Today's Pic's. Sept. 29

[He219]

Today's military photos:

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U.S. Army of 101st Airborne division's commander Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus, center, talks with Chairman of the U.S. Congress delegation Jerry Lewis, right, as he and other members of congress arrive in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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Jerry Lewis, Republican Congress member from California, looks at an Iraqi infant as members of the U.S. Congress tour a ward for pre-mature infants at Al-Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad, September 28, 2003. Members of Congress toured Baghdad's largest hospital to get a first hand look at the daunting challenges facing this impoverished country as lawmakers consider U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s request for an additional $87 billion for the postwar effort. Infant mortality in Iraq (news - web sites) is estimated at 103 deaths per 1,000 live births, compared with 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in the United States. *******/David Guttenfelder/POOL

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U.S. comedian Drew Carey dance with soldiers, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003 during a show for U.S. forces based in Tikrit, Iraq.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)


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Staff Sgt. Michael Lawzano, left, a U.S. National Guardsman, works with Iraqi police as they look at a computer screen with images of Iraqi kidnapping victims at the Major Crime Unit in western Baghdad Saturday Sept. 27, 2003. Lawzano said many kidnappers arrested have been ex-convicts set free last October when Saddam declared a general amnesty. However, many Iraqis blame the Americans _ and not Saddam _ accusing U.S. forces of failing to live up to their responsibility to maintain law and order. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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Members of the U.S. Army's 720th Military Police Battalion enter a house , Monday, Sept 29, 2003 during an early morning raid in Tikrit. Iraqi security forces, backed up by U.S. military police, carried out their largest-ever joint raid Monday in an effort arrest those responsible for a spate of deadly attacks against American forces and to break the resistance movement in Saddam Hussein's turbulent hometown.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)

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South Korean Army soldiers march during a rehearsal for the Armed Forces Day at the Sungnam military airport on the outskirts of Seoul Monday, Sept. 29, 2003. South Korea will celebrate the 55th Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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South Korean military special soldiers hang on the ladder from a helicopter during a rehearsal for the Armed Forces Day at the Sungnam military airport on the outskirts of Seoul Monday, Sept. 29, 2003. South Korea will celebrate the 55th Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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The Afghan military band plays during graduation ceremonies of the 11th Battalion at the Kabul Army training center in Afghanistan Monday, Sept. 29, 2003. The new battalion would boost Afghan armies strength to 6,000. The United States, Germany, France and Britain are expected to train 70,000 strong national army but the fledging force only has 6,000. Six hundred seventy soldiers graduated including 13 officers after a three month training program. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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Afghan National Army soldiers of the 11th Battalion stand at attention while new recruits train on a hill behind them during graduation ceremonies at Afghan National Army training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 29, 2003.

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An Afghan soldier practices marching as two American soldiers pass by in the background prior to graduation ceremonies of the Afghan National Army 11th Battalion at the Kabul military training center in Afghanistan Monday, Sept. 29, 2003. The new battalion would boost Afghan armies strength to 6,000. The United States, Germany, France and Britain are expected to train 70,000 strong national army but the fledging force only has 6,000. Six hundred seventy soldiers graduated including 13 officers after athree month training program. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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Afghan National Army soldiers of the 11th Battalion march past a reviewing stand during graduation ceremonies at ANA (Afghan National Army) training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 29, 2003.

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Habibullah, 21, waits to offer flowers to his commanding officer after graduation ceremonies of the Afghan National Army soldiers of the 11th Battalion at Afghan National Army training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 29, 2003.

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030923-N-6436W-005 Lyman, Wash. (Sept. 22, 2003) -- Members of the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue (SAR) team conduct rescue exercises in the foothills of the North Cascade Mountains. SAR is conducting its annual week long SAR Exercise designed to enhance the rescue and survival skills of pilots and aircrew. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael B.W. Watkins. (RELEASED)

More SAR Here (http://www.news.navy.mil/search/photolist.asp).

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OVER GERMANY -- A member of the 786th Security Forces Squadron, Sembach, Germany, jumps from a Romanian C-130 during Exercise Cooperative Key 2003. Cooperative Key is a multinational NATO exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of NATO and partner nation air forces through cooperation and familiarization of NATO procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Cassetty)


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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFPN) --Staff Sgt. Michael Darin (left) and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Malloy (right) provide simulated first aid to Senior Airman Kristy Riseden during a recent search and rescue training exercise here. Darin and Malloy are both pararescuemen with the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brian Ferguson)


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KIRKUK, Iraq (AFPN) -- Iraqi students wait impatiently at the gates for the opening of their new school. Army and Air Force troops volunteered to renovate two local schools near Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. (U.S Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charlein She)


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ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFPN) -- The October issue of Citizen Airman, the official magazine of the Air Force Reserve, is now available. (Courtesy art)


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HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFPN) -- Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Gerald Murray shoots a 50-caliber machine gun during an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter training orientation flight over the firing range at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Murray visited here to learn more about the Air Force Special Operations Command mission and meet the airmen serving at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Davis)

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A wooden Eda 5 plane, a replica of an 1910 plane made by Yugoslav pilot Edvard Rusijan, is seen at an air show dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the first flight by the Wright brothers in Belgrade, Sunday Sept. 28 2003. This replica is made by Slovenian retired pilot Albin Novak, who was not flying the plane Sunday. (AP Photo/Mikica Petrovic)

[Trigger]

Nice post Gov'na :D

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"...Gee, I don't know sarge...I was looking for a really cool monkey avatar, but I just can't decide..." p-)

[Herrmannek]

Is my is good? :)

[He219]

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US troops close a bridge leading to the city of Khaldiyah, 100 kms west of Baghdad. US forces used tanks and rocket-firing helicopters to fight their way out of ambushes as two convoys came under heavy attack west of the Iraqi capital, leaving at least one dead.(AFP/Karim Sahib)

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A US airforce A-10 fighter bomber surveys the city of Khaldiyah, 100 kms west of Baghdad. US forces used tanks and rocket-firing helicopters to fight their way out of ambushes as two convoys came under heavy attack west of the Iraqi capital, leaving at least one dead.(AFP/Karim Sahib)

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U.S. soldiers block the road leading to the Iraqi town of Khaldiyah Monday Sept. 29, 2003 during a firefight backed by attack aircraft, helicopters and tanks. One American soldier was killed and three others wounded in two roadside bombings, one prompting the firefight. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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U.S. military vehicles block the highway along the Euphrates River leading to the Iraqi town of Khaldiyah Monday Sept. 29, 2003 after a firefight backed by attack aircraft, helicopters and tanks.

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U.S. soldiers transport Iraqi prisoners from the scene of a firefight in Khaldiyah Monday Sept. 29, 2003 after a firefight backed by U.S. attack aircraft, helicopters and tanks. One American soldier was killed and three others wounded in two roadside bombings, one prompting the firefight. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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Iraqis run through the neighborhood of al-Qurtan in the Iraqi town of Khaldiyah Monday Sept. 29, 2003 as U.S. troops withdrew from the area after a firefight backed by U.S. attack aircraft, helicopters and tanks

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A British soldier is watched by Iraqi women and children during a patrol in Basra, in southern Iraq Monday Sept 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

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Note the HK grenade launcher...

British soldiers are watched by Iraqis as they carry out a building inspection during a patrol in Basra, in southern Iraq Monday Sept 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

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U.S. soldier Capt. Chris Alfeiri of Boston, Mass. drives along Iraq's border with Syria during a night patrol looking for infiltrators Saturday Sept. 27, 2003. Guarding against cross-border infiltrators from Syria, where the regime has been harshly critical of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, has become a high priority in the battle against insurgents who are attacking American forces daily in the Sunni heartland to the west and north of Baghdad as well as in the capital itself. (AP Photo/Hamza Hendawi)

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First lady Laura Bush addresses the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO's 32nd biannual general conference in Paris Monday, Sept. 29, 2003 marking America's rejoining the organization after a 19-year absence. French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin urged the U.S. to cede power to an independent, sovereign Iraqi government as soon as feasible. France and Britain remained divided on the timing of a handover of power, with Paris pushing to see a new Iraqi government in place by the year's end, even a temporary one.
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Pakistan military forces inspect a vehicle in the tribal area of Waziristan on Thursday, Sept 25, 2003. Pakistan army and US experts are concentrating in Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan to nab fleeing al-Qaida activists and Talibans. Resident of Waziristan, Anargul (not in picture) says, it is a battle for hearts and minds that Washington and Islamabad are failing miserably. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Pashtun tribesmen Anargul Khan, right, and his friend with Russian-made AK-47 assault rifles and roses stuck behind their ears laugh at a question regarding Osama's arrest on Thursday, Sept 25, 2003 in Miran Shah, border town of Pakistan's tribal area neighbors Afghanistan, where serach for al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and his supporters is in progress.

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An Israeli Defense Forces helicopter refuels off the coast of the Gaza Strip Monday Sept 29 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)


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A Palestinian youth hurls a stone at an Israeli tank during clashes in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus September 29, 2003. *******/Abed Omar Qusini


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Al Aqsa Brigade fighters parade in the streets of the Beach refugee camp in the Gaza Strip Monday Sept. 29 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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An Israeli activist holds a sticker with a picture of a helicopter sending a missile reads in Hebrew " Do Not Kill", during a demonstration in-front of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Monday Sept. 29, 2003 which support Israeli air force pilots that refused to carry out air strikes in Palestinians areas. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)

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Mourners carry the body of seven-months-old Shaked Avraham during her funeral in Kfar Haro'eh north east of Tel Aviv Monday, Sept. 29 2003. Avraham was one of two Israelis killed in a shooting attack Friday in a West Bank settlement at the start of Jewish New Year celebrations. (AP Photo/ Eyal Warshavsky, Baubau)

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A file handout photo released by the Israeli army shows new Israeli pilots throwing their hats in the air during a rehearsal for their graduation ceremony at Hazerim air force base in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Twenty-seven reserve pilots have submitted a petition to Air Force Commander Dan Halutz, saying that they were no longer prepared to take part in missions that they regarded as 'illegal and immoral'.(AFP-IDF/HO)



herrmannek, it's good!
:P

[Vance]

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*Poof*

[Trigger]

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ahem...you will remember to wash your hands, won't you Mrs. Bush? p-)

[He219]

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"Lady Laura, you know I pine the taste of your soft skin."

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"Come with me to the Casbah-Elysee..."

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"Watch it, Jacques! I'll stick my boy Colin White on ya..."

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"Perhaps some other time, Lady Laura..."

[Trigger]

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"Jacques and Laura: the animated series"

[Trigger]

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SHKIN FIRE BASE, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Travis Stricker (left) and Airman 1st Class Justin Pilant look into Pakistan from an area near here, in search of al-Qaida terrorists who launched a rocket attack on their base. If the airmen make contact with the enemy, they will use their radios to direct an air strike on the target. Both airmen are deployed from the 20th Air Support Operations Squadron at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)
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SHKIN FIRE BASE, Afghanistan -- Airman 1st Class Justin Pilant sets up an antenna near here. Pilant will use the antenna to talk to pilots if he makes contact with the enemy. Pilant is deployed from the 20th Air Support Operations Squadron at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)
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Fresh SEALs, Come and Get It!
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030822-N-3642E-017 Fort A.P. Hill, Va. (Aug. 21, 2003) -- U.S. Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) receive tactical mobility training from Naval Special Warfare Group Two Training Detachment (NSWG-2 TRADET). NSWG-2 TRADET trains all of the east coast SEAL Teams before they deploy to support missions throughout the world. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Shawn Eklund. (RELEASED)
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Hooyah!

[Haiw]

twin m240's....badass :D

[He219]

Kudos, Trigger!

Nice SEAL pic's. Fresh and Tasty~

woot

[GLax]

that picture of the Palestinian boy throwing a rock at that Merkava is a good shot, those things are scary man...

[usa320]

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Target?

;)

[MVSpartan117]

that picture of the Palestinian boy throwing a rock at that Merkava is a good shot, those things are scary man...

The rock or the Merkava? ;)

[Mortimer]

twin m240's....badass :D

some of the special forces humvees that were going around iraq were a bit more beefed up :D