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He219
05-04-2004, 08:25 AM
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Two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats prepare to be refueled during a combat mission over Iraq, April 22, 2004. DoD photo by Staff Sgt Aaron Allmon II, U.S. Air Force.

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A U.S. Army solders from the 1st Infantry Division, Logistics Support Area Anaconda, ensures the area is clear of innocent civilians before a Tactical Air Control Party calls for an air strike, April 26, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Aaron Allmon II)

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Spc. Ben Munn from the 177th Scout Platoon, Logistics Support Area Anaconda, scans for threats Apr. 26, 2004. The area is being cleared of threats so U.S. Air Force TACPs (Tactical Air Control Party) can call in an air-strike. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Aaron Allmon II) (Released)

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A Soldier with Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Calvary Regiment, provides security during a patrol near Forward Operating Base Camp Eagle, Sadr City, Iraq, April 14, 2004. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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Staff Sgt. Donald Burton from Cincinnati, Ohio, watches Cpl. Samual D. Minks from St. Louis, Mich., both Marines are with the base fire inspectors office, move out of the burning area at Camp Ridgeway, Iraq, April 27, 2004. Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) - 374 from Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Calif., are currently deployed to Iraq for Support and Stability Operations (SASO). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chance W. Haworth) (Released)

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A soldier with 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, provides security while two Iraqi children wait for their home to be inspected during a cordon and search for illegal contraband in the village of Sulayaman Bak, Iraq, April 29, 2004. DoD photo by Sgt. April Johnson, U.S. Army. (Released)

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Capt. Kurt Lumbert (2nd from right) and Spc. Jeff Brister (1st from left) of the 451st Civil Affairs, along with employee's of the Kirkuk Business Center, pose for a picture at a ground breaking ceremony for a new Iraqi army training base in Kirkuk, Iraq, April 29, 2004. 451st CA and the KBC are working together supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom with help reconstructing Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Algernon E. Crawley Jr.) (Released)

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A soldier with the 1st Cavalry Division hands out food to local Iraqi children on May 1, 2004 in Baghdad Iraq, May 1, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ) (Released)

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Members of the 2nd troop, 3rd Armour Engineer Squadron, 22 Engineer group, reinforce the outer perimeter of Camp Chindit, in southern Iraq, April 30, 2004. Damage was done to the barricade after two vehicles loaded with explosives hit them. U.S. Army photo by SGT Christopher J. Crawford SR.) (Released)

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Polish soldiers drive through the city of Al-Hillah during patrol on 1 May 2004. Poland performs daily patrols to maintain order and gather intelligence as part of the Multinational Division Center-South effort to bring peace in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (US Army photo by Sgt Jose M. Hernandez) (Released).

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Senior Airman Salamasina Nickel, 332nd Air Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron at Balad Air Base, Iraq, gives clearance for traffic crossing a taxiway, April 28, 2004. Nickel is an Air Traffic Controller stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown) (Released)

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Staff Sgt. Monique Turner makes preparation to her aircraft for a mission, May 1, 2004. The 107th Fighter Squadron from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., is deployed to Kirkuk, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 107th Fighter squadron's mission is Armed / Reconnaissance in Iraq, using the Litening POD and TARS POD systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Glenn Wilkewitz) (Released)

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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Lacey Fontenot talks on her headset with other aircraft maintainers while preparing to launch a KC-10 Extender. She is an aerospace propulsion journeyman with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location. (Courtesy photo)

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Soldiers with the 1st Cavalry Division provide security at a power plant in Baghdad, Iraq, May 1, 2004. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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Sailors aboard USS Yorktown (CG 48) deliver supplies to security forces on the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT), Iraq, April 26, 2004. U.S. Marines from the 1st Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Battalion, of Norfolk, Va., are providing extra security along with the Iraqi security teams after an attempted suicide attack on Iraqi oil terminals on April 25. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle) (Released)

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Iraqi officials discuss civilian issues with members of the U.S. Army 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment before the start of a District Advisory Council (DAC) meeting at Al Monsour Baghdad, Iraq, April 24, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps. photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom) (Released)

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A soldier with the U.S. Army 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) 2nd Battalion, 12 Cavalry eats a Meal Ready to Eat (MRE) near a mosque being rebuilt at Al Monsour Bagdad, Iraq, April 24, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps. photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom) (Released)

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Aboard USS Barry (DDG 52) Apr. 26,2004 - USS Barry (DDG 52) fires her forward mounted Mk-45/5" 54 cal. lightweight gun. The guided missile destroyer Barry is currently underway participating in a Sink Exercise (SINKEX) involving the decommissioned dock landing ship Portland (LSD 37). Using decommissioned ships for live-fire operations gives ships' crews the experience of launching operational weapons and honing their war-fighting skills. The decommissioned ships are first made environmentally safe prior to towing and sinking in safe waters off prospective coastlines.

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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Tech. Sgt. Glenn Lesher performs preflight launch checks on F/A-22 Raptor 11. The "OT" on the tail designates the Raptor as an operational test vehicle. An April 29 mission tested two Raptors for the first time in the sky over Edwards. Sergeant Lesher is a 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron crew chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Derk Blanset)

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SAN PABLO, COLOMBIA: Colombian police troops in full combat gear cordon off the zone where were found five common graves, four among them recent, 03 May, 2004 near the village of San Pablo, 700 kms northwest of Bogota. The graves will be examined Tuesday by public prosecutor's office personnel, since presumably there are buried in them the former leader of the AUC (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia) paramilitary right-wing guerrilla Carlos Castano and his bodyguards, assassinated on April 16. AFP PHOTO/Fredy AMARILES (Photo credit should read FREDY AMARILES/AFP/***** Images)

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An AH-1W Super Cobra pilot waits patiently while Lance Cpl. Christopher M. Conklin, bulk refueling specialist, Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and native of San Diego, delivers fuel in Al Taqqadum, Iraq, April 29. The 22-year-old is one of the Forward Arming and Refueling Point Marines who provide around-the-clock refueling capabilities to 3rd MAW aviation assets.

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Cpl. Jan M. Hulke, with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment hands out school supplies to Iraqi children in the town of Jury Jibb, Iraq. Children crowded them waving and giving a thumbs up while the Marines passed out pencils donated to the company by one Marines' mother. (USMC photo by Sgt. Jose L. Garcia)

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Sgt. John Alcaraz, with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, pauses for a moment during a foot patrol and chats with the Iraqi children. The patrol was dismounted to better help Marines interact with locals. Children crowded them waving and giving a thumbs up.
(USMC photo by Sgt. Jose L. Garcia)

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Marines from Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, anxiously await order to move from dry land ant begin their amphibious assault into the rough waters of Marine Corps Training Area Bellows for training, April 22.

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30. 04. 2004 Slavnostni nastup ceskeho kontingentu 5. cesko-slovenskeho praporu
Slavnostni nastup ceskeho kontingentu 5. cesko-slovenskeho praporu, ktery v nejblizsich dnech odleti do Kosova v ramci mise KFOR, se konal v patek 30. dubna na Zizkove namesti v Tabore.


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(01. 05. 2004)Nalez zbrani v Kosovu
V patek 30. dubna 2004 se vojakum 4. cesko-slovenskeho praporu v mirove misi KFOR na uzemi Kosova podarilo ve meste Obilic odhalit skrys se zbranemi a munici.

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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, left, and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, right, review the honour guard in Berlin on Monday, May 3, 2004. Wen is on a four-day visit to Germany. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)

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SAN JOSE, CA - MAY 3: San Jose Police Officer Minh Phan reads a memorial card passed out at a service held by the family of Cpl. Pat Tillman for Tillman, who was killed in action in Afghanistan April 22, 2004, at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden May 3, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by David Paul Morris/***** Images)


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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier puts on a special protective helmet as he gets ready to approach and diffuse an improvised explosive device (IED) 04 May 2004 on the highway leading from Baghdad to Abu Gharib prison. The deaths raise to 757 the number of US military who have died in Iraq since the US-led coalition's March 2003 invasion of Iraq. The figure includes 550 killed in action. AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier prepares to take off his special protective clothes after diffusing an improvised explosive device (IED) 04 May 2004 on the highway leading from Baghdad to Abu Gharib prison.

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ABU GHARIB, IRAQ: Two US Apache helicopters fly over the area of Abu Gharib prison, west of Baghdad 04 May 2004. Hundreds of Iraqi prisoners were released from the notorious prison as US authorities severely reprimanded six officers over the abuse of prisoners in Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Marwan NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/***** Images)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier secures the area where an improvised explosive device (IED) is being diffused by his comrades 04 May 2004 on the highway leading from Baghdad to Abu Gharib prison.

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Armed Iraqi Shiite's show parts of a U.S. Army helicopter and the helmet of a crew member in the outskirts of Najaf, Iraq, early morning Tuesday, May 4, 2004. U.S. troops in Najaf clashed for hours with Shiite militiamen who barraged the Americans' base with mortars on Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Unusual helmet ..

An armed Iraqi Shiite shows a helmet of a U.S. Army helicopter crew member in the outskirts of Najaf, Iraq, early morning Tuesday, May 4, 2004. U.S. troops in Najaf clashed for hours with Shiite militiamen who barraged the Americans' base with mortars on Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Members of the new Falluja Brigade jubilate with the Iraqi country flag after taking over from U.S. troops in Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, May 4, 2004. The Iraqi force of up to 1,100 is to be led by one of Saddam Hussein's former generals. Many of the fighters are former soldiers and the force includes several who are believed to have fought against the Marines. (AP Photo/Abdul Kader Saadi)

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U.S. civilian contractor Thomas Hamill waves with his injured arm at the U.S. Army regional medical center in Landstuhl, southwestern Germany, May 4, 2004. Hamill, 43, was kidnapped by armed Iraqi insurgents after they attacked his convoy three weeks ago and was found by U.S. forces on May 2 south of Tikrit in central Iraq (news - web sites). Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/*******

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Ground crews direct a Delaware Air Guard C-130 military cargo aircraft to its parking place at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, on Monday, April 26, 2004. This base, the site of the first deployment of U.S. troops in the former Soviet Union, is expanding and remains an essential outpost for American forces in the region. (AP Photo/Burt Herman)

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As they arrive at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan,1st Sgt. John Steed, 36, of Richmond, Va., right, leads military chants for troops from the Charlie 725 Main Support Batallion of the 25th Infantry Division out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Tuesday, April 27, 2004. This base, the site of the first deployment of U.S. troops in the former Soviet Union, is expanding and remains an essential outpost for American forces in the region. (AP Photo/Burt Herman)

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South African soldiers of the MONUC, United Nation Mission in Congo, are patrolling Tuesday, January 13, 2004, the area of the Bunyakiri territory, in the South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwandan rebels threaten to derail the first chance to have real peace in the region in a decade.. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)

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A Greenpeace activist ties himself to the anchor chain of the Global Wind, a ship carrying genetically modified soybeans, stopping the vessel from docking in the southern Brazilian port of Paranagua, Brazil, on Monday, May 3, 2004. The Global Wind, arrived Saturday in Parana state from Argentina with 30,000 metric tons of genetically modified soybeans. It was scheduled to pick up 10,000 metric tons of non-GMO beans and then continue to Turkey. (AP Photo/ Maurilio Cheli)

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Carlifornia's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to US troops and their families at the US airbase at Ramstein, western Germany, Monday, May 3, 2004. He visited US military installations on his way back to the United States after a trip to the Middle East. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)
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Philippine Sea (May 1, 2004) - Photographer's Mate Airman Johnathan Foutz wipes-down the canopy of an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102) before flight operations aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
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Really nice pictures there ..

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Fox2
05-04-2004, 08:32 AM
Good morning and thanks for the pictures, He219.

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Unusual helmet ..

I think it is the inner "hood" or whatever one might call it. Looks like that anyhow.

Also

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Do you have this one in high resolution?

He219
05-04-2004, 08:42 AM
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Do you have this one in high resolution?
Sure do:
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p-)

Kenshin
05-04-2004, 08:52 AM
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Do you have this one in high resolution?
Sure do:
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p-)

woot Nice!

UkrainianAmerican
05-04-2004, 09:33 AM
Green piss. :fork:

He219
05-04-2004, 09:37 AM
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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: Former Iraqi General Mohammed Latif (C), head of the "Fallujah Brigade" supervises the replacement of US marines by his forces 04 May 2004 on the outskirts of Fallujah. The "Fallujah Brigade", is a temporary force formed after a deal with US marines to halt bloodshed and assure security in the restive city. AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: Iraqi soldiers of the "Fallujah Brigade" arrive to replace a US marine position 04 May 2004 on the outskirts of Fallujah. The "Fallujah Brigade", is a temporary force formed after a deal with US marines to halt bloodshed and assure security in the restive city. AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: Iraqi soldiers of the "Fallujah Brigade" walk as they prepare to replace a US marine position 04 May 2004 on the outskirts of Fallujah. The "Fallujah Brigade", is a temporary force formed after a deal with US marines to halt bloodshed and assure security in the restive city. AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US marines prepare to leave their position before being replaced by the "Fallujah Brigade" 04 May 2004 on the outskirts of Fallujah. The "Fallujah Brigade", is a temporary force formed after a deal with US marines to halt bloodshed and assure security in the restive city. AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)
Personally, I think empowering the Iraqis with the Fallujah Brigade is the best thing that has happened in Iraq since the capture of Saddam (besides humanitarian and reconstruction efforts of course).

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FALLUJAH, IRAQ: An Iraqi soldier of the "Fallujah Brigade" arrives with his national flag to replace a US marines position 04 May 2004 on the outskirts of Fallujah. The "Fallujah Brigade", is a temporary force formed after a deal with US marines to halt bloodshed and assure security in the restive city. AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)


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BATUMI, GEORGIA: A picture taken on Russian channel NTV shows local police dispersing with a water cannon a students demonstration in support of the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in the center of Batumi, 04 May 2004.

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BATUMI, GEORGIA: Russian NTV channel TV grab shows a member of the local policeman (C) dispersing a students demonstration in support of the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in the center of Batumi, 04 May 2004. Tensions between Georgia and its renegade region of Adjara mounted as the local chieftain rejected an ultimatum to disarm his paramilitary forces within 10 days, saying he expected war. AFP PHOTO / NTV (Photo credit should read NTV/AFP/***** Images)

Threelions
05-04-2004, 09:37 AM
Great post again He219!!! Accept, you forgot to post pictures of todays biggest story. The Calgary Flames glorious win over the Detroit Dead things!!! WOO HOOO FLAMES!!!!!

Cheers

Salty Dog
05-04-2004, 09:58 AM
great pictures.

atnadastra
05-04-2004, 11:10 AM
As usual, He219, you have come through with some more awesome military aviation pics!

Thank you!

woot

Apogee
05-04-2004, 11:14 AM
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Why does the Air Force get all the decent looking girls?

scm77
05-04-2004, 11:51 AM
http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/040503-F-0000S-001.jpg
:hug:

J-10
05-04-2004, 12:58 PM
http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=597236

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=597259

Carlifornia's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to US troops and their families at the US airbase at Ramstein, western Germany, Monday, May 3, 2004. He visited US military installations on his way back to the United States after a trip to the Middle East. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)
http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=597255


Maybe Arnold chwarzenegger will become a president of U.S.A in future.

Pooterman
05-04-2004, 01:13 PM
He cant.....U.S. presidents must be not only citzens but born in the U.S. as well. ;)

Crazyjack
05-04-2004, 01:17 PM
http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=597236

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=597259

Carlifornia's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to US troops and their families at the US airbase at Ramstein, western Germany, Monday, May 3, 2004. He visited US military installations on his way back to the United States after a trip to the Middle East. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)
http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=597255


Maybe Arnold chwarzenegger will become a president of U.S.A in future.
Well, in that case Germany would not longer be the only state wich has been governed by a silly Austrian!

Ian H
05-04-2004, 01:34 PM
He he.

Thanks He219, great pics as always.

Rantanplan
05-04-2004, 01:50 PM
As usual, He219. You pics suck! :P ;)

GLax
05-04-2004, 01:54 PM
Quote:
FALLUJAH, IRAQ: US marines prepare to leave their position before being replaced by the "Fallujah Brigade" 04 May 2004 on the outskirts of Fallujah. The "Fallujah Brigade", is a temporary force formed after a deal with US marines to halt bloodshed and assure security in the restive city. AFP PHOTO/Ramzi HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)

'replaced', as if you can just 'replace' an American unit with a lowly Iraqi unit. no comparison really. if anything we're taking a gamble if you ask me...

Damian
05-04-2004, 02:00 PM
He cant.....U.S. presidents must be not only citzens but born in the U.S. as well. ;)

This law is gonna be changed....

FallenAngel
05-04-2004, 02:03 PM
He cant.....U.S. presidents must be not only citzens but born in the U.S. as well. ;)

This law is gonna be changed....

wouldn't count on it....hasn't been changed in the past 230 years so why would it be changed now?

That plus it would need to be a constitutional amendment....which takes YEARS to get through both houses.

Rantanplan
05-04-2004, 02:05 PM
History lesson No1: Never make an Austrian to your head of state.

He219
05-04-2004, 02:05 PM
Well, in that case Germany would not longer be the only state wich has been governed by a silly Austrian!
Without realizing how effective his tenure in office has been so far you brand our Governor as 'silly'. As for Austrians governing States, how about Emperor Franz Josef, King of Hungary, or perhaps all Austrians are 'silly' in your eyes, Crazyjack?
:|

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http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040504/i/r2636093830.jpg

Spanish King Juan Carlos (C) salutes troops next to Spanish Defence minister Jose Bono (2L) during a visit to the military headquarters of the San Marcial Light Infantry in Vitoria in Northern Spain, May 4, 2004. *******/Vincent West

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Spanish Defence minister Jose Bono (L) and Spanish King Juan Carlos talk inside a bus during a visit to the headquarters of the San Marcial Light Infantry in Vitoria in Northern Spain, May 4, 2004. *******/Vincent West

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040504/i/r509720785.jpg
This one is for Rantanplan! :lol:

Actor Tom Cruise wears a scarf of German first league soccer club FC Schalke 04 near the German parliament building in Berlin during his tour to seek out locations for a new movie in the German capital, April 6, 2004. The German parliament turned down a request by Cruise on May 4 to film scenes for a new action movie in the buildings giant glass and steel dome. Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/*******

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The former intelligence officer, Mohammed Latif looks with his aids at the map of Falluja during a meeting held at the headquarters of the new Iraqi Falluja Brigade in the western city of Falluja May 4, 2004. *******/Akram Saleh

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Members of the new Fallujah Brigade line up after taking over from U.S. troops in Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, May 4, 2004. The Iraqi force of up to 1,100 is to be led by one of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s former generals. Many of the fighters are former soldiers and the force includes several who are believed to have fought against the Marines. (AP Photo/Abdul Kader Saadi)

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A new Vatican (news - web sites) Swiss Guard, gives a salute while holding the flag during the swearing-in ceremony of the Pope's elite military corps at the Vatican, in this Thursday, May 6, 1999 file photo. The guards swear to 'loyally serve the Pope, sacrificing - if necessary - their life in his defense.' The Swiss Guards who celebrate their 500th anniversary as the colorful protectors of the pontiff next May 6th, said Tuesday May 4, 2004 they are gearing up with a series of celebrations in 2005 and 2006 and a monthlong 850-kilometer (530 mile) march from Bellinzona, Switzerland, to Rome to recreate the arrival of the first Swiss contingent. The May 6th anniversary marks the day in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died while protecting Pope Clement VII during the sack of Rome. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti)

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LA CAMBE, FRANCE: In advance of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 06 June, Germany sodiers tidy up the German cemetery 04 May 2004 at La Cambe, where 21,500 German soldiers killed in 1944 during WWII are buried. AFP PHOTO MYCHELE DANIAU (Photo credit should read MYCHELE DANIAU/AFP/***** Images)

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BASE ARIENNE 188, Djibouti - Marine 1st Lt. Jonathan L. Hayes, weapons platoon commander for Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, is shown by a French Base Arienne airman how the Mistral aquires a target here April 29. The Mistral, an anti-aircraft missle system, is used by the French base and was part of exchange of defense capabilites between the two countries.

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BASE ARIENNE 188, Djibouti - A French airman shows Marine 1st Lt. Jonathan L. Hayes, weapons platoon commander for Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, how to use the sights to find a target with a Mistral, anti-aircraft missile system here April 29.

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BASE ARIENNE 188, Djibouti - Lance Cpl. Steven H. Gray, an infantryman with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, gets a chance to use a Mistral anti-aircraft missile system simulator here April 29.

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CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti - Lance Cpl. Robert Leathley, an infantryman with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, explains to French personnel from Base Arienne 188 the role of an M14 sniper rifle in an infantry company here April 29. Four French airmen traveled the base to gain knowledge of the different weapon systems being deployed here to increase defense capabilities in the region.

FallenAngel
05-04-2004, 02:08 PM
History lesson No1: Never make an Austrian to your head of state.

does this apply to Austria too? ;) :P

Threelions
05-04-2004, 02:10 PM
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040504/capt.rom13505041650.vatican_swiss_guards_rom135.jpg

Just out of curiousity does the swiss guard ever do actual military-esk training? Are they armed with firearms? Do they have functional uniforms as well as the flashy striped get ups?

Cheers[/list]

Crazyjack
05-04-2004, 02:12 PM
Well, in that case Germany would not longer be the only state wich has been governed by a silly Austrian!
Without realizing how effective his tenure in office has been so far you brand our Governor as 'silly'. As for Austrians governing States, how about Emperor Franz Josef, King of Hungary, or perhaps all Austrians are 'silly' in your eyes, Crazyjack?
:|

[/quote]

For me as a German he is more an actor than a politician. :)
But i do not live in the USA. Then his policy would propably interest interest me.
I just judged his films...

Well and in Germany there was an Austrian causing very much trouble in the world....

My post was just a humoric comment...

Rantanplan
05-04-2004, 02:21 PM
This one is for Rantanplan! :lol:

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040504/i/r509720785.jpg


Actor Tom Cruise wears a scarf of German first league soccer club FC Schalke 04 near the German parliament building in Berlin during his tour to seek out locations for a new movie in the German capital, April 6, 2004. The German parliament turned down a request by Cruise on May 4 to film scenes for a new action movie in the buildings giant glass and steel dome. Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/*******


http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/contrib/ruinkai/screama.gif Buh! Schalke supports Scientology! ;)

Rantanplan
05-04-2004, 02:23 PM
History lesson No1: Never make an Austrian to your head of state.

does this apply to Austria too? ;) :P

Yes!

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000204/0319b.gif

He219
05-04-2004, 02:27 PM
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040504/capt.rom13505041650.vatican_swiss_guards_rom135.jpg

Just out of curiousity does the swiss guard ever do actual military-esk training? Are they armed with firearms? Do they have functional uniforms as well as the flashy striped get ups?

Cheers

They number only about 100, and to qualify, one must be Swiss, Catholic, and at least five feet eight inches (173 centimeters) tall.

Today they drill with state-of-art equipment—circa 1500—preparing for the biggest day on their calendar, the ceremony where they will pledge their fidelity and their lives to the pope.

The Swiss Guards do serve a ceremonial role, but they are also a carefully trained security force. When the pope moves in public, the guards shed their stripes for plain clothes and join members of the Vatican police to form a cordon around the pontiff.

When he first arrived only four years ago, Vatican tailor Ety Cicioni met with a surprising challenge: There were no patterns and no instructions for how to make the uniform of the Swiss Guards. All he had to go on was a finished piece.

"My wife and I took it where I had worked before and there we totally took it apart. We reconstructed this unique uniform which is made of 154 pieces. I really had to study it and spend time on it before I understood it," Ety said.

Though the design of the uniform is popularly attributed to Michelangelo, the current uniform was really designed by a commandant of the guards. It was first worn in 1914 and, somewhat surprisingly, was actually a simplification of their previous garb.

Even the simplified version will take Ety some 32 hours and three fittings to complete.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/11/1118_vaticanswiss.html

Although they are fully trained and equipped in modern weaponry and tactics, they also receive instructions in using the sword and halberd.

The Swiss Guard is not considered to belong to any larger force, but is instead the army of the sovereign state of the Vatican. It is currently composed of 4 officers, 23 NCOs, 70 halbardiers, 2 drummers, and a chaplain.

The Guard was founded by Pope Julius II in 1505 to provide a constant core of soldiers to protect the Pope; the Swiss mercenaries were an obvious choice. The official founding date is given as January 21. The force has varied greatly in size and has even been disbanded. The soldiers' most significant action was on May 6, 1527 when 147 of them died fighting the forces of Charles V. Since 1859 they have been the only mercenary group permitted under Swiss law.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Swiss-Guard

They are equipped with the standard swiss army uniform, ballistic amor, a kevlar helmet and SG550 (Fass90).

p-)

Rantanplan
05-04-2004, 02:30 PM
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040504/capt.rom13505041650.vatican_swiss_guards_rom135.jpg

Just out of curiousity does the swiss guard ever do actual military-esk training? Are they armed with firearms? Do they have functional uniforms as well as the flashy striped get ups?

Cheers[/list]

They are all former swiss army members. They are well trained as highly professionel Bodyguards and are of corse trained with modern firearms.
As Bodyguards the wear mostly civil clothing.

Edit: What He219 said.

He219
05-04-2004, 02:43 PM
The heavier weapons are kept in the Swiss Guard's barracks and arsenal by St Anne's Gate, near the Sistine Chapel. They include Beretta Model 12 submachineguns, tear gas, and anti-personnel grenades.

While Guardsmen may look very smart in their
colourful uniforms, each is highly trained in karate, judo, and the
use of their ceremonial halberds. Under each of those striped tunics
hides a semi-automatic pistol, and/or a sub-machine gun.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CULTURES/SwissGuard-msg.text


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Members of U.S. military's 2nd Battalion, 1st marines Regiment meet members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) to hand over control of half of the main check-point, in the Golan district of Falluja, Iraq May 4, 2004. Golan was the site of some the fiercest fighting between guerillas and U.S. Marines during a month long siege. *******/Adrees Latif

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A worker adjusts the head of the renovated monument to the Soviet liberators of World War II being re-assembled in Berlin's Treptow park of Berlin May 4, 2004. The 40-ton figure of a Soviet soldier was removed from the pedestal for thorough renovation October 1, 2003. It was disassembled into seven parts and sent to the island of Ruegen in northern Germany for renovation. *******/Michael Dalder


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North Pole (Apr. 19, 2004) - The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN 767) surfaced at the North Pole. Hampton and the Royal Navy Trafalgar class attack submarine HMS Tireless took part in ICEX 04, a joint operational exercise beneath the polar ice cap. Both the Tireless and Hampton crews met on the ice, including scientists traveling aboard both submarines to collect data and perform experiments. The Ice Exercise demonstrates the U.S. and British Submarine Force's ability to freely navigate in all international waters, including the Arctic.

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Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. (Apr. 29, 2004) - The Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Mystic (DSRV 1) is carefully loaded onto a Russian-built An-124 Condor (Antonov) by Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy's Deep Submergence Unit (DSU) and the aircraft's crew. The An-124 is owned and operated by the Volga-Dnepr Group based in Russia. The Mystic and 13 members of her crew are being flown to the Republic of Korea to participate in Exercise Pacific Reach. The exercise improves submarine rescue capabilities and also fosters a familiarization between different nations with submarine rescue techniques.

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_042904-N-7034S-003.jpg

Norfolk, Va. (Apr. 29, 2004) - Sailors assigned to Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek's Special Boat Unit Two Zero (SBU-20) set-up a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB). The RHIB was deployed 2,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean from a United States Air Force C-130J Hercules assigned to Rhode Island's 143rd Airlift Wing. The airlift deployed two 11-meter RHIBs during a maritime craft air delivery system exercise, reaching the unit's milestone of 50 successful airdrops. SBU-20 also evaluated a prototype floatation device to expand the unit's in-ocean capabilities.

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Sailors assigned to Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek's Special Boat Unit Two Zero (SBU-20) recover a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) platform just after splashdown.

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_042904-N-7034S-015.jpg

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_040502-N-1045B-056.jpg

Arabian Gulf (May 2, 2004) - Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Francis Gardner, of Waukegan, Ill., directs an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Knighthawks" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Six (VFA-136) on to one of the four steam-powered catapults aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).

[AFSOC]
05-04-2004, 03:30 PM
nice

MaDuce
05-04-2004, 03:38 PM
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040504/capt.rom13505041650.vatican_swiss_guards_rom135.jpg
They are Delta

Rantanplan
05-04-2004, 03:55 PM
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5566/Delta2.jpg
They are Delta

atnadastra
05-04-2004, 04:42 PM
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5566/Delta2.jpg
They are Delta

Nice touch, Rantanplan! I like how you "Delt-ized" that guy (and yes, "Delta-ized" IS a word--or at least, it is now.)

After all, you can't be Delta unless you've got a beard and a pair of Oakleys!

rofl

Seoulstriker
05-04-2004, 04:51 PM
nice one, rantanplan! :lol:

memphiz
05-04-2004, 05:30 PM
NIce Rant.
GP He219 :D