Today's PIX!! Thursday, July 16th, 2009

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CORAL SEA (July 15, 2009) Boatswain's Mate Kevin Harris, from Drew, Miss., communicates with the Combat Information Center (CIC) as a landing craft, air cushioned (LCAC) vehicle departs the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) to disembark marines and cargo for an amphibious beach landing exercise during Talisman Saber 09. (U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Taurean Alexander/Released)

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CORAL SEA (July 15, 2009) Marines assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 211 load ordnance on an AV-8B Harrier in preparation for amphibious operations during Talisman Saber 2009 off the coast of Queensland, Australia. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ty Swartz/Released)

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CORAL SEA (July 15, 2009) Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262 lift off from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) to support amphibious operations as part of Talisman Saber 2009 off the coast of Queensland, Australia. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ty Swartz/Released)

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CORAL SEA (July 15, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Apprentice Cesar Salinas, from Los Angeles, Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Kaylyn Henderson, from Newkirk, Okla., and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Aaron Gravatt, from Wilmington, Del., show their chocks and chains to the pilot of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during exercise Talisman Saber 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew A. Ebarb/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 13, 2009) A multinational formation of ships prepares to come alongside the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during a pass and review exercise during a visit by nearly 100 dignitaries from the North Atlantic Council. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility after a scheduled five-month deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Figueroa Medina/Released)

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GULF OF THAILAND (July 13, 2009) The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) leads the Royal Thai Navy aircraft carrier HTMS Chakri Naruebet (CVH 911) during the at-sea phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2009. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early/Released)

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QUEENSLAND, Australia (July 15, 2009) U.S. Marines and vehicles come ashore during a mock amphibious assault. BMU-1, ACU-5 and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is participating in Talisman Saber 2009, a joint exercise between the U.S. and the Australian Defense Force that includes participation from more than 20,000 U.S. and 10,000 Australian personnel. (U.S. Navy photos /Released)

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QUEENSLAND, Australia (July 14, 2009) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Wilson Sherman, left, Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Kerry Woods, Aviation Electrician's Mate Airman Linh Dong, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Ronald Curtis, all assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14, perform a freshwater rinse on an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter after a flight at Rockhampton Airport in Queensland, Australia. HM-14 is participating in Talisman Sabre 2009, a biennial joint military exercise between the U.S. and Australia focusing on operational and tactical interoperability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Maurice Dayao/Released)

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CORAL SEA (July 14, 2009) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Travis Page, from Moore Haven, Fla., a landing signalman enlisted (LSE) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin DDG (89), signals to the pilot of an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Warlords of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 51 as it prepares to take off during night air operations. Mustin is one of seven Arleigh Burke-class destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Reckard/Released)

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GULF OF THAILAND (July 13, 2009) The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) leads a formation of Royal Thai Navy ships including HTMS Naresuan (FFG 421), HTMS Khirrirat (FS 432), HTMS Makutrajakuman (FF 433) and HTMS Chakri Naruebet (CVH 911) during the at-sea phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early/Released)

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SHOALWATER BAY, Australia (July 15, 2009) Seaman Nyja Allen, from New York assigned to Beach Master Unit (BMU) 1, directs Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 21, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, Det. Western Pacific as it comes ashore at Freshwater Bay during a training exercise supporting Talisman Saber 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio/Released)

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SHOALWATER BAY, Australia (July 15, 2009) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), move out on patrol in light armored vehicles during an exercise at Freshwater Bay supporting Talisman Saber 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio/Released)

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SHOALWATER BAY, Australia (July 7, 2009) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) disembark Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 21, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, Det. Western Pacific, during a training exercise at Freshwater Bay supporting Talisman Saber 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio/Released)

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FORT DIX, New Jersey (JULY 11, 2009) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Michael Daniel, from Everett, Wash., and Personnelman Seamen Jamel Settles, from Atlanta, Ga. practice combative techniques at Fort Dix during training to deploy as individual agumentees. The service members are undergoing training before deploying to support Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Lenny M. Francioni/Released)

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JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (June 30, 2009) Columbian Marine CABO Primero Franco, a student at the Patrol Craft Officer course at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School, fires an M60 machine gun while extracting students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation during a field training exercise. The mission of Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School is to provide partner nation security forces with the highest level of riverine and littoral craft operations and maintenance technical training, while Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation focuses on providing professional education and training to eligible persons of the nations of the Western Hemisphere within the context of the democratic principles set forth in the Charter of the Organization of American States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication specialist RJ Stratchko/Released)

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JOHN C STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (June 30, 2009) Students from the Patrol Craft Officer course at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School extract students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation during a field training exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication specialist RJ Stratchko/Released)

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GULF OF THAILAND (July 14, 2009) Members of the flight deck crew aboard the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) prepare a Royal Thai Navy S-70B helicopter for takeoff after deck landing qualifications during the at-sea phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2009.(U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early/Released)

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GULF OF THAILAND (July 14, 2009) A U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle approaches the well deck of the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) after a combined amphibious landing exercise with the Royal Thai Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early/Released)

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FORT DIX, New Jersey (JULY 9, 2009) Sailors and Airmen undergoing individual augmentee training walk through a cloud of smoke during a training exercise on the Balad training range at Fort Dix. The service members are undergoing training before deploying to support Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Lenny M. Francioni/Released)

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SAMAESAN, Thailand (July 10, 2009) U.S. Marine Cpl. Folleh Tamba, a squad leader with 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, familiarizes a Royal Thai Marine from the 3rd Royal Thai Infantry Battalion on various components and functions added to an M-16/203mm grenade launcher during a bilateral field weapons exhibition. The display was conducted as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2009. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stuart Wegenka/ Released)

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An undated handout photograph released on 16 July 2009 by the British Ministry of Defence showing Private Finau Romano (L) of B Coy, 5 Platoon, 2 Mercian Regiment leads a patrol through tight alleyways as British and Afghan forces enter a group of compounds during Operation Panther’s Claw as they secure the Malgir and Babaji areas, in Ahghanistan. Phase three of Operation Panther’s claw was initiated on 03 July 2009 by the Light Dragoons Battlegroup. Known in Pashtu as Panchai Palang, it is hoped that the operation will clear and secure the Malgir and Babaji areas of insurgents in order to set the conditions for the forthcoming elections in August 2009

Afghanis who were injured in an airstrike of NATO's forces, receive medical treatment at a local hospital in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan on 16 July 2009. Twelve civilians were injured and four killed in the early hours of 16 July, when NATO's fighter jets bombed Shah Wali Kot district north of volatile Kandahar Afghanistan

Descansa em Paz

The coffin of Corporal Alessandro Di Lisio, is carried from the Italian Air Force C130 plane at at Ciampino military airport, Rome, Italy on 16 July 2009. The Italian soldier was killed and three were injured by a roadside bomb detonated 50 kilometers northwest of the Afghan town of Farah, the Italian Government reported

Thai armed soldiers stand in line next to ASEAN logo as they prepare for the internal security act for the 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC) and 16th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), at the southern resort island of Phuket,Thailand, 16 July 2009. The Thai government plans to deploy 10,000 security personnel to enforce the internal security act and announced a complete ban on protests during the upcoming ASEAN Summit held on July 17-23 that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to attend

Security forces stand guard on a predominantly ethnic Uighur area in Urumqi as a young ethnic Uighur girl walks pass, Xinjiang province, China, 16 July 2009. The presence of security forces in Urumqi is still very obvious although a number of troops seem to have been left the streets. Tension can still be felt in some areas of the city but businesses are slowly coming back to life, and residents are trying to go back to their routine

Members of the MINUSTAH watch over a manifestation of the Lavalas Family Party, of the former president Jean Bertrand Aristide, for his 56 birthday, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 15 July 2009. Aristide is exiled in South Africa after his overthrow in 2004.

Police officers surround the scene where the driver of the white Mercedes Benz sedan was shot by police on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA, 15 July 2009. One eyewitness reported seeing police ram the speeding car and open fire on the driver

[Lancero]

Oops. My bad (by a minute).

Please merge, thanks
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...d.php?t=161155

[Nickchios]

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It looks like the aircraft carrier is small....here.

[baboon6]

Descansa em Paz

Is that an HK417 being carried by the bloke in the foreground?

[VAMAN]

I was also going to start a new thread saw this on the last moment.

[VAMAN]

Philippines National Police Chief Jesus Versoza (R) watches Hayim Funes of Israel-based company Bul Ltd, demonstrating the function of a Corner Shot system or Assault Pistol Rifle (APR) at the Defense and Sporting Arms show at a shopping mall in Manila on July 16, 2009. Over one million unlicensed firearms are in the hands of civilians and rebels in the Philippines, leading to a high incidence of gun-related homicides, Versoza said recently.

Soldiers stand guard at Phuket international airport July 16, 2009. Thailand is ready to host this week's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meeting in Phuket smoothly, with tight security measures, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya reaffirmed Wednesday, Thailand News Agency (TNA) reported. (Reuters)

Soldiers are seen at Phuket international airport July 16, 2009. Thailand is ready to host this week's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meeting in Phuket smoothly, with tight security measures, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya reaffirmed Wednesday, Thailand News Agency (TNA) reported. (Reuters)

A member of the Afghan National Police stands guard in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP / Emilio Morenatti)

An U.S. Chinook helicopter overflies Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (The Associated Press / Emilio Morenatti)

Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 15, 2009. (The Associated Press / Terry Renna)

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Defence Equipment and Support staff have been working on integration of Paveway IV to the Tornado GR4
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2009] www.mod.co.uk

X marks the spot: Paveway shows its deadly accuracy during tests (top) while, below, stills demonstrate the munition's lethality
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2009] www.mod.co.uk

Paveway IV guided bomb mounted onto a Harrier aircraft
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2009] www.mod.co.uk

Squadron Leader Graem Corfield, Second in Command of the Joint Helicopter Command at the Kuwait Support Facility, with one of the Merlin helicopters
[Picture: Cpl Dylan Browne RAF, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009] www.mod.co.uk

New single living accommodation at Richmondshire Lines in Catterick Garrison
[Picture: Cpl Ian Forsyth RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2008] www.mod.co.uk

A Commando from 3 Commando Brigade returning from Afghanistan greets his family
[Picture: LA (Phot) Caroline Davies, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009] www.mod.co.uk

[VAMAN]

Do they give a free tv with the accommodation?

[Facaletz]

nice pics guys

[Hennie the Great]

Wow excellent pictures, thank you guys!

[Judge John]

great pics today, you have excelled yourself!

[Panchito12]

Wow, it's really nice to see HTMS Chakri Naruebet getting some fresh air. She's spent 99% of her life tied up to the pier due to lack of operating funds.

(notice the almost complete lack of air assets on board)

[baboon6]

This picture was posted in the other pre-merged thread but disappeared. Does the bloke kneeling in the foreground have an HK417?