Today's Pix - Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

[He219]

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In this photo released by Rocka*Rho Publishing, aerobatic air show legend Sean D. Tucker flies his Oracle Challenger IV inverted and in formation with two Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets over the Atlantic City boardwalk Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. The Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds jet teams will headline the Atlantic City air show Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2006. (AP Photo/Rocka*Rho Publishing, Victoria Arocho)
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Capt. Jeff Rogers (left) and 1st Lt. Patrick Applegate are ready in the lower deck of a B-52 Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on Aug. 21. The officers are with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
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Indonesian and Singaporean Navy commandos take their positions as they storm a suspicious ship during a joint excercise code-named Excercise Eagle 19/06, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. The 11-day-long excercise was aimed at strengthening ties between the two navies including joint efforts in combating piracies in Malacca straits, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes which lies between the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Malaysia and Singapore . (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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An Indonesian Navy commando, center, with a Singaporean counterpart arrest a crew of a suspicious ship during a joint excercise code-named Excercise Eagle 19/06, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. The 11-day-long excercise was aimed at strenghtening ties between the two navies including joint efforts in combatting piracies in Malacca straits, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes which lies between the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Malaysia and Singapore . (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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Indonesian and Singaporean Navy commandos arrest the crews of a suspicious ship during a joint excercise code-named Excercise Eagle 19/06, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. The 11-day-long excercise was aimed at strenghtening ties between the two navies including joint efforts in combatting piracies in Malacca straits, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes which lies between the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Malaysia and Singapore . (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean (L) talks to Indonesia's Navy Chief Admiral Slamet Soebijanto as they observe a joint exercise between the Indonesian and Singaporean navy in Jakarta August 23, 2006. Indonesia is hosting the exercise, which will be conducted over 10 days along the Malacca Straits. *******/Beawiharta (INDONESIA)
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Pakistan's cricket captain Inzamam Ul-Haq (L) arrives with a police escort at the Lord's cricket ground in St. John's Wood in central London, 23 August 2006, for a team training session. Ul-Haq's disciplinary hearing to answer charges of ball-tampering and bringing cricket into disrepute following his side's forfeiture of the fourth Test against England at The Oval, could be delayed, the BBC reported Wednesday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has scheduled the hearing, to be conducted by chief match referee Ranjan Madugalle, for Friday in London. But BBC Radio Four's Today programme said the hearing could now be postponed while Sri Lanka's Madugalle deals with a family illness. AFP PHOTO/Max Nash (Photo credit should read MAX NASH/AFP/***** Images)
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg inspects the Guard of Honour provided by 58 Reserve Infantry Battalion Irish Army during the unveiling of Ireland's National Monument to the New York National Guard's 69th Infantry Regiment "the Fighting 69th" who fought with the Union forces in the American Civil War, and it's leader, Brigadier Michael Corcoran, in Ballymote, Ireland, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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Anti War protesters, watched by police, protest close to the spot were the New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was attending the unveiling of Ireland's National Monument to the New York National Guard's 69th Infantry Regiment "the Fighting 69th" in Ballymote, Ireland, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday he was not bothered by anti-war protesters' plans to greet him during his short trip to Ireland this week. Protest groups have said they are unhappy with Bloomberg for backing Israel in the most recent Middle East conflict, as well as his endorsement of Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who supports the war in Iraq and is running for re-election as an independent candidate after losing in the Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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Lt. Gen. Carl Strock, Commander and Chief Engineer of the Army Corps of Engineers arrives for a Hurricane Katrina briefing, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 at the White House Conference Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
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American Major Michael Mori, military lawyer for Australia Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks, addresses a peaceful protest in Adelaide, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006, watched by Hicks' father Terry, right. Both men are calling for the US government to either release the terror suspect or attend to his case with more haste. (AP Photo/Tony Lewis)
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American Major Michael Mori, left, military lawyer for Australia Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks, speaks to Hicks' father Terry during a peaceful protest in Adelaide, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. Major Mori and r Terry Hicks are calling for the US government to either release the terror suspect or attend to his case with more haste. (AP Photo/Tony Lewis)
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This undated promotional photo provided by CNN shows CNN terrorism analyst and author Peter Bergen inside a former compound used by Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Hadda, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, during filming of "CNN Presents: In the Footsteps of bin Laden." The two-hour documentary featuring first-person accounts of the world's most wanted terrorist, premieres on CNN on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006, at 9:00 pm ET/PT. (AP Photo/CNN, Brent Stirton)
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Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, centre, addresses the court during day 3 of the Anfal Capmpaign trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Wednesday Aug. 23, 2006. For a second day, survivors took the stand in the trial, in which Saddam and six co-defendants are charged for their roles in the 1987-88 Anfal campaign, a military sweep against the Kurds of northern Iraq in which tens of thousands of people were killed. (AP Photo/Daniel Berehulak, Pool)
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Sam Brunner, left, shows the Bronze Star military medal he received for his World War II service to two of his grandchildren, David Brummer, 14, center, and Karli Brummer, 12, wearing T-shirts with vintage photos of Brummer, during a ceremony at his family-owned delicatessen in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. Brummer, 84, who landed with the D-Day invasion of Europe and fought through to Germany, just received his medal because he and his wife only recently learned that he qualified for the honor. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)
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UN troops seen on patrol in the city of Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. The United Nations called for an immediate cease-fire Tuesday on the third day of fighting between rival army supporters of Congo's two presidential candidates. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana called Congo President Joseph Kabila and his main challenger Jean-Pierre Bemba to express his "deep concern after the unacceptable events" of the past two days, according to a statement. (AP Photo/John Bompeng)

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UN troops seen on patrol in the city of Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. The United Nations called for an immediate cease-fire Tuesday on the third day of fighting between rival army supporters of Congo's two presidential candidates. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana called Congo President Joseph Kabila and his main challenger Jean-Pierre Bemba to express his "deep concern after the unacceptable events" of the past two days, according to a statement. (AP Photo/John Bompeng)
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** FILE ** A man views an exhibit on the World War II massacre in the city of Nanjing, where China says Japanese soldiers killed more than 300,000 people, at the Military Museum in Beijing in this Sunday, May 8, 2005 file photo. A Chinese court has awarded a Nanjing Massacre survivor 1.6 million yuan (US$200,000; euro156,100) in compensation after ruling in her favor against two Japanese historians who claimed she fabricated her account of the atrocity, state media said Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. (AP Photo/FILE)
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez salutes as he descends from a plane with Venezuelan military officers upon arriving just after midnight in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006. Chavez says China will expand cooperation in oil exploration and help his country build a fiber-optic communications network under agreements due to be signed when he is in Beijing this week. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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One of twenty-five topless ****stars rides on a motorcycle down Auckland, New Zealand's Queen Street Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. Dubbed the "****s on Bikes" parade, it is being used to publicize an erotica show which opens in Auckland later this week. (AP Photo/NZPA,Wayne Drought)
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A male ****star, one of twenty-five, rides on an armored vehicle down Auckland, New Zealand's Queen Street Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. Dubbed the "****s on Bikes" parade, it is being used to publicize an erotica show which opens in Auckland later this week. (AP Photo/NZPA,Wayne Drought) **NEW ZEALAND OUT**

[Kenshin]

I was one of the crowds in Queen street this afternoon. It turned out to be more of a Silicon implant parade. But twas FUN nonetheless.

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[Deftoner]

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Wow! They still using the FN Fal?

[JVeld]

What's Favio doing there ??? LOL

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[DaGreatRV]

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I don't recognise the flag. Anybody know where they're from?

[He219]

Uruguay my friend.
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United Nations peacekeeping forces of Uruguay guard a central election processing station in Kinshasa, Wednesdqy Aug. 2, 2006. It is expected to take over three weeks to know the official result of Sunday's first democratic election in over 45 years.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Troops from Uruguay stand guard as a French soldier carries the French flag, Monday, Sept.1, 2003, at N'drodo camp in Bunia. The European Union-led emergency force formally transferred control of military operations in the troubled northeastern Congo on Monday to Bangladeshi troops. The change marks the end of deployment of the French force that arrived in June to stem tribal fighting. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

[Grimm]

Uruguay.......

[Luno]

So the FN-Fal on the picture is one of the famous Brazilian made IMBEL FALs :hug:(i think Uruguay use them )

[AussieJohnDoe]

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This guys is a legend. Even if Hicks is indeed guilty (and I'm sure he is), it's good to see people within an organisation (US military) questioning it's own integrity.

[He219]

Wow! They still using the FN Fal?
Yes, several other nations do to. It's a great (but heavy) rifle.
Venezuela just started reverting to AK-103s for active duty soldiers.

Imagine, some nations still use the AK-47 or MG-42/MG3 amongst others ..
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Lightning fills the sky as a hay fire burns on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Monday, Aug 21, 2006, near Scottsdale, Ariz. The fire was to believed to be started by lightning According to the East Valley Tribune. (AP Photo/East Valley Tribune, Darryl Webb)

[HorrigEn]

Cool pics today! thanks He ;-)

and yeah, Czech republic is still using eg Sa58 :) but its working fine ...

[Son of Damian]

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It wouldn't surprise me if my dad worked with this guy.

Some nice pixs today He219

[RECON DOC]

Great pics as usual He. Thanks.

[BlatoJ]

Wow! They still using the FN Fal?

THe UN is so ****ing useless....it should stick to giving out food.
:|

[D-gin]

Good morning everybody, Great pics as always HE thanks. :)

[Hellfish]

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Since when did generals start wearing branch insignia on their uniforms?

[Breacher6]

Since when did generals start wearing branch insignia on their uniforms?

Good catch! That is odd.

[Hellfish]

The only thing I can think of is that he's Corps of Engineers. They've always been kind of a weird organization - half civvie, half military.

[Hiroshima]

When you want to make an impression, show up in full dress... Congressional members seem to eat it up.

[UrbanRecon]

Does anybody know any other country that operates the Condor 4x4 other than Malaysia and Uruguay ?

[Breacher6]

The only thing I can think of is that he's Corps of Engineers. They've always been kind of a weird organization - half civvie, half military.

From AR 670-1:
28-9. Branch insignia — authority for

(2) All other general officers may wear branch insignia at their option. If they choose this option, general officers will wear the branch insignia for the position to which they are appointed, or for their duty assignment.

Not sure why that was bugging me, but that settles it. Another half hour of my life wasted looking for that!

[Hellfish]

Hahahaha... better you wasting it than me. ;)

Seriously, though - thanks for finding it. It does make sense, as he's obviously an SF officer but wearing the Engineering branch insignia. Good find - I didn't know it was optional.

[3rdMillhouse]

Wow! They still using the FN Fal?


Our army (Brazilian) still uses FN FAL, it's manufactured under license from FN-Herstal.


So the FN-Fal on the picture is one of the famous Brazilian made IMBEL FALs :hug:(i think Uruguay use them )


Precisely, IMBEL manufatures them.

[Lancero]

Does anybody know any other country that operates the Condor 4x4 other than Malaysia and Uruguay ?

Portuguese Air Force police

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[ZaakM433]

When you want to make an impression, show up in full dress... Congressional members seem to eat it up.

Only because it makes congressmen feel more important...

[Swedish Chef]

Thanks, He! woot

[Hiroshima]

Only because it makes congressmen feel more important...

Hey, if it works, it works. Sure, it's a little Ego stroking, but if you can't get the guys holding the purse strings to open up the purse just a little more... well, let's say some of these programs don't fund themselves very well.

[Frost]

Wow! They still using the FN Fal?

The FAL is a great rifle. It's a bit heavy, but for the rest it's great. And because it uses 7.62Nato, a single bullet can drop your target and he won't get up anymore. The 5.56Nato caliber is more likely to wound your target than actually kill it (the caliber was actually designed for that purpose).

Remember that most western countries only changed to newer weapons with 5.56 caliber because it became Nato standard under US pressure. Tere was nothing wrong with the old weapons. The Dutch Navy still uses the FN FAL and FALO (FAL support weapon) btw (while the rest of the military uses the Diemaco series).

[Irish]

The FAL is a great rifle. It's a bit heavy, but for the rest it's great. And because it uses 7.62Nato, a single bullet can drop your target and he won't get up anymore. The 5.56Nato caliber is more likely to wound your target than actually kill it (the caliber was actually designed for that purpose).

Remember that most western countries only changed to newer weapons with 5.56 caliber because it became Nato standard under US pressure. Tere was nothing wrong with the old weapons. The Dutch Navy still uses the FN FAL and FALO (FAL support weapon) btw (while the rest of the military uses the Diemaco series).


It was the First Weapon I Fired(the FN FAL)..Great weapon..

BTW Great Pix He :)

[He219]

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French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, right, greets Pierre Mutz, the Police Prefect of Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006 after awarding him the Legion of Honor order during a ceremony at the Paris Police Prefecture, marking the 62nd anniversary of the uprising of the Paris policemen, two days before the Liberation of Paris from occupying Nazis. The French capital was liberated on Aug. 25, 1944, with the signing by German General von Choltitz of the Act of Surrender tooking place at the Paris Prefecture de police. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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An unidentified rider, yellow shirt, is comforted by a fellow police officer at the scene of a double fatality accident on SR 63 Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006, near Covington, Ind. A van struck bicyclists riding to raise money for families of slain police officers, killing a state trooper and a retired police chief and injuring another cyclist, police said. (AP Photo/The Tribune-Star, Bob Poynter)
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ANA T-62 at the tank firing line east of Kabul ..

Kabul, 08/23/2006, Redaktion EinsatzBw (KMe).

Auf der Panzerschießbahn des Übungs- und Schießgeländes Poli-E Charki östlich von Kabul zeigte die Afghan National Army (ANA) Mitte August im Rahmen einer Gefechtsübung ihr Können. Unterstützt wurde sie dabei von einer deutschen Ausbildungskompanie.
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U.S. Army Pfc. Scelester Purvis gets a hug from his mother Cutrice Purvis as he waits with his family at Green Ramp at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. Purvis is part of the 16th Military Police Brigade that is deploying to Iraq. About 100 members of the brigade left Tuesday for a yearlong deployment in Iraq to help oversee detainee operations and supervise a task force of about 6,000 soldiers. (AP Photo/ The Fayetteville Observer, Marc Hall)
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Spc. David Barnhart gets a kiss from girlfriend Brittany Ledford as the pair wait at Green Ramp at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. Barnhart is part of the 16th Military Police Brigade that is deploying to Iraq. About 100 members of the brigade left Tuesday for a yearlong deployment in Iraq to help oversee detainee operations and supervise a task force of about 6,000 soldiers. (AP Photo/ The Fayetteville Observer, Marc Hall)
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper listens to explanations on the bridge of HMCS Montreal during a visit to Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006. HMCS Montreal is leaving for Operation Lancaster, a patrol of the Canadian Arctic in efforts to protect Canada's sovereignty. (AP PHOTO/CP,Paul Chiasson)

Anybody have Canadian images of Operation Lancaster (http://www.fftimes.com/index.php/3/2006-08-22/26721)?
p-)

[Digital Marine]

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An unidentified rider, yellow shirt, is comforted by a fellow police officer at the scene of a double fatality accident on SR 63 Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006, near Covington, Ind. A van struck bicyclists riding to raise money for families of slain police officers, killing a state trooper and a retired police chief and injuring another cyclist, police said. (AP Photo/The Tribune-Star, Bob Poynter)

Jesus:-( was this intentionally?

[goat89]

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Woohoo! My country's NDU/Police Coast Guard Unit (not sure) is here! Nice pics today He219! Keep it coming!

[USMC Tanker]

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Those orange glasses are f**king awesome...:slap:

[daily666]

ok, Jesus I'm still at work but I'm gonna do it.....

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METULLA, ISRAEL: An Israeli soldier directs a mobile artillery piece at a staging point near the northern Israeli town of Metulla on the Israel-Lebanon border, 23 August 2006. France and Israel said today it was "vital" for an expanded UN force to deploy in Lebanon to bolster the shaky ceasefire there between Israel and the Shiite militia Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO/ODD ANDERSEN

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METULLA, ISRAEL: An Indian UN peacekeeper watching from his outpost near the northern Israeli town of Metulla is seen through the Israeli border fence on the Lebanon border, 23 August 2006. UN chief Kofi Annan will embark later this week on a major Middle East trip that will include stops in Lebanon, Israel, and likely Syria and Iran to further implementation of a UN resolution on Lebanon. AFP PHOTO/ODD ANDERSEN

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METULLA, ISRAEL: An Israeli soldier (L) directs a mobile artillery piece onto a trailer at a staging point near the northern Israeli town of Metulla on the Israel-Lebanon border, 23 August 2006 as the sun sets behind the Lebanese mountains. France and Israel said today it was "vital" for an expanded UN force to deploy in Lebanon to bolster the shaky ceasefire there between Israel and the Shiite militia Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO/ODD ANDERSEN

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METULLA, ISRAEL: An Israeli soldier directs a mobile artillery piece at a staging point near the northern Israeli town of Metulla on the Israel-Lebanon border, 23 August 2006. France and Israel said today it was "vital" for an expanded UN force to deploy in Lebanon to bolster the shaky ceasefire there between Israel and the Shiite militia Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO/ODD ANDERSEN

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An Indian UN soldier stands guard at a UN outpost over looking Lebanon near the Israeli Kibbutz of Manara along the international border Wednesday 23 Auguast 2006 There were reports that Israel shelled Lebanon today and that one Israeli soldier was killed by a mine The international community is discussing the issue of the international force which was called for in the UN brokered resolution ending the war but which only 50 French soldiers have arrived EPA ANCHO GOSH/PAP EPA

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Members of the People s Assembly of Puebla and Oaxaca APPO and teachers that call for the resignation of Oaxaca Governor Ulises Ruiz set up burning barricades early Wednesday 23 August 2006 in the city of Oaxaca Mexico The teachers of the state of Oaxaca have been protesting for three months for a salary increase and for the resignation of the state governor backed by the APPO EPA ULISES RUIZ/PAP EPA

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A woman waits for transportation next to a square featuring a tank in the Hezbollah stronghold of Tebnine south Lebanon Wednesday 23 August 2006 There were reports that Israel shelled Lebanon today and that one Israeli soldier was killed by a mine The international community is discussing the issue of the international force which was called for in the UN brokered resolution ending the war but which only 50 French soldiers have arrived EPA MIKE NELSON/PAP EPA

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A bomb painted with the letters MAG standing for Mine Advisory Group indicates it has been properly dealt with and is no longer a danger in Aaita ej Jabal in south Lebanon Wednesday 23 August 2006 According to local sources there have been eight deaths and 38 injuries from unexploded ordinances since the end of the month long Hizbollah Israel conflict EPA MIKE NELSON/PAP EPA

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A Lebanese Army soldier takes up a position near an old tank and next to a Hizbollah banner near the south Lebanon hub city of Tebnine Wednesday 23 August 2006 The deployment of the Lebanese Army to points closer to the Israeli border in south Lebanon is suppose to resume on Friday after being halted earlier in the week following Israel s commando attack after the UN brokered cease fire Italy indicated it would lead the multi national forces but also said its participation could be jeapardized if Israel violated the cease fire again EPA MIKE NELSON/PAP EPA

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Iraqi former president Saddam Hussein looks on during day 3 of the Anfal Campaign trial in Baghdad s heavily fortified Green Zone on Wednesday 23 August 2006 The defendants Saddam Hussein and Ali Hasan Al Majid are charged with genocide All the defendants are charged with war crimes related to an internal armed conflict and with war crimes against humanity All of the charges will relate to the lead up to and execution of the Anfal campaign during 1987 and 1988 EPA Daniel Berehulak POOL/PAP EPA

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SKEONE GREECE - AUGUST 23: A firefighting helicopter flies over the beach as a forest fire nearby continues to burn, August 23, 2006 near the beachside resort of Skeone in Northern Greece. The fire burned out of control in the Kassandra peninsula forcing residents and tourists alike to seek refuge in some cases, spending the night on the beach.

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KASSANDRINO, GREECE - AUGUST 23: A firefighting helicopter drops water as a forest fire rages, August 23, 2006 near the village of Kassandrino, Northern Greece. The fire burned out of control in the Kassandra peninsula forcing residents and tourists alike to seek refuge in some cases, spending the night on the beach.

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Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A rainbow shines over the outskirts of Moscow, 23 August 2006. AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MARMUR

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Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Rainbows shine over the outskirts of Moscow, 23 August 2006. AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MARMUR

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Can anyone tell me what pistol is this NDU/Police Coast Guard holding? A Sig Sauer or Taurus or what?

[Switek]

Thank you for today's pix, guys woot

[Frost]

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Jesus:-( was this intentionally?

seriously fvckup up situation. Doesn't sound like it was intentional, but that doesn't make it any easier. :-(

[Laworkerbee]

nice work today gents

Isn't that a P-226?

[Digital Marine]

seriously fvckup up situation. Doesn't sound like it was intentional, but that doesn't make it any easier. :-(

Yeah, im a big cycling fan and this makes you feel very vulnerable:-(

RIP

[IDF-Godzilla]

Uruguay my friend.
;)


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I see more reenforcements of this type in Lebanon, maybe with the new mandet they could play socker and not sit on ther ass's getting bored.

[cosimo]

Yeah, im a big cycling fan and this makes you feel very vulnerable:-(

RIP

I know what you mean, I've started staying away from busy traffic when I'm out on my bike. The pic kind of got to me. The way people are standing about looking stunned and helpless and that guys friend on the deck with the sheet over him is really quite a strong image. Made worse by the fact they were trying to raise money.

RIP indeed.

[daily666]

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PARANAL, CHILE: One of the four optical telescopes of the European Austral Observatory (ESO) turns slowly in the 23 August 2006 early morning in Paranal, some 1100 km north of Santiago, Chile. ESO is the European intergovernmental organization for Astrophysics Science and Technology, supported by Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland.

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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 23: Marine One, with U.S. President George W. Bush on board, flies past the Washington Monument after leaving the White House August 23, 2006 in Washington, DC. Bush is leaving to attend a fund raiser for Sen. George Allen (R-VA) at a private residence in Alexandria, Virginia.

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KASSANDRINO, GREECE - AUGUST 23: A firefighting aeroplane drops water as a forest fire rages, August 23, 2006 near the village of Kassandrino, Northern Greece. The fire burned out of control in the Kassandra peninsula forcing residents and tourists alike to seek refuge in some cases, spending the night on the beach.

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HANIOTI, GREECE - AUGUST 22: Scorched flags drape over a wall following a forest fires, August 22, 2006 near the town of Hanioti in Northern Greece. The fire burned out of control overnight in the Kassandra peninsula forcing residents and tourists alike to seek refuge in some cases, spending the night on the beach.

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Suspected insurgents sit inside a military headquarters in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad August 22, 2006. The men were among the 13 people arrested and assorted weapons were confiscated from them during an early morning raid in Muqdadiya, a military official said. (IRAQ) 22 Aug 2006 *******/Stringer

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A police van containing suspects arrives at City of Westminster magistrates court in central London, August 22, 2006. Eight British Muslims are due to appear in court on Tuesday charged with plotting to blow up U.S.-bound planes after police found bomb-making equipment, suicide notes and "martyrdom videos". Three others will also appear charged with terrorism-related offences by police investigating a suspected plot to attack several airliners on trans-atlantic flights from Britain. (BRITAIN)

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Police arrest a protestor who disrupted a rally by Sweden's opposition coalition in Stockholm August 22, 2006. (SWEDEN)*******/Bob Strong

[Laworkerbee]

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looks quite painfull

[He219]

Made worse by the fact they were trying to raise money.

RIP indeed.
Not just to raise money, but to raise it for the families of slain police officers ...

Absolutely tragic.
:-(


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Police investigate the scene of a fatal accident on Indiana 63, near Interstate 74, near Covington, Ind., that claimed the lives of two police officers on a cross-state bicycle ride for charity Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. A vehicle hit by a truck slammed into charity bicyclists Tuesday, killing a state trooper and a sheriff's deputy and injuring three other riders, police said. (AP Photo/Journal & Courier, John Terhune)
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A bicyclist holds his head as he reacts to emergency personnel removing the bodies of a state trooper and a Lake County Sheriff's deputy who were killed when a vehicle hit by a truck slammed into charity bicyclists Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006, near Covington, Ind. Several police agencies were participating in the ride that was raising money for survivors of police officers killed while on duty. (AP Photo/(Danville) Commercial-News, Matt Huber)
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An Indiana police officer, participating in a charity bicycling event, is consoled after a vehicle that was hit by a truck slammed into the group of bicyclists killing a state trooper and a sheriff's deputy and injuring three other riders near Covington, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. Several police agencies were participating in the ride that was raising money for survivors of police officers killed while on duty. (AP Photo/(Danville) Commercial-News, Matt Huber)
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Flags fly a half-staff in honor of former Lake County Police Chief Gary Martin at the Lake County Sheriff's Department in Crown Point, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. Martin, 63, of Merrillville and Indiana State Police Lt. Gary Dudley were killed after a truck hit the cyclists' support truck, which was pushed into the riders. The crash happened outside of Covington, Ind. Tuesday. Martin and Dudley were on a charity bike ride to raise money for families of fallen police officers. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)

[Laworkerbee]

My god what a nitemare

[daily666]

^^^ Sh*t! Saddens me. RIP! :(

[nerdman]

Hahahaha... better you wasting it than me. ;)

Seriously, though - thanks for finding it. It does make sense, as he's obviously an SF officer but wearing the Engineering branch insignia. Good find - I didn't know it was optional.

He's not a SF officer, anymore.

"After completing Ranger and Special Forces training, he served primarily with infantry units before transferring to the Engineer Branch in 1983."

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Spanish EUFOR soldiers patrol in the streets of Kinshasa, Congo, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. Army rivals loyal to Congo's two presidential candidates turned from battling to policing Wednesday, patrolling alongside EU units after days of fighting that left 31 dead in the capital's worst violence since the 2002 end to war. (AP Photo/John Bompeng)

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Lebanese soldiers wait to examine the remains of dead soldiers, not seen, in the back of an ambulance at the hospital of the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday Aug. 23, 2006. Three soldiers were killed by an ordnance they were trying to destroy in the southern town of Tebnine, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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A Lebanese woman and her children about to go for a spin in amongst the rubble of a building in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday Aug. 23, 2006, which was destroyed by an Israeli forces attack during the 34-day Israeli offensive against Hezbollah. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called the situation in Lebanon "explosive" and pressed the international community to work quickly to deploy peacekeeping troops as the shaky cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah was further tested Wednesday. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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A United Nations outpost is seen damaged during the 34 days-long Israeli forces' offensive, in the southern border village of Maroun el-Ras, Lebanon, Wednesday Aug. 23, 2006. It could not independently confirmed what caused the damage. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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United Nations peacekeeping soldier from Ghana patrols a road near the southern city of Naqoura, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. An estimated 90 percent of displaced Lebanese have returned home since the cease-fire began over a week ago, U.N. officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Members of the Ellsworth Air Force Base Fire Department walk past the burned-out remains of a truck which that crashed onto the base railroad spur Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006, after drifting off of Interstate 90, just east of Rapid City, S.D. The driver died in the accident, according to the Rapid City Journal. The truck was loaded with frozen pizzas. (AP Photo/Rapid City Journal, Steve McEnroe)
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^ Take a stab at this ..

[daily666]

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FT. BRAGG, NC - AUGUST 23: Specialist Jesse Zakrzewski of the 82nd Airborne Division spends time with his wife Rebecca and daughter Kayla, 17 months, before his deployment to Iraq August 23, 2006 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. More than 250 soldiers from the division are being deployed.

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FORT BRAGG, NC - AUGUST 23: Specialist Christin Hackey of the 82nd Airborne Division, her son Caleb, 5 months, and husband Nathan Hackey share a moment together before her deployment to Iraq August 23, 2006 in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. More than 250 members of the division are being deployed.

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FORT BRAGG, NC - AUGUST 23: Specialist Seth Moseley of the 82nd Airborne Division kisses his girlfriend, Specialist Shelly Amborn, also of the 82nd goodbye as she prepares for deployment to Iraq August 23, 2006 in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. More than 250 soldiers from the division are being deployed.

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DONETSK REGION UKRAINE AUGUST 23 Rescue workers carry bodies of victims from the Pulkovo Airlines Tu 154 crash site near Sukhaya Balka village Photo ITAR TASS Valery Matytsyn

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Locals watches the site of a Russian airplane crash on Wednesday 23 August 2006 The Russian airplane Tu 154 of Pulkovo Airline Company with more than 160 passengers including 45 children and 10 crewmen crashed at Tuesday near of Ukrainian city Donetsk about 600 km on East from capital Kiev All passengers perished as UNIAN agency said EPA SERGEY DOLZHENKO/PAP EPA

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The rescuers extract bodies of passengers at the site of a Russian airplane crash on Wednesday 23 August 2006 The Russian airplane Tu 154 of Pulkovo Airline Company with more than 160 passengers including 45 children and 10 crewmen crashed at Tuesday near of Ukrainian city Donetsk about 600 km on East from capital Kiev All passengers perished as UNIAN agency said EPA SERGEY DOLZHENKO/PAP EPA

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AUGUST 23 A priest holds a prayer service for the victims of the Tu 154 crash near Sukhaya Balka village Photo ITAR TASS Vitaly Belousov

[He219]

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Sault Ste. Marie Police Service acting Sgt. Chris Kelly, left, warns a man of a wild black bear Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. For the last two days the bear has been visiting the West Perth Bay neighborhood, eating the residents' trash and lounging in their yards. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Natural Resources, with assistance from the police placed a trap to try to capture the bear. (AP PHOTO/CP, Sault Star, Rachele Labrecque)
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Jim Alman, of CyberDefense Systems, launches a small unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft during a demonstration near Cusseta, Ga., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. The propeller-driven aircraft, powered by an almost-silent electric motor, is capable of flying for about an hour, relaying streaming video images of the target area for a distance of about 7.5 miles. CyberDefense Systems, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., is promoting the CyberBug as a useful tool for intelligence, reconnaissance, police and rescue operations. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)
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Crews lower a tank on to a flatbed truck at the former Kenosha War Museum in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. Since owners Mark and Joyce Sonday opened it in 1986, the cluttered collection of armaments had been one of the first things northbound motorists on Interstate 94 would see when they entered Wisconsin. The owners have moved their collection of helicopters, tanks and other war material from its former home in southernmost Wisconsin to its new site in northernmost Illinois. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Vince Pierri)
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Troy Sonday puts a Cobra helicopter on a flatbed truck as he helps move more than 200 military vehicles from the Kenosha Military Museum in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., to unincorporated Russell, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. Authorities in the Wisconsin village long considered the museum an eyesore and tried to get rid of it. In 2002, Pleasant Prairie informed Mark and Joyce Sonday their property had been deemed blighted and they would have to vacate. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Benny Sieu)
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Joyce Sonday takes down pictures as she helps move the Kenosha Military Museum in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., to unincorporated Russell, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. Authorities in the Wisconsin village long considered the museum an eyesore and tried to get rid of it. In 2002, Pleasant Prairie informed Mark and Joyce Sonday their property had been deemed blighted and they would have to vacate. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Benny Sieu)
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Mark Sonday takes a break while moving more than 200 military vehicles from the Kenosha Military Museum in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., to its new site in Russell, Ill., on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. The museum is moving after 20 years. In June 2002, Pleasant Prairie informed Sonday and Joyce Sonday, the owners of the former Kenosha Military Museum, that their property had been deemed blighted and they would have to vacate. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Benny Sieu)
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Marine Sgt. David Peterson, left, kneels behind a replica of himself at the National Museum of the Marine Corps and the Heritage Center in Quantico, Va., on Aug. 18, 2006. Peterson's form was one of 73 cast-from-life mannequins installed last week in the new National Museum of the Marine Corps. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dipatch, Don Long).
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In this photo released by the Oregon National Guard, Sgt. Stephen Mattson, front, from Juneau, Alaska, and his fellow Alaska National Guard soldiers and airmen attached to the 3rd Battalion, 297th Infantry, fire Mongolian AK-47 rifles during weapons familiarization training Aug. 11, 2006, at Five Hills Training Center, near Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, during the United Nations peacekeeping exercise called Khaan Quest 2006. (AP Photo/Oregon National Guard. April L. Dustin)
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This undated photo provided by the Oregon National Guard shows Alaska National Guardsmen Pvt. Jimmy Bates, left, and Sgt. Brenda Lutz, behind Bates, both from Anchorage, Alaska, climbing to the top of a mountain overlooking Five Hills Training Center, near Ulaanbataar, Mongolia during the United Nations peacekeeping exercise called Khaan Quest 2006. The two-week-long exercises, termed "Khaan Quest 2006," feature about 1,200 troops from Mongolia, India, Thailand, Bangladesh, Tonga and Fiji, along with National Guard units from Oregon and Alaska. (AP Photo/Oregon National Guard. April L. Dustin)

[nerdman]

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A friend of mine is deploying with this unit.

Apparently the "no liquids on the plane" rule applies to military personnel too (no shampoo, shaving cream etc.). On top of all this the unit will not get their baggage until several days after they land in Kuwait.

[D-gin]

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He, Any more info on this pic ? :|

[Psycomore]

looks like their carrying m16a1's, whats up wit that ?

[D-gin]

I hope the army isn't that broke.

[nerdman]

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^ Take a stab at this ..

He, Any more info on this pic ? :|

During my FTX (IET soldiers, notice the old LBE) at Camp Bullis (https://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/bullistraining/index.asp) for AIT (Advanced Individual Training) we were issued the M16A1. That was the only time we carried real weapons.

[sp2c]

Portuguese Air Force police

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coooooooool :D

yp408 in the back!

[He219]

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During my FTX (IET soldiers, notice the old LBE) at Camp Bullis (https://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/bullistraining/index.asp) for AIT (Advanced Individual Training) we were issued the M16A1. That was the only time we carried real weapons.
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A drill sergeant watches soldiers from the 244th Quartermaster Battalion Golf Company, as they clear weapons before entering a dining hall during training at Ft. Lee in Petersburg, Va., Tuesday, July 11, 2006. The soldiers are taking part in a new weapons immersion program. They receive their rifles _ and blank ammunition _ on the third day of training and keep it with them for the next six to 12 weeks, depending on the length of training. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

[Mountain Man]

A drill sergeant watches soldiers from the 244th Quartermaster Battalion Golf Company, as they clear weapons before entering a dining hall during training at Ft. Lee in Petersburg, Va., Tuesday, July 11, 2006. The soldiers are taking part in a new weapons immersion program. They receive their rifles _ and blank ammunition _ on the third day of training and keep it with them for the next six to 12 weeks, depending on the length of training. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)


Thats a cool idea

[Mountain Man]

Kinda unusual story on this one:



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At Marine Museum, life-like molds to tell Corps' story

By PETER BACQUE
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Aug 23, 2006


QUANTICO, Va. - When the Marines called for volunteers last year, Lt. Col. Scott Yost offered his body for the Corps.
Yost's face and physique provided the mold to make one of 73 cast-from-life mannequins installed last week in the new National Museum of the Marine Corps here.
Now the logistics officer is immortalized _ however anonymously _ portraying the pilot of a Korean War helicopter.
"They put you in boxer shorts and cover you head to toe in Vaseline," he said, "which, in and of itself, is worth the price of admission."
The Marines and civilian volunteers were then wrapped in medical-grade plaster bandages. "It's like you've broken your entire body," said Yost, who is the museum's operations officer.
The models were posed in the position their museum figure would assume, Iraq War veteran Yost said, which required standing _ or squatting or kneeling still for 45 minutes to an hour.
"You cannot be claustrophobic when you do this," he said.
In discussions with other leading historical institutions, the Marines learned that "the museum experience has to make the exhibits come alive," said retired Col. Raymond A. Hord with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation.
Sculpted from urethane foam, plaster, epoxy and even auto body filler _ each with its own expression, its own personality _ the figures will fight, suffer, endure and triumph in combat tableaux, historical scenes and Marine aircraft at the 118,000-square-foot building.
Planned for an opening this November, the museum's almost $90-million first phase focuses on World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam wars "to honor our living veteran constituency," Hord said.
The nonprofit Marine Corps Heritage Foundation has raised $57 million from private donors to construct the museum, with the Marine Corps putting up an additional $30 million to build the exhibits and furnish the museum.
J. Stewart Bryan III, chairman of the board of Media General Inc., is a member of the foundation's volunteer leadership board, and Media General, the parent company of the Times-Dispatch, is one of the foundation's corporate sponsors.
"This museum is here to tell the story of the United States Marine," said retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Tom Williams, a consultant with the nonprofit Marine Corps Historical Company. "It's about the people."
Williams found himself cast as one of that long line of Leathernecks, a Continental Marine in the American Revolutionary War, firing a musket from the fighting top of a sailing man-o'-war.
Briefed with the figures' stories and the emotions the designers wanted to convey, Sgt. David Peterson lent himself to two figures, a rifleman and a Marine rappelling out of a helicopter.
Despite the obvious tediousness of the task, "I volunteered for it," said the 26-year-old sergeant.
"I am Lt. Lopez going over the wall at Inchon and I am a World War I captain fighting with the Germans," said Staff Sgt. Steven Sullivan, who teaches Marine Corps history.
"It was a real thrill to work with Marines on this," said B. J. Ervick, production manager with StudioEIS, the firm making the exhibit figures. "Everything is, like, 100 percent."
While other museums, such as the Smithsonian Institution, have used specially molded human figures to breathe life into history, Ervick said, "By far, this is going to be No. 1."
Marines have a reputation among the U.S. armed services for never discarding any materiel they might be able to use some day.
The museum is no different.
Castoff body parts from the mannequins, said museum curator Robert J. Sullivan, a historian and retired Marine lieutenant colonel, will find a second life in combat scenes showing war's ugly reality.
Said Yost, "We don't do subtle here."


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[Seiran]

Thats a cool idea

IIRC they're doing this in an effort to curb ND's. I thought it was a great idea myself.

[larryzou]

vary nice photos thanks man

[S.H.P.D]

Thanks for your pix!!!!!

[hotiron]

Does anybody know any other country that operates the Condor 4x4 other than Malaysia and Uruguay ?

as http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product1085.html

Argentina, Thailand and Turkey with Condor1 and Kuwait also with Condor2.

[makavelli]

Great pics today..!!

[sp2c]

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'look see, I've told you a thousand times ... it wasn't me!'