This Weekends PIX!! 24/25 of May, 2008

[bd popeye]

Mods please combine this thread. There is a nearly duplicate weekend pix thread. Thank you.

[Lancero]

Demonstrators carry an injured man in Chiaiano, a suburb of Naples, southern Italy on 24 May 2008. Italian police clashed with demonstrators opposed to the opening of a new rubbish dump proposed by the government to ease the Naples garbage crisis.

Indian police man runs for cover during a protest in downtown area of Srinagar,the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 24 May 2008. A strike called by a hardliner faction of the Kashmir's Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference to protest the Indian president's visit to the Indian portion of Kashmir paralyzed life in the region on Saturday

Some 250 British NATO peacekeepers arrive at the airport of Pristina, Kosovo, 24 May 2008, to help improve security as the government prepares to take control of the country. The troops are the first of 600 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles that will be sent to Kosovo's ethnically tense north. Kosovo's authorities will take over from the United Nations on 15 June , almost four months after declaring independence from Serbia. Germany, Italy and Britain each provide a battalion of around 600 troops in reserve to back up NATO and European Union forces in the Balkans. NATO commands 16,000 troops in Kosovo

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev places a wreath at a monument of the People's Heroes in Beijing, China, 24 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev is making his first official visit to China

Police transfer a Romanian man from a bar in which he locked up the couple who run the bar after asking them for a job in San Pedro del Arroyo, Avila, Castillia, central Spain, 23 May 2008. After seven hours, police liberated the couple and arrested the man

A handout provided by the www.bieninformado.com shows members of the Mexican police next to five bodies covered in blankets in the locality of Ciudad Juarez, close to the border with the USA, Mexico, on 23 May 2008. According to authorities, twelve vicitims of organised crime were found on 23 May, six of them decapitaded and three incinerated

Georgian troops with national flags take part in the rehearsal of the military parade devoted to the Independence Day in Tbilisi 24 May 2008. The Independence Day is celebrated on 26 May in Georgia.

[bd popeye]

Excellent photos Lancero!..But I started a weekend pix thread just before you did...

We need a mod to combine the threads...

[Lancero]

Excellent photos Lancero!..But I started a weekend pix thread just before you did...

We need a mod to combine the threads...

Damn. Beat me by a minute. Must be that superfast new computer

[bd popeye]

Damn. Beat me by a minute

It happens... What I do is open up another tab if I start a daily thread to make sure no one else has...Be sure to check out my pix of the fire onboard CVN-73 in the othere weekend thread!

[bd popeye]

Pix from the Worlds Greatest Navy. How about a few Annapolis pics??!!


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 23, 2008) Graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy cheer as the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team perform the traditional fly-over Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, during their commencement ceremony. U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the ceremony's guest speaker. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley (Released)

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 23, 2008) Marine 2nd Lt. Evan Barnes gives a spirited Ooh-Rah alongside 234 newly commissioned Marine-Corps officers during the Naval Academy Class of 2008 Graduation and Commissioning ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien (Released)

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 23, 2008) A triumphant midshipmen from the class of 2008 shows his diploma to his family in the stands surrounding Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, during the United States Naval Academy commencement ceremony. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley (Released)

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 23, 2008) Newly commissioned U.S. Navy Ensigns and Marine Corps 2nd Lt.'s celebrate at the conclusion of the 2008 United States Naval Academy commencement ceremony, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley (Released)

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 23, 2008) Newly commissioned officers from the Naval Academy Class of 2008 celebrate the conclusion of their graduation and commissioning ceremony with the traditional hat toss at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael G. Mullen, and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead were all in attendance. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien (Released)

[bd popeye]

Some great PIX from the USN. There was a severe fire onboard the USS George Washington CVN-73.


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PACIFIC (May 22, 2008) Fire Team Leader, Machinery Repairman 2nd Class William Neault, guides his team into Hangar Bay 3. The comprehensive firefighting effort extinguished all fires while limiting shipboard damage and preventing any serious injuries for the crew. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are currently under investigation as the ship continues on course for San Diego. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Delano (Released)

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PACIFIC (May 22, 2008) Crew members aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) conduct comprehensive firefighting efforts to extinguish a fire that spread to several spaces via cableways, creating extreme heat and smoke. The crew was able to contain the fire while limiting shipboard damage and preventing any serious injuries to the crew. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are currently under investigation as the ship continues on course for San Diego. U.S. Navy photo (Released)

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PACIFIC (May 22, 2008) Commander, Carrier Strike Group Eight, Rear Adm. Philip Hart Cullom speaks with crew members whom are recovering after having been trapped in a fuel pump room during a shipboard fire, aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The comprehensive firefighting effort extinguished all fires while limiting shipboard damage and preventing any serious injuries for the crew. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are currently under investigation as the ship continues on course for San Diego. U.S. Navy photo (Released)

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PACIFIC (May 22, 2008) Crew members rest aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) after conducting comprehensive firefighting efforts to extinguish a fire that spread to several spaces via cableways, creating extreme heat and smoke. these firefighters will return to the fire fighting efforts

[Lancero]

nevermind,..

[bd popeye]

Man Lancero I moded my pics to your thread.

We need a MOD to combine the threads.

[Lancero]

Excelent pics BD!

U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Krzysztof Misiura, formerly of Poland, left, receives his certificate of Citizenship from U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Paul Phillips, right, District Court Judge Matthew F. Kennelly, and U. S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Darren W. McDew, along with 29 other members of the U.S. Armed Forces Friday, May 23, 2008 as they become U.S. Citizens during a ceremony at the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago. The new citizens representing 14 different countries from around the world were naturalized under the "Expedited Naturalization Executive Order" signed by President Bush on July 3, 2002.

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Isaura Guerrero-Perez formerly of Mexico, admires her certificate of citizenship she received along with 29 other members of the U.S. Armed Forces Friday, May, 23, 2008 as they became U.S. citizens during a ceremony at the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago. The new citizens representing 14 different countries from around the world were naturalized under the "Expedited Naturalization Executive Order" signed by President Bush on July 3, 2002.

U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Krzysztof Misiura, formerly of Poland, left, and USAR Specialist Christian Joy Tecson, formerly of the Philippines, right, take the Oath of Allegiance along with 28 other members of the U. S. Armed Forces Friday, May, 23, 2008 as they become U.S. Citizens during a ceremony at the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago. The new citizens representing 14 different countries from around the world were naturalized under the "Expedited Naturalization Executive Order" signed by President Bush on July 3, 2002.

The Army's new prototype combat vehicle, a non-line-of-sight cannon built by BAE Systems in partnership with General Dynamics Land Systems, is described by Deepak Bazaz, armament systems deputy, as it was shown to the media for the first time at BAE headquarters Friday, May 23, 2008 in Minneapolis. The new two-man vehicle, viewed earlier in the day by Gen. George Casey, is intended to give Army soldiers greater survivability and performance on the battlefield. It is still several years away from being used in combat.

An US army's soldier walks with a banner on May 23, 2008 in Lourdes, southern France at the end of the military opening parade of the international military pilgrimage. This 50th edition takes place until May 26, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI is expected to take a pilgrimage to Lourdes in September 2008.

An Uruguayan Army plant destroys confiscated guns in front of Congress in Montevideo, during the launch of a program to decrease the number of guns circulating in the civilian population, May 23, 2008. According to government statistics there is one gun in circulation for every three Uruguayan citizens.

War Veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, Elton Ensor, 83, stands by the Vietnam Memorial Wall on May 23, 2008 in Washington, DC. Many gather on Memorial Day weekend to commemorate the fallen soldiers in wars.

A note is left at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2008. Thousands of bikers and non-riders will be participating in the 2008 edition of the "Rolling Thunder" annual bike rally which this year marks the 21th anniversary of the event, staged during the Memorial Day weekend as a sign of support to the United States Armed Forces and its soldiers. Rolling Thunder began 21 years ago to draw attention to US troops missing in action in Vietnam, some of whom they say may still be alive or whose remains need to be returned to their families.

Boots are seen on top of coffins at a funeral ceremony in the National Military Cemetary, Kuchigoro, in Abuja on May 23, 2008 honouring forty-six soldiers killed in one of Nigeria's worst road accidents. The soldiers, part of the Nigerian Contingent of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in western Sudan's Darfur region, were in a convoy of seven vehicles returning to their unit in Monguno in northeastern Nigeria from the capital Abuja on May, 22 when they collided with a petrol tanker.

[flanker7]

Terrible! RIP

[Jocker_89]

Cleaners sweep in front of the office of Ukraine's president before the energy security summit in Kiev May 23, 2008. The plaque on the left reads: "President of Ukraine." *******/Gleb Garanich

Giuseppe Nirta, one of Italy's most-wanted mafia fugitives, spits at journalists while being held by Carabinieri police officers at their base in Bianco, Italy May 23, 2008. Italian police said on Friday they had arrested the head of a clan of the 'Ndrangheta, or Calabrian mafia, which is suspected of being behind the execution-style killing of six Italians in Germany last year. *******/Stringer/italy

A student covers his face after burning tyres and posters in protest against the government's plans to increase fuel prices in Medan, North Sumatra province, May 23, 2008. Indonesia's government cannot guarantee there will be no further fuel price hikes after a current plan to increase subsidised fuel prices by an average of nearly 30 percent, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on Friday.*******/Stringer/indonesia

Uruguayan school children observe confiscated guns before being destroyed in front of Congress in Montevideo, during the launch of a program to decrease the number of guns circulating in the civilian population, May 23, 2008. According to government statistics there is one gun in circulation for every three Uruguayan citizens. *******/Andres Stapff

A man and a girl walk near an Iraqi army tank securing a road in Baghdad's Sadr City May 23, 2008. *******/Erik De Castro

[Irish]

Excelent pics BD!

My former Company Sgt..

[Lancero]

A Police official inspects the wreckage of a Police vehicle at the site of a bomb explosion near an Afghan refugee camp in Nasir Bagh, located on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) 24 May 2008. A powerful roadside bomb exploded next to a police vehicle in Peshawar today, killing Khaistan khan the area police chief and his driver, and injuringtwo more law enforcers. Since the new government opened peace talks with the rebels in restive NWFP he nearby tribal area bordering Afghanistan in March, the attacks on security forces by pro- Taliban militants fell sharply, but did not stop completely

Members of 'Front of German Apples' peacefully demonstrate against the party convention of rightist-extremist party NPD on Bamberg, Germany, 24 May 2008. The party convention will be held until 25 May.

Varios exercicios de demonstracao dos meios associados a Marinha, nas cerimonias do Dia da Marinha, que este ano se comemorou no Funchal, 24 de Maio de 2008. Portuguese Navy Day (commemoration of the 510 years of the arrival of Vasco da Gama to India)

Chinese soldiers salute United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as he tours earthquake damage in Ying Xiu Township, the epicenter of the earthquake where some 4,000 people died in this town of 10,000 in Sichuan Provence, China 24 May 2008. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited China to monitor recovery and rebuilding efforts following the earthquake during a trip to Thailand, Myanmar and China

[tuffaznalz]

Great start start to the weekend pics

How is it that the Sailors have more ribbons than the Marines? All things being equal as far as education and service at the Academy.