Today's Pix - Thursday, July 13th, 2006

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Armed police snipers are on guard as US President George W. Bush visits the old city hall at Stralsund, eastern Germany, on Thursday, July 13, 2006. The US President spends a two-day visit to here on the invitation by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)
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A marksman of the police is on guard during US President George W. Bush visits the old city hall at Stralsund, eastern Germany, on Thursday, July 13, 2006. The US President spends a two-day visit to here on the invitation by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)
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A marksman of the special police forces prepares his DSR-1 rifle near the marketplace of Stralsund, eastern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. This northern port city's historic center was turned back into the fortress of old as U.S. President George W. Bush prepared to meet Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Security around Stralsund was tight, with fighter jets and helicopters patrolling the skies and police checking the city's 2,200 manhole covers that had been welded shut to ensure that nothing disrupts Bush's visit to Merkel's constituency. (AP Photo/Peter Kneffel, pool)
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Special police forces watch the area around the marketplace of Stralsund, eastern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. This northern port city's historic center was turned back into the fortress of old as U.S. President George W. Bush prepared to meet Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Security around Stralsund was tight, with fighter jets and helicopters patrolling the skies and police checking the city's 2,200 manhole covers that had been welded shut to ensure that nothing disrupts Bush's visit to Merkel's constituency. (AP Photo/Peter Kneffel, pool)
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Police marksmen watch over a deserted street and homes in the town of Stralsund, northern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006 during the visit of U.S. president George W. Bush. Inhabitants were prohibited from showing in the streets and windows for security reasons. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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Police guard a deserted street in the town of Stralsund, northern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006 during the visit of U.S. president George W. Bush. Inhabitants were prohibited from showing up in the streets and opening windows for security reasons. Bush spends a three-day-visit to Germany. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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George W. Bush, President of the United States, front, waves at the end of his speech in front of the town hall during his visit in Stralsund, nothern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. In the background are from left: Bush's wife Laura, German cancellor Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer. Bush is stopping to talk with his newest European ally before heading to the Group of Eight summit to tackle a host of thorny problems including Iran, North Korea, and the Middle East. He has struck up a better relationship with Merkel than with her predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)



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[caleb]

Awesome, fantastic pix today, thanks He!

The DSR-1 is very sexy.

[Xlimit]

Nice thanks, anymore? :)

[He219]

Thanks.

Yeah, the DSR-1 is a nice piece of work:

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US President George W. Bush shakes hands with supporters on July 13, 2006 in Stralsund, Germany. Bush visits German Chancellor Angela Merkel's constituency in former East Germany stopping in the city of Stralsund and later in the day visiting the small village of Trinwillershagen for a barbecue with residents. (Photo by Peter Kneffel - Pool/***** Images)

[AFJROTC55]

really cool pics of the CS and I teams, man, that DSR-1 is too cool, does AMP still make them?

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[welshmann]

wow that rifle looks awesome,nice pixs

[Andrew116]

So thats german police with the sniper rifle right?? Or is it seceret service

[welshmann]

i dont know **** about sniper rifles,but why is the bi-pod on top?lower profile of the guy shooting it?better movement if target moveing?

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KIRYAT - SHEMONA, ISRAEL - MAY 15: (ISRAEL OUT) Residents of a building in the northern city of Kiryat -Shmona stay inside a bomb shelter as high alert was declared on July 13, 2006. Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut?s international airport before dawn and killed at least 27 Lebanese civilians in a series of raids after Israel vowed a harsh response to the killing and capture of its soldiers by Hezbollah guerrillas. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)

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KIRYAT - SHEMONA, ISRAEL - MAY 15: (ISRAEL OUT) Residents of a building in the northern city of Kiryat -Shmona stay inside a bomb shelter as high alert was declared on July 13, 2006. Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut?s international airport before dawn and killed at least 27 Lebanese civilians in a series of raids after Israel vowed a harsh response to the killing and capture of its soldiers by Hezbollah guerrillas. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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KIRYAT - SHEMONA, ISRAEL - MAY 15: (ISRAEL OUT) Residents of a building in the northern city of Kiryat -Shmona stay inside a bomb shelter as high alert was declared on July 13, 2006. Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut?s international airport before dawn and killed at least 27 Lebanese civilians in a series of raids after Israel vowed a harsh response to the killing and capture of its soldiers by Hezbollah guerrillas. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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KIRYAT - SHEMONA, ISRAEL - MAY 15: (ISRAEL OUT) Residents of a building in the northern city of Kiryat -Shmona sit outside a bomb shelter as high alert was declared. Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut?s international airport before dawn and killed at least 27 Lebanese civilians in a series of raids after Israel vowed a harsh response to the killing and capture of its soldiers by Hezbollah guerrillas. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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KIRYAT - SHEMONA, ISRAEL - MAY 15: (ISRAEL OUT) Residents of a building in the northern city of Kiryat -Shmona stay inside a bomb shelter as high alert was declared. Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut?s international airport before dawn and killed at least 27 Lebanese civilians in a series of raids after Israel vowed a harsh response to the killing and capture of its soldiers by Hezbollah guerrillas. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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KIRYAT - SHEMONA, ISRAEL - MAY 15: (ISRAEL OUT) Residents of a building in the northern city of Kiryat -Shmona stay inside a bomb shelter as high alert was declared. Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut?s international airport before dawn and killed at least 27 Lebanese civilians in a series of raids after Israel vowed a harsh response to the killing and capture of its soldiers by Hezbollah guerrillas. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)

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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shells towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shells towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shells towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shells towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shells towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shells towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shells towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shells towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shells towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)


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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER, JULY 13: An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a 155mm shell towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon 13 July 2006, at a military staging area along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in dozens of Israeli air strikes across the country today after Hezbollah militants seized two soldiers and killed eight, local police said. Over night an Israeli woman was killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya in rockets fired from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/***** Images)

[.338LapuaMagnum]

i dont know **** about sniper rifles,but why is the bi-pod on top?lower profile of the guy shooting it?better movement if target moveing?

The rifle can hang under the bipod for a more steady position. Like Sako bipod or good ole WA2000.

AMP still produce the rifle. 6450 € +

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[Conga]

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[Macs.]

So thats german police with the sniper rifle right?? Or is it seceret service

German Police.

The Snipers seem to be from a PSK, but which ? Atleast the unit-patch looks like it.

Nice G36k, they always have some new toys.

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Members of the 1109th Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot and the 134th Military Police Company bow their heads in prayer during the send off ceremony Wednesday, July 12, 2006, in Groton, Conn. (AP Photo/The Day, Suzanne Ouellette)
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U.S. Army Sgt. Ricardo Maldonado and fellow soldiers from Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 506th Regimental Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division prepare to enter and search an abandoned building while on patrol along the Diyala River in East Baghdad, Iraq, on July 4, 2006. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bart A. Bauer, U.S. Navy.
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Japanese coaliton troops in convoy outside their base before a handover ceremony, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in Samawah, 370 kilometers (230 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. British and Australian forces handed over security for the relatively peaceful southern province of Muthanna to Iraqi forces on Thursday in the first such transfer of an entire province. Japan is in the process of withdrawing its 600 non-combat troops that were based in the province near Samawah from the country, ending Tokyo's largest military deployment in the postwar era and the first to a war zone since 1945. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)
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An Iraqi police officer walks past Australian soldiers during a handover ceremony in the southern city of Samawa 13 July 2006. Iraqis took charge today of security in the southern province of Muthanna, replacing British and Australian forces in the first such transfer of responsibility in Iraq, even as violence continued elsewhere. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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Iraqi Army soldiers march during a handover ceremony, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in Samawah, 370 kilometers (230 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. British and Australian forces handed over security for the relatively peaceful southern province of Muthanna to Iraqi forces on Thursday in the first such transfer of an entire province. Japan is in the process of withdrawing its 600 non-combat troops that were based in the province near Samawah from the country, ending Tokyo's largest military deployment in the postwar era and the first to a war zone since 1945. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)
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The head of Japan's 10th Ground Self-Defense Force in Iraq, Col. Toshihiro Yamanaka, inspects a local Iraqi police honor guard march during a handover ceremony, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in Samawah, 370 kilometers (230 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. British and Australian forces handed over security for the relatively peaceful southern province of Muthanna to Iraqi forces on Thursday in the first such transfer of an entire province. Japan is in the process of withdrawing its 600 non-combat troops that were based in the province near Samawah from the country, ending Tokyo's largest military deployment in the postwar era and the first to a war zone since 1945.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki addresses an audience during a handover ceremony, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in Samawah, 370 kilometers (230 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. British and Australian forces handed over security for the relatively peaceful southern province of Muthanna to Iraqi forces on Thursday in the first such transfer of an entire province. Japan is in the process of withdrawing its 600 non-combat troops that were based in the province near Samawah from the country, ending Tokyo's largest military deployment in the postwar era and the first to a war zone since 1945.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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The head of Japan's 10th Ground Self-Defense Force in Iraq, Col. Toshihiro Yamanaka, right, shares a moment with a local Iraqi police officer during a handover ceremony, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in Samawah, 370 kilometers (230 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. British and Australian forces handed over security for the relatively peaceful southern province of Muthanna to Iraqi forces on Thursday in the first such transfer of an entire province. Japan is in the process of withdrawing its 600 non-combat troops that were based in the province near Samawah from the country, ending Tokyo's largest military deployment in the postwar era and the first to a war zone since 1945.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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The head of Japan's 10th Ground Self-Defense Force in Iraq, Col. Toshihiro Yamanaka, right, shakes hands with a local Iraqi tribal leader during a handover ceremony, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in Samawah, 370 kilometers (230 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. British and Australian forces handed over security for the relatively peaceful southern province of Muthanna to Iraqi forces on Thursday in the first such transfer of an entire province. Japan is in the process of withdrawing its 600 non-combat troops that were based in the province near Samawah from the country, ending Tokyo's largest military deployment in the postwar era and the first to a war zone since 1945.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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The head of Japan's 10th Ground Self-Defense Force in Iraq, Col. Toshihiro Yamanaka, left, shakes hands with Deputy Chief of Staff of the Multinational Force in Iraq, Brig. Gen. Kurt Cichowski during a handover ceremony, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in Samawah, 370 kilometers (230 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. British and Australian forces handed over security for the relatively peaceful southern province of Muthanna to Iraqi forces on Thursday in the first such transfer of an entire province. Japan is in the process of withdrawing its 600 non-combat troops that were based in the province near Samawah from the country, ending Tokyo's largest military deployment in the postwar era and the first to a war zone since 1945.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old city, Thursday July 13, 2006. Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi urged Israel to show restraint and not seek "an eye for an eye" Wednesday after two Israeli soldiers were captured by Hezbollah guerrillas along the northern border. (AP Photo/Koichi Nakamura, Japan Pool)
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, second right, listens to Kyuji Tsujita, a lecturer of Hebrew university, right, and Rabbi Shmuele Rabinowitzs, third right, at the Western Wall at Jerusalem's Old city, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Koizumi urged Israel to show restraint and not seek "an eye for an eye" Wednesday after two Israeli soldiers were captured by Hezbollah guerrillas along the northern border. Koizumi was to hold talks with Abbas, a moderate, on Thursday before flying to Jordan and then to St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday to attend the G-8 economic summit. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, Japan Pool)
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, center right, poses with Japanese residents in Israel at the Western Wall at Jerusalem's Old city Thursday, July 13, 2006. Koizumi urged Israel to show restraint and not seek "an eye for an eye" Wednesday after two Israeli soldiers were captured by Hezbollah guerrillas along the northern border. Koizumi was to hold talks with Abbas, a moderate, on Thursday before flying to Jordan and then to St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday to attend the G-8 economic summit. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, Japan Pool)
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Israeli security inspect the damage after a Katyusha-style rocket fired from neighboring southern Lebanon fell in the northern Israeli Galilee town of Safed 13 July 2006. A second Israeli was killed today in the attack on Safed where a local mayor said a salvo of Katyusha-style rockets had exploded. In the morning a woman was killed in a similar attack on the Israeli coastal town of Nahariya. The escalation has led to two Israelis being killed and 35 injured today, and in Lebanon the earlier Israeli air strikes has left a total of 40 civilians dead, as well as a Hezbollah militant. AFP PHOTO/ Menahem KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/***** Images)
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An Israeli firefighter douses an outdoor fire after bushes caught fire following a rocket attacks from neighboring Lebanon 13 July 2006, at the coastal Israeli city of Nahariya. An Israeli woman was killed when rockets fired from southern Lebanon struck the coastal resort town of Nahariya, medical sources said. Lebanon's Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah claimed that its guerrillas fired rockets on northern Israel; hours after Israeli jets pounded Lebanon in more than 50 air strikes killing twenty-eight Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, local police said. AFP PHOTO / YOAV LEMMER (Photo credit should read YOAV LEMMER/AFP/***** Images)
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An Israeli policeman exams the remains of a Katushya style rocket fired by Hezbollah guerillas from southern Lebanon near the town of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel, close to the Lebanese border, Thursday, July 13, 2006 Israel on Thursday imposed a sea and air blockade on Lebanon to cut off supply routes to Lebanese militants, the Israeli military said. Earlier Thursday, Israeli aircraft bombed Beirut's international airport. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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A Lebanese soldier stands guard at a permanent checkpoint as smoke billows above Rafik Hariri International Airport, after Israeli warplanes targeted it in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israeli forces intensified their attacks in Lebanon on Thursday, imposing a naval blockade on the country and pounding its only international airport and the Hezbollah TV station. (AP Photo)
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A crater is seen next to planes on a runway after Israeli warplanes targeted the Rafik Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israeli forces intensified their attacks in Lebanon on Thursday, with airstrikes that blasted the country's only international airport and the Hezbollah TV station in what was Israel's heaviest air campaign against Lebanon since the 1982 invasion. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese army choppers sit on the tarmac after an Israeli air raid shut down Beirut international airport, resulting in cancelled flights and stranded passengers, 13 July 2006. The Israeli army said today it fired missiles at Beirut's international airport to prevent the transfer of weapons and supplies to the Hezbollah militia, which abducted two soldiers and killed eight in attacks yesterday. AFP PHOTO RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/***** Images)
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A pall of smoke billows after Israeli airplanes targeted a transmission antenna for the Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV, near the town of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israeli forces intensified their attacks in Lebanon on Thursday, imposing a naval blockade on the country and pounding its only international airport and the Hezbollah TV station. (AP Photo/Samer Husseini)
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A Lebanese soldier walks over the rubble of a destroyed bridge of the main highway between Beirut and southern Lebanon, hit by Israeli warplanes overnight in the town of Damour, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday July 13, 2006. Israeli forces intensified their attacks in Lebanon Thursday, with airstrikes that blasted the country's only international airport and the Hezbollah TV station in what was Israel's heaviest air campaign against Lebanon since the 1982 invasion. (AP Photo/ Lefteris Pitarakis)

** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/notgonnadothismuchlonger/more/more/30690630.jpg) ** A Lebanese medic covers the body of a baby, in a hospital in Toul near Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Wednesday, July 13, 2006, after he was killed when Israeli forces targeted a house in the village of Dweir. Israeli forces intensified their attacks in Lebanon Thursday, with airstrikes that blasted the country's only international airport and the Hezbollah TV station in what was Israel's heaviest air campaign against Lebanon for 24 years. The Israeli attacks in south Lebanon alone killed 26 civilians and wounded dozens more. A family of 10 and another family of seven were killed in their homes in the village of Dweir, the officials said. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)

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SHTULA, Israel: Israeli soldiers patrol along the border with Lebanon close to the northern Israeli village of Shtula as fighting continues between the army and Hezbollah forces 13 July 2006. Israel's army chief Dan Haltuz warned today that no targets in Lebanon were immune from attack, saying that the military was prepared to continue its offensive for as long as possible. Lebanese police said 40 Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed in attacks early today in Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs and across southern Lebanon. Israel launched the military offensive after the capture of two Israeli soldiers by the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement and the killing of another eight. AFP PHOTO / YOAV LEMMER (Photo credit should read YOAV LEMMER/AFP/***** Images)
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Israeli soldiers carry shells at their position near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, just outside the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 13, 2006. The army launched an incursion into the Gaza Strip more than two weeks ago to search for an Israeli soldier who was captured by Hamas-linked militants. Hezbollah's brazen cross-border raid Wednesday in which two Israeli soldiers were captured and eight were killed, opened a second front for the Israeli army. (AP Photo / Tsafrir Abayov)
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An Israeli artillery unit fires across the border into southern Lebanon from a position on the frontier in Zaura, northern Israel, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israel on Thursday imposed a sea and air blockade on Lebanon to cut off supply routes to Lebanese militants, the Israeli military said. Earlier Thursday, Israeli aircraft bombed Beirut's international airport. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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An Israeli army artillery fires a shell towards the Gaza Strip from a position near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, just outside the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 13, 2006. The army launched an incursion into the Gaza Strip more than two weeks ago to search for an Israeli soldier who was captured by Hamas-linked militants. Hezbollah's brazen cross-border raid Wednesday in which two Israeli soldiers were captured and eight were killed, opened a second front for the Israeli army. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Israeli tanks and soldiers gather on a a road in Shomra, northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israel on Thursday imposed a sea and air blockade on Lebanon to cut off supply routes to Lebanese militants, the Israeli military said. Earlier Thursday, Israeli aircraft bombed Beirut's international airport. (AP Photo/Yaron Kaminsky)
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A German man holds a poster showing U.S President George Bush as moviestar " Rambo " at an anti-Bush demonstration during the visit of US President George W. Bush to the Baltic Sea port town of Stralsund, eastern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Bush is in eastern Germany for an official visit before he will take part in the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)
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Policemen !1!11!1! watches demonstrators who carry a banner "Georg W. Bush - terrorist No. 1" at an anti-Bush demonstration during the visit of US President George W. Bush to the Baltic Sea port town of Stralsund, eastern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Bush is in eastern Germany for an official visit before he will take part in the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Thomas Haentzschel)
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German special police officer prepares to accompany the motorcade of U.S. President George W. Bush in the north-eastern German town of Stralsund at the Baltic Sea July 13, 2006. Bush called Germany a key ally in the promotion of peace and freedom on Thursday at the start of a visit to the former communist east designed to strengthen bilateral ties. *******/Christian Charisius (GERMANY)
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A battery of Russian surface-to-air missiles is seen guarding a so-called "green zone" around the Konstantin Palace, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Russia will host G-8 summit on July 15 in Konstantinovsky Palace. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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A police officer passes by a poster, which depicts Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing a royal costume, at a camp of anti-globalists and other activists, who arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia, in the eve of the Group of Eight summit, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Russia will host the G-8 summit in St.Peterburg on July 15. St. Petersburg authorities have given permission to the activists to meet in a stadium far from the summit site and vow they will keep a tight rein on unauthorized protests.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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A police officer stands by the door to 10 Downing Street with Fran Healy, lead singer of Scottish rock band Travis, who stuck a giant G8 reminder on the front door of No.10 to make poverty history, 24 hours beforeBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair leaves for the G8 in Russia Thursday July 13, 2006. This giant post-it note will act as a reminder to the Prime Minister that last year's G8 promises to end extreme poverty are kept. The action, organised by a group of NGO's comes on the same day as campaigners across the G8 countries stage similar actions with massive post-it notes being put up on the door of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Office in Ottawa, near to the gates of the White House and addressing Congress in Washington, outside President Chirac's lyse Palace in Paris and in a central location in Berlin addressing it to Chancellor Merkel. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Fijian soldiers carry what are believed to be the ramains of an American World War II pilot in a ceremony handing over the remains to the Hawaii-based Joint POW and MIA Accounting Command Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at Naivucini, Fiji. When the pilot and his single-seater P-39 Airacobra fighter disappeared during a wartime mission on April 22, 1942, no traces were found despite an aerial search that lasted four days, U.S. officials said. (AP Photo/Samisoni Pareti)

[.338LapuaMagnum]

German Police.

The Snipers seem to be from a PSK, but which ? Atleast the unit-patch looks like it.

Nice G36k, they always have some new toys.


I can barely read "Spezialeinsatzkommando" on the T-shirt.

Do they have silver wings and a parachute in the middle?

[B25Hmitchell]

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Fijian soldiers carry what are believed to be the ramains of an American World War II pilot in a ceremony handing over the remains to the Hawaii-based Joint POW and MIA Accounting Command Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at Naivucini, Fiji. When the pilot and his single-seater P-39 Airacobra fighter disappeared during a wartime mission on April 22, 1942, no traces were found despite an aerial search that lasted four days, U.S. officials said. (AP Photo/Samisoni Pareti)


P-39 says it all. Russkies had a better go with that one.

[Daniel San]

This is neat, some kind of seat/armrest/stand ?

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[He219]

Yeah, a portable sniperstand.


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German special police officers watch the area of the historic market ahead of the arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush in the north-eastern German town of Stralsund at the Baltic Sea July 13, 2006. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts Bush on Thursday in a visit intended to solidify their ties and likely to focus on Iran and her concerns about the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. *******/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY)
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A wild boar is roasted for a barbecue of U.S. President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel with residents in the north-eastern German village of Trinwillershagen at the German Baltic sea July 13, 2006. *******/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY)

[Wojsko Polskie]

Nice pics. :)

I like the one of Bush as Rambo especially :lol:

[Irish]

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Deputy Chief of Staff of the Multinational Force in Iraq, Brig. Gen. Kurt Cichowski during a handover ceremony, Thursday, July 13, 2006, in Samawah, 370 kilometers (230 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.


He,think this guy is a Major General,As apposed to a Brig General..

[He219]

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Sgt. Kevin West of the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Department takes aim during a live-fire exercise Tuesday, July 11, 2006, during the Scout/Sniper School at the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Training Center in Pinetops, N.C. The community near Pinetops was destroyed by flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and is now the site of a training center for the Edgecombe County sheriff's department, which is holding it's ever sniper school there this week. (AP Photo/The Tarboro Southerner, Shannon Keith)
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High-school-age students, joined by some of their parents, listen to the description and function of some of the SWAT team's gear during the annual FBI youth leadership program at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Wednesday, July 12, 2006, It was a public outreach program to educate youths about the FBI and get them involved at an early age. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Shane Keyser)
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A member of the German Security force takes his position as U.S. President George W. Bush walks the grounds of the Kempinski Grand Hotel Heiligendamm during his arrival, Thursday, July 13, 2006 in Heiligendamm, Germany. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Members of the U.S. Secret Service surround U.S. President George W. Bush, as he walks in the grounds of the Kempinski Grand Hotel Heiligendamm during his arrival, Thursday, July 13, 2006 in Heiligendamm, Germany. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

[FREEDOM]

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He,think this guy is a Major General,As apposed to a Brig General..

Why the Air Force Major General wear marine cap?

[Dexx]

Great pics, He219, as always. You are by far the best contributor and mod around, because you help to make this forum what someone expect it to be: A great collection of military photos posted on a daily basis.

[He219]

Thanks; though I admit I'm a bit of an OSIF junkie ..

I can barely read "Spezialeinsatzkommando" on the T-shirt.

Do they have silver wings and a parachute in the middle?
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Something like this perhaps?
p-)

[Pille1234]

Nice pics. :)

I like the one of Bush as Rambo especially :lol:
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[ammotech]

Why the Air Force Major General wear marine cap?

With out the EGA on the front it is just a utility cover. It is also an Air force CENTCOM requirement.
All the units at my base that wear the DCU on a daily basis wear the same cover. Some zipper suit (pilot) makes the rules; not many enlist types like the thing.

[Macs.]

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That doesn't look like a SEK/MEK patch, more like PSK.

But I guess there were more then just one unit there.

[Royal]

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He,think this guy is a Major General,As apposed to a Brig General..

Going by the rank he's wearing he certainly is.

BTW what is the whole gay shoulder holster thing with US aircrew and staff officers?

[EvanL]

Going by the rank he's wearing he certainly is.

BTW what is the whole gay shoulder holster thing with US aircrew and staff officers?
I think it has something to do with Det. Andy Sipowicz
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Next thing you know they'll be threatning to show their arse in turn for a conviction!

[Betelgeuse]

http://www.mamut.com/homepages/Netherlands/3/16/frankenweb/bushkrieger.jpg I hate this magazine.

[Jarhead]

Damn all those hippies:bash:

Jarhead

[apm]

I hate this magazine. well its the best and most credible magazine in germany. during the last decades they uncovered many dirty deals and scandals for what even the very effective german police services werent able.

btw, Macs is right: there is not only one special forces unit in stralsund. up to 12000 police officers and special police operators from four federal states are in action at the moment. another funny thing: these poeple who look very happy to see bush are in fact only invited guests -to make sure that all others dont cause trouble, many of them arent even from stralsund.

very nice pics today, indeed. big fat "thank you" to all who have posted some.

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The funeral of First Sergeant Wassim Nazal from the village of Yanuch, who was killed on Wednesday by Hizbullah fire on the northern border.


RIP

[Swedish Chef]

Thank you for the pic's, gent's! woot

[Macs.]

well its the best and most credible magazine in germany. during the last decades they uncovered many dirty deals and scandals for what even the very effective german police services werent able.

"The best and most credible" ? Hardly.

Very leftish and biased.


Damn all those hippies:bash:

Jarhead

They are really getting boring.

[He219]

btw, Macs is right: there is not only one special forces unit in stralsund. up to 12000 police officers and special police operators from four federal states are in action at the moment. another funny thing: these poeple who look very happy to see bush are in fact only invited guests -to make sure that all others dont cause trouble, many of them arent even from stralsund..
Really?! you don't say~
:-P

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A German female agitator protests against U.S. President Bush near the U.S. Embassy in Berlin on Thursday, July 13, 2006. The the poster reads:" Mr. President, the Iraqi Oil Damages Your World Image!". President Bush is visiting Germany before going to St Petersburg to attend the G8 summit. (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss)
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Christian Stroebele, German Green Party member of parliament, gestures during his speech at the anti-Bush demonstration during the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to the Baltic Sea port town of Stralsund, eastern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Bush is in eastern Germany for an official visit before he will take part in the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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U.S. President George W. Bush, bottom right, shakes hands with improted German actors posing to be wellwishers at the market place in the northern German town of Stralsund, Thursday July 13, 2006. Bush is stopping to talk with his newest European ally before heading to the Group of Eight summit to tackle a host of thorny problems including Iran, North Korea, and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Peter Kneffel, Pool)
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Special police forces on a roof in Trinwillershagen near Stralsund, nothern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. George W. Bush, President of the United States will have a wild boar barbeque during his meeting with inhabitants of Trinwillershagen and German chancellor Angela Merkel as part of his visit to Stralsund. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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A man looks toward a grilled wild boar at a barbecue for U.S. President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel with residents of the village Trinwillershagen near Stralsund, northern Germany, on Thursday, July 13, 2006. The U.S. president spends an official visit to Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talks to U.S. President George W. Bush, second right, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, during a lunch in the town hall of Stralsund, Eastern Germany, Thursday July 13, 2006. (AP Photo/POOL)
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U.S. First Lady Laura Bush poses along with school children during a visit to the Children's Library of Stralsund, northern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Laura Bush opened the "America@yourlibrary", a U.S. mission to Germany's new library partnership initiative, designed to develop a broader network of cooperation with libraries around Germany. U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife Laura are in Stralsund to pay their first visit to Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel since her election last fall. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns, Pool)
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U.S. First Lady Laura Bush toasts to the guests at the roundtable luncheon at the "Altes Backhaus" Restaurant in Stralsund, near Rostock, northern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife Laura are in Stralsund to pay their first visit to Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel since her election last fall. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns, Pool)
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U.S. First Lady Laura Bush, right, and the Mayor of Stralsund Harald Lastovka, left, look at an old book at the Baroque Library at the city of Stralsund archives in Stralsund, northern Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife Laura are in Stralsund to pay their first visit to Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel since her election last fall. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns, Pool)
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US President George W. Bush (R) carves a piece of wild boar as German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks on at a dinner in the village of Trinwillershagen in Germany 13 July 2006. Bush is paying a two-day visit to Germany before attending the G8 summit in Russia. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/***** Images)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) carves a piece of totes wildschweinfleish as US President George W. Bush (R) looks on at a dinner in the village of Trinwillershagen in Germany 13 July 2006. Bush is paying a two-day visit to Germany before attending the G8 summit in Russia. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/***** Images)

[Dark Avenger]

P-39 says it all. Russkies had a better go with that one.

The P-39 certainly suffered in performance especially at altitude, as a result of a change in requirements (the ascendancy of bombardment/ground attack over pursuit mentality of the then USAAC/USAAF) and the weight increase as a result of incorporating more pilot and fuel protection dictated by the lessons of the air war over Europe in 1940. The Russians, on the other hand, flew and fought at low altitudes, where the P-39 was at its best, and used it more as a close support fighter than ain air superiority one. No wonder the second ranking Soviet ace, Hero of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Pokhryskin (I hope I spelled it right) scored most of his 59 kills in an Airacobra (although he also flew the MiG-3 and the La-7 as well).

[Macs.]

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Bruno ? :|

So the rumors that he was shot by police are true. DAMN YOU PSK BERLIN !!! :-(

[He219]

Sind aber ziemlicherweise kleine Schweine in der gegend von Stralsund ..
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A Druze man holds up the remains of Katyusha-style rocket fired from neighboring southern Lebanon which fell early 13 July 2006 close to his home in Magd al-Krum in northern Israel. Today's deaths bring the total civilian toll to 48 killed, including an off-duty soldier, and about 80 wounded since Israel began a retaliatory assault on Lebanon following the abduction of the soldiers by the Shiite Hezbollah guerrillas yesterday. Two Hezbollah militants have also been killed, while Israel said two Israelis were killed and more than 35 civilians wounded in towns across northern Israel in a barrage of Hezbollah rocket fire. AFP PHOTO/Hagai AHARON-ISRAEL OUT (Photo credit should read HAGAI AHARON/AFP/***** Images)
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Smoke rises seconds a Katyusha-style rocket slammed into a building in the northern coastal town oh Nahariya 13 July 2006, fired from across the Israeli-Lebanese border. Israel's Lebanon offensive drew staunch US backing today and a presidential rebuke for Syria, but also prompted concern here that spiraling conflict could consume Beirut's fragile democracy. Israel's actions, which killed 44 Lebanese civilians since yesterday, after the capture by Hezbollah of two of its soldiers, handed the George W. Bush administration a new foreign policy crisis, as it grapples with raging violence in Iraq, and nuclear and missile belligerence from Iran and North Korea. AFP PHOTO / YOAV LEMMER (Photo credit should read YOAV LEMMER/AFP/***** Images)
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An Israeli policeman gestures as a building burns following a Katyusha-style rocket slammed into the building in the northern coastal town oh Nahariya 13 July 2006, fired from across the Israeli-Lebanese border as Hezbollah guerillas continue to press their terrorist attacks on Israel. Israel's Lebanon offensive drew staunch US backing today and a presidential rebuke for Syria, but also prompted concern here that spiraling conflict could consume Beirut's fragile democracy. Israel's actions, which killed 44 Lebanese civilians since yesterday, after the capture by Hezbollah of two of its soldiers, handed the George W. Bush administration a new foreign policy crisis, as it grapples with raging violence in Iraq, and nuclear and missile belligerence from Iran and North Korea. AFP PHOTO / YOAV LEMMER (Photo credit should read YOAV LEMMER/AFP/***** Images)

[variable]

I don't how people always think this still is PSK Berlin. Berlin has no PSK since 3 years now. There only is an SEK with PSK groups. The idependent PSK unit was dumped due to high costs.

Really superb today's pics, thanks alot!

ben

[Macs.]

I don't how people always think this still is PSK Berlin. Berlin has no PSK since 3 years now. There only is an SEK with PSK groups. The idependent PSK unit was dumped due to high costs.


Sorry, its so confusing.

SEK, MEK, PSK, BFE, GSG, KSK, KS, SEK-M... :-(

[goat89]

As always, nice pics. Esp the DSK-1 rifle!

[AROUETLJ]

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That doesn't look like a SEK/MEK patch, more like PSK.

But I guess there were more then just one unit there.
That's the badge of the Marinekameradschaft Kampfschwimmer Ost e.V. Unless I'm very much mistaken.

[variable]

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Kommando-Kompanie Nagold

[saigonsmuggler]

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Bruno ? :|

So the rumors that he was shot by police are true. DAMN YOU PSK BERLIN !!! :-(
where are the PETA people when u need them? :)

[ed316]

Making me hungry

[.338LapuaMagnum]

Haha, after I saw the boar for BBQ, I thought about Bruno. They could've grilled him instead to offer something special.

Maybe my pal does know more about those SEK dudes. The BFE from Eutin is there too. I doubt they will be close to "Schorsch" W. Bush, more of riot control, but we'll see...

[He219]

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Turkish security members stand guard at the venue where presidents of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliev, Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey, Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to arrive for a ceremony for the 1,768-kilometer (1,100-mile) US$3.9 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline in Ceyhan, southern Turkey,Thursday, July 13, 2006. On Thursday, the leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia gathered at the costal Mediterranean port of Ceyhan to formally inaugurate the pipeline, and with oil now at some US$75 a barrel and Iran harboring nuclear ambitions, the once controversial project is looking far more attractive.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliev, left, Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey, and Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia, right, arrive in Ceyhan, southern Turkey, for a ceremony for the 1,768-kilometer (1,100-mile) US$3.9 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline, Thursday July 13, 2006. On Thursday, the leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia gathered at the costal Mediterranean port of Ceyhan to formally inaugurate the pipeline, and with oil now at some US$75 a barrel and Iran harboring nuclear ambitions, the once controversial project is looking far more attractive. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at centre background.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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inaugurating the new oil pipeline, with from left, Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey, left, Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia, Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliev, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, second right, and British Petruleum Chairman Lord Brown, right, during a ceremony for the 1,768-kilometer (1,100-mile) US$3.9 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline in Ceyhan, southern Turkey,Thursday, July 13, 2006. On Thursday, the leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia gathered at the costal Mediterranean port of Ceyhan to formally inaugurate the pipeline, and with oil now at some US$75 a barrel and Iran harboring nuclear ambitions, the once controversial project is looking far more attractive.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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Environmental activists rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Thursday, July 13, 2006, to protest the plans to construct pipelines across the Caspian Sea, with a poster depicting an oil drop with an outline of the sea's map. The leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia gathered Thursday to formally open a 1,768-kilometer (1,100-mile) pipeline designed to bring Caspian oil to the energy-hungry markets of Europe. In March, U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman Tuesday urged Kazakhstan to speed up talks on joining the pipeline. The Caspian is shared by Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Alexei Sazonov)
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This photo provided by U.S. Enrichment Corp. (USEC), shows National Nuclear Security Administration chief Linton F. Brooks, left, accompanied by USEC President and Chief Executive Officer John Welch, during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2006 to discuss a recent nonproliferation initiative that converted weapons-grade highly enriched uranium (HEU) into low-enriched uranium fuel (referred to as "downblending") used by commercial nuclear power plants to produce electricity. (AP Photo/USEC, John Harrington)
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A man reacts holding the remains of a Katyusha rocket, at the scene of a rocket attack by Hezbollah guerillas on the northern Israeli town of Safed, Thursday, July 13, 2006. A barrage of seven rockets were fired at the town by guerillas in southern Lebanon, injuring nine people, two seriously, Israeli military sources said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israelis examine the scene of a rocket attack by Hezbollah guerillas on the northern Israeli town of Safed, Thursday, July 13, 2006. A barrage of seven rockets were fired at the town by guerillas in southern Lebanon, injuring nine people, two seriously, Israeli military sources said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israeli soldiers patrol along the border with Lebanon, near Shtula, in northern Israel, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israel on Thursday imposed a sea and air blockade on Lebanon to cut off supply routes to Lebanese militants, the Israeli military said. Earlier Thursday, Israeli aircraft bombed Beirut's international airport. (AP Photo/Yaron Kaminsky)
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Medical chief of staff Ziad Jurdi, second from left, talks with Rudy Ekyalongo, a Congolese medical assistant seeking work, at Ndolo military base in Kinshasa, Congo Thursday, July 13, 2006. The bulk of Germany's 780 troops, part of a 2500-strong European Union force, are expected to deploy this week to Africa, where they will help secure Congo's first democratic elections in forty years. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens to the ceremony at a police graduation in the capital Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Karzai ordered an official investigation into reports that civilians were killed and wounded in a coalition air strike in southern Uruzgan province earlier this week. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

[Pille1234]

Sind aber ziemlicherweise kleine Schweine in der gegend von Stralsund ..

Ist ja auch eine Hungerleidergegend.

[socom6]

Great pics thanks!

[He219]

Ist ja auch eine Hungerleidergegend.
Die armen Norddeutschen Schweine.
;)


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An Iraqi army soldier from the Iraqi Army 8th Division along with a Polish army soldier from Camp Echo, Iraq, provide security during an awards ceremony at Iraqi Army 8th Division military camp in Diwaniyah, Iraq, July 10, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)
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U.S. Army Soldiers take cover during a gun battle with anti-coalition forces during a nine-day operation in Salah Ad Din, Iraq, July 6, 2006. The Soldiers are from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika)

[.338LapuaMagnum]

Die armen Norddeutschen Schweine.
;)


Danke für das Beileid. Zum Glück haben wir im Westen nicht so mageres Wild.


(Back to english)

[baifrank]

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SIG 550 SNIPER TYPE

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SIG 551

[noFlooder]

Thanks.


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This is so pathetic, why didnt this idiot stay home and safed us some 12 taxpayer millions. More pathetic is, that in that crowd of precisely chosen people, propably not even the half is from that town. The rest had to stay home with everything closed or had to leave the secure area, which means the whole city area.

[MichaelF]

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Note to self: When I build my blast shelter, I will include an air-conditioner...

[gilgoul]

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/9430/43fj.jpg

Note to self: When I build my blast shelter, I will include an air-conditioner...
Good idea, but don't forget the filter and hand operated pump in case of

[UZI4U]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasite/images/iht_daily/D130706/248almanar_long_rangerocket.jpg (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738318.html)http://www.haaretz.com/hasite/images/0.gif

Hezbollah's Al-Manar television showing the 333mm Iranian-made Raad rocket of the type that was fired at an IDF base on Thursday. (Haaretz)

[PaxMundi]

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SIG 550 SNIPER TYPE



551 LB (16" barrel) with cheek rest and Leopold scope I would say.

Peace

[HorrigEn]

Ohh **** Amazing pictures He, thanks

[Createdeemcee]

Wow the whole world is campaigning now.

Thanks for the news HE!

[apm]

Really?! you don't say~
:-P

bush saw noone of this protesters. they were kept out of the city and held by riot police in some other quarters.

invite actors to welcome someone, this reminds me very much on the german democratic republic´ actings....

[apm]

That's the badge of the Marinekameradschaft Kampfschwimmer Ost e.V. Unless I'm very much mistaken.

this is so wrong dude. these guys arent soldiers, it is forbidden except the case of natural disasters to use german soldiers for interior services. and in addition, a "e.V." is a "eingetragener Verein" wich means its a "club", and members of a club -dont matter wich kind of club it is- wouldnt do police services, too.

they are members from psk-zug of the sek schwerin, and the guy armed with sig551 in the van is from psk-zug of the sek berlin.

[camerashy]

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So is he really praying or just trying to make good so the Japanese might be able to sample some of that awesome Jewish avionics?

[Crazyjack]

So is he really praying or just trying to make good so the Japanese might be able to sample some of that awesome Jewish avionics?
Actually he is reading Braille there.

[Chairborne_Ranger]

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What's wrong with these HI RES links? They don't seem to be working lately.

[phasio]

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whats that on top of the Humvee ?

[Chairborne_Ranger]

http://www.mamut.com/homepages/Netherlands/3/16/frankenweb/bushkrieger.jpg


lol, reminds me of a comic book in the 80's called Reagan's Raiders

http://www.hellblazer.com/media/ReagansRaiders.01.jpg

where Ronald Reagan is a super-hero with the body of Rambo.

[He219]

bush saw noone of this protesters. they were kept out of the city and held by riot police in some other quarters.

Really?! you don't say~
:-P

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U.S. President George W. Bush, bottom right, shakes hands with improted German actors posing to be wellwishers at the market place in the northern German town of Stralsund, Thursday July 13, 2006. Bush is stopping to talk with his newest European ally before heading to the Group of Eight summit to tackle a host of thorny problems including Iran, North Korea, and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Peter Kneffel, Pool)

invite actors to welcome someone, this reminds me very much on the german democratic republic´ actings....
Sucker!
:-P

[UZI4U]

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*******/Ronen Zvulun
Israeli soldiers march before the funeral of their comrade Nimrod Cohen, 19, at the military cemetery in Jerusalem July 13, 2006. Hizbollah guerrillas from Lebanon fired barrages of rockets into nearly 20 towns across northern Israel on Thursday, killing one civilian and wounding 42 others in their heaviest bombardment in a decade.


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*******/Ronen Zvulun
The mother (C) of Nimrod Cohen, 19, an Israeli soldier killed near Lebanese border, mourns during his funeral in Jerusalem July 13, 2006. Hizbollah guerrillas from Lebanon fired barrages of rockets into nearly 20 towns across northern Israel on Thursday, killing one civilian and wounding 42 others in their heaviest bombardment in a decade.

[Seraphim]

What's wrong with these HI RES links? They don't seem to be working lately.
Works for me.

Attack of the clones

http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/images/show_jpg.pl?sz=1&key=1365968

[Chairborne_Ranger]

Works for me.

Attack of the clones

http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/images/show_jpg.pl?sz=1&key=1365968

Well when I click on HI-RES it opens a new window, it says opening page, and then nothing - just white, then it seems to be loading again saying 'opening page' and then it still leaves a blank white page.

[He219]

Happens to me too, give it some time and try again ...

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Israeli soldiers comfort each other during the funeral of soldier Nimrod Cohen during his funeral at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Thursday July 13, 2006. Cohen was killed Wednesday in Hezbollah's terrorist cross-border raid in which two Israeli soldiers were captured and eight were killed. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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The parents of Israeli soldier Nimrod Cohen react during his funeral at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Thursday July 13, 2006. Cohen was killed Wednesday in Hezbollah's cross-border raid in which two Israeli soldiers were captured and eight were killed. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Israelis gather at a shelter after a rocket attack by Hezbollah guerillas hit the northern Israeli town of Safed, Thursday, July 13, 2006. A barrage of seven rockets were fired at the town by guerillas in southern Lebanon, injuring nine people, two seriously, Israeli military sources said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/notgonnadothismuchlonger/more/more/30693427.jpg) ** An Israeli woman lies dead as she is seen through a hole made from a rocket fired by Hezbollah guerillas from southern Lebanon, in Nahariya, northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Israel on Thursday imposed a sea and air blockade on Lebanon to cut off supply routes to Lebanese militants, the Israeli military said. Earlier Thursday, Israeli aircraft bombed Beirut's international airport. (AP Photo/Ancho Gosh)
RIP
:-(


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John Bolton, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations casts his vote during a Security Council meeting, Thursday, July 13, 2006 at United Nations headquarters in New York. The U.S. vetoed Thursday an Arab-backed Security Council resolution that would have demanded Israel halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The draft, sponsored by Qatar, accused Israel of a "disproportionate use of force" that endangered Palestinian civilians, and demanded Israel withdraw its troops from Gaza. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

[He219]

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A billboard of the Hezbollah terrorist organization is seen at a hilltop near Marjayoun village in south Lebanon, Thursday July 13, 2006.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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An Israeli police officer runs to the site where a Hezbollah-fired rocket directly hit a building in the northern costal town of Nahariya, Thursday July 13, 2006. Rockets fired by Lebanese guerillas hit a group of journalists working in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya on Thursday, injuring at least one person. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israeli emergency workers operate at the site where a Hezbollah-fired rocket directly hit a building in the coastal town of Nahariya, northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, Thursday July 13, 2006. Rockets fired by Lebanese guerillas hit a group of journalists working in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya on Thursday, injuring at least one person.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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An Israeli firefighter indicates a casualty through a hole made after a Hezbollah-fired rocket directly hit a building in the northern costal town of Nahariya, Thursday July 13, 2006. Rockets fired by Lebanese guerillas hit a group of journalists working in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya on Thursday, injuring at least one person. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israeli's examine the scene of a rocket attack by Hezbollah guerrillas in the northern Israeli town of Safed, Thursday, July 13, 2006. A barrage of seven rockets were fired at the town by guerrillas in southern Lebanon, injuring nine people, two seriously, Israeli military sources said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israeli medics treat ******* cameraman Rami Amihai at the site where a Hezbollah-fired rocket directly hit a building in the northern costal town of Nahariya, Thursday July 13, 2006. Rockets fired by Lebanese guerillas hit a group of journalists working in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya on Thursday, injuring at least one person.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israelis gather at a shelter after a rocket attack by Hezbollah guerillas hit the northern Israeli town of Safed, Thursday, July 13, 2006. A barrage of seven rockets were fired at the town by guerillas in southern Lebanon, injuring nine people, two seriously, Israeli military sources said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

[haze99]

Though it is slightly off on its placement, that there is an old (mid-1980's) US Woodland pattern Helmet cover for the M-1 "Steel Pot" helmet! (I see the IDF has some leeway when it comes to equipment items?)

[Hadamar]

whats that on top of the Humvee ?
It is the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3).
http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/6585/longrange8zy.jpg

Raytheon PDF
http://www.raytheon.com/products/stellent/groups/public/documents/content/cms04_017581.pdf

[ZaakM433]

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Which I had a hires of this, I think I may know some of those kids.

EDIT: NM... Found the article, watched the vid, didnt know any of them.

[He219]

More pathetic is, that in that crowd of precisely chosen people, propably not even the half is from that town. The rest had to stay home with everything closed or had to leave the secure area, which means the whole city area.
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U.S. President George W. Bush, left, reacts as he carries a crying baby while greeting residents during his arrival in the village of Trinwillershagen, Germany, Thursday, July 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Danke für das Beileid.
Anytime!
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On this photo released on Thursday, July 13, 2006 by the German Federal Office for Press and Information (BPI), U.S. President George W. Bush, cuts wild pork during a barbecue in Trinwillershagen near Stralsund, northern Germany, on Thursday, July 13, 2006, as Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel, right, watches. (AP Photo/Guido Bergmann, Pool)

Zum Glück haben wir im Westen nicht so mageres Wild. (Back to english)
p-)

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Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel, 2nd left, talks to first lady Laura Bush, 3rd of left, during a barbecue with residents of the village Trinwillershagen near Stralsund, northern Germany, on Thursday, July 13, 2006.At right stands Merkel's husband Joachim Sauer. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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From left to right. Suriname Defense Minister Ivan Fernal, Ecuador's Defense Minister retired Gen.Oswaldo Jarrin, Brazil's Defense Minister retired Gen. Waldir Pires, Colombia's Defense Minister Camilo Ospina, secretary general of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA), Rosalia Arteaga, Bolivia's Defense Minister Walker San Miguel Rodriguez, Peru's retired Gen. Marciano Segundo Rengifo, and Venezuela's official foreign minister Ilena Medina, pose for photographers during a break of their meeting in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, July 13, 2006. South American defense ministers are meeting for two days to discuss how to combat weapons and drug trafficking. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Confederate soldiers, from left, Elliott Warren, 8, Cole Hybarger, 8, James Ormond, 7, and Scott Stegall, 8, charge across the lawn at Historic Latta Plantation, in Huntersville, NC, Thursday afternoon July 13, 2006, as they battled the Union Soldiers. Over 200 youths are participating in the fourth, weeklong children's Civil War camps at the plantation. The camp in its second year allows ages 8-12, to learn about history through hands-on activities. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Patrick Schneider)
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Wheeler Army Air Base, Hawaii (July 11, 2006) - Navy Diver 2nd Class Brian Geiger, assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1), walks in a staggered formation with members of Australian Clearance Diving Team One, during tactical training exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. Eight nations are participating in RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brandon A. Teeples
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Schofield Army Base, Hawaii (July 11, 2006) - Leading Seaman Clearance Diver Chris Smith, assigned to Australian Clearance Diving Team One (AUSCDT-1) and Torpedoman's Mate 2nd Class Brandon Hevly, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) set a perimeter watch during a weapons and tactical training exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006.
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Islamic Court Militia cheers during the handing over of weapons by the rivall militia in Mogadishu, Thrusday, July 13, 2006. Islamic militiamen strengthened their grip on the Somali capital after pressing more fighters loyal to rival secular warlords to surrender their prized weapons overnight and having others pledge to hand over armaments on Thursday. The surrender cements the rapid rise of the radical Islamic group as the undisputed power in Mogadishu. The group seized large parts of southern Somalia from rival warlords in June, and has since used force, enforcement of Islamic law and negotiations to consolidate their power. Sunday, they launched a ferocious attack on one of the last holdout warlords in Mogadishu, killing at least 70 people and wounding more than 380 in clashes that ended Tuesday, when the rivals surrendered. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
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Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, second left, with other members of the Islamic Court Council at Mogadishu Seaport, Wednesday, July 12, 2006, after it was handed over to Islamic Court. Somalia's Islamic courts have consolidated their power in the capital in recent days, but ahead of talks with the largely powerless U.N.-backed government, Islamic leaders now have to navigate treacherous clan politics, the source of the country's 15 years of anarchy. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
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Joe Gordon, Head of the UN Security Somalia, shakes hands with Yusuf Indha'adde, right, one of the officials of the Islamic Courts when he visited the Mogadishu airport, Monday, July 3, 2006. U.N. officials assessed security conditions in the Somali capital on Monday and met leaders of the Islamic group that has seized control of Mogadishu, the first formal contact between the two sides since the militants' dramatic rise to power in the city. The two-member U.N. security team visited Mogadishu's airport and sea port during a preliminary assessment of conditions at the facilities likely to be used by aid agencies that are considering stepping up humanitarian operations there. Persons in the middle and left are unidentified. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
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A Lebanese soldier and civilians watch as the fuel storage tanks are set ablaze after Israeli helicopter gunships unleashed missiles at Rafik Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, late Thursday, July 13, 2006. One Israeli helicopter gunship raked the fuel depots with machine gun fire while three others fired air-to-surface missiles. Officials said about a dozen projectiles struck the tanks on the eastern edge of the airport premises, and that several others missed. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
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A passengerair bridge is seen in front of fuel storage tanks set ablaze after Israeli helicopter gunships unleashed missiles at Rafik Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, late Thursday, July 13, 2006. One Israeli helicopter gunship raked the fuel depots with machine gun fire while three others fired air-to-surface missiles. Officials said about a dozen projectiles struck the tanks on the eastern edge of the airport premises, and that several others missed. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
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Firefighters try to extinguish fuel storage tanks set ablaze after Israeli helicopter gunships unleashed missiles at Rafik Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, late Thursday, July 13, 2006. One Israeli helicopter gunship raked the fuel depots with machine gun fire while three others fired air-to-surface missiles. Officials said about a dozen projectiles struck the tanks on the eastern edge of the airport premises, and that several others missed. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

[saigonsmuggler]

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Did she try to commit suicide? :(

[Pille1234]

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rofl That's priceless! Who said Bush had a limited mimic?

[American Patriot]

he's holding up the seal of the democratic party rofl

[Steel21]

That is a LRAS3

Its a 3rd Gen thermo viewer, excellent range. Also give you a grid to what you are looking at.

You can dismounted if you want. The bad part is that its manually operated, so yo have to stick yourself in the open. And there are no weapons slaved to the sight, which is not that bad, as it seem further than almost all direct fire weapons.

[MichaelF]

Confederate soldiers, from left, Elliott Warren, 8, Cole Hybarger, 8, James Ormond, 7, and Scott Stegall, 8, charge across the lawn at Historic Latta Plantation, in Huntersville, NC, Thursday afternoon July 13, 2006, as they battled the Union Soldiers. Over 200 youths are participating in the fourth, weeklong children's Civil War camps at the plantation. The camp in its second year allows ages 8-12, to learn about history through hands-on activities. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Patrick Schneider)

The Black kids, OTOH, arent having as much fun with the cotton picking, escape and whipping clinics....

[He219]

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Een Erofighter wordt geëscorteerd door twee F-16’s tijdens oefening Volkanex. De oefening werd georganiseerd door de European Air Group. De drie vliegtuigen dragen de Italiaanse kleuren. Foto: Jos Hansoul

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Bei der Entladung der 'Leopard'-Panzer ist Millimeter-Arbeit gefragt. Truppenübungsplatz Letzlingen (Deutschland), 13. Juli 2006 - Schon seit längerem kooperieren die 3. Panzergrenadierbrigade des Bundesheers und die Panzergrenadierbrigade 30 aus Ellwangen in Deutschland in Ausbildungsbelangen. Von 6. bis 20. Juli nehmen jetzt Teile der 3. und der 4. Panzergrenadierbrigade an einem Training im Gefechtsübungszentrum Altmark am Truppenübungsplatz Letzlingen in der Nähe von Magdeburg teil.
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Publikumsmagnet: Der 'Ulan'-Schützenpanzer des Bundesheers.

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Jedes Bauteil des G36 wird bei der Schiessausbildung vorgestellt und erklärt (Quelle © Bundeswehr 2006 / Alexandre Rabe) Der langsam ansteigende und schrille Pfeifton der Bootsmannsmaatenpfeife, auf den das traditionelle „Rise, Rise, aufstehn!“ folgt, ist der Tagesbeginn für 219 Rekruten. Sie sind seit nunmehr einer Woche bei der Deutschen Marine. Das Wecken durch den Unteroffizier vom Dienst geschieht um 5.20 Uhr, für die Meisten ist dies wesentlich früher als noch zu Schulzeiten. Es wartet ein langer, anstrengender Tag auf die Matrosen.
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Congolese women Sabine Lekien, left, and Nancy Kitambala iron uniforms for French European Union soldiers at Ndolo military base in Kinshasa, Congo Thursday, July 13, 2006. The bulk of Germany's 780 troops, part of a 2500-strong European Union force, are expected to deploy this week to Africa, where they will help secure Congo's first democratic elections in forty years. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)
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Medical chief of staff Ziad Jurdi, second from left, talks with Rudy Ekyalongo, a Congolese medical assistant seeking work, at Ndolo military base in Kinshasa, Congo Thursday, July 13, 2006. The bulk of Germany's 780 troops, part of a 2500-strong European Union force, are expected to deploy this week to Africa, where they will help secure Congo's first democratic elections in forty years. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)
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A German medical officer who only wanted to be identified as Strauss arranges medical equipment at Ndolo military base in Kinshasa, Congo Thursday, July 13, 2006. The bulk of Germany's 780 troops, part of a 2500-strong European Union force, are expected to deploy this week to Africa, where they will help secure Congo's first democratic elections in forty years. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)
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Strasbourg (France), 12th July 2006. A military ceremony was organised at the Eurocorps Headquarters barracks Aubert de Vincelles today to celebrate the Belgian, French and Luxemburg national days. Lieutenant General Charles-Henri Delcour inspected his troops under a burning sun. Then the standards and armed detachment of the Eurocorps framework nations paraded after a series of speeches by the national representatives explaining the history of the respective national days : Luxemburg June 23rd, France July 14th, Belgium July 21st. Photos by ADC Demeyer and HG Hauck
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A security officer gestures to journalists while escorting Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) in Samawa, 270 km (160 miles) south of Baghdad, July 13, 2006. Maliki attended a hand-over ceremony as Iraq formally took over security of a southern province from British-led troops on Thursday, the first area outside the peacefull Kurdish region to be handed over to Iraqi control since the U.S. Invasion in 2003. *******/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ)
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A soldier stands guard near some of the 15 suspected insurgents who were arrested during a raid in a village in Baquba, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, July 12, 2006. *******/Helmiy al-Azawi
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Marine Lance Cpl. Mario Madera, 21, of Carson City, Nev., takes a firing position during a break in a patrol north of Fallujah recently.

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Marine Sgt. Dean Long, 25, of Lodi, Wisc., confers with Iraqi Army 2nd Lt. Mustafa Mahmud, 24, during a joint patrol north of Fallujah. The Iraqi army is assuming independent control of the area from the Marines.
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Marine Pfc. Oscar Masedo, 20, of San Marcos, Calif., shows his tattoos to Iraqi boys during a recent patrol north of Fallujah, in western Iraq.

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Lance Cpl. Nate Barela, 20, of La Puente, Calif., walks through farm fields during a recent patrol north of Fallujah.
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An Iraqi Army soldier inspects a roadside bomb crater during a recent patrol north of Fallujah.
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Iraqi Army 2nd Lt. Ali Hussein, 29, checks a motorist's papers as Marine Sgt. Dean Long searches the vehicle during a joint patrol north of Fallujah on Saturday. The Marines are handing over control of the area to the Iraqi Army in less than a month.
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Army Spc. Brad Clark provides perimeter security for his fellow soldiers as they conduct a vehicle search near Tall Afar, Iraq, on July 10, 2006. Clark is a combat medic with Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey, U.S. Air Force.
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Marines stand post during the grand opening of a brand-new grade school in Karabilah, Iraq, July 7, 2006. About one week before its opening, insurgents planted an improvised explosive device inside the school which would have leveled a good portion of the building.
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<SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Top NATO leaders recently visited the

[Resurrection]

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Looks tasty.

[He219]

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Bullet shells are seen on the ground after a confrontation between U.N. Brazilian peacekeepers and gang members at the Cite-Militare neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 13,2006. Residents said the U.N. Brazilian peacekeepers stared an operation very early this morning in the neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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A U.N. Brazilian peacekeeper stands guard as a U.N. armored vehicle passes by after an operation in Cite-Militare, a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Residents said the U.N. Brazilian peacekeepers started an operation very early this morning in the neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Federal police stand guard at the scene where they found the bodies of retired Army Capt. Eusebio Palacios Ortiz and Lt. Marcelo Garcia in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, July 13, 2006. Mexican authorities on Thursday identified the bodies of two slain men found inside a luxury vehicle in this Pacific coast resort as military officers in charge of the mayor's security. (AP Photo/Gonzalo Perez)
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Fire rises from fuel tanks at Beirut international airport after being attacked by Israeli aircrafts July 13, 2006. Israel struck Beirut airport and Hizbollah's television station on Thursday and killed 22 civilians in raids on south Lebanon, intensifying its reprisals after Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight. *******/Adnan Hajj (LEBANON)
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An Apache helicopter prepares to land near Baghdad in this military handout photo taken August 9, 2005. A U.S. Apache helicopter crashed in a dangerous area southwest of Baghdad on Thursday but its two pilots survived. (U.S. Army/Tech. Sgt. Russell Cooley IV/Handout/*******)
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U.S. Army Soldiers conduct a patrol in Salah Ad Din, Iraq, July 6, 200, as part of a a nine-day operation in search of anti-coalition forces. The Soldiers are from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika)
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This undated photo provided by the Sesame Workshop shows Elmo, his mom and father, center, and friends at a party. With a little help from Elmo, Sesame Street is urging parents to level with their little ones _ especially those in military families trying to deal with Mom or Dad's lengthy deployment overseas. Sesame Workshop has produced a DVD, in both English and Spanish, to help military families talk to kids about deployments that will be distributed free to military families next month. (AP Photo/Sesame Workshop, Marcus Castro)
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Family members react to seeing the bus carrying their loved ones who just returned from deployment in Afghanistan, at a welcoming ceremony in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, July 13, 2006. Members of the 209 RTI of the Nebraska Army National Guard returned home after a deployment of 15 months, most of it in Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Captain Cory Hinrichs, who just returned from deployment in Afghanistan, kisses his 5-year-old daughter Kaley at a welcoming ceremony in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, July 13, 2006. Members of the 209 RTI of the Nebraska Army National Guard returned home after a deployment of 15 months, most of it in Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Sue Hinrichs greets her husband, Captain Cory Hinrichs, who had just returned from deployment in Afghanistan, Thursday, July 13, 2006, at a reunion ceremony in Lincoln, Neb. Members of the 209 RTI of the Nebraska Army National Guard returned home after a deployment of 15 months, most of it in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

[He219]

The Black kids, OTOH, arent having as much fun with the cotton picking, escape and whipping clinics....
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Union soldier Alex Allen, 10, from Charlotte, N.C., keep his toy musket and eyes focused for approaching Confederate soldiers on the lawn at Historic Latta Plantation, in Huntersville, N.C, Thursday afternoon, July 13, 2006, as they battled the Union Soldiers. Over 200 youths are participating in the fourth, weeklong children's Civil War camps at the plantation. The camp in its second year allows ages 8-12, to learn about history through hands-on activities. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Patrick Schneider)

[Irish]

just wondering, Do the Italian Forces have two types of desert Uniform??
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[Lt-Col A. Tack]

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On this photo released on Thursday, July 13, 2006 by the German Federal Office for Press and Information (BPI), U.S. President George W. Bush, cuts wild pork during a barbecue in Trinwillershagen near Stralsund, northern Germany, on Thursday, July 13, 2006, as Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel, right, watches. (AP Photo/Guido Bergmann, Pool)
Compliments to the Germans on a great meal plan!



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Does anyone else here find Ms. Merkel attractive in a dignified, older-German-woman sort of way?

[Irish]

Does anyone else here find Ms. Merkel attractive in a dignified, older-German-woman sort of way?
[/QUOTE]
Hey Buddy,You need to get more:)

[Lt-Col A. Tack]

Hey Buddy,You need to get more:)
Agreed! :) Unfortunately, It has been a very long time :(

If I had to guess I would think she would be friendly, gracious, and a very good dinner companion
Take a year or two off and you've got one fine woman.


Of course, she's no

Katarina Witt
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or

Franka Potente
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but Merkel's definitely up there.

[....]

Great pics, He! thanks!

[sultanjr]

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I noticed these shells are painted in a different light green color from the rest. Does anyone know what kind/type these are? Thanks

[BMF_EOD]

Looks like WP to me.

[3rdMillhouse]

Actually he is reading Braille there.

Works for me.

Attack of the clones

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rofl rofl Oh my God LOL


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Looks tasty.

It's very tasty.

[Far]

The graphic pic of the dead little girl in Lebanon broke my heart...she is the same age as mine. Unfortunately, you support terrorists and they attack Israel, you are going to get the sharp end of the stick....maybe they will think twice about harboring those A$$holes...I'm sure her dad wishes Hezbolah was in Egypt right about now.

[punchinout]

when i saw this i couldn't stop laughing, is it just me or does this guy have skittles or some sort of candy in his mag pouch???

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[eATS]

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that camo is primary for Afghanistan

[Royal]

Cant speak for staff officers but aircrew are most times strapped into seats, a hip holstered pistol would either get in the way or be hard to reach while in the cockpit, hence a shoulder holster.


Surely it would also get in the way with a flight vest?


As far as being "gay" why dont you just ask a US Army staff officer to his face why he wears a "gay" pistol rig...

I have done a couple of times. The only half way sensible answer I got was that pistols are viewed as a status symbol in some countries where we operate and they were showing their officer status - this from guys who never left the wire. I remember a particularly embarrassed Major who dropped his Berreta on the DFAC floor when he sat down and it fell out of his shoulder holster...


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just wondering, Do the Italian Forces have two types of desert Uniform??

Yes. The Folgore (Paras) wore the digital cam last time I was out there.


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that camo is primary for Afghanistan

Which one? The US 3 colour (which is worn in Iraq (and elsewhere)), the Australian desert (which is worn in Iraq (and elsewhere)) or the JSDF one which isn't worn in Afghanistan, 'cos there are no Japanese troops there?

[venom]

when i saw this i couldn't stop laughing, is it just me or does this guy have skittles or some sort of candy in his mag pouch???

[IMG/IMG]

yeah looks like it .

gotta love the ALICE canteen pouch plus the Magpul(?) made short m4

[easyand]

just wondering, Do the Italian Forces have two types of desert Uniform??
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the guy in the middle with the new BDU is from the army the guy on the left form the Air Force and the AF didn't recived the new BDU yet

[Big Lebowski]

The graphic pic of the dead little girl in Lebanon broke my heart...she is the same age as mine. Unfortunately, you support terrorists and they attack Israel, you are going to get the sharp end of the stick....maybe they will think twice about harboring those A$$holes...I'm sure her dad wishes Hezbolah was in Egypt right about now.
yeah me too.. dont think they where harboring any Hezbolah fighters though. they just bombed the wrong house. it happends.. just wish it wouldent.. very sad.

[Xlimit]

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Ok this kid is gonna be one hell of a lethal sniper with this face :p

[Macs.]

I just read in a german forum from a policeman who was at the Bush-Visit that the GSG-9 was also there.

[Irish]

the guy in the middle with the new BDU is from the army the guy on the left form the Air Force and the AF didn't recived the new BDU yet

I see,Thanks:)

[phasio]

It is the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3).
Raytheon PDF


ah ok, thanks m8

[eATS]

Which one? The US 3 colour (which is worn in Iraq (and elsewhere)), the Australian desert (which is worn in Iraq (and elsewhere)) or the JSDF one which isn't worn in Afghanistan, 'cos there are no Japanese troops there?

3 color was primary Afghanistan, then anything digital is primary Iraq...


the key word is primary, Digital wasnt used widely in Afghanistan, uniforms have changed 3 times already since... if you follow what the camo was made for and when it was manufactured and distributed you would understand Primary...

[Mountain Man]

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_060711-N-9288T-213.jpg


http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_060711-N-5169H-054.jpg


I've been noticing that those US Navy EOD guys get some sweet add ons for their rifles. Keep seeing them with Commandos tricked out with Voltor stocks and foreends plus more.

[lrrps]

lol, reminds me of a comic book in the 80's called Reagan's Raiders



where Ronald Reagan is a super-hero with the body of Rambo.

Who's Rambo?
Oh wait, I remember now, it's that stupid SOB who kills a whole infantry division with 3 shots.
What I hate this character and the actor who played it.

[perdurabo]

when i saw this i couldn't stop laughing, is it just me or does this guy have skittles or some sort of candy in his mag pouch???


look at the dudes face he's eating them while training woothe has mouth full of M&Ms

[Damian]

Who's Rambo?
Oh wait, I remember now, it's that stupid SOB who kills a whole infantry division with 3 shots.
What I hate this character and the actor who played it.

Rambo is the man who's gonna kick your mother****in ass pr***.

[He219]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/notgonnadothismuchlonger/more/30578832.jpg

A U.S. soldier inspects the wreckage of a vehicle used by a suicide attacker near the U.S. main base in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 26, 2006. A U.S.-led coalition soldier has been killed fighting insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, while a suicide car bomber targeted a military convoy and wounded two Afghan boys Monday, officials said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)


I've been noticing that those US Navy EOD guys get some sweet add ons for their rifles. Keep seeing them with Commandos tricked out with Voltor stocks and foreends plus more.
VLTOR CAS-V fore-ends ..
Navy EOD Stocks are Magpul M93 ...

http://cache.*****images.com/xc/57018296.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=E3A33B54CA52535BEC05830C6AD1B4AA
http://cache.*****images.com/xc/57427657.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=E3A33B54CA52535BD7C7331F88389673

[American Patriot]

I think he's got a mouthful of dip

[lrrps]

Rambo is the man who's gonna kick your mother****in ass pr***.

You're one of the stupid a s s h ol e s who believe in that stupid character created by stupid Hollywood.
If he's so good why doesn't he come back to Vietnam and take back the country?

Poor d u m b a s s.