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Thread needs more glorious Russian soldiers. Vityaz: [img]http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8660/vityaz2hd4.jpg[/img] Random pictures: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YhZSO.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SRqqq.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aMWdv.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rsKlI.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/d4rXB.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nMppm.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rEi5J.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zD4yK.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Szx5G.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=PC_Paul;27778522]Canadian Forces [img_thumb]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/2870300960_2846b16deb_o.jpg[/img_thumb] [/QUOTE] Command Sergeant Major Bjerke? He was the CSM of 3rd SBCT, but he left back in mid October.

U.S. Army [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZHrubLXGR8[/media] [IMG_thumb]http://i52.tinypic.com/2rwriqc.jpg[/img_thumb]

Here, a useful picture: [img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cuVxUmKDyEqofM:http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4931/harrieroff.jpg&t=1[/img]

I love how rag-tag the Russian military looks. Makes a nice change from all the other modern militaries that like to give off the ultimate tacticool image.

[QUOTE=BT@rd;27785471] [img_thumb]http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/helicopters/size/ch53e_01.jpg[/img_thumb] [/QUOTE] I found this to be kind of funny :v:

[img_thumb]http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5522/trainingmission1.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]In this photo provided by NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan, an Afghan National Army soldier takes a break during training at the Kabul Military Training Center, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, in Kabul, Afghanistan. NTMA advisers provide guidance to Afghan National Army instructors who are charged with conducting the bulk of training for ANA recruits. [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/5489/trainingmission6.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 30, 2011) - Soldiers assigned to an Afghan National Army weapons company carry parts of an 82mm mortar during weapons training at the Combined Fielding Center, Jan. 30, 2011, in Kabul, Afghanistan. NTMA advisers provide guidance to Afghan National Army instructors who are charged with conducting the bulk of training for ANA recruits. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte/RELEASED)[/quote] [img_thumb]http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/220/trainingmission4.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 30, 2011) - An Afghan National Army Soldier sights in a SPG9 anti-tank weapon during weapons training at the Kabul Military Training Center, Jan. 30, 2011, in Kabul, Afghanistan. NTMA advisers provide guidance to Afghan National Army instructors who are charged with conducting the bulk of training for ANA recruits. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte/RELEASED)[/quote] [img_thumb]http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5884/trainingmission5.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 30, 2011) - Afghan National Army Soldiers practice emplacing a SPG9 anti-tank weapon during weapons training at the Combined Fielding Center, Jan. 30, 2011, in Kabul, Afghanistan. NTMA advisers provide guidance to Afghan National Army instructors who are charged with conducting the bulk of training for ANA recruits. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte/RELEASED)[/quote] [img]http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/6703/spartan1.jpg[/img] [quote]January 29, 2011 - The Afghan Air Force received an addition to its forces last week with the arrival of the ninth C-27A Spartan transport aircraft at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul. An 11 percent increase in the number of C-27s brings the Afghan Air Force closer to its goal of 20 Spartans. ( by ukforcesafghanistan) [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2926/spartan2e.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]CHAKHCHARAN, Afghanistan - An Afghan Air Force C-27A Spartan transport aircraft flies over the high-elevation, snow covered dirt runway after helping move members of the Afghan National Army from Herat. (U.S. Air Force photo/RELEASED). [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3836/cvn72.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) successfully passed its 2010-2011 Maintenance and Material Management Inspection (3MI) Jan. 25-29, demonstrating a high level of expertise in shipboard equipment and maintenance procedures. (By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Seth Clarke, USS Abraham Lincoln Public Affairs) [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/880/ssn701.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS La Jolla (SSN 701) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 27, for a scheduled six-month deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility (AOR) and the Western Pacific region. (By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge, Commander, Navy Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs) [/quote] [img]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7941/petraeus.jpg[/img] [quote]Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, center, speaks with NATO Commander Gen. David Petraeus, left, on the second day of his two day trip to Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9184/8thmarinessmall.jpg[/img] [quote]US Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines attend a mass at Musa Qala District Center base on January 29, 2011. A 140,000-strong force of NATO-led international troops stationed in Afghanistan currently fighting Taliban-led insurgency is now entering its tenth year. [/quote] [img]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6290/8thmarines2small.jpg[/img] [quote]A US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo prepares turkey over a fire following a patrol in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 23, 2011. A 140,000-strong force of NATO-led international troops stationed in Afghanistan currently fighting Taliban-led insurgency is now entering its tenth year. [/quote] [img]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8726/8thmarines3samll.jpg[/img] [quote]A US Marine from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo company stands near compound during operation not far from Shir Chazay in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on January 22, 2011. A 140,000-strong force of NATO-led international troops stationed in Afghanistan currently fighting Taliban-led insurgency is now entering its tenth year. [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/7205/2scotsa.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]January 30, 2011. 2 SCOTS troops enter Sulemanshazi. The increasingly-weakened state of the Taleban insurgency in Helmand has been demonstrated once again, as British and Afghan troops cleared and secured a town with no resistance. Evidently scared off by the Afghan and British forces presence and the force shown in previous strikes, insurgents who had been terrorising the community of Sulemanshazi and using it as a base for their activities fled without even putting up a fight. Now progress in the area is moving forward at pace, with soldiers from The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS), supporting their Afghan counterparts in ensuring long-term security in the town, just south of Babaji. (by ukforcesafghanistan)[/quote] [img_thumb]http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8375/2scotsb.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]Lance Corporal Hamilton of 2 SCOTS hands out Afghan flags to locals in Sulemanshazi [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5927/2scotsc.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]A Scottish and Afghan soldier mix with locals in Sulemanshazi [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/382/101stairborne2.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]An Afghan boy receives money from U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Smith, 2-502, 101st Airborne Division for turning in an Unexploded ordinance during the Cash for Work Program outside Stronghold Dog, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2011. The program provides partnership with the local community by providing income for day labor and the turning in of unexploded ordinances. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford/released) [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8402/101stairborne3.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]An Afghan boy hands U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Smith, 2-502, 101st Airborne Division an Unexploded ordinance during the Cash for Work Program outside Stronghold Dog, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2011. The program provides partnership with the local community by providing income for day labor and the turning in of unexploded ordinances. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford/released) [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/1742/101stairborne1.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Smith, 2-502, 101st Airborne Division looks into a pit of unexpolded ordinances turned in during the Cash for Work Program at Stronghold Dog, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2011. The program provides partnership with the local community by providing income for day labor and the turning in of unexploded ordinances. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford/released) [/quote] Do note that the thumbs are huge pictures, and they are ideal as wallpapers. And lastly, it would be great if you could help me post the remaining bits from this thread: [url]http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?193464-Today-s-Photos-Monday-January-31st-2011[/url] Your help would be appreciated! [editline]2nd February 2011[/editline] [img]http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6566/gurkharifles1.jpg[/img] [quote]Prince Charles presenting campaign medals to members of 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles [Picture: Corporal Gary Kendall RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011][/quote] [img]http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3888/gurkharifles2.jpg[/img] [quote]Prince Charles presents Sergeant Bikash Gurung with the Prince of Wales Kukri [Picture: Corporal Gary Kendall RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011][/quote] [img]http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1104/5404614969efdd9e69c4b.jpg[/img] [quote]A member of 2 Scots mans a .50 calibre Heavy Machine Gun as members of 9 Parachute Squadron 23 Engineer Regiment construct the next phase of Route Trident. Photographer: POA(Phot) Sean Clee Image 45152221.jpg from [url]www.defenceimages.mod.uk[/url] [/quote] [img]http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7551/5405217670855ca90f88b.jpg[/img] [quote]A member of 2 Scots keeps a watchful eye out for Taliban activity as members of 9 Parachute Squadron 23 Engineer Regiment construct the next phase of Route Trident. Photographer: POA(Phot) Sean Clee Image 45152217.jpg from [url]www.defenceimages.mod.uk[/url] [/quote] [img]http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5826/5404612795b10572175ab.jpg[/img] [quote]A member of 2 Scots mans a machine gun as members of 9 Parachute Squadron 23 Engineer Regiment construct the next phase of Route Trident. Photographer: POA(Phot) Sean Clee Image 45152227.jpg from [url]www.defenceimages.mod.uk[/url] [/quote] [img]http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8308/5405217248721445c1b1b.jpg[/img] [quote]A member of 2 Scots keeps a watchful eye out for Taliban activity as members of 9 Parachute Squadron 23 Engineer Regiment construct the next phase of Route Trident. Photographer: POA(Phot) Sean Clee Image 45152218.jpg from [url]www.defenceimages.mod.uk[/url] [/quote] [img]http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6747/sgttrevormcdowellisbowl.jpg[/img] [quote]British solider Sgt Trevor McDowell is bowled out by one of the Afghan children while playing a friendly game of cricket with the locals. [Crown Copyright/MOD 2011][/quote] [img]http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7380/britishtroopsinlashkarg.jpg[/img] [quote]British soldiers out on patrol helping to maintain security in Lashkar Gah [Picture: Sergeant Rupert Frere RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011] [/quote] [img]http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3951/5405213820fef3602414b.jpg[/img] [quote]HMS Tyne leads the way as all three vessel of the same Class operated together for a joint exercise. In a rare occurrence the Severn Class vessels HMS Mersey, HMS Severn and HMS Tyne sailed together in the Solent as part of a squadron exercise to demonstrate their capabilities and to take the opportunity to operate as a group. Photographer: LA(Phot) Kyle Heller Image 45152274.jpg from [url]www.defenceimages.mod.uk[/url] [/quote] [img]http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7171/540460889965f7fb1960b.jpg[/img] [quote]Fishery Protection Patrol Vessel HMS Severn is pictured at speed as all three ships of the same Class operated together for a joint exercise. The River Class patrol vessels usually work independently, patrolling 80,000 square miles of UK waters to prevent over-fishing and to protect UK and EU fish stocks and to provide security and reassurance. Photographer: LA(Phot) Kyle Heller Image 45152275.jpg from [url]www.defenceimages.mod.uk[/url] [/quote] [img]http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3789/vl110023023.jpg[/img] [quote]HMS Mersey, Severn and Tyne in the Solent on a rare outing together [Picture: LA(Phot) Kyle Heller, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011] [/quote] [img]http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/158/fx110035005.jpg[/img] [quote]Royal Navy pilots flying a Sea King helicopter [Picture: Richard Watt, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011] [/quote] [img]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/253/land2011011dsc4963.jpg[/img] [quote]A Lynx helicopter kicks up leaves during take-off [Picture: Richard Watt, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011] [/quote] [img]http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9571/land2011011dsc7653.jpg[/img] [quote]The Joint Helicopter Command Ops Room during Exercise Pashtun Jaguar [Picture: Richard Watt, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011] [/quote] [img]http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8048/land2011011dsc7784.jpg[/img] [quote]Apache helicopters on Salisbury Plain during Exercise Pashtun Jaguar [Picture: Richard Watt, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011] [/quote] [img]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7996/54052130542cf77d0764b.jpg[/img] [quote]A Royal Air Force boxer fights his way to a national title in London. Photographer: Cpl Andrew Seaward Image 45152244.jpg from [url]www.defenceimages.mod.uk[/url] [/quote] [img][/img] [quote][/quote] [editline]2nd February 2011[/editline] [img]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/38/43995700.jpg[/img] [quote]Members of a Serbian security unit leave a vehicle on January 31, 2011 during a search of a Belgrade apartment belonging to the son of top war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic. Serbia's war crimes prosecutor office said on January 31 the raid of Darko Mladic's high-rise flat in a Belgrade suburb is part of efforts to track down genocide suspect Mladic [/quote] [img]http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2505/22518901.jpg[/img] [quote]Members of a Serbian security unit exit on January 31, 2011 a building after the search of a Belgrade apartment belonging to the son of top war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic. Serbia's war crimes prosecutor office said on January 31 the raid of Darko Mladic's high-rise flat in a Belgrade suburb is part of efforts to track down genocide suspect Mladic [/quote] [img]http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2/14684720.jpg[/img] [quote]Members of a Serbian security unit leave a vehicle on January 31, 2011 during a search of a Belgrade apartment belonging to the son of top war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic. Serbia's war crimes prosecutor office said on January 31 the raid of Darko Mladic's high-rise flat in a Belgrade suburb is part of efforts to track down genocide suspect Mladic [/quote] [img]http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6118/800xv.jpg[/img] [quote]A member of the Egyptian special forces stands guard on the main floor of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 75 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, said the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military guard. [/quote] [img]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7374/800xs.jpg[/img] [img]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8131/800xr.jpg[/img] [img]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/5373/800xc.jpg[/img] [img]http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3558/800xyu.jpg[/img] [quote]Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities, right, talks on the phone as a member of the Egyptian special forces stands guard inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 75 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. Dr. Hawass, said the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military guard. [/quote] [img]http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9092/800xjt.jpg[/img] [quote]A member of the Egyptian special forces stands guard in front of a locked gate housing the permanent collection of King Tutankhamun in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 75 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, said the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military guard. [/quote] [img]http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9093/800xk.jpg[/img] [img]http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2976/800xal.jpg[/img] [img]http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3101/800xky.jpg[/img] [img]http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/18/800xmi.jpg[/img] [img]http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/7374/800xs.jpg[/img] [img]http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8863/800xq.jpg[/img] [img]http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7461/x800e.jpg[/img] [quote]Egyptian special forces secure the main floor inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum on Saturday Jan. 29, 2011, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging some artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said Saturday, while reporting that the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection is secure from thieves and under military guard. [/quote] [img]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5548/x800.jpg[/img] [img]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9700/800xmr.jpg[/img] [quote]An Egyptian soldier prepares to shoot rounds in the air to disperse angry protestors who attacked a civilian thinking he was a plainclothes policeman, on January 31, 2011 in Cairos Tahrir square during the biggest anti-government protests in three decades in a bid to topple President Hosni Mubarak's creaking regime. [/quote] [img]http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2226/800xe.jpg[/img] [quote]A soldier controls the traffic next to a tank, on a bridge over the River Nile in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak. [/quote] [img]http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5779/x800r.jpg[/img] [img]http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5143/x800z.jpg[/img] [img]http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3426/800xh.jpg[/img] [quote]A helicopter flies overhead as an Egyptian demonstrator holds-up the national flag during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo on January 31, 2011, on the seventh day of angry revolt against President Hosni Mubarak. [/quote] [img]http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/2311/800xw.jpg[/img] [img]http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/840/800xd.jpg[/img] [quote]Egyptian army soldiers take position in front of the Giza pyramids in Cairo on January 31, 2011 as Egyptian protesters called for an indefinite strike in Egypt upping the stakes in their bid to topple President Hosni Mubarak's regime. [/quote] [img]http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2971/800xp.jpg[/img] [quote]A view of protestors gathered in Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak. [/quote] [img]http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2226/800xe.jpg[/img] [quote]Egyptian women demonstrate in Cairo for the people who died in the last days during violent demonstrations on January 31, 2011 as anti-government protesters called for an indefinite strike in Egypt upping the stakes in their bid to topple President Hosni Mubarak's regime. [/quote] [img]http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1490/800xi.jpg[/img] [img]http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1566/800xz.jpg[/img] [quote]An Egyptian army captain identified as Ihab Fathi rests after fainting from exhaustion while being carried by demonstrators in Cairo's central Tahrir Square on January 31, 2011, on the seventh day of mass protests calling for the removal of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak [/quote] [img]http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1566/800xz.jpg[/img] [img]http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2590/800xid.jpg[/img] [quote]A cleric, left, and an unidentified demonstrator lead a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1610/800xg.jpg[/img] [img]http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/840/800xd.jpg[/img] [quote]Anti-government protesters offer their evening prayers, in front of an Egyptian army tank securing the area, during a protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. [/quote] [img]http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1566/800xz.jpg[/img] [quote]An Egyptian army soldier joins a crowd of Muslim demonstrators during a prayer at the Tahrir square in central Cairo January 30, 201 on the sixth day of mass protests across the country calling for the resignation of long term President, Hosni Mubarak [/quote]

[QUOTE=LordLoss;27792246]I love how rag-tag the Russian military looks. Makes a nice change from all the other modern militaries that like to give off the ultimate tacticool image.[/QUOTE] Most of the rag-tag soldiers are Spetsnaz. The Spetsnaz often mix different tops and bottoms, they are also oftentimes seen with older weapons other then the standard AK-74M. They give the impression that all the Russian army has ragtag units, but other units like VDV have proper uniforms. [editline]1st February 2011[/editline] VDV: [img]http://i42.tinypic.com/28jz0o4.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.tinypic.com/qqu6xe.jpg[/img] [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/23szsc3.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=broo20;27707965]Actually, and I'm not saying this because I am an Aussie, but the Australian SAS are often seen as the best trained and most deadly special forces thingymajig in the world.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSJkMBMEwPk[/media]

[QUOTE=shian;27793164]Removed[/QUOTE] You almost fucking crashed my god damn motherfucking browser with all those pictures! Media tag them, god damn it!! [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Quoting the entire post only to complain about it" - Craptasket))[/highlight]

Quoting them only makes it worse.

Get a better browser? Also make the problem even worse by quoting it a few more times, just to be safe.

Bump!!!! [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp1.jpg[/img] [quote]Sergeant Quincey Northern, a medic with the US Army's Task Force Shadow "Dust Off,’’ Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment, gathers his equipment after finishing a medevac mission and arriving back at Camp Dwyer, in southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Jan. 27. Medevac units may make several runs a day - at times under fire - to evacuate both injured troops and Afghan civilians. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press) [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp2.jpg[/img] [quote]Sergeant Darryl McKinstry, a medic, runs toward a Marine wounded by an improvised explosive device before moving him to a medevac helicopter in southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 26. Such devices, essentially homemade bombs, are the biggest killer of US soldiers in Afghanistan. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp3.jpg[/img] [quote]Sergeant Darrell McKinstry, a medic, leads Marines carrying a comrade wounded by an improvised explosive device to a medevac helicopter in southern Helmand Province, on Wednesday, Jan. 26. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp4.jpg[/img] [quote]Specialist Jenny Martinez, a crew chief, assists in treating a wounded Marine onboard a helicopter. The Marine was injured by an improvised explosive device near Marjah, in southern Helmand Province, Thursday, Jan. 27. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp5.jpg[/img] [quote]As medics tend to a wounded Marine aboard a medevac helicopter, his combat boot is placed next to him. An improvised explosive device injured him near Marjah, in southern Helmand Province, on Thursday, Jan. 27. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp6.jpg[/img] [quote]A Marine carries a wounded colleague to a medevac helicopter after their convoy, including the destroyed truck at background, hit an improvised explosive device near Marjah in Helmand Province on Thursday, Jan. 27. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp7.jpg[/img] [quote]Sergeant Quincey Northern of Louisiana, a medic, leads Marines as they carry an Afghan civilian wounded by insurgent gunfire to a medevac helicopter in southern Helmand Province on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp8.jpg[/img] [quote]Marines from First Battalion Eighth Bravo, during an operation in Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on Jan. 23. A 140,000-strong force of NATO-led international troops is fighting a Taliban-led insurgency, a war that is now in its 10th year. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp9.jpg[/img] [quote]A Marine greets children during a patrol outside Musa Qala District Center base on Jan. 28. Musa Qala is the Marines’ newest base in southern Afghanistan. The troops recently replaced British forces in the area, considered an essential junction that had been held by the Taliban. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp10.jpg[/img] [quote]Marines take position during a patrol in Musa Qala on Jan. 28. The Marine Corps has been at the vanguard of a NATO-backed push into areas held by the Taliban. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp11.jpg[/img] [quote]After a patrol in Musa Qala on Jan. 30, Marines engage in a little horseplay. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp12.jpg[/img] [quote]Marines protect their faces as a helicopter lands at Musa Qala base in Helmand province on Jan. 27. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp13.jpg[/img] [quote]A Marine and an interpreter ask Afghan children to bring them some bread in Musa Qala district on Jan. 30. The district had been a key post in the opium trade. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp14.jpg[/img] [quote]Marines from First Battalion Eighth Bravo patrol near Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on Jan. 23. “We've definitely had a lot of progress because we do so many patrols, we get out, we put our faces out there," Lieutenant Pete Carrothers told AFP. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp15.jpg[/img] [quote]Marines rest in a compound near Shir Chazay in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on Jan. 22. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp16.jpg[/img] [quote]A Marine watches a fire in Musa Qala on Jan. 30. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp17.jpg[/img] [quote]A Marine has neatly aligned bullets on his bed as he cleans his rifle at Musa Qala base on Jan. 27. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp18.jpg[/img] [quote]A Marine plays with a duck as he takes a break following a patrol in Musa Qala on Jan. 24. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp19.jpg[/img] [quote]Marines from First Battalion Eighth Bravo collect water inside their fortification in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on Jan. 25. The Marines’ work is part of a 30,000 surge in US troops ordered by President Obama last year. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp20.jpg[/img] [quote]A Marine plays guitar in a kitchen in the Musa Qala District Center base on Feb. 1. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp21.jpg[/img] [quote]Marines sit near a fire as they rest after a patrol in Musa Qala on Jan. 23. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp22.jpg[/img] [quote]Their meal comes late for Marines after they patrolled during an operation in Zalmabad village in Musa Qala district on Jan. 22. “This is amazing (but) it's slow in the grand scheme of things,’’ Major Justin Ansel told AFP, discussing the Marines’ progress in the district. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp23.jpg[/img] [quote]A mine clearing specialist from the French Foreign Legion searches for improvised explosive devices on a road near Tagab in Kapisa Province on Jan. 25. The French Foreign Legion, a military unit established in 1831, was created for foreign nationals of any nationality wishing to serve in the French armed forces. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp24.jpg[/img] [quote]French soldiers patrol a mountainside near Tagab in Kapisa Province on Jan. 25. France is “determined’’ to keep troops in Afghanistan despite a threat from Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden linking their mission to the fate of French hostages, the foreign ministry said. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp25.jpg[/img] [quote]A French soldier holds up leaflets to be distributed local villagers showing the difference between coalition soldiers and insurgents, during a patrol near Tagab in Kapisa Province on Jan. 25. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp26.jpg[/img] [quote]A Hungarian legionnaire from the French Foreign Legion inspects an Afghan man near Tagab in Kapisa Province on Jan. 25. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp27.jpg[/img] [quote]Suspected Taliban fighters stand at a police station in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, on Jan. 26. Eleven Taliban fighters were arrested by Afghan police in a recent operation. (Rahmat Gul/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp28.jpg[/img] [quote]A man runs through a burning supermarket on Jan. 28 in central Kabul after an explosion rocked the store frequented by foreigners. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed nine people, and said it was aimed at an executive of the Blackwater private security firm. Workers of the firm were nearby but uninjured. The company was singled out because “they are invaders, and secondly, they are protecting the invaders,” said a Taliban spokesman. (Ahmad Massoud/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp29.jpg[/img] [quote]Afghan security and rescue personnel secure the site of the suicide attack at 'Finest' supermarket on Jan. 28, 2011 in Kabul. Among the nine killed was an Afghan family whose mother was the leading activist against the recruitment of children in Afghan forces. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp30.jpg[/img] [quote]An Afghan policeman walks over shards of glass and paper at the site of a suicide attack at 'Finest' supermarket on Jan. 28 in Kabul. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp31.jpg[/img] [quote]Of the nine people killed in the suicide attack at “Finest’’ supermarket in Kabul, five were foreign women. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp32.jpg[/img] [quote]Afghan security personnel place the body of a blast victim in a police vehicle at “Finest’’ supermarket in Kabul. (Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp33.jpg[/img] [quote]An injured woman is escorted out of “Finest” supermarket in central Kabul after the suicide attack. (Rahmat Gul/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp34.jpg[/img] [quote]Shards of glass mix with debris from the supermarket after a suicide bomb attack in Kabul on Jan. 28. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp35.jpg[/img] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp36.jpg[/img] [quote]Afghan men stand next to an auto rickshaw near farmers' fields on Jan. 20. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp37.jpg[/img] [quote]Afghans work in a traditional brick factory on Jan. 20. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp38.jpg[/img] [quote]A NATO military re-supply convoy kicks up dust on Jan. 21. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp39.jpg[/img] [quote]An Afghan shepherd directs his sheep through an opening in a mud wall on Jan. 21. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp40.jpg[/img] [quote]A section of the Helmand River Valley, Jan. 21. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp41.jpg[/img] [quote]Camels near Marjah in Helmand province, Jan. 25. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp42.jpg[/img] [quote]Marines gather around a colleague wounded by an improvised explosive device as they wait for a medevac helicopter on Jan. 26. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp43.jpg[/img] [quote]A medevac helicopter casts a shadow as it lands near Marjah on Jan. 26. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp44.jpg[/img] [quote]An Afghan boy, Jan. 27. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp45.jpg[/img] [quote]The town of Marjah, Jan. 27. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp46.jpg[/img] [quote]Marines in military vehicles, Jan. 27. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp47.jpg[/img] [quote]Afghans play a game of soccer, Jan. 20. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/afghanistan_jan2011/bp48.jpg[/img] [quote]An Afghan man leads camels across the desert, Jan. 25. (Kevin Frayer/ Associated Press) # [/quote]

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[img_thumb]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5058/5421158297_3758c59a57_b.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]Spc. Nicholas Francioso, armored crewman, assigned to 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C., 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, kneels atop a cliff overlooking the Arghandab River Valley Jan. 31, to provide security for his squad as they climb up the cliff from the valley below. Francioso, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was conducting a foot patrol with his squad to search orchards throughout the district and interact with the local population. During their foot patrols, 2nd squad must maneuver their way through the Arghandab‘s many obstacles, including: farmer-built mud walls, irrigation canals, densely populated orchards, foot-wide pathways through long stretches of boggy flats and even a 30-foot-tall wall they must climb during their patrol. [/quote] [img_thumb]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5015/5418579692_6efc0e97b3_o.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]U.S. Army Pfc. Kevin March kneels atop a cliff overlooking the Arghandab River valley to provide security for his squad as they climb up the cliff from the valley below in the Arghandab district, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2011. March is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company C., 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Breanne Pye [/quote] [img_thumb]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5416100651_ab26ed280b_o.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]FORWARD OPERATING BASE GERONIMO, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan — Cpl. Michael Lyons, the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, air noncommissioned officer, monitors the inbound descent of an AH-1W SuperCobra onto the Forward Operating Base Geronimo landing zone in Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2010. The helicopter transported Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369’s senior leadership to FOB Geronimo to attend a plaque dedication ceremony in honor of Lt. Col. Mario D. Carazo and Maj. James M. Weis, two pilots from HMLA-369 who were killed in action while supporting 3/3 combat operations in July. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mark Fayloga) [/quote] [img_thumb]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5416274148_c424e0bcce_b.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]Soldiers from A Company, 101st Division Special Troop Battalion air assault into a village inside Jowlzak valley, Parwan province, Afghanistan. Afghan National Police searched the village while Soldiers provided security and conducted key-leader engagements. [/quote] [img_thumb]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5060/5421142577_a7bf214eca_b.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]Two Paratroopers with B. Co, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, fire short range training rounds at the "enemy" during an air assault training mission. Solders with the 1/325th "Red Falcons" flew into a mock village on UH-60 Blackhawks in platoon-sized elements with one hour to clear the area and complete their mission..(U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Kissta M. Feldner, 2BCT PAO) [/quote] [img]http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6466/800xvo.jpg[/img] [img]http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8434/800xb.jpg[/img] [quote]US Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Bravo company take positions at new Mirage patrol base, Musa Qala District, Helmand province on February 6, 2011. US-led NATO troops are under a deadline across Afghanistan to train local forces to take responsibility for their country's security by 2014 [/quote] [b]Today's Photos - Tuesday, February 8th, 2011[/b] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/BRwYb9.jpg[/img] [quote]A motorcyclist rides past low loaders carrying Thai army tanks to a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia faced growing diplomatic pressure on Wednesday to end an armed standoff on a stretch of border surrounding a 900-year-old clifftop temple as guns held silent for a second day. Witnesses said about 20 Thai tanks were sent to a military camp in Kantaralak district in Thailand's Sri Sa Ket province close to the disputed border, but Thai army officials said they were not reinforcing troops in the area. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/Z2WFm0.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/Ynb9mw.jpg[/img] [quote]Cambodian soldiers carry their weapons as they take up position near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the border between Thailand and Cambodia February 8, 2011. Thai and Cambodian troops stood on high alert on Tuesday after clashing in disputed jungle around the 900-year-old mountaintop Hindu temple, as both sides face intense regional diplomatic pressure to lay down arms. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/94aZFW.jpg[/img] [quote]A Cambodian soldier sleeps next to rocket launchers at the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the border between Thailand and Cambodia February 8, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/UxhuyD.jpg[/img] [quote]A Buddhist monk shows a piece of shrapnel found at the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the border between Thailand and Cambodia February 8, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/kiXI29.jpg[/img] [quote]Cambodian soldiers carry their weapons as they march near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia February 8, 2011. Thai and Cambodian troops stood on high alert on Tuesday after clashing in disputed jungle around the 900-year-old Hindu temple, as both sides face intense regional diplomatic pressure to lay down arms. [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6104/arabiansea3.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 3, 2011) An F/A- 18C Hornet assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 performs a "touch-and-go" pass over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Adam Randolph/Released) [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2633/atlanticocean1.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 5, 2011) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Rene Reyes, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, inspects an M61A-2 Vulcan cannon inside the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting a composite training unit exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Leonard Adams/Released) [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7144/atlanticocean2.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 5, 2011) The guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) is underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Mitscher is conducting a composite training unit exercise as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sandi L. Grimnes/Released) [/quote] [img_thumb]http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4660/atlanticocean4.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote]ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 5, 2011) The Spanish navy frigate ESPS Almirante Juan De Borbon (F 102), left, approaches the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) for a replenishment at sea. Borbon is conducting a composite training unit exercise as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group in preparation for an upcoming combat deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian M. Brooks/Released) [/quote] [img]http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8029/x800y.jpg[/img] [quote]******* and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An undated handout picture shows the Iranian übersonic ballistic missile, Persian Gulf, during a war-game in an unknown location in Iran. The Arabic script reads, "Ya Aliyebn-Abitale", a religious title for Imam Ali, the first Imam of Shi'ite Muslims. [/quote] [img]http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/6236/800xwg.jpg[/img] [img]http://i54.tinypic.com/9pw8oz.jpg[/img] [quote]A member of an Afghan international security force pulls security Dec. 13, 2010, while the rest of the team searches a compound and detains three suspects who are possibly connected to the fatal suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack which killed at least eight Afghan and U.S. service members. The security force conducted the operation without firing their weapons in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (Photo by: Spc. Eric Cavazos) [/quote] [b] Today's Photos - Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 [/b] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/141DIt.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/d5s178.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/t9yKgL.jpg[/img] [quote]Thai army tanks are brought out of a low loader at a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia faced growing diplomatic pressure on Wednesday to end an armed standoff on a stretch of border surrounding a 900-year-old clifftop temple as guns held silent for a second day. Witnesses said about 20 Thai tanks were sent to a military camp in Kantaralak district in Thailand's Sri Sa Ket province close to the disputed border, but Thai army officials said they were not reinforcing troops in the area. The temple, known as Preah Vihear, or "Mountain of the Sacred Temple", in Cambodia and Khao Phra Viharn in Thailand, sits on a triangular plateau that forms a natural border. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/0zjGQf.jpg[/img] [quote]Thai soldiers walk with their weapons during a visit by Thai Defence Minister General Pravit Wongsuwan at a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia faced growing diplomatic pressure on Wednesday to end an armed standoff on a stretch of border surrounding a 900-year-old clifftop temple as guns held silent for a second day. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/WJYxlY.jpg[/img] [quote]Thai soldiers march with their weapons during a visit by Thai Defence Minister General Pravit Wongsuwan at a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/XgdQkb.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/YRJBuc.jpg[/img] [quote]Thailand's Defence Minister General Pravit Wongsuwan greets Thai troops at a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia faced growing diplomatic pressure on Wednesday to end an armed standoff on a stretch of border surrounding a 900-year-old clifftop temple as guns held silent for a second day. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/Vsa1ro.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/iYRfiq.jpg[/img] [quote]Thai soldiers stand next to their weapons during a visit by Thai Defence Minister General Pravit Wongsuwan at a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/ypiWhx.jpg[/img] [quote]A Thai soldier gestures next to an army tank brought to a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia faced growing diplomatic pressure on Wednesday to end an armed standoff on a stretch of border surrounding a 900-year-old clifftop temple as guns held silent for a second day. ******* witnesses said about 20 Thai tanks were sent to a military camp in Kantaralak district in Thailand's Sri Sa Ket province close to the disputed border, but Thai army officials said they were not reinforcing troops in the area. The temple, known as Preah Vihear, or "Mountain of the Sacred Temple", in Cambodia and Khao Phra Viharn in Thailand, sits on a triangular plateau that forms a natural border. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/b0F8KN.jpg[/img] [quote]Villagers sitting in a pick-up travel past a Thai army tank in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/1u3Vmb.jpg[/img] [quote]A Thai army tank is unloaded from a low loader at a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://i55.tinypic.com/n4xxg3.jpg[/img] [quote]F-4Es of ROKAF 17th fighter wing taxi along the taxiway. [/quote] [img]http://i51.tinypic.com/ir5dau.jpg[/img] [quote]Students of ROKA artillery school train with K-55(M109A2) SPA. [/quote] [img]http://i51.tinypic.com/xdxkbr.jpg[/img] [quote]ROKAF successfully integrated JDAM to their fleet of KF-16 on their own. They saved about 27million dollars with this effort. [/quote] [img]http://i52.tinypic.com/r1k5c8.jpg[/img] [quote]Soldiers of ROKA 51st div conduct search and destroy mission during winter exercise. [/quote]

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[img]http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2500/12188849.jpg[/img] [img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6197/13052782.jpg[/img] [quote]Soldiers stand guard as Sri Lanka's cricketers leave for Hambantota from an Air Force base in Colombo February 18, 2011. The Sri Lanka team will play their opening match against Canada in Hambantota in the 10th Cricket World Cup which is co-hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. [/quote] [img]http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5959/60432267.jpg[/img] [quote]An Iraqi soldier stands guard during a demonstration in Baghdad February 18, 2011. About 100 residents carried placards and chanted slogans demanding better basic services and a stop to corruption in the country. [/quote] [img]http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/558/85527351.jpg[/img] [img]http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6629/70084878.jpg[/img] [quote]Egyptian army tanks are deployed in front of the monument to the unknown soldier in Cairo on February 17, 2011. Nationwide protests erupted on January 25, ending Mubarak's firm grip on power in less than three weeks and sending shockwaves far beyond the borders of the Arab world's most populous nation. [/quote] [img]http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5580/92378452.jpg[/img] [quote]A soldier escorts a suspect for a presentation to the media in Morelia February 16, 2011. Mexican soldiers killed one suspected drug gunman and injured another during a gun battle that took place at a safe house in the state of Michoacan. Troops arrested two men and seized weapons. Michoacan, the home state of President Felipe Calderon, has emerged as a key battleground as the cult-like La Familia cartel fights other gangs and security forces for control of the mountainous state. Picture taken February 16, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1553/94574139.jpg[/img] [quote]A boy sits inside the tracks of an army tank in Tahrir Square, Cairo February 18, 2011. Egyptians held a nationwide "Victory March" on Friday to celebrate the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule one week ago, to protect the revolution and to remind new military rulers of the power of the street. [/quote] [img]http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/6768/72595671.jpg[/img] [quote]A girl attends Friday prayers in front of an army tank in Tahrir Square in Cairo February 18, 2011. [/quote] [img]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3827/20332442.jpg[/img] [img]http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/7484/62236032.jpg[/img] [quote]Afghan National Policemen (ANP) are watched by US personnel as they fire their weapons on a range during a shooting courseat Camp Leatherneck on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province on February 17, 2010. US Marines have trained about 2000 Afghans from Afghan National Police (ANP) and Afghan National Army (ANA) since the programme started on October 2009 in Joint Security Academy Southwest. [/quote] [img]http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3213/90057175.jpg[/img] [quote]Former FARC hostage Colombian Army corporal Salin Antonio Sanmiguel (C) hugs his relatives upon his arrival to a military airport in Bogota, Colombia, following his release on February 16, 2011. Sanmiguel, abducted in May 2008 by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was freed to a humanitarian operation including Colombian former senator Piedad Cordoba and International Red Cross personnel, at an undisclosed location in the Colombian jungle. [/quote] [img]http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110210-F-WS279-958.JPG[/img] [quote]Two sniper team Airmen assigned to the 822nd Base Defense Squadron prepare to provide cover fire for their team members during a 'military operations in urban terrain' training village demonstration Feb. 10, 2011, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Benroth) [/quote] [img]http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110210-F-WS279-910.jpg[/img] [quote]Master Sgt. Kevin Jones (from front), Senior Airman James Leach and Airman 1st Class Nicholas Koch 'pursue' opposing forces Feb. 10, 2011, during an exercise at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Sergeant Jones is the 822nd Base Defense Squadron flight sergeant. Airmen Leach and Koch are 822nd BDS fire team members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Benroth) [/quote] [img]http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1034/mojaveviper1.jpg[/img] [quote]Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment talk to afghan role players at a vehicle inspection checkpoint, at the Combat Center's new combined arms, live-fire, Military Operations on Urban Terrain training range here, as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper, Feb. 15, 2011. Vehicle checkpoints provide security and help to prevent vehicle born improvised explosive attacks, while in country. 2/15/2011 By Cpl. Andrew S. Avitt [/quote] [img]http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2931/mojaveviper2.jpg[/img] [quote]Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. A role player, acting as a member of the Afghan National Army uses a mirror to look underneath a vehicle at a vehicle inspection checkpoint, at the Combat Center's new combined arms, live-fire, Military Operations on Urban Terrain training range here, as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper, Feb. 15, 2011. Vehicle checkpoints provide security and help to prevent vehicle born improvised explosive attacks, while in country. 2/15/2011 By Cpl. Andrew S. Avitt [/quote] [img]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1895/mojaveviper3.jpg[/img] [quote]Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment talk over the proper procedures of a vehicle inspection at a vehicle inspection checkpoint, at the Combat Center's new combined arms, live-fire, Military Operations on Urban Terrain training range here, as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper, Feb. 15, 2011. Vehicle checkpoints provide security and help to prevent vehicle born improvised explosive attacks, while in country. 2/15/2011 By Cpl. Andrew S. Avitt [/quote] [img]http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9271/mojaveviper4.jpg[/img] [quote]Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment get a vantage point over the streets of the Combat Center's new combined arms, live-fire, Military Operations on Urban Terrain training range here, as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper, Feb. 15, 2011. 2/15/2011 By Cpl. Andrew S. Avitt [/quote] [img]http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd324/bdpopeye/1-942.jpg[/img] [img]http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd324/bdpopeye/2-991.jpg[/img] [img]http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd324/bdpopeye/3-142.jpg[/img] [quote]U.S. Army and German soldiers attend to injured German soldiers at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) base in Pul-e Khumri, south of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb 18, 2011. A man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on German troops working on a vehicle in northern Afghanistan Friday, killing two soldiers and wounding at least eight others, officials said. It was not known whether the attacker was an Afghan soldier or simply disguised as one, but the shooting highlighted the challenges facing efforts to rapidly train government troops to take over their own security so that foreign forces can go home. [/quote] BUMP

I'm glad this thread is back, I missed it.

[QUOTE=shian;27930203][img_thumb]http://i51.tinypic.com/xdxkbr.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] [img]http://www.thegoldencloset.com/merchant/graphics/00000001/A0131e.jpg[/img] Bruce Willis?

Thread needs another bump

I'm back guys: [img]http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt104/vor033/Canadian%20Army/03a8c2be.jpg[/img] [editline]25th February 2011[/editline] Ok, what do you want first? News pictures or military pictures?

Who want's me to post some pictures of unconvincing WW2 re-enactors?

[QUOTE=Asmaedus;28275193]Who want's me to post some pictures of unconvincing WW2 re-enactors?[/QUOTE] I don't mind, as long as its content!

[img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp1.jpg[/img] [quote]Exclamations of joy fill the air as residents of Benghazi find themselves in an unimaginable situation: Freed from Moammar Khadafy's rule for the first time in more than four decades. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp2.jpg[/img] [quote]Protesters celebrate and shout slogans following their takeover of Benghazi. Even amid the euphoria, rumors abound that Moammar Khadafy will strike back, either through massive aerial or naval bombardments or through a string of stealth attacks from his plainclothes agents. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp3.jpg[/img] [quote]A Libyan closes a box of ammunition at Al-Katiba military base after it fell to protesters battling the splintering government of Moammar Khadafy. The base is near Benghazi, the nation's second-largest city and one also under the control of rebels. Army units and militiamen loyal to Khadafy struck back Thursday against rebels in cities closer to the capital of Tripoli, attacking a mosque where many were holding an anti-government sit-in and battling others who seized control of an airport. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp4.jpg[/img] [quote]A man fires his pistol into the air as he celebrates with anti-government protesters Thursday on an army vehicle in the eastern Libyan town of Shahat. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp5.jpg[/img] [quote]Anti-government demonstrators help each other put on army uniforms that they took from troops loyal to leader Moammar Khadafy in Benghazi. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp6.jpg[/img] [quote]The runway of a military airport has been closed down Thursday in the eastern Libyan town of Al Abrak. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp7.jpg[/img] [quote]After fleeing Libya, dozens celebrate in Ras Jdir, Tunisia. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp8.jpg[/img] [quote]Tunisians chant slogans as they hold Tunisian and old Libyan flags during an anti-Khadafy protest at the Tunisian-Libyan border crossing of Ras Jdir. Weighed down with suitcases, blankets, and, for some, horrific memories, people fled into Tunisia by the thousands. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp9.jpg[/img] [quote]Anti-government demonstrators pray for the country along a Benghazi street Thursday. The uprising first gained strength in Benghazi on Feb. 16 when a group armed with gasoline bombs and rocks gathered at a government office and demanded the release of a human rights advocate. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp10.jpg[/img] [quote]Rebels have gained control of the eastern city of Tobruk, where demonstrators had set fire to a police station and destroyed vehicles. Tobruk is one of a string of Libyan towns made famous during World War II, when Allied armies wrest control of them from Italian and German forces. (AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp11.jpg[/img] [quote]In Tobruk, troops and police have either withdrawn or joined with diffuse and disparate opposition groups to start providing some order and services. Several Libyans walk through a burned-out government building Thursday. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp12.jpg[/img] [quote]Anti-Khadafy protesters shout slogans in Benghazi. After a week of violence in which it threw off government control, this elegant port of about 700,000 is being run by committees of citizens as the dust of rebellion settles. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp13.jpg[/img] [quote]A relative of Ahmed Sarawi, 36, who was killed in the recent clashes, cries inside a vehicle in Benghazi. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp14.jpg[/img] [quote]Anti-government protesters celebrate their victory in Benghazi. Many residents insist on still gathering daily, in what has become a ritual defiance of a 1973 law that banned four or more people from gathering. Moammar Khadafy had long squelched any attempts to organize, even if it was for a civic group. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp15.jpg[/img] [quote]In Benghazi, a relative mourns the death of Ahmed Sarawi, 36, who was killed in recent clashes. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp16.jpg[/img] [quote]In Benghazi, the birthplace of the revolt against Moammar Khadafy, celebrations have replaced clashes in the street after rebels took over the city. Residents join former soldiers and jubilant rebels in setting off fireworks and condemning the Libyan leader. Thousands converge on the city center, waving red, green and black monarchy-era flags and giving out snacks and juice to passing cars, which honk their horns. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp17.jpg[/img] [quote]A former Libyan soldier who has defected to the anti-Khadafy forces looks through a broken window at a military compound in rebel-controlled Benghazi. Residents of Benghazi have jailed those they say are mercenaries and have set up defenses around the city. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp18.jpg[/img] [quote]An anti-government demonstrator, the colors of the Kingdom of Libya flag on his face, grabs a cup of tea in Benghazi Thursday. Rebels have seized control of Benghazi, the nation's second-largest city. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp19.jpg[/img] [quote]A Libyan policeman who defected to the rebels mans a roadblock in the city of Tobruk Thursday. (Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp20.jpg[/img] [quote]Anti-government demonstrators show hand grenades carried by troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy while fighting demonstrators in Benghazi. Residents of Benghazi have jailed those they say are mercenaries and set up committees to run this eastern city now out of the Khadafy's control. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp21.jpg[/img] [quote]Flashing V for victory, a Libyan protester celebrates as he stands on a destroyed tank at Al-Katiba military base after it fell to rebels. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp22.jpg[/img] [quote]Tunisian soldiers help Egyptian workers fleeing Libya load their belongings onto a truck Thursday after crossing into Tunisia at the border crossing of Ras Jdir. The workers said they were based on a construction site in the Libyan town of Zuara, which has fallen to anti-government forces. The workers said the town was controlled by "popular committees" armed with automatic weapons. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp23.jpg[/img] [quote]Libyan refugees and guest workers who have fled the country try to board buses Thursday in Ras Jdir, Tunisia. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, thousands of guest workers and Libyans have been fleeing to Tunisia. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp24.jpg[/img] [quote]An Egyptian refugee carries a child at a military field hospital run by the Tunisian army at the Ras Jdir border post. More than 30,000 Tunisian and Egyptian migrants have fled to their home countries from Libya, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday, adding that it expects tens of thousands more to leave. (Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp25.jpg[/img] [quote]An Egyptian man rests in a tent Thursday at a military field hospital run by the Tunisian army, after fleeing from Libya. The unrest across North Africa began in Tunisia in what has become known as the Jasmine Revolution. Anti-government forces unleashed a fiery wave of street protests that ousted the authoritarian president, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. (Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp26.jpg[/img] [quote]Egyptian workers wait for food to be distributed at a refugee camp in Tunisia. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp27.jpg[/img] [quote]Carrying whatever they could gather as they fled Libya, Tunisians wait to board a bus at the Ras Jdir border post. (Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp28.jpg[/img] [quote]Men wait to board buses after crossing the border from Libya into Tunisia in Ras Jdir, Tunisia. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, thousands of guest workers and Libyans struggle to escape the violence. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp29.jpg[/img] [quote]Men clamber aboard buses in Ras Jdir, Tunisia, after fleeing Libya. By midday Wednesday, about 2,000 people had streamed over the Ras Jdir crossing point, part of a wider exodus of tens of thousands of foreign nationals trying to escape the North African country. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp30.jpg[/img] [quote]Chinese evacuees wait to disembark at the port of Heraklio on the island of Crete. Two Greek passenger ships sailed from Libya to the island of Crete with about 4,500 evacuees on board, including Greek and Chinese nationals. (Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp31.jpg[/img] [quote]Migrant laborers and other expatriates prepare to board a ship going to Greece from the Libyan harbor in Benghazi. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp32.jpg[/img] [quote]The Libyan uprising and brutal counterattacks by forces still loyal to Moammar Khadafy have prompted tens of thousands to flee, including these Chinese evacuees arriving on the Greek island of Crete. Many of those fleeing were able to take Greek ferries to safety; others were stuck in Libyan ports waiting for ships to arrive and seas to calm. The main airport in Libya has been overrun with people desperate to leave, witnesses say. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [img]http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/libya_2011/bp33.jpg[/img] [quote]Taxis packed with Egyptians fleeing Libya wait to reach the Sallum border crossing Thursday. Much of the inspiration among anti-government leaders in Libya came from the success of their counterparts earlier this month in Cairo. (Trevor Snapp/AFP/Getty Images) # [/quote] [editline]27th February 2011[/editline] [img]http://www.apacheclips.com/files/2fd207f45ccc.bmp[/img] [quote] Info on this states it's from Chechnya but who knows. I'm almost positive it's not from the '80's. Looks like an RPG hit or secondary at the end of the clip. Nuts to say the least and exactly why the Russians took to riding on top of their APC's. However, with a IED this size it didn't help. [/quote] RIP russian dudes. :saddowns:

Russian Army as Mr. Putin sees them: [img]http://visualrian.com/storage2/PreviewWM/7672/53/767253.jpg?1293117445[/img] [img]http://visualrian.com/storage2/PreviewWM/7672/57/767257.jpg?1285509584[/img] I'm not sure if the digital camo is still just for show when Putin comes around or is actually being issued on combat uniforms yet, but it's probably not that far off when most frontline Russian troops will look like that.

[img]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk124/DevilDog0351/DSC00004-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk124/DevilDog0351/DSC00023.jpg[/img] some personal photos from iraq, from my friend though.

US soldiers, apparently Delta, rescuing italian and polish hostages in Iraq [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZdW6xPZQvU[/media]

[QUOTE=shian;28318037][img_thumb]http://www.apacheclips.com/files/2fd207f45ccc.bmp[/img_thumb] Nuts to say the least and exactly why the Russians took to riding on top of their APC's. However, with a IED this size it didn't help. RIP russian dudes. :saddowns:[/QUOTE] It was common Russian/Soviet practice for infantry to ride on top of their BMPs and BTRs in low-intensity places in Afghanistan and Chechnya since you know what happens when you try to conduct a mounted attack in that kind of terrain. At contact the guys can just jump off and fight as light infantry while the BTRs and BMPs act independently as a [i]bronegruppa[/i].

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