Today's Pics, Friday, July 11th, 2008

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Sortie de la 1ère Gazelle.
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Roulage des Gazelle.
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Le général Lecerf avec un officier du GTIA.
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Australian Defence Force Military Diocese of Australia lead a Rosary Procession down Anzac Parade, passed the Macedonian War Monument, following a wreath laying ceremony at the Australian War Memorial. www.defence.gov.au Hires

Military Pilgrims representing Australia, Canada, Columbia, Germany, France, Italy, New Zealand, UK and The USA, stand with Bishop Max Davis at the Australian War Memorial. www.defence.gov.au Hires

HAINES, Alaska – Coast Guard personnel from Air Station Sitka participated in Ft. Seward Day as a static display for the event Saturday. Pictured from left to right: Lt. David Marramar, Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Yelvington, Cmdr. Kevin Sareault, Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Korpiewski. CG photo by PA3 Wes Shinn. Hires

SITKA, Alaska – Coast Guard personnel from Air Station Sitka marched in the 4th of July parade on Lincoln St. as three MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopters flew over head Friday. Coast Guard personnel lead the 4th of July Parade in front of about 1,000 people and held a search and rescue demonstration with a MH-60 “Jayhawk” helicopter during the festivities held here. CG photo by PA3 Wes Shinn. Hires

A member of an honour guard sheaths his sword before an official welcoming ceremony for Mexico's President Felipe Calderon in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing July 11, 2008. Calderon is on a four-day trip to China. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)

A U.S. soldier secures the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad July 10, 2008. The attack which targeted an Iraqi army patrol killed two civilians and wounded 11 others including three soldiers, police said. Picture taken July 10, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud(IRAQ)

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Montreal babes make me crazy!

Does that excuse work when the cops turn up?

[drake247]

Does that excuse work when the cops turn up?

if you have the evidence it might

[beer_garden]

Nice pics of the HMAS ANZAC and the HMAS Tobruk. Speaking of which, her sister ship, the HMAS Ballarat, will have an open day on Sunday here in Port Adelaide. Will be going to get a good look at her.

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2008-07-11: Assistance for refugee camp in Ghazni(Afghanistan)

11-07-2008: Soldiers from EOD platoon from Bosnia and Herzegovina clear mines in Kadisija province

POLISH GIRLS

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Miranda Kerr she is bloody awesome.

[Fireball Sanchez]

These next ones are a little old so forgive any re-post's!

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force, operating in Garmsir.
(Photographer: Cpl. Andrew Carlson : 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Poor little guy.....

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force, operating in Garmsir.
(Photographer: Cpl. Andrew Carlson : 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force, operating in Garmsir.
(Photographer: Cpl. Andrew Carlson : 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force, operating in Garmsir.
(Photographer: Cpl. Andrew Carlson : 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force, operating in Garmsir.
(Photographer: Cpl. Andrew Carlson : 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force, operating in Garmsir.
(Photographer: Cpl. Andrew Carlson : 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Sgt. Murray Spence, an infantry scout sniper from Canada, lays out his “kit” for a sensitive items inventory in front of his battalion’s headquarters, July 8. Spence is assigned to scout platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Matthew Meadows : 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs)

Sgt. Murray Spence (left), an infantry scout sniper from Canada, reads the serial number of his M-24 sniper rifle as Staff Sgt. Tommy Peek, Spence’s platoon sergeant from Fort Polk, La., verifies the number during a sensitive items inventory, July 8. Both Soldiers are assigned to scout platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Matthew Meadows : 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs)

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Sgt. Murray Spence (left), an infantry scout sniper from Canada, reads the serial number of his M-24 sniper rifle as Staff Sgt. Tommy Peek, Spence’s platoon sergeant from Fort Polk, La., verifies the number during a sensitive items inventory, July 8. Both Soldiers are assigned to scout platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Matthew Meadows : 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs)

Is he a canadian soldier or a US soldier from canada?

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the guy left is awesome,, AAV Amphibious Army Victor

[Lagarto]

Nice head cover, what it is called?

And so is called in the italian army, is a distinctive cap in the bersaglieri (Mechanized infantry), and is a historic cap weared since XIX century, when the french zouaves, admired by the courage and valor of the bersaglieri during the Crimean War, offered as a present to the bersaglieri their own fez.

[Vince S]

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What a beauty!

i knew she had to be canuck. Montreal babes make me crazy!

If you think Montreal as babes, hit the regions Saguenay Lac St-Jean has a 8:1 girl - guy ratio and most of them are areally really cute. ONly problem is that this whole place is separatist...

[bd popeye]

Excellent photos..What time do you guys go to bed..Jeez.. Sorry for any re-post!

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 10: A policeman tries to control a burst water pipe during an anti-flood drill on July 10, 2008 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, areas struck by the May 12 earthquake, which has damaged many reservoirs and dams, are facing a critical situation as the annual flood approaches.

Iraqi army soldiers secure a convoy of vehicles containing displaced persons in south Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Iraq, Thursday, July 10, 2008. Close to 150 Shiite families that had fled Dora because the neighborhood had often been a scene of fierce clashes, have decided to return back to their homes.

Riot policemen escort protesters as they march against the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Sapporo, July 8, 2008. G8 rich country leaders approved a communique which said they would work with nearly 200 states in United Nations climate change talks to adopt a goal of at least halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The slogan in the helmets read, 'Anti-War'.

SOBETSU, JAPAN - JULY 09: Riot police stand guard as the anti-G8 activists march near the G8 Summit site on July 9, 2008 near Sobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. The G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit is taking place at Lake Toya from July 7. Protesters from all over the world are expected to demonstrate near the area.

Iraqi army soldiers help a displaced family unload their belongings at their home in south Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Iraq, Thursday, July 10, 2008. Close to 150 Shiite families that had fled Dora because the neighborhood had often been a scene of fierce clashes have decided to return back to their homes.

An Iraqi policeman keeps watch as his comrade searches a scooter at a vehicle checkpoint on Palestine street a vehicle checkpoint on Palestine street in Baghdad on July 9, 2008. At least 13 people were killed and dozens wounded in Iraq today in bombings in the Sunni city of Fallujah and the main northern city of Mosul.

An Iraqi policeman stands guard at a checkpoint decorated with plastic flowers on Palestine street in Baghdad on July 9, 2008. Security continued to improve in Iraq from March to May 2008, with violence at its lowest level in four years, but the gains are "fragile, reversible and uneven," a quarterly Pentagon report said last month.

Turkish policeman stands guard near the U.S. Consulate after an attack in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Armed men attacked a police guardpost outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday. Turkish and U.S. officials called it "a terrorist attack" and said three attackers and three policemen were killed.

Smoke from a tear gas grenade billows near and Israeli border policeman (C) and Palestinian and foreign demonstrators during a protest marking the fourth anniversary since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) called for partial demolition of Israel's controversial separation barrier, in the West Bank village of Nilin on July 09, 2008. Brief clashes broke out during a protest in the occupied West Bank today, one of several planned to mark four years since the world court called for partial demolition of Israel's separation barrier.

Riot police officers detain a high school student during a protest in Santiago, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. The protest was organized against a government-sponsored education bill. (.

A riot police armored car throws tear gas at protesters in Santiago on July 8, 2008. Thousands of teachers and students demonstrated against a new education law under discussion by the Chilean Congress

A paramedic treats a wounded police officer as another stands guard after a shooting outside the local police station in the northeastern city of Culiacan in Mexico's state of Sinaloa July 10, 2008. A heavily-armed group of suspected drug hitmen killed nine people in a mechanic's shop in broad light on Thursday, including bystanders getting their cars fixed, local police in the Mexican state of Sinaloa said. In an almost simultaneous attack in another part of the state capital Culiacan, a police officer was gunned down at the wheel of his pickup truck outside the local police station. Police chased after the fleeing gunman but were shot at with automatic weapons and injured.

Italian soldiers stand guard at Chiaiano cave a quarter of Naples on 10 July 2008. The cave was declared by the Italian government a military zone and is to become the site for a new rubbish dump. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, elected in April, promised to resolve the overall rubbish crisis in three years, and his conservative government has begun opening 10 new dumps under military guard in the region.

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UPPER GERESHK VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 9: A cross to commemorate two British Soldiers who died in previous operations stands with a royal crest upon it on July 9, 2008 at the British Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment Gibraltar FOB (Forward Operating Base) in Upper Gereshk Valley,Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The British Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment are deployed in the Upper Gereshk Valley with the aim of supporting the Afghan National Government in their fight against the Taliban and providing security for the local nationals.

British Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment realx during downtime on July 7, 2008 in Gibraltar FOB (Forward Operating Base) in Upper Gereshk Valley,Helmand Province, Afghanistan

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NORTH ARABIAN SEA (July 9, 2008) Plane captains and maintenance personnel assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 47 perform pre-flight maintenance on an SH-60B Seahawk aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Ashley Houp (Released)

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NORTH ARABIAN SEA (July 10, 2008) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 climbs away from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abrham Lincoln (CVN 72) after being launched from one of the ship's four steam-powered catapults. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

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NORTH ARABIAN SEA (July 10, 2008) Flight deck personnel prepare an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Kestrels" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 for launch aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

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NORTH ARABIAN SEA (July 10, 2008) An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Lancers" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 131 is launched from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Ashley Houp (Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN, (July 8, 2008) Lt. James McDonald, an aircraft shooter, launches an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102 from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Shooters are pilots or naval flight officers who ensure that aircraft launch safely from the carrier. Kitty Hawk is participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise off Hawaii with units from the U.S., Australia, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau (Released)

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GULF OF OMAN (July 8, 2008) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Kestrels" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 is launched from 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 Communications Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

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NORTH ARABIAN SEA (July 9, 2008) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Blue Blasters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) after a mission. 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)

I'll be back later....

[redvand]

I love the pics including the babes but I wish the babes were saved for the weekend post. It is "fun" to check out the latest pictures here at work before starting the day and at lunch. Then one of babes comes on my screen.