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Todays Photo's, Monday April 30th, 2012
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SASEBO, Japan (April 29, 2012) Senior Chief Operations Specialist Kenny Debnam is saluted by the chief's mess as he is "bonged off" the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Debnam is transferring to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Essex is preparing to return to San Diego, having spent the past 12 years forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joe Kane/Released)
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CORONADO, Calif. (April 26, 2012) A Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) candidate waves a flare during a simulated dive casualty drill while training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Dive training is the second phase candidates participate in during BUD/S. The Navy SEALs are the maritime component of special operations forces and are trained to conduct a variety of operations from the sea, air and land. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominique M. Canales/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 28, 2012) The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) fires the MK-75 76mm/62-caliber gun during a live-fire exercise. Underwood is underway for a composite training unit exercise before deploying to Central and South America and the Caribbean for Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Phillips/Released)
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PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. (April 27, 2012) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Sean Stageberg and Electronics Technician 3rd Class Rudy Picardo joke with a patient celebrating his 12th birthday at Chris Evert Children's Hospital. Four U.S. Navy ships, a submarine and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter are participating in Fleet Week Port Everglades 2012, an event designed to show the investment Americans have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
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PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. (April 27, 2012) The guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56), left, and the guided-missile frigate USS DeWert (FFG 45) are ported side by side during Fleet Week Port Everglades. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Preston Paglinawan)
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MANZANILLO, Mexico (April 24, 2012) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Robert Chittenden, from Dallas, Texas, lowers the ensign during evening colors on the flight deck of the littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) while in Manzanillo, Mexico, marking the ship's first foreign port visit since its commissioning in 2010. Manzanillo is home to the Mexican navy's Pacific Naval Force and 6th Naval Region. The Independence Gold Crew and embarked Mine Countermeasures Detachment 1 are en route to the ship's homeport in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Trevor Welsh/Released)
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NORFOLK, Va. (April 17, 2012) Stephanie Reither, United States Department of Homeland Security Immigration Services, issues the oath of citizenship to Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fueling) Airman Wei Wu, a native of China, Machinist's Mate Fireman Junmin Jia, a native of China, Airman Marcglenn Orcullo, a native of the Philippines, Airman Edhessar Tungol, a native of the Philippines, and Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Karla Martinez, a native of Ecuador, on the mess decks of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). Bataan is in Norfolk, Va. undergoing a maintenance availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Hannah Wilhide/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 18, 2012) Aviation Electrician 2nd Class Benjamin Yates adjusts a switcher for the blade fold system on an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Squadron Light Four Eight (HSL-48) aboard the USS Underwood (FFG 36). Underwood is participating in Composite Training Unit Exercise before deploying to South and Central America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Frank J. Pikul/Released)
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 27, 2012) Sailors conduct a firefighting drill on a simulated aircraft aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a general quarters drill. George Washington is in Yokosuka, Japan and making preparations to return to sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Marcos Vazquez/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 28, 2012) The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) fires the MK-75 76mm/62-caliber gun during a live-fire exercise. Underwood is underway for a composite training unit exercise before deploying to Central and South America and the Caribbean for Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Phillips/Released)
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ARABIAN SEA (April 26, 2012) Sailors guide in a fuel hose during a replenishment-at-sea aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Sterett is deployed as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tim D. Godbee/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 26, 2012) Seaman Clayton Grauel mans a pilot's ladder as members of the Mauritania's navy boarding team climb aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) during a boarding exercise in support of Saharan Express 2012. Simpson is participating in exercise Saharan Express 2012, a regional maritime exercise focused on improving the communications and interoperability of West African countries to counter narcotics trafficking and proliferation in maritime environments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian T. Glunt/Released)
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Operations in Helmand province
(Released on 28th April)
U.S. Marines of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), pick up coalition forces in a MV-22B Osprey to insert them further south in the Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012.
U.S. Marines of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), pick up coalition forces to insert them further south in the Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012
Coalition forces set up security to begin operations after being inserted by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), April 14, 2012. Coalition forces began operations in the southern Helmand province, Afghanistan to find contraband.
Coalition forces begin operations after being inserted by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), April 14, 2012. Coalition forces began operations in the southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, to find contraband.
US-Philippine Marine forces conduct live-fire training during Balikatan 2012
A Philippine Marine (right) fires at stationary targets while U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Lee, position safety officer of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, observes the rounds impact on the targets during an Exercise Balikatan 2012 live-fire event, April 24, at Crow Valley, Philippines
U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Lee (left), position safety officer of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, checks Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Rommel Realiza's, weapon is clear and on safe before leaving the firing line during an Exercise Balikatan 2012 live-fire event, April 24, at Crow Valley, Philippines
Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Rommel Realiza (right), 1st Marine Company, fires at stationary targets while U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Lee, position safety officer of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, observes the rounds impact on the targets during an Exercise Balikatan 2012 live-fire event, April 24, at Crow Valley, Philippines.
Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Rommel Realiza (right), 1st Marine Company, fires at stationary targets while U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Lee, position safety officer of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, observes the rounds impact on the targets during an Exercise Balikatan 2012 live-fire event, April 24, at Crow Valley, Philippines.
Philippine Marines wait next to a medium tactical vehicle after completing an Exercise Balikatan 2012 live-fire field exercise, April 24, at Crow Valley, Philippines.
A Philippine Marine uses some camouflage netting for shade during an Exercise Balikatan 2012 live-fire field exercise, April 24, at Crow Valley, Philippines.
Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Rommel Realiza (left), 1st Marine Company, discusses the target order with U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Lee, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, before an Exercise Balikatan 2012 live-fire field exercise, April 24, at Crow Valley, Philippines
Philippine Marine 2nd Lt. Jimbo Villamor (left), 3rd Marine Company, speaks with U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan Britton, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, during an Exercise Balikatan 2012 live-fire field exercise, April 24, at Crow Valley, Philippines.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan Britton (right), 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, speaks with a Philippine Marine counterpart during an Exercise Balikatan 2012 live-fire field exercise, April 24, at Crow Valley, Philippines.
African Lion 12
(Photos released on 30th April)
African Lion 12 was a joint and bi-lateral exercise between the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States that involved more than 2,000 U.S. service members and approximately 900 members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces. African Lion 12 was the first major exercise the 24th MEU participated in after deploying in March on a regularly scheduled eight month deployment with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group.
Lance Cpl. Seth Jarboe, a 24-year-old Castle Rock, Colo., native, and rifleman with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit provides security as a CH-53 Super Stallion lands during rehearsals in preparation for the final exercise of African Lion 12, April 14, 2012.
Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and soldiers of the Royal Moroccan Army, perform dry fire rehearsal in preparation for the final exercise of African Lion 12, April 14, 2012.
Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and soldiers of the Royal Moroccan Army, perform dry fire rehearsal in preparation for the final exercise of African Lion 12, April 14, 2012.
Afghanistan AEF 2012
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Staff Sgt. John Denny, a weapons loader assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, guides weapons loader Senior Airman Donald Rhodes as he operates a jammer to carry a bomb that will be loaded onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon April 25, 2012. Personnel are deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16’s, pilots, and support personnel began their Air Expeditionary Force deployment early April to take over flying missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan.
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Airman 1st Class Euris Capellan, a crew chief assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, prepares to launch an F-16 Fighting Falcon on April 25, 2012.
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Staff Sgt. Chad Westmoreland, a weapons loader assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, secures fins to a missile that is loaded on an F-16 Fighting Falcon, April 22, 2012.
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Airman 1st Class Bryan Martin, a weapons loader assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, uses the Universal Ammunition Loading System to upload 20 mm rounds into an F-16 Fighting Falcon, April 22, 2012.
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Senior Airman Lyla Rayer, a weapons loader assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, uses the Universal Ammunition Loading System to upload 20 mm rounds into an F-16 Fighting Falcon, April 22, 2012.
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Capt. Jeffery Beckham, an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilot assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, April 22, 2012.
Aegean sea: Turkish Coast guard and Navy finished the "Sea Lion 2012" Search And Rescue training 5 planes,5 helicopters,3 frigates,3 patrol boats and 491 personel joined the training from Turkish Navy and Coast guard. Also 38 military observer from 24 different country watched the trainings...
Hellenic Army training activities in Aegean Islands. Photos released today Monday April 30 2012 by Hellenic Army General Staff
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What type is this launcher ? Thanks for the pics.
Nice pix, guys!
Members of Ansar al-Sharia, an al Qaeda-affiliated group, are seen near a tank taken from the army during recent battles, as they guard a road leading to the southern Yemeni town of Jaar April 28, 2012. At least seven militants linked to al Qaeda were killed in clashes in Yemen's restive south, a regional tribal spokesman said on Saturday, as the impoverished Arab state fights to tame a stubborn insurgency.
Members of the Uganda army take their positions during their training in combat operation skills at a military training school in Singo, 78km (46 miles) south of capital Kampala April 30, 2012, in preparation for deployment to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
Troops from the Central African Republic stand guard at a building used for joint meetings between them and U.S. Army special forces, in Obo, Central African Republic, Sunday, April 29, 2012. Obo was the first place in the Central African Republic that Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacked in 2008 and today it's one of four forward operating locations where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Kony.
U.S. Army special forces Captain Gregory, 29, from Texas, center, who would only give his first name in accordance with special forces security guidelines, speaks with troops from the Central African Republic and Uganda, in Obo, Central African Republic, Sunday, April 29, 2012, where they are searching for infamous warlord Joseph Kony. Obo was the first place in the Central African Republic that Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacked in 2008 and today it's one of four forward operating locations where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Kony and hope he will stand trial at the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity after his forces cut a wide and bloody swath across several central African nations.
U.S. Army special forces Master Sergeant Eric, center, who would only give his first name in accordance with special forces security guidelines, speaks with troops from the Central African Republic and Uganda, in Obo, Central African Republic, Sunday, April 29, 2012. Obo was the first place in the Central African Republic that Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacked in 2008 and today it's one of four forward operating locations where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Kony.
U.S. Marine Sgt Albert Winschel, right, demonstrates the use of an improvised tourniquet on fellow Marine Sgt Preston Norton, left, as they instruct soldiers from the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) in medic training at the Singo training facility in Kakola, Uganda Monday, April 30, 2012. The camp provides different training courses run by the U.S. Marines and also by instructors contracted by the U.S. State Department under the Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance (ACOTA) programme, both aimed to better prepare Ugandan soldiers heading to Somalia as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeping operation.
U.S. marines watch as members of the Uganda army undergo training in combat operation skills at a military training school in Singo, 78km (46 miles) south of capital Kampala, April 30, 2012, in preparation for their deployment to African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
In this photo of Wednesday April 18, 2012 two American soldiers, who did not give their names, assist in advising Ugandan troops hunting for Joseph Kony in Djema, an operational base in the Central African Republic. For Ugandan soldiers tasked with catching Joseph Kony, the real threat is not the elusive Central Africa warlord and his brutal gang. Encounters between Ugandan troops and Lord's Resistance Army rebels are so rare that the Kony hunters worry about other things when they walk the jungle: armed poachers, wild beasts, honey bees, and even a widely-ranging fly that torments their ears during day.
Royal Thai Airforce Aircraft Crashes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport
A Royal Thai Air Force aircraft crashed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today at around 0845 hrs. The small Air Force ATR 72 type aircraft (Flight SL 60314) landed safely but at the last moment skidded off the runway losing control over it leaving the aircraft heavily damaged. The flight left Bangkok for Dhaka with 15 crews on board including three pilots. Three pilots were injured while two of them were taken to the hospital and another one was given first aid. Rest of the 15 on-board was unhurt and taken to safe place after the crash. It was learned primarily that technical fault was the reason of the crash. Just after the incident, airport fire service arrived at the location of the crash and took position. Civil Aviation officials, Airport Armed Police members and other officials rushed to the spot and secured the area. But no other casualties were reported. Authorities are investigating the actual cause of the crash. Later on Civil Aviation Minister Faruk Khan visited the spot.
Originally Posted by droopy
It's an RM-70 122mm MRL
Serious question: Why do they still carry AAMs in Afghanistan? Seems like a waste of fuel and wear and tear on the missiles when there seems to be no one to use them against.
Iranian jets may attack them..
Or fanatic Pakistani jets..
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