[M]ilitary Junkie Thread March 1 2005 (56K = Sorry)

[ViriiK]

Here you go General Mayhem. Enjoy. Haven't done this for a while and I'm restarting the habit hopefully.

BAUMHOLDER, Germany Ð Airmen Shea Coleman, right, and Chris Taylor anticipate a possible attack against their squad during foot patrol training. They are security force specialists from the 52nd Security Forces Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base Germany participating in Creek Defender in southwestern Germany. The Regional Training Center from Sembach Air BaseÕs 786th Security Forces Squadron has developed the new curriculum with input from SF preparing USAFE security personnel for Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Air Force photograph by MSgt John E. Lasky)

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Amos Fox secures a building in a weapons compound in Hateen, Iraq, Feb. 6, 2006, while providing security for the Ashurah pilgrims that will be passing through to Karbala, Iraq. U.S. Army Soldiers are working along with the 2nd Iraqi Army Battalion and Iraqi police to set up security. Fox is a fire support officer for Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Katrina Beeler) (Released)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clifton Morehouse, of the "Sappers" from Alpha Company, 506th Regimental Combat Team, 4th Brigade Combat Team, provides security while other teammates conduct a night mission to clear roads and highways of improvised explosive devices in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 9, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Bart A. Bauer) (Released)


First lady Laura Bush visits Aviano Air Base, Italy, Feb. 10, 2006, while en route to Torino for the Olympics to thank Air Force personnel for their sacrifices and efforts in supporting the war on terror. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth) (Released)

A firefighter assigned to the 145th Air Wing lights a training fire for members of the 916th Air Force Reserve Fire Protection Flight during annual re-certification training at the aircraft fire training center in Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 10, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen) (Released)

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen off loads all-terrain vehicles from a C-130H aircraft during a simulated rescue exercise on Camp LeMonier, Djibouti, Feb. 12, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nic Raven) (Released)

U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance personnel from the 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit place an F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft on jacks while repairing the front hydraulic strut during exercise Red Flag 06-1 being held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 13, 2006. The exercise tests aircrews' war-fighting skills in realistic combat situations. Along with the U.S. Air Force, units from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, United Kingdom and Australia will participate in this Red Flag. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenny Kennemer) (Released)

A U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter is guided to land at Ras Siyyan, Djibouti, Feb. 18, 2006, during a search and recovery effort. A pair of Marine Corps helicopters, attached to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., crashed Feb. 17 during a training flight. The Sea Hawk is assigned to USS Vicksburg (CG 69). (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nic Raven) (Released)

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) enters Sinclar inlet near Bremerton, Wash., Feb. 14, 2006. Stennis recently completed flight deck certifications off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Storekeeper 1st Class Rebecca C. Sherrouse) (Released)



An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two One flies around the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) as the ship steams out of the San Diego Harbor at Naval Station San Diego, Calif., Feb. 15, 2006. Expeditionary Strike Group Three deployed from its homeport of Naval Station San Diego in support of the war on terror. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Bryan M. Ilyankoff) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers and civilian contractors load AH-64 Apache helicopters, after being offloaded from USNS Pililaau (T-AKR 304), into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Feb. 16, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV) (Released)

U.S. Navy Sailors man the bridge as the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) departs the harbor in Souda Bay following a routine port visit to Crete, Greece, Feb.16, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley) (Released)

Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seven prepare to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's (CVN 69), currently under way in the Atlantic Ocean Feb. 16, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Scott Wojciechowski) (Released)

Two U.S. Marines assigned to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., stand by for the takeoff of an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft during Red Flag 06-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 17, 2006. Conducted by the 414th Combat Training Squadron, Red Flag tests aircrews' war-fighting skills in realistic combat situations and involves units of the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps as well as units of the United Kingdom and Australia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Colette M. Bennett) (Released)

Monitors in the control room of the Charlie Rose Show feature Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld speaking during his appearance on the Public Broadcasting Service show "The Charlie Rose Show" in New York, N.Y., Feb. 17, 2006. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy. (Released)

BRASSFIELD-Mora, Iraq, United States soldiers part of the 3rd Battalion 187th Infantry Regiment and Iraq Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 1st Brigade 4th Division ride in a U.S. CH-47 Chinook after a night of raids in Al Tuth, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2006.(U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's mate 3rd class (AW) Shawn Hussong Fleet Combat Camera, Atlantic) (Released)

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A U.S. Army Soldier from Bravo Company, 9th Engineer Battalion guards the perimeter of the rally point during a night, live-fire training exercise as part of Exercise Vaulted Rampart at Grafenwoehr International Training Area in Bayern, Germany, Feb. 19, 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Whipkey) (Released)

Armed Forces Philippines soldiers assist U.S. Marines offloading humanitarian supplies from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in Saint Bernard, Philippines, Feb. 19, 2006. Service members are supporting humanitarian relief efforts for the victims of the Feb. 17, 2006, landslide that occurred in the village of Guinsaugon on the island of Leyte. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin Park) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Mastin M. Robeson surveys the area hit by the Feb. 17, 2006, landslide that occurred in the village of Guinsaugon on the island of Leyte. He assessed the damage and determined what would be needed to support search and rescue missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin Park) (Released)

A landing craft air cushion attached to Assault Craft Unit Five prepares to unload 155 mm Howitzer artillery guns belonging to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit off the coast of Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 19, 2006. Expeditionary Strike Group One is returning after a seven-month deployment in support of the war on terror. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Alan Warner) (Released)

Polish army soldier 1st Lt. Agnieszka Dolatowska, with the Civilian Military Cooperation, Multinational Division Central South, Camp Echo, Diwaniyah, Iraq, gives a toy to an Iraqi child at the Diwaniyah women's and pediatrics hospital in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 20, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason T. Bailey) (Released)



U.S. Army M1 Abrams from the 1st Armored Division, conduct a combat patrol in the city of Tal Afar, Iraq on 20 Feb. 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo By Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon)(Released)


20 February 2006: Explosive Ordnance and Disposal team soldiers with 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment wire up C4 plastic explosives to destroy ammunition recover in a weapons cache near the town of Rawah, in the Al Anbar Province, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

(Official USMC Photo by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)


An F/A-18C Super Hornet aircraft launches from the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while under way in the Persian Gulf Feb. 21, 2006. Reagan is currently deployed on its maiden deployment conducting maritime security operations and participating in the war on terror. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kathleen Gorby) (Released)

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A U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft arrives at Mactan Air Base, Cebu, Philippines, Feb. 22, 2006. The aircraft departed from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, carrying relief supplies in support of the humanitarian assistance for the Feb. 17, 2006, landslide in Leyte, Philippines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacqueline Kabluyen) (Released)

A U.S. Army National Guard service member fires an M-109 Howitzer during live-fire training on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, Feb. 22, 2006. The service member is among the more than 5,000 Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. service members currently participating in Exercise Balikatan 2006, a bilateral exercise involving combined field training and humanitarian civic assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joselito Aribuabo) (Released)

U.S. Marines from Echo 2, Battalion 5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit move rocks, boulders, and mud to make a landbridge over a river that was created by the Feb. 17 landslide in Guinsaugon, Philippines. (U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Corey Truax) (Released)

U.S. Marines execute a group parachute jump on Clark Air Base, Philippines, Feb. 23, 2006, during Exercise Balikatan 2006. More than 5,000 U.S. and Filipino service members are participating in the bilateral exercise, which consists of combined field training and humanitarian civic assistance projects. The Marines are with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, based in Guam (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joselito Aribuabo) (Released).

U.S. Army Capt. Edward Barnes examines an Iraqi man's eyes during a community health outreach program in Rushadah, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2006. Barnes is a battalion surgeon for the 66th Armor Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Larson, U.S. Navy. (Released)

U.S. Navy Aerographer's Mate 1st Class Miguel A. Green, with the Amphibious Squadron Eleven Meteorological and Oceanographic Center, interacts with children at St. Bernard Elementary School in southern Leyte, Philippines during a community service project Feb. 25, 2006. The Sailors spent the day performing minor maintenance, cleaning and groundskeeping at the local elementary school. Sailors and Marines from the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group with elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, exercise Balikatan and the USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) are providing humanitarian assistance for victims of the Feb. 17, 2006, landslide on the island of Leyte. (U.S. Navy Photo by Lt. Ed Sisk) (Released)

Shown is the UH-60 Blackhawk operated by soldiers from 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment that will be used to drop pyschological operation leaflets Feburary 26, 2006, Command Operating Post Speicher. Thousands of leaflets will be dropped over various towns in the Multi-National Division-North area of operation to help gather intelligence, and to disseminate information to the local citizens of Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

[Suicide King]

great as always

[kunta kinte]

nice its been along time

[<3`]

[mang]

very cool pics

[ServOh]

[rCeAaNd_tYhOiUs]

WHAT??? SPEAK UP!

[bong420]

im gonna join the military solely to play with guns and other sweet toys

[ViriiK]

Originally Posted by bong420

im gonna join the military solely to play with guns and other sweet toys

That's not a good reason.

[This is one step above smashing on the keyboard.]

Originally Posted by ViriiK

That's not a good reason.

his name is bong420, obviously he doesnt think things through

the fire pic was my favorite

[matt00926]

man iraq is a shithole

[ViriiK]

Originally Posted by matt00926

man iraq is a shithole

It's a country in the desert. What do you expect? Mexico would give you the same impression as well.