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[Jim_Riley]

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My father used to work as a counselor officer for the US state department and a counselor officer, in the case of my father, was basically the guy giving those coming to the US the necessary approval and visas required for whatever it is they want to do in the US. This guy, Manny Pacquiao, came through him and, after proven to be the boxer he claimed he was, he approved him the visa required to come into the US so that he could train for his boxing career. Wouldn't you know, Pacquiao has gone to become quite the boxing champion.

Kinda fun to think that maybe in some small, small way that decision to let him into the country like he did could have played a part in his career's success.

[fox '09]

My friend is heading off to Afghanistan this week, hopefully I can get some photos from him to post here.

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[QUOTE=fox '09;33631328]My friend is heading off to Afghanistan this week, hopefully I can get some photos from him to post here.[/QUOTE]

Best wishes, here's to hoping he stays safe.

[Reserved Parkin]

[QUOTE=fox '09;33631328]My friend is heading off to Afghanistan this week, hopefully I can get some photos from him to post here.[/QUOTE]

I think I can dig out some photos from there, if you guys want....

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[QUOTE=flame.james;33383074]maybe it's the commando's (they're real by the way)[/QUOTE]

'Course they're real, they have a page on Defence Jobs.

[Reserved Parkin]

Some Close Calls:

My buddy's LAW rocket, got shot by an AK. Was strapped to his pack about 6 inches away from his neck. He also took another bullet in the top name tag which was about 2 inches away from his neck. (Later in the deployment, he got shot in the arm, the bullet barely missed his ribs) He made a complete recovery.
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Another buddy's M16 Buttstock. The bullet ricocheted off the wall into his buttstock.
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What real thermals look like on a cold night. White = Hot. Too bad they didn't make the IRNV in bf3 more like this.
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HEre's one just for laughs. Wonder what the youth of Iraq is gonna grow up to be like. :)
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[shian]

Iraq? Marines?

[Reserved Parkin]

[QUOTE=shian;33637070]Iraq? Marines?[/QUOTE]

Mostly afghan. Last one Iraq.

[MrTwicks]

enrolling as soon as i turn 19

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Wow, even Iraq is going Tacticool

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Raul Fernandez (R) alias "El Lucky" (The Lucky One), a suspected leader of the Zetas drug cartel, is presented to the media in Mexico City December 13, 2011. Fernandez had a bounty of 15 million pesos ($1.09 million) on his head and operated in the Gulf state of Veracruz as well as the central state of Puebla and Oaxaca state in the south, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon said via his Twitter account. The Zetas, formed at the end of the 1990s by deserters from elite army forces, are believed to have been behind some of the bloodiest crimes against civilians in recent years.
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View of armaments and ammunitions seized in the arrest of Raul Hernandez Lechuga (not in frame) --an alleged member of drugs cartel 'Los Zetas'-- on display during a presentation to the press, in Mexico City, on December 13, 2011. Hernandez was arrested in the state of Veracruz by members of the Mexican Army.
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Flak jackets with the Zetas drug cartel's "Z" logo, cartridges and boxes with bullets are on display during a presentation to the media in Mexico City December 13, 2011. Suspected leader of the Zetas drug cartel Raul Fernandez, alias "El Lucky" (The Lucky One), and other suspected members of the cartel were presented to the media after Mexico's Navy arrested them during an operation. Fernandez had a bounty of 15 million pesos ($1.09 million) on his head and operated in the Gulf state of Veracruz as well as the central state of Puebla and Oaxaca state in the south, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon said via his twitter account.
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View of weapons seized in the arrest of Raul Hernandez Lechuga (not in frame) --an alleged member of drugs cartel 'Los Zetas'-- on display during a presentation to the press, in Mexico City, on December 13, 2011. Hernandez was arrested in the state of Veracruz by members of the Mexican Army.

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Footage of APC taken out by RPG in Syria

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Dutch soldiers trying to look cool and badass

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Estonia

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M4s with sights are not Tacticool.

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People need to learn the difference between practical and tacticool:

Tacticool is putting shit on your gun that you don't need. Like a bipod and a huge scope on a carbine with an 8" barrel, or an IR laser when you don't have NV goggles to see the laser with.

Practical is putting useful things on your weapon, like being a soldier with a pair of NV goggles and an IR laser, a bipod and scope on a rifle, or a red dot sight.

Learn the difference people

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[QUOTE=download;33731005]People need to learn the difference between practical and tacticool:

Tacticool is putting shit on your gun that you don't need. Like a bipod and a huge scope on a carbine with an 8" barrel, or an IR laser when you don't have NV goggles to see the laser with.

Practical is putting useful things on your weapon, like being a soldier with a pair of NV goggles and an IR laser, a bipod and scope on a rifle, or a red dot sight.

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Yeah, I see people calling someone using an M4 with a foregrip, and an EOTech sight with a magnifier for long range, and people call it tacticool when all of that is functional.

[CodeMonkey3]

More JGSDF Special Forces training.

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[QUOTE]Celý tým lékařů, který na Slovensku pomáhal
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[QUOTE]Krátce po přistání armádního speciálu A 319, na jehož palubě bylo posledních dvacet příslušníků 7. vrtulníkové jednotky
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[QUOTE]Po příletu speciálu na letiště v Praze Kbelích
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[QUOTE]Nástup poslední části 7. vrtulníkové jednotky po návratu z Afghánistánu (2)
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[QUOTE]Sergeants Jessica Lugo (left) and Autumn Sekely (right), of Female Engagement Team 6, walk into a village leader’s compound in Sangin district, Helmand province. Sekely, of Pittsburgh, and Lugo, of San Pedro, Calif.,
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[QUOTE]Sergeants Jessica Lugo (left) and Autumn Sekely (right), of Female Engagement Team 6, walk into a village leader’s compound in Sangin district, Helmand province. Sekely, of Pittsburgh, and Lugo, of San Pedro, Calif.
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[QUOTE]Sergeant Autumn Sekely, of Female Engagement Team 6, takes a knee and watches passing children while supporting a recent patrol with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, in Sangin district, Helmand province.
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[QUOTE]Sergeant Autumn Sekely, of Female Engagement Team 6, watches passing children while supporting a recent patrol with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, in Sangin district, Helmand province.
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[QUOTE]Sergeants Autumn Sekely (back) and Jessica Lugo (front), of Female Engagement Team 6, provide support for a recent patrol with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, in Sangin district, Helmand province.
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[QUOTE]Sergeants Autumn Sekely (back) and Jessica Lugo (front), of Female Engagement Team 6, provide support for a recent patrol with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, in Sangin district, Helmand province
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[QUOTE]Corporal Brandy Bates, a team member with Female Engagement Team 8 and native of Ann Arbor, Mich.
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[QUOTE]Corporal Brandy Bates, a team member with Female Engagement Team 8 and native of Ann Arbor, Mich., walks around the corner of a mud wall while supporting soldiers from the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps and U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment
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[QUOTE]Panzer rückwärts Marsch, Schützenpanzer Marder beim Stellungswechsel. ©Bundeswehr/Modes.
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[QUOTE]Schutzmaßnahme, eine Transall setzt Täuschkörper gegen anfliegende Raketen ein.©Bundeswehr/Dahmen
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[QUOTE]U-Boot der Klasse 212 A auf See.©Bundeswehr/Björn Wilke
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[QUOTE]m August 2011 verließ die "Sachsen" ihren Heimathafen, um im Schießgebiet "Denel Oveberg Test Range" vor Südafrika das Flugkörperschießen "Missile Firing Exercise F124 - 2011" zu absolvieren.Dabei wurde unter anderem nachgewiesen, dass die Fregatte "Sachsen" und damit die Luftverteidigungsfregatte der Klasse F 124 in der Lage ist, nicht nur sich selbst gegen schnell anfliegende Flugkörper zu verteidigen, sondern auch andere Einheiten im Verband zu schützen.©Bundeswehr
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[QUOTE]Ponchatoula, La., native Lance Cpl. Christopher Stephens, a rifleman with 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrols though the brush of a rural area. Third Platoon conducts frequent patrols to show their presence in the area and maintain security.
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[QUOTE]Des Plaines, Ill., native Cpl. Jeffery Rice, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, enjoys a lighter moment during a security patrol. Rice, who participated in 2010’s Operation Moshtarak, said he has noticed tremendous improvements in the security and development of Marjah district since the operation's completion.
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[QUOTE]Marines with 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrol through a rural area. Third Platoon’s Marines have worked hard throughout the deployment to continue to advance the once-troubled district toward a future of stability and prosperity
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[QUOTE]The Tongan Defence Services have conducted a ceremonial handover in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. A traditional challenge called a Sipi Tau was issued to their replacement by the Tongan soldiers who had just completed a six month tour of duty at Camp Bastion. The Second Contingent of Tongan Defence Services to support ISAF Operations in Afghanistan, handed over their duties to the Third Contingent in Camp Bastion, where they will be based for the next 6 months.

The parade, attended by guests including the newly appointed commander of Joint Force Support (Afghanistan) Brigadier ‘Mitch’ Mitchell, attracted plenty of interest from personnel hoping to see the traditional Sipi Tau war dance of the South Pacific Islanders. Having travelled more than 8,000 miles from an island of only 100,000 in population to Helmand Province the Tongan Defence Service, who in total are only 600 strong, represent a formidable force as the Sipi Tau demonstrated.

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[QUOTE]ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 14, 2011) An F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley/Released)
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[QUOTE]PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 9, 2011) Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Mathew Neypes, right, helps Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Kayla Dixon direct a MV-22 Osprey during its take off from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is underway off the coast of Southern California offloading ammunition after a seven-month western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian Jeffries/Released)
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[QUOTE]ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 15, 2011) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Dan Angelo Tulabot and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Justin Clark position an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley/Released)
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[QUOTE]U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Marlow, a survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) specialist, performs a free-fall parachute jump from a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter above Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Dec. 5, 2011. Both static line and free-fall training courses are mandatory to become a SERE specialist. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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[QUOTE]YORKTOWN, Va. (Dec. 10, 2011) Boatwain's Mate 1st Class Heather Havunen, the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Sailor of the Year, and her son, a Navy Junior ROTC student at Bethel High School, lay a wreath at the grave of Sgt. Maj. Edward Ratcliff, the first African-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. In attendance were more than 18 Ratcliff descendants, including his grandson, Edward Radcliffe III, who served in the Army during WWII. The wreath laying was part of the annual Wreaths Across America campaign to lay holiday wreaths at the graves of veterans across the United States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mark O Piggott/Released)
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[QUOTE]YORKTOWN, Va. (Dec. 10, 2011) The youngest member of the Ratcliff family, Jaylen, stands over the grave of his ancestor, Sgt Maj. Edward Ratcliff, the first African-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, during a wreath-laying ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. More than 18 descendants of Ratliff attended the ceremony, which was part of the annual Wreaths Across America campaign to lay holiday wreaths at the graves of veterans across the United States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mark O Piggott/Released)
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[QUOTE]MURAI, Singapore (Dec. 14, 2011) Lance Cpl. Thomas Deck, assigned to the Battalion Landing Team 3/1 of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU), provides security during urban terrain training. The 11th MEU is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Elyssa Quesada/Released)
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[LordLoss]

Those Tongan DF guys looks pretty badass, I wonder if they saw much action out of Bastion.

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[QUOTE]A German ISAF soldier of the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team searches for an improvised explosive device (IED) at a road near the Afghan National Police (ANP) headquarters in the Chahar Dara district, near the northern city of Kunduz December 16, 2011.
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[QUOTE]A German soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) unloads the automatic weapon of an armored vehicle that is adorned with a Santa Claus hat at a German base in Chahar Dara district near the northern city of Kunduz December 16, 2011. The German base is attached to the Afghan National Police (ANP) headquarters.
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[QUOTE]Children look at a German soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) smoke as he rests during a patrol in the village of Isa Khel in Chahar Dara district December 16, 2011.
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Colombian Model Maria Clara Rodriguez
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Should be charged for indecent exposure!

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[QUOTE]JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Airman 1st Class Colleen McMillian picks up a joint direct attack munition using a jammer prior to loading during a weapons load competition Dec. 9. Two teams competed for the quarterly award after winning the best of load crew for their unit. McMillian are aircraft armament systems specialist with the 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. The 90th AMU continued into the annual competition which took place Dec. 14. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Cynthia Spalding)
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[QUOTE]SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- Lt. Col. Brian Egger, center, 480th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, is greeted by Col. David Lyons, 52nd Operations Group commander, after landing here Dec. 14. Egger reached his 4,000th F-16 flying hour on this flight and is the 34th F-16 pilot in U.S. Air Force history to reach this milestone. Egger is stationed at Ramstein Air Base, but does flight qualifications and is an instructor pilot with the 480th FS here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Stannard)
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[QUOTE]An F-15E Strike Eagle from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, fires a missile while participating in a training exercise during Combat Archer at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 6, 2011. Throughout the exercise, the 389th Fighter Squadron fired 23 missiles with zero range-safety violations and the 389th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was evaluated 218 separate times and also had zero discrepancies. (Courtesy photo)
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[QUOTE]An F-15E Strike Eagle performs air-to-air maneuvers during a training mission Nov. 29, 2011, during Combat Archer at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. More than 180 members of the 389th Fighter Squadron and Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, along with 12 F-15E Strike Eagles took part in the exercise. (Courtesy photo)
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[QUOTE]Lance Cpl. Eli Gutierrez, loader with 1st platoon, Company A, 1st Tank Battalion, looks out the main hatch of his team’s tank during a patrol exercise in the combat center’s training area, Dec. 1, 2011. The tankers faced record winds and freezing temperatures during their five-day training operation
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[QUOTE]Marines with Company A, 1st Tank Battalion, roll through the Combat Center training area during a patrol training exercise Dec. 1, 2011. This field exercise is the last time the company will be in the field training before they deploy to Afghanistan.
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[QUOTE](Left) Lance Cpl. Clint Lathrop, tank mechanic and M88 recovery vehicle driver, and Lance Cpl Aaron Hullet, tank driver with first platoon, look into the mechanical problems of a tank Dec. 1, 2011, during a field exercise.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE]On Dec. 10, 2011, three F-35A test aircraft, AF-2, AF-3 and AF-4, fly in formation over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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[QUOTE]U.S. Marine Corp Maj. C.R. Clift flies F-35C test aircraft CF-2 for its 41st flight.
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[QUOTE]The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II meets its namesake, the P-38 Lockheed Lightning at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The first service model P-38s were delivered to the Army Air corps in June, 1941.
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If anyone wants Hi res pictures, just ask.

[-n3o-]

It always amazes me what our defense men and women do on a regular basis, that's why I enjoy this thread so much. Allowing us to see a glimpse into there world, interesting when you really think about it.

[ignhelper]

Can't post it anywhere cause its NSFW

[video=youtube;NpVTAmYyPuI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpVTAmYyPuI[/video]

Fucking dude got flung out of the tank

[editline]29th December 2011[/editline]

Syria

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[editline]29th December 2011[/editline]

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Lithuania

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[mastfire]

So russia busted out its stealth fighter?

[ignhelper]

[QUOTE=mastfire;33947346]So russia busted out its stealth fighter?[/QUOTE]

What do you mean

[Nigademus]

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;33947742]What do you mean[/QUOTE]
He's referring to the J-20.

[ayaki]

[QUOTE=Apache249;33948366]He's referring to the J-20.[/QUOTE]

Nope, J-20 is the chinese one, he's referring to the PAK-FA

[Gooztr]

The Syrian Maning the MG has a pretty nice unibrow..!

[Trunk Monkay]

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;33762263]
[img]http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=168303&d=1324077065[/img]
If anyone wants Hi res pictures, just ask.[/QUOTE]
can you get me a higher quality of that one? Your posts here are awesome by the way, where do you find all these pictures?

[ignhelper]

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;33951967]can you get me a higher quality of that one? Your posts here are awesome by the way, where do you find all these pictures?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.militaryphotos.net/[/url]

Nope, no high res, although you could try asking

[url]http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?206020-Today-s-Photos-Friday-December-16th-2011/page2[/url]

Sorry.

[editline]30th December 2011[/editline]

Some oldies

[QUOTE]Israeli Soldiers from the Caracal battalion during a field training exercise 17th December 2011
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[QUOTE]ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 18, 2011) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Kyle Krause directs a fixed wing aircraft onto a catapult on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate/Released)
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[QUOTE]PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 17, 2011) Lt. Robert Blackwood, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113, poses for a portrait after donning his flight suit in the squadron’s paraloft aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Timothy A. Hazel/Released)
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[QUOTE]MURAI, Singapore (Dec. 17, 2011) Lance Cpl. Noah Hines fires an M4 service rifle at moving targets during a live-fire exercise. Hines, from Lincoln, Neb., is assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU). The Camp Pendleton, Calif., based unit deployed from San Diego Nov. 14 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and arrived in Singapore Dec. 12 as part of a scheduled deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Claudia M. Palacios/Released)
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[QUOTE]A paratrooper shoulders a Carl Gustav M3 84mm recoilless rifle while his partner optically measures the distance to a target during a certification course on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2011
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[QUOTE]A paratrooper closes the breech on a Carl Gustav M3 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification course on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2011.
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[QUOTE]A civilian instructor explains how to use the fuse on a projectile fired from a Carl Gustav M3 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification course on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2011
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[QUOTE]Two paratroopers fire a round from a Carl Gustav M3 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification course on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2011.
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[QUOTE]Israeli Soldiers from the Caracal battalion prior to the start of a field training exercise 15th December 2011
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[QUOTE]12/20/2011 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – An air-to-air refueling mission took a special Christmas turn as one Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon ‘sleigh’ pilot arrived to receive fuel with a Santa Claus hat taped to his helmet. RAF Mildenhall’s 351st Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotankers are responsible for refueling American and allied aircraft, enabling NATO missions across Europe and Africa. Transient aircraft supporting ongoing operations in Afghanistan and other deployed areas also frequently rendezvous with Mildenhall tankers to receive fuel, which extends their global reach and enables the Air Force mission to fly, fight and win. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace).
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[QUOTE]U.S. Army Spc. Devon Boxa from San Angelo, Texas, a member of Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, admires the Afghan landscape out the back door of her CH-47D Chinook helicopter as another Chinook follows. The choppers were flying from Kabul to Jalalabad Dec. 17.
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[QUOTE]U.S. Army Spc. Devon Boxa from San Angelo, Texas, a member of Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, admires the Afghan landscape out the back door of her CH-47D Chinook helicopter as another Chinook follows. The choppers were flying from Kabul to Jalalabad Dec. 17.
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[QUOTE]U.S. Army Spc. Devon Boxa from San Angelo, Texas, a member of Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, admires the Afghan landscape out the back door of her CH-47D Chinook helicopter as another Chinook follows. The choppers were flying from Kabul to Jalalabad, Dec. 17.
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[QUOTE]U.S. Army Spc. Devon Boxa (standing) from San Angelo, Texas, a member of Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, watches another CH-47D Chinook out the back door of her Chinook as the two choppers take off from Kabul on their way to Jalalabad Dec. 17.
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[editline]30th December 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE]Swedish Soldiers from Skaraborgs Regemente (P 4) during a MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) training exercise – 15th December 2011- Photos: Nicklas Gustafsson/Combat Camera[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE]PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 21, 2011) SH-60F and HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 15 land on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)
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[QUOTE]PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 21, 2011) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)
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[spaceghost]

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[Chernobyl426]

At the person looking out the back of the helicopter at the mountains.... How the fuck do they do that? That has to take some serious badassery and balls.

[Nigademus]

[QUOTE=ayaki;33948495]Nope, J-20 is the chinese one, he's referring to the PAK-FA[/QUOTE]
I know that, but I don't think mastfire does.

[mastfire]

I just saw the frontal wings and instant thought of Russian stealth fighter