here you have all the winners in the different categories of the German Beard Championships of 2009
Link
hope this satisfies your curiosity
they even have a freestyle category for full grown beards (at the bottom)![]()
Me in Afghanistan the elders considered me to be clean shaven. The tribe is Sakazai.
Saka means Scythian in Pashto Language of Afghanistan and Zai means Son in Pashto,The whole translation of my families tribe -Sakazai- Son Of Scythian.Last I heard they went to our relatives into Waziristan.But I was the only one who was let into France.
Few years ago.
Elders
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German soldiers arrive at Char Dara district Chief Police Station on the outskirts of Kunduz on September 20, 2009.
Heckler & Koch
German soldiers return, after a patrol, to a German military base in Kunduz on September 19, 2009. NATO officials have accused a German officer of giving false information to the alliance when he ordered a deadly air strike in Afghanistan, the daily Financial Times Deutschland said. The NATO sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity according to the newspaper, said Colonel Georg Klein told alliance partners that German soldiers were in direct contact with the enemy when he called for the bombing which killed several civilians in Kunduz province.
ISAF soldiers attend a memorial service for the six soldiers killed after a suicide car bomb hit a military convoy on the main airport road near the U.S. Embassy, as they prepare to send the bodies home at the military airport September 19, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Italy suffered its deadliest attack in Afghanistan on Thursday, with about 2,800 soldiers in the country, four Italian soldiers were also injured with sixteen Afghans killed and at least 52 civilians wounded in the attack.![]()
SOme pics from the ISAFmedia Flickr Stream. I was too lazy to add all the captions, but you can see em here (pics added 22.09.2009) :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/isafmed...n/photostream/
Hopefully no reposts![]()
Thanks!
Good to see that the new Eagle IV already has the FLW100 mounted.
Good to see the lads have their cigars mounted.Enjoy!!
GREAT pics. Thank you a lot!
Thanks for sharing all this pics, are great. My best wishes to the German troops deployed in Afganistan.
Steven Brueckner, German police officer speaks with children in Balkh, Afghanistan on October 15, 2009. The soldiers and police are taking part in the Focused District Development (FDD) program where Afghan Police are been trained to take over the responsibilty for security.
German Police officer Stephan Beie speaks to residents in the city of Balkh, Afghanistan on October 15, 2009. The soldiers and police are taking part in the Focused District Development (FDD) program where Afghan Police are been trained to take over the responsibilty for security.
German soldiers on patrol walk past the Green Mosque in Balkh, Afghanistan on October 15, 2009.
German soldiers patrol in the city of Balkh, Afghanistan on October 15, 2009. The soldiers and police are taking part in the Focused District Development (FDD) program where Afghan Police are been trained to take over the responsibilty for security.
A German soldier mans a checkpoint in Balkh, Afghanistan on October 15, 2009.
German soldier and Afghan police man a checkpoint in Balkh, Afghanistan together with Afghan Police (ANP) on October 15, 2009. The soldiers and police are taking part in the Focused District Development (FDD) program where Afghan Police are been trained to take over the responsibilty for security.
Good pics. Never saw those police instructors in out-of-base missions before.
Does anybody know to what kinda unit these police officers belong to? Are they part of the Bundespolizei?