Today's Photos, Friday - May 4th, 2012
Druze "Herev" Battalion Training
Gents its Friday, good start Trikora
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BAHRAIN (April 24, 2012) Naval Air Crewman 2nd Class Stacie Shogan, a loadmaster assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VR) 53, supervises the loading of a pallet aboard a C-130 Hercules. VR-53 provides logistics support for commands conducting maritime security operation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Mark Schultz/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 1, 2012) Aircraft taxi on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in preparation of flight operations. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the flagship for Carrier Strike Group 8, is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 1, 2012) Shooters on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) give the signal to launch an F/A-18C Hornet from the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the flagship for Carrier Strike Group 8, is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class A.J. Jones/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 1, 2012) An F/A-18C Hornet from the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 1, 2012) An F/A-18C Hornet from the Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83 lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class A.J. Jones/Released)
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ARABIAN SEA (April 28, 2012) Sailors brace themselves as an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter lifts a pallet from the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) during a vertical replenishment. James E. Williams is assigned to Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national, mission-based task force working under Combined Maritime Forces, to conduct counter-piracy operations in the Southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Somali Basin, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel J. Meshel/Released)
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GULF OF OMAN (April 25, 2012) Fire Controlman 1st Class Greg Carman & Yeoman Seaman Darrell Lambert, members of the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), climbs a quick-deployable ladder during a training event. Porter is deployed 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 photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alex R. Forster/Released)
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ARABIAN SEA (April 28, 2012) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) connect a cargo pendant on an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel J. Meshel/Released)
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SAN DIEGO (May 2, 2012) The first of class littoral combat ships USS Freedom (LCS 1), rear, and USS Independence (LCS 2) maneuver together during an exercise off the coast of Southern California. The littoral combat ship is a fast, agile, networked surface combatant designed to operate in the near-shore environment, while capable of open-ocean tasking, and win against 21st-century coastal threats such as submarines, mines, and swarming small craft. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Jan Shultis/Released)
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SAN DIEGO (May 2, 2012) The first of class littoral combat ships USS Freedom (LCS 1), left, and USS Independence (LCS 2), maneuver together during an exercise off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Jan Shultis/Released)
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SAN DIEGO (May 2, 2012) USS Independence (LCS 2) completes her maiden voyage with arrival in her homeport of San Diego. After two years of training off the coast of Florida, the ship's 23-day transit from Mayport, Fla. to San Diego marks the successful completion of testing of the Mine Countermeasures (MCM) mission package to detect, localize, and destroy mines in a tactical environment. USS Independence also transited the Panama Canal and conducted a port visit and operations with the Mexican Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by LT Jan Shultis/Released)
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from Colombian Armed Forces
Some random Pictures from the Colombian Choppers in the Armed Forces. The Photographer is a good friend of mine who serves and works in the Colombian Air Force.
*Pictures and Credits on the watermark
Colombian Navy BO-105 Helicopter
HMAS Pirie conducts manoeuvres during the Australian-Indonesian Coordinated Patrol 2012. Mid Caption: The Australian Defence Force and the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Armed Forces) successfully conducted the third Coordinated Maritime Security Patrol in the waters between Australia and Indonesia from 16-27 April 2012. The coordinated patrol was designed to mutually enhance maritime security in the Timor Sea and targeted the exploitation of natural resources, in particular illegal fishing. Australia and Indonesia each contributed naval vessels and maritime patrol aircraft to a combined task group with units from both countries communicating directly and sharing surveillance and tactical information with each other. Australia's contribution to the coordinated patrol included Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Pirie (Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Livingstone, Assail Three) and an AP-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Photo by ABIS James Whittle
KRI Kakap and HMAS Pirie depart Kupang for the Australian-Indonesian Coordinated Patrol 2012. The Australian Defence Force and the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Armed Forces) successfully conduct the third Coordinated Maritime Security Patrol in the waters between Australia and Indonesia from 16-27 April 2012. The coordinated patrol was designed to mutually enhance maritime security in the Timor Sea and targeted the exploitation of natural resources, in particular illegal fishing. Australia and Indonesia each contributed naval vessels and maritime patrol aircraft to a combined task group with units from both countries communicating directly and sharing surveillance and tactical information with each other. Australia's contribution to the coordinated patrol included Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Pirie (Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Livingstone, Assail Three) and an AP-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Photo by ABIS James Whittle
Indonesian vessel KRI Kakap departs Kupang for the Australian-Indonesian Coordinated Patrol 2012. Mid caption: The Australian Defence Force and the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Armed Forces) successfully conducted the third Coordinated Maritime Security Patrol in the waters between Australia and Indonesia from 16-27 April 2012. The coordinated patrol was designed to mutually enhance maritime security in the Timor Sea and targeted the exploitation of natural resources, in particular illegal fishing. Australia and Indonesia each contributed naval vessels and maritime patrol aircraft to a combined task group with units from both countries communicating directly and sharing surveillance and tactical information with each other. Australia's contribution to the coordinated patrol included Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Pirie (Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Livingstone, Assail Three) and an AP-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Photo by ABIS James Whittle
An Indonesian CASA NC-212 aircraft conducts a fly past KRI Tongkol during the Australian-Indonesian Coordinated Patrol (AUSINDO CORPAT 2012). The Australian Defence Force and the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Armed Forces) successfully conducted the third Coordinated Maritime Security Patrol in the waters between Australia and Indonesia from 16-27 April 2012. The coordinated patrol was designed to mutually enhance maritime security in the Timor Sea and targeted the exploitation of natural resources, in particular illegal fishing. Australia and Indonesia each contributed naval vessels and maritime patrol aircraft to a combined task group with units from both countries communicating directly and sharing surveillance and tactical information with each other. Australia's contribution to the coordinated patrol included Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Pirie (Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Livingstone, Assail Three) and an AP-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Photo by ABIS James Whittle
An Indonesian CASA NC-212 aircraft conducts aerial surveillance during the Australian-Indonesian Coordinated Patrol 2012. Mid caption: The Australian Defence Force and the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Armed Forces) successfully conduct the third Coordinated Maritime Security Patrol in the waters between Australia and Indonesia from 16-27 April 2012. The coordinated patrol was designed to mutually enhance maritime security in the Timor Sea and targeted the exploitation of natural resources, in particular illegal fishing. Australia and Indonesia each contributed naval vessels and maritime patrol aircraft to a combined task group with units from both countries communicating directly and sharing surveillance and tactical information with each other. Australia's contribution to the coordinated patrol included Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Pirie (Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Livingstone, Assail Three) and an AP-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Photo by ABIS James Whittle
Indonesian vessels KRI Kakap and KRI Tongkol depart Kupang for the Australian-Indonesian Coordinated Patrol 2012. Mid Caption: The Australian Defence Force and the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Armed Forces) successfully conducted the third Coordinated Maritime Security Patrol in the waters between Australia and Indonesia from 16-27 April 2012. The coordinated patrol was designed to mutually enhance maritime security in the Timor Sea and targeted the exploitation of natural resources, in particular illegal fishing. Australia and Indonesia each contributed naval vessels and maritime patrol aircraft to a combined task group with units from both countries communicating directly and sharing surveillance and tactical information with each other. Australia's contribution to the coordinated patrol included Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Pirie (Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Livingstone, Assail Three) and an AP-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Photo by ABIS James Whittle
I'm not usually a boat guy, but damn. That's a cool looking vessel.Originally Posted by trikora88
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Israel Air Force F-16s fly over Masada. Featured as Photo of the Day on May 1, 2012
Excellent photos gents!
On May day I made a comment that I was happy that May day was not a holiday in the US.. never-the-less protestors were out in NYC, Oakland, Portland, Seattle and the World over...
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Demonstrators march down Broadway during a May Day protest on May 1, 2012 in New York City. Occupy Wall Street demonstrators joined labor groups in a march to protest economic injustice and observe International Labor Day. (John Moore/***** Images)
A police lieutenant swings his baton at an Occupy Wall Street activist on May 1, 2012 in New York. Hundreds of activists with a variety of causes spread out over New York City Tuesday on International Workers Day, or May Day, with Occupy Wall Street members leading a charge against financial institutions. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
An Occupy Wall Street activist yells at police who are guarding other policemen making an arrest in downtown Manhattan, New York, on May 1, 2012. (*******/Adrees Latif)
A protester associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement is arrested while marching through traffic in lower Manhattan, on May 1, 2012. (Spencer Platt/***** Images)
A woman holding a sign marches past a line of police officers in New York, on May 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
An Occupy Wall Street activist with a bloody nose is arrested by New York City police during a May Day demonstration in New York, on May 1, 2012. (*******/Andrew Kelly)
Portland police move in to make arrests during a May Day march and protest in Portland, Oregon, on May 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
An Oakland police officer pauses after being hit in the face with paint as officers advanced on Occupy protesters blocking an intersection during a May Day demonstration on May 1, 2012 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/***** Images)
Seattle Police officers gather near Pike Place Market, on May 1, 2012, during May Day protests in downtown Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
A protestor gestures to an Oakland police officer during May Day protests on May 1, 2012 in Oakland, California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Police officers form a line during a May Day protest in Oakland, California, on May 1, 2012. (*******/Stephen Lam)
A Seattle police officer wearing riot gear tangles with a woman after other masked protesters used bats and wooden poles to destroy the glass storefronts of several downtown businesses, during May Day demonstrations that went violent in downtown Seattle, on May 1, 2012. Several hundred demonstrators, including hundreds in black masks, hoods and armed with bats destroyed the windows of a Wells Fargo Bank, NikeTown and an American Apparel store during one of the numerous marches throughout downtown Seattle. (*******/Anthony Bolante)
Seattle riot police shoot pepper spray at masked protesters that used bats and wooden poles to destroy the glass storefront of an American Apparel store during May Day demonstrations that turned violent in downtown Seattle, on May 1, 2012. (*******/Anthony Bolante)
A California Highway patrol officer stands near the Golden Gate Bridge waiting for possible May Day demonstrations in San Francisco, California, on May 1, 2012. May Day actions began with a strike by ferry workers Tuesday stranding commuters who usually take ferry boats to work. (*******/Robert Galbraith)
A mounted riot policeman rides his horse during May Day rallies in Santiago, Chile, on May 1, 2012. (*******/Ivan Alvarado)
Protesters taunt police with donuts on fishing lines during an anti-capitalism rally on May Day in downtown Montreal, Quebec, on May 1, 2012. (*******/Christinne Muschi)
A woman affiliated with Occupy Toronto is arrested for trespassing after she tried to erect a structure in Simcoe Park during May Day protests in Toronto, on May 1, 2012. The protesters were told by police they would be allowed to stay at Simcoe Park as long as they did not erect any structures. (*******/Mark Blinch)
Riot police stand guard in front of the Rote Flora alternative cultural center during May Day demonstrations in the Schanze district in Hamburg, Germany, on May 1, 2012. (*******/Fabian Bimmer)
A demonstrator clashes with riot policemen during May Day rallies in Santiago, Chile, on May 1, 2012. (*******/Carlos Vera)
Riot police use tear gas against demonstrators during a May Day rally in central Ankara, Turkey, on May 1, 2012. (*******/Umit Bektas)
Demonstrators vandalize a Bank of the West branch during May Day protests on May 1, 2012 in Oakland, California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
U.S. Army National Guard Spc. David Smart, a Security Force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, stands guard at Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan on May 3. Smart and his team are providing security for the arrival of official visitors. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison)
An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan on May 3. Afghan National Army soldiers are providing security for the arrival of official visitors. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison)
U.S. Army National Guard Spc. David Smart, a Security Force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, stands guard at Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan on May 3. Smart and his team are providing security for the arrival of official visitors. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison)
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Great photos Deno!
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SAN DIEGO (May 3, 2012) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) transits San Diego Harbor as the ship departs for Pacific Partnership 2012. Pacific Partnership is an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic action exercise designed to work with and through host nations to build partnerships and a collective ability to respond to natural disasters. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran/Released)
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SAN DIEGO (May 1, 2012) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Jgerardo Ruiz, from Somerton, Ariz., says goodbye to his family before boarding the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) as the ship prepares for Pacific Partnership 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shawnte Bryan/Released)
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RED SEA (May 2, 2012) Engineman 1st Class Lauretta M. Newell, left, from Tarboro, N.C., and Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) Seaman Jessica R. Wisniewski, from Phillipsburg, N.J., transcribe readings from a shaft control unit aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95). James E. Williams is deployed 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 Daniel J. Meshel/Released)
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SAN DIEGO (May 01, 2012) The five-year-old daughter of Dental Technician 2nd Class Joel Tatum says good-bye to her father as the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) prepares to depart for Pacific Partnership 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Todd Frantom/Released)
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 30, 2012) Retired Army veteran Melissa Stockwell lights the cauldron at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs April 30 to start the 2012 Warrior Games. More than 200 wounded, ill or injured service members from the U.S. and British armed forces are scheduled to compete in the Paralympics-style competition, May 1-5. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler/Released)
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 2, 2012) Cpl. Travis Greene, a Marine Corps veteran from Boise, Idaho, prepares to block an Air Force shot during the Marines versus Air Force sitting volleyball game at the 2012 Warrior Games at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The All-Marine Warrior Games sitting volleyball team defeated the Air Force team with a two-game win. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers/Released
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 1, 2012) Cyclists compete in the bicycle physical disability race at the Air Force Academy during the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo. Disbro placed second in the race. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Heidi Agostini/Released)
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 1, 2012) Debbie Barron comforts her husband, Cpl. Josue Barron, from Cudahy, Calif., after finishing fourth in the 10-kilometer handcycling race at the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo. The 2007 Bell High School graduate was wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan in 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Heidi Agostini/Released)
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 30, 2012) U.S. Marines Warrior Games participants leave the opening ceremony of Warrior Games 2012. The Warrior Games is a sporting competition hosted by the U.S. Olympic Committee for wounded members of the armed forces. U.S. Army photo/Released)
Brazilian military police Choque squad search drugs in the Alemao shantytown on March 27, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during a police operation to exchange Army guards for militarized policemen to install progressively Peace Police Units (UPP) to control the slum.
Serbian special policemen escort an ethnic Albanian's suspected of war crimes in Belgrade on May 4, 2012. Serbian police have arrested five ethnic Albanians from southern Serbia suspected of war crimes committed during a conflict that engulfed the region in 2001. The police operation was carried out in Bujanovac, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) to the south of Belgrade, where in 2001 ethnic Albanian guerillas of the Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac (LAPMB) fought an armed conflict against Serbian government forces.
Iranian soldiers march during the Army Day parade in Tehran. Iran will respond with force to any threats to its territorial integrity, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech at the parade, adding that it would prefer to cooperate with its Arab neighbours to maintain security in the Gulf.
A soldier from the British Royal Artillery (R) stands by as a Rapier missile defence system, which could play a role in providing air security during the Olympics, is shown to members of the media at Blackheath in southeast London on May 3, 2012. Britain is to rehearse its security measures for the Olympic Games this week in a military exercise involving warships, fast jets, helicopters and dummy missiles, the Ministry of Defence said. Exercise Olympic Guardian, a land, sea and air drill, will take place in three phases from May 2-10 -- the first on the south coast, the second in London's airspace and the final phase on the River Thames.
A female Israeli soldier takes position amid Palestinian civilians at the Qalandia crossing in the occupied West Bank during a demonstration on May 4, 2012 in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to protest Israel's use of administrative detention orders, under which military courts can order individuals to be held without charge for periods of up to six months, which can be renewed indefinitely.
An Israeli soldier restrains a Palestinian protester, grimacing after being hit by 'skunk' liquid after she was forced down from atop an Israeli military vehicle where she stood waving her national flag, during a protest by some 300 people outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 1, 2012 in a show of support for prisoners held in Israeli jails. Clashes erupted between stone-throwing youths and the Israeli army, who fired tear gas, rubber bullets and a foul-smelling liquid known as 'skunk' to break up the demonstration.
An Israeli soldier fires tear gas towards Palestinian protesters as some 300 people gathered outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 1, 2012 in a show of support for prisoners held in Israeli jails.
An injured army soldier reacts after he was hit by a stone thrown by anti-military protesters during a demonstration against military rulers at Abbasiya Square in Cairo May 2, 2012. Egypt's military might hand over to civilian rule earlier than planned in the unlikely event that this month's presidential election produces an outright winner, politicians said after meeting generals on Wednesday.
A Colombian soldier searches a driver at a checkpoint in the rural area of La Montanita in Florencia Province May 2, 2012. La Montanita is near Union Peneya, where three soldiers and one police official were killed by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels and French journalist Romeo Langlois went missing on Saturday.
Pretty ridiculous hair going on in this pic. I hate the current regs for guys in the military don't get me wrong, but this just seems like a big liability to have such a long pony-tail swinging around. Especially if she had to subdue someone hand to hand, kinda would work against her you would think...
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