Reply With QuoteExcellent Photos today Guys, thanks for taking the time and effort in Posting them
Coffin with Junior Warrant Officer Bartosz Spychala's body was transported to Bagram from FOB Ghazni where fallen served.
Excellent Photos today Guys, thanks for taking the time and effort in Posting them
Moldovan troops take part in "Viking-2011".
Marines Work Through Compressed Timeline to Qualify Before Deployment
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An M1A1 Abrams tank with Tank Platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, awaits its turn to begin the tank gunnery range exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 11. The Marines took full advantage of the time given, working extra hours to ensure they are qualified in case they are needed during the MEU’s deployment. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 aboard USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and will continue to conduct a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU’s ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force.
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An M1A1 Abrams tank with Tank Platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires its main gun during a tank gunnery range exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 11. The Marines took full advantage of the time given, working extra hours to ensure they are qualified in case they are needed during the MEU’s deployment. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 aboard USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and will continue to conduct a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU’s ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force.
hiresAn M1A1 Abrams tank with tank platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires its .50-caliber and M240G machine guns while moving during a tank gunnery range exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 11. The Marines took full advantage of the time given, working extra hours to ensure they are qualified in case they are needed during the MEU’s deployment. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 aboard USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and will continue to conduct a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU’s ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force.
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An M1A1 Abrams tank with Tank Platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires its main gun during a tank gunnery range exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 11. The Marines took full advantage of the time given, working extra hours to ensure they are qualified in case they are needed during the MEU’s deployment. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 aboard USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and will continue to conduct a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU’s ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force.
Well firstly they're not painted that colour, the plastic is that colour. They aren't clear underneath a coat of yellow paint.Originally Posted by timetraveller
Secondly, if we spent our days checking every single yellow jug in Afghanistan we'd never be able to cover the ground we do on patrols. Afghan family compounds tend to have a collection of around 30 to 40 of these jugs for water collection and use. Not to mention all the shops and carts with piles of these things.
While it is true that in many IEDs these jugs are used, there are more practical ways of locating these than doing random spot checks on a foot patrol.
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Maj. Tracy Schmidt, 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, and Capt. Kimberly Volk, weapons system officer, takes off at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 29.
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Maj. Tracy Schmidt, 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, Capt. Kimberly Volk, 389th EFS weapons system officer; Maj. Christine Mau, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing executive officer and an F-15 pilot; and Capt. Jennifer Morton, 389th EFS WSO, pose for the camera before their mission at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 29.
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Maj. Tracy Schmidt, 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, suits up at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 29. Schmidt and three other females flew the first combat mission to be flown, planned and maintained entirely by females.Capt. Jennifer Morton, 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons system officer, does a pre-flight inspection before take-off at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 29.Staff Sgt. Tamara Rhone, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, waits for Maj. Christine Mau, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing executive officer and an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, and Capt. Jennifer Morton, 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons system officer, dons their helmet before take-off at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 29. Members from the 389th EFS help make this combat mission to be flown, planned and maintained entirely by females.
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A pro-Ouattara fighter of the FRCI (Republican Force of Ivory Coast), wearing a gas mask, prepares for the so-called 'final assault' in front of the Golf Hotel in Abidjan on April 5, 2011. Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo is hunkered down in a bunker at his residence in Abidjan, after calling for a ceasefire as rival forces cornered him, the UN mission said.
Pro-Ouattara fighters of the FRCI (Republican Force of Ivory Coast) prepare for the so-called 'final assault' in front of the Golf Hotel in Abidjan on April 5, 2011. Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo is hunkered down in a bunker at his residence in Abidjan, after calling for a ceasefire as rival forces cornered him, the UN mission said.
An armored vehicle burns by the roadside after heavy fighting in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, April 5, 2011. Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo was negotiating the terms of his departure from power on Tuesday following a fierce assault by forces loyal to his presidential rival backed by U.N. and French helicopter airstrikes.
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Issiaka Diakhite, 26, who says he took up arms after his parents were killed by Laurent Gbagbo loyalists in his home town of Daloa in November, reacts as soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara man a checkpoint at one of the principal entrances to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, April 5, 2011.
New Forces soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara drive at a checkpoint at one of the principal entrances to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Ivory Coast's entrenched strongman Laurent Gbagbo huddled in a bunker at his home and was exploring different options for his surrender, officials said Tuesday, as forces backing the country's democratically elected leader seized the residence.
Fire and smoke billows from the Akouedo military camp in Abidjan on April 4, 2011. United Nations helicopters fired on the Akouedo military camp of troops loyal to Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo today in the economic capital Abidjan, witnesses told.
A soldier loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara moves along a road as fighting flares across the country's main city Abidjan April 4, 2011. U.N. and French helicopters attacked Laurent Gbagbo's last strongholds in Abidjan on Monday as forces loyal to Ouattara streamed into the city from the north.
A soldier loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara lies on a road as fighting flares across the country's main city Abidjan April 4, 2011. U.N. and French helicopters attacked Laurent Gbagbo's last strongholds in Abidjan on Monday as forces loyal to Ouattara streamed into the city from the north.
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A soldier loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara lies on a road as fighting flares across the country's main city Abidjan April 4, 2011. U.N. and French helicopters attacked Laurent Gbagbo's last strongholds in Abidjan on Monday as forces loyal to Ouattara streamed into the city from the north.
A gang member of the Northeastern Commune neighbourhood -- one of the shantytowns with the hightest rates of urban violence -- gives his gun during a ceremony at the church in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on April 4, 2011. Some 80 gang members surrendered their weapons and pledged to stop violence, as an act of peace.
A gang member of the Northeastern Commune neighbourhood -- one of the shantytowns with the hightest rates of urban violence -- gives a grenade during a ceremony at the church in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on April 4, 2011. Some 80 gang members surrendered their weapons and pledged to stop violence, as an act of peace.
Operation Red Sand destroys insurgent compounds in Bala Murghab
U.S. Army Pfc. Ben Bradley (left), a Bulldog Troop, Red Platoon scout (7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment), ducks away from small-arms fire, as fellow scout Sgt. Jeff Sheppard, launches a grenade at the enemy’s position, during a combat engagement in northern Bala Murghab Valley, Baghdis Province, Afghanistan April 4, 2011. Bradley, Sheppard, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Lee and his military working dog ‘Valdo’ were all wounded by a rocket propelled grenade blast in the engagement. All servicemembers suffered minor wounds and Valdo was critical, but survived the attack.
An insurgent compound explodes after a U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer drops a 38GBU bomb on the facility in northern Bala Murghab Valley, Baghdis Province, Afghanistan April 4, 2011. The B-1 responded as a close-air support asset and assisted 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment scouts from Bulldog Troop’s Red Platoon in a sustained combat engagement, which resulted in the destruction of insurgent strongholds and improvised explosive device making facilities.
U.S. Army Sgt. Jeff Sheppard, a Bulldog Troop, Red Platoon scout (7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment), scans a village for insurgent activity during a foot patrol in northern Bala Murghab Valley, Baghdis Province, Afghanistan April 4, 2011. Moments after returning to a ceased compound once the patrol completed, insurgents launched a coordinated and accurate attack against the patrol, wounding Sheppard, three other servicemembers and a military working dog. The operation was successful and coalition forces destroyed insurgent compounds and improvised explosive device making facilities in the engagement.
Thanks for the pic's, gent's!
[QUOTE=He219;5567453]Nice pix, everyone!
Just a question, What type of camo is that? Is it just plain old Tigerstripe or is something else?
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