This Weekends Pics, 04-05 October 2008

[Howie Kaluha]

if i were in that mobile field force.....heck, here in the U.S. even and someone started to try to spray me in the face with paint I'd be beating his/her ass.....

and if someone started to try the "flame thrower" idea on me, we're up to deadly force and that ****er's taking 2 to the chest and 1 to the head preferably....

[Carib]

I would have knocked his lights out...

Why do the police do nothing in these situations. I saw a pic here the other day and a protester had a 2 foot machete and was protesting right in front of a group of riot police, I believe it was in Bolivia. These people would get taken down, rightfully, in a matter of seconds in the states.

[Custodes]

The Poles are leaving Iraq.I would like to thank them for all their hard work in helping the people of that country.They certainly look like a powerful military in Jockers' pictures.

[ZoneOne]

Great pictures!

Those protesters are lucky the police have such restraint.

[Fireball Sanchez]

Good pics guys.

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, tend to a Marine's simulated wounds during improvised explosive device convoy training on Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, ready their Light Armored Vehicle for the LAV maneuver assault course on Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of BLT 3/2 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Lance Cpl. David Evans, an administrative clerk with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, adjusts his sights after studying his target during the zeroing portion of his combat marksmanship training on Sept. 26, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Evans, a native of Falmouth, Mass., is participating in off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a security halt during Improvised Explosive Device convoy training Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice a supported assault with assistance from a Light Armored Vehicle with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon on the LAV maneuver assault course on Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of BLT 3/2 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Staff Sgt. Christopher Hall, a Light Armored Vehicle commander with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, sits atop his LAV while waiting to take on the LAV maneuver assault course on Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Hall, a native of Port St. Lucie, Fla., is participating in off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

A vehicle with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, rolls by an explosion from a training improvised explosive device during IED convoy training Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, roll through a live-fire convoy training range on Sept. 29, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

A member of Scout-Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, sights in on a target with an M40 sniper rifle during a live-fire range exercise on Sept. 26, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of BLT 3/2 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, check underneath their vehicle while conducting a security halt during improvised explosive device convoy training on Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB-22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, rush back to assist a notionally wounded comrade after a training improvised explosive device detonation during convoy IED training on Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Cpl. Matthew P. Dobbins, an engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fills an ammunition box for a vehicle-mounted machine gun in preparation for a live-fire convoy training exercise on Sept. 29, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., A Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Dobbins is from Indianapolis, Ind. The Marines of CLB-22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a security halt during improvised explosive device convoy training on Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

[He219]

MCAS Miramar Airshow yesterday:

Totally blown away with the maneuvering of the Raptor ..






Zulu

[ramthor]

MCAS Miramar Airshow yesterday:

Great images, He. Thank you.

[guidehog]

http://www.defence.gov.au/media/down...003e/index.htm


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Photo by PFC Joshua Sizemore (US Army)
Australian soldiers from 9 Platoon, Combat Team Charlie, ANZAC Battle Group, prepare to depart their position in US Stryker armoured vehicles of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team as UH-1H Iriqois helicopters fly away after their final air-mobile insertion troop sortie during Cooperative Spirit 08.

Which country is providing the Hueys?
It looks like it has the "Firebird" on the door from the 71st Assault Helicopter Company from the Vietnam war?
I can't get to the defence.gov.au domain .. can anyone post a highres?

Thanks!

[bd popeye]

Excellent photos! Happy to see some new posters here!


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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 2, 2008) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) direct CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters onto the flight deck during a reconnaissance exercise. The exercise included a total of 16 helicopters, including seven Sea Knight helicopters from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (HMM-265). Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed expeditionary strike group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Ebarb/Released

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 2, 2008) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Anthony Blackner, left, from Jacksonville, Fla., and Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Ryan Fingall, from Niceville, Fla., connect an air hose to the engine of an F/A-18C strike fighter before conducting a systems test aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is conducting fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan M. Ilyankoff/Released

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 2, 2008) An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Eagles" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 prepares to land aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is conducting fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Ebarb/Released

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 2, 2008) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, the "Dambusters", taxis to catapult one aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during flight operations. George Washington is underway training in the U.S.7th fleet area of responsibility and is scheduled to participate in various exercises and events. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony R. Martinez/Released

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2008) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Yuri Fernandez looks towards the bow of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to ensure there are no personnel near the catapults before flight operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder/Released

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2008) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Charles Block transfers inert missiles from the flight deck to the "bomb farm" after flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are underway on a scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2008) Flight deck personnel tie down an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the "Bear Aces" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 124 to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder/Released

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003 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2008) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Douglas Pistone tightens fasteners on an F/A-18 strike fighter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder/Released

[RallyPointCebu]

Wow nice Pics Gents! Keep em Comming!

[Meph0]

MCAS Miramar Airshow yesterday:

Totally blown away with the maneuvering of the Raptor ..

Sweet! One can never have enough Raptor pictures.

[VAMAN]

Nice pics today keep em coming.

[Gawel1410]

Sweet! One can never have enough Raptor pictures.

I know your pain of not getting those clear pictures of the F 22, when I was at an airshow in Wisconsin not to long ago all of the pictures when in flight of this bird were not so clear, also my camera died .

[marc_I_AM_CANADIAN]

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if I may ask, are many versions of the stryker do the US forces use?!? I mean one has a 105mm gun, then there is this one we can see on this picture with a minigun (or something like it), I believe there is also one equipped with a 25mm. so "Stryker" is only a term to designate an Light Armored Vehicle (wich we call a LAV)?!?

[Ian58861]

Awesome airshow pics HE.