Today's Pic's. - Dec. 29th

[He219]

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An Iranian soldier looks at a U.S. Globe Master C17 plane carrying aid for the earthquake victims as it lands at Kerman airport about 200 kms south-east Bam, Monday Dec. 29, 2003. More than 20,000 bodies have been retrieved since Friday's 6.6. magnitude earthquake shook the city of Bam and surrounding region in southeast Iran. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Iranian soldiers unload aid for earthquake victims, including cooking stoves from an Ukrainian Cargo plane at Kerman airport southeast of Bam, Monday Dec. 29, 2003. More than 20,000 bodies have been retrieved since Friday's 6.6. magnitude earthquake shook the city of Bam and surrounding region in southeast Iran. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, waves to the relief workers as he visits the city of Bam where a massive earthquake hit, about 1000 kilometers ( 630 miles ) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. More than 25,000 bodies have been retrieved since Friday's 6.6. magnitude earthquake shook the city of Bam and surrounding region in southeast Iran, according to a provencial government spokesman. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Russian rescue team members with their dog search for survivors under the rubble, in the ancient city of Bam, where a massive earthquake hit, about 1,000 kilometers ( 630 miles ) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003. Iranian interior minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari said Sunday that more than 15,000 bodies had been buried and the final death toll would exceed 20,000. (AP Photo/Vladimir Smolyakov/Stolichnaya Vechernyaya Gazeta)

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Russian rescue team members hold a puppy they have rescued from the rubble, in the ancient city of Bam, where a massive earthqauke hit, about 1,000 kilometers ( 630 miles ) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003. Iranian interior minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari said Sunday that more than 15,000 bodies had been buried and the final death toll would exceed 20,000. (AP Photo/Vladimir Smolyakov/Stolichnaya Vechernyaya Gazeta)

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An Austrian rescue worker and his dog look for survivors under the rubble in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam, some 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southeast of Tehran, December 29, 2003. Officials say the death toll could reach 30,000 in the world's most lethal quake in at least 10 years. An estimated 21,000 have already been buried, with only about 2,000 people pulled alive from Bam's rubble. *******/Shamil Zhumatov


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An Austrian rescue worker and an Iranian man dig through rubble in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam, some 1,000 kilometers ( 600 miles) southeast of Tehran, December 29, 2003. Officials say the death toll could reach 30,000 in the world's most lethal quake in at least 10 years. An estimated 21,000 have already been buried, with only about 2,000 people pulled alive from Bam's rubble. *******/Shamil Zhumatov


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Masked Iranian army soldiers walk with shovels as they continue their efforts to recover victims from the rubble of the city of Bam where a massive earthquake hit, about 1000 kilometers ( 630 miles ) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. More than 25,000 bodies have been retrieved since Friday's 6.6. magnitude earthquake shook the city of Bam and surrounding region in southeast Iran according to a provencial spokesman. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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An Afghan National Army soldier directs traffic as his fellows are posted in a bunker in Kabul on Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. Securities were tightened in the capital after an explosion near the airport killed four intelligence agents on Sunday. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)

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U.S Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, (1-22) of the 4th Infantry Division, talk onboard their M1 tank in front of a mosque in Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A male and a female U.S.Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division walk hand in hand inside their base in Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. They declined to give their names. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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US soldiers prepare to leave their base on a patrol around Tikrit. A bomb blast killed a US soldier and two Iraqi children in Baghdad, a day after a rebel assault left 12 Iraqis and seven coalition soldiers dead and scores wounded in Karbala.(AFP/Jewel Samad)

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Polish forces in Iraq (news - web sites) say they have captured five men suspected of involvement in an attack in the city of Karbala which killed 19 and injured at least 194, the worst since the capture of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)(AFP/Sabah Arar)

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Iraqi army officer cadets, watched by a U.S. Army soldier, board a U.S. Air Force transport aircraft at Baghdad's airport December 29, 2003, taking them for training in neighboring Jordan. The men will take part in an 11 week training course meant for platoon and company commanders. *******/Faleh Kheiber

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An Iraqi man salvages parts, for domestic use, from a rusting Russian-made army tank at a scrapyard in a Baghdad suburb, December 29, 2003. *******/Alexander Demianchuk

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Federal air marshals give a demonstration on one of the practice planes used in the group's training program during a tour of the Federal Air Marshal school at the FAA Technical Center in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., on Aug. 23, 2002. (AP Photo/Mary Godleski)

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Central Command Area of Responsibly (Dec. 15, 2003) -- Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) 1st Light Armor Reconnaissance Battalion Landing Team (1st LAR BLT 1/1) stationed at 29 palms, Calif., observes live fire training operations being conducted in the Central Command Area of Responsibly. The training is being conducted by Marines and Sailors supporting Expeditionary Strike Group 1 (ESG 1) is an example of the Navy and Marine Corps' commitment to the Secretary of Defense's vision to transform the U.S. Armed Forces for the 21st Century. E.S.G's are designed to enable the United States to conduct shaping operations in the Global War on Terrorism. E.S.G 1 is currently deployed to the Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Ted Banks. (RELEASED)

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Ash Shubayah, Kuwait (Dec. 8, 2003) -- Turning port, Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Shannon Brewer assigned to Naval Coastal Warfare Group One (NCWG 1) skillfully maneuvers a Coast Guard inshore patrol boat while patrolling off the coast of Kuwait. Personnel from Naval Coastal Warfare Group (NCWG) 1 provided force protection harbor defense worldwide. U.S Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Lou Messing. (RELEASED)

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[Javehn]

Great pics , good work , as always .
You are the man , He219.

[He219]

Thanks, Javehn.

I apprecate that.

:D

[Macs.]

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US soldiers prepare to leave their base on a patrol around Tikrit. A bomb blast killed a US soldier and two Iraqi children in Baghdad, a day after a rebel assault left 12 Iraqis and seven coalition soldiers dead and scores wounded in Karbala.(AFP/Jewel Samad)

Isnt that this Sniper detection thingy ?

[Javehn]

Maybe , maybe that is ... . This can be also early warning system , when a laser beem that is used by ATGM missiles /Range detectors hits the vehicle ... Edit : No , actually that doesn't fits it also , it should be a sensore array , and not that kinda configuration ...

Man , what is that cool vest doing on that guy ? I want it i want it !! http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/images/smiles/2M16.gif
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[Falco]

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U.S Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, (1-22) of the 4th Infantry Division, talk onboard their M1 tank in front of a mosque in Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Isn't that a M2 or M3 Bradley?

[Marmot1]

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U.S Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment, (1-22) of the 4th Infantry Division, talk onboard their M1 tank in front of a mosque in Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Isn't that a M2 or M3 Bradley?

As for me that doesnt look like a tank....and surelly ut is not abrams

P.S Have you senn this series "Allo Allo" maybe it is lieutnant Grubber small tank ;-)

[Lancer]

Looks like an M2A3 to me

[usa320]

cause it is.

[He219]

More pics...

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Arabian Gulf (Dec. 27, 2003) -- Chief Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Scott C. Montejo from Freeport, Maine, tracks air targets on the Ship's Weapons Coordinator System aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Contact is kept between existing targets while new targets are monitored for any sign of threat to the ship and its crew. Enterprise is underway in the Arabian Gulf on a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Justin McGarry. (RELEASED)

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TANK MAINTENANCE — A Marine from the 13th Marine Expeditionary UnitTank Platoon performs maintenance on the M1A1 Abrams tank during a live-fire training exercise in the Central Command area of operation. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ted Banks

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U.S. soldiers of the 418 CA NG guard a group of Iraqis during a weapons search raid in the village of Ruad near Baghdad Monday Dec. 29, 2003. Troops arrested 18 people and confiscated a number of rocket launchers. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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A U.S. soldier of the 418 CA NG guards an Iraqi during a weapons search raid in the village of Ruad near Baghdad Monday Dec. 29, 2003. Troops arrested 18 people and confiscated a number of rocket launchers. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Seen through a night-vision device, a combat engineer uses a large metal-cutting saw to breach a door during an operation to search for and capture anti-coalition fighters in Fallujah, Iraq. The Soldier is attached to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Charles B. Johnson.


Bam/Iran

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The 2,000-year-old medieval fortress of Bam, Iran, which reportedly was destroyed after an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 had its epicentre near Bam early Friday Dec. 26, 2003, is seen in this photo taken in September 2003.

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A child, name not available, poses for a photo with the medieval fortress of the 2,000 year-old city of Bam, Iran, background, in this photo taken in September 2003.

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A helicopter flies over the damaged fortress of Bam some of which dates back 2,000 years after it was destroyed by the earthquake in Bam city about 1000 kms (630 miles ) southeast of Tehran on Saturday Dec. 27, 2003.

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'Ridge Shattering' effect (s-wave amplification)
Looks just like a sand-castle....

The destruction of the historic fortress of Bam parts of which date back 2000 years is seen in this aerial image in Bam city in 1000 kms (630 miles ) southeast of Tehran on Saturday Dec. 27, 2003.

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The remains of collapsed houses can be seen in this aerial image in Bam city about 1000 kilometers ( 630 miles ) southeast of Tehran on Saturday Dec. 27, 2003. The provisional death toll in Iran's earthquake is 20,000 with more than 30,000 people injured the Interior Ministry said in a statement Saturday.(AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)


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A woman mourns as a bulldozer clears the region around her house destroyed by Friday's earthquake in Bam, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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Iranian army and Italian civil protection rescue teams walk among rubble in the ancient city of Bam, about 630 miles southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. More than 25,000 bodies have been retrieved since a 6.6. magnitude earthquake shook the city of Bam and the surrounding region in southeast Iran on Friday Dec. 26, according to a provencial spokesman. (AP Photo/Luciano Del Castillo)

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A South Korean rescue team prepares for their rescue efforts in the city of Bam where a massive earthquake hit, about 1000 kilometers ( 630 miles ) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. More than 25,000 bodies have been retrieved since Friday's 6.6. magnitude earthquake shook the city of Bam and surrounding region in southeast Iran according to a provencial spokesman. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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A physician examines a child, no name given, at a Russian field hospital in the ancient city of Bam, where a massive earthquake hit, about 1000 kilometers (630 miles ) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. Hopes of finding more earthquake survivors in Bam faded as sunrise Monday marked 72 hours since the quake hit. (AP Photo/Vladimir Smolyakov/Stolichnaya Vechernyaya Gazeta)

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American surgeon Susan M. Briggs from Massachusetts, 1st left, talks to Iranian doctor Mohammad Saleh, 3rd left, over a person injured in last Friday`s earthquake, after arriving with a U.S. aid group at Kerman, Iraq, airport about 200 km south-east of Bam, Monday Dec. 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Iran's President Mohammad Khatami, left, is greeted by an survivor, right, of last week's earthquake upon arrival at the airport in Bam, Iraq about 1000 km southeast of Tehran on Monday Dec. 29, 2003.(AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

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Women carry goods that were distributed by the Iranian army in Bavarat, an outskirt of the ancient city of Bam, about 1,000 kilometers (630 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003, after it was hit by a massive earthquake.

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Earthquake survivors Mohammad Tajjavadi, holding lantern and Mansureh Barkhurdari,12, stand in front of their tent in Baravat, Iran,10 kms from Bam city on Monday Dec. 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)


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Belgian Red Cross coordinator Herman Peeters tapes a sticker on a cargo load of tents and blankets at the airport in Ostend, Belgium, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. The cargo will be flown to Iran's Kerman airport about 200 kilometers southeast of Bam, where a 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook the region, killing more than 25,000 people last week. Sticker reads: "gift by the Belgian government". (AP Photo/Peter Maenhoudt)

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Coincidentally....

Freed hostages from left: Germans David Storm and Oliver Brug and Irish Aidan James Leahy speak with reporters at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. The three hostages seized in southeastern Iran near Bam earlier this month have been released and the $6 million ransom demand was not paid, Iranian officials have stated. (AP Photo)



Skymarshall Training

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File photo fom September 26, 2001 of an FAA knife wielding sky marshal running between seats, during a simulated hijacking aboard a retired L-1011 aircraft at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) training facility in Pomona, New Jersey. One week after raising its terror alert level, the U.S. government ordered foreign airlines to place armed marshals on selected flights to and from the United States on December 29, 2003, in a bid to boost security and thwart attacks. On Monday the department issued the aviation emergency orders to further boost security on passenger and cargo aircraft flying to, from and over the United States. *******/Tim Shaffer/FILE

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File photo showing a pistol wielding Federal Aviaition Administration Sky Marshal near the galley, during a simulated hijacking aboard a retired L-1011 aircraft, at the FAA training facility in Pomona, New Jersey on September 26, 2001. One week after raising its terror alert level, the U.S. government ordered foreign airlines to place armed marshals on selected flights to and from the United States on December 29, 2003, in a bid to boost security and thwart attacks. On Monday the department issued the aviation emergency orders to further boost security on passenger and cargo aircraft flying to, from and over the United States. *******/Tim Shaffer/FILE

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A candidate in the Federal Air Marshall program during training. US officials announced that any foreign airliner entering US airspace could be required to have armed police on board(AFP/File/Tom Mihalek)



Palestine/Occupied Territories:

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Israeli settler Pinchas Yamin watches as Knesset members of parliament, from left to right, Uri Ariel, Arieh Eldad, Zvi Hendel talk during a visit to the unauthorized West Bank Jewish outpost settlement Ginnot Arieh, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. Insisting they are bound to the land, Jewish settlers living in this tiny cluster of trailers said Monday that the government would have to forcibly remove them from their homes if it carries out a decision to tear down their outpost. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Israeli settler Pinchas Yamin, 27, stands outside his home at the unauthorized West Bank Jewish outpost settlement Ginnot Arieh, Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. Insisting they are bound to the land, Jewish settlers living in this tiny cluster of trailers said Monday that the government would have to forcibly remove them from their homes if it carries out a decision to tear down their outpost. ``God says 'live here' _ and that's it,'' said Yamin, a religious Jew and disc jockey at a settler radio station. ``I won't leave alive. If a soldier wants, he can take me, but not alive. This is my home.''(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Jewish settlers carry furniture into a mobile home at the West Bank Jewish outpost of Ginot Arie, December 29, 2003. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signed an order to accelerate the removal of four outposts, including the only inhabited one, Ginot Arie, in accordance with a U.S.-backed peace 'road map.' *******/Nir Elias


Miscellaneous:

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The Irony.....

Hans Blix, former chief U.N. weapons inspector, delivers a speech after receiving the "Leibniz-Ring" award by Hanovers Press Club in this July 31, 2003 file photo, in Hanover, northern Germany. Blix was named the winner of the $50,000 Olof Palme Prize Monday, Dec. 29, 2003, for his work in trying to stem the spread of weapons of mass destruction. A prize ceremony in the Stockholm, Sweden Jan. 30, 2004, will mark the birthday of Palme, who was shot to death Feb. 28, 1986, on a Stockholm street as he and his wife walked home unguarded from a downtown movie theater.(AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, File)

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The Mars Exploration Rover (MER), developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is shown in this April 15, 2003 file photograph during a pre-launch test at Kennedy Space Center in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The lander petals of the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2) have been reopened and its solar panels deployed to allow technicians access to the spacecraft to remove one of its circuit boards for testing. The MER Mission consists of two identical rovers which were launched in June 2003. The first Mars-bound rover is set to land on the red planet January 3, 2004. *******/NASA/Handout EDITORIAL USE ONLY



Operation Avalanche/Afghanistan

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Task Force 1-501st E Company paratroopers board a Ch-47 Helicopter at dawn earlier this month after providing security during Operation Avalanche at Salerno Forward Operating Base, Afghanistan. The operation was designed to impede the enemies of Afghanistan from moving weapons and supplies across the border to stage them for a spring offensive. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

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Soldiers of Company A climb the mountains of the Afghanistan/Pakistan border looking for caves as a part of Operation Avalanche. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

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U.S. Army Sgt. Johnny Stephenson puts sandbags around a fighting position he prepared during Operation Avalanche. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

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Soldiers drive into a village in Afghanistan to conduct an assessment of the possible presence of anti-Coalition fighters during Operation Avalanche. The paratroopers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment. The unit's objective during the operation is to destroy anti-coalition militia forces and deny them sanctuary. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan.

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U.S. Army Capt. Charles Brooks writes an English word he asked in the hand of a boy during a village assessment as part of Operation Avalanche. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

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Local children follow the convoy of soldiers leaving their community after a village assessment conducted as part of Operation Avalanche. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

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A Ch-47 helicopter gets ready to sling load a Humvee and howitzer back to Salerno Forward Operating Base from the field at the end of the Operation Avalanche. During Avalanche, Chinooks sling oaded nine vehicles, two waterbuffalos and 16,000 gallons of fuel andtransported around 60,000 pounds of cargos to the field. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

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A Ch-47 Helicopter gets ready to sling load a HMMWV and field artillery's howitzer back to Salerno Forward Operating Base from the field at the end of the Operation Avalanche, Dec. 14, 2003. During Avalanche Chinooks sling loaded nine vehicles, two water buffalos and 16,000 gallons of fuel and they also transported around 60,000 pounds of cargos to the field. Task Force 1-501st out of Fort Richardson, Alaska, has been based at Salerno Forward Operating Base (FOB Salerno), Afghanistan, since November 2003. Avalanche has been conducted by the 1-501st Parachute Infantry Regiment to destroy anti-coalition militia (ACM) on objectives in order to deny ACM sanctuary and set conditions for future operations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan)

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A Ch-47 helicopter takes off late in the evening after making a delivery to the field during Operation Avalanche. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan


Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team
Clears Weapons Around Kabul

http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/images/23Dec03/EOD/images/new.jpg

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -German ISAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal team from Kabul International Airport (KIA), prepares 57mm anti-tank rockets for disposal. The rockets were found around KIA and detonated by the team in the outskirts of the city.

http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/images/23Dec03/EOD/images/DSC_0046.jpg

http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/images/23Dec03/EOD/images/DSC_0028.jpg

http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/images/23Dec03/EOD/images/DSC_0015.jpg

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -A soldier keeps watch as a German ISAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal team from Kabul International Airport (KIA), prepares 57mm anti-tank rockets for disposal. The rockets were found around KIA and detonated by the team in the outskirts of the city.

Edit: Added Iranian Pic. (http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=504587)

[He219]

NL Detatchment in Iraq:

http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031213G1017.jpg

Irak, woestijn buiten As Samawah, 13 december 2003
Onschadelijk maken van raketmotoren door de EOD van de Koninklijke Landmacht, Luchtmacht en Marine.
(Loose interpretation) Iraq, desert ash Samawah, 13 December 2003 - Rocket engines are prepared to be made harmless by the EOD of the Royal Dutch Combined Forces.


http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031213G1051.jpg

http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031213G1052.jpg

http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031213G1058.jpg

http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031213G1079.jpg
Well done!
:D

[GLax]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=504156

something tells me theyd get into real trouble if they gave their names...

[He219]

More NL in Iraq/Reconstruction:

http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031215G1135.jpg

Irak, As Samawah, 15 december 2003
De Nederlandse bataljonscommandant, overste Opperlaar, plaatst samen met de gouverneur van de provincie Al Muthanna de eerste steen. Hiermee luiden zij de start van het CIMIC-project, "roads & bridges" in.
(loose interpretation) The Dutch Battalion Commander, Colonel Opperlaar, and the Iraqi Regional Governor , Al Muthanna, place the first stone of Civil Engineering Projects 'Roads & Bridges'


http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031215G1071.jpg

Irak, As Samawah, 15 december 2003
De lokale bevolking is de dag na de vangst van Saddam met spandoeken naar de feestelijke start gekomen.
(loose interpretation) The local population has come the day after the capture of Saddam with banners to the festive start of infrastructure improvements.

http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031212G2111.jpg

http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031212G2113.jpg

http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031212G2046.jpg

What do you think, Haiw?
;)

[He219]

Some pic's from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa:

http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/md-8312617122003.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/lg-8312617122003.jpg)

A Marine adjusts the front sight post on an M16-A4 Service Rifle for one of his German counterparts from the 151st Feldjager Battalion during a bilateral training exercise here Dec. 10. The German soldiers fired the Marines’ pistol and rifle course and the Marines fired the German course.

http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/md-8263417122003.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/lg-8263417122003.jpg)

A Marine and a German soldiers analyze a shot group from the M9 9 mm Service Pistol.

http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/md-8142717122003.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/lg-8142717122003.jpg)

Marines fire the German the P8 9 mm Service Pistol during a bilateral training exercise here Dec. 11. Marines from the fleet antiterrorism security team trained alongside their German counterparts to exchange tips and tactics.

http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/md-874917122003.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/lg-874917122003.jpg)

A Marine places a quarter on the M9 9 mm Service Pistol’s barrel while a German soldier steadies the weapon and “dry fires.” The Marine said by squeezing the trigger while the weapon is not loaded and placing the shooter’s focus on maintaining the quarter’s balance, the shooter can achieve a tight shot group.

http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/md-7531917122003.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/lg-7531917122003.jpg)

A Marine watches for impacts while a German soldier fires the M9 9 mm Service Pistol during a bilateral training exercise here Dec. 9-11. Marines from the fleet antiterrorism security team conducted the exercise with their German counterparts from the 151st Feldjager Battalion to exchange tips and tactics.

http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/md-7245010122003.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/lg-7245010122003.jpg)

Special guests, including the commissioner for the District of Obock, and the commander and deputy commander of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, applaud the a group of school children who entertained the attendees with skits, songs, and dances during the grand opening of the newly renovated Obock Primary School by personnel from the CJTF-HOA

http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/md-7122310122003.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.cjtfhoa.centcom.mil/photos/lg-7122310122003.jpg)
Watch that knife! ;)

Local villagers put on a ceremonial dance to special guests and dignitaries during a ceremony held in Obock December 4, marking the grand opening of the newly renovated Obock Primary School by personnel from the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. The six-week long, $35,000 project, paid for by CJTF-HOA, will be utilized to increase the education and well-being of the local community.

[Vance]

http://www.nldetirak.nl/fotopagina/december/031212G2111.jpg
Look daddy, I can walk on water just like Jesus !

[ibstolidude]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20031228/capt.sge.rsc42.281203153748.photo01.default-257x384.jpg

US soldiers prepare to leave their base on a patrol around Tikrit. A bomb blast killed a US soldier and two Iraqi children in Baghdad, a day after a rebel assault left 12 Iraqis and seven coalition soldiers dead and scores wounded in Karbala.(AFP/Jewel Samad)

Isnt that this Sniper detection thingy ?

Brigade Recon Team
That is for Recon purpose and in the vehicle you see the FBCB2

[He219]

Good Eye, ibstolidude!
:D

Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below:
http://www.xbox-connection.com/hostedimages/FBCB2.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www-tradoc.army.mil/pao/viwebpage/jcfawegallery2/pages/11Sep-FBCB2.htm)

http://www.ms.northropgrumman.com/markets/MDFbcb2.html

[ibstolidude]

Good Eye, ibstolidude!
:D

Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below:
http://www.xbox-connection.com/hostedimages/FBCB2.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www-tradoc.army.mil/pao/viwebpage/jcfawegallery2/pages/11Sep-FBCB2.htm)

http://www.ms.northropgrumman.com/markets/MDFbcb2.html
I am not a retard; I just play one on the internet.



Just because I'm not Cav does not mean I haven't played with their toys.

[Guttorm]

More pics...

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_031227-N-7408M-001.jpg

Arabian Gulf (Dec. 27, 2003) -- Chief Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Scott C. Montejo from Freeport, Maine, tracks air targets on the Ship's Weapons Coordinator System aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Contact is kept between existing targets while new targets are monitored for any sign of threat to the ship and its crew. Enterprise is underway in the Arabian Gulf on a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Justin McGarry. (RELEASED)


Thats almost what I did, only I was on surface radar, and surface weapons.

Great pics HE, but me being a Navy man, I wouldn't be sad if I saw more navy pics! :D

[usa320]

something tells me theyd get into real trouble if they gave their names...


no- hes obviously just helping her step down from that curb.

rofl

[Haiw]

Damnit He219...you're making me feel obsolete :|

Next time you need a Dutch translation drop me a PM as I don't have the time to check all parts of the forum all day, so I miss them sometimes.

[Jack Mehoff]

Lucky bastard. I know that guy is going to get lay oversea.
http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=504156

[Haiw]

Damn, is that a midget? :lol:

[Uncle Sam]

Just a little bit-o-history on the C-17...My Company (Me included) was the first to actaully jump out of this Airplane during testing...See those air foils on the back, well they weren't there when we first jumped from this beast. We kept colliding underneath the plane...It was great...So they added those. Also we got longer static lines.

http://www.xbox-connection.com/hostedimages/ot_getImage.jpg