief were back in Tbilisi 24 april an official said AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/***** Images)

[J-10]

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Former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman, photographed in Puyallup, Washington in this June 2003 file photograph was killed in Afghanistan (news - web sites) on April 22 U.S. officials said April 23, 2004. Tillman, 27, was serving with the U.S. Army Rangers. *******/Photography Plus C/O Stealth Media Solutions/Handout



A handsome and young soldier, Rip.

[marty649]

J-10 he was also an NFL player making millions of dollars, he turned all that that comes with to serve his country. That guy is a real hero

[J-10]

J-10 he was also an NFL player making millions of dollars, he turned all that that comes with to serve his country. That guy is a real hero

Wow! good guy! I like football too. A anti-terrorism fighter, hero!

[Milkman]

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That is either a MAT-49 or a Palestinian gun... the name escapes me at the moment, PermskiiOMON should know.

[HELEX]

I think it is not a MAT-49, but what is it???

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[scm77]

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What's that vehicle in the background? It looks like somthing I've never seen before.

[Ratamacue]

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Great photo.

GP He219.

[Clay]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3463213.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=3F4B2F891997293F68857C19503E877E
very cool

[Undo]

http://delivery.*****images.com/comp/3463317.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=3F4B2F891997293FD503B2BAC19A2E18

What's that vehicle in the background? It looks like somthing I've never seen before.

M88 Recovery Vehicle.

[big80a2]

http://delivery.*****images.com/comp/3463317.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=3F4B2F891997293FD503B2BAC19A2E18

What's that vehicle in the background? It looks like somthing I've never seen before.

It's a M88 ARV

[memphiz]

GP He :D
Marines kick ass woot

[American Patriot]

It's an M88A2 Hercules.

[memphiz]

Cant forget those Canadians :)
http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/HS048042d02.jpg

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

In a continuing display of cooperation with the Haitian National Police (HNP), a coordinating meeting was held between HNP officers and members from India Company, the Second battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment at their location at the Royal Haitian Hotel. Sergeant Mario Warren (left), a Militqary Policeman with India Company, watches as OC India Company, Major Dave Lambert shakes hands with Jean-Joras Sygdne, Haitian National Police Commissionaire for Petitgoave.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042104/KA2004-R103-213d%20-%20Jacek.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Photo: Cpl John Bradley

Brigadier-General Herb Petras, Director General Land Combat Development (left), Major-General Marc Caron (center), Acting Chief of Land Staff, and Chief Warrant Officer Greg Lacroix (right), Land Forces Command Chief Warrant Officer, speaking with Afghani children while on a foot patrol with C Company, 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22eR Bn Gp), in the Canadian area of responsibility West of Kabul, Afghanistan.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042104/KA2004-R103-198d%20-%20Jacek.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Major-General Marc Caron, Acting Chief of Land Staff (left) speaking with an interpreter named Cham, accompanied by Brigadier-General Herb Petras (center), Director General Land Combat Development, and Chief Warrant Officer Greg Lacroix (right) Land Forces Command Chief Warrant Officer, and Major Maurice Poitras (extreme right), Officer Commanding C Company, 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22eR Bn Gp), (extreme right) while on a foot patrol in the Canadian area of responsibility West of Kabul, Afghanistan.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/KA2004-R101-398.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Le caporal Yvan Bélanger et le caporal-chef Stéphane Poirier, membres de la compagnie C(Cie C) du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment(GB 3e R 22e R), rencontre un villageois dans un village Afghan, alors que Stéphane Poirier discute avec des enfants lors d’une patrouille de routine dans le secteur de responsabilité de la Cie
Les soldats canadiens mènent régulièrement des patrouilles de nuit comme de jour dans la zone de responsabilité du Canada afin de maintenir un climat de sécurité et aider la police locale et les autorités civiles à maintenir l'ordre et à faire respecter la loi.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/KA4F68%7E1.JPG

Kabul, Afghanistan
Photo par: Cpl/C Yves Proteau

Le caporal Colin Wiggan, le sergent Jocelyn Ayotte et le caporal Eric Fortin du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment(GB 3e R 22e R), discute avec des résidents du village de Chahar Asiab, lors d’une patrouille de routine dans le secteur de responsabilité de la Cie
Les soldats canadiens mènent régulièrement des patrouilles de nuit comme de jour dans la zone de responsabilité du Canada afin de maintenir un climat de sécurité et aider la police locale et les autorités civiles à maintenir l'ordre et à faire respecter la loi.

"Pull my finger" :)
http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/KA2004-R101-400.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Photo par: Cpl/C Yves Proteau
Le caporal-chef Stéphane Poirier, membres de la compagnie C(Cie C) du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment(GB 3e R 22e R), amuse un petit enfant Afghan, lors d’une patrouille de routine dans le secteur de responsabilité de la Cie

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/KA2004-R101-399.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Photo par: Cpl/C Yves Proteau

Le caporal-chef Stéphane Poirier, membres de la compagnie C(Cie C) du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment(GB 3e R 22e R), tiens un petit poulet appartenant a un enfant, lors d’une patrouille de routine dans le secteur de responsabilité de la Cie

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/KA2004-R101-397.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Photo par: Cpl/C Yves Proteau

Le caporal Yvan Bélanger, membre de la compagnie C(Cie C) du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment(GB 3e R 22e R), patrouille dans les rues de terre dans un village Afghan, lors d’une patrouille de routine dans le secteur de responsabilité de la Cie

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/KA2004-R101-395.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Photo par: Cpl/C Yves Proteau

Le caporal-Chef Robert Pinet, de la compagnie C(Cie C) du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment(GB 3e R 22e R), lors d’une patrouille de routine dans le secteur de responsabilité de la Cie

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/KA2004-R101-394.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Photo par: Cpl/C Yves Proteau

Un véhicule blindé léger (VBL III) du peloton 9 de la compagnie C(Cie C) du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment(GB 3e R 22e R), patrouille le village Paghman près de Kaboul, lors d’une patrouille de routine dans le secteur de responsabilité de la Cie

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/KA2004-R101-392.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Photo par: Cpl/C Yves Proteau

Le caporal Yvan Bélanger,de la compagnie C(cie C) du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment(GB 3e R 22e R) patrouille les rues d’un village Afghan lors d’une patrouille de routine dans le secteur de responsabilité de la cie

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042304/KA2004-R101-385.jpg

Kabul, Afghanistan
Photo par: Cpl/C Yves Proteau

Le caporal Eric Fortin du peloton 9, de la compagnie C(Cie C) du 3e Bataillon du Royal 22e Régiment(GB 3e R 22e R) est accompagné par des enfants lors d’une patrouille de routine dans un village afghan, dans le secteur de responsabilité de la Cie

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042004/KA2004-R103-132d.jpg

A Bison from the Signal's Troop 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22eR Bn Gp), turning off the main road while proceeding to a radio re-broadcast (RRB) location in support of an ongoing operation near Kabul, Afghanistan.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042004/HS048036d01.jpg

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

Master Warrant Officer Don Tupper, from Trenton, Ontario passes the tarantula to Corporal Mike Batal from Rockland, Ontario. The tarantula has become somewhat of a mascot for the Second Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment (2RCR), India Company during OP HALO

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/041904/KA2004-R103-81d.jpg

Sergeant Gaetan Cyr from A Company, 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22eR Bn Gp), with school children from the Omara Khan School in Kabul, Afghanistan. Sergeant Cyr had just presented the children with Canadian flags after he and members of his platoon delivered supplies to the school.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/041904/KA2004-R103-77d.jpg

Sergeant Gaëtan Cyr from A Company, 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22eR Bn Gp), handing out Canadian flags to school children from the Omara Khan School in Kabul, Afghanistan while members of his platoon deliver supplies to their school.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/041904/KA2004-R103-57d.jpg

Members of A Company, 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22eR Bn Gp), being passed by a new Canadian Forces G-Wagon. They were conducting a foot patrol around the perimeter of the Kausal Khan School while other members of the Platoon deliver supplies to the School. The Kausal Khan School is located in the Canadian area of responsibility in Kabul, Afghanistan.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/041904/KA2004-R103-35d.jpg

Warrant Officer André Pinard (centre) and Master Corporal Pierre Duhaime (right) of the 52nd Combat Engineer Squadron, attached to the 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment Battalion Group (3 R22eR Bn Gp), talking with a teacher at the Emani School to determine what kind of rebuilding assistance the school requires. The Emani School is located in the Canadian area of responsibility in Kabul, Afghanistan.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042004/HS048031d02.jpg

Members of the Second Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, India Company from right to left: Sergeant (Sgt) Ian Bennett from Corner Brook, Newfoundland; Corporal (Cpl) Tony Bahadar from Hamilton, Ontario; Private (Pte) Jason Matthews from Halifax, Nova Scotia; Pte. Mathieu Lajeunesse from Moose Creek, Ontario relax prior to departing on a patrol of the streets of Port au Prince, Haiti.

[Vance]

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/041904/KA2004-R103-77d.jpg

Bunch of propoganda :roll:













































/end European bias
;)

[Jurgen]

It's an M88A2 Hercules.

Nope sorry, it's a M88A1 ARV (no sideskirts/extra armor and "old-style" winch)
;)

http://www.army.mil/fact_files_site/m88a2/images/m88a2.jpg
M88A1
http://www.olive-drab.com/images/id_m88a2_hercules_full.jpg
M88A2Hercules

[He219]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464516.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7B5DC754C030A8EEF4DD8D53123F15E6

CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 24: U.S. Marines with the 1st Light Armored Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force that controls the Anbar Province of western Iraq prepare for a possible offensive against insurgents April 24, 2004 in Camp Fallujah, Iraq. American forces have been under increasing fire after a year of occupation, April being the deadliest month yet. (Photo by Scott Peterson/***** Images)

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CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 24: A ram's skull is shown affixed to the front of a vehicle as U.S. Marines with the 1st Light Armored Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force that controls the Anbar Province of western Iraq prepare for a possible offensive against insurgents April 24, 2004 in Camp Fallujah, Iraq.


http://delivery.*****images.com/comp/3464530.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7B5DC754C030A8EE885A6AB43C9E672C

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464513.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7B5DC754C030A8EE441047DC182B7B23

http://delivery.*****images.com/comp/3464639.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE38BD0B33426FE9D22BC86B7A4E23BA36

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464640.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE38BD0B33426FE9D2EF6ED49339EFF98B

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464517.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7B5DC754C030A8EE1F84CD4B216B8769

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464527.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7B5DC754C030A8EEAC52C5ECD16C2D17

CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 24: U.S. Marines with the 1st Light Armored Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force that controls the Anbar Province of western Iraq, prepare for a possible offensive against insurgents April 24, 2004 in Camp Fallujah, Iraq.

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464644.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE38BD0B33426FE9D2B0C4E2C49605D445

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464529.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7B5DC754C030A8EE64FF7D947A70AD2C

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464531.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7B5DC754C030A8EEA3227F571AF1BA34

http://delivery.*****images.com/comp/3464637.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE38BD0B33426FE9D2210DC22F4A6BD60C

http://delivery.*****images.com/comp/3464641.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE38BD0B33426FE9D2C774EB9A7DBD0F10

CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 24: Corporal Randy Ranoa of Napa, California lifts barbells on April 24, 2004 at Camp Fallujah, Iraq.

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464633.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE38BD0B33426FE9D2CB5C05DDCBB4DC36

CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - APRIL 24: U.S. Marines of the 1st Light Armored Regiment (LAR) use a map and compass to plot a route on April 24, 2004 at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. The marines came back to the camp to rest and reload and prepare for a possible offensive against insurgents in Fallujah.

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=591437

Marines from the 1st Battalion 5th Marines study flyers of Jordanian-born militant Abu Mus'Ab Al-Zarqawi in Fallujah, Iraq Saturday, April 24, 2004. Al-Zarqawi is suspected by the U.S. led Coalition Authority of orchestrating a string of attacks against Coalition targets across Iraq. A $10 million is being offered for his arrest. (AP Photo/John Moore)




Elsewhere:

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=591530

US army soldiers secure the area after a bus was hit by a roadside bomb in Haswa, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 24, 2004. At least 13 Iraqis were killed, including one child, and wounding 17 people, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=591535

A Tribal man stands alert as officials of the Pakistan army arrived to attend the jirga, or grand meeting, Saturday, April 24, 2004, in Shakai near Wana of South Waziristan, Pakistan. Pakistan granted an amnesty to five renegade tribesmen accused of harboring al-Qaida fugitives, and gave foreigners in a lawless region near the Afghan border until April 30 to surrender or face military action, officials said. (AP Photo/Riaz Khan)


http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=591533

Tribals attend jirga, or grand meeting, Saturday, April 24, 2004 in Shakai near Wana of South Waziristan, Pakistan. Pakistan granted an amnesty to five renegade tribesmen accused of harboring al-Qaida fugitives, and gave foreigners in a lawless region near the Afghan border until April 30 to surrender or face military action, officials said.(AP Photo/Riaz Khan)

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=591559

Georgian soldiers march during a parade of the Georgian military units that received training from the United States, in Tbilisi, Saturday, April 24, 2004. Georgian flag are in the background. Four Georgian military units that received training from the United States paraded in the capital on Saturday and President Mikhail Saakashvili said the assistance would help the fight against international terrorism. A total of some 2,500 Georgian soldiers have received training under the U.S. program. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464430.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DEF52785D5670AE808885A6AB43C9E672C
Birdcage, interesting ..

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464428.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DEF52785D5670AE808FEC2E6749A8BF4D6
Give it another guess!

http://delivery.*****images.com/comp/3464429.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DEF52785D5670AE80864FF7D947A70AD2C

NUSSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 24: A Palestinian boy watches masked Palestinian gunmen from the Fatah movement march in support of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on April 24,2004 in the Nussirat refugee camp, Gaza strip. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat showed his defiance of Israeli threats with a public appearance telling several thousand supporters that Israel can never get rid of him. Arafat spoke after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he was no longer bound by an earlier promise to Washington not to harm the Palestinian leader. (Photo by Abid Katib/***** Images)

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464480.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DEF52785D5670AE80810E4FD5055717098

http://delivery.*****images.com/comp/3464482.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DEF52785D5670AE8084808930D8845D668

NICOSIA, CYPRUS - APRIL 24: People que to obtain a visa to enter the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the UN Buffer Zone that seperates the Turkish and Greek sides of Nicosia on April 24, 2004 in Nicosia, Cyprus. More than three-quarters of Greek Cypriots have voted against a UN plan to reunite their island under a federal plan drawn up by the United Nations while three-quarters of Turkish Cypriots voted in favor. Cyprus will become a part of the European Union on May 1, regardless of the result of the vote. (Photo by Scott Barbour/***** Images)

http://delivery.*****images.com/thumb/3464159.jpg?x=x&a=3464159&b=editorial&t=1http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040423/thumb.nic10104232324.cyprus_referendums_nic101.jpghttp://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3464599.jpg?x=x&a=3464599&b=editorial&t=1

[Uncle Sam]

Nice tat. It's all about the tats!

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464529.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7B5DC754C030A8EE64FF7D947A70AD2C

[EchoSierra2]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3463213.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=3F4B2F891997293F68857C19503E877E

http://delivery.*****images.com/comp/3462912.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=3F4B2F891997293F8991BFE4AE9B53C6

Its not the Choc-chip camo?? Digital? why?huh? :| cause they are better? :bash:

[Steve Railsback]

Just like Falco would say it, “Great Pictures!!”

[Hullebullen]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464428.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DEF52785D5670AE808FEC2E6749A8BF4D6
Give it another guess!

Uzi with home-made foregrip? Or is it some kind of welded-on magazine?

[EchoSierra2]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464428.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DEF52785D5670AE808FEC2E6749A8BF4D6
Give it another guess!

Uzi with home-made foregrip? Or is it some kind of welded-on magazine? Is it me or does he looked like he just finished sparking a serious doob?

[Merik]

Notice the BDU's and other equipment on the Georgian guys.......

[EchoSierra2]

Notice the BDU's and other equipment on the Georgian guys....... American Issue? I dunno. :(

[He219]

Palestinian SMG Model A3? ;)

http://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3464790.jpg?x=x&a=3464790&b=editorial&t=1http://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3464788.jpg?x=x&a=3464788&b=editorial&t=1http://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3464789.jpg?x=x&a=3464789&b=editorial&t=1
Melbourne, Australia 4/25: ANZAC Day Memorial Service at the Shrine of Rememberance

Video (http://video.cgi.cbsnews.com/video/video.pl?url=/media/2004/04/24/video613557.wmv&sid=201): Rangers' Role In Afghanistan
The death of former NFL star Pat Tillman in Afghanistan has focused new attention on the role of the Rangers – one of the army's most elite units. Randall Pinkston reports on the premier troops.

Video (http://video.cgi.cbsnews.com/video/video.pl?url=/media/2004/04/21/video612902.wmv&sid=202): Gunfight in Fallujah 4/21 - From Really good marines video (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12904&sid=e9ce21f0bf98bfe2cf3ca5ea54a497fd) thread

[to free the oppressed]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464640.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE38BD0B33426FE9D2EF6ED49339EFF98B
I love that guy's tatoo on his back. woot

[Merik]

Notice the BDU's and other equipment on the Georgian guys....... American Issue? I dunno. :(

Yeppers, as well as many UH-1 helicopters that Georgia has. I read a article last week in a Smithsonian mag about the future cold war between the US and Russia over Georgia, really really interesting stuff.

[American Patriot]

Getting a big ass globe and anchor tattooed on your back after you become a Marine is so unoriginal.

[MaDuce]

If I could get a Marine drunk I would get him a go army tatto on his back.

[He219]

I'm sure he'd do the same to you, MaDuce!
;)

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3447870.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=31AB8CA63970B1C04DDAA35FD6BB62AE

FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the Quick Reaction Force, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines Regiment shows his tattoo reading, "death before dishonor", at the marines base in Fallujah, 20 April 2004. An Iraqi mediator said today he was optimistic about prospects for implementing a deal between the US-led coalition and local civic leaders on ending the fighting in the Sunni Muslim bastion of Fallujah. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

p-)

[Yes Man]

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042104/KA2004-R103-198d%20-%20Jacek.jpg

does the guy on the right have a vest on?

[TOTEM]

[quote="He219"]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040424/i/ra508026774.jpg
Former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman, photographed in Puyallup, Washington in this June 2003 file photograph was killed in Afghanistan.


I don't now about you guys,but i think we have a real candidate for the Medal Of Honor!!
Maybe not for what he has done in battle -we will never now- but for the awesome example he gave it to us!!!

[chauncy republicans]

http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/mini/978795.jpg

Nice pic's.

Two little girls were going to school, looks good :D
His eyes look good too. lol wtf has he been smokin?

[Vintendo]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3463213.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=3F4B2F891997293F68857C19503E877E


Looks like they don't even need SPRs as sniper rifles. M14, M16 with a big ass scope seems to make the difference. :)
I believe he is not a sniper, but a marksman. Marksmen are integrated into their fighting units while snipers operate independent of conventional units.

[usa320]

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3464516.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7B5DC754C030A8EEF4DD8D53123F15E6

Man Zarquawi must be ****ting himself right now.

I know id be pissing my pants if i was on the recieving end of that.

If those many vehicles were involved in just this one offensive, i cant imagine the number of armor that was massed in the initial rush into Iraq.

[memphiz]

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042104/KA2004-R103-198d%20-%20Jacek.jpg

does the guy on the right have a vest on?
I think hes wearing a Tactical vest with a kevlar vest under his jacket, the guys on the left are wearing Fragmentation Protective Vests. The FPV is designed to provide, primarily, ballistic protection from fragmenting munitions and debris resulting from high explosive detonation or other explosive devices. The FPV will replace a variety of vests currently in-service. Pictured below

http://www.army.gc.ca/Chief_Land_Staff/Clothe_the_soldier/hab/images/Photos/2002.jpg

[HumanShield]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040424/i/ra508026774.jpg

RIP

[mustamato]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=591559

Hm, those AK mags won´t fit in those US-marked magazine pouches I assume...

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/annat/P1010054.jpg
... atleast not when I tried

And it also looks like they have specific AK-pouches on the combat belt as well,
so hmhm why do they even have those US-marked pouches there? And the
way they have their slings, they can´t use the weapon immediately that way,
feels somewhat unprofessional to me.

[MVSpartan117]

Those pouches are marked US :cantbeli:

I guess Georgia only has enough mney to buy 2nd rate US surplus gear

[memphiz]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=591559

Hm, those AK mags won´t fit in those US-marked magazine pouches I assume...

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/annat/P1010054.jpg
... atleast not when I tried

And it also looks like they have specific AK-pouches on the combat belt as well,
so hmhm why do they even have those US-marked pouches there? And the
way they have their slings, they can´t use the weapon immediately that way,
feels somewhat unprofessional to me.
Well in the pic these soldiers are marching in a parade, so it would be pointless to have their gun in a 'ready' position, unless they decide that they're going to open fire on the croud on onlookers.

[American Patriot]

Oh, they'll fit.

[drgonzo777]

I'm sure he'd do the same to you, MaDuce!
;)

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3447870.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=31AB8CA63970B1C04DDAA35FD6BB62AE

FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the Quick Reaction Force, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines Regiment shows his tattoo reading, "death before dishonor", at the marines base in Fallujah, 20 April 2004. An Iraqi mediator said today he was optimistic about prospects for implementing a deal between the US-led coalition and local civic leaders on ending the fighting in the Sunni Muslim bastion of Fallujah. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

p-)

Nice bullet hole in his chest... He came from NyCity? :)

[EchoSierra2]

I'm sure he'd do the same to you, MaDuce!
;)

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3447870.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=31AB8CA63970B1C04DDAA35FD6BB62AE

FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US marine from the Quick Reaction Force, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines Regiment shows his tattoo reading, "death before dishonor", at the marines base in Fallujah, 20 April 2004. An Iraqi mediator said today he was optimistic about prospects for implementing a deal between the US-led coalition and local civic leaders on ending the fighting in the Sunni Muslim bastion of Fallujah. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/***** Images)

p-)

Nice bullet hole in his chest... He came from NyCity? :)

thats why he gets a double OORAH!

[mustamato]

25th and not 24th but what the hell. A US Humvee is burning at the Channel street
in east Baghdad. After the detonation that struck the vehicle eye-witnesses said
that US soldiers started to fire on practically what they saw, four children was killed.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/25/85/27/humwee2IN463.jpg
Provocative yes, but should they be shot? No.

[Merik]

25th and not 24th but what the hell. A US Humvee is burning at the Channel street
in east Baghdad. After the detonation that struck the vehicle eye-witnesses said
that US soldiers started to fire on practically what they saw, four children was killed.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/25/85/27/humwee2IN463.jpg
Provocative yes, but should they be shot? No.

This is why you shouldnt be here mustamato. For posting crap like this and trying to get some **** started. What a jerk.

[EchoSierra2]

25th and not 24th but what the hell. A US Humvee is burning at the Channel street
in east Baghdad. After the detonation that struck the vehicle eye-witnesses said
that US soldiers started to fire on practically what they saw, four children was killed.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/25/85/27/humwee2IN463.jpg
Provocative yes, but should they be shot? No.those little !@#$s should in school. Children can be just as deadly as an adult.

[seruriermarshal]

25th and not 24th but what the hell. A US Humvee is burning at the Channel street
in east Baghdad. After the detonation that struck the vehicle eye-witnesses said
that US soldiers started to fire on practically what they saw, four children was killed.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/25/85/27/humwee2IN463.jpg
Provocative yes, but should they be shot? No.

Sh*t pic , those boys don't know they are fool ......

:fork:

[mustamato]

25th and not 24th but what the hell. A US Humvee is burning at the Channel street
in east Baghdad. After the detonation that struck the vehicle eye-witnesses said
that US soldiers started to fire on practically what they saw, four children was killed.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/25/85/27/humwee2IN463.jpg
Provocative yes, but should they be shot? No.

This is why you shouldnt be here mustamato. For posting crap like this and trying to get some **** started. What a jerk.

L0oOo0L

Ok, let us just post more of those "Marines in the Iraqi desert showing of their tattoos",
no more pictures of Iraqis in Iraq then.

[dez000]

25th and not 24th but what the hell. A US Humvee is burning at the Channel street
in east Baghdad. After the detonation that struck the vehicle eye-witnesses said
that US soldiers started to fire on practically what they saw, four children was killed.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/25/85/27/humwee2IN463.jpg
Provocative yes, but should they be shot? No.those little !@#$s should in school. Children can be just as deadly as an adult.

Dude that's ****ed up... how can children be deadly with stones, they can hardly trow them 2 meters... And how do you know school wasn't out allready :slap:

BTW if they really were shot that wouldn't have helped either, you need to show these kids that what they are doing is wrong... otherwise it would be like having the death penalty for kids too...

Kids are dumb they don't know better!

[mustamato]

Here is a better one that I guess Merik will like better:

http://www.solport.com/resources/Liberate%20Iraq/Humvee%20-%20M&M%20-%20Children.JPG


those little !@#$s should in school.

It´s Sunday remember.

[seruriermarshal]

25th and not 24th but what the hell. A US Humvee is burning at the Channel street
in east Baghdad. After the detonation that struck the vehicle eye-witnesses said
that US soldiers started to fire on practically what they saw, four children was killed.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/25/85/27/humwee2IN463.jpg
Provocative yes, but should they be shot? No.those little !@#$s should in school. Children can be just as deadly as an adult.

Dude that's f*** up... how can children be deadly with stones, they can hardly trow them 2 meters... And how do you know school wasn't out allready :slap:

BTW if they really were shot that wouldn't have helped either, you need to show these kids that what they are doing is wrong... otherwise it would be like having the death penalty for kids too...

Kids are dumb they don't know better!

They are Bad boys .

[Merik]

It has nothing to do with that asshole. The fact is that you know that posting pics of American vehicles and KIA's with Iraqi's jumping all over them gets people pissed off around here cause we dont want to see it. You obviously think your above everyone else and can do whatever the hell you want and Im sick of it. Go play with your girlfriend Ducimus and quit trying to get under peoples skin.

[mustamato]

It has nothing to do with that asshole. The fact is that you know that posting pics of American vehicles and KIA's with Iraqi's jumping all over them gets people pissed off around here cause we dont want to see it. You obviously think your above everyone else and can do whatever the hell you want and Im sick of it. Go play with your girlfriend Ducimus and quit trying to get under peoples skin.

Do what every one else does, ignore what you don´t like. Works fine, since
you are going to be one of the laddys in Iraq I suggest that you learn to do that
very quickly, because I assume that you will meet people that will piss you of
waaaay more than I do there, and there will be nothing you can do about it,
not even call them "asshole", and if you do they will probably don´t understand
wtf you are talking about anyway. See me as a teacher instead :)

One more positive pic, only for you Merik

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/images/041003/iraq5kiss.jpg

[ibstolidude]

It´s Sunday remember.
So what. - Sunday is anyother day for most Iraqis - I believe Friday would better suit your needs.

[ibstolidude]

Here is a better one that I guess Merik will like better:

http://www.solport.com/resources/Liberate%20Iraq/Humvee%20-%20M&M%20-%20Children.JPG


those little !@#$s should in school.

It´s Sunday remember.
I HATE seeing this kinda thing - it shows in-experience on the soldiers part - For all future and current soldiers - DO NOT GIVE OUT **** FROM VEHICLES! -

[EchoSierra2]

25th and not 24th but what the hell. A US Humvee is burning at the Channel street
in east Baghdad. After the detonation that struck the vehicle eye-witnesses said
that US soldiers started to fire on practically what they saw, four children was killed.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/25/85/27/humwee2IN463.jpg
Provocative yes, but should they be shot? No.those little !@#$s should in school. Children can be just as deadly as an adult.

Dude that's f*** up... how can children be deadly with stones, they can hardly trow them 2 meters... And how do you know school wasn't out allready :slap:

BTW if they really were shot that wouldn't have helped either, you need to show these kids that what they are doing is wrong... otherwise it would be like having the death penalty for kids too...

Kids are dumb they don't know better!first its stones, then grenades, then AKs...

[EchoSierra2]

It´s Sunday remember.
So what. - Sunday is anyother day for most Iraqis - I believe Friday would better suit your needs.plus im not a religious person, maybe spiritual but not religious. Sunday is like Monday or Tuesday and i purposely put uppercase1234=!@#$ so not to offend the religious. surely you saw that and can appreciate it.

[J-10]

http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/LBOX/mini/978831.jpg

Ben, a military working dog, leaps out of a security forces vehicle to apprehend a suspect during his training as a stand-off and non-lethal weapon of the 100th Security Forces Squadron while on temporary duty at RAF Fairford, England, Apr. 13, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stacia M. Willis) (Released)

A sharpwitted dog. :)

[MaxPayne]

25th and not 24th but what the hell. A US Humvee is burning at the Channel street
in east Baghdad. After the detonation that struck the vehicle eye-witnesses said
that US soldiers started to fire on practically what they saw, four children was killed.

http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/25/85/27/humwee2IN463.jpg
Provocative yes, but should they be shot? No.

This is why you shouldnt be here mustamato. For posting crap like this and trying to get some **** started. What a jerk.

i think hes more than right


Merik wrote:
It has nothing to do with that asshole. The fact is that you know that posting pics of American vehicles and KIA's with Iraqi's jumping all over them gets people pissed off around here cause we dont want to see it. You obviously think your above everyone else and can do whatever the hell you want and Im sick of it. Go play with your girlfriend Ducimus and quit trying to get under peoples skin.


and this proves that my american fellas only see what they want to see. sad but true

[Dalleer]

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/images/041003/iraq5kiss.jpg

Hmm, is it just me or does that soldier look a little bit like the guy who played Dominick Pilla in BHD ?

[Rantanplan]

:oops:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7607/heart2.jpg

[Felix]

So what if its sunday? If you knew anything about the middle east and the islamic world, you'd know that Sunday means absolutely jack **** to muslims. Friday is their holy-type day.

[EchoSierra2]

So what if its sunday? If you knew anything about the middle east and the islamic world, you'd know that Sunday means absolutely jack **** to muslims. Friday is their holy-type day.I think he was refering to us

[MaxPayne]

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/images/041003/iraq5kiss.jpg

Hmm, is it just me or does that soldier look a little bit like the guy who played Dominick Pilla in BHD ?

yeah a little

[[AFSOC]]

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042104/KA2004-R103-198d%20-%20Jacek.jpg

does the guy on the right have a vest on?
I think hes wearing a Tactical vest with a kevlar vest under his jacket, the guys on the left are wearing Fragmentation Protective Vests. The FPV is designed to provide, primarily, ballistic protection from fragmenting munitions and debris resulting from high explosive detonation or other explosive devices. The FPV will replace a variety of vests currently in-service. Pictured below

http://www.army.gc.ca/Chief_Land_Staff/Clothe_the_soldier/hab/images/Photos/2002.jpg


The guy is wearing the old CAnadian ARmy body armor and the new Tac Vests. The problem with Canada is that there too slow when it comes to distrubuating new equipment. Only a few soldiers actually have the new Body Armor with CADPAT over it.

Another example would be that not all Canadian Forces have CADPAT which is silly. A lot of REserve units in CAnada still have the old combats.

[hank]

Getting a big ass globe and anchor tattooed on your back after you become a Marine is so unoriginal.

So is playa hatin. Get in the game or shut it and go back to tenth grade. Give these guys a break they are doing all of us a service and if they want globe tatoos then so be it. No need to denigrate them for pride in their Corps. Just my $.02.

hank

[memphiz]

]

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042104/KA2004-R103-198d%20-%20Jacek.jpg

does the guy on the right have a vest on?
I think hes wearing a Tactical vest with a kevlar vest under his jacket, the guys on the left are wearing Fragmentation Protective Vests. The FPV is designed to provide, primarily, ballistic protection from fragmenting munitions and debris resulting from high explosive detonation or other explosive devices. The FPV will replace a variety of vests currently in-service. Pictured below

http://www.army.gc.ca/Chief_Land_Staff/Clothe_the_soldier/hab/images/Photos/2002.jpg


The guy is wearing the old CAnadian ARmy body armor and the new Tac Vests. The problem with Canada is that there too slow when it comes to distrubuating new equipment. Only a few soldiers actually have the new Body Armor with CADPAT over it.

Another example would be that not all Canadian Forces have CADPAT which is silly. A lot of REserve units in CAnada still have the old combats.
Thats true about the reserves, hopefully they'll have the CADPAT ready for when i join.

[[AFSOC]]

]
[quote=Yes Man]http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/042104/KA2004-R103-198d%20-%20Jacek.jpg

does the guy on the right have a vest on?
I think hes wearing a Tactical vest with a kevlar vest under his jacket, the guys on the left are wearing Fragmentation Protective Vests. The FPV is designed to provide, primarily, ballistic protection from fragmenting munitions and debris resulting from high explosive detonation or other explosive devices. The FPV will replace a variety of vests currently in-service. Pictured below

http://www.army.gc.ca/Chief_Land_Staff/Clothe_the_soldier/hab/images/Photos/2002.jpg

The guy is wearing the old CAnadian ARmy body armor and the new Tac Vests. The problem with Canada is that there too slow when it comes to distrubuating new equipment. Only a few soldiers actually have the new Body Armor with CADPAT over it.

Another example would be that not all Canadian Forces have CADPAT which is silly. A lot of REserve units in CAnada still have the old combats

Thats true about the reserves, hopefully they'll have the CADPAT ready for when i join.

here's some advice dude...

DONT JOIN THE RESERVES, the reserves in CAnada are a bunch of cocky ****s, they think there hardcore.....

Ive met a lot of them and there tall lanky guys with stupid looking glasses, and the talk smack about how they go over to europe and blow up **** like undiscpline soldiers. To me it doesnt seem like they take **** seriously...

just my opinion.....you wanna join the ARMY join the REGULARS. There the reAL deal in the CAnadian Forces.

[41A]

You have got to be joking AFSOC. I have spent 15 years in the Canadian Forces. Did my share of time with both the Reserve and the Regs. Your comment is way out of line. Yes I will concede that there are some real winners in the reserves that have got it all wrong, however most are motivated, and hard working soldiers. You will always meet guys that think they are “all that”, but I have met just as many in the Regs. It also depends on which unit these guys came from. Some seem to be more professional then others. I don’t know the entire history, however, a large firefight the PPCLI was in involved in (Medac Pocket) during Peacekeeping in the Former Yugoslavia had a large contingent of Reservist attached to them and they performed will from all accounts.
Perhaps you should not judge all by the actions of the few you have met.

Memphiz, join the reserves, get some experance, then go if you want and join the Regs. That is my opinion anyway.

woot

[Haiw]

[quote=He219]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040424/i/ra508026774.jpg
Former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman, photographed in Puyallup, Washington in this June 2003 file photograph was killed in Afghanistan.


I don't now about you guys,but i think we have a real candidate for the Medal Of Honor!!
Maybe not for what he has done in battle -we will never now- but for the awesome example he gave it to us!!!
Should I refer you to the 'Medals inflation'-topic?

[memphiz]

"

here's some advice dude...

DONT JOIN THE RESERVES, the reserves in CAnada are a bunch of cocky ****s, they think there hardcore.....

Ive met a lot of them and there tall lanky guys with stupid looking glasses, and the talk smack about how they go over to europe and blow up **** like undiscpline soldiers. To me it doesnt seem like they take **** seriously...

just my opinion.....you wanna join the ARMY join the REGULARS. There the reAL deal in the CAnadian Forces.

Well to join the regulars I must be 18, right now im 16 and I can join the reserves at 17 this fall. I want to join the reserves to prepare me for when I decide to go regular, I would also like to someday become a cop or RCMP and I think that military training would help.



You have got to be joking AFSOC. I have spent 15 years in the Canadian Forces. Did my share of time with both the Reserve and the Regs. Your comment is way out of line. Yes I will concede that there are some real winners in the reserves that have got it all wrong, however most are motivated, and hard working soldiers. You will always meet guys that think they are “all that”, but I have met just as many in the Regs. It also depends on which unit these guys came from. Some seem to be more professional then others. I don’t know the entire history, however, a large firefight the PPCLI was in involved in (Medac Pocket) during Peacekeeping in the Former Yugoslavia had a large contingent of Reservist attached to them and they performed will from all accounts.
Perhaps you should not judge all by the actions of the few you have met.

Memphiz, join the reserves, get some experance, then go if you want and join the Regs. That is my opinion anyway.

wootThanks for the info 41A, and welcome to the forum. Ive gotten alot of support from members here about joining the reserves, and I still plan to. It will be an experience of a life time, I want to proudly serve my country, and I feel this would be the best way.

[Spearin]

Great stereotyping there AFSOC. Yes, there are those types of people in the Reserves, but that is why they are there because they were not meant to be in the Regs.

There are also others who have joined the Reserves in the meantime until they can go Regs.

I joined at the earliest possible age of 16. That was 2 years ago and once I finish my schooling, I will be going Reg Force... or even the British Army.

[memphiz]

Great stereotyping there AFSOC. Yes, there are those types of people in the Reserves, but that is why they are there because they were not meant to be in the Regs.

There are also others who have joined the Reserves in the meantime until they can go Regs.

I joined at the earliest possible age of 16. That was 2 years ago and once I finish my schooling, I will be going Reg Force... or even the British Army.
16 Really? Did you go into the cadets? because I thought the earliest to go in was at 17, with parental consent.

[Spearin]

Great stereotyping there AFSOC. Yes, there are those types of people in the Reserves, but that is why they are there because they were not meant to be in the Regs.

There are also others who have joined the Reserves in the meantime until they can go Regs.

I joined at the earliest possible age of 16. That was 2 years ago and once I finish my schooling, I will be going Reg Force... or even the British Army.
16 Really? Did you go into the cadets? because I thought the earliest to go in was at 17, with parental consent.

I was in Cadets for 3 years before, but that had nothing to do with it.

Earliest is 16 with parental consent. I would know ;)

[memphiz]

Great stereotyping there AFSOC. Yes, there are those types of people in the Reserves, but that is why they are there because they were not meant to be in the Regs.

There are also others who have joined the Reserves in the meantime until they can go Regs.

I joined at the earliest possible age of 16. That was 2 years ago and once I finish my schooling, I will be going Reg Force... or even the British Army.
16 Really? Did you go into the cadets? because I thought the earliest to go in was at 17, with parental consent.

I was in Cadets for 3 years before, but that had nothing to do with it.

Earliest is 16 with parental consent. I would know ;)
What part of Canada do you live in, this is awsome news, now I dont have to wait as long to join :D

[Spearin]

Hamilton, Ontario

[memphiz]

Hamilton, Ontario
Cool.
Im located 10min south of Edmonton.