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whydave

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Good Irish army video. Obvioulsy they aren't up there with many other countries due to the small amount of hardware such as helicopters, tanks etc but still they do a very professional job with realitively limited resources.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEMU6_pGiS8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEMU6_pGiS8

what he said !!!

hoplite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG1RI10udjc

A few other clips here along with this one worth a look.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?194137-PMC-Training

whydave

SAN DIEGO (Feb. 12, 2011) Aircraft simulate refueling operations as they fly over San Diego Bay and the Coronado Bridge during the Centennial of Naval Aviation Open House and Parade of Flight at Naval Air Station North Island. The Navy is observing the Centennial of Naval Aviation with a series of nationwide events celebrating 100 years of heritage, progress and achievement in naval aviation.


Serbian special forces arrest terrorists during an exercise at a ceremony marking Statehood Day and Army Day in Belgrade on February 13, 2011.

Paddy The Pirate

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Hitting the Beach

Puding

Military working dog Theo is put through his paces by handler Lance Corporal Liam Tasker at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. Theo, a Springer Spaniel cross has been earning his keep in Helmand, Afghanistan as an Arms Explosive Search dog and now holds the record as the dog who has the most number of finds of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s) and weapons.
[Picture: Corporal Mark Webster, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]

Sgt. David Smitt, Task Force Destiny, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, Pathfinder Team One, A team leader, maintains overwatch during a joint air assault dismount patrol with Task Force Destiny, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, Pathfinder Team One and gunners from the British Royal Air Force Regiment’s 15th Squadron in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan Feb. 10, 2011. During the patrol, the element moved through the village of Nevay Deh and met with some of the local village elders to address some of their concerns. (U.S. Army Photo by Task Force Destiny Public Affairs Officer Sadie Bleistein/Released)

Lance Cpl. Scott B. Taylor, an infantryman squad automatic weapons gunner with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, III Marine Expeditionary Force, provides security in the landing zone Feb. 13, during a helicopter raid for Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled multinational training exercise designed to improve partner nation interoperability. Photo by Staff Sgt. Leo SalinasSmall RSS Icon

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, attached to Ground Combat Element, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Foward), III MEF, train on crew served weapons at Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, Feb. 12, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The Marines trained on M240G Medium Machine Guns, M2 Heavy Machine Guns and Mk19 Automatic Grenade Launchers as part of a seven-day training cycle being conducted by Royal Thai, Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines here. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled annual multinational, joint training exercise designed to improve partner-nation interoperability. Photo by Pfc. Mark Stroud

Puding

String

3/7 Marines in Afghanistan.. great video

Menolias

whydave

U.S. Marines in amphibious assault vehicles fire smoke grenades at a training range in Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, Feb. 11, 2011. The Marines are assigned to Combat Assault Battalion, Ground Combat Element, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force.

A U.S. Marine finds his target during a simulated raid on a camp for amphibious assault vehicles in Thailand, Feb. 11, 2011.

whydave

February 16, 2011, U.S. Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, provide security as a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter lands during a mock raid conducted with Royal Thai Marines in Hat Yao, Kingdom of Thailand, in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. For three decades, Thailand has hosted Cobra Gold, one of the largest land-based, joint, combined military training exercises in the world. A successful Cobra Gold 2011 results in increased operational readiness of U.S. and Thai forces and matured military to military relations between the two countries.

Sgt. Brian O'Donnell, assistant team leader with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, demonstrates camouflage techniques during a squad formations and tactics class here Feb. 14-15.

U.S. Army Sgt. John D. Martek from Sloan, N.Y., and U.S. Army Sgt. Brian Schmidt from Fresno, Calif., team leaders assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, move between their soldiers’ security positions in Kharwar District Feb. 12.

U.S. Army soldiers fire a 105 mm round from an M119 Howitzer during Operation Diamond Freeze, a combined forces, live-fire training exercise on Fort Sill, Okla., Jan. 29, 2011.

Keeping one hand on his weapon, Army Black Hawk crew chief Spc. Christopher Wilmeth turns in his seat to inspect the cabin Feb. 10 during a mission near Baghdad. Wilmeth is assigned to A Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Enhanced Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. The brigade is flying its final hours in Iraq, where it has flown nearly 125,000 hours in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn since last March.

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Pvt. Donald L. Shane, a designated marksman assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division scans the horizon at a perspective district center site in the Kherwar District, Feb. 10. Shane, a Lumberton, N.C., native provided security while an engineer surveyed the property.

damagegt

Staff Sgt. Sarah Mrak, from the 4th Special Operations Squadron. And she's inside a U.S. Air Force AC-130U aerial gunship.

Puding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwWrNCRfBC8

2:30 cup of tea? yes please

AUDIE MURPHY

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kevinhalvey

thought id share this aslong as there are videos here


http://english.aljazeera.net/program...217263109.html

whydave

Cpl. Herb Hartfield, a team leader with Redemption II, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, snuggles with Susie, one of Redemption II's bomb dogs, before heading out on a patrol of Belush, a village in Garmsir District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 13. Weapons Company's headquarters is Patrol Base Gorgak in Garmsir District.

whydave

A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company negotiates a muddy slope during a patrol through the town of Kunjak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province February 19, 2011.

Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab fighters drive past during a passing out parade for new recruits at a military training base in Afgoye, west of the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2011.

A British Army mentor supervises soldiers from the Uganda People's Defence Force as they practise their skills. A British training team puts Ugandan troops through their paces on the eve of deployment to Somalia.

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AUDIE MURPHY

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whydave

A formation of armored vehicles, manned by U.S. Army and Marine Corps personnel, stand ready to lead a convoy of coalition forces through the parade grounds established for the 50/20 celebration in Kuwait, Feb. 21. This celebration honors the veterans of Operation Desert Storm and recognizes the long standing and successful partnership that is indicative of our many friendships in the region.

whydave

Spot the Paddy !!!

whydave

Armed with a SAR 21 and a MATADOR, a soldier emerges from a smoke screen to attack opposition forces in the next building.

A US Marines 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment stands guard as the unit patrol Gamser, southern Afghanistan on February 22, 2011.

Polish 3rd Company of Battle Group Bravo and Recon Team - Operation Sentry, Giro District, Afghanistan, January 2011.

A C-130 Hercules departs a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan. Airmen from the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operating Base Lagman, made sure the dirt landing zone was safe for the cargo carrying C-130 Hercules to land and depart and provided the aircrew with any pertinent information via radio communications.

tonyj_mc

There is a lot of Defence Forces stuff on their Flickr never saw it mentioned here before and far too much to go through if you have time have a look

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfmagazine/

The_ChiefDUB

Some great photography here http://www.photozz.com/fizz/14201793.aspx

whydave

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with Second World War veteran and former paratrooper Alexey Sokolov, 99, during an award ceremony where Sokolov was given the Order of Alexander Nevsky, in Moscow's Kremlin February 21, 2011.

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A paratrooper from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, returns fire on the opposing force during the Joint Operation Access Exercise, here, Feb. 15.

Soldiers from Bulldog Company, 1er Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment Battle Group rest on a long halt during Operation HAMAGHE SHAY in the Nakhonay Region.

An Afghan National Army soldier waits to hand out blank firing adaptors and ammo to recruits participating in building clearing tactics as part of their Military Operations in Urban Terrain training at Camp Zafar, Herat Province, Feb. 21, 2011. MOUT provides recruits with a basic understanding of urban combat techniques during their ANA Basic Warrior Course.

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to U.S. Army Bravo Company Task Force 3/4 as mentors for the Afghan National Army, demonstrate how to secure a room during Military Operations in Urban Terrain training at Camp Zafar, Herat Province, Feb. 21, 2011.

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whydave

First Lt. Joshua Frye, 2SCR MP platoon leader, ventures on a joint patrol with Afghan Uniformed Police Officer in Qalat City, Zabul province, Afghanistan.. 02.26.2011. 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.

After cleaning out his truck, U.S. Army Pvt. Peter Beullens, a truck driver originally from Leuven, Belgium, assigned to Forward Support Company G, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Balls, stands next to a row of mine resistant, ambush-protected all terrain vehicles lined up at Forward Operating Base Hughie in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Feb. 25. Beullens spent seven years in the Belgian army before joining the U.S. Army. Beullens said he feels like the Army is his family now.


US Marines of the 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment with Female Engagement Team (FET) during a patrol in Garmser, Helmand province southern Afghanistan on February 27, 2011

U.S. Army Spc. William C. Rothe (left), a metal worker from Dallas, and U.S. Army Spc. Damian C. Caldino (right), a food service specialist from Oxnard, Calif., both assigned to Forward Support Company G, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Balls, talk to each other to pass the time on guard duty in a tower at Forward Operating Base Hughie in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Feb. 24. Rothe and Caldino both agreed that guard duty is something that isn't enjoyable, but something necessary to protect the base.

whydave

AZUSA, Calif. (Feb. 21, 2011) Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Woody Paschall, assigned to Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific, uses a chainsaw to cut through a barricade during a Winter Quick Shot 2011 field training exercise. Quick Shot is a semi-annual field exercise designed to train combat camera personnel to operate in a combat environment.

AZUSA, Calif. (Feb. 18, 2011) Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathon Chandler, assigned to Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific, breaks a window on a car during an ambush drill as part of a Winter Quick Shot 2011 field training exercise.