Bright Star - Egypt

[Pille1234]

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Captain (CPT), Haiko Wompener, Commander of the German 2nd Airborne Division, receives a battalion gift from the French Forces Commander at Mubarak Military City`s French/German camp during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners.
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A view inside the German Memorial at El Alamein Egypt, taken during the Battle of El Alamein Memorial Ceremony, held during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. The Ceremony commemorated the battle between axis and allied forces for the control of Egypt during WW II. Participants in the Bright Star Exercise took time out to attend the Memorial Ceremony.

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A squad of German Army Soldiers pictured during the Battle of El Alamein Memorial Ceremony, held during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. The Ceremony commemorated the battle between axis and allied forces for the control of Egypt during WW II. Participants in the Bright Star Exercise took time out to attend the Memorial Ceremony.
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Two USA Soldiers walk near the entrance of the German Cemetery at El Alamein, Egypt during the Battle of El Alamein Memorial Ceremony, held during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. The Ceremony commemorated the battle between axis and allied forces for the control of Egypt during WW II. Participants in the Bright Star Exercise took time out to attend the Memorial Ceremony.
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Medium shot of an explosion created by a missile fired from a German Milan anti-tank weapon striking a target during a small arms training course held at Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02.
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Members of the German Army Infantry Division demonstrate a platoon size defensive fighting position after dismounting from a German Army Unimog U 1300 L (4x4) truck, equipped with camouflaged netting, during a small arms training course held at Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02.
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Lance Corporal (LCPL), Leon Behan, USMC, 3RD Battalion, 11th Marines, 29 Palms, CA, learns how to fire the German Army MG3 machine gun during a small arms training course held at Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise.
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Lance Corporal (LCPL), Kennon Carney, USMC, 5TH Marines, Camp Pendleton, CA show Officer Cadet Jens Kempf, German Army, where his shots landed after firing the Germany Army 7.62mm MG3 machine gun during a small arms training course held at Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise.
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Officer Cadet, Jens Kempf from the German Army, explains to Greek soldiers how to shoot the MG3 machine gun during a small arms training course held at Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise.
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Lance Corporal (LCPL), Kennon Carney, USMC, 5TH Marines, Camp Pendleton, CA props a Germany Army 7.62mm MG3 machine gun on the back of a German Soldier during a small arms training course held at Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise.
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A German solider talks Staff Sergeant (SSGT), Perry, USA, as he sights through the scope atop a German G-22 High Power Sniper Rifle, during a small arms training course held at Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise.
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After firing the German G-22 High Power Sniper Rifle, Staff Sergeant (SSGT), Perry (lying in ****e position), USA, talks with a German soldier about the weapon, during a small arms training course held at Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise.
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A German dog handler quickly pulls his working dog off of a simulated criminal during a K-9 demonstration by the German Army at Mubarak Military City in Egypt.
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At BRIGHT STAR 01-02 during a K-9 demonstration at Mubarak Military City, Egypt, a German military working dog takes down a simulated criminal.
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An American soldier fires a Sudanese (West German designed) 7.92 mm MG34 machine gun during the joint Exercise BRIGHT STAR
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German built 7.62 mm G3 Heckler and Koch rifles are displayed on a table during BRIGHT STAR `82, an exercise involving troops from the US, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Oman.
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Lieutenant General Robert C. Kingston, commanding general, US Central Command, fires a German built 7.62 mm G3 Heckler and Koch rifle during BRIGHT STAR.
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An air-to-air rear view of a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) air ambulance helicopter in use during the joint Exercise BRIGHT STAR.

[Operation Ivy]

woot woot

Sweet, and they all look so happy :D

[M1A2U2]

that german desert camo used to be so common now it is so hard to find

[Salty Dog]

are half these pictures new and half of them old?

[hank]

are half these pictures new and half of them old?

I think you may be right.

hank

[fdt]

Sudanese made.... MG 3 (WG redesgned MG 42 for NATO ammo) ??

[Pille1234]

are half these pictures new and half of them old?
The last 3 pictures are old ones, but I found them quite interesting anyway.

[deutschersoldat]

they like each other

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[hank]

Sudanese made.... MG 3 (WG redesgned MG 42 for NATO ammo) ??

Yeah, I found this odd as well, it certainly is not an MG 34 but why did they bother to mention 7.92 as the caliber? Hard for me to believe that a country like the Sudan would choose a calibre that was not consistent with either US or in those days USSR. They would have a hard time procuring 7.92 considering nobody has really made it in bulk since WW2. We've debated this here before but if they were going to use the MG3/42 why not use the MG3 so they can get Nato countries to give them 7.62x51? I found that odd, maybe its just a misprint since they did identify it as a MG34 instead of a MG42 in 7.92. Thoughts deutschersoldat? Thanks for posting by the way, great pics.

By the way, I bet that Alamein memorial is moving. Lots of Brits and Germans lost their lives there.

hank