This Weekend PIX! 10/11 November, 2007

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FORT HUNTER LIGGET, Calif. (Nov. 6, 2007) - Lt. Brian Foster checks his flank as his patrol moves forward during an officer's field training exercise on board Fort Hunter Liggett. More than 60 chief's and officer's assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, spent a week training in combat operations, communications, and command and control. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Carmichael Yepez (RELEASED) Download HiRes

FORT HUNTER LIGGET, Calif. (Nov. 6, 2007) - Lt. Jeff Bartlett returns enemy fire after his squad was ambushed while conducting a patrol during an officer's field training exercise on board Fort Hunter Liggett. More than 60 chief's and officer's assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, spent a week training in combat operations, communications, and command and control. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Carmichael Yepez (RELEASED) Download HiRes

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. (Nov. 6, 2007) - Construction Electrician 3rd Class Rodnesha Rodriguez, a Seabee attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 checks the viscosity of a mud sample during water well drilling operations on board Fort Hunter Liggett. NMCB 3 is conducting water well training operations in preparation for their upcoming deployment to the Middle East. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Carmichael Yepez (RELEASED) Download HiRes

Benazir Bhutto spoke to reporters today outside her house in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Photo: Tomas Munita for The New York Times

Pakistani Police beat and detained an anti-government protester in Rawalpindi.
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming fights for a loose ball against Milwaukee Bucks forward Yi Jianlian during first half action at the Toyota Center. It is estimated that 250 million Chinese viewed the game in China.

Space shuttle Atlantis nears the launch pad, left, aboard the crawler transporter after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Saturday Nov. 10, 2007. Atlantis is scheduled for launch Dec. 6 on a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove)

A Turkish soldier secures the area as he patrols with his platoon in Sirnak province, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. Turkish prosecutors began an investigation into pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party or DTP Friday after it demanded autonomy for Kurds living in the country's southeast. The action came amid heightened tensions over how the country should deal with separatist Kurdish rebels. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)

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Tech. Sgt. David Adcox holds his military working dog Samo, as decoy Staff Sgt. Jeremy Toliver agitates the dog during a demonstration Nov. 7 for the 5th International Working Dog Breeding Conference at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The conference was attended by 140 people from 16 countries, representing military, government and non-government programs, academia and industry. The conference focuses on the improvement of dogs through selective breeding for working occupations such as military, police, detection and assistance. The sergeants and Samo are from the 341st Training Squadron at Lackland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell) Download Full Image

Ammunition and bodies of suspected militants lie on ground at an Indian Army camp after a gun battle in Pattan, 30 kms north of Srinagar, 09 November 2007. Five Islamic militants and four Indian soldiers were killed in a long gunbattle in Kashmir, officials said. A police spokesman said the fighting had started on the evening of 06 November when Indian troops were attacked by a group of rebels. AFP PHOTO/Rouf BHAT (Photo credit should read ROUF BHAT/AFP/***** Images)

An Indian Army soldiers runs towards the scene of a gun battle in Sopore, some 55 kms north of Srinagar, 09 November 2007. AFP PHOTO/Rouf BHAT (Photo credit should read ROUF BHAT/AFP/***** Images)

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PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Nov. 7, 2007) - Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 warm up with a set of jumping jacks before going on a two and a half mile march in full battle gear on board Port Hueneme. NMCB 3 is training in preparation for their upcoming deployment to the Middle East. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Carmichael Yepez (RELEASED) Download HiRes

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Nov. 7, 2007) - Hospital Corpsman Chief Robert Bott administers a flu mist nasal spray vaccine to Utilitiesman 3rd Class Anthony Mezlak during a battalion-wide immunization day at Port Hueneme. Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 received flu and typhoid immunizations to keep up with the battalion's medical readiness requirements. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Carmichael Yepez (RELEASED) Download HiRes

Yokosuka, Japan (Nov. 7, 2007) - Search and Rescue (SAR) swimmers talk to each other while rescuing a victim during training at the Seahawk Natatorium on board Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka. SAR swimmers in Yokosuka hold frequent training exercises like this to stay ready and proficient in their job. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Bryan Reckard (RELEASED)Download HiRes

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 8, 2007) - Waves splash into the hanger bay aboard the USS Kitty Hawk's (CV 63) as it conducts a refueling at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197). Kitty Hawk and the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 are on a scheduled deployment and will participate in exercise ANNUALEX with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan Butler (RELEASED) Download HiRes

A US soldier with the 101st Airborne Division digs with a spade as his colleagues secure the area during an operation searching for weapon caches near the town of Baiji, 10 November 2007.

A US soldier with the 101st Airborne Division stands guard in front of the Iraqi Northern Oil Refinery near the town of Baiji, 10 November 2007, during an operation to search for weapons caches. US and Iraqi forces have launched a massive assault targeting Al-Qaeda fighters, codenamed "Task Force Iron" in four northern provinces of Iraq, the US military said. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/***** Images)

A Palestinian boy, clad in military fatigues and clutching a Kalashnikov, stands in front of a huge poster of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh, on the outskirts of the Lebanese port city of Sidon, 09 November 2007 during a celebration to mark the 3rd anniversary of Arafat's death. Palestinians mark on 11 November 2004 three years since the death of their legendary leader, split into separate entities and never more divided since the icon of unity passed away. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYAT (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP/***** Images)

10th Mountain division soldiers lined up to return their weapons in Ft Drum NY.

The Nigerian government says it has cracked down on gangs, and it has sent an elite army unit into Port Harcourt to halt the violence. The gunplay in the city streets has since died down, but it is a tense, uneasy calm.
Photo: Candace Feit for The New York Times

An Indian officer dodges debris from a bomb during a four-day gunbattle between separatist militants and Indian soldiers in Sopore, some 30 miles north of Srinagar, the main city of India's Jammu-Kashmir state.
Photo: Altaf Qadri/European Pressphoto Agency

Visiting Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein reviews an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony held 09 November 2007 in Hanoi. Sein arrived here for a two-day official visit. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/***** Images)

Captain and operation commander of the African Partnership Station (APS) American John B. Nowell (R) and African marines stand 08 November 2007 on the port of Dakar. A US-navy led campaign to help boost maritime security in central and west Africa, the latter buckling under a wave of record drug and human trafficking, started in Senegal this week, its commander said today. AFP PHOTO/SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/***** Images)

[-Manuel-]

Thanks for the thread, i have waiting for it

[Andrew116]

good stuff today

[bd popeye]

Thanks for the compliments. But I tip my hat to the photographers!

Sorry, no Hi-res for the below PIX.

A horsewoman whips a man on horseback during a game as a part of equestrian festival on the Ak-Tyuz mountain plateau some 350 km (217 miles) from Bishkek November 4, 2007. In this game, the female rider chases the man to whip him as the man tries to escape. The traditional festival was held to improve the disposition and performance of the Kyrgyz breed of horses.
REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov

A policeman controls a robot holding an egg during an explosive removal exercise in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, November 1, 2007. The robot will be used to handle explosive devices.
REUTERS/Sean Yong

An Afghan soldier looks at a room full of marijuana while he searches a house for weapons in a village Baluchi pass in Uruzgan province, November 6, 2007.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Afghan soldiers wait before they start to search house for weapons in a village in Baluchi pass in Uruzgan province November 5, 2007.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Policeman detain a radical in a subway station downtown Prague Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. The planned neo-Nazi march through the Jewish Quarter of Prague did not take place thanks to police measures, but clashes between leftist and rights extremists of whom hundreds arrived in the city today took place at several places, leaving behind a few lightly injured people. (AP Photo/CTK, Stanislav Zbynek)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shake hands with police officers during a meeting to mark Police Day in the Moscow Kremlin on Saturday Nov. 10, 2007, with Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, 2nd from left, watching his people. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Mikhail Klimentyev)

A member of an armed group of local citizens passes by as U.S. army soldiers keep watch of detainees in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Azamiyah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers, along with an armed group of local citizens, patrolled the streets of the troubled, predominantly Sunni, neighborhood Saturday, detaining several suspects. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed )

Demonstrators run for cover as riot police fire water cannon into the crowd in the Masjid Jamek area of downtown Kuala Lumpur, 10 November 2007. Malaysian police unleashed tear gas and water cannons on protesters 10 November as tens of thousands defied a government ban and rallied in the capital calling for clean elections. Some 30,000 demonstrators massed outside Malaysia's royal palace, led by opposition leaders including dissident former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, as they faced off against hundreds of riot police. AFP PHOTO MALAYSIA OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

ISLAMABAD, PAKIKSTAN - NOVEMBER 10: Pakistani police commandos stand by as former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrives in her bullet-proof vehicle to attend a protest of journalists November 10, 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Bhutto spoke out for freedom of the press and against the government of President Pervez Musharraf, which has closed down local television news stations across the country as part of emergency rule. (Photo by John Moore/***** Images)

An arrested demonstrator is led away by police officers in the Masjid Jamek area of downtown Kuala Lumpur, 10 November 2007. Malaysian police unleashed tear gas and water cannons on protesters 10 November as tens of thousands defied a government ban and rallied in the capital calling for clean elections. Some 30,000 demonstrators massed outside Malaysia's royal palace, led by opposition leaders including dissident former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, as they faced off against hundreds of riot police. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

Pakistani riot policemen stand guard outside the residence of former premier and leader of Pakistan People's Party Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad, 09 November 2007. Police blocked former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto from leaving her home as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. Bhutto urged officers stationed around her compound to let her get to the planned demonstration in nearby Rawalpindi against Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency, but police served her with a house arrest order instead. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/***** Images)

A hooded Macedonian police officer squats, 09 November 2007 in Skopje, as he checks a shell container in the middle of weapons seized after a massive police operation against a heavily armed criminal-extremist group, last 07 November. The police seized great quantity of automatic guns, ammunitions, rocket launchers, mortars and grenades, as well as sniper guns in the village of Brodec on Shar Mountain, 60 kilometers west of Skopje. Six members of the criminal group, which included escaped dangerous prisoners from the "Dubrava" prison in Kosovo, were killed. AFP PHOTO/ROBERT ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/***** Images)

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Nice Pix Big Daddy !!

Op de vliegbasis Soesterberg vinden donderdag 8 en vrijdag 9 november de Vlieger-infodagen van de Koninklijke Luchtmacht plaats. Het doel daarvan is jongeren tussen de 17 en 25 jaar, met minimaal een HAVO-diploma, te interesseren voor het beroep van militair vlieger.

Het stoffelijk overschot van korporaal der eerste klasse Ronald Groen is vanochtend om 10.00 uur aangekomen op de vliegbasis Eindhoven. Acht landmachtmilitairen droegen de kist uit een C-130 Hercules, waarna het lichaam werd overgedragen aan de nabestaanden.

In Uruzgan sneuvelde zaterdag 3 november de 21-jarige korporaal der eerste klasse Ronald Groen doordat een geïmproviseerd explosief tot ontploffing kwam. Twee andere militairen raakten daarbij gewond.

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November 8, 2007: India is buying another 80 Russian Mi-17 helicopters for $5 million each. This deal includes Russia buying 20 Indian made Dhruv helicopters for $8 million each. The Mi17 transport helicopter is the export version of the Mi8.

US space shuttle Atlantis heads for launch pad 39A 10 November 2007 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida in preperation for it planned 06 December launch.

O.J. Simpson appears in court for a preliminary hearing at Clark County Regional Justice Center November 9, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson is appearing in court for the second day for his preliminary hearing on charges which include burglary, robbery and assault following an attempted robbery at the Palace Station Hotel Casino in September.

Activists of Pakistan People?s Party burn tyres during a demonstration against the imposition of emergency in the country and house arrest of Chairperson PPP Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on November 9, 2007.

Czech riot with dog police stand guard to prevent clashes between anti fascist activists and Czech ultra nationalists in central Prague 10 November 2007 At least 1 000 people gathered in Pragueæs Jewish Quarter and the nearby Old Town Square to protest a banned march by neo Nazis through the district on the anniversary of Nazi Germanyæs Night of the Broken Glass Kristallnacht

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An Iberia Spanish ailiner lies off the northern end of the runway after overshooting it upon landing at Mariscal Sucre airport in Quito 09 November 2007. The aircraft was coming from Madrid with 347 on board and there were no casualties whatsoever. AFP PHOTO/WASHINGTON VALENCIA (Photo credit should read WASHINGTON VALENCIA/AFP/***** Images)

A rescue robot from Northwest China Engineering University saves a "baby" at a robot contest held in Jinan, capital of east China's Shangdong Provice, on Oct. 28, 2007. Robots developed by many universities attended the contest in Jinan on Sunday. (Xu Suhui/Xinhua/WPN) **China Out**

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Nov. 07, 2007) - Sailors attached to the mine warfare ship USS Patriot (MCM 7), work together to moor the ship to a buoy in waters just off the coast of Hong Kong, for a scheduled port visit. The ship is visiting Hong Kong after several relationship enhancing visits and interoperability-focused exercises throughout the Western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl (RELEASED)Download HiRes

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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment prepare to assault a factory full of role-playing insurgents. When a raid force first arrives a defensive perimeter is the first step to systematically taking down a target.

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CROW VALLEY, CAPAS, TARLAC, SITIO DALIG, Republic of the Philippines – Local natives show Marines from Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, how to make fire, Oct. 26, here during Amphibious Landing Exercise ’08.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – A crowd of villagers in the Dominican Republic flock to a Coast Guard helicopter. The helicopter crew made the difficult decision to land to check on the children at a local school. The village is surrounded on all sides by flood water caused by Tropical Storm Noel. The villagers put themselves in serious danger by running up to the running helicopter. Coast Guard photo/video by PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville, Fla.Download

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Thanks for the kind words bz6568! Nics pics! Thanks for being a particpant and not just a spectator!

[bz6568]

After a long day patrolling the streets and backroads here, Lance Cpl. Michael Mathes, Iraqi policemen and other members of 1st platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, take a break in the shade.

Marines from the 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire a mortar during a joint mortar shoot with Philippine Marines, Oct. 26, here during Amphibious Landing Exercise ’08.

A Marine with third platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, patrols his neighborhood in Fallujah's Nazaal district, Nov. 6.

A Navy corpsman with third platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, exchanges greetings with local residents and shop owners while on patrol in Fallujah's Nazaal district, Nov. 6.

Cpl. Jordan M. Moehnle, 21, of Los Angeles, takes time out of leading his squad in a patrol through Fallujah's Nazaal district to spend some time interacting with local children.

[bz6568]

Thanks for the kind words bz6568! Nics pics! Thanks for being a particpant and not just a spectator!

Roger That Bd !! Thanks !! Now Lets Post Some Pix !!

[Jocker_89]

Nice pix today
Thanks

[bz6568]

Philippine Marines set a bird trap, Oct. 26, here to teach Marines from Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, jungle survival techniques during Amphibious Landing Exercise ’08.

A bamboo chute filled with rice cook over a fire, Oct. 26, here as Marines from Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, learn jungle survival techniques from Philippine Marines during Amphibious Landing Exercise ’08.

Philippine Marines teach Marines from Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, how to make fire, Oct. 26, here during Amphibious Landing Exercise ’08.

Marines from Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, trek toward a remote location in the valley here, Oct. 26, to learn jungle survival techniques from Philippine Marines during Amphibious Landing Exercise ’08.

[DutchPower]

Nice pics
And Welcome home to my dutch brother

[bz6568]

Lt. Col. Kris Kramarich, 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion commander (left), unfurls the 44th's battalion colors alongside battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Earl Allen during a transfer of authority ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq Nov. 3. The ceremony officially marked the battalion's replacement of the 86th Signal Battalion from Fort Huachuca, Ariz

Col. Jeffrey Bannister, commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, makes a point to Iraqi Lt. Col. Quais, the executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, before a walk through the Abu Nuwas area of eastern Baghdad Nov. 6.

Airmen from the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Balad Air Base, Iraq, prepare a C-130 Hercules for a mission. Air Force transports provide intra-theater heavy airlift support, helping to sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa.

This is the first of new Block 52 F-16 Fighting Falcons that are being provided to the U. S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team. Officials at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, rolled out the upgraded fighter during a ceremony Oct. 24. The 11 aircraft destined for the Thunderbirds are scheduled to receive Falcon STAR modifications and a smoke generating system modification. The newly converted aircraft are slated for delivery for the 2009 show season.

Lt. Col. Greg Thomas climbs into his newly upgraded F-16 Fighting Falcon Oct. 24 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Eleven of the upgraded aircraft are destined for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team and are slated for delivery for the 2009 show season. Colonel Thomas is the incoming 2008-2009 Thunderbird commander and lead pilot.

The Air Force grounded its F-15 fleet on Nov. 3 following the crash of a Missouri Air National Guard F-15C aircraft Nov. 2. F-15s assigned North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Central Command Air Forces will be on ground alert and fly missions if required.

Airman 1st Class Justin Cole cleans the front sensor of an MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Nov. 5 at Ali Base, Iraq. The Predators are now fully operational and have begun 24-hour operations.

A Marine infantryman eyes role-playing insurgents moving down factory hallway just before they slip into another room during a raid at a factory. The unused factory contained 20 Marines dressed, armed and acting as insurgents who helped the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Helicopter Raid Force sharpen their building and room clearing skills.

[ZoneOne]

Mmm those pics of the jungle survival class makes me want to take more survival classes.

[bz6568]

Pakistani police pass by tyres set on fire by supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during a protest against President Pervez Musharraf's imposed emergency rule, in Rawalpindi November 9, 2007.(

Jemima Khan, the former wife of Pakistan cricketer and politician Imran Khan, attends a demonstration in central London November 10, 2007. Protestors demonstrated against the current political system in Pakistan.

US President George W. Bush speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside his office on his ranch in Crawford, Texas. Bush and Merkel agreed Saturday to pursue a diplomatic end to the Iran nuclear standoff as they worked on a common strategy towards a defiant Tehran

President George W. Bush walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel upon her arrival at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, November 9, 2007

A British Army Gurkha stands on duty in a sanger (watch tower) at a British forward operating base (FOB) in Southern Helmand province, Afghanistan November 10, 2007. The base has been attacked up to 5 times a day.

British Army Gurkhas manning a sanger (watch tower) are kept alert by the threat of attack at a British forward operating base (FOB) in Southern Helmand province, Afghanistan November 10, 2007.

Oil-covered birds are among the first victims of this week's oil spill in the San Francisco Bay. Scientists say damage to wildlife could last years.

Mark Seeley of Boise, Idaho, kisses where his father John Seeley's name is inscribed in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during ceremonies to mark The Wall's 25th anniversary at the National Mall November 7, 2007 in Washington, DC. Seeley's father was a CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot and was killed in Vietnam in June 1966, three months before Mark started kindergarten.