Today's Pix - Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 14, 2012) An FA-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during an air power demonstration. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are underway on a deployment in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin Stevens/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 14, 2012) Two F/A-18C Hornets fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during an air power demonstration. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a deployment in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Andrew K. Haller/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 14, 2012) An FA-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25 flies supersonic over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during an air power demonstration. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a deployment in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin Stevens/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 14, 2012) Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during an air power demonstration. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing CVW-17 are underway on a deployment in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 14, 2012) An Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) technician assigned to EOD Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 fast ropes from an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 15 to the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during an air power demonstration. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a deployment in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin Stevens/Released)

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French President Francois Hollande arrives to attend a ceremony to pay respect to the Unknown soldier at Arc de Triomphe on May 15, 2012 in Paris, France. While Sarkozy has suggested that he will leave politics to return to a career in law, Francois Hollande will name his cabinet and travel to Germany for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel within hours of his inauguration.

French President Francois Hollande attends a ceremony to the Unknown soldier at Arc de Triomphe on May 15, 2012 in Paris, France. While Sarkozy has suggested that he will leave politics to return to a career in law, Francois Hollande will name his cabinet and travel to Germany for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel within hours of his inauguration.

[Kaplanr]

My mistake 789 10

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A Lebanese SEAL holds his carbine after they deployed at Syria street which divides the Sunni and Alawite areas, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday May 15, 2012. Lebanese troops deployed Tuesday in tense areas of the northern city of Tripoli after three days of sectarian clashes killed at least six people in a spillover of the 14-month-long conflict in neighboring Syria.

A Lebanese soldier holds his machine gun in a military vehicle during the army deployment as residents are seen reflected on the window, at a street near the Sunni Muslim Bab al-Tebbaneh neighbourhood in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, May 15, 2012. Lebanese army forces were deployed on Tuesday in areas in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, after five people were killed and more than 70 wounded in clashes between Alawite supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Sunni Muslims.

A Lebanese soldier runs after a man who has stolen his rifle at a street that divides the Sunni and Alawite neighbourhoods in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, May 15, 2012.

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Members of the Free Syrian Army celebrate in front of a burning tank after defeating government troops in Rasten, near Homs, May 14, 2012. Picture taken May 14, 2012.

[socom6]

Those Lebanese pics makes me laugh.

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Head of the US Special Operations Forces Major General Ken Tovo (L) and head of operations and training at the Jordan Armed Forces Major General Awni Adwan, address reporters at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre, in Amman, on May 15, 2012. The United States and its allies have started in Jordan what they described as the largest military exercises in the Middle East in 10 years, focusing on 'irregular warfare.

Head of the US Special Operations Forces Major General Ken Tovo (L) and head of operations and training at the Jordan Armed Forces Major General Awni Adwan, addresses reporters at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre, in Amman, on May 15, 2012. The United States and its allies have started in Jordan what they described as the largest military exercises in the Middle East in 10 years, focusing on 'irregular warfare.

Sri Lankan army officers, faces covered in clothes to avoid dust, get ready participate in rehearsals of a military parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Sri Lanka will commemorate the government's victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels in an annual military pageant scheduled for May 19. In 2009, the Tamil Tigers admitted defeat in their 25-year war with the Sri Lankan government that left more than 70,000 people dead.

Sri Lankan Specials Forces personnel ride in formation during a parade rehearsal in Colombo on May 15, 2012. Sri Lanka celebrates War Heroes Week with a military parade scheduled for May 19. The parade celebrates the third anniversary of the military defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009, ending a 37-year long separatist conflict.

Sri Lankan soldiers march during a rehearsal in Colombo on May 15, 2012

[wildheart]

Dope of the day award go's to... Great pix gents.

[brad]

Isnt that the same guy from yesterday todays pics?

[Foxtrot Alpha Whiskey]

HMS Talent arrives in Simonstown, South Africa for some RnR.

[Darboy]

Isnt that the same guy from yesterday todays pics?

They both are the same build and complexion, and the sleeves both have those horizontal white stripes on them. I would agree. It is the same person.

[Darboy]

I guess having an aide with an umbrella close by is a sign of weakness?

[madmike]

14 and 15 May, 2012, on the "Żagań" Training Ground Polish Army 17 Mechanised Infantry Brigade's from Międzyrzecz elements were training to prepare for the upcoming
"Wyzwanie 12" ("Challange 12") and CREVAL exercises. The units which took part in the training are to take part in the "Waimar's Triangle" Battle Group. 2nd and 4th Manouver Coys were the main forces taking part in the training. BG's recon platoon participated in the training as well. The training involved Force Protection procedures, QRF duties, patrolling tactics and contact drills, and the
C-IED procedures.

Pics taken by MAJ Szczepan Głuszczak.


SOURCE:POLISH ARMED FORCES WEB SITE

These guys are from BG's recon platoon. Their mission during this training was to play an OPFOR role: to establish rally base and to set an ambush to interrupt other BG's elements missions.

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(Released 15^th May)

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army and 2nd Commando Regiment, Australian Special Operations Command, watch from a distance as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment from Fort Carson, Colo., attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, comes in for a landing in the Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 26.

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army and 2nd Commando Regiment, Australian Special Operations Command, take cover as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment from Fort Carson, Colo., attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, comes in for a landing to extract the soldiers in the Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 26.

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army and 2nd Commando Regiment, Australian Special Operations Command, pick up from their security positions and head to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment from Fort Carson, Colo., attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, after completing a mission in the Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 26.

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army and 2nd Commando Regiment, Australian Special Operations Command, head to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment from Fort Carson, Colo., attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, after completing a mission in the Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 26.