Today's pics, Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

[Sato]

Good morning guys!

Borrowing tactics from the troop increase in Baghdad, Iraqi forces raided militia strongholds and arrested hundreds of suspects. They also seized weapons including mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, and sophisticated roadside bombs. Left, an Iraqi soldier through the windshield of a vehicle riddled with bullet holes at a storage depot in Basra.
Photo: Moises Saman for The New York Times

A portrait of Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr, father of Moktada al-Sadr, at an intersection in Hayyaniyah.
Photo: Moises Saman for The New York Times

Iraqi soldiers manned a checkpoint in Basra. The majority of military presence on the streets is Iraqi.
Photo: Moises Saman for The New York Times

A tin-roofed Sadrist prayer hall, half demolished by Iraqi forces during the operation grandly named Charge of the Knights. It was derided as Charge of the Mice by followers of anti-American Shiite leader Moktada al-Sadr after more than 1,000 soldiers deserted in the face of heavy resistance from his Mahdi Army and other extremist groups.
Photo: Moises Saman for The New York Times

Iraqi soldiers repelled a series of attacks by the Mahdi Army trying to seize vehicles and weapons stored there.
Photo: Moises Saman for The New York Times

[mj78]

nice start, thank you

[Sato]

French OMLT in Afghanistan;

Entrée de la FOB (forward operational base)

Un VBL en protection

Soldats de l'armée nationale afghane

Patrouille dans un village

Echanges avec la population

Neutralisation d'armes par le groupe Génie

Logistics battalion en route in Tchad

Vue aérienne du convoi aux abords d'Abéché

Traversée d’un village

Echange avec la population locale lors d'une pause

[Swerap]

How big is the French army anyway?
It seems like they are everywhere in the world.

Keep up the good work France!!

[Fireball Sanchez]

Hey Sato's back! Good to see ya!

Spc. Joseph Baker, a Blanco, Texas, native, walks the streets of Iraq to clear them of improvised-explosive devices so others may travel safely during Operation Gunslinger Shorebreak II in the Taji Qada, located northwest of Baghdad, May 8. Baker serves as an infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Sgt. Brad Willeford : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)

Spc. Steven Phillips, a Dixon, Calif., native, uses a metal detector during Operation Gunslinger Bonzai VI. The operation focused on removing enemy caches in the northern area of the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 6. Phillips is an engineer assigned to the 66th Engineer Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)

Spc. Brandon Taft, a Harpers Ferry, W. Va., native, uses a metal detector to locate weapons caches during Operation Gunslinger Bonzai VI, in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 6. Taft is a combat engineer assigned to the Multi-National Division-Baghdad's 66th Engineer Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)

Sgt. Michael Rios, a native of Sebastian, Texas, pulls security while engineer Soldiers search for caches in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 6 during Operation Gunslinger Bonzai VI. Rios is a infantry team leader assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)

These are a little old but good, dunno if they've been here before but....

A soldier from the Headquarters Company (HHC) 2-503rd RCP surveys their area for possible improvised explosive devices (IED) while on a route clearance patrol on February 18, 2008, outside Asadabad, Afghanistan. The soldiers from the HHC have to be in a constant state of readiness to combat the tactics of the Al-Qaeda terrorists.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Spc. Jordan Carter : Joint Combat Camera Center)

A soldier from the Afghanistan national army (ANA) scans the Korungal valley for threats from terrorists on February 16, 2008, outside the Korungal Outpost (KOP), Afghanistan. The areas outside of the KOP are prime targets for both coalition forces and the terrorists they combat.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Spc. Jordan Carter : Joint Combat Camera Center)

A soldier from the Afghanistan national army (ANA) scans the Korungal valley for threats from terrorists on February 16, 2008, outside the Korungal Outpost, Afghanistan. The areas outside of the KOP are prime targets for both coalition forces and the terrorists they combat.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Spc. Jordan Carter : Joint Combat Camera Center)

Soldiers from the Afghanistan national army (ANA) gather for a quick photo on February 16, 2008, outside the Korungal Outpost, Afghanistan. The areas outside of the KOP are prime targets for both coalition forces and the terrorists they combat.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Spc. Jordan Carter : Joint Combat Camera Center)

[RallyPointCebu]

Judging the way they look.. their facial expressions... its like they've seen hell for quiet some time already.

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Members of Taipei City's Urban Search and Rescue Squad load a truck with equipment in Taipei May 13, 2008. About 60 members of Taipei City's Urban Search and Rescue Squad are getting ready to set out to China's Sichuan province where nearly 10,000 people were killed in an earthquake. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN)

Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) search for survivors from the debris of a collapsed school building in the Juyuan county of Dujiangyan, Sichuan province May 13, 2008. Nearly 10,000 people were killed in the earthquake that hammered southwest China, officials said on Tuesday, as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit areas where many more may have died. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.

A People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier carries a wounded person away from the debris of a collapsed building in the earthquake-affected Beichuan county, Sichuan province May 13, 2008. Nearly 10,000 people were killed in the earthquake that hammered southwest China, officials said on Tuesday, as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit areas where many more may have died. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA)

A soldier, assisting in the delivery and sale of subsidized imported rice by the Philippine government to low income groups, takes a break inside a National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Quezon City, Metro Manila May 13, 2008. Philippine farm output in the first quarter of the year rose 4.0 percent year-on-year and rice production was on course to reach a record 17.3 million tonnes in 2008, the government said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC - MAY 12: Friends and family celebrate the homecoming of U.S. Marines and sailors from the 3rd Battalion of the II Marine Expeditionary Force from Iraq on May 12, 2008, at Camp Lejeune, NC. The battalion returned from their scheduled deployment after conducting counterinsurgency operations in the Al Qaim region of western Al Anbar province. (Photo by Logan Mock-Bunting/***** Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MAY 12: Cuban Guard of Honor line up for Cuban President Raul Castro's welcome ceremony for Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbados Baldwin Spencer in the State Council May 12, 2008 in Havana, Cuba. The leaders are meeting to discuss strengthening ties between non-aligned countries such as China. (Photo by Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photo/***** Images)

New Zealand soldiers from the 4th rotation perform the 'Powhiri', a traditional Maori welcoming ceremony for the new Kiwi Company arriving in Dili, Timor-Leste. www.defence.gov.au Hires

Corporal Nerissa Ruming, a 92 Wing Detachment Alpha Operations Clerk at the front desk, communicating with ground crews on the OPS radio. www.defence.gov.au Hires

Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston met with the soldiers from Australian Army Training Team - Iraq 9 at Camp Terendak, Ali Air Base, Iraq. www.defence.gov.au Hires

JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard responded to a call from a disabled 143-foot cruise ship, Spirit of Columbia, with 89 passengers onboard that reportedly lost power to both generators and was operating on one of two propellor engine's two miles from Warm Springs Bay at 8 p.m. Saturday.(USCG photos taken by Petty Officer Karl Schickle) Hires

[tuffaznalz]

Today's pics, Thuesday, May 13th, 2008

I like the idea, get rid of Tues and Thurs to get to Friday faster

[thedamnchampion2]

good start gentlemen

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Lebanese soldiers in armoured personnel carriers are deployed in Tripoli May 13, 2008. Lebanon's army stepped up patrols on Tuesday as part of a drive to restore order after a week of fighting between Hezbollah fighters and pro-government gunmen. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON)

Lebanese soldiers patrol a street in Beirut May 13, 2008. Lebanon's army stepped up patrols on Tuesday as part of a drive to restore order after a week of fighting between Hezbollah fighters and pro-government gunmen. REUTERS/Fadi Ghalioum (LEBANON)

DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - MAY 13: (CHINA OUT) Rescue workers search for victims in the debris of a building that collapsed in the earthquake, 96km from Wenchuan, the epicenter of the quake in west China's Sichuan province on May 13, 2008 in Dujiangyan, China. (Photo by Liu Xingzhe/ChinaFotoPress/***** Images) 392777973

CHENGDU, CHINA - MAY 12: (CHINA OUT) Army rescue and relief troops from Chengdu prepare to go to Wenchuan, the epicentre of a 7.8 Richter squale earthquake 146km from Chengdu, on May 12, 2008 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. Some 1,300 rescue and relief troops arrived for the first time in Wenchuan County, the epicentre of Monday's major quake which has killed more than 10.000 so far. (Photo by Liu Yinghua/ChinaFotoPress/***** Images)

Afghan National Army Soldiers and paratroopers from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry, walk across the Gowerdesh Bridge during Operation Mountain Highway II in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan April 27. The ANA, Afghan Border Patrol, and U.S. Army and Marine forces worked together during the operation to rebuild an ABP checkpoint at the bridge that was partially destroyed by insurgents last summer. Photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Aird Hires

[Fireball Sanchez]

Soldier's from 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, based out of Germany and attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pulls security during a barrier emplacement operation in the Sadr City District of Bagdad, May 12. The mission is part of the safe neighborhood plan to safeguard southern Sadr City residents from terrorists and criminals, restore essential services and support economic growth. Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers and their Iraqi counterparts from the 11th Iraqi Army Division initially went into south Sadr City in late March to disrupt the enemy’s use of the area as a firing point for rockets and mortars throughout Baghdad. Since the establishment of the wall, IA Soldiers distributed 3,400 food packs that can feed a family of five, conducted five medical operations treating over 2,500 Iraqi civilians, and established an Iraqi assistance center at a joint security station.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Lt. Col. Steve Stover : Multi-National Division Baghdad)

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, based out of Germany and attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pulls security during a barrier emplacement operation in the Sadr City District of Bagdad, May 12. The mission is part of the safe neighborhood plan to safeguard southern Sadr City residents from terrorists and criminals, restore essential services and support economic growth. Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers and their Iraqi counterparts from the 11th Iraqi Army Division initially went into south Sadr City in late March to disrupt the enemy’s use of the area as a firing point for rockets and mortars throughout Baghdad. Since the establishment of the wall, IA Soldiers distributed 3,400 food packs that can feed a family of five, conducted five medical operations treating over 2,500 Iraqi civilians, and established an Iraqi assistance center at a joint security station.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Lt. Col. Steve Stover : Multi-National Division Baghdad)

Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division prepare a 12 foot barrier for movement during a barrier emplacement operation in the Sadr City District of Bagdad, May 12, while an ABC News cameraman films the action. The barrier is part of the safe neighborhood plan to safeguard south Sadr City residents from terrorists and criminals, restore essential services and support economic growth. Multi-National Division - Soldiers and their Iraqi counterparts from the 11th Iraqi Army Division initially went into south Sadr City in late March to disrupt the enemy’s use of the area as a firing point for rockets and mortars throughout Baghdad. Since the establishment of the wall, IA Soldiers distributed 3,400 food packs that can feed a family of five, conducted five medical operations treating over 2,500 Iraqi civilians, and established an Iraqi assistance center at a joint security station.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Lt. Col. Steve Stover : Multi-National Division Baghdad)

Lt. Col. Brian Eifler, a Farmington Hills, Mich., native, and commander for the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, talks with local shop owners about the availability of funds for micro grants for small business holders at the Jamilla market zone in Baghdad’s Sadr City District, May 12.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Spc. Angel Martinez : Multi-National Division Baghdad)

A local shop owner sorts merchandise while loading a truck at Jamilla market in Baghdad’s Sadr City District, May 12. The Jamilla market is one of the biggest wholesale distribution centers in Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo/Photographer: Spc. Angel Martinez : Multi-National Division Baghdad)

[bd popeye]

Excellent photos gents..


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YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 12, 2008) The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters Truman Bay after completing its last deployment before being replaced this summer by the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau (Released)

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PERSIAN GULF (May 11, 2008) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Kestrels" of Strike Fighter Squadron 137 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations. U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

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RANGOON, Burma (May 12, 2008) Service members from Burma and the United States work together to unload relief supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-130 at the Rangoon International Airport in Burma. The shipment of water, mosquito nets and blankets is the first U.S. military flight in support of relief efforts following Cyclone Nagris that swept through Burma May 2. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andres Alcaraz (Released)

Burmese troops members formed a line to move aid supplies off a Air Force C-130 cargo plane, the first American military flight permitted to land in Myanmar since the deadly cyclone struck May 2.
Photo: Sgt. Andres Alcaraz/U.S. Marine Corps, via European Pressphoto Agency

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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 8, 2008) Sailors assigned to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) perform routine boat operations in a rigid hull inflatable boat. Nimitz is operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew J. Lanese (Released)

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SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 12, 2008) Cargo handlers aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) conduct cargo hook training with a CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 265. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is steaming to support a potential humanitarian assistance mission in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kari R. Bergman (Released)

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KORAT, Thailand (May 11, 2008) U.S. Army Pfc. Christopher Deist, assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, instructs soldiers from the Royal Thai Army 3rd Battalion, 23th Infantry Regiment on proper procedures for clearing a malfunctioning weapon during close quarters combat training course as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2008. Cobra Gold is an annual joint/combined multi-national exercise designed to improve U.S, Thai, Singaporean, Japanese and Indonesian military readiness and combined, joint interoperability, enhance security relationships and demonstrate U.S. resolve to support the security and humanitarian interests of our pacific partners. This year marks the 27th anniversary of this regional training event. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Hight (Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 11, 2008) Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Miles Simmons gets sprayed with Oleoresin Capsicum spray by Master-at-Arms 1st Class Esslin Joiner during a naval security force sentry course aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is participating in Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group Integration training. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad R. Erdmann (Released)

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SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 11, 2008) Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Christopher Fabbri from Rodeo, Calif., solders an extension of a water manifold, which provides several valves which distributes water at a faster rate aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is steaming to support a potential humanitarian assistance tasking in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Recruit Andrew Brantley (Released)

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PERSIAN GULF (May 10, 2008) Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Ashley Schumm, assigned to Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department's IM-2 Division, aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), bolts the fan module back onto the high pressure compressor on an F-404 turbofan after performing maintenance in the jet propulsion shop. Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations. U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

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NORFOLK, Va. (May 9, 2008) Cmdr. Ed Mayer IV, far right, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) prepares his submarine for the deployment as she departs Norfolk. Oklahoma City will participate in operations supporting national security and contributing directly to the maritime strategy. This deployment will be Oklahoma City's second using the Voyage Management System, a paperless navigation system that uses digital charts, GPS fixes, environmental sensors and electronic command and control. The system helps the submarine locate and identify potential navigational hazards, allowing for a smooth, safe deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Xander Gamble (Released)

Iraqi soldiers manned a checkpoint in Basra. The majority of military presence on the streets is Iraqi.
Photo: Moises Saman for The New York Times

Iraqi soldiers repelled a series of attacks by the Mahdi Army trying to seize vehicles and weapons stored there.
Photo: Moises Saman for The New York Times

As night fell in China, rescuers kept searching a collapsed school building in Dujiangyan where nearly 900 students were trapped.

[bd popeye]

More earthquake PIX from China...Very tragic pix...

Rain followed the earthquake in Dujiangyan, adding even more hardship to a disaster.
Photo: Claro Cortes Iv/Reuters

A girl is pulled out from the rubble of a school in Juyuan.
Photo: Ng Han Guan/Associated Press

A student aiding a classmate still in the ruins of a high school in Beichuan County.
Photo: Chen Xie/Xinhua, via Associated Press

A boy being rescued in Dujiangyan

Destruction in Djuiangyan, the epicenter of the earthquake.
Photo: Claro Cortes Iv/Reuters

A square(park) as safe ground in Chongqing municipality.
Photo: China Daily/Reuters

A makeshift mortuary for children killed when their school collapsed in Dujiangyan.
Photo: Reuters

The parents of a child killed in the school collapse in Dujiangyan. The child's body is covered with cloth.
Photo: Stringer Shanghai/Reuters

Chinese residents try to salvage their belongings from a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province.

A bulldozer prepares to tear down a damaged building in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province.

A Chinese boy waits to be rescued from the rubbles of a collapsed building in Beichuan, Sichuan province on May 13.

Chinese residents mourn the death of a student whose remains was retrieved from the site of a school that collapsed in Juyuan on May 13.

[He219]

Great pix everybody!

I like the idea, get rid of Tues and Thurs to get to Friday faster

lol, fixed.

A Sunni gunman uses the Lebanese flag as a mask as he stands guard during clashes in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, late Monday, May 12, 2008. Lebanon has been experiencing the heaviest internal fighting since the end of the 1975-90 civil war. The Hezbollah-led opposition has routed out pro-government gunmen from much of Muslim west Beirut and some mountain villages

U.S. Army soldier from the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and an Iraqi soldier aim their guns during a patrol in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2008.

U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division use smoke to take cover from snipers as they make their way to their vehicles from a patrol base in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2008. At the Patrol base an Iraqi soldier was seriously injured by a sniper shot earlier on Monday

U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division look for a location of a sniper at a patrol base in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2008. At the Patrol base an Iraqi soldier was seriously injured by a sniper shot earlier on Monday

Smoke rises from a building hit by a U.S. Hellfire missile in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2008. The building that was used by insurgent snipers was just north of the 12-foot concrete barrier that is being built along a main street dividing southern Sadr city from north, where Mahdi army fighters are concentrated. U.S. commanders hope the wall will effectively cut off insurgents ability to move freely around Baghdad and hamper their ability to fire rockets at the Green Zone, where Government offices are concentrated.

Face-painted Russian Naval Infantry (marines) march after showing their combat skill during a naval parade to mark the 225th anniversary of the Russian navy's Black Sea fleet at the Crimean Peninsula port of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Sevastopol is still home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet more than 15 years after the Soviet collapse. Under the agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian navy was allowed to remain in Sevastopol until 2017, paying an annual rent of US$93 million (euro73 million).

A man holding a Russian flag speaks with a girl wearing a telnyashka, a traditional navy sailor's striped vest, under her jacket during a naval parade to mark the 225th anniversary of Russian navy's Black Sea fleet at the Crimean Peninsula port of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Sunday, May 11, 2008, with the Russian Smetlivy destroyer in the background. Sevastopol is still home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet more than 15 years after the Soviet collapse. Under the agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian navy was allowed to remain in Sevastopol until 2017, paying an annual rent of US$93 million (euro73 million).

Russian navy ships are seen anchored during a naval parade to mark the 225th anniversary of Russian navy's Black Sea fleet at the Crimean Peninsula port of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Sunday, May 11, 2008. A Ukrainian yellow-blue flag seen on a ship's bow at left. Sevastopol is still home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet more than 15 years after the Soviet collapse. Under the agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian navy was allowed to remain in Sevastopol until 2017, paying an annual rent of US$93 million (euro73 million).

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov is seen aboard the Russian Moskva guided missile cruiser after a naval parade to mark the 225th anniversary of Russian navy's Black Sea fleet at the Crimean Peninsula port of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Ukraine on Monday barred Luzhkov from entering the country in the future for reportedly suggesting that it should cede a key city to Russia. Speaking Sunday in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, Luzhkov was reported by the Interfax news agency as saying that the city belongs to Russia

[Fireball Sanchez]

Hey great pics there BD, I feel for the dude getting maced in the grill, ouch!

Rubberized inflatable boats from Special Boat Team 12 get into position during a maritime craft air delivery system training exercise.
(U.S. Navy photo by/Photographer: Seaman Matthew Syberg : Navy Visual News Service)

A Navy SEAL completes a water jump during a Special Boat Team 12 maritime craft air delivery system training exercise.
(U.S. Navy photo by/Photographer: Seaman Matthew Syberg : Navy Visual News Service)

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Cadet Gregory Scott (right) motivates Cadet Ebony Cunningham during field training initial in-processing May 8 at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. More than 2,300 ROTC cadets, mostly rising juniors from 144 colleges nationwide, are projected to complete 2008 summer field training. Cadet Scott is a ROTC cadet training assistant from Utah's Brigham Young University, and Cadet Cunningham is from Det. 145 -- Florida State University.
(U.S. Air Force photo)

Cadet Gregory Scott (right) corrects a cadet during field training initial in-processing May 8 at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. More than 360 ROTC cadets, mostly rising juniors from 144 colleges nationwide, started off the first class of summer field training. Cadet Scott is a ROTC cadet training assistant from Utah's Brigham Young University.
(U.S. Air Force photo)

Cadet Tony Nelson (right) and other Air Force ROTC cadets study their training manuals while waiting to in-process summer field training May 8 at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. More than 360 ROTC cadets, mostly rising juniors from 144 colleges nationwide, started off the first class of summer field training. Cadet Nelson is from Det. 765, The Citadel -- The Military College of South Carolina.
(U.S. Air Force photo)