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Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeffrey Whitson, a native of Vidalia, Ga., stands at the front of a formation of sailors at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Dec. 20. Whitson, a corpsman assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), received his Fleet Marine Force qualification pin during the ceremony. To receive the qualification, Whitson had to know intricate details about Marine Corps history and warfare.
A civilian instructor coaches two paratroopers on how to use a Carl Gustav M3 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification course on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2011. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. The multi-role weapon consists of a light artillery tube that can be used against armor, fortifications and personnel.
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12/20/2011 - RAF MILDENHALL, England – An air-to-air refueling mission took a special Christmas turn as one Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon ‘sleigh’ pilot arrived to receive fuel with a Santa Claus hat taped to his helmet. RAF Mildenhall’s 351st Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotankers are responsible for refueling American and allied aircraft, enabling NATO missions across Europe and Africa. Transient aircraft supporting ongoing operations in Afghanistan and other deployed areas also frequently rendezvous with Mildenhall tankers to receive fuel, which extends their global reach and enables the Air Force mission to fly, fight and win.0 -
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with local Federal Security Service (FSB) special forces officers during a visit to the Chechnya's second-largest city, Gudermes, on December 20, 2011. The Federal Security Service (FSB) is the successor organisation -- responsible for internal security and intelligence -- to the feared Soviet-era KGB.
ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 16, 2011) Sailors and U.S. Coast Guardsmen train together during a visit, board, search, and seizure training exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105). Dewey is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations conducting maritime security operations.0 -
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Lt. Col. Matt Taylor lands an F-35B Short Take-Off Vertical Landing aircraft Dec. 13 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
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Retired Army Capt. Leslie Smith takes her place on stage with her service dog, Issac, during a dog placement ceremony at the Naval Consolidated Brig, Dec. 1. Smith was the guest speaker at the ceremony in which Marine Cpl. David Donchess,a wounded service member, received his service dog, Ruth. Smith contracted a blood disorder while on duty in Bosnia in 2002. She lost her left leg and eye sight as a result. Issac has given her physical and mental support. Smith travels extensively on behalf of organizations such as Wounded Warrior Project, Iraq Star Foundation, Army Wounded Warrior Program, Operation Heroes, and Disabled Sports USA. Carolina Canines For Service is a non-profit health and human services organization that train service doges for people with disabilities. Through this program in partnership with the NAVCON Brig, military prisoners are taught to raise and train the service dogs that are provided to veterans with disabilities by Carolina Canines free of charge. Since the program's inception, 14 wounded service members have received their service dogs.0 -
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A detachment of Marines from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 in Afghanistan completed their first unmanned aerial system cargo delivery in a combat zone, Dec. 17. The unmanned helicopter moved about 3,500 pounds of food and supplies from Camp Dwyer to troops at Combat Outpost Payne. The helicopter, an unmanned variant of the K-MAX, completed the delivery in about an hour and a half.
A woman holds an automatic weapon as she poses for a picture with Santa Claus at the Scottsdale Gun Club in Scottsdale, Arizona December 10, 2011. Guests at the club were able to have their photo taken with automatic weapons during an event with Santa Claus.0 -
U.S. Army Spc. Devon Boxa (standing) from San Angelo, Texas, a member of Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, watches another CH-47D Chinook out the back door of her Chinook as the two choppers take off from Kabul on their way to Jalalabad Dec. 17.
All Terrain vehicles were staged and ready to go for Operation Eagle Hunt. The policemen of 1st Kandak, 6th Zone, Afghan Border Police, spent the night in the middle of the desert near the Afghanistan border alongside the Marines and sailors of Border Advisor Team 1.
Swedish Soldiers from Skaraborgs Regemente (P 4) during a MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) training exercise – 15th December 20110 -
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Lt Dave Kiely Post Commander UN Post 6-50 - From Cork, he will spend Christmas Day on Post 6-50 on the Blue Line. He will conduct a three hour patrol of the Blue line on Christmas morning. He prepares his troop by issuing a detailed set of verbal orders prior to leaving post 6-50.
Lt Dave Kiely preparing to mount a Mowag Piranha III at UN Post 6-5.
Lt Colm Hogan - Patrol Commander of an Area Domination Patrol in South Lebanon Christmas Day.
Lieutenant Colm Hogan - From Clare and based in Collins Bks Cork. On Christmas Day Lt Hogan is a Patrol Commander of an Area Domination Patrol (ADP) in South Lebanon which will last 2-4 hours through the Area of Operations (AO). Even when he returns to camp his platoon will remain on stand-by for the night.
Lt Dave Kiely patrolling the Blue Line - Members of 105 Battalion patrol the Blue Line over the Christmas Period. Platoon Sergeant Fergie Barrett remains in post 6-50 and instructs a circuit training class before the platoon settle down to Christmas dinner.0 -
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Military personnel place a flag on a submarine during the Velayat-90 war games by the Iranian navy in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran December 27, 2011. Iran threatened on Tuesday to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz if foreign sanctions were imposed on its crude exports over its nuclear ambitions, a move that could trigger military conflict with economies dependent on Gulf oil.0 -
Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa, currently training to deploy to Afghanistan at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., was the first PRT to train on a new virtual reality combat simulator designed specifically to help Soldiers better deal with the number one killer in the contemporary operating environment: improvised explosive device.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 27, 2011) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 delivers supplies to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (AOO) as part of a deployment to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans en route to support coalition efforts in the 5th Fleet AOO.
Iranian submarines and warships participate in navy drill in the Sea of Oman Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Iran's navy chief warned Wednesday that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows. The navy is in the midst of a 10-day drill in international waters near the strategic oil route.0 -
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Polish soldier in Afghanistan.
ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 29, 2011) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Roberto Andiarena signals for the raising of aircraft elevator one on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
A rocket fires from a military boat during Velayat-90 war game on Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran December 30, 2011.
An Iranian navy diver jumps out of a helicopter during the 'Velayat-90' navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on December 30, 2011. Iran, which has been carrying out war games in the Strait of Hormuz over the past week, has said that 'not a drop of oil' would pass through the strait if Western governments follow through with planned additional sanctions over its nuclear programme.0 -
An A-10 Warthog flies low over coalition special operations forces as a "show of force" during an Afghan commando-led clearing operation in Gelan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Dec. 27. The clearing operation was conducted to eliminate insurgent safe havens and disrupt their supply lines.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jake Hystad (right), an explosive ordnance disposal technician with EOD Platoon 815, instructs Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah members, (from left) Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Scheuerman and Petty Officers 3rd Class Colin Black and Moses Perez on safety procedures during a mission to safely remove, transport and destroy explosive devices being stored at an Afghan National Army compound in Farah City, Farah province, Afghanistan, Dec. 27.
On 19 December 2011, members of the U.S. Army Alaska staff board a C 12 Sherpa provided by the Alaska National Guardand execute parachute operations over Malamute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.0 -
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Whydave I see your one C23 and raise you three.
Taken from the A&A forum three C23's closer to home. Taken from Casement Aerodrome.I managed to catch the US Army C-23s departing between 12.15 and 12.35 today...
PAT 334 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr
US Army sherpas by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr
PAT 321 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr
PAT 321 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr
PAT 331 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr
Also the C23's are a rare site as there was only about sixteen of the military C23 built.
The civilian form Aer lingus used in the 80s and 90s in the form of the Shorts C360 Skyvan.
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U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. Brian Hernandez (left), 19, from San Francisco, and Nick Montez (right), 20, from Lewiston, Idaho, a mortarman and an improvised explosive device dog handler with the 81mm mortar platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment provide security with Montez's dog Mally while helping Afghan National Army soldiers clear strains of illegal activity remaining among the bazaar's legitimate vendors during Operation Sandman here, Dec. 28. Safar Bazaar was once a hotbed for insurgents, its shops teeming with illegal drugs and streets laden with improvised explosive devices. Over the last two years, four Marine infantry battalions and their Afghan National Security Forces counterparts have labored to make it safe. Today, the buzzing bazaar is the commercial hub of southern Garmsir district. Thousands of Afghans from around the district travel to the bazaar each week to purchase goods.0 -
Pfc. Adam Bates receive the Purple Heart Award from Maj. Gen. Joseph Votel, deputy commanding general, Joint Service Special Operations Command for wounds received in combat during Operation Enduring Freedom.(March 18, 2010)
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Members of an Afghan-international security force secures the area while in pursuit of militants north of the village of Mian.
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Cpl. William Cox, an armorer at the Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest, and a native of Amory, Miss., provides security as an MV-22 Osprey lands in Zaranj, Nimroz province, Dec. 30.
Iranian military personnel stand on a submarine during a naval parade on the last day of the Velayat-90 war game in the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran January 3, 2012.0 -
The official flag of Eurocorps military contingent is seen during a ceremony in honor of the families of the 150 soldiers who will go to Afghanistan on January 10 for a six-month-period joining Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force (FIAS), on January 4, 2012 at Eurocorps headquarters in Strasbourg, eastern France. Eurocorps soldiers, who normally remain based in their respective countries, can be put at the disposal of NATO or the European Union.
F-35B production aircraft BF-8 flies over the city of Fort Worth during a company acceptance test flight on Dec. 8, 2011. BF-8 is a short takeoff/vertical landing (STVOL) variant aircraft that will be delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Members of the growing Afghan special forces stand in formation after conducting a practice raid at a training field on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.0 -
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SANGIN, Afghanistan (Dec. 27, 2011) Hospitalman Victor Castro, assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, hands out candy to an Afghan child during a security patrol in Sangin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Marines conducted the patrol to help maintain security in the surrounding areas.
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Hull Technician Fireman Douglas Anderson, left, and Hull Technician Fireman Patrick Zembol watch the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill take on fuel in heavy seas during a refueling at sea with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a Western Pacific deployment.0 -
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A Soldier with 2nd Infantry Division's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment provides security outside Mullayan in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Dec. 26, 2011.
Belorussian sniper training.0 -
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