Threat!
Threat! Lance
Cpl. Christian Christopoulos engages targets behind a riot shield
during weapons qualification Jan. 8 2015 at Range 174 on Camp Hansen
Japan. Christopoulos is a Parker Colo. native and a Special Reaction
Team member with the Camp Foster Provost Marshal�s Office Marine Corps
Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler. SRT is the
military equivalent of Special Weapons and Tactics teams.
Dropping a Line
U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit�s Maritime Raid
Force toss the rope for a fast-rope mission during maritime
interoperability training at Stu Segall studios in San Diego Calif.
Jan. 8 2015. MIT prepares the 15th MEU MRF for their upcoming
deployment by enhancing their combat skills and teaching them techniques
for boarding vessels
Firing Line
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion 1st Marines 11th
Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct a modified live-fire table III
range as part of combat marksmanship training on the amphibious
transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) Jan. 7 2015. The 11th MEU is
embarked with the San Diego as part of the Makin Island Amphibious
Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th
Fleet area of responsibility.
Hot Brass
Gunnery Sgt. Michael Woods electronic key management system manager
with Marine Wing Communications Squadron (MWCS) 38 shoots an M16A4
rifle on Range 109 during Back in the Saddle training aboard Marine
Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif. Jan. 7 2015. Marines practiced
marksmanship skills all while in full combat gear including Kevlar and
flak jacket to make the training seem as real as possible.
Train like you fight: Fight like you train
A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Armored
Brigade Combat Team 1st Infantry Division instructs Iraqi army trainees
on how to properly "stack" in preparation to move toward their
objective Jan. 7 2015 at Camp Taji Iraq. The infantry trainers are
advising several Iraqi army battalions providing new recruits advanced
training and assisting Iraqi cadre by teaching small unit tactics and
leadership.
Marine Corps drones take to sky
A Tactical Unmanned Aerial System RQ-7B Shadow
completes an arrested landing Jan. 10 on Cooper Island. The hook at the
bottom of the drone latches onto a cable to slow and eventually stop
the aircraft when landing. The Shadow is used for various types of
missions such as gathering intelligence on enemy locations or
objectives providing over-watch support and laser targeting areas to
provide air support to other units. The aircraft is with Marine
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 Marine Aircraft Group 24 1st Marine
Aircraft Wing III Marine Expeditionary Force.
bd popeyeTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) holds a
welcome ceremony for the visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
(2nd L) in the new presidential palace in Ankara Turkey Jan. 12 2015.
(Xinhua/Mustafa Kaya)
President Barack Obama escorted by 89th Airlift Wing Commander
Col. John Millard walks on the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base Md.
Wednesday Jan. 14 2015 as the president transferred from Marine One to
Air Force One for a trip to Cedar Falls Iowa. President Obama will
attend a fiber optic splicing demonstration and deliver remarks laying
out new steps to increase access to affordable high-speed broadband
across the country. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is escorted down the steps of the
Capitol by her husband Michael Wednesday Jan. 14 2015 in Columbia S.C.
Haley will be sworn in to her second term as governor Wednesday. (AP
Photo/Richard Shiro)
Donald Hoffman 41 stands between defense attorneys Robert Whitney
left and Rolf Whitney as he pleads guilty to aggravated murder in a
deal with prosecutors Wednesday Jan. 14 2015 in Bucyrus Ohio. Hoffman
charged with killing four men last fall while on a cocaine binge was
sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Kantele Franko)
Phoenix Police Crime Response Unit members inspect the house of a
man suspected of at least two 1992 murders of two young women on
Wednesday Jan. 14 2015 in Phoenix Ariz. Police arrested 42-year-old
Bryan Patrick Miller late Tuesday in the deaths of 22-year-old Angela
Brosso and 17-year-old Melanie Bernas. Brosso was killed in November
1992 and Bernas was killed in September 1993. Their remains were found
in or near the Arizona canal. Both had disappeared while bicycling in
the area. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic Tom Tingle)
Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei
Navalny second left is detained by police officers after defying his
house arrest to speak on Radio Echo Moskvy in Moscow Wednesday Jan. 14
2015. Leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny says he has paid
the state for the electronic bracelet that he cut off to protest his
house arrest. Navalny was convicted in late December of fraud and given a
suspended sentence. But the court said he must remain under house
arrest until his appeals are exhausted. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
AP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT DATE LOCATION OR
AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL IN THIS IMAGE - In this image made from
militant video posted on the Twitter account of Yemen's al-Qaida branch
on Wednesday Jan. 14 2015 Nasr al-Ansi a top commander of al-Qaida in
the Arabian Peninsula speaks about last week's deadly assault on a
French satirical newspaper. Al-Ansi confirmed in the video that his
group carried out the attack to avenge cartoons depicting the Prophet
Muhammad as he called for unity among jihadi ranks and vowed more
attacks on the West. (AP Photo/Militant Video)
Soldiers patrol the street in Paris Wednesday Jan. 14 2015.
French police say as many as six members of a terrorist cell that
carried out the Paris attacks may still be at large including a man seen
driving a car registered to the widow of one of the gunmen. The country
has deployed 10000 troops to protect sensitive sites including Jewish
schools and synagogues mosques and travel hubs. (AP Photo/Christophe
Ena)
CaribThey do. ^ At Marine OCS it was tucked in polos and dress pants/shoes.
OK let me make the distinction - Pretty fuvking Awesome for Enlisted men with dress shirt and ties. Ordinary average for Marine OCS with khakis and polos.
Give those Enlisted Recruits some of credit over any U.S. military Recruit.
Creeper
French President Francois Hollande is seen through the window of a
helicopter as he leaves after giving a New Year's speech to military
troops aboard the French nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle off
the coast of Toulon southern France Wednesday Jan. 14 2015. France
ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech
anti-Semitism and those glorifying terrorism and announced Wednesday it
was sending an aircraft carrier to the Mideast to work more closely with
the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/
Anne Christine Poujoulat Pool
In this Wednesday Jan. 14 2015 photo Russian-backed separatist
Cossack stands on guard at the check-point north of Luhansk Eastern
Ukraine. An attack on a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine killed 12
people Tuesday likely dealing the final blow to hopes that a short-lived
and shaky cease-fire could take hold. (AP Photo/ Mstyslav Chernov)
In this Wednesday Jan. 14 2015 photo Russian-backed separatist
walks past tanks at the check-point north of Luhansk Eastern Ukraine.
In this Wednesday Jan. 14 2015 photo Russian-backed separatist's
tank is placed in a fortified position at the check-point north of
Luhansk Eastern Ukraine.
In this Wednesday Jan. 14 2015 photo Russian-backed separatist
sit on top a tank at the check-point north of Luhansk Eastern Ukraine.
An inmate is searched while being escorted from Northumberland
County Prison in Sunbury Pa. Wednesday Jan. 14 2015. Dispatchers say the
blaze was reported just after 2 p.m. at the nearly 140-year-old jail in
the city of 10000 about 40 miles north of Harrisburg Pa. (AP Photo/The
News-Item Larry Deklinski)
Flames shoot through the roof of the Northumberland County Prison
in Sunbury Pa. Wednesday Jan. 14 2015. Dispatchers say the blaze was
reported just after 2 p.m. at the nearly 140-year-old jail in the city
of 10000 about 40 miles north of Harrisburg Pa. (AP Photo/News-Item
Larry Deklinski)
Pope Francis is welcomed by Philippine President Benigno Aquino
III standing next to the Pope at the bottom of the step as he arrives in
Manila airport Philippines Thursday Jan. 15 2015. Pope Francis arrived
Thursday from Sri Lanka for a pastoral visit which is expected to draw
millions of faithful where about 81-percent of the population is
Catholic. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A Bangladeshi policeman tries to stop clashes between protesters
and ruling Awami League party activists outside the Bangladesh National
Mosque during a protest in Dhaka Bangladesh Thursday Jan. 15 2015. The
protest was against the Bangladeshi Prime Minister and leader of the
Awami League party Sheikh Hasina and former telecommunication minister
Abdul Latif Siddique after his alleged anti-Islam comments at a rally.
(AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Bangladeshi policemen detain an activist of an Islamic political
group during a protest in Dhaka Bangladesh Thursday Jan. 15 2015. AP
Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag left participates in
a parade on the occasion of the Indian Army Day in New Delhi India
Thursday Jan. 15 2015.
Members of the Indian Army prepare for a parade on the occasion
of the Army Day in New Delhi India Thursday Jan. 15 2015. Indian army is
one of the largest standing army of the world. (AP Photo/Tsering
Topgyal)
Indian Army' Tanks Bhishma participate in a parade on the
occasion of the Army Day in New Delhi India Thursday Jan. 15 2015. (AP
Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
Units of Indian's paramilitary soldiers rehearse for the upcoming
Republic Day parade in New Delhi India Thursday Jan. 15 2015. U.S.
President Barack Obama will be Chief Guest in this year's Republic Day
parade marked annually on Jan. 26. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A Daredevils unit of the Indian Border Security Force prepares to
perform during rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New
Delhi India Thursday Jan. 15 2015.
Team members from the 419th Flight Test Squadron the Global Power
Bomber Combined Test Force and Boeing installed a Conventional Rotary
Launcher on an Edwards B-52H this past December. The upgrade modifies
the internal weapons bay of the B-52H bomber by integrating a CRL that
has the capability of carrying Military Standard 1760 �smart weapons.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka)
Team members from the 419th Flight Test Squadron the Global Power
Bomber Combined Test Force and Boeing installed a Conventional Rotary
Launcher on an Edwards B-52H this past December. The upgrade modifies
the internal weapons bay of the B-52H bomber by integrating a CRL that
has the capability of carrying Military Standard 1760 �smart weapons.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka)
Expact more news later when the prosecution is holding a press conference....
Belgian police officers guard a street in Verviers Belgium
Thursday Jan. 15 2015. Belgian authorities say two people have been
killed and one has been arrested during a shootout in an anti-terrorist
operation in the eastern city of Verviers. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
From the Russian MoDs FB page. BMD-4M IFV Field trials:
The U.S. Air Force Weapons School�s first assigned F-35A
Lightning II sits under a sun shade on the flightline at Nellis Air
Force Base Nev. Jan. 15 2015. Working in conjunction with the U.S. Air
Force Warfare Center and 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron the USAFWS�
first F-35 will be used to drive tactics development. (U.S. Air Force
photo by Airman 1st Class Mikaley Towle)
Capt. Brent Golden 16th Weapons Squadron instructor poses for a
photo in front of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School�s first assigned
F-35A Lightning II at Nellis Air Force Base Nev. Jan. 15 2015. Golden
piloted the aircraft from Lockheed Martin�s plant in Fort Worth Texas to
its new home at the USAFWS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta
B. Ika)
Capt. Brent Golden 16th Weapons Squadron instructor taxis an
F-35A Lightning II at Nellis Air Force Base Nev. Jan. 15 2015. The F-35
Golden flew is the U.S. Air Force Weapons School�s first assigned F-35.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)
Capt. Brent Golden 16th Weapons Squadron instructor waves to the
ground crew as he departs in the U.S. Air Force Weapons School�s first
assigned F-35A Lightning II at the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth
Texas Jan. 15 2015. Working in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force
Warfare Center and 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron the USAFWS� first
F-35 will be used to drive tactics development. (Photo by Angel DelCueto
Lockheed Martin)
Hellenic Army Marines of 32nd Marine Brigade "Moravas" jump from C130 aircraft during their paratroopers training
Hellenic Army cadets of the Paratroopers school during their training. Photos from livemedia.gr
Some really great photos this week thanks to everyone who takes
the time and effort to post them and keep this site going. I dont get to
post much at the moment but its great to log on and see the weekly
photos thread still going strong ! 

ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 10 2015) Deck department Sailors prepare to
chock and chain an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Desert Hawks of
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 as it lands aboard the
guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57). 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)
EL CENTRO Calif. (Jan. 13 2015) The U.S. Navy Flight
Demonstration Squadron Blue Angels Left Wing pilot Lt. Andy Talbott
flies over El Centro Calif. during a training flight. The Blue Angels
are conducting winter training where pilots must complete 120 practice
flights before kicking off the 2015 air show season. (U.S. Navy photo by
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrea Perez/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 13 2015) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Joshua
Haynes from Nashville Tenn. and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Joseph
Dina from Naperville Ill. move BLU-111 500-pound bombs during an
ammunition on-load aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C.
Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is undergoing an operational training period
in preparation for future deployments. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ignacio D. Perez/Released)
POULSBO Wash. (Jan. 14 2015) The ballistic-missile submarine USS
Nevada (SSBN 733) transits the Washington state Puget Sound on its way
to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass
Communication Specialist Ahron Arendes/Released)
RED SEA (Jan. 14 2015) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS
Iwo Jima (LHD 7) (left) prepares to conduct an underway replenishment
with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS
Patuxent (T-AO-201). Fort McHenry part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready
Group (ARG) is deployed in support of 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 3rd
Class Adam Austin/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 9 2015) U.S. Navy Sailors and Military
Sealift Command civil service mariners prepare a rigid-hull inflatable
boat for launch from the mission bay aboard the Military Sealift
Command's joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1). Spearhead is
deployed in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to support the
international collaborative capacity-building program Africa Partnership
Station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class
Kenan O'Connor/Released)
GULF OF OMAN (Jan. 11 2015) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Jessica
Santos stores propellant cylinders for the MK45 5-inch 54/62 caliber gun
aboard the 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 photos by Mass Communication
Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Jackson/Released)
JAVA SEA (Jan. 14 2015) The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth
(LCS 3) operates in the Java Sea while supporting the Indonesian-led
search effort for AirAsia flight QZ8501. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Antonio P. Turretto Ramos/Released)
RED SEA (Jan. 11 2015) Sailors aboard the Whidbey Island-class
amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) signal an MV-22
Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) to launch
from the flight deck. Fort McHenry part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready
Group is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of
responsibility supporting regional stability and cooperation between
partner nations. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd
Class Adam Austin/Released)
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 12 2015) Logistics
Specialist 3rd Class Porsha De La Torre celebrates winning Bingo during a
party commemorating the halfway mark of the guided-missile destroyer
USS Dewey's (DDG 105) deployment. Dewey 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 James
Vazquez/Released)
Key West Fla. (Jan. 13 2015) Utilitiesman 1st Class Ken Massey
assigned to Underwater Construction Team One (UCT) 1 dives on a wreck
during diver training aboard the U.S. Army large landing craft USAV
Matamoros (LCU-2026). Diver training is a two-week joint training
evolution designed to reinforce standard operating procedures qualify
personnel maintain proficiency and evaluate dive protocol during scuba
surface supplied and recompression chamber operations. (U.S. Navy photo
by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyler N. Thompson/Released)
Indian paramilitary troopers walk towards the site of gunfight at
Zumpathri in Keller area of Shopian district about 83 km south of
Srinagar summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir Jan. 15 2015. Five
militants were killed Thursday in a fierce gunfight with Indian troops
in Indian-controlled Kashmir police said. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
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