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A U.S. Navy SH-60S Seahawk provides support to a visit, board, search and seizure team in a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd. The VBSS team boarded an Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai after the dhow's master stated he was being held captive by pirates. The Kidd's VBSS team detained 15 suspected pirates who were reportedly holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for the last two months. The Kidd is conducting counter-piracy and maritime security operations while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 6, 2012) A Sailor assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd’s (DDG 100) visit, board, search and seizure team greets a crew member of the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai. Kidd's visit, board, search and seizure team detained 15 suspected pirates, who were holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for several weeks, according to the members of the crew. Kidd is conducting counter-piracy and maritime security operations while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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U.S Soldiers serving with the 172 Infantry Brigade, Blackhawks, Paktika Province, Afghanistan 29th December 2011 (released 6th January 2012)

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A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft from the Kansas Air National Guard’s 190th Air Refueling Wing prepares to refuel Navy F/A-18 Hornets over Wake Island during an escort mission from Japan to the United States.


Afghan local police officers detain a suspected improvised explosive device emplacer in connection with the IED found while conducting route clearance in the Mangrah Troy district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2012.

Sgt. Hunter G. Bernius, a scout sniper with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Lufkin, Texas native, shoots at a target placed in the water from a UH-1Y Huey during an aerial sniper exercise Jan. 2.

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Iraqi Army soldiers are seen on M1A1 Abrams tanks at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier during the Army Day celebrations in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. The Iraqi Army was activated on Jan. 6, 1921 while under British rule.


A view of the Russian aircraft carrier Kuznetsov in the Syrian city of Tartous on the Mediterranean sea January 8, 2012, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA.

Some great pictures here

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Soldiers in the scout platoon from Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, participate in wartime operation exercises at Florence Military Reservation, Jan. 7. The scouts conducted air assault raids as part of their mission to support the battalion's objective to deploy and fight on the battlefield as a light infantry battalion.

The 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona Army National Guard, keeps watch during an Air Assault Operation here on Jan. 7.

Brig. Gen. Ed Reeder, U.S. Army Special Forces commander, vists with U.S. special operations forces troops in Kandahar, Jan. 6. During the trip, he received updates on the progress being made in local security and governance over the past year through village stability operations.

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Iranian-American Amir Mirza Hekmati, who has been sentenced to death by Iran's Revolutionary Court on the charge of spying for the CIA, holds a weapon with U.S. soldiers in this undated still image taken from video in an undisclosed location made available to Press TV on January 9, 2012. Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced an Iranian-American man to death for spying for the CIA, the student news agency quoted a judiciary official as saying. Hekmati, a 28-year-old of Iranian descent born in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona, was arrested in December and Iran's Intelligence Ministry accused him of receiving training at U.S. bases in neighbouring Afghanistan and Iraq. Iran's highest court must confirm all death sentences

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Students in Mountain and Winter Combat School, Germany.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rattanak Nhok, 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems craftsman, checks operating manuals during the quarterly weapons load competition Jan. 6, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

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U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. Matthew Scofield (left), 19, from Syracuse, N.Y., and Jarrett Hatley, 21, from Millingport, N.C., a squad automatic weapon gunner and an improvised explosive device detection dog handler with 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, rest next to Hatley’s dog Blue after clearing compounds with Afghan National Army soldiers during Operation Tageer Shamal (Shifting Winds) here, Jan. 4. Over the past five years, coalition forces have operated with Afghan National Security Forces to defeat the insurgency in the central Helmand River valley. Driven from the green zones, or populated areas, of districts in southern Helmand, enemy fighters have sought refuge in bed-down locations west of the Helmand River. This area on the outskirts of Garmsir district has been, until now, nearly untouched by the partnered forces and the Afghan government. During the operation, Jan. 4-8, Afghan forces and Marines with 3/3 cleared the area of insurgent activity, weapons and improvised explosive device-making materials, and held shuras to address the concerns of local elders.
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A US soldier walks near the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afhghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. A teenage suicide bomber slipped inside police headquarters in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, detonating his cache of explosives and wounding one officer, the chief of the headquarters said.

A SWAT police officer watches over a caravan of police motorcycles waiting to escort the hearse of slain U.S. National Park ranger Margaret Anderson after her memorial service at Pacific Lutheran University campus in Tacoma, Washington January 10, 2012. Anderson was shot and killed by a gunman while on duty at a roadblock in Mount Rainier National Park on New Year's Day. The gunman was found dead a day later, having drowned after suffering from hypothermia.

The Marine Corps welcomed its first F-35B aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida on January 11th, 2012.

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These pictures were released by Life Magazine on the 67th anniversary of the start of the gruelling battle.


An American Sherman M4 tank moves past another gun carriage that slid off icy road in the Ardennes Forest during push to halt advancing German troops.


German Fuhrer and Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler and members of his General Staff review plans for 'Operation Bodenplatte,' an airstrike in support of the Ardennes offensive.


American troops man the trenches along a snowy hedgerow in the northern Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge


Soldiers with the Seventh Armored Division trudge through snow in a bombed-out Belgian village in 1945


A fifteen year old German soldier, Hans-Georg Henke, cries being captured by the US 9th Army in Germany on April 3, 1945.


German prisoners of war hold up their arms as Allied soldiers round up captives January 20, 1945 near the French-German border


American GI's helped local residents to load themselves and their belongings onto US trucks so they could escape the fight


This German plane was shot down by Allied guns and was found lying in snowy field in the Ardennes Forest


American soldiers of the 1st Army huddle around campfire in the snowy countryside of northern Ardennes Forest during lull in the Battle of the Bulge


German POWs carrying body of American soldier killed in Battle of Bulge through snowy Ardennes field


View of German soldiers aboard a Jagdpanzer IV/70 tank destroyer from the 12th SS Panzer Division during the Battle of the Bulge

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Armour Branch School training, Afghanistan.

An Afghan National Army (ANA) and US soldiers stand guard during a ceremony to hand over security control in Ghazni province on January 12, 2012. The security responsibilities of the Ghazni province is handed over from the NATO forces to Afghan security forces on January 12. NATO forces handed over most of a peaceful province to Afghan authorities.

Polish soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand during a ceremony to hand over security control in Ghazni province on January 12, 2012.

The first Marine Corps version of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35B, above , is accompanied by a Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter as it arrives at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. , Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 from the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Located in the northwest Florida panhandle community of Fort Walton Beach, Eglin Air Force Base is home to the 33rd Fighter Wing, which will serve as the training center for F-35 pilots and aircraft maintainers for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.

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DoD's first production F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter flies toward its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., escorted by Marine Corps F-18 Hornets. The Marine variant of the JSF belongs to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 501. The Marines of VMFAT-501 received two F-35Bs Jan. 11.



The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sits in a conservation tank after a steel truss that had surrounded it was removed on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at a conservation lab in North Charleston, S.C. Scientists say removing the truss allows the first clear view of the sub since it sank in 1864 off the South Carolina coast.

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A side view on of the BAE Systems CV90 tank with Adaptive Armour.

An instructor from the Tianjiao Special Guard/Security Consultant Ltd. Co, smashes a bottle over a female recruit's head during a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing January 13, 2012. According to the company, the training session consists of 20 women, mostly college graduates, who will undergo 8-10 months of training to develop sufficient skills to become security guards. The company will then offer the best trainee a chance to attend the International Security Academy in Israel.

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The MQ-1 Predator assigned to the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing is in flight over the Southern California Logistics Airport, formerly George Air Force Base, in Victorville, Calif., Jan. 7, 2012.

U.S. Army Rangers, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, participate in a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFX) near Fort Stewart, Ga., Jan. 11, 2012.

A C-130 Hercules aircraft flies towards Mount Fuji during an airdrop training mission, Jan. 10, 2012.

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WASHINGTON (Jan. 13, 2011) The official U.S. Navy logo commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Navy SEALs.

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Sgt. Donald Christensen, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Company C., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, moves into position as helicopters prepare to land during Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise here, Jan. 12.
Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFX) (Below )





U.S. Army Rangers, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.


BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan-- F-15E Strike Eagle #89-0487 is specially painted to celebrate its multiple achievements at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2012. #89-0487 is the only F-15 to have had a successful air-to-air kill and is now the only F-15 to have logged 10,000 hours of flying time.

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A dog tag lost during World War I by U.S. Army soldier Private Kent Potter is seen during a ceremony where it was presented to his son Dale in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas January 12, 2012. Potter, who worked on an Army supply train that consisted mostly of mules and horses, survived the war and returned home to Kansas without the tag, which remained buried for more than 90 years after he lost it on a French battlefield. The worn, round metal tag was discovered by two Frenchmen, Michael Toussaint and Jean-Claude Fonderflick, who return the medallions they find using metal detectors on European battlefields to descendants of the soldiers who lost them instead selling them to military collectors.


Tech. Sgt. Ted Hofknecht watches for insurgent activity from the side door of a helicopter in eastern Afghanistan.

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Australian and American Soldiers during a civil affairs Mission while serving with Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Uruzgan, Afghanistan 15th January 2012.

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Staff Sgt. Michael Mancuso, a joint terminal attack controller for 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, secures air support for the day's foot patrol as part of Operation Shamali Kamarband. The clearing operation, an Afghan-led counterinsurgency initiative, sought to uproot the insurgency in part of the district of Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand province.

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ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 14, 2012) Aviation Support Equipment Technician 3rd Class Edgar Gonzalez performs a jump kick on a simulated attacker during security force qualification combat training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island with embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) are deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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An Afghan Local Police candidate fires his AK-47 during a live-fire exercise in Kajran district, Daykundi province, Afghanistan, Jan. 13.

When Lunar New Year getting close,army going for military combat training in Hukou,Hsinchu,northern Taiwan,Jun 17th ,2012.

An Indian soldier atop T-72 Ajeya tank waits during the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 17, 2012. India will celebrate its 63rd Republic Day on January 26 with a large military parade.

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Here's something you don't see very often: DPCU, DPNU and DPDU in the same photo...


(L-R) Incoming Commander of Australia's forces in the Middle East (Joint Task Force 633) Major General Stuart Smith, Commander of Combined Task Force 150, Commodore Jonathan Mead and outgoing Commander Major General Angus Campbell at Combined Task Force 150 Headquarters in the Middle East.

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Two paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and a trainer run through a smokescreen during a live-fire exercise Jan. 14, 2012, at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La. The middle soldier has on his back several tools used to breach doors.


ARABIAN SEA (Jan 19, 2012) The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) join for a turnover of responsibility in the Arabian Sea. Both ships are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Afghan National Army commandos patrol Ghorak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan 17. The commandos, partnered with coalition special operations forces, conducted clearing operations in the district to disrupt insurgent safe havens and promote security in the area.

Picture shows miniature toy models of the US drone RQ-170 with a slogan quoted by Iran’s late founder of Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini reading in Farsi, 'we will step on the United states' in Tehran on January 19, 2012. An Iranian company designed the drone and prepares to sell it in the market. The US RQ-170 Sentinel high-altitude reconnaissance drone was captured in Iran on December 4, 2011.


SBS *during a joint-security exercise taking place along the River Thames on January 19, 2012 in London, England.
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An OH-58 Kiowa helicopter fires its .50 caliber machine gun during a strafing run on an enemy compound during a live-fire exercise Jan. 14, 2012, at Fort Polk, La. The helicopter is providing close air support for a platoon of paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

KUWAIT NAVAL BASE (Jan. 7, 2012) Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 2, based in Portsmouth, Va., and Coast Guard Deployable Operations Group (CGDOG) 307, based in Clearwater, Fla., patrol Kuwait Naval Base's harbor. Both units are part of Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.5, which provides harbor defense and force protection in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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SGT Curtis E. Hester firing his M-16 rifle, SGT Billy H. Faulks calls for air support, Co D, 151st (Ranger) Inf., Vietnam, 1969.


An Austrailian [sic] SAS recon team getting ready to go out on patrol. A New Zealander pilot in background.

ARVN STD 'Earth Angel' team dressed in North Vietnamese uniforms prepare for insertion into Cambodia, 1971.

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The LSSC of MST Detachment ALPHA comes back in from an operation with SEALs of X-Ray platoon aboard. It appears that the radio operator standing on the bow may have a problem judging from his expression and posture. Note the diverse “uniforms” worn by the SEAL and MST operators. The general rule was that if it worked you used it; if not, you didn’t or found something better. Hence, SEALs wearing Levi’s instead of camouflage trousers.

The cover of SOF magazine.

The "men with the green faces are coming"!!!!! (SEAL)

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Syrian defectors gather at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012.


Indian Air Force personnel perform the Air Warrior Drill in Hyderabad on January 21, 2012, on the occasion of the diamond jubilee celebrations of Air Force station Begumpet which was established in 1951.

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A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey special operations aircraft with the 71st Special Operations Squadron (SOS) receives fuel from a MC-130J Combat Shadow II aerial refueling aircraft from the 522nd SOS Jan. 4, 2012, over New Mexico. The 71st SOS is located at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and conducted air refueling training with members of the 522nd SOS at Cannon AFB, N.M. The MC-130J provided in-flight refueling as part of a joint-base partnership.

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment are conducting immediate actions drills during Lava Viper in Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Jan. 19, 2012. Lava Viper is a battalion level combined arms training exercise to better prepare Marines for upcoming deployments.

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 19, 2012) Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) pilot a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a training exercise. Porter is part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group, which is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise.

Bolivian soldiers participate in a military parade, after president Evo Morales presented the government's annual report on his third year as president, in La Paz January 22, 2012.

Weapons are seen as people are detained by Egyptian authorities after they were caught with weapons January 22, 2012.












Pictures taken during the President's of Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski visit in Lubliniec, home of Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosów (Commando Military Unit, new name of 1PSK) January 20, 2011. During the visit President had the opportunity to meet soldiers from all units subordinated to POLSOCOM - JW GROM, JW FORMOZA, JW AGAT, JWK and JW NIL and familiarize with their weapon and equipment. He also observed training of JWK's commandos.