Today's pic's. Oct. 29

[He219]

Not like the other day, but nonetheless a WARNING! Discretion is Advised.

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Turkish soldiers, who have served as peacekeepers in Afghanistan, march during the Republic Day celebrations in Ankara on Wednesday Oct. 29, 2003. Turkey still discussing to send troops to Iraq as the nation celebrates the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the republic on Oct. 29,1923. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Female members of the Turkish army's War College march during the Republic Day celebrations in Ankara on Wednesday Oct. 29, 2003.

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Military trumpeters march past during a parade in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday Oct. 29, 2003. Turkey was celebrating the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the republic on Oct. 29,1923. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal)

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An unidentified U.S. Marine soldier uses a radio near the U.S. Navy transport ship SS SGT. Matej Kocak at Chinhae, a naval port on South Korea's south coast, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003. Two U.S. Navy transport ships have arrived in South Korea to exchange their cargo of weapons, the U.S. military said Thursday, Oct. 23. The procedure is aimed at better preparing U.S. Marines for a possible crisis on the Korean Peninsula or elsewhere in the Pacific region. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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British soldiers secure the scene after Iraqi man Mohamed A. Shlash, 55, was assasinated by an unidentified gunman outside a school in the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003. Shlash, a former senior Baath party member, was on his way to be reemployed as a teacher when he got killed. ( AP Photo/Nabil Aljurani)

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Major Zane Jones, of Prattville, Alabama, from the 519 Military Police Battalion, right, helps Iraqi policeman Samir Mohammed with his crutches, after a ceremony honoring Iraqi policemen who demonstrated acts of bravery and sacrifice, in Baghdad Wednesday Oct. 29, 2003. Mohammed was shot twice in the leg while trying to stop a liquor store robbery. Over two days 49 Medals of Valor and 124 Medals of Sacrifice are being awarded to policemen and their relatives. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

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Britains Prince Charles walks past an honor guard as he strolls down the President's house Mughal gardens during his meeting with Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003. Prince Charles is on a nine days visit to India with an eye on business, wildlife conservation and relations between India and Britain. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

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Britains Prince Charles, center, talks with Miss International Shonali Nagarani, right, as Miss Tibet 2003 Tsering Kyi looks on during a visit to a Tibetan resettlement colony in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003.

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A rescued miner waves as he is helped of a mine in Russia's southern town of Novoshakhtinsk, October 29, 2003. Eleven Russian miners, trapped for nearly a week after a giant underground lake burst into their shaft, have been found alive, local officials said. *******/Vasily Fedosenko



NEWSFLASH! CANADIANS finally issued ARID CADPAT! woot
Frontline units that is... ;)

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Sgt Paul Ogilvie, 34, scales a steep Afghan mountainside while carrying over 90 pounds of supplies, ammunition and equipment. Members of Reconnaissance Platoon, 3 RCR Battalion Group, were sent into the rugged mountains outside Kabul on a multi-day reconnaissance mission to silently probe for terrorist and criminal elements operating near the capital.
Sgt Ogilvie of Petitcodiac, NB, is wearing the new CADPAT (Arid Regions) desert uniform and is armed with a C8 carbine fitted with a PEQ-2 laser designator.


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Sgt Wayne MacLean, (left) and Sgt Paul Coppicus, (right) scan an area for signs of movement from their alpine observation post in the mountains surrounding Kabul, Afghanistan. Both were attached to Reconnaissance Platoon, 3 RCR Battalion Group, on a multi-day covert mission that included establishing observation posts and watching for terrorist and criminal elements operating near the capital.


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Sgt Paul Ogilvie, 34, uses hand signals to indicate signs of movement to other members of his section in a covert alpine observation post. He and other members of Reconnaissance Platoon, 3 RCR Battalion Group, were sent into the rugged mountains outside Kabul, Afghanistan on a multi-day reconnaissance mission to silently probe for terrorist and criminal elements operating near the capital.
Capt Jay Janzen A native of Petitcodiac, NB, Sgt Ogilvie is wearing the new CADPAT (Arid Regions) desert uniform and is armed with a C8 carbine fitted with a PEQ-2 laser designator.


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F Battery of 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery fire their 105 mm Howitzer from Camp Warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan during Operation ATHENA. 27 Oct 03, Kabul, Afghanistan

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Lt. Col. Carl Ellis, Defense Contract Management Agency commander for Afghanistan, issues crayons and paper to a group of young Afghan boys Saturday as part of a humanitarian aid mission.

[Skaman]

YAY, new cadpat

[carpandean]

Haven't seen them side by side, but seems like it is much easier to tell woodland CADPAT from woodland MARPAT (colors are quite different) than it is to tell desert MARPAT from desert CADPAT.

[kyote]

Thats some good camo! Very nice

[Seraphim]

Babe With Gun Alert
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A U.S. Marine from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) walks near a military vehicle while distributing humanitarian aid to the students of Al Mawakeb School in Al Faw, Iraq (news - web sites), in this image released October 29, 2003. The U.S. postwar combat death toll in Iraq climbed past the number of soldiers killed during the invasion when the U.S. military said on Wednesday it had lost two more dead in a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. *******/U.S. Navy (news - web sites)/Ted Banks



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Three soldiers from the US Army's 4th ID stand next to stretchers outside a battallion aid station moments after a firefight outside the main US base in the northeastern iraqi town of Tikrit(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)

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Sailors and Marines from Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) distribute water supplies to the people of Al Faw in Iraq (news - web sites), in this image released October 29, 2003. Water distribution is one of several humanitarian operations being provided by ESG-1 in the Al Faw Peninsula during U.S. military operations in Iraq. The U.S. postwar combat death toll in Iraq climbed past the number of soldiers killed during the invasion when the U.S. military said on Wednesday it had lost two more dead in a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. *******/U.S. Navy (news - web sites)/Ted Banks *******/U.S. Navy/Ted Banks


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A U.S. Marine from Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) distributes water to the people of Al Faw in Iraq (news - web sites), in this image released October 29, 2003. Water distribution is one of several humanitarian operations being provided by ESG-1 in the Al Faw Peninsula during U.S. military operations in Iraq. The U.S. postwar combat death toll in Iraq climbed past the number of soldiers killed during the invasion when the U.S. military said on Wednesday it had lost two more dead in a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. *******/U.S. Navy (news - web sites)/Ted Banks *******/U.S. Navy/Ted Banks


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Sailors and Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) provide humanitarian aid to the students of Al Mawakeb School in Al Faw, in this image released October 29, 2003. The U.S. postwar combat death toll in Iraq (news - web sites) climbed past the number of soldiers killed during the invasion when the U.S. military said on Wednesday it had lost two more dead in a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. *******/U.S. Navy (news - web sites)/Ted Banks


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Iraqi police and US soldiers gather near Baghdad University during their search for projectiles that exploded in Baghdad(AFP/Marwan Naamani)


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A US soldier is carried in a stretcher into a battallion aid station moments after he was wounded in a shooting outside the main US base in the northeastern iraqi town of Tikrit(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)


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U.S. Marines assigned to 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) construct a detainee camp, used to hold oil smugglers near Al Faw in Iraq (news - web sites), in this image released October 29, 2003. The U.S. postwar combat death toll in Iraq climbed past the number of soldiers killed during the invasion when the U.S. military said on Wednesday it had lost two more dead in a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. *******/U.S. Navy (news - web sites)/Ted Banks


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A US soldier checks a sharpnel he found in an area near a Baghdad hotel.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)


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A U.S. Army foot patrol passes barbed wire surrounding two city center hotels in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, October 29, 2003. The U.S. postwar combat death toll in Iraq (news - web sites) climbed past the number of soldiers killed during the invasion when the U.S. military said Wednesday it had lost two more dead in a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. Their deaths brought to 116 the number of U.S. troops killed in hostilities since President Bush (news - web sites) declared major combat over on May 1, surpassing the 115 killed in the war launched on March 20 to topple Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). Photo by Nikola Solic/*******

[Seoulstriker]

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Now that Di is out of the way, my future is wide open. Have you heard of Bill Clinton?

[wholagun]

YAY, new cadpat
I second that..Finally our boys got the proper unifroms, it only took what a year - year and half :cantbeli:

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

its like christmas ...finally the new cadpat arid design. I like it alot woot

[ArmedPacifist]

more CF pictures! :D

[He219]

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The PENALTY BOX
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031015-N-3236B-010 Al Faw, Iraq (Oct 15, 2003) -- Marines assigned to 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) construct a detainee camp used to hold oil smugglers near Al Faw, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Ted Banks. (RELEASED)


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150# more C4 should do nicely...


031019-N-3236B-003 Al Faw, Iraq (Oct. 18, 2003) -- A Marine Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) prepares unexploded ordnance for demolition as part of humanitarian assistance to the residence of Al Faw, Iraq during Operation Sweeney. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Ted Banks. (RELEASED)


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A soldier with the 315th Tactical Psychological Operations Company, distributes literature at a market in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 26, 2003. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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What spier doesn't want us to see... ;)


031014-N-3236B-009 Al Faw, Iraq (Oct 14, 2003) -- A Sailor and Marine assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) sit with students during a site survey of a school house damaged and looted during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The school house will be restored by U.S. Sailors and Marines while providing humanitarian assistance operations during Operation Sweeny. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Ted Banks. (RELEASED)

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MARPAT
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031015-N-6932B-006 Al Faw, Iraq (Oct 15, 2003) -- Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) load trucks with cases of water in preparation for humanitarian assistance operations in the Al Faw peninsula of Iraq during Operation Sweeney. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Richard J. Brunson. (RELEASED)


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031020-N-3236B-005 Al Faw, Iraq (Oct. 20, 2003) -- Sailors and Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) provide humanitarian aid to the students of Al Mawakeb School in Al Faw, Iraq during Operation Sweeney. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Ted Banks. (RELEASED)


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A better look for UCT_Sinista... ;)
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031016-N-3236B-021 Al Faw, Iraq (Oct 16, 2003) -- Sailors and Marines assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) distribute water to the people of Al Faw, Iraq. Water distribution is one of several humanitarian operations being provided by ESG-1 in the Al Faw Peninsula during Operation Sweeney. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Ted Banks (RELEASED)


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031018-N-3236B-005 Al Faw, Iraq (Oct. 18, 2003) -- An American doctor from Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) provides humanitarian assistance to a patient in Al Faw, Iraq during Operation Sweeney. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Ted Banks. (RELEASED)


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031021-N-3236B-010 Umm Quasar (Oct. 21, 2003) -- Sailors and Marines from the 13th Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) deliver medicals supplies to a hospital in Um Quasar, Iraq as part of humanitarian assistance being provided to the people of Iraq during Operation Sweeney. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Ted Banks. (RELEASED)


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Dr. (Maj.) Joel Tanaka with the 64th Forward Support Battalion, examines an Iraqi girl at a school near Balad, Iraq, during a Medical Capabilities mission, Oct. 26, 2003. DoD photo by Sgt. Jack Morse, U.S. Army. (Released)

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Lt. Col. Jamie Houston, a dentist with the 502nd Dental Company, shows school children how to brush their teeth near Balad, Iraq, Oct. 26, 2003. The demonstration is part of a Medical Capabilities mission, providing medical and dental care for more than 300 children at the school. DoD photo by Sgt. Jack Morse, U.S. Army. (Released)


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315th Tactical Psychological Operations Company members from the Upland, CA pass out coloring books to children describing what to do if they find an improvised explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq on October 25, 2003. (US Air Force Photo By Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall) (released)

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031025-N-4388F-019 Oceanside, Calif. (Oct. 25, 2003) -- Supporters of America's fight against terrorism show their patriotic colors and gratitude during the Defenders of Freedom parade held in the City of Oceanside, Calif. About 10,000 Marines and Sailors of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) were given a hero's welcome for their role in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Oceanside is the home of Camp Pendleton, the largest Marine Corps station in the world. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Philip Forrest. (RELEASED)

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Under a cloud of smoke from nearby burning wildfires, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) prepares to get underway from Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., to conduct scheduled training exercises, Oct. 26, 2003. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Mark Rebilas, U.S. Navy. (Released)

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031026-N-4768W-868 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 26, 2003) -- An HH-60H Seahawk takes off from the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) as an SH-60F Seahawk prepares to land under smoke-filled skies from nearby San Diego County firestorms. The Seahawk helicopters are assigned to the "Black Nights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four (HS-4) Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are at sea conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for an upcoming deployment. The multiple fires have burned more than 300,000 acres of land and this catastrophic event is considered one the state's deadliest blazes in more than a decade. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Word. (RELEASED)


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031026-N-9769P-054 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 26, 2003) -- Flight deck personal aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) act as safety observers during steam catapult testing, under a cloud of smoke from nearby burning wildfires. Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are at sea conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for an upcoming deployment. The multiple fires have burned more than 300,000 acres of land and this catastrophic event is considered one the state's deadliest blazes in more than a decade. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jayme Pastoric. (RELEASED)


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031026-N-4336G-055 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 26, 2003) -- An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Five (VFA-115) lands aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The Stennis Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are at sea conducting their Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Jeanine A. Garcia. (RELEASED)

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031028-N-4304S-049 Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island, San Diego, Calif. (Oct. 28, 2003) – Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Ray Soliza and Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Pete Mobley stand guard duty at the main gate of Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island. Respiratory protection is required due to the air-pollutants caused by the widespread wildfires, which have ravaged Southern California. The multiple fires have burned more than 300,000 acres of land and this catastrophic event is considered one the state's deadliest blazes in more than a decade. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Bradley J. Sapp. (RELEASED)


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031026-M-4815H-029 Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar (Oct. 26, 2003) -- Fire fighters from the Miramar Fire Dept. fight a small brush fire on the east side of a Hanger aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, Calif. The brush fire is part of the ongoing effort to combat the raging wildfires in Calif. Officials estimate that more than 890 square miles have burned and 17 people have perished. The multiple fires have burned more than 300,000 acres of land and this catastrophic event is considered one the state's deadliest blazes in more than a decade. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chance W. Haworth. (RELEASED)

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031026-M-3368I-001 Miramar, Calif. (Oct. 26, 2003) -- Cars scramble to exit the freeway by driving up the embankment to the on ramp, and moving against the flow of traffic in an effort to flee the flames as the Cedar fire crosses the I-15 freeway onto Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar. The multiple fires have burned more than 300,000 acres of land and this catastrophic event is considered one the state's deadliest blazes in more than a decade. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Giles M. Isham. (RELEASED)


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ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Master Sgt. John Krayeski observes as Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche shoots a 9 mm pistol at the firing range here Oct. 27. Krayeski is a combat arms instructor assigned to the 89th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dennis Henry Jr.)


More CF??? ;)



http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212003/102903/KA2003-A327D.jpg
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26 Oct 03
Kabul, Afghanistan

MCpl David Shaw, a Combat Engineer with the Third Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group, ( 3 RCR BG ) rests comfortably inside protective barriers during an Exercise at Camp Julien in Kabul, Afghanistan.


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25 Oct 03
Kabul, Afghanistan

Sgt Wayne MacLean, a Forward Observation Officer / Forward Air Controller from St. John, N.B., sends a radio report back to headquarters from an observation post high in the mountains surrounding Kabul, Afghanistan. He was attached to Reconnaissance Platoon, 3 RCR Battalion Group, on a multi-day reconnaissance mission into the rugged mountains outside Kabul. Reconnaissance Platoon’s task on this mission was to set up observation posts and watch for terrorist and criminal elements operating near the capital.


http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212003/102903/KA2003-A330D.jpg
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24 Oct 03
Kabul, Afghanistan

Cpl Matt Horner and Sgt Gerry Beresford sprint for the finish line in the "fat Boyz Get 'r Done Run" a run in support of the Children's Wish Foundation of Petawawa, and The Al Ahuddin Orphanage in Kabul. Pledges were taken for the run, which pitted the two, head to head over a 100 metre course. The event raised approximately $3200

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212003/102903/KA2003-A328D.jpg
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24 Oct 03
Kabul, Afghanistan

Cpl Matt Horner and Sgt Gerry Beresford embrace after completing the "Fat Boyz Get 'r Done Run", in support of the Children's Wish Foundation and teh Allahuddin Orphanage. Pledges were taken for the run, which pitted the two head to head over a 100 Metre course. The event raised approximately $3200. Both are deployed to Kabul for Operation ATHENA.


http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212003/102303/KA2003-A321D.jpg
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23 Oct 03
Kabul, Afghanistan

Capt Kelly Renaud, an Operating Room Nurse, with the Health Services Support section at Camp Julien in Kabul, packs a tray of surgical instruments after they have been sterilized. Capt Renaud is deployed to Kabul as part of Operation ATHENA.
p-)

[ArmedPacifist]

Thanks :)

[Seoulstriker]

kudos! woot

[thatguy96]

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_031019-N-3236B-004.jpg
Think there's enough C4 there?

[Clay]

yay! for CADPAT!

[BT_Recon]

cadpat is sexy, i think we need some for Australia somewhere.

[MolliG]

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_031026-N-4768W-868.jpg
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_031026-N-4768W-869.jpg
Brilliant pictures! :D


http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/web_031028-F-0000W-002.jpg

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Master Sgt. John Krayeski observes as Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche shoots a 9 mm pistol at the firing range here Oct. 27. Krayeski is a combat arms instructor assigned to the 89th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dennis Henry Jr.)
Who carries the P228 (am I correct in saying it's designation is M11?) in the (U.S.) Air Force? Pilots? MP?

:)