Reply With QuoteWith respect Sir, actually near Ghazni.Originally Posted by muck
An army special forces soldier in Khost
.....because no good "action" pics are aviable with BW.............Who wants to see armed humanitarian aid work?
Cheers mate, it's all good.Well, I don't make the captions, I only read them. Actually - I've just now recherched a bit - the Belgian Minister's visit to the country took place more than one year after this date...
But good to see someone down here again.
Brigadegeneral Dieter Warnecke
Mazar-e Sharif/Potsdam, 01/10/2008.
„General Warnecke, report RC North for the change of command ceremony! General Warnecke melden Sie mir das Regionalkommando Nord zur Übergabe!“ Mit diesen Worten begann Generalmajor Bruno Kasdorf, Chef des Stabes im ISAF-Hauptquartier, die Kommandoübergabe. Nicht ganz ohne Wehmut, im Hinblick auf seinen bevorstehenden Abschied, hatte Warnecke zuvor in seiner Abschlusspressekonferenz über den Fortschritt und die Zukunftsaussichten in Nordafghanistan gesprochen.
German soldiers, part of the International Security Assistant Force (ISAF), stand at attention during a change of command ceremony at the ISAF base in Mazar-e- Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008
With respect Sir, actually near Ghazni.
An army special forces soldier in Khost
.....because no good "action" pics are aviable with BW.............Who wants to see armed humanitarian aid work?
I actually meant the entire section....
I do and usually post them in Today's Pix.
Mazar-e Sharif/Potsdam, 29.12.2007.
Durch die Wüste Nordafghanistans – 100 Meter pro Tag, sieben Tage die Woche, so entsteht binnen drei Monaten die, neun Kilometer lange und 8,20 Meter breite, neue „Westroad“.
Three months into construction through the desert of Northern Afghanistan, German Forces are building the new nine kilometer long 8.2 meter wide 'WestRoad' at 100 meters per day, seven days a week.
Die neue „Westroad“
Auf halber Strecke (Quelle: Bundeswehr)
Schweres Gerät (Quelle: Bundeswehr)
The Governor of Badakhshan cuts the ribbon as members of PRT Feyzabad look on during the Opening Ceremony of the new Teshkan district bridge.
The new bridge is a vital part of Highway 302, the only major road connecting Badakhshan with the rest of Afghanistan.
German soldiers, part of the International Security Assistant Force (ISAF) look on , as an Afghan fire fighter man, left, sprays water on the fire in Mazar-e- Sharif the provincial capital of Balkh province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. The buildings in which the stores were situated were set on fire by accident authorities said
That´s defenitely a good one!
German forces in Afghanistan face combat deployment
The Bundeswehr has reportedly taken a step toward its first combat deployment in Afghanistan. This follows a request from NATO for 250 troops for its Rapid Reaction Force. Defence minister Franz Joseph Jung is expected to make an announcement on the report next week.
SPD defence spokesman Jorn Thiessen suspects that the decision to delay an announcment until after elections in Hesse and Lower Saxony is deliberate.
The Federal Defence Ministry declared last week that the Bundeswehr was studying a request from NATO that it should relieve Norway of the command of the RRF in northern Afghanistan. Spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm announced that NATO would make its decision at the end of January.
Speaking in Brussels, former Bundeswehr Inspector-General Klaus Naumann criticised the restrictions imposed on German forces in Afghanistan. He called for the extension of the Bundeswehr’s mandate to allow the deployment of its 3,200 troops to the embattled south of the country.
Rear-Admiral Axel Schimpf used his inaugural speech as Commandant of the Rostock Naval Headquarters to predict that the German navy would in future be deployed overseas more frequently, and that ground forces would need naval support in logistics, medical supply and point defence.
http://functionpix.com/index.php/art...ployment/1692/
Finally, after decades with soft "political" mandates..................
I've conversed about that with Mr. Arnold and I must say from what he has told me the mandate of the parliament is pretty strong and simply reflects the common ISAF ROEs without any caveats. The MoD, probably on the governments request, has watered it down though.
By the way, there is a thread covering that topic: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...d.php?t=127100
Nice BKA P90
Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung wears a flak jacket upon his arrival at the ISAF headquarter in Kabul January 29, 2008.
ISAF commander U.S. General Dan McNeill (L) talks to Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung during a meeting at the ISAF headquarter in Kabul January 29, 2008
Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung (L) addresses the media as German Armed Forces Bundeswehr Chief of Staff Major General Hans-Lothar Domroese (R) listens following his meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul January 29, 2008.
Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung talks to German armed forces Bundeswehr at the ISAF headquarter in Kabul January 29, 2008.
German armed forces ISAF soldiers walk inside their base camp in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz January 30, 2008. Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung visited some of the 3,000 German troops stationed in the country
A German armed forces ISAF soldier takes position on top of his APC in a base camp in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz January 30, 2008. Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung visited some of the 3,000 German troops stationed in the country.
German ISAF soldiers stand near their armoured personnel carrier during a visit by Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung to Camp Marmal at the German ISAF headquarters in Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, January 30, 2008.
Afghan national policemen take part in a drill conducted by German ISAF armed forces Bundeswehr military police soldiers (L) in a base camp in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz January 30, 2008. Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung visited some of the 3,000 German troops stationed in the country. The blue rifles are dummy weapons. *******/Fabrizio Bensch
Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung (C) stands with an Afghan national policeman and a German ISAF armed forces Bundeswehr military police soldier (R) during a joint drill at a base camp in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz January 30, 2008.
Afghan national policemen take part in a drill conducted by German ISAF armed forces Bundeswehr military police in a base camp in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz January 30, 2008. Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung visited some of the 3,000 German troops stationed in the country. The blue rifle is a dummy weapon
Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung (R) embraces an Afghan national police commander after a drill conducted by German ISAF armed forces Bundeswehr military police in a base camp in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz January 30, 2008. Jung visited some of the 3,000 German troops stationed in the country
Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung (R) stands next to a German ISAF soldier during his visit to Camp Marmal at the German ISAF headquarters in Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, January 30, 2008. Jung visited some of the 3,000 German troops stationed in the country.
Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung stands on the tarmac in front of a Tornado aircraft during his visit to Camp Marmal at the German ISAF headquarters in Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, January 30, 2008.
Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung walks in front of his aircraft at the airport in the Uzbekistan city of Termez on his way back to Berlin January 30, 2008. Jung visited some of the 3,000 German armed forces ISAF troops stationed in Afghanistan
Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung (C) briefs journalists on board his aircraft following his visit to Afghanistan after taking of from the airport in the Uzbekistan city of Termez on his way back to Berlin January 30, 2008. Jung visited some of the 3,000 German armed forces ISAF troops stationed in Afghanistan
Yeah this guy looks like he would kick ass.
Uhm - No. Domroese is chief of staff of ISAF, not of the Bundeswehr.Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung (L) addresses the media as German Armed Forces Bundeswehr Chief of Staff Major General Hans-Lothar Domroese (R) listens following his meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul January 29, 2008.
The Germans have all the best stuff!!!!
Uhm.... No, I dont think so. ^^
Apart from the airforce! infantry look pretty kitted out with all mod cons!
Ausbildung (Quelle: Bundeswehr/Pressestelle Mazar-e Sharif)
Great pics,thanks for posting.
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