Today's Photos Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

[He219]

Weapons and explosives, dug up from a hidden cache during an investigation into an alleged coup plot, are displayed at the local police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. A Turkish court formally arrested nine people on charges being part of an alleged secularist plot to bring down the Islamic-rooted government and police detained 33 more suspects while displaying weapons, dug up from a hidden cache. Prosecutors say the alleged plot aimed to destabilize Turkey through a series of attacks and trigger a coup in 2009.

Forensic officers search for weapons in a wooded area near Ankara January 13, 2009. Turkey's army has detained a lieutenant colonel and launched an enquiry into a weapons cache found in his house during investigations into an alleged coup plot, military headquarters said on Tuesday. Eighty-six people, including retired army officers, politicians and lawyers, are on trial in the investigation into the "Ergenekon" plot by a supposed shadowy right-wing group to overthrow a government which has Islamist roots.

A weapon is destroyed on a machine by a worker of the Iraqi Mine/Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Clearance Organization in Baghdad January 13, 2009

A worker of the Iraqi Mine/Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Clearance Organization dumps destroyed weapons in Baghdad January 13, 2009. More than 30,000 weapons confiscated by the U.S. and Iraqi military forces during raids and search operations from different parts of Iraq have been destroyed by the Iraqi non-government organization in Baghdad from September 2008.

A member of the Iraqi Mine/Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Clearance Organization checks pieces of destroyed weapons in Baghdad January 12, 2009. More than 30,000 weapons confiscated by the U.S. and Iraqi military forces during raids and search operations from different parts of Iraq have been destroyed by the Iraqi non-government organization in Baghdad from September 2008. Picture taken January 12, 2009.

Soldiers participate in a military exercise inside an army base in Taichung January 13, 2009. The drill was held to demonstrate the unit's readiness ahead of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year holiday on January 26.

A soldier operates a gun as those playing the Communist enemy surrender during a military exercise inside an army base in Taichung January 13, 2009. The drill was held to demonstrate the unit's readiness ahead of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year holiday on January 26.

Staff Sgt. Gabe Brown poses next to a mannequin that depicts him in the Battle of Takur Ghar in a display on the Iraq Afghanistan at the the U.S. Air Force Museum, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in Dayton, Ohio. The display opens to the public Tuesday

Senoir Master Sgt Ramon Colon-Lopez looks at a mannequin wearing equipment that he donated to the new Iraq Afghanistan war exhibit at the the U.S. Air Force Museum, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in Dayton, Ohio. The exhibit opens to the public Tuesday.

[Fireball Sanchez]

Hires.

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, observe other Marines searching suspected insurgents during urban assault training, Jan. 11, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The training is part of the 22nd MEU's Realistic Urban Training for their upcoming deployment in the spring.
(Photographer: Lance Cpl. Alicia Giron : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

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A Marine with Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to move through an urban village during urban assault training, Jan. 11, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The training is part of the 22nd MEU's Realistic Urban Training for their upcoming deployment in the spring.
(Photographer: Lance Cpl. Alicia Giron : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Hires.

Seaman Jesus R. Arteaga, a native of Chicago and a corpsman with Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, tries to get information from a role-player portraying an insurgent during urban assault training, Jan. 11, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The training is part of the 22nd MEU's Realistic Urban Training for their upcoming deployment in the spring.
(Photographer: Lance Cpl. Alicia Giron : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

Hires.

Bundled up against the cold and with belts of machine gun rounds draped across their shoulders, Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) await their turn to fire the M240G medium machine gun during one of the machine gun familiarization courses Nov. 20, 2008. The courses were an integral part of II MEF (Fwd)'s predeployment training before deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Hernandez)

Hires.

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) step off the high dive during swim qualification aboard Camp Lejeune Nov. 19, 2008. II MEF (Fwd) Marines were required to complete annual training as part of their predeployment training before deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Jo Jones)

Hires.

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) tread water during swim qualification aboard Camp Lejeune Nov. 19, 2008. II MEF (Fwd) Marines were required to complete annual training as part of their predeployment training before heading to Iraq.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Jo Jones)

[He219]

Nice pix EMT-Trainee!




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Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ricardo Perez, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), says goodbye to his son before boarding the ship to leave San Diego.

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KINGS BAY, Ga. (Jan. 9, 2008) The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. Wyoming is the 17th submarine in the Ohio-class and the fourth U.S. Naval ship to be named after the 44th state of the Union. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Rebecca Rebarich/Released)

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Lt. Cmdr Brad Terry, left, executive officer of the Los-Angeles class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN 764), explains control room operations to Republic of Korea Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jung Ok-Keun.

[Fireball Sanchez]

Back at ya He219! ..... Man that picture of the Sailor and his son is rough....

They don't call it service for nothing.......

1st. Lt. William Jacks hugs his daughters Rachel (left) and Anna July 22 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., before deploying. Lieutenant Jacks is a B-1B Lancer pilot assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Marc I. Lane)

[Blue387]

Very nice pictures today.

[TheBelgian]

One of the best days for pictures I've seen in a while, really nice and varried!

[click]

Great IDF pics today boys!

[_yarrick]

Wright-Patterson is amazing, just don't try to see everything after spending 13+ hours in transit, you end up crashing in the silo. I am going to have to make another trip the next time I'm in Ohio.

[Laworkerbee]

Great Picture, I wonder if he is getting the "you're the man of the house now" speech.

[goat89]

^ Heard that term b4. Must be Yank father-son thing. Anyways, kids who have military parents always have 2 face this do they eh?

Nice pics today! Thx!

[jupiter]

I'm Jupiter and I aproved this Picture!

[Ghostryder]

Great Picture, I wonder if he is getting the "you're the man of the house now" speech.

I was about to say that this is quite a picture.

[Fireball Sanchez]

Civilian employers listen as Soldiers from the Army Reserve's 421st Quartermaster Company, 143rd Sustainment Command, demonstrate how parachutes are attached to containers for drops into combat areas during an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve "Boss-lift" event, Jan. 9, in Fort Valley, Ga.
(Photographer: Ian Morales : Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs)

Army Sgt. 1st Class Larry Carter, a jump master with the Army Reserve's 421st Quartermaster Company, 143rd Sustainment Command, prepares to jump out of an Air Force C-130 during an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve "Boss-lift" event, Jan. 9, in Fort Valley, Ga.
(Photographer: Ian Morales : Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs)

Soldiers with the Army Reserve's 421st Quartermaster Company, 143rd Sustainment Command, prepare to land at a drop zone during an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve "Boss-lift" event, Jan. 9, in Fort Valley, Ga
(Photographer: Ian Morales : Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs)

[Lancero]

Nice pics from all the contributors.

Handout photo issued by the French Defence Ministry of the arrival of a group of Rafale airplanes at Kandahar Air Force Base, Afghanistan, 13 January 2009. These airplanes replace the Mirage 2000, as part of the NATO operational task force

Ethiopian forces guard the house of the Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein ahead of beginning of their pull-out of northern Mogadishu, Somalia on 13, January 2009. Islamic fighters moved into bases formerly occupied by Ethiopian troops as their planned pull-out of Somalia began

Israeli soldiers with their gear crowd a public bus stop on the outskirts of the southern town of Sderot on 13 January 2009, the 18th day of Israel's war on Hamas inside the nearby Gaza Strip, which lies several kilometers away. A soldier sits inside the reinforced cement bunker (L) that was added to the bus stop to provide protection in case of an incoming missile attack from the Gaza Strip, and a poster has been added, saying in Hebrew, 'No Fear.'

An Israeli shell or bomb explodes on a target in the Gaza Strip just over the Israeli border line on 13 January 2009, during the 18th day of Israel's war on Hamas

[TheCarLessDriven]

Was that attack on a US Army base?