Military news and photos

[kayOkay]

Ohhh yessss.... I have a uniform fetish.
please, moar. :buddy:

[swebonny]

[QUOTE=Portalz117;28454688]i think he should media tag them all. I clicked on your post from the Frontpage and my computer had a heart attack[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah, forgot about that. Media tagging is probably the best alternative. Cool pictures nevertheless.

[shian]

[QUOTE=Swebonny;28454777]Oh yeah, forgot about that. Media tagging is probably the best alternative. Cool pictures nevertheless.[/QUOTE]

Ok. Will do. Tomorrow. Sorry.

[-n3o-]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh8TwIfq0i8&feature=feedu[/media]

[quote]Hundreds of family, friends and fellow diggers gathered together at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, to honour the life of Sapper Jamie Larcombe, who was killed on the 19th February 2011, whilst serving in Afghanistan. Following the service, which was held at Flagstaff Hill, a Bearer Party escorted Jamie's coffin through an Honour Guard, to a Gun Carriage, which was then driven through the lined streets of Kingscote. A Firing Party fired a volley of three shots and a bugler sounded the Last Post as Jamie was laid to rest. Mourners placed poppies into the burial site at the completion of the Burial Service.[/quote]

[quote]"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget."[/quote]

[shian]

Done mediatagging

[shian]

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[quote]Libyan rebels pray as a government bomb explodes behind them on the frontline on March 6, 2011 near Ben Jawat, Libya.
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Badass

[Dance_Commander]

Religous guys dont look at explosions.

They pray silently then walk away.

[booster]

[QUOTE=Dance_Commander;28474176]Religous guys dont look at explosions.

They pray silently then walk away.[/QUOTE]
Except that one guy, he just couldn't resist.

[shian]

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[quote]A Soldier from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, looks on as one of his fellow crew chiefs qualifies on the M240H machine gun during an aerial gunnery range at the Fort Bragg training grounds Feb. 18 to 20. The Soldiers were attempting to qualify from UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter in preparation for a deployment to Afghanistan later this year. Photo by Sgt. Jessica M. Kuhn/49th PAD
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[quote]U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group fast-rope from a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during exercise Emerald Warrior 2011 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., March 1, 2011. Emerald Warrior is an annual two-week joint/combined tactical exercise sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command designed to leverage lessons learned from operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. DeNoris Mickle, U.S. Air Force/Released)
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[quote]A U.S. Soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group and his military working dog jump off the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment during water training over the Gulf of Mexico March 1, 2011, as part of exercise Emerald Warrior 2011. Emerald Warrior is an annual two-week joint/combined tactical exercise sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command designed to leverage lessons learned from operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez, U.S. Air Force/Released)
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[quote]A B-1B Lancer is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker Feb 26, 2011, above Iraq, in support of Operation New Dawn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)
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[quote]A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft with the 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., pulls up for air refueling over the Nevada Test and Training Range during a training mission as part of Red Flag 11-3, Mar. 3, 2011. Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat training exercise held four to six times a year to train pilots from the U.S., NATO and other allied countries for real combat situations. (DoD photo by Airman 1st Class George Goslin, U.S. Air Force/Released)
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[quote]NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE -- A 3- ship of U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors, 3rd Fighter Wing, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, fly for a training mission during Red Flag 11-3, March 2. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman)
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[media]http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110302-F-MQ656-041.jpg[/media]

[quote]NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Jonathan Foster, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, crew chief, from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. removes the intake covers of an F-22 Raptor before a training mission during Red Flag 11-3, March 2. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise takes place north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range--the U.S. Air Force's premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)
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[media]http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110302-F-MQ656-110.jpg[/media]

[quote]NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Jonathan Foster, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, crew chief, from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. shakes hands with Maj. Daniel Lehoski, 8th Fighter Squadron, pilot before he departs in an F-22 Raptor for a training mission during Red Flag 11-3, March 2. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise takes place north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range--the U.S. Air Force's premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)
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[media]http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110301-F-MQ656-179.jpg[/media]

[quote]NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- A Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 returns from a flight during Red Flag 11-3, March 1. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise takes place north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range--the U.S. Air Force's premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)
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[media]http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110303-F-NE761-062.JPG[/media]

[quote]NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes, 99th Air Base Wing photographer, documents Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s on a night mission during Red Flag 11-3, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., March 3, 2011. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William P. Coleman)
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[quote]NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Jeremy Hunt, 20th Fighter Wing crew chief, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., inspects the top of a F-16 Fighting Falcon during Red Flag 11-3, March 2. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman)
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[b]AND HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!

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[quote]Sergeant Sarah Smith fires the One O'Clock Gun from Edinburgh Castle to mark International Women's Day 2011
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[quote]Sergeant Sarah Smith prepares to load a 6oz (170g) blank shell into the 105mm One O'Clock Gun at Edinburgh Castle
[Picture: Mark Owens, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011][/quote]

[media]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5257/5510129966_b876df2853_b.jpg[/media]

[quote]Captain Lisa Irwin chats to local Afghan children out on the ground in the Nad 'Ali area of Helmand province
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2010][/quote]

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[quote]Captain Lisa Irwin at work meeting an Afghan family
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2010][/quote]

[editline]9th March 2011[/editline]

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[quote]Rebel fighters reacts during air attack of forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi near Bin Jawad, March 8, 2011.
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DOES THIS REMINDS YOU OF MAD MAX?

[mfb412]

[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28433268]Being in the military doesn't give you much time to research what's going on in the world, huh?

[editline]5th March 2011[/editline]

"Serving your country" is such a broad term.

It could be anything. It could even be going into a poor country, and giving a bunch of guns and other supplies to a group of guys who will force people in their country into forced labor, which could be something like mining resources, and then having them shipped back to your country AND GUESS WHO'S GETTING THE MOST OF THE PROFIT? Not the guy trying to afford college.

Also, serving your country for any guy in a uniform who looks convincing enough? Oh, they got a bunch of other guys in uniforms too, and weapons/equipment. Yeah, it's gotta be legitimate. No injustices here, gotta serve 'em.
[editline]5th March 2011[/editline]

Do you know what you're contributing to? I'm looking for an answer more specific than "serving my country".

[editline]5th March 2011[/editline]

I call people who contribute to things in ways they don't understand idiots, and I called them faggots because I hate what is sometimes done by some military.

Also, just do a quick thinking exercise. If no one ever listen to Hitler, took any advice from him, or was in anyway influenced to act out his intentions, then would he have been as powerful as he was? How many people could he have been responsible for the death of? Do you think it was more or less? How many simple soldiers fighting for him do you think knew that much of what was going on?

[editline]5th March 2011[/editline]

Also Madman, do you think the people that you served appreciate you putting your life at risk? Did they even acknowledge you AS A PERSON, who was also PUTTING HIS LIFE AT RISK?

Obviously not, and that's why you have to go around demanding people to care about what you did. Because the people who you served DON'T CARE.

Also, you call me a liberal hippie? I'm not liberal, or conservative, because I'm not a brainwashed zombie. "Oh geez you're either a liberal or conservative, republican or democrat, duurrrr. No other options, there is no other way of living life, and I can't think for myself or make decisions."[/QUOTE]

You. Yes, you.
[img]http://www.deviantart.com/download/158920160/Get_out_frog_by_callegg.png[/img]
GET.
OUT.

[Madman_Andre]

[QUOTE=mfb412;28507444]You. Yes, you.
[img_thumb]http://www.deviantart.com/download/158920160/Get_out_frog_by_callegg.png[/img_thumb]
GET.
OUT.[/QUOTE]

I debated whether or not to write out a response to him that would have been twice as long as that. I decided not to, because Otsegolation is genuinely that retarded. I instead used that time to do something more useful, like use this lovely grant money to take college courses I got from my sign-on contract, as well as plan out my next desktop rig knowing that my sign-on bonus will be more than enough to pay for its dual quad-core awesomeness. :v:

Also, angry MRAP is angry:
[img]http://www.armyrecognition.com/components/ebygallery/Eurosatory_2008/up/mrap_renault_trucks_defense_wheeled_armoured_vehicle_army_recognition_eurosatory_2008_001.jpg[/img]

[ewitwins]

In light of what has happened in Japan, I thought I'd post some photos of the ships helping with the recovery:

[media]http://cambodia.usembassy.gov/uploads/eH/fi/eHfieswIvJesArQb2uyEag/uss_essex_ship_visit.jpg[/media]
[media]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/USS_Essex_Thailand.jpg[/media]
The USS Essex (carrier -- complement: 1,200 (Navy) 1,800 (Marines)
[media]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/USS_blueridge.jpg[/media]
[media]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/USS_Blue_Ridge_(LCC-19)_Battle_E_award.jpg[/media]
The USS Blueridge (command and control ship -- complement: approximately 1,500 all Navy)
[media]http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/hydrodynamics/aircraft-carrier/lhd4.jpg[/media]
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The USS Boxer (amphibious assault ship complement: 1,174 Navy, 2,070 Marines)
[media]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/USS_Green_Bay%3B10092001.jpg[/media]
[media]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cys2T5FgJdo/SHBZGc0XhMI/AAAAAAAAC6Q/WZsIaTZiX2U/s400/GreenBay5.jpg[/media]
The USS Green Bay (amphibious transport dock - complement: approximately 360 crew -- can deliver a force of approximately 800 Marines)
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The USS Comstock (amphibious dock landing ship - complement: approximately 347 Navy crew and approximately 400 Marines)
[media]http://www.battle-fleet.com/pw/his/air-carrier/uss-ronald-reagan.jpg[/media]
The USS Ronald Reagan (carrier, 3,200 Navy crew and 2,480 aviators and air wing personnel, and approximately 85 planes)
[media]http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/10124611.jpg[/media]
The USS Tortuga (dock landing ship -- complement: approximately 410 Navy crew and 400 Marines)
[media]http://www.ussplymouthrock.com/USS%20Harpers%20Ferry.jpg[/media]
The USS Harper's Ferry (Landing ship)
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The USS Germantown (Landing ship)
[media]http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027365.jpg[/media]
The USS George Washington (Aircraft Carrier)

[Pringles.]

Just a Finnish Sisu APC

[img]http://img.blog.yahoo.co.kr/ybi/1/24/56/shinecommerce/folder/8/img_8_31101_9?1293188977.jpg[/img]

[Explosions]

Lol I don't care about your argument and whatnot, but this cracks me up.

[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28432554]If you disagree with that then you're just one sad, pissed off person, and should cheer the fuck up or change something in your life. Or you just like the idea of murder.[/QUOTE]

If you disagree you are wrong. :downs:

[shian]

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[quote]A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group fast ropes out of a helicopter during Emerald Warrior 2011 in Tallahassee, Fla., March ,2011.
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[quote]A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group fast ropes out of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Tallahassee Regional Airport, Fla., before Emerald Warrior 2011 March , 2011.
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[quote]A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carries Soldiers assigned to the 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group near Tallahassee Regional Airport, Fla., before Emerald Warrior 2011 March, 2011
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[img]http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt104/vor033/USAF/beea3d0a.jpg[/img]

[quote]A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group fast ropes out of a helicopter during Emerald Warrior 2011 in Tallahassee, Fla., March, 2011.
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[quote]A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group prepares to fast ropes out of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Tallahassee Regional Airport, Fla., Emerald Warrior 2011
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[img]http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt104/vor033/USAF/21c55658.jpg[/img]

[quote]A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group fast ropes out of a helicopter during Emerald Warrior 2011.
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[Terry]

I love all of you for posting these pictures

[W0w00t]

fast rope dog lol

[Madman_Andre]

[QUOTE=W0w00t;28571386]fast rope dog lol[/QUOTE]
It's going "WTF is this shit" probably. :v:

[mzathemind]

Why do you guys get chubs over military vehicles.

[shian]

[QUOTE=mzathemind;28577020]Why do you guys get chubs over military vehicles.[/QUOTE]

Because its amazing.

[editline]13th March 2011[/editline]

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That guy is a SEAL.

[Smoot]

[img]http://localhostr.com/files/q3QCwNI/what.png[/img]

What is this?

[eroobus]

[QUOTE=Smoot;28579910][img_thumb]http://localhostr.com/files/q3QCwNI/what.png[/img_thumb]

What is this?[/QUOTE]

The giant death ray that is equipped on all helicopters.

[deaththrea10]

[QUOTE=Smoot;28579910][img_thumb]http://localhostr.com/files/q3QCwNI/what.png[/img_thumb]

What is this?[/QUOTE]
just a AA Gun, Remote controlled from the cockpit

[-n3o-]

[QUOTE=deaththrea10;28579926]just a AA Gun, Remote controlled from the cockpit[/QUOTE]

I never knew helicopters had Anti Air Guns :S

[editline]13th March 2011[/editline]

It would be interesting to see how it works.

[zenith777]

Aerial refueling probe...

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_refueling[/url]

[shian]

[img]http://www.apacheclips.com/files/cba5d0787e21.jpg[/img]

So the US fight the taliban with puppies?

[mzathemind]

[QUOTE=-n3o-;28579984]I never knew helicopters had Anti Air Guns :S

[editline]13th March 2011[/editline]

It would be interesting to see how it works.[/QUOTE]

Probably shoots missiles or bullets.

[ZeroMinus]

It's a refueling probe.

Sources.
Extended Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering.

[🦇Pachira🦇]

[img]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7122/800xm.jpg[/img]
Looks like those AKs haven't been cleaned since they were manufactured

[Taepodong-2]

[QUOTE=PaChIrA;28586865][img_thumb]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7122/800xm.jpg[/img_thumb]
Looks like those AKs haven't been cleaned since they were manufactured[/QUOTE]

And yet they still probably function perfectly.

:ussr: