Today's PIX!! Tuesday June 19th, 2012

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BALTIMORE (June 15, 2012) Capt. Brandon Cordill, left wingman of the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, flies an F/A-18 Hornet over Baltimore during the Star Spangled Sailabration, which coincides with Baltimore Fleet Week 2012 and commemorates the War of 1812 and the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner." (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Johnson/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 16, 2012) An F/A-18C Hornet from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323 launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during night operations. Nimitz recently got underway to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the world'Äôs largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian A. Cotter/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 16, 2012) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Milner/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 16, 2012) Sailors from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142 perform maintenance on an EA/6-B Prowler secured to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during night operations. Nimitz recently got underway to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the World's largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian A. Cotter/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 16, 2012) Aviation Boatswain'Äôs Mate 3rd Class Joey Banks uses a tractor to move an F/A-18 Hornet of the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146 across the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Milner/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 15, 2012) An E-2C Hawkeye from the Wallbangers of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 117 prepares to land onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Monford/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 15, 2012) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) maneuver an F/A-18F Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154 on the ship's flight deck. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Monford/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 13, 2012) Seamen Darion Palmer and Charles Blanchard, both from Gary, In., and assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), attach distress marker lights to flotation devices used in the event of a man overboard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Ryan J. Mayes/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 16, 2012) An HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 prepares to receive fuel after disembarking personnel on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Milner/Released)

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BERAUS, Malaysia (June 17, 2012) U.S. Marines from 1st and 2nd platoon, Fox Company, and Malaysian soldiers from the 10 Paratrooper Brigade conduct an ambush exercise during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Timor Leste joins CARAT for the first time in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Aaron Glover/Released)

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RED SEA (June 12, 2012) An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter departs the flight deck during a recovery and assist exercise 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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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 16, 2012) Lance Cpl. Matthias Petzold of the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323 works to remove a flare and chaff magazine from an F/A-18 Super Hornet in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz recently got underway to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the World's largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Milner/Released)

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PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (June 13, 2012) An F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft takes of during an evening flight. This was the first evening flight of an F-35C. (U.S. Navy photo by Andy Wolfe/Released)

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BERAUS, Malaysia (June 17, 2012) 1st Lt. Gregory Jurshak, assigned 1st platoon, Fox Company, and a Malaysian soldier work together during an ambush exercise for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Timor Leste joins the exercise for the first time in 2012 (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Bidwell/Released)

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BERAUS, Malaysia (June 17, 2012) U.S. Marines from 2nd platoon Fox Company and Malaysian soldiers from the 10 Paratrooper Brigade conduct an ambush exercise during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2012.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Bidwell/Released)

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BERAUS, Malaysia (June 17, 2012) U.S. Marines assigned to 1st and 2nd platoon, Fox Company and Malaysian soldiers listen to advice given by Brig. Gen. Tengku Ahmad Noor Bin Tuan Chik, commander of the 10 Paratrooper Brigade of the Malaysian army during an ambush exercise for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Bidwell/Released)

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BERAUS, Malaysia (June 17, 2012) U.S. Marines and Malaysian soldiers from the 10 Paratrooper Brigade conduct an ambush exercise during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Aaron Glover/Released)

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BALTIMORE (June 15, 2012) Lt. C.J. Simonsen, lead solo pilot of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, flies an F/A-18 Hornet over Baltimore during the Star Spangled Sailabration, which coincides with Baltimore Fleet Week 2012 and commemorates the War of 1812 and the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner." (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Johnson/Released)

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BALTIMORE (June 15, 2012) Lt. John Hiltz, right wingman of the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, flies an F/A-18 Hornet over Baltimore during the Star Spangled Sailabration, which coincides with Baltimore Fleet Week 2012 and commemorates the War of 1812 and the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner." (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Johnson/Released)

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BALTIMORE (June 15, 2012) bottom photo... Capt. Brandon Cordill, left wingman of the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, flies with the canopy of his F/A-18 Hornet approximately 18 inches from the wingtip of Capt. Greg McWherter during the "diamond 360" maneuver over Baltimore's Inner Harbor during the Star Spangled Sailabration.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Johnson/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 17, 2012) "Plane captains" assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 wait to tie down aircraft to the flight deck of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations. Nimitz recently got underway to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the world's largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Milner/Released)

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An Afghanistan National Army (ANA) soldier adjusts his helmet during a tactical officer course training by US Marines at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province on June 19, 2012.

A Lebanese soldier receives treatment by civil defence personnel after clashes with Palestinians at the Ain al Hilweh refugee camp near the port-city of Sidon in south Lebanon June 18, 2012. The clashes were in reaction to the death of a refugee at the Nahr al-Bared camp. A Palestinian was killed and several people, including three soldiers, were wounded on Monday in clashes at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The violence broke out at the Nahr al-Bared camp near the coastal city of Tripoli following the funeral of a refugee who had been killed by the military on Friday, according to a security official.

A soldier carries his weapon during a funeral service for the slain Major General Salem Ali Qatan, commander of military forces in the south of Yemen, in Sanaa June 19, 2012. The commander of military forces in the south of Yemen was killed by a suicide bomber in the port city of Aden on Monday, days after troops drove Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda from their southern strongholds.

A US soldier, part of the NATO forces, patrols a police station after it was attacked by militants in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 19, 2012. U.S. and Afghan officials say three individuals dressed in Afghan police uniforms turned their guns on coalition troops Monday in Zhari district of Kandahar province, killing one NATO service member and wounding several others.

An Israeli soldier directs a tank, maneuvering near the border between Israel and Egypt, Monday, June 18, 2012. Unidentified militants crossed from Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Monday, opening light arms and anti-tank fire on civilians building a security fence meant to fortify the porous border, defense officials said. One of the Israeli workers was killed, and two militants were gunned down by troops responding to the attack, the officials said.

Ivory Coast's soldiers patrol in the village on Para, on June 17, 2012 following an attack in the southwest, close to the border with Liberia last week. Seven Niger troops, 10 civilians and at least one Ivorian soldier were killed in the June 8 attack while patrolling villages south of the small town of Tai, near the Liberian border, the worst attack on ONUCI since its 2004 deployment. The zone has been ****e to unrest for the past year, with bloody operations blamed in a recent report by Human Rights Watch on forces loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo, whom the New York-based non-governmental organisation accused of recruiting child soldiers.

A young Belarus soldier hugs his girlfriend after taking the oath in the Belarus capital Minsk on June 16, 2012. More than 10 thousand young soldiers gave the oath in Belarus today.

Thai police officers carry on a stretcher the body of a Buddhist man shot dead along with a woman by suspected separatist militants in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on June 19, 2012. More than 5,100 people have been killed -- both Muslims and Buddhists -- in attacks across Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat since unrest escalated in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch which monitors the violence.

A police officier rappels from an helicopter during a joint practice drill of WEGA special police and paramedics at the 252-meter high Donauturm (Danube Tower) on June 19, 2012 in Vienna.

A police officer winches to safety a person during a joint practice exercise of the WEGA special police and paramedics at the 252-meter high Donauturm (Danube Tower) on June 19, 2012, in Vienna.

[bd popeye]

I tried to find pictures of anarchist rioting in Mexico over the G-20 summit of the last few days No pix!. Well in Mexico those hippies know that the Mexican Federal Police do not play. No water cannons here..besides, Cabo San Lucas is toooo nice a city to allow anarchist to run over it.

Mexican Federal Police practice their crowd control techniques and patrol the skies with armed helicopters. June 13, 2012, in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico, at an undisclosed temporary base. There are 1000's of law enforcement officers rolling in to the Los Cabos area for the G-20 Summit June 18-20 with the world's largest country's leaders attending the international meeting of heads of state.

Well now a few demonstrators did show up!

Demonstrators wearing Lucha Libre wrestling masks, stand on the roof of a bus during a protest against the G20 Summit in Mexico City June 18, 2012. G20 leaders kicked off two days of meetings in the Pacific resort of Los Cabos on Monday.

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The first day of the Anatolian Eagle-2012 exercises finished.Total 13 Country joined the exercises (USA, Germany, Belgium, UAE, Britain, France, Holland, Spain, İsrael, İtalia, Jordan,Pakistan,Saudi Arabia)

Hakkari-Turkey
Terrorists attempted to attack a military outpost in Yuksekova town of southeastern province of Hakkari and eight soldiers were killed while 16 others were wounded in the ensuing clash on Tuesday morning.Hakkari Governor's Office said that PKK terrorists attempted to attack the Yesiltas Military Outpost in Daglica area in Yuksekova.
"In the ensuing clash, eight soldiers were martyred while 16 others were wounded. Large-scale offensive has been under way in the area where 10 terrorists were neutralized," it said.

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A US Army instructor conducts training for bombs and explosive detection to Indonesian soldiers for deployment to UN peacekeeping duties during the "Garuda Shield VI 2012" in Malang city in East Java province on June 18, 2012. AFP PHOTO / AMAN ROCHMANAMAN

The hook up
Soldiers from the Afghan National Army and Pathfinders from the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade stand ready to hook up a 25 foot container sling load during the first ever Afghan Pathfinder Academy taught by Pathfinders from F/2-25th AVN, 25th CAB in Afghanistan, June 11. U.S. Army Photo

Shotgun Blast
Cpl. Adeoluwa Sopade, a meteorology and oceanography analyst with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 12.2, and native of East Windsor, N.J., fires non-lethal rounds from a Mossberg 590 shotgun with other Marines during an exercise designed to familiarize them with the weapon system. The service members participated in non-lethal weapons and familiarization exercises June 8 and 9, 2012. The training, which included firing multiple weapon systems and different fire maneuvers, is to prepare the Marines to provide limited support in the event of a crisis in the U.S. Africom area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Adwin Esters)

A controlled detonation removes an improvised explosive device from the path of an Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) patrol, June 4. The patrol provided direct tactical logistics support to Regimental Combat Team 6 in support of Operating Branding Iron. Date Posted: 06.18.2012

An improvised explosive device is detonated during an Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) patrol, May 31. The combat logistics patrol was delivering supplies in support of Operation Branding Iron.

An M1A1 Abrams tank with Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 6, patrols through the desert north of the Kajaki Dam, May 31. The Marines supported Operation Branding Iron.

An Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) multi-mission vehicle unloads supplies at the rearming, refueling and resupply point, May 30. The supplies were delivered to the site in support of Operation Branding Iron.

Marines with Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), recover a damaged mineroller during a combat logistics patrol in Helmand Province, May 30. The mineroller was damaged while traversing the rough terrain north of Musa Qal’ah in support of Operation Branding Iron.

Lance Cpl. Adam R. Tornatore, wrecker operator, Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), operates a crane on a MKR15 Logistics Vehicle System Replacement while adjusting a pallet of water that shifted during a combat logistics patrol in Helmand Province, May 28. The CLB-4 patrol supported Operation Branding Iron.

Cpl. David C. Avery III, radio operator, Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), establishes communications with battalion headquarters from a forward rearming, refueling and resupply point, May 29. Avery provided communication support to CLB-4 during Operation Branding Iron

[necrofear]

News report about the Guatemalan SOF

[necrofear]

SANDSTORM!! a 4 week course taught and created by a group of Guatemalans. It is based on CQB either with armed or unarmed personnel ...

[kevlar308]

If you look at the high res version you can see at least two highly decorated Navy ships in the Harbor below. try to find them and name them. Don't cheat. USS Torsk, WWII era submarine (just to the left and below the Blue Angels logo) and USS Constellation, Civil War era tall ship (under the wing skid) Highlight the previous text to see what they are. I went to Baltimore last summer and toured them, worth the visit.

[TheEngineer]

do you have a bigger res version?

[DID]

A group of treasure hunters based in Stockholm, using sonar, has found a strange disc-shaped object on the floor of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland. From above, it looks a bit like the Millennium Falcon of "Star Wars" fame. It's large -- 197 feet in diameter -- and it's in about 275 feet of water. Leading to (or from) it is a churned-up track on the sea floor of about 1,600 feet.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/shi...ry?id=15471558

[That_weird_guy]

^^Pic of that thing.


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I'm not an expert, but it looks like a rock...

[DID]

^ no it look like something covered by seaweed.

[Dave76]

do you have a bigger res version?

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[ubermensche]

^ no it look like something covered by seaweed.

I'd go with rock too...