Today's Pix - Friday, June 22nd, 2007

[somedude]

cheers~

Well that's a motley assortment of camo. I thought all the Iraqi National Police were supposed to have their new digital camo by now to combat fraudulent uniforms?

[He219]

A Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier from VX-9 Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake is seen on a training flight from the cockpit of an F-16 based at the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing, Thursday, June 21, 2007, over California. By virtue of its Vertical/Short Take-Off or Landing capability, the AV-8B can operate from a variety of amphibious ships, rapidly constructed airfields, and damaged conventional airfields. This makes the aircraft particularly well-suited for providing dedicated close air support

Visitors take a look at the Dassault project jet fighter 'Neuron', similar to the U.S. J-UCAS project, presented at the 47th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Friday June 22, 2007. The Neuron is a stealth aircraft without pilot whose first flight will take place in 2011

A visitor walks past an EADS-made Orka helicopter drone in the Eurocopter stand, a knockoff from the U.S. RQ-8A Fire Scout VTUAV, at the 47th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Friday June 22, 2007

Visitors take a look at an EADS-made Sharc helicopter drone presented at the 47th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Friday June 22, 2007

The Mikoyan MIG-29 performs its demonstration flight, during the 47th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Friday June 22, 2007

Visitors walk under a heavy rain at the 47th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Friday June 22, 2007

In this image from television, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Hill , left, is greeted by Ri Gun, vice director of North Korean Foreign Ministry's U.S. Affairs Department, center, as he arrives at an airport in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Thursday June 21, 2007.

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Hill, right, is greeted by Ri Kun, vice director of North Korean Foreign Ministry's U.S. Affairs Department, left, in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Thursday June 21, 2007. The high-ranking U.S. envoy made a rare trip to North Korea on Thursday in a surprise bid to accelerate the international efforts to press the communist government to abandon its nuclear weapons program.

Iraqi soldier secures the area in Baqouba, Iraq, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Thursday, June 21, 2007. The US military began a major campaign against Sunni insurgents Monday in the area surrounding Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province.

[Sand Man]

Any more pics of this incident, HE?

[Lancero]

^^^

Is that Bono?

[He219]

Any more pics of this incident, HE?

Just this:

Local and state police block the intersection of U.S. Route 45 and Illinois 133 as they surround the First Mid Illinois Bank in Arcola, Ill., Thursday, June 21, 2007. A man who was wanted in a shooting that wounded a sheriff's deputy and later took five hostages in the bank surrendered late Thursday, authorities said. The standoff, which occurred after a high-speed chase through Illinois farm country, ended peacefully, Arcola Police Chief Mike Phillip said

Police snipers set up between grain bins at the elevator during hostage negotiations outside the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust in Arcola, Ill., Thursday, June 21, 2007. A man wanted in an ambush attack that left a sheriff's deputy critically wounded stormed inside the bank and took five hostages Thursday after a gunfire-filled chase through Illinois farm country that reached speeds of more than 100 mph. The suspect released four hostages unharmed throughout the hours-long standoff, authorities said. Authorities said they were unsure of the condition of the remaining hostage, a male bank employee, or whether the suspect was armed

[ShotOver]

Stryker guys in an Air assault? Cool. Get some lads, get some.

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A soldier from the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security during Operation Arrowhead Ripper in Baqubah, Iraq, on June 19. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi security forces against al-Qaida strongholds.
Sgt. Armando Monroig / AFP via ***** Images

sry but wrong caption...

[ShotOver]

sry but wrong caption...

The 82nd patch is on the wrong arm for a Stryker bloke? That whole thing confuses me, which arm has what and what not.

[He219]

From yesterday's pix \/

A squad leader with 1st Platoon, Company B, 4-9 Infantry Regiment, pulls security as an Iraqi man speaks to an interpreter, June 19, in a village in the outskirts of Baqubah. Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team are assisting Soldiers of 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in the clearing of Baqubah, a major operation known as "Arrowhead Ripper," by isolating Baqubah just outside the city limits, to prevent insurgents from getting in, or out, of the city. Both Stryker brigades are with the 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash.

US and Iraqi forces check a map in Baqouba, Iraq, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Thursday, June 21, 2007. The US military began a major campaign against Sunni insurgents Monday in the area surrounding Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province

RIP

Flowers placed at the portraits of two Norwergian military experts who died after being hit by a vehicle in Tajikistan, in an OSCE office in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Friday, June 22, 2007. The two officers were seconded by Norway to work on a project to store safely and destroy surplus small arms and light weapons. They were struck by a vehicle as they were walking on a pedestrian crossing near their apartment late on Thursday evening. One of the officers died soon after in hospital. The second officer underwent surgery but later died

British soldiers during patrolling in Gereshk district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Friday, June 22, 2007. Taliban militants attacked southern Afghanistan police posts, triggering NATO airstrikes that killed 25 civilians, including three infants and the local mullah, a senior police officer said Friday. NATO said its overnight bombardment killed most of a group of 30 insurgents and blamed them for the deaths of any innocents, saying they had launched "irresponsible" attacks from civilian homes

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Heurich, a dismount team leader in 3rd Platoon, Troop B, 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, scouts the road ahead during a patrol near a small village in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, April 14, 2007. Heurich is a native of Haggistown, N.J.

Waiting for clearance to move forward [Picture: Sergeant Will Craig]

Clearing the compound [Picture: Sergeant Will Craig]

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The British soldiers clear compounds during Operation Bataka [Picture: Sgt Will Craig]

[tomonator]

Good pictures thank for sharing.




Just one step more ...

someone push him!

[Rictor]

Just one step more ...

Nah, the dude is a former paratrooper. He knows what he's doing

[Royal]

Good to see the new gloves are holding up as well as the Desert DPM vests

[SturmPionier]

Is this right in the pic an M-60 Machien Gun ?

[StaticLine]

The 82nd patch is on the wrong arm for a Stryker bloke? That whole thing confuses me, which arm has what and what not.

the guy is from the 82nd ABN, just wrong caption

[He219]

Germany on High Terror Alert. "Die Gefahr sei so groß wie vor dem 11. September 2001" Die Sicherheitsbehörden warnen auch vor Anschlägen in Deutschland.

Production of the movie "Valkyrie" to star actor Tom Cruise as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg in the attempted assasination of Adolf Hitler. Stauffenbergs Sohn kritisierte das Film-Projekt, für das am 19. Juli die Dreharbeiten in Babelsberg beginnen sollen. „Da kommt sicher nur Mist raus“, sagte Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg der „Süddeutschen Zeitung“. Auch sei es ihm „unsympathisch, dass ein bekennender Scientologe“ seinen Vater spiele, Cruise „soll seine Finger von meinem Vater lassen“.