Today's Pic's. - Jan. 23

[He219]

The Spanish Special Forces pic's are still trickling in.
I'd really like to see the Video...


Multi-National Forces Conclude 'Sea Saber' Maritime Exercise - MANAMA, Bahrain, Jan. 22, 2004 (NNS) — In a flash of explosive action, special forces teams successfully boarded and seized a suspected merchant ship Jan. 17 in the Arabian Sea, bringing to conclusion Sea Saber, a multi-national exercise aimed at stemming the flow of weapons of mass destruction

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USNS SATURN -- A Spanish Marine restrains a "smuggler" during the Proliferation Security Initiative exercise held in the North Arabian Sea Jan. 16-17. The Spanish Special Operations Force hosted the event, a coalition effort in which 13th MEU(SOC) Maritime Special Purpose Force Marines from USS PELELIU joined the Spanish SOF in interdicting the USNS SATURN, a Navy resupply ship playing the role of a vessel suspected of carrying WMD. Nuclear, Biological and Chemical specialists were also called to the SATURN to investigate suspected radioactive materials that could be used to produce weapons. Twelve of the 16 nations involved in PSI participated in this exercise, which is the fifth of six planned.

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Indonesian soldiers of the newly-formed Raider battalions march during a parade at a ceremony commemorating the 58th anniversary of the Indonesian Army in Jakarta, in this Dec. 22, 2003 file photo. Top commanders have stressed that their troops will remain neutral in the election process. Analysts say that it is almost inconceivable that behind the scenes, military generals will not use their newfound clout to prop up the candidacy of President Megawati Sukarnoputri, seen as a close political ally. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Members of the National Police special forces shoot gas during a riot in a juvenile correctional facility in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Jan. 22, 2004. More than 100 inmates of a youth correctional facility in Guatemala hurled rocks and flaming mattresses at security guards during an uprising Thursday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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Indonesian Armed Forces Chief Endiartono Sutarto inspects one of two Mi35 attack helicopters following a demonstration flight, in this file Sep. 20, 2003 file photo, at Halim Perdanakusumah Air Force base in Jakarta, Indonesia. As the campaign for Indonesia's elections heats up, the generals who have been on the defensive since the ouster of the dictatorship they backed for 32 years are reasserting their traditional role as kingmakers. (AP Photo/Mohammad Noval)

Some Mi35 images from the Paris Air Show (2001):

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;)


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In a report (http://article.wn.com/link/WNATBC8990676303DF37BAC0AC81EF08CE48?source=templategenerator&template=worldphotos/viewphoto.txt) released Friday by the London-based Jane's Intelligence Digest, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was quoted as saying that the U.S. is considering "multi-faceted attacks," which could be conducted against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, controlled by Syria. (WN)

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Lance Cpl. Ruben Rodriquez holds bags that will be packed with school and medical supplies and a frisbee, and given to Iraqi children, at Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Wednesday. Both Marines and volunteers with Spirit of America packed the donated supplies as an effort to build relationships with the Iraqi people. The supplies will be taken to Iraq by the 1st Marine Division when they redeploy in the spring.

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Cpl. Juan Calderon carries a stack of notebooks at Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Wednesday as fellow Marines and volunteers with Spirit of America pack school and medical supplies in the background

101st Brigade Transfers Authority to Strykers

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Col. Ben Hodges, commander, 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and Command Sgt. Maj. Bart Womack, brigade command sergeant major, wrap the brigade flag up to symbolize that they are transferring authority in the Tigris River Valley to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade (Stryker) 2nd Infantry Division, during a ceremony Jan. 22. Photo by Spc. Joshua Hutcheson, USA

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From left to right, Col. Ben Hodges, commander, 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, division commander; and Lt. Col. Karl Reed, commander, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade (Stryker) 2nd Infantry Division, stand at attention during a transfer-of-authority ceremony in northern Iraq today. The soldiers from Task Force 5/20 are taking over for the 101st soldiers, who had been in Iraq for 11 months and had worked in the Tigris River Valley since May. Photo by Spc. Joshua Hutcheson, USA

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Army Lt. Col. Welton Chase Jr., commander of the 501st Signal Battalion, furls his unit's colors at the 101st Airborne Division's headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 22 during a transfer-of-authority ceremony. The 501st ended its yearlong deployment by handing over the communications mission for northern Iraq to the National Guard's 234th Signal Battalion, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, led by Lt. Col. Rusty Lingenfelter. Photo by Sgt. Robert Woodward, USA

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A worker makes bread in traditional clay ovens at a locally owned resturant on Forward Operating Base Ridgway, Iraq. U. S. Army photo by Cpl. Joe Niesen

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A soldier waits patiently as the chefs at a locally owned resturant on Forward Operating Base Ridgway, Iraq, prepare his meal. Great care is taken by the employees to ensure that each meal is prepared to the customer's satisfaction. U. S. Army photo by Cpl. Joe Niesen

Saddam is Gone,
But Work Goes On

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Soldiers from 5th Engineer Battalion search an orange grove Jan 12, after coalition forces discovered a bounty of weapons and bomb making material buried in a rural village in Taji, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. David Bennett

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A scout from G Troop 10th Calvary Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, guards two Iraqis as other soldiers search the family's house in Tikrit, Iraq Jan. 5. Photo by Spc. Bronwyn Meyer

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NL B a t a l j o n s s t a f - Lang gezocht , toch gevonden onze broeders ****, Ron en Martien

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Bob aan het werk met de nieuwe Irakese politie.

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Drie stoere binken in de aanbieding

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Commandant test het zwemwater voor de zomervakantie

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Tony op de tank - (POD peloton)

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An Iraqi child writes letters on the dusty windshield of a Japanese military vehicle, in Samawah, southern Iraq, Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. An advance team of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces arrived in Kuwait last week and on Monday moved to Samawah in Southern Iraq. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Iraqi children stand next to a Japanese soldier in Samawah, southern Iraq, Friday, Jan. 23, 2004.

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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/n01222004_200401225.html]Change (http://www.defendamerica.mil/cgi-bin/bye.cgi?[url) in Tactics: Insurgents
Shift Focus to Attacks on Iraqis[/url]

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Yahya Khalid Ibrahim, center, is comforted by family members during the funeral of his brother Ibrahim Khalid Ibrahim in Fallujah, Iraq Friday Jan. 23, 2004. Gunmen firing from a van killed Ibrahim, an Iraqi policman, in an attack on a checkpoint between Fallujah and Ramadi on Thursday. One other Iraqi policemen was killed and three others wounded in the attack. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)


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Lance Cpl. Kevin Styles, P-19 crewmember, station Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, looks through the lens of a Fire Warrior, which is a micro-thermal imaging device. )
Photo submitted 01/22/2004 Taken by Lance Cpl. Natasha S. Green

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Patrol Coastal Ship USS Chinook (PC 9), one of 13 Cyclone class Navy ships, is docked in Bahrain until its engines are repaired by Maintenance Center Barstow's Paxman Traveling Team.

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The Paxman Team that traveled to Bahrain for a Paxman housecall included (from right to left) Robert Schneider, Gary Heidorn, team supervisor, Ernie Flanders, John Fetchner and Bob Hetticher.
Photo submitted 01/22/2004 Taken by Rob L. Jackson

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Marines with the convoy react to aggressors in the brush after being ambushed on County 13 during a convoy exercise by Combat Service Support Detachment-16 and other elements of the 1st Force Service Support Group Monday.

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The gun crew of an M198 155mm howitzer set up the gun prior to a live fire exercise conducted at the end of the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit's Special Operations Capable Exercise (SOCEX). The Marines are from Golf Battery, the artillery unit assigned to the MEU's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 6th Marine.
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Lance Cpl. Francisco J. Conroy, (far right) mortarman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine regiment, stands guard by a door and provides security for other Marines who search and seek for mock insurgents. The Marines also searched for weapons and explosives.

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While the Japanesed Ground Self Defense Force raise the flag of their country, Marine Lance Corporals Trinton Shuey, Jeff Bryant, and James Cook render salutes after raising the colors at the Hijudai flagpole on January 21, 2004 with Corporal Scott Mayer standing post. The colors ceremony marked the beginning of the Hijudai artillery relocation exercise. Photo submitted 01/23/2004 Taken by Lance Cpl. Adaecus Brooks

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A sniper team from Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn, 6th Marines, the ground combat element of the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit, scans the crowd around a 'U.S. Embassy' during a reinforcement mission exercise aboard Camp Lejeune. The mission was one of those undertaken by the MEU during its Special Operations Capable Exercise (SOCEX).

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Poised for action, Master Sgt. Arrieta practices the fundamentals of sight alignment and trigger control as he aims in down range for a 25-yard slow fire relay.
Photo submitted 01/23/2004 Taken by Cpl Isaac Pacheco

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A U.S. Air Force CH-53 helicopter carrying Vice President **** Cheney (news - web sites) takes off from the Zurich International Airport as an armored police vehicle guards the runway where dignitaries shuttle to the World Economic Forum (news - web sites) meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Cheney will address the WEF meeting Saturday in Davos. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Vice President **** Cheney (news - web sites), center right, carries his notebook as he walks amid high security to board a U.S. Air Force helicopter at Zurich International Airport in Zurich, Switzerland, after flying overnight from Washington to attend the World Economic Forum (news - web sites). Cheney will address the WEF meeting Saturday in Davos, Switzerland. An Air Force helicopter crewman stands at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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An Airbus 330 converted for use as an aerial refueling tanker for the military is seen in this artists rendering. Britain is set to award a $24 billion military plane contract to a consortium led by Airbus parent EADS in a blow to rival Boeing Co, an industry source said on January 23, 2004. Europe's largest order for planes that refuel military jets would be a big win for Airbus -- which would supply civilian planes to be converted into air tankers -- and crack open a sector where Boeing has long held a near-monopoly. 'The order is expected to go to EADS,' the industry source said, adding an announcement was likely on Monday, but may come as early as Friday. Photo by *******

[Loco]

The Spanish Special Forces pic's are still trickling in.
I'd really like to see the Video. MARINO, Loco - anybody?

I couldn´t see any of this photos nor to talk of the video in spanish media. :oops:

[Loco]

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That´s a smart boy!!! He wears a Real Madrid shirt. I know who is winning hearts and minds in Iraq just now. (Man, Bayern, Milano and Ajax, look and learn) :lol:

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That´s a smart boy!!! He wears a Real Madrid shirt. I know who is winning hearts and minds in Iraq just now. (Man, Bayern, Milano and Ajax, look and learn) :lol:

I've already seen man utd and liverpool tops on iraqis, and a david beckham one (before the transfer). :P

[Smintjes]

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Digital DPM? Have never seen a pattern like this before.

[He219]

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Iraqi traffic police officer Zaid Al Hashimi, left, keeps the ball away from Spec. Damian Tucker of the 519th Military Police Battalion during a soccer game played at the battalion's camp south of Baghdad Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. The Iraqi police won the game 5-1. Tucker is from Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
:D

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A contingent of Japan's Self Defense Forces is greeted by Japanese Ambassador to Kuwait Sumio Tarui, right upon arrival at Kuwait's International Airport on Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. They will assist in moving equipment to southern Iraq, where an advance team of Japanese troops is setting up a base in Samawah. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)

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Georgian troops march during a rehearsal for the inauguration ceremony of newly elected President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. The inauguration on Sunday will mark the culmination of a tumultuous two months for the tiny former Soviet republic, launching a new era after the peaceful ouster of the leader who ruled the country for a decade. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

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A stray dog wanders among Georgian troops and mounted police during a rehearsal for the inauguration ceremony of newly elected President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. The inauguration on Sunday will mark the culmination of a tumultuous two months for the tiny former Soviet republic, launching a new era after the peaceful ouster of the leader who ruled the country for a decade. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

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Mikhail Saakashvili, who won Georgia's presidential election, smiles holding roses as symbol of the "rose revolution" in a polling station in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004. The inauguration of newly elected Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Sunday will mark the culmination of a tumultuous two months for the tiny former Soviet republic, launching a new era after the peaceful ouster of the leader who ruled the country for a decade.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

[UoUo]

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That our "galil" ?

[memphiz]

wow Indonesian soldiers are stone cold
-great pics He
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[He219]

UoUo, they look more like FNC Paras, but are something else. REMOV?

;)


Thanks memphiz!
:D

[Nondescript]

Sweet pictures.

Is there anyone who can tell me why it says Bastogne on the wall
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I know that the fight in Bastogne was a very crucial part of the 101st history. Anyone have any good inside information about why i'd be glad to hear it.

[NOKIA--G21]

woot woot woot cool pics

[caspermeister]

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Wow Digital DPM, that's cool..... just wondering if Kopassus (Army Special Force Command) has their own Digital bleeding vertical tiger stripe BDU yet
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That our "galil" ?

That's FNC assault rifle - compact
Standard Indonesian National Arm Forces (TNI) assault rifles. In that picture is compact or para type. Here you are the picture:

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[Argyll]

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Not a CH53 but an MH53(Spec Ops)

[UoUo]

Thanks for the info.

[REMOV]

That's FNC assault rifle - compact Standard Indonesian National Arm Forces (TNI) assault rifles.Well... let's say this is a licence copy of FNC, but it's called Pindad SS-1 series, in order:

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5,56mm SS1-V1 Assault Rifle
Overall Length: 997 mm
Barrel Length: 449 mm
Weight: 4,01 kg

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5,56mm SS1-V2 Automatic Carbine (Medium Barrel, Foldable Butt)
Overall Length: 890 mm
Barrel Length: 363 mm
Weight: 3,91 kg

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5,56mm SS1-V3 Assault Rifle (Standard Barrel, Fixed Butt)
Overall Length: 977 mm
Barrel Length: 449 mm
Weight : 4,01 kg

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SS1-V5 Automatic Carbine (Short Barrel, Foldable Butt)
Overall Length: 770 mm
Barrel Length: 252 mm
Weight : 3,37 kg

[fokket]

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These breads are gorgeous, gotta love ME cusine

[REMOV]

By the way, the Indonesians created also 7,62mm model based on this licence, but in their very own calibre 7,62mm x 45 (sic! - REMOV).

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7,62mm x 45 (MU - 11TJ)

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7,62mm x 45 (MU - 11PHH) Anti Riot


Pindad's foremost invention product to be used for law enforcement purpose. It has been designed as a mature developed thinking result to get a product that could increase self confidence on the law enforcement personnel. Having stopping power and high accuracy, this type of ammunition would be very suitable for paralizing a target at an effective distance. The weapon to be used is Sabhara/Police Rifle.



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7,62mm Sabhara Police Rifle V1
Overall length: 920 mm
Barrel length: 363 mm
Weight: 3,79 kg

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7,62mm Sabhara Police Rifle V2
Overall length: 790 mm
Barrel length: 247 mm
Weight: 3,38kg

More information about PINDAD's products: http://www2.pindad.com/

[Jack Mehoff]

NOW, this is what i call a bad ass warrior expression


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[Wilco]

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If that guy came after me in a hand to hand combat fight......I'd cry.

[MARINO]

The Spanish Special Forces pic's are still trickling in.
I'd really like to see the Video...

Here in Spain anybody knows anything about this exercice they inly show it in one chanel during 10 seconds.
But the images were really were good, the American sailors have a pirate flag and some of them were disgise in Ninjas to remebember Spanish Special Forces the capture os So San

[MARINO]

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Spanish Soldier Patrolling in Diwaniyah,Iraq.

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Spanish BMR in Diwaniyah,Iraq.

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Celebration to honnour those who dead for Spain specially those who died in Iraq

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Spanish Civil Guard wounded in his head in Iraq they had bring him in Spain to die in his country.:(

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BMR in diwaniyah

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EOD guys

[EvanL]

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Newly-arrived members of the Task Force Kabul Canadian Contingent examine their new surroundings shortly after arriving at the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan. The group of approximately 50 soldiers are the first group to arrive for Rotation 1 of Operation Athena. Most of the soldiers are from the 5 th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group based in Valcartier, Quebec, and will be working in the Kabul Multi-National Brigade Headquarters.

Op ATHENA is Canada's contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the United Nations-Authorized mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Op ATHENA began in August 2003 and is currently scheduled to end late summer 2004. The mission of ISAF is to maintain security in Kabul and its surrounding areas so the Afghan Transitional Authority and UN agencies can begin rebuilding the country. At this time, ISAF comprises approximately 5,500 troops from 31 nations.
Photo MCpl Brian Walsh French / Francais
KA2004-A035D
22 Jan 04
Kabul, Afghanistan

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English / Anglais
KA2004-A037D
22 Jan 04
Kabul, Afghanistan

Newly-arrived members of the Task Force Kabul Canadian Contingent examine their new surroundings shortly after arriving at the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan. The group of approximately 50 members are the first group to arrive for Rotation 1 of Operation Athena. Most of the soldiers are from the 5th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group based in Valcartier, Quebec, and will be working in the Kabul Multi-National Brigade Headquarters.

Op ATHENA is Canada's contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the United Nations-Authorized mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Op ATHENA began in August 2003 and is currently scheduled to end late summer 2004. The mission of ISAF is to maintain security in Kabul and its surrounding areas so the Afghan Transitional Authority and UN agencies can begin rebuilding the country. At this time, ISAF comprises approximately 5,500 troops from 31 nations.
Photo MCpl Brian Walsh French / Francais
KA2004-A037D
22 Jan 04
Kabul, Afghanistan

[TALOS]

Sweet pictures.

Is there anyone who can tell me why it says Bastogne on the wall
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/200401221b.jpg
I know that the fight in Bastogne was a very crucial part of the 101st history. Anyone have any good inside information about why i'd be glad to hear it.
The 101st were known as the Bastards of Bastogne for their tenacious defense of the woods and town. Outnumbered outgunned and with no air support they beat back repeated German attacks.
It is considered their most glorious moment by many people and they refer to it in respect and as an example of what they stand for.

[He219]

Nice Pic's. - Keep 'em rollin'
woot


Another Spanish pic. just in, MARINO

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Arabian Sea (Jan. 17, 2003) – Spanish special operations forces soldiers conduct a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operation aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat stores ship USNS Saturn (T-AFS 10) during Exercise Sea Saber 2004. Sponsored by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/ Commander, 5th Fleet, Sea Saber was the fifth in a series of multi-national exercises based on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) announced by President George Bush in May of 2003 in Krakow, Poland. Sea Saber was the first PSI exercise led by the United States, and the first to be conducted in the Arabian Sea, a key region of proliferation concern. It involved the largest number of nations to participate in any PSI exercise to date. The exercise focused on one contingency, the interdiction of a maritime shipment on the high seas. Participants practiced intercepting, boarding and searching vessels thought to be illegally trafficking weapons of mass destruction or related materials. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Wes Eplen. (RELEASED)

Some images of the Spanish Special Forces intercepting North Korean cargo vessel, So San:

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Gulf of Aden (Dec. 9, 2002) -- Spanish Sailors aboard the Santa Maria-class Frigate Navarra (F-85) man provide cover for boarding teams, during a hostile boarding of the North Korean vessel, So San. So San attempted to evade capture, forcing Navarra to fire warning shots across its bow. Special Forces troops then conducted a hostile boarding by helicopter and small boat. The boarding team later found 15 disassembled Scud missiles concealed by bags of cement, bound for Yemen. U.S. military experts deployed in the area were called in to further examine the cargo. U.S. Intelligence sources had been tracking the vessel since it departed a North Korean port in mid-November. Photo released by Spanish Defense Ministry.

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Gulf of Aden (Dec. 9, 2002) -- Spanish Sailors aboard the Santa Maria-class Frigate Navarra (F-85) man provide cover for boarding teams, during a hostile boarding of the North Korean vessel, So San. So San attempted to evade capture, forcing Navarra to fire warning shots across its bow. Special Forces troops then conducted a hostile boarding by helicopter and small boat. The boarding team later found 15 disassembled Scud missiles concealed by bags of cement, bound for Yemen. U.S. military experts deployed in the area were called in to further examine the cargo. U.S. Intelligence sources had been tracking the vessel since it departed a North Korean port in mid-November. Photo released by Spanish Defense Ministry.

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Gulf of Aden (Dec. 9, 2002) -- The North Korean cargo vessel, So San, being stopped and boarded during maritime interception operations (MIO), conducted by two Spanish Navy ships, the Santa Maria-class Frigate Navarra (F-85) accompanied by the replenishment ship Patino (A-14). When signaled to stop, So San attempted to evade capture, forcing Navarra to fire warning shots across its bow. Spanish Special Forces troops then conducted a hostile boarding by helicopter and small boat. The boarding team later found 15 disassembled Scud missiles concealed by bags of cement, bound for Yemen. U.S. military experts deployed in the area were called in to further examine the cargo. U.S. Intelligence sources had been tracking the vessel since it departed a North Korean port in mid-November. Photo released by Spanish Defense Ministry.

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Gulf of Aden (Dec. 9, 2002) -- The North Korean cargo vessel, So San, being stopped and boarded during maritime interception operations (MIO), conducted by two Spanish Navy ships, the Santa Maria-class Frigate Navarra (F-85) accompanied by the replenishment ship Patino (A-14). When signaled to stop, So San attempted to evade capture, forcing Navarra to fire warning shots across its bow. Spanish Special Forces troops then conducted a hostile boarding by helicopter and small boat. The boarding team later found 15 disassembled Scud missiles concealed by bags of cement, bound for Yemen. U.S. military experts deployed in the area were called in to further examine the cargo. U.S. Intelligence sources had been tracking the vessel since it departed a North Korean port in mid-November. Photo released by Spanish Defense Ministry.

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Gulf of Aden (Dec. 9, 2002) -- Containers found to have scud missile parts in the cargo hold aboard the North Korean vessel, So San, discovered after being boarded by Spanish Special Forces. So San attempted to evade capture, forcing the Spanish Santa Maria-class Frigate Navarra (F-85) to fire warning shots across its bow. Special Forces troops then conducted a hostile boarding by helicopter and small boat. The boarding team later found 15 disassembled Scud missiles concealed by bags of cement, bound for Yemen. U.S. military experts deployed in the area were called in to further examine the cargo. U.S. Intelligence sources had been tracking the vessel since it departed a North Korean port in mid-November. Photo released by Spanish Defense Ministry.

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Gulf of Aden (Dec. 9, 2002) -- Scud missile parts and equipment found in the cargo hold aboard the North Korean vessel, So San, discovered after being boarded by Spanish Special Forces. So San attempted to evade capture, forcing the Spanish Santa Maria-class Frigate Navarra (F-85) to fire warning shots across its bow. Special Forces troops then conducted a hostile boarding by helicopter and small boat. The boarding team later found 15 disassembled Scud missiles concealed by bags of cement, bound for Yemen. U.S. military experts deployed in the area were called in to further examine the cargo. U.S. Intelligence sources had been tracking the vessel since it departed a North Korean port in mid-November. Photo released by Spanish Defense Ministry.






Others for Today:

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Catania, Sicily (Jan 15, 2003) – A U.S. Marine reviews a training manual while waiting to board a Prepositioning Squadron ship, while preparing for deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Marines and Seabees arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella for staging prior to the war in Iraq. NAS Sigonella provides logistical support for Sixth Fleet and NATO forces in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Damon J. Moritz. (RELEASED)


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Catania, Sicily (Jan 15, 2003) – U.S. Marines stand prepare Meal’s Ready to Eat (MRE) for shipment as fellow Marines and Seabees board Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships in Sicily as part of a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Marines and Seabees arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella for staging prior to the war in Iraq. NAS Sigonella provides logistical support for Commander, Sixth Fleet and NATO forces in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Damon J. Moritz. (RELEASED)

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Catania, Sicily (Jan 15, 2003) – U.S. Navy Seabees watch Marine Prepositioning Squadron ship MV 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo as it departs Sicily for the Central Command Area of Responsibility with a full load of Seabees and Marines in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Catania, Sicily (Jan. 15, 2003) – U.S. Marines and Navy Seabees board Marine Prepositioning Squadron MV 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo in Sicily as part of a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The ship is named after 2nd Lt. John Paul Bobo, USMC, who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions to save the lives of other Marines during the Vietnam War. The Marines and Seabees arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella for staging prior to the war in Iraq. NAS Sigonella provides logistical support for Commander, Sixth Fleet and NATO forces in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Damon J. Moritz. (RELEASED)

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Arabian Sea (Jan. 17, 2003) – A U.S. Marine Corps Nuclear, Biological and Chemical assessment team assigned to Battalion Landing Team One One, conduct tests on a crate to determine its contents aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat stores ship USNS Saturn (T-AFS 10) during Exercise Sea Saber 2004. Sponsored by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/ Commander, 5th Fleet, Sea Saber was the fifth in a series of multi-national exercises based on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) announced by President George Bush in May of 2003 in Krakow, Poland. Sea Saber was the first PSI exercise led by the United States, and the first to be conducted in the Arabian Sea, a key region of proliferation concern. It involved the largest number of nations to participate in any PSI exercise to date. The exercise focused on one contingency, the interdiction of a maritime shipment on the high seas. Participants practiced intercepting, boarding and searching vessels thought to be illegally trafficking weapons of mass destruction or related materials. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Wes Eplen. (RELEASED)

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Yokosuka, Japan (Jan. 22, 2004) – Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Christopher Jensen from Indianapolis, Ind., provides instructions to Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Sean Bayla from Las Vegas, Nev., during a General Quarters (GQ) inspection by the Afloat Training Group Western Pacific (ATGWP) aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Novia E. Harrington. (RELEASED)

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Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 21, 2004) – A hose team member shines a light towards a simulated fire during a General Quarters drill in the hangar bay aboard USS Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Sheryl M. Campbell. (RELEASED)

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Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 22, 2004) – An F-14 Tomcat assigned to the Pukin Dogs of Fighter Squadron One Four Three (VF-143) prepares to land on the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN73) during carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. The Norfolk, Va. based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Brien Aho. (RELEASED)

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Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 22, 2004) – An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Six (VFA-136) launches from the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) during carrier qualifications. The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Brien Aho. (RELEASED)

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Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 22, 2004) – The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Elrod (FFG 55) underway with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group (CSG). The Norfolk, Va.-based frigate recently departed on a scheduled deployment. U. S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Brien Aho. (RELEASED)

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Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 21, 2004) – A RIM-7M NATO Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile is test fired off the fantail aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The missile is propelled by a solid-fuel rocket motor and travels at supersonic speeds. The Navy uses the Sea Sparrow aboard ships as a surface-to-air anti-missile defensive weapon. The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Sheryl M. Campbell. (RELEASED)

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Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 21, 2004) – Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Airman Jorge Font from San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, signals to an EA-6B Prowler, assigned to the Patriots of Electronic Attack Squadron One Four Zero (VAQ-140) onto one of four steam-powered catapults aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier recently departed on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Joan Kretschmer. (RELEASED)


Afghanistan:

10th Mountain builds Comanche Firebase

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Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division stand guard at the front gate of the new Comanche Firebase. The company arrived in Ghanzi Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2004, to support battalion operations in the province. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Greg Heath

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Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division fill sandbags, in addition to guard and patrol duties. The sandbags will be used to create bunkers and to fortify the new firebase. The company arrived in Ghanzi Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2004, to support battalion operations in the province. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Greg Heath


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Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division form a human chain to move supplies that the company will use while conducting operations at the firebase. The company arrived in Ghanzi Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2004, to support battalion operations in the province. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Greg Heath

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Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division lift sandbags to guard tower positions on top of walls at the firebase. The company arrived in Ghanzi Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2004, to support battalion operations in the province. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Greg Heath

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U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, work together to build up their new home, Comanche Firebase, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The company arrived in Ghanzi Province Jan. 6, 2004, to support battalion operations in the province. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Greg Heath


Serbia-Montenegro:

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U.S. Ambassador to Belgrade, William D. Montgomery, right, and Serbia-Montenegro deputy Defense Minister Vukasin Maras, left, watch as the army prepares to destroy armaments including shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles at the military testing ground near village Nikinci, Serbia, 40 kilometers west of the capital, Belgrade, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. Backed by the U.S., the Serbia-Montenegro army has started to destroy warheads and outdated Strela SA-7B missiles as part of efforts to downscale and modernize its army. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Honduras:

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Honduran Sgt. Noel Moncada from the Alfa Command, front, puts a yellow cross to locate a land mine, as part of an exibition in after US Assistant Secretary Defense of Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict Col. Allan Vosburgh (not seen in the photo) is donating new prototype equipment used for humanitarian demining operations in Las Canoas, Choluteca, 188 kilometers (117 miles) south from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004. Since 1995 until 2003 the Alfa Command have found and destroyed some 2.189 land mines, as part of this program in the country. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

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Honduran Minister of Defense Federico Breve, left, receives a key from US Col. Allan Vosburgh Assistant Secretary Defense of Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, right, who is donating new prototype equipment used for humanitarian demining operations in Las Canoas, Choluteca, 188 kilometers (117 miles) south from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004. Since 1995 until 2003 the Alfa Command have found and destroyed some 2.189 land mines, as part of this program in the country. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

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Honduran soldiers from the Alfa Command participate in a ceremony where US Assistant Secretary Defense of Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict Col. Allan Vosburgh (not seen in the photo) is donating new prototype equipment used for humanitarian demining operations in Las Canoas, Choluteca, 188 kilometers (117 miles) south from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004. Since 1995 until 2003 the Alfa Command have found and destroyed some 2.189 land mines, as part of this program in the country. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Argentina:

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Police guard an area where an anthropological team work in Campana, 80 km (50 miles) north of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. The Anthropological team believes it has discovered the remains of what may have been a torture center during Argentina's Dirty War, an official said Friday. (AP Photo/Daniel Luna)

[haze99]

Damn Remov, good job on the small arms!

Delux 247, Bastogne has to do with the 101st in WW II, as you know. But, the 1st Brigade of the 101st Abn Div (AA) is known as the Bastogne Brigade. 1st Bde is formed around the 327th Infantry Regiment, which I believe was there, during the Battle of the Bulge. (although it was a Glider unit then)

[elguapo]

Rio de Janeiro
5 die in confrontation with police as operation 'maximum pressure' unfolds. 240 man occupied "Complexo da Mare" this friday.


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[elguapo]

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[Falco]

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Does the ship provide a very stable firing platfor for those markmen? Doesn't the swell affect their aim.

[simple jumper]

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Indonesian soldiers of the newly-formed Raider battalions march during a parade at a ceremony commemorating the 58th anniversary of the Indonesian Army in Jakarta, in this Dec. 22, 2003 file photo. Top commanders have stressed that their troops will remain neutral in the election process. Analysts say that it is almost inconceivable that behind the scenes, military generals will not use their newfound clout to prop up the candidacy of President Megawati Sukarnoputri, seen as a close political ally. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

In the Canadian Forces you're not allowed to wear makeup in uniform. ;)
they look hard core, wouldnt want to piss them off.

[Yard Ape]

Sweet pictures.

Is there anyone who can tell me why it says Bastogne on the wall
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/200401221b.jpg
I know that the fight in Bastogne was a very crucial part of the 101st history. Anyone have any good inside information about why i'd be glad to hear it.It is an Airborne thing. Go watch Band of Brothers.

[Nondescript]

Thanks for all the answers as to why it said Bastogne on the wall, I feel that my question has been answered.

I have the whole DVD-box with Band of Brothers. I try not to watch it too often, don't want it to lose its "magic". I've also read the book by Stephen E. Ambrose, It's very good.

[Smintjes]

Nice pics everyone!

[Miles Teg]

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Hey, it's our GIAT gun ! Like on the Tiger.


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Wooaahh !
Any more information about this operation?
Where this cargo comes?
I've never heard anything about this. Amazing !

[MARINO]

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/Spanish_Special_Forces_Board_Ship

Look there is in the sectio of Enduring Freedom.
This Operation was made in november 2002, this cargo comes from North Korea, and went to Yemen.This operation was made by muntinational TF 150 under spanish command and composed by 2 ships of Spanish Armada, 1 of french navy aand 1 of german navy, the SF were from BD-II from SERECO unit spanish marines. The find 15 scuds and nitric acid gaz(i don't know how we say in english).
For He219 and for Hood inedit pis of this operation:
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woot woot