Reply With QuoteHope u dont mind me adding a vid from aug 19th of this fine vessel BD
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Today's Photos - August 20th, 2012
Hello all! Here's a few pix of Old Ironsides...the USS Constitution.
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CHARLESTOWN, Mass (Aug. 19, 2012) The world's oldest commissioned warship, USS Constitution, sails under her own power. This is only the second time in 131 years traveling without help. The last time Constitution sailed was 1997. This exercise commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Constitution''s victory over the British frigate Guerriere during the War of 1812. ( all U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andrew Meyers/ Released)
Hope u dont mind me adding a vid from aug 19th of this fine vessel BD
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=858_1345442786
Thanks for posting welshmann! Great video.
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CHICAGO (Aug. 16, 2012) F/A-18 Hornets assigned to the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels, fly in formation near Chicago'Äôs John ******* Center. The Blue Angels are visiting in conjunction with the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 in Chicago. The commemoration coincides with Chicago Navy Week, one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. Service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian navy will participate in the weeklong event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John J. Mike/Released)
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ARABIAN SEA (Aug. 17, 2012) Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) unwrap pallets during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198). Dwight D. Eisenhower 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 Seaman Sabrina Fine/Released)
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ARABIAN SEA (Aug. 17, 2012) Airman Apprentice Dylan Firth, assigned to the Nightdippers of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 5, inspects an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julia A. Casper/Released)
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ARABIAN SEA (Aug. 17, 2012) An SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Nightdippers of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 5 transports pallets to the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198). Dwight D. Eisenhower 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 2nd Class Bradley Evans/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 18, 2012) The freedom class littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) transits through heavy seas during a storm. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Josue L. Escobosa/Released)
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EAST CHINA SEA (Aug. 16, 2012) Sailors assigned to of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) simulate search and rescue swimming operations. Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed amphibious ready group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam M. Bennett/Released)
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SASEBO, Japan (Aug. 16, 2012) The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) anchors in Sasebo, Harbor to load ammunition in preparation for patrol. Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Capt. Daniel Dusek, is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed amphibious ready group. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam M. Bennett/Released)
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GULF OF ADEN (Aug. 9, 2012) U.S. Coast Guardsman Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist 2nd Class Glenn Miller displays a forward weapons posture during a tactical weapons handling exercise with the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). Winston S. Churchill's visit, board, search and seizure team is working with a U.S. Coast Guard advanced interdiction team while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)
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CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Aug. 16, 2012) Chief petty officer selectees practice 17th-century-era boarding pike drills during USS Constitution's Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week. During the week the selectees will live and train aboard USS Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Achterling/Released)
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Aug. 16, 2012) Cmdr. Daniel Sullivan, the outgoing commanding officer of the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, sits on the flight deck in an F/A-18F Super Hornet in preparation for an aerial change of command above the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise 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 Jared King/Released)
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Aug. 16, 2012) Cmdr. Marcus Lopez, the incoming commanding officer of the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, and Capt. Robert D. Boyer, commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, perform a fly-by in an aerial change of command ceremony above the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jared King/Released)
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Aug. 16, 2012) Capt. Robert D. Boyer, commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, launches from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in an F/A-18F Hornet assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11 before an aerial change of command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jared King/Released)
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ARABIAN SEA (Aug. 16, 2012) Cmdr. Jon M. Taylor, the previous commanding officer of the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131, is congratulated by fellow Sailors after a successful tour. Taylor was relieved of command in an airborne change of command ceremony above the Nimitz-class carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower 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 2nd Class Julia A. Casper/Released)
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EASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY (Aug. 16, 2012) - Naval Aircrewman 1st Class Patrick Blaise, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron THREE (HSC-3), conducts a water drop during a wildfire. HSC-3 and HSC-21 are assisting CALFIRE by providing aircrews flying specially-equipped MH-60S helicopters to conduct aerial water drops against several wildfires in eastern San Diego County. San Diego HSC squadrons are trained for fire-fighting missions at the Navy's Southern California offshore training ranges and conduct semi-annual joint training with CALFIRE to ensure interoperability and an immediate response capability in support of local authorities for emergency events. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (EXW) Sebastian McCormack/RELEASED)
Massive Anti Japan protest in China.
Anti-Japanese protest have occurredPolicemen stop residents from taking part in an anti-Japan protest in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, August 19, 2012. all over China.Unidentified members from Japanese nationalist group and local assembly members are seen after landing on a Uotsuri island, part of the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku isles in Japan, Diaoyu islands in China, in this photo by Kyodo August 19, 2012. Several Japanese nationalists landed on Sunday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, sparking protests in several Chinese cities and a diplomatic rebuke from Beijing. Tokyo and Beijing have been feuding for decades over the island chain, known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, near potentially huge maritime gas fields.
Protesters march on street holding banners and Chinese national flags during an anti-Japan protest in Jinan, Shandong province August 19, 2012. Several Japanese nationalists landed on Sunday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, sparking protests in several Chinese cities and a diplomatic rebuke from Beijing.
Policemen stop residents from taking part in an anti-Japan protest in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, August 19, 2012.
Nurses wave Chinese national flags during an anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province August 19, 2012.
Imagine, anyone that lives in the US,.. what would happen to you if you beat on a police car?!
A protester destroys an overturned Japanese-brand police car with an metal rod during an anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, August 19, 2012.
People were angry at the Japanese so they turn over their fellow Chinese citizens vehicles. Not good...and not any different than any other country on this Earth.
Chinese look at overturned Japanese cars after an anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen, China's Guangdong Province, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags Sunday on an island claimed by both Japan and China, fanning an escalating territorial dispute between the two Asian powers.
People scuffle with police officers as they attend a rally to protest against Japan's claim of islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province on August 19, 2012.
Police arrest protesters during an anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province August 19, 2012.
Pro-China activists rally during an anti-Japan protest in Hong Kong on August 19, 2012. Members of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions waved Chinese flags and chanted slogans such as 'Down with Japanese militarism' and 'Get out of our Diaoyu Islands', the Chinese name for what Japan calls Senkaku.
Turkisj Minister Sahin was having tea with tradespeople on Cumhuriyet Street of Hakkari province during a visit on Saturday evening when a group of protesters booed at the minister and hurled stones at him.
The minister was taken to a cafe by his guards as a precaution during the attack, while security forces fired into the air to disperse the protesting crowd. Minister Sahin was later taken to Hakkari Governor’s Office.
Pro-Kurdish BDP’s Hakkari Deputy Adil Kurt made a press statement on Cumhuriyet Street after the incident.
Two sergeants were killed and a soldier was injured after a military vehicle passed over a PKK mine trap in the rural area of Hakkari province…
The mine explosion took place in Kirikdag area of rurar Hakkari in southeastern Turkey on Monday morning. Two specialist sergeants were killed and a soldier was injured after a military vehicle of Zap Army Post passed over a previously laid mine.
The vehicle fell to the River Zap with the impact of the explosion, and left 2 specialist sergeants dead and another soldier injured.
The PKK attack was announced with a press release from the Hakkari Governorship shortly after the incident.
Nice pix, guys!
South Korean special police officers aim their weapons during an anti-terror exercise as part of Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, on a passenger ship at Pyeongtaek port, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. South Korea and the United States have begun annual military drills that North Korea calls a precursor to war
South Korean special police officers aim their weapons during an anti-terror exercise at Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, on a passenger ship at Pyeongtaek port, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. South Korea and the United States have begun annual military drills that North Korea calls a precursor to war
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey (C) listens to a soldier at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul on August 20, 2012. The top US military officer held talks with NATO commanders in Afghanistan on Monday, looking to halt unprecedented attacks by Afghan allies that have killed 40 Western soldiers so far this year. Ten soldiers, mostly Americans, have been killed by Afghan allies in the past two weeks, while the total toll of 40 this year makes up 13 percent of all international coalition deaths.
Afghan honor guards stand at attention during Afghan Independence Day celebrations in Kabul August 18, 2012. Afghanistan is celebrating the 93rd anniversary of independence from British rule on Saturday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with an army officer during Afghan Independence Day celebrations marking Afghanistan's 93rd anniversary of independence from British rule on in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, August 18, 2012.
Afghans look at a pool of blood at the scene of an explosion at a cemetery in Lashkar Gah southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. A bomb hidden in the cemetery exploded Sunday as a police official and his family were visiting the grave of a relative, killing the official and his brother, police said.
Free Syrian Army fighters hold their weapons during clashes in the Salaheddine neighbourhood of central Aleppo August 17, 2012
A Free Syrian Army fighter fires a rifle at Syrian Army soldiers as another fighter rests on a mattress during clashes in the Salaheddine neighbourhood of central Aleppo August 17, 2012.
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Ecuadorean Jose Alexander Robelino (C) and Vladimir Lenin Rosero Merido (R) are escorted as they arrive to a court after being arrested in Guatemala City on August 19, 2012. Guatemalan anti-drugs forces seized 405 kilograms of cocaine proceeding from Ecuador. In the operation, five Ecuadoreans and seven Guatemalans were captured.
Guatemalan Claudia Patricia Giron Gonzalez (L) Edwin Leovan Perez Lopez (C) and Juan Carlos Sazo Morales are escorted as they arrive to a court after being arrested in Guatemala City on August 19, 2012. Guatemalan anti-drugs forces seized 405 kilograms of cocaine proceeding from Ecuador. In the operation, five Ecuadoreans and seven Guatemalans were captured.
Awesome pix guys!
This image released by the U.S. Postal Service shows a forever stamp unveiled during a ceremony in Boston Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, to commemorate the historic USS Constitution warship. The ship is scheduled to hoist its sails for a cruise on Sunday. The stamp is the first in what officials say will be a stamp series commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
The USS Constitution passes the Boston skyline as it is tugged back through Boston Harbor in Boston, Massachusetts August 19, 2012. The USS Constitution set sail under her own power in Boston Harbor today for the first time since 1997 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of her victory over HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812.
The USS Constitution fires one of her guns in Boston Harbor as a crowd looks on from the shore in Boston, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. The USS Constitution, the U.S. Navy's oldest commissioned war ship, sailed under her own power Sunday for the first time since 1997. The event was held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the ship's victory over HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812.
U.S. Navy personnel gather sails in the rigging of the USS Constitution as the vessel arrives at her berth in Charlestown Navy Yard, in Boston, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. The U.S. Navy's oldest commissioned war ship sailed under her own power Sunday for the first time since 1997. The sail was held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the ship's victory over HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform over Lake Michigan during the Chicago Air and Water Show on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, in Chicago.
A member of the the U.S. Navy Blue Angels makes a low pass over Lake Michigan during the Chicago Air and Water Show on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, in Chicago.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform over Lake Michigan during the Chicago Air and Water Show on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, in Chicago.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels execute a precision crossing maneuver during the Chicago Air and Water Show on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, in Chicago.
Yemeni Minister of Interior Abdul-Qader Qahtan, center, arrives at the funeral of soldiers killed in an attack on an intelligence headquarters, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Suspected al-Qaida militants attacked a Yemeni intelligence headquarters killing 20 people in the port city of Aden on Aug. 18, 2012, in the worst such attack in a year that highlights the challenges faced by the country's new leadership as it struggles to bring security and reconcile a military with split loyalties.
Yemeni Minister of Interior Abdul-Qader Qahtan, center, and the head of intelligence Ghalib al-Qamish, right, attend the funeral of soldiers who were killed in an attack on an intelligence headquarters, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Suspected al-Qaida militants attacked a Yemeni intelligence headquarters killing 20 people in the port city of Aden on Aug. 18, 2012, in the worst such attack in a year that highlights the challenges faced by the country's new leadership as it struggles to bring security and reconcile a military with split loyalties.
Yemeni officials and mourners behind the coffins of soldiers who were killed in an attack in the city of Aden, during their funeral in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Suspected al-Qaida militants attacked a Yemeni intelligence headquarters killing 20 people in the port city of Aden on Aug. 18, 2012, in the worst such attack in a year that highlights the challenges faced by the country's new leadership as it struggles to bring security and reconcile a military with split loyalties.
Honour guards carry the coffins of police troopers killed in Saturday's attack on an intelligence service headquarters, during a funeral procession in Sanaa August 20, 2012. Suspected al Qaeda-linked militants killed at least 15 Yemeni soldiers and security guards on Saturday in the car bomb and grenade attack on the intelligence service headquarters in the southern port city of Aden, according to the interior ministry.
Nice pix!
Couple from the SA mine shooting last week:
An injured policeman is attended to after he was attacked and injured by striking Lonmin miners near Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. Police say that 9 people, including 2 officers, have been killed in ongoing violent mine protests.
Protesters sing as they hold weapons outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, August 16, 2012.
A protester licks his spear outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, August 16, 2012. South African police opened fire on Thursday against thousands of striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine, leaving several bloodied corpses lying on the ground. A ******* cameraman said he saw at least seven bodies after the shooting, which occurred when police laying out barricades of barbed wire were outflanked by some of an estimated 3,000 miners massed on a rocky outcrop near the mine, 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Johannesburg.
A large group of miners faces police during clashes between protesting miners and police near a platinum mine in Marikana on August 16, 2012. An illegal strike at a South African platinum mine run by leading global producer Lonmin claimed more lives Thursday as police clashed with miners armed with machetes in the most violent day of the weeklong standoff. Ten people, including two police, had already been killed since workers began their strike on August 10.
Protesting miners approach the police before they were shot at outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, August 16, 2012.
Police officers look at protesting miners near a platinum mine in Marikana on August 16, 2012.
Striking mineworkers throw stones as police open fire on striking miners at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.
A policeman (R) fires at protesting miners outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, August 16, 2012.
Police open fire on striking miners at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012
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Police surround fallen miners after they opened fire during clashes near a platinum mine in Marikana on August 16, 2012.
Police task force vehicle drive through Lonmin mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Police chief Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega says 34 miners died and another 78 were wounded when police opened fire on strikers in one of the worst police shootings in South Africa since apartheid.
24th MEU Deployment 2012
The Marines are in Kuwait as part of a 24th MEU sustainment training package. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait (August 14, 2012) - Lance Cpl. Jared Anderson, a refrigeration mechanic and Rapid City, S.D., native with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads an M1014 shotgun during a shotgun range, Aug. 14, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait.
UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait (August 14, 2012) - Lance Cpl. Jared Anderson, a refrigeration mechanic and Rapid City, S.D., native with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads an M1014 shotgun during a shotgun range, Aug. 14, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait.
UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait (August 14, 2012) - Lance Cpl. Laine Whitley, a radio operator and Marble Falls, Texas, native with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M1014 shotgun during a shotgun range, Aug. 14, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait.
UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait (August 14, 2012) - Sgt. Wendell Winston Jr, the maintenance platoon sergeant and Wedowee, Ala., native with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M1014 shotgun during a shotgun range, Aug. 14, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait.
UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait (August 14, 2012) - Sgt. Regina Smith, the radio supervisor and Sherevport, La., native with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M1014 shotgun during a shotgun range, Aug. 14, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait.
UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait (August 14, 2012) - Lance Cpl. Laine Whitley, a radio operator and Marble Falls, Texas, native with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M1014 shotgun during a shotgun range, Aug. 14, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait.
Beautiful photos, but my advice to the photographer, is that it must urgently clean your camera sensor, is terribly dirty my friend
Spear licker... new term of insult.
That is a despicable and insufferable act. They can't even show peace and respect to the dead?Afghans look at a pool of blood at the scene of an explosion at a cemetery in Lashkar Gah southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. A bomb hidden in the cemetery exploded Sunday as a police official and his family were visiting the grave of a relative, killing the official and his brother, police said.
That's actually incorrect, but they're great pictures, and nice to see her at sea.Originally Posted by bd popeye
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