Today's Photos - Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

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The NATO Tiger Meet-2012 exercises started in Norway

[He219]

Nice pix, let's keep 'em rolling!


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A Royal Jordanian Land Force Challenger 1 tank fires on a target to during bilateral tank training with the U.S. Marine Corps 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as part of Eager Lion 2012 in Petra, Jordan, May 7, 2012. Eager Lion is a U.S. Central Command-directed, irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on missions the United States and its coalition partners might perform in support of global contingency operations. (DoD photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

Jordanian and U.S. special forces demonstrate fast-roping deployment techniques at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Centre during their "Eager Lion"military exercise in Amman May 27, 2012.

A trooper jumps off a helicopter as Jordanian and U.S. special forces take part in their "Eager Lion" military exercise at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training in Amman May 27, 2012. The exercise conducted by the U.S. and Jordan includes more than 19 countries from five different continents and more than 12,000 participants, according to the United States Central Command.

A portrait of King Abdullah II of Jordan is seen as Jordanian and US special forces take part in a hijacked plane rescue simulation at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Centre in Amman on May 27, 2012 during their 'Eager Lion' military exercise which is described as the largest exercise in the Middle East in 10 years. The exercise conducted by the U.S. and Jordan includes more than 19 countries from five different continents and more than 12,000 participants, according to the United States Central Command.

Jordanian and US special forces take part in a hijacked plane rescue simulation at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Centre in Amman on May 27, 2012 during their 'Eager Lion' military exercise which is described as the largest exercise in the Middle East in 10 years.

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KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan- Paratroopers with the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, patrol a village in the Tani district May 28. The patrol was led start to finish by the Afghan National Army.

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan- U.S. Army Spc. Spencer Smith, a native of Auburn, Calif. and a medic with Team Delaware, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, walks along the road on a patrol in the Tani district May 28. Smith plans on becoming an Army Ranger in the future, after he finishes his deployment.

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan- Paratroopers with Team Delaware, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, move out during a patrol in the Tani district May 28. The patrol was led start to finish by the Afghan National Army.

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan- Paratroopers with Team Delaware, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, move toward a village during a patrol in the Tani district May 28. The patrol was led start to finish by the Afghan National Army.

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan- U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Hobson, a native of St. Louis and Alpha team leader, Team Delaware, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, walks by a local villager while on patrol in the Tani district May 28. The patrol was led from start to finish by the Afghan National Army.

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan- U.S. Army Spc. Spencer Smith, a native of Auburn, Calif. and a medic with Team Delaware, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, checks out a local villager who complained of chest pain in the Tani district May 28. Smith performs minor medical treatment as a courtesy to the villagers who have to travel many miles to the nearest medical facility.

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan- U.S. Army Spc. Paul Tabor, team leader and a native Jacksonville, N.C., Team Delaware 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, scans his sector of the perimeter May 28. Team Delaware went on an Afghan National Army led patrol of some villages in the Tani District.

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan- Staff Sgt. Michael Griffith, a native of Corvallis, Ore. and Spc. Paul Tabor of Jacksonville, N.C. Team Delaware, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Brigade, Task Force 4-25, collect biometric data from a villager in the Tani district May 28. The data is stored in a database, which can be readily accessed.

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Soldiers from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, from the Croatian Army take cover and return fire after encountering enemy contact as they conduct a movement tocontact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

Soldiers from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, from the Croatian Army take cover and return fire after encountering contact from the opposing force as they conduct a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

A Croatian soldier from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, gives direction after encountering contact from the opposing force as he and his platoon conduct a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

A Croatian soldier from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, gives direction after encountering contact from the opposing force as he and his platoon conduct a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

Soldiers from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, from the Croatian Army return fire after encountering contact from the opposing force as they conduct a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

A Croatian soldier from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, takes cover in the grass while he provides security for his platoon as they conduct a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

Soldiers from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, from the Croatian Army maneuver across a bridge as they conduct a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

A Croatian soldier from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, provides security as he and his platoon conduct a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

Two Croatian soldiers from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, take cover and provide security as their platoon conducts a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

A Croatian soldier from 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Tiger Battalion, dismounts from a Patria vehicle as he and his platoon begin to conduct a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

A small fleet of Croatian Patria vehicles transport soldiers of the Croatian Land Forces to a training site as they prepare to conduct a movement to contact exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

[He219]

Nice pix, vor033!

A U.S. Army soldier of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, walks on a wall next to a school bell made of a 155mm artillery shell as he secures an area during a local shura meeting in the town of Senjaray, Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 29, 2012.

Abdul Ghani (L), from the Afghan Local Police and Michael Kelvington, a U.S. Army Captain, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division talk during a local shura meeting in the town of Senjaray, Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 29, 2012.

Dustin Lorenz, a U.S. Army Specialist of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, stands under an education promoting billboard as he secures an area during a local shura meeting in the town of Senjaray, Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 29, 2012.

An Afghan policeman examines the remains of a damaged vehicle after a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Two would-be suicide bombers riding in a vehicle packed with explosives in eastern Nangarhar province were killed when the vehicle exploded prematurely, said a local government official, Shakrulla. Three others in the vehicle were severely wounded. The explosion occurred on the main highway between Jalalabad city and Torkham, a town on the Pakistani border.

A soldier from the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, fires at a Taliban position after they were attacked during a patrol in a village in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, May 27, 2012.

A soldier from the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, looks at a Taliban position after they attacked the Combat Outpost (COP) Boston in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan May 26, 2012.

[bd popeye]

Great pix! now some from the US Navy..

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PEARL HARBOR (May 27, 2012) Three Pearl Harbor survivors, right, pay respect to their fallen shipmates while a U.S. Marine stands at parade rest in the shrine room at the USS Arizona Memorial May 27, 2012, during the USS Arizona Memorial's 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony. The USS Arizona Memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day in 1962. The shrine room displays the names of 1,177 service members that perished on the USS Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Holzworth/Released)

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PEARL HARBOR (May 27, 2012) U.S. Navy honor guardsmen stand at attention May 27, 2012, as military and civilian leaders enter the USS Arizona Memorial for the USS Arizona Memorial 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii. The memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day in 1962. Since its construction, the memorial has stood as a place to remember the tragedy, and honor the dead. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Holzworth/Released)

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PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 25, 2012) Chief of the Boat Bill Stoiber coordinates docking as the Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Mississippi (SSN 782) arrives in Pascagoula, Miss. for a commissioning ceremony on June 2. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Todd Frantom/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 22, 2012) Logistics Specialist 1st Class Darrius Jenkins works out in the torpedo room aboard aboard the Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Mississippi (SSN 782).The boat is en route to Pascagoula, Miss., for commissioning on June 2. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Todd Frantom/Released)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (May 22, 2012) The Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Mississippi (SSN 782) pulls into the port of Cape Canaveral, Fla., during a transit from Groton Conn., to Pascagoula, Miss., for the submarine's commissioning on June 2. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Todd Frantom/Released)

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PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 25, 2012) The Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Mississippi (SSN 782) moors at Port of Pascagoula, Miss., in preparation for its commissioning ceremony June 2. Mississippi is the fifth U.S. Navy vessel to carry the name of the Magnolia State. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ryan G. Wilber/Released)

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NEW YORK (May 25, 2012) Children render a salute during the National Anthem at the Times Square Church in the Bronx during a Fleet Week New York 2012 community service event. Fleet Week New York marks the 25th year the city has celebrated the nation's sea services. This year, the seven-day event coincides with the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and will host more than 6,000 service members from the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard team in addition to coalition ships from around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Daniel Johnston/Released)

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NEW YORK (May 25, 2012) Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Nigeria Johnson-Key, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), shares her camera with children at the Times Square Church in the Bronx during a during a Fleet Week New York 2012 community service event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Daniel Johnston/Released)

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NEW YORK (May 26, 2012) Members of the Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard Silent Drill Team perform for spectators in Times Square during Fleet Week New York 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elisandro T. Diaz/Released)

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (May 26, 2012) Girl Scouts from Staten Island Troop 5263 board the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) during Fleet Week New York 2012. The visit allowed the Girl Scouts to meet with female military members and learn about career options.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kenneth Robinson/Released)

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (May 26, 2012) Lt. j.g. Jocelyn Fox explains the use of a compass to Staten Island Girl Scouts from Troop 5263 during a tour of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) at Fleet Week New York 2012. The visit allowed the Girl Scouts to meet with female military members and learn about career options. This event marks the 25th year the city has celebrated the nation's sea services. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kenneth Robinson/Released)

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NEW YORK (May 25, 2012) The moon sets over the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during Fleet Week New York. This marks the 25th year the city has celebrated the nation's sea services. This year, the seven-day event coincides with the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and will host more than 6,000 service members from the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard team in addition to coalition ships from around the world. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Daniel Johnston/Released)

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PUGET SOUND, Wash. (May 24, 2012) Sailors man the rails as tiger cruise participants gather to commemorate their voyage with a spell-out on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The tiger cruise allows Sailors and Marines to introduce their family and friends to experience shipboard life firsthand. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan Riley/Released)

[bd popeye]

I just saw this pic on navy.mil.. I had to post it right now..


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NEW YORK (May 27, 2012) Pfc. James Wilkerson, a member of U.S. Marine Corps 1st Battalion, 9th Brigade, prepares to board an MV-22B Osprey after taking part in a Marine air ground task force demonstration in Flushing Meadows Park. Fleet Week New York 2012 marks the 25th year the city has celebrated the nation's sea services. This year, the seven-day event coincides with the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and will host more than 6,000 service members from the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard team in addition to coalition ships from around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Monique K. Hilley/Released)

[welshmann]

awesome pics,nice to see the chally1 still going.

[tluassa]

When I scrolled down fast the last picture looked like a giant **** finger

[vor033]

Some 75 soldiers are participating in the weeklong training programme ahead of the monsoon season, where floods affect millions of Indians annually. The annual rains, which sweep across the subcontinent from June to September, are key to prosperity in rural areas where two-thirds of India's 1.2 billion population live.

Indian soldiers participate in a water rescue training programme at Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad on May 29, 2012.

An Indian soldier swims with the aid of an improvised flotation belt made out of used oil cans during a water rescue training programme at Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad on May 29, 2012.

An Indian soldier wears a flotation belt made out of used mineral water bottles during a water rescue training programme at Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad on May 29, 2012.

An Indian soldier jumps into Kankaria Lake with a rubber tube as he and other soldiers participate in a water rescue training programme in Ahmedabad on May 29, 2012

Indian soldiers using improvised flotation devices are helped out of Kankaria Lake during a water rescue training programme in Ahmedabad on May 29, 2012.

Indian soldiers use improvised flotation devices as they participate in a water rescue training programme at Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad on May 29, 2012.

An Indian soldier floats using an improvised flotation belt made out of used oil cans during a water rescue training programme at Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad on May 29, 2012.

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Cpl. Mark Hummel and Cpl. Nicholas Hill, instructors with Dugout Platoon, Combat Instructor Co., The Basic School, conduct a hasty ambush during an immediate action drill exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 23.

Cpl. Chad Nillo, an instructor with Dugout Platoon, Combat Instructor Co., The Basic School, engages the enemy during a simulated hasty ambush at an immediate action drill exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 23. Charlie Co. will continue to work on their IA drill the rest of this week with their first convoy exercise this week.

Cpl. Christopher Savage, an instructor with Dugout Platoon, Combat Instructor Co., The Basic School, uses an arm signal to tell his squad to halt during IA drill exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 23. Lieutenants from Charlie Co. took notes as they prepared to go through the same exercise this week.

Cpl. Mark Hummel, an instructor with Dugout Platoon, The Basic School, posts security while his squad leader directs his fire team leader to which immediate action drill to conduct during IA drill exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 23. Instructors covered five different IA drills during the exercise.

Combat instructors with Dugout Platoon, Combat Instructor Co., The Basic School, conduct a foot patrol during an immediate action drill exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 23. The instructors taught lieutenants who are going through 26 weeks of TBS.

[rafus]

Great pictures, gents. Thank you. However, the moderator should correct the date in the thread's headline - it is MAY 29th today, not March

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A U.S. Army soldier of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, sits with a Kalashnikov assault rifle as he waits with his colleagues in a school yard during a local shura meeting in the town of Senjaray, Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 29, 2012.

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A Vietnam-era B-52 Stratofortress long-range strategic bomber flies over the Memorial Day Observance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 28, 2012.

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A B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., participating in a Green Flag exercise takes off, May 15, 2012, from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The B-1B's synthetic aperture radar and advanced targeting pod work in concert to track, target, and engage fixed or moving targets, enabling it to perform in close air support, interdiction and non-traditional surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance roles in addition to the strategic bombing mission it was originally designed for. The B-1B crew practiced these new missions with Army ground forces at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., during the Green Flag-West exercise.

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A B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., ascends toward the Las Vegas Strip, May 15, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The B-1B Lancer was developed by Rockwell International, now Boeing Defense And Space Group, and is one of the U.S. Air Force's long-range bombers. During the Green Flag-West exercise, the bombers rehearsed their air support role with ground units preparing for deployment at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.

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2nd Lt. Jerry Hauburger, a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, 4th Squad, Charlie Co., The Basic School, sprints across a road during a foot patrol exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 25. More than 200 Marines with Charlie Co.,TBS, completed their final preparations for their convoy exercise

2nd Lt. Jerry Hauburger, a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, 4th Squad, Charlie Co., The Basic School, posts security while his squad crosses a linear danger area during a foot patrol exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 25. Crossing a linear danger area is an immediate action drill to crossing a road.

2nd Lt. Jonathan Bowman, squad leader for 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, Charlie Co., The Basic School, briefs his squad on the scheme of maneuver during a foot patrol exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 25. There to assess his mission brief is Sgt. Jose Zepata, a combat instructor, Dugout Platoon, Combat Instructor Company, TBS.

2nd Lt. Jonathan Bowman, squad leader for 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, Charlie Co., The Basic School and Sgt. Jose Zepata, a combat instructor, Dugout Platoon, Combat Instructor Company, TBS, walk together during a foot patrol exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 25. This is Bowman’s first time leading his squad.

2nd Lt. Steven Stansbury, a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, 4th Squad, Charlie Co., The Basic School, scans the terrain during a foot patrol exercise at Landing Zone 7 on May 25. This is Charlie Co. final preparations for their convoy exercise.