@ Popeye - timely and important pics. Well done.
How can a person target children?! Christ!
Creeper- timely and important pics. Well done.
RAS AL KHAIR Saudi Arabia (Dec. 10 2014) A Marine with the Royal
Saudi Naval Forces shows U.S. Marines assigned to Weapons Company
Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion 1st Marines 11th Marine
Expeditionary Unit (11 MEU) how to operate an M67 120 mm mortar system
as part of joint weapons familiarization training during exercise Red
Reef 15. Red Reef is part of a routine theater security cooperation
engagement plan. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Gunnery Sgt. Rome M.
Lazarus/Released)
RAS AL KHAIR Saudi Arabia (Dec. 10 2014) U.S. Marine Corps 1st
lt. Austin J. Hartman from Hays Kan. a platoon commander with Weapons
Company Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion 1st Marines 11th Marine
Expeditionary Unit (11 MEU) operates an MG42 general-purpose machine gun
from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces as part of joint weapons
familiarization training during exercise Red Reef 15. Red Reef is part
of a routine theater security cooperation engagement plan. (U.S. Marine
Corps photos by Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Lazarus/Released)
Hungary. Training for Kosovo.
U.S. Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment 15th Marine
Expeditionary Unit and British Royal Marines shoot downrange while
conducting bilateral training during realistic urban training aboard
Fort Hunter Liggett Calif. Dec. 11 2014. RUT prepares the 15th MEU's
Marines for their upcoming deployment enhancing their combat skills in
environments similar to those they may find in future missions.
Slovenian soldiers from the 10th Infantry Regiment 1st Brigade
engage targets during a live-fire exercise alongside U.S. paratroopers
assigned to 2nd Battalion 503rd Inf. Regt. 173rd Airborne Brigade as
part of Exercise Rock Proof III at Pocek Range in Postonja Slovenia Dec.
3 2014. Rock Proof is a series of exercises between 2nd Battalion and
the Slovenian 1st Army Brigade focused on small-unit tactics and
building interoperability between allied forces.
This photo released in a statement by the Pakistani Taliban on
Wednesday Dec. 17 2014 shows the Taliban fighters who stormed a
military-run school in Peshawar Pakistan on Tuesday killing more than
140 people most of them children. In an email on Wednesday the Pakistani
Taliban spokesman Mohammad Khurasani claimed the attack was justified
because the Pakistani army has allegedly long been killing innocent
children and families of their fighters. (AP Photo/Pakistani Taliban
handout)
Pakistani security personnel stand guard at the school attacked
by Taliban in Peshawar Pakistan Wednesday Dec. 17 2014. Pakistan is
mourning as the nation prepares for mass funerals for over 140 people
most of them children killed in a Taliban attack on the military-run
school in the country's northwest. A three-day official mourning period
started Wednesday a day after seven Taliban gunmen explosives strapped
to their bodies stormed the army public school. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
A Pakistani soldier walks out of the Army Public School that was
attacked the day before by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar Pakistan Wednesday
Dec. 17 2014.
An Indian police officer helps light candles as children hold
placards during a candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of
Tuesday's Taliban attack in Peshawar in New Delhi India Wednesday Dec.
17 2014. Pakistanis mourned as mass funerals got underway Wednesday for
more than 100 most of them children killed the day before in a massacre
by the Taliban at a military-run school in the country's troubled
northwest. The placard on left reads "There is no bigger cowardliness
than attacking children". (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko right listens to his wife
Maryna during the welcoming ceremony in Warsaw Poland Wednesday Dec. 17
2014. Poroshenko came to Poland for an official two day visit. (AP
Photo/Alik Keplicz)
File - In this Nov. 25 2014 file photo police arrest a
demonstrator protesting against the shooting of 12-year-old boy Tamir
Rice who was fatally shot by a police officer in Cleveland. The
revelation that Cleveland police officials didn�t review the checkered
history of a police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy
highlights what some describe as an unnerving truth about policing --
there�s no universal standard for how deeply a department should dig
into its recruits� pasts. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan file)
Smoke rises from the site of a car bomb explosion in Radda
town100 miles (160 kilometers) south of the capital Sanaa Yemen Tuesday
Dec. 16 2014. Two suicide car bombers rammed their vehicles into a
Shiite rebels� checkpoint and a house south of the Yemeni capital
Tuesday as a school bus traveling nearby killing at least 25 dead
including at least 15 primary school students Defense Ministry rebels
and witnesses. (AP Photo)
Turkish soldiers check the remains of a hot air balloon after a
Chinese tourist was killed and 14 Turks Japaneses and Malaysians were
injured in Cappadocia Nevsehir Turkey Wednesday Dec. 17 2014. Turkish
news agencies say that a hot air balloon fell in the popular tourist
region of Cappadocia early Wednesday. Reports say the balloon took off
Wednesday morning from Goreme and the cause of the accident is unknown.
Formed by gas bubbling through ash Cappadocia has become a favorite site
for tourists in hot-air balloons who can slowly drift above the "fairy
chimneys" of stone that are so soft that Byzantine Greeks carved
subterranean cities out of them.(AP Photo/DHA)
Rescuers carry away a survivor from the rubble of a building
collapse in downtown Nairobi Kenya Wednesday Dec. 17 2014. One person
died and others are feared trapped or dead after a five-story
residential building collapsed in downtown Nairobi a police official
said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Kenyan paramilitary soldiers keep crowd under control at the
scene of a building collapse in downtown Nairobi Kenya Wednesday Dec. 17
2014.
Rescue workers remove household items at the scene of a building
collapse in Nairobi Kenya Wednesday Dec. 17 2014. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
Chinese soldiers train in minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 20
degrees Fahranheit..sey what??!!) weather in Heihe in northeast China's
Heilongjiang province Tuesday Dec. 16 2014. The northeastern Chinese
town borders Russia and is one of the coldest places in China. (AP
Photo)
A member of the Philippine Navy demonstrates one of the guns on
board the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF15) warship at Manila's pier
Philippines Wednesday Dec. 17 2014. The refurbished former U.S. Coast
Guard Hamilton-class weather high endurance cutter is now the country's
biggest and most modern warship and is part of a drive by the
Philippines to modernize its navy amid tensions with China over the
disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Members of the Philippine Navy look at the Agusta Westland 109
Naval helicopter on board the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF15) warship at
Manila's pier Philippines Wednesday Dec. 17 2014. The refurbished former
U.S. Coast Guard Hamilton-class weather high endurance cutter is now
the country's biggest and most modern warship and is part of a drive by
the Philippines to modernize its navy amid tensions with China over the
disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
12.15.2014....China's PLA frontier border guard soldiers patrol the
frozen Earth near the Sino-Russian border town of Heihe City. The
temperature is -35F...Source: CFP visual China
December 16 2014 Tbilisi Georgia Georgian troops take part in a
farewell farewell ceremony. the troops will take part in NATO
peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan
I'm joining late this week... been busy. bd great job. Important
yet disturbingly sad images. The TTP scum needs to be dealt with in the
only appropriate language those savages seem to understand.
Lance Cpl. Edwin Centofanti a machine-gunner with 1st Battalion
8th Marine Regiment and native of Youngstown Ohio (left) loads and
closes an M249 light machine gun for Lance Cpl. Michael Hobbs an
anti-tank missleman with the battalion and native of Phoenix Arizona
during a unit training exercise held at G-21 Machine Gun Range aboard
Camp Lejeune N.C. Dec. 11 2014. Marines conducted this training to keep
up weapon system knowledge and improve on their skills with the machine
gun to remain prepared to hold up the battalion's purpose during
deployments.
Lance Cpl. Edwin Centofanti a machine-gunner with 1st Battalion
8th Marine Regiment and native of Youngstown Ohio (left) and Lance Cpl.
Michael Hobbs an anti-tank missleman with the battalion and native of
Phoenix Arizona look down range as Hobbs engages targets with an M249
light machine gun at unknown distances during a live-fire training
exercise held at G-21 Machine Gun Range aboard Camp Lejeune N.C. Dec. 11
2014. Marines conducted this training to keep up weapon system
knowledge and improve on their skills with the machine gun to remain
prepared to hold up the battalion's purpose during deployments. (U.S.
Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)
Lance Cpl. Edwin Centofanti a machine-gunner with 1st Battalion
8th Marine Regiment and native of Youngstown Ohio engages a target on
G-21 Machine Gun Range with an M249 light machine gun during a live-fire
training exercise Dec. 11 2014. "It is good training lots of our
Marines establish a base line" said Blair. "They can go back to the
basics and on to the next level with everyone at the same page.
Training like this helps build the unit up together and that keeps
everyone combat ready and tactically proficient."� (U.S. Marine Corps
photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)
Lance Cpl. Edwin Centofanti a machine-gunner with 1st Battalion
8th Marine Regiment and native of Youngstown Ohio engages a target on
G-21 Machine Gun Range with an M249 light machine gun during a live-fire
training exercise Dec. 11 2014. “It is good training lots of our
Marines establish a base line” said Blair. "They can go back to the
basics and on to the next level with everyone at the same page.
Training like this helps build the unit up together and that keeps
everyone combat ready and tactically proficient."� (U.S. Marine Corps
photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)
Marines with 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment conduct M249 light
machine gun training at G-21 Machine Gun Range aboard Camp Lejeune N.C.
Dec. 11 2014. Marines honed in on weapon skills and knowledge as they
engaged various targets at unknown distances during different live-fire
scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)
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Philippine Marines during the AFP 79th anniversary.
What is the status of the Minimi in the USMC now? I mean a few years after the M-27 IAR how is the weapon employed?
Chief of Hellenic Army Supreme Military Command of Interior and
Islands General LT Ioannis Illiopoulos inspects Army units at island of
Kos
YOKOSUKA Japan (Dec. 18 2014) Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd
Class Monique Camacho from Yigo Guam performs an electrical test on an
aircraft electronics test set aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air
wing Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 provide a combat-ready force that protects
and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its
allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian H. Abel/Released)
CELEBES SEA (Dec. 17 2014) Sailors assigned to Helicopter
Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 prepare an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned
aircraft system for flight operations aboard the littoral combat ship
USS Fort Worth (LCS 3). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
Specialist 2nd Class Antonio P. Turretto Ramos/Released)
ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 15 2014) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class John
Acheson signals to a Sailor after removing chocks and chains from an
MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Desert Hawks of Helicopter
Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 during a night vertical replenishment and
delayed landing qualifications aboard the Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57). Mitscher is deployed
supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation
efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo
by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anthony R. Martinez/Released)
ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 15 2014) The guided-missile destroyer USS
Mitscher (DDG 57) lights up its mast during night delayed landing
qualifications with the Desert Hawks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron
(HSC) 26. Mitscher is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of
responsibility supporting Operation Inherent Resolve strike operations
in Iraq and Syria as directed maritime security operations and theater
security cooperation efforts in the region.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anthony R. Martinez/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 16 2014) Sailors release an anchor chain
during an anchoring detail aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS
Fort McHenry (LSD 43). Fort McHenry is deployed with the 24th Marine
Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready
Group to conduct maritime security operations and theater security
cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of
responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd
Class Adam Austin/Released)
ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 11 2014) Sailors assigned to the Battle Cats
of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 move an MH-60R Sea Hawk
helicopter into the hangar bay of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile
destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101). Gridley is deployed in the U.S. 5th
Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Inherent Resolve
strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed maritime security
operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S.
Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan
Jackson/released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 15 2014) Sailors assigned to Helicopter
Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 Detachment 1 prepare an MQ-8B Fire
Scout unmanned aircraft system for stowage on the flight deck of the
littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3). Fort Worth is on a 16-month
rotational deployment in support of the Asia-Pacific rebalance in the
U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Antonio P. Turretto Ramos/Released)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 16 2014) Quartermaster 3rd Class Sarah
Watson from Douglasville Ga. stands watch as a phone talker during a
general quarters drill aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald
Cook (DDG 75). Donald Cook is conducting naval operations in the U.S.
6th Fleet area of responsibility in support of U.S. national security
interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist
2nd Class Karolina A. Oseguera/Released)
(Dec. 15 2014) Chief Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) Jason Lessley
assigned to the Red Lions of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15
monitors the final approach of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter as it lands
on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
(CVN 70). Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of
responsibility supporting Operation Inherent Resolve strike operations
in Iraq and Syria as directed maritime security operations and theater
security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob G. Sisco/Released)
ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 11 2014) Lt. Darren Sablan observes flight
operations from the landing safety officer shack aboard the Arleigh
Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101). Gridley is
deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting
Operation Inherent Resolve strike operations in Iraq and Syria as
directed maritime security operations and theater security cooperation
efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist
3rd Class Bryan Jackson/Released)
A-10s train at White Sands Missile Range
Four A-10C Thunderbolt IIs from the 354th Fighter Squadron
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Ariz. sit on the flightline at Holloman Air
Force Base N.M. after a training flight at White Sands Missile Range
N.M. Dec. 3 2014. The austere conditions of the missile range allow for
pilots to get a close simulation of a deployed environment. (U.S. Air
Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chris Massey/Released)
U.S. Air Force combat controllers from the 23rd Special Tactics
Squadron Hurlburt Field Fla. perform air traffic control radio
transmissions to an A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot of the 354th Fighter
Squadron Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Ariz. approaching an austere
landing ***** during training at White Sands Missile Range N.M. Dec. 4
2014. The combat controllers set up the landing ***** as part of their
initial and reoccurring training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st
Class Chris Massey/Released)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Steven Behmer 354th Fighter Squadron
commander performs a low pass approach in an A-10C Thunderbolt II during
training at White Sands Missile Range N.M. Dec. 4 2014. Behmer and
eight other 354th FS pilots traveled to the missile range to conduct
instructor pilot training for austere landing on unimproved surfaces.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chris Massey/Released)
An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 354th Fighter Squadron performs a
low pass during training at White Sands Missile Range N.M. Dec. 4 2014.
Pilots 354th FS pilots traveled to the missile range to conduct
instructor pilot training for austere landing on unimproved surfaces.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chris Massey/Released)
An A-10C Thunderbolt II from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Ariz.
flies overhead during a training flight at White Sands Missile Range
N.M. Dec. 3 2014. The austere conditions of the missile range allow for
pilots to get a close simulation of a deployed environment. (U.S. Air
Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chris Massey/Released)
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