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Afghan National Army (ANA) equipped with an US-made M24 rifle at Darulaman camp in Kabul on September 7, 2011.
A Marine with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment verifies the battle sight zero on his rifle at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Sept. 5. The battalion is a reserve infantry unit based out of New England and is currently conducting in theater exercises after arriving last week.
Polish and Ukrainian Paratroopers during "Cossack Steppe 2011" exercise.
Sgt. Kevin Fischer, Sight Security Team 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery, signals his security team to fill in the security perimeter, August 22, in the deserts of Djibouti.0 -
PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army sniper Spc. James Wanser from Los Angelas, Ca. watches over members of his unit, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, Task Force 228, 172nd Infrantry Brigade as they tend to a Soldier who injured his knee (lower left). The unit was on a joint mission with the Afghan National Army into the mountains outside Forward Operating Base Tillman.
PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Seth Pena, a joint terminal attack controller, and U.S. Army Sgt. James Luckenbach of Loneta, TX return fire against insurgents who attacked them Sept. 7. Dust from a mortar round can be seen on the hillside across the stream bed from them.
PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Staff Sergeant Gregorio Florez of Abiline, TX and Pfc. Dakoda Woodall of Lafayette, TN - both members of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, Task Force 228, 172n Infantry Brigade - administer an IV to Staff Sgt. Seth Pena, an Air Force joint terminal attack controller. Pena became dehydrated during a mission into the mountains outside of Forward Operating Base Tillman Sept. 7.0 -
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Eight-year old combat dog Fitas is seen with a French soldier from chef dog unit of Warhouse Camp in Kabul on 10th september 10, 2011. Fitas the dog, injured in his leg, was captured and keptby the Taliban for five months before being found by Afghan National Army soldiers and returned to French troops.
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Mustapha Mussa momentarily halts with an improvised explosive device detector dog while clearing a road here, Sept. 4. Mussa, a native of Michigan City, Ind., is the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment kennel master and an advisor with the battalion's Embedded Training Team.0 -
A much sadder image regarding dogs,though showing their immense loyalty!
Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson’s faithful Labrador retriever, Hawkeye, lying next to the Iowa native’s flag-draped coffin. Hawkeye would not leave his owners side!!
Tumilson was one of the Special Forces that was killed in the recent downing of a US helicopter. The picture on the coffin shows the two in happier times.
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A U.S. military AH-64 Apache assault helicopter strafes a Taliban position with machine gun fire during a firefight between the U.S. soldiers from Task Force "No Fear" 3rd Platoon, 2-27 Infantry "The Wolfhounds" and the Taliban, in Ghaziabad district in Kunar, Afghanistan September 15, 2011.0 -
A soldier from the U.S. Army's Bravo Company 2nd battalion 27th infantry regiment secures a landing zone for a Blackhawak helicopter at the Shigal district center in Kunar province on September 15, 2011.
Army Spc. Yuroslav Prikhodko fires his M4 assault rifle from an alternative firing position during a marksmanship course on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 14, 2011. Prikhodko is a truck driver assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s Company G, 1st Brigade Combat Team, which provides logistics and sustainment for 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment.
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands to pick up U.S. special operations forces at the end of a clearing operation Kishim district, Babakashan province, Afghanistan, Sept. 13, 2011. With the support of special operations forces, Afghan National Army commandos clear a village to disrupt insurgent activity.
A U.S. special operations forces team member shines a light on a suspicious area during a clearing operation in Kishim district, Babakashan province, Afghanistan, Sept. 13, 2011.0 -
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A Norwegian special operation forces operator practices on his rappelling technique during ex-filtration training as part of the Jackal Stone 2011 exercise in Constanta, Romania, Sept. 12.
A belt of ammunition is coiled next to a machine gun in one of the bunkers of U.S. soldiers from Task Force "No Fear" 3rd Platoon, 2-27 Infantry "The Wolfhounds" in Outpost Bari Alai in Ghaziabad district in Kunar, Afghanistan September 17, 2011.
US army soldiers from Bravo company 2nd Batallion 27th Infantry Regiment fire 120 mm mortar rounds towards insurgent positions at Outpost Monti in Kunar province, on September 17, 2011.0 -
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German soldiers engage simulated enemy insurgents during Bold Quest 2011 at Camp Atterbury Join Maneuver Training Center Sept. 15. Bold Quest is a coalition combat assessment exercise to test the interoperability of target identification systems of member nations to reduce friendly fire incidents.
Norwegian soldiers engage simulated enemy insurgents during Bold Quest 2011 at Camp Atterbury Join Maneuver Training Center Sept. 15. Bold Quest is a coalition combat assessment exercise to test the interoperability of target identification systems of member nations to reduce friendly fire incidents.
Marines from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment train on assault operations using the V-22 Osprey Sept. 19 at Fort Pickett. More than 900 Marines and sailors are taking part in the Deployment for Training Exercise Sept. 6-23. The battalion is scheduled to attach to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit as its Battalion Landing Team a few days after the training is complete.
Soldiers attending the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Mountaineering Program conduct Senior Course Level II training near Fort Carson, Colorado after completing the Basic Course (Level III) where team members learned 15 basic tasks, including navigating in mountainous terrain, rope commands, transportation of a casualty on an improvised litter and rappelling techniques. During (Level II) the Soldiers are expected to know and pass a hands-on test on the basic fundamentals of rock climbing throughout the course.
Among the 17 tasks in the Senior Course they must be proficient at constructing a belay point, rappelling point and setting up rescue systems should they need to assist a stranded climber.The Soldiers were also taught basic animal care of pack animals and procedures on properly loading and securing heavy equipment and weapons onto mules by wranglers at a working ranch at lake George,Colo.
Throughout the training Soldiers recovered weapons caches from the top of mountains and abandoned mine shafts using a variety of rope techniques.In Oct, 2011,the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School will hold an activation ceremony officially turning the Mountaineering Program over to, A Company,2nd Battalion,1st Special Warfare Training Group (A) Fort Bragg,North Carolina.
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German soldiers of Charlie Platoon, Force Protection Company engage insurgents north-west of Kunduz.On their way back to the camp an IED suddenly explodes and destroys an up-armoured "Wolf" G-Wagon. Under smoke cover the infantrymen recover the wounded passengers.
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An Afghan boy salutes as he sits with a German Army soldier during a long term patrol near Char Darah, outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.
Prinsjesdag 2011 (English: Prince's Day) is the day on which the reigning monarch of the Netherlands addresses a joint session of the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives in the Ridderzaal or Hall of Knights in The Hague.
Romanian special operations forces clear the deck of ROS Midia (LSNS 283) during a demonstration for distinguished visitors on the opening day of Exercise Jackal Stone 2011, on Sept. 17, 2011, in Romania. Jackal Stone is an annual multinational special operations exercise designed to promote cooperation and interoperability between participating forces, build functional capacity and enhance readiness. This year nine nations are participating in various locations in Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine.
U.S. and Norwegian special warfare boat operators keep the rigid hull inflatable boats steady and close to ROS Midia (LSNS 283) so U.S., Norwegian and Ukrainian special operation forces can disembark the Romanian naval vessel during the demonstration at the Romanian Naval Port in Constanta, Romania, for distinguished visitors on the opening day of Exercise Jackal Stone 2011, on Sept. 17, 2011.
Capt. Markus Shawnee (left), commander for Bravo Company, 179th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, plans the next tactical movement after taking cover from rocket attacks and small-arms fire in a village while two soldiers scan the area for enemies Sept. 13.
U.S. Army Spc. Antonio Gambill, Charlie Company 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 2nd Platoon pulls security after clearing a compound during an air assault mission during Operation Enduring Freedom, Panjwaii, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2011.
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Yerevan hosted a grandiose military parade dedicated to 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence. The festive Republic Square gathered huge masses, greeting marching soldiers of Armenian, Artsakh and Russian armies. Armenia. 21st September 2011
Hungarian troops in Afghanistan.
Armenian special Orthodox operations clergymen walk during a military parade marking the 20th anniversary of Armenia's Independence Day in Yerevan, Armenia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011.0 -
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 19, 2011) Ensign Jennifer Rubin fires a 9mm handgun during small arms qualifications aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97). Halsey is underway conducting operations off the coast of Southern California.
"Adequate Response 2011" exercise in Ukraine.0 -
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Lance Cpl. Matthew D. Khamsihong, a motor transport operator with III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, fires the MK19 while using a new optic system Aug. 14. The system is designed to increase the weapon’s accuracy.
A military vehicle carrying Iranian Zoobin fart bomb (L) and Sagheb missile under pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011
A military vehicle carrying the Sejil surface-to-surface missile.
Chief of the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, General Hasan Firouzabadi, center, delivers a speech, as Revolutionary Guard commander Mohammad Ali Jafari, right, and army commander Ataollah Salehi.
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Iranian Arab members of the Basiji militia.
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Soldiers from 20 peacekeeping units take part in charity event in Monrovia, Liberia.
U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Marshall, Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force from Grennville, R.I., scans his area during a visit to the Dahla Dam Sept. 20. The PRT SECFOR supplied security during a dam assessment with the Canadian International Development Agency Sept 21.
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, attend a three week-long Assault Climbers training at the Marine Corps’ Mountain Warfare Training Center in Northern California, Sept. 22. This is the first non Special Forces unit to attend this physically challenging exercise.0 -
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U.S. soldier SPC Andrew Carson (R) aims an M14 enhanced battle rifle (EBR) as comrade PFC Jeremy Strabbing looks through a binocular during target practice at Combat Outpost (COP) Pirtle King in Ghaziabad district in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan September 24, 2011.
A bird flies away after perching on a Mk19 40mm automatic grenade launcher mounted on an armoured vehicle inside the U.S. military's Combat Outpost (COP) Pirtle King in Ghaziabad distric, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan September 25, 2011.
U.S. soldier SPC Joseph Mikos from Task Force "No Fear" Alpha Co 2-27 Infantry "The Wolfhounds" leans on a weapon as he keeps watch inside a bunker of Combat Outpost (COP) Pirtle King in Ghaziabad district in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, September 24, 2011.0 -
A policeman holds his rifle as he charges an investor during clashes around the stock exchange in Dhaka September 19, 2011.
Canadian Snipers survey enemy activity at an Observation Post before an assault during Exercise Tireur Accompli.
After acquiring their target a Canadian sniper fires the .50 caliber sniper rifle during Exercise Tireur Accompli.
Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, briefs Staff Sgt. Jason Ruiz, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, on his patient's status during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 21. The training focused on quick-care-under-fire and also gave training to Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), on how to react when pararescuemen arrive.
First Lt. Aaron Hunter (left), 212th Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer, and Tech. Sgt. Brandon Stuemke, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, assess the scene upon arrival during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sept. 21.
Lance Cpl. Timothy Jackson, a team leader with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, reloads his weapon during a platoon attack at Range 410A on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 8, 2011.0 -
U.S. soldiers from Task Force "No Fear", Alpha Company, 2-27 Infantry "The Wolfhounds", fire a 120mm mortar at a Taliban position from Combat Outpost (COP) Pirtle King in Ghaziabad district, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan September 26, 2011.
U.S. soldier PFC Troy Hayden from Task Force "No Fear" .0 -
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