Weekend Pics! April 25/26th, 2009

[Fireball Sanchez]

I know what you thinking......sweet start with only two pics ...... give me a sec. gots some good stuff coming your way.

A Soldier from 9th Battalion, Iraqi Special Operations Forces, aims to improve his reflexive fire skills. The Soldiers are being trained by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Al Asad, Iraq. Once the training cycle is complete, these Soldiers will be responsible for keeping the Al Anbar province safe from insurgents and criminals in the area. "Al Anbar has the only force that can go after so many targets, so we are happy to have this training," said the commander of Al Anbar's 9th Battalion, ISOF. "We are capable to make the area safe."
(Photo by Sgt. Brandon Pomrenke : Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula)

A Soldier from Al Anbar's 9th Battalion, Iraqi Special Operations Forces, storms an entryway during close-quarter combat training on April 4 in Al Asad, Iraq. The ISOF Soldiers are being trained and advised by U.S. Special Operations Forces. "The training will make them better and we are happy to be included," said the 9th BN commander. "We are capable to make the area safe."
(Photo by Sgt. Brandon Pomrenke : Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula)

First Lt. Shaun Cullen, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pilot, and Capt. Robert Felix, 492nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron flight surgeon, walk out to an HH-60 Pave Hawk prior to a training mission April 20. The 101st ERQS, deployed here from West Hampton Beach, N.Y., provides combat search and rescue capability for the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing. Nearly half of the New York Air National Guard aircrews deployed here are firefighters or police officers back home including Lieutenant Cullen.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

First Lt. Brent McCall, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer, and Tech. Sgt. Jedediah Smith, 101st ERQS pararescueman, load up their gear for a training mission in Northeastern Afghanistan, April 20. In addition to an M-4 assault rifle, combat medical gear and body armor, Sergeant Smith also packs his four-year-old daughter Mia's pre-school class teddy bear. The seven-year New York Air National Guardsman said he brings the little guy along with him on all his missions and writes letters to her school on behalf of the bear. "He pretty much goes everywhere I go," Sergeant Smith said, including the eight combat search and rescue missions he's done since he deployed here.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Senior Master Sgt. Glen Berg, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, gets together his gear before a mission here. Sergeant Berg, a New York Air National Guardsman, is an aerial gunner for the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters here and a New York City firefighter back home. Some of the New York Guardsmen in the 101st ERQS wear patches like this 9-11 patch as a reminder while they stand on alert to rescue downed pilots and ground troops wounded behind enemy lines. New York's 101st Rescue Squadron from West Hampton Beach, N.Y., is preparing to head home after supporting Operation Enduring Freedom for nearly five months.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Senior Master Sgt. Glen Berg, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron aerial gunner, loads his rail gun on the HH-60 Pave Hawk before taking off on a training mission here April 20. The 101st ERQS, deployed here from West Hampton Beach, N.Y., provides combat search and rescue capability for the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Senior Master Sgt. Glen Berg, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron aerial gunner, mans his HH-60 Pave Hawk rail gun before taking off on a training mission here April 20.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Capt. Tamar Hassan, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pilot, conducts pre-flight checks on an HH-60 Pave Hawk prior to a training mission here April 20. The 101st ERQS, deployed here from West Hampton Beach, N.Y., provides combat search and rescue capability for the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Lt. Col. Eugene Sengstacken, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron commander, and Capt. Tamar Hassan, 101st ERQS co-pilot, start up the engines on a HH-60 Pave Hawk before taking off on a training mission here April 20.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

A 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Pave Hawk flies through the Hindu Kush mountain passes during a training mission here April 20.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Capt. Tamar Hassan, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron co-pilot, trails behind the lead HH-60 Pave Hawk during a training mission in Northeastern Afghanistan April 20.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

Tech. Sgt. Jedediah Smith, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescueman, surveys the landscape for threats during a training mission in Northeastern Afghanistan April 20.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake : 455th Air Expeditionary Wing)

[bd popeye]

Sweet EMT!! Hope your going to post those USMC PIX I saw... I'll leave them alone for now..


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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 21, 2009) An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 21, 2009) An EA-6B Prowler from the "Yellowjackets" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 22, 2009) Electronics Technician 3rd Class Alvin Carrillo, left, from San Diego, Calif., and Electronics Technician 2nd Class Christopher White, from Framer City, Ill., troubleshoot faulty buttons on the AN/SPN-43C radar system in the carrier air approach shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The AN/SPN-43C is used to assign aircraft landing priority during flight operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jon Husman/Released)

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SOUDA BAY, GREECE (April 21, 2009) The crew of the guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) make last minute preparations to get underway after a routine port visit. Florida is returning to its homeport of Kings Bay Georgia after completing a one-year deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John Martinez/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 21, 2009) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Andy Knowles, from Dallas, Texas, prepares an M240 machine gun for firing, during a small craft attack team training exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88). Preble, as part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathen Davis/ Released)

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SEAL BEACH NAVAL WEAPONS STATION, Calif. (April 15, 2009) Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC) assigned to Special Boat Team (SBT) 12 get underway on an 11-meter rigid-hulled inflatable boat for a training exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua T. Rodriguez/Released)

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SEAL BEACH NAVAL WEAPONS STATION, Calif. (April 15, 2009) Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen (SWCC) assigned to Special Boat Team (SBT) 12 conduct an equipment check before getting underway for a training exercise at Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua T. Rodriguez (Released)

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (April 21, 2009) The Pre-Commissioned Unit (PCU) Truxtun (DDG-103) makes the final turn before mooring at Wharf Alfa at Naval Weapons Station Charleston, S.C. where the ship will be commissioned Apr. 25.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Leah Stiles/Released)

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Lt. Col. Jen Fullmer, commander of the 9th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron, shows the forward bomb bay of a B-1B Lancer to retired Lt. Col. James Warren, Philip Broom, and retired Lt. Gen. Russell Davis during their visit on base April 22 in Southwest Asia. Colonel Warren and Mr. Broom are two original Tuskegee Airmen, and General Davis is the president of the nonprofit Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

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Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing line up for autographs and photos with four original members of the Tuskegee Airmen April 22 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The members were retired Lt. Cols. Alexander Jefferson and James Warren; retired Maj. George Boyd and former Staff Sgt. Phillip Broome. The Tuskegee Airmen toured the wing's operations center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

[flanker7]

scarrr !!!

[Lancero]

Happy 25th of April.

Women mourn at a burial of 34 Bosnian Muslims in Vlasenica, Bosnia, 25 April 2009. The Muslims were killed by Bosnian Serb forces in Vlasenica during the war in Bosnia 1992- 1995

Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi arrives in Onna, near L'Aquila, Italy for a celebration to mark Liberation Day on 25 April 2009. Berlusconi chose Onna for a visit to inspect the damage caused by the devastating earthquake in the Abruzzo region on 06 April. Liberation Day is a public holiday in Italy as it marks the end of the Nazi occupation of Italy, on 25 April 1945

Soldiers from the Presidential regiment take part in the ceremonial parade in Moscow's Red Square, Russia, 25 April 2009. The Presidential regiment have revived the old traditional ceremony showing of the Presidential regiment in ceremonial dress in Moscow's Red Square

Commemoration of the 35 years of the 25th of April 1974 revolution, Lisbon, Portugal

An Indian army soldier displays arms seized from a militant during a press conference in army headquarters in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 25 April, 2009. One Pakistani militant named Moin-ul-Shah was arrested and a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from his possession, officials said

87-year-old Joyce Milligan represents her late husband at the Anzac Day march in Brisbane, on the morning of the 94th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing, 25 April 2009. The Anzac Day is commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to honour members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I and also to commemorate the soldiers who fought in France and Belgium.

People attend the dawn service in Anzac Cove in commemoration of the Gallipoli War on Gallipoli near western Turkish city of Canakkale, Turkey on early 25 April 2009. The ANZAC day ceremonies in Gallipoli on April 25 are commemorating those who died in the 1915 ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landings of World War I. Turkey lost an estimated 86,000 soldiers in the Gallipoli campaign. Australia lost around 8,700 soldiers and New Zealand around 2,700. Thousands of New Zealanders and Australians travel to Turkey each year for dawn services on 25 April

Australian second world war veterans and Japanese Prisoner of War, Snow Fairclough, 88, (R) from Perth and his comrade Neil Macpherson, 86, (L) from Mindurah join the ANZAC day war memorial ceremony for the Allied soldiers who died building the infamous Death Railway connected between Thailand and Myanmar at Hellfire Pass in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand, 25 April 2009. The railway was built by the Japanese during the second world war using prisoners of war among them thousands of Australians, New Zealanders, Dutch and British and forced laborers from several Asian countries. Many thousands died from overwork, violence, starvation and disease without proper medical facilities. Australians and New Zealanders remember their war dead at war sites across the world

Members of the Guatemalan Police guard the place where five members of the Anti Narcotics Unit of the Guatemalan National Police (PNC, as in spanish) died during an anbush held by allegedly drugs trafficants in the municipality of Amatitlan, southern Guatemala City, Guatemala, 24 April 2009

Harry Murphy, a Kokoda veteran, and great-grandchildren Emma Dower and Reannon Laure gather at the Shrine of Remembrance on Anzac Day in Melbourne, to pay their respect on the morning of the 94th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing, 25 April 2009

Flowers are laid at the Anzac Day Dawn Service in Brisbane, 25 April 2009. The traditional service pays tribute to all Australians who have served their country in war, with the 2009 Anzac Day commemorating 94th anniversary of Australian and New Zealand troops landing at Gallipoli during World War I.

Armenians who live in Athens try to break a police cordon during a demonstration outside the Turkish Embassy in Athens, Greece, 24 April 2009 to commemorate the 94th anniversary of the Genocide of Armenian people in Turkey back in 1915. The genocide of the Armenians was the first genocide of the 20th century

An Australian man visits Australian cemetery before the dawn service in Anzac Cove in commemoration of the Gallipoli War near of western city Canakkale, Turkey, 24 April 2009. The ANZAC day ceremonies in Gallipoli on 25 April is to commemorate those who died in the 1915 ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landings of World War I. Turkey lost an estimated 86,000 soldiers in the Gallipoli campaign. Australia lost around 8,700 soldiers and New Zealand around 2,700. Thousands of New Zealanders and Australians travel to Turkey each year for dawn services on 25 April

A convicted man introduces his election card into an urn at the Penitentiary centre in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 24 April 2009, at the start of the general elections journey. For the first time in Ecuadorian history, those who are convicted but not sentenced can express their political choice in a election

Canadian soldiers of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) secure the site of suicide bomb attacks, targeting the provincial Governor's compound in volatile Kandahar Afgahnistan on 25 April 2009. Three suicide bombers attacked the provincial governor's office in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan on 25 April, killing five policemen and wounding at least eight others. Taliban militants have vowed to increase their attacks in spring and summer, the two traditional fighting seasons in the war-torn country

A picture made available on 25 April 2009 showing a damaged table at the Cafe Nemoland in the Free City of Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark on 24 April 2009. Four people were wounded when a grenade was tossed into the cafe in the night of the 23rd April. A Copenhagen police spokesman said all necessary measures would be taken to halt the escalating violence of a gang war between bikers and youths of immigrant origin

[bd popeye]

Nice photos Lancero! Amazing how we can go to a similar source for pix and post so many different photos!

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives at Baghdad's International Airport on April 25 2009. Clinton arrived in Baghdad on a surprise visit which came as a wave of violence engulfed the country just weeks before US troops leave Iraqi cities.

North Korean soldiers, workers and students offer flowers to the statue of Kim Il-sung, a former leader and founder of the country, as they commemorate the 77th anniversary of the establishment of the (North) Korean People's Army in Pyongyang April 25, 2009 in this picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency on Saturday. North Korea has started to extract plutonium from spent fuel rods at its nuclear arms plant, its foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Indian army soldiers display seized rocket propelled grenades (RPG) & Chinese made grenades during a news conference inside a military garrison in Srinagar April 25, 2009. India army's Brigadier General Staff (BGS), Gurmit Singh, told a news conference that a huge consignment of arms and ammunitions was recovered and one Pakistani militant was arrested after a gun battle with separatist militants who sneaked into Indian Kashmir from Pakistan Kashmir earlier this month.

Indian Army soldiers displays seized arms & ammunition at an army base in Srinagar, India, Saturday, April 25, 2009. Indian army arrested Syed Moinullah Shah, a suspected Pakistani rebel allegedly belonging to Hezb-ul-Mujahedeen, the largest Kashmiri guerrilla group fighting against Indian rule, in Indian-controlled Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunition from him, a top army officer said on Saturday.

Syed Moinullah Shah, a suspected Pakistani rebel allegedly belonging to Hezb-ul-Mujahedeen, the largest Kashmiri guerrilla group fighting against Indian rule, and Brigadier Gurmeet Singh, right, look on during a press conference organized by the Indian army, at an army base in Srinagar, India, Saturday, April 25, 2009. Indian army arrested Shah in Indian-controlled Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunition from him, a top army officer said on Saturday.

An infantry soldiers of German armed forces Bundeswehr presents the equipment he has to take for a mission outside the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) camp in Kunduz, April 25, 2009. The equipment which includes a bullet proof vest, weapons, ammunition, first aid kit and water weighs about 40 kilograms (88 pounds).

Sri Lankan government soldiers stand with their weapons near the town of Putumatalan located on the outskirts of the 'No Fire Zone' in northern Sri Lanka April 24, 2009. Government soldiers and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels continue to fight the apparent endgame of Asia's longest-running war despite calls to protect an estimated tens of thousands of civilians still trapped in an area controlled by the LTTE. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where the LTTE's leader, Vellupillai Prabhakaran, is believed to be hiding. Picture taken April 24, 2009.

A German police officer walks beside a defused bomb on Museum Island in Berlin, Germany, early Saturday, April 25, 2009.

Police officers wait in an armored car in front of an apartment building housing the apartment of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, April 25, 2009. German police say a World War II bomb uncovered during construction at the Neues Museum in central Berlin has caused evacuations and traffic jams. Police would not confirm reports that the apartment of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who lives nearby, needed to be evacuated. A Berlin police statement says the 220-pound (100-kilogram) unexploded bomb appears to be a type used by the Russians during the war. Officers evacuated a 985-foot (300-meter) area around the bomb Friday afternoon, disrupting nearby train and streetcar service.

A Canadian soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) man a weapon on an armored vehicle as the troops are on alert near the governor's compound following suicide attacks in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, April 25, 2009. Three suicide bombers penetrated the governor's compound in Afghanistan's largest southern city Saturday, killing at least five police officers in the latest multi-pronged attack in the Taliban's spiritual birthplace

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scarrr !!!

I may be talking ****e, but does that look photoshopped to anyone else?

[flanker7]

Yugoslavian M60 AT Rifle Grenades

[bd popeye]

I may be talking ****e, but does that look photoshopped to anyone else?

I looked at the Hi-res version and saw no signs of photo shopping. Generally speaking the USN does not photoshop.

However.. I have seen certain aspects of some equipment photo shopped. But not the photo you are referring to.

[Fireball Sanchez]

Sweet EMT!! Hope your going to post those USMC PIX I saw... I'll leave them alone for now..

Yup, I'm on 'em, awesome pics Popeye.

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, fly in a MV-22 Osprey during an air assault exercise in Yuma, Ariz., April 13, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C., battalion is scheduled to conclude their training in Yuma with a battalion-sized helicopter-borne assault exercise in late April, the largest exercise of its type conducted in approximately 10 years. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)

Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, set up a perimeter around a landing zone on an Army Yuma Proving Ground range in Yuma, Ariz., during an air assault exercise April 13, 2009. The battalion is training for its deployment in August 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C., battalion is scheduled to conclude their training in Yuma with a battalion-sized helicopter-borne assault exercise in late April, the largest exercise of its type conducted in approximately 10 years. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)

Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, set up a perimeter around a landing zone on an Army Yuma Proving Ground range in Yuma, Ariz., during an air assault exercise April 13, 2009. The battalion is training for its deployment in August 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C., battalion is scheduled to conclude their training in Yuma with a battalion-sized helicopter-borne assault exercise in late April, the largest exercise of its type conducted in approximately 10 years. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)

A Marine with the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, aims in on a target at a landing zone on an Army Yuma Proving Ground range in Yuma, Ariz., during an air assault exercise April 13, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C., battalion is scheduled to conclude their training in Yuma with a battalion-sized helicopter-borne assault exercise in late April, the largest exercise of its type conducted in approximately 10 years.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, board a CH-53E Super Stallion after securing a landing zone on an Army Yuma Proving Ground range in Yuma, Ariz., as part of a Weapons and Tactics Instructor course April 13, 2009. The battalion is training for its deployment in August 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C., battalion is scheduled to conclude their training in Yuma with a battalion-sized helicopter-borne assault exercise in late April, the largest exercise of its type conducted in approximately 10 years.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)

Sgt. Jared Leiss, a squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, shows his squad's number for the pilot of an MV-22 Osprey who picked up the Marines at during an air assault exercise, April 13, 2009, in a training area east of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. The Quincy, Ohio, native and his squad of approximately 10 Marines were transported to a landing zone in the Blue Mountain Airfield for a live-fire exercise and to secure the airfield. The Camp Lejeune, N.C., battalion is scheduled to conclude their training in Yuma with a battalion-sized helicopter-borne assault exercise in late April, the largest exercise of its type conducted in approximately 10 years.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)

A Marine from K Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, watches two MV-22 Ospreys land at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Auxiliary Airfield 2 during an air assault exercise for the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course April 13, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C., battalion is scheduled to conclude their training in Yuma with a battalion-sized helicopter-borne assault exercise in late April, the largest exercise of its type conducted in approximately 10 years.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)

Sgt. Jared Leiss, a squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, counts the Marines in his squad as they board an MV-22 Osprey in a training area east of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., during an air assault exercise April 13, 2009. The Quincy, Ohio, native, along with approximately 490 other Marines, were air lifted to the Blue Mountain Airfield for a live-fire exercise and to secure the airfield. The Camp Lejeune, N.C., battalion is scheduled to conclude their training in Yuma with a battalion-sized helicopter-borne assault exercise in late April, the largest exercise of its type conducted in approximately 10 years.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes)

[bd popeye]

Yea EMT..those are the ones! Outstanding Job!!

[Fireball Sanchez]

Thanks Popeye, gots some more here, and an extra PJ pic. GUYS, I will try and get Hires of the PJ stuff up later, so check the PJ thread for Hires.

Lance Cpl. Sean Corvuno, a 22-year-old team leader with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, peers through a door way during culture training at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility, here, April 21. As squads patrolled through the MOUT facility, role players, mostly foreign nationals, played music, cooked food and manned shops depicting what Marines will encounter while on patrol through a village.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Schmidt.) (RELEASED)

Cpl. Bryan Goldberg, a 21-year-old team leader with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, secures a street corner during culture training at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility, here, April 21. As squads patrolled through the MOUT facility, role players, mostly foreign nationals, played music, cooked food and manned shops depicting what Marines will encounter while on patrol through a village.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Schmidt.) (RELEASED)

Sgt. Adam Riggle, a section leader with Weapons Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, secures a street corner during culture training at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility, here, April 21. As squads patrolled through the MOUT facility, role players, mostly foreign nationals, played music, cooked food and manned shops depicting what Marines will encounter while on patrol through a village.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Schmidt.) (RELEASED)

Lance Cpl. Jesse Yeon, a squad automatic rifleman with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, halts during a training scenario with foreign national role players at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility, here, April 21. “The scenarios are designed to enhance cultural understanding for when we deploy,” explained Cpl. Adam King, a 23-year-old squad leader with Company G. “We’ve been preparing ourselves to better interact with the people of Afghanistan. Today, that knowledge was refined and put to the test talking with the role players.”
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Schmidt.) (RELEASED)

Cpl. Adam King, a 23-year-old squad leader with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Afghan role players during culture training, here, April 21. As part of the scenario based training, King and his squad met with water and electric workers about their community’s essential services, like what they may face in theater.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Schmidt) (RELEASED)

Cpl. Adam King, a 23-year-old squad leader with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, speaks to an Afghan role player during culture training, here, April 21. As squads patrolled through the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility, role players, mostly foreign nationals, played music, cooked food and manned shops to depict what Marines will encounter while on patrol through a village.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Schmidt.) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force 38th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., jump from a 41st Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during the Joint Air Power Demonstration at the Virginia Beach boardwalk in Hampton Roads, Va., on April 22, 2009. The demonstration showcased the critical role air power plays in the joint fight and is one of many events occurring during Hampton Roads Air Force Week.
DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Koob, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

[engfisix]

Now that is one hell of a way to start the weekend, well done everyone, and thanks as always for the great work you put into posting these photos!

[szr]

Thanks for pics of the Gabreski Field Guardsmen, and indeed for all the pics you guys post. Appreciate it.

[2T046B5]

Is that a thermal sight in the upper left corner?

[scrybe]

Amazing pictures so far guys. Thanks for taking the time to do this for the rest of us. It is appreciated.