British Military Pictures Thread

[bd popeye]

Obi Wan..you should have this mans Job..Maybe you could then straighten those RAF lads out!

First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope (Chief officer of the Royal Navy) in this magnificent room in the Admiralty building.

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March 23, 2011. HMS Westminster during her transit towards Libya. HMS Westminster is currently patrolling off the coast of Libya and stands ready to support any humanitarian or embargo actions as required by the coalition to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973.
[Picture: Petty Officer (Photographer) Sean Clee, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]

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(Posted on March 24, 2011 by ukforcesafghanistan.) A paratrooper from Chorley has raised more than twelve hundred pounds for charity after running a marathon with a difference around his base in Helmand Province. Lance Corporal Robert Fisher (39) – who is serving with The 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment in Shahzad – ran around the base twenty-six times in his body armour while carrying a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG).

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NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Nev. -- Senior Aircraftsman (Airman) Sam Kennedy, 1 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment, provides protection for an injured comrade by returning fire March 16, 2011. Before the DESERT EAGLE exercise, the Americans and British spent a few days getting familiarized through different training scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Mancha)(RELEASED)

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NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Nev.-- Members of the 822nd Base Defense Squadron and Royal Air Force Regiment rally up for a mission task briefing March 14, 2011. The 822nd BDS and RAF participated in a joint exercise designed to help with the exchange of tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Mancha)(RELEASED)

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NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Nev.-- Senior Airman Richard Ochoa (right) 822nd Base Defense Squadron gunner, teaches Cpl. (Senior Airman) Anthony Rogers, 1 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment, how to fire the .50-caliber machine gun March 14, 2011. Airman Ochoa instructed Corporal Rogers on how to use the weapon in case he was “killed” during a patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Mancha)(RELEASED)

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NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Nev. -- Lance Corporal (Airman) James May, 3 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment, arrests an insurgent March 14, 2011. The DESERT EAGLE exercise incorporated events that could happen downrange and enhanced the interoperability of U.S. and U.K. forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Mancha)(RELEASED)

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NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Nev.-- Tech. Sgt. Sean Gray, 822nd Base Defense Squadron squad leader, and British Airmen provide protection for a four-man foot patrol March 14, 2011. British and American officers were heavily involved with the planning of the exercise and worked closely with one another. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Mancha)(RELEASED)

A Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft taxis prior to take off from RAF Marham to enforce the UN sanctioned no fly zone over Libya, as part of Resolution 1973. ( March 21. 2011. by: Defence Images.)

[bd popeye]

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Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment head out on a normal routine patrol in the area of the Showal bazaar (26 Mar 11) in Afghanistan. The men from A Company are now able to step outside their patrol base and chat to the locals in an area that has seen significant change over the past six months. Through strong tactics and persistence the boys from 3 Para have restored a sense of security within the local area and have improved relations with the Afghan National Army (ANA), with whom they regularly patrol. (By British Forces Afghanistan)

[Obi Wan Russell]

HMS Bristol, the sole Type 82 Destroyer, which paid off to be a harbour training ship at Whale Island Portsmouth has been undergoing a refit at A&P on Tyneside to give her another ten years of useful service alongside. Here she is under tow for the return journey after completing restoration work, which involved reducing the mainmast to just a stump as it had extensive corrosion. She is due back in Portsmouth this week.

[advill]

The British Military is doing an excellent job with very limited resources. Sad that the British Government has introduced drastic cuts. The Royal Navy is a "shadow" of what it was in the past, and many including Veterans are greatly disappointed!!

[bd popeye]

BRIZE NORTON, ENGLAND - APRIL 14: A Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster comes into land at RAF Brize Norton on April 14, 2011 in Brize Norton, England. The Oxfordshire airbase and the surrounding village is gearing up to receive the bodies of fallen servicemen after the repatriation flights switch from RAF Lyneham in September. Oxfordshire county council has recently released a proposed route for the corteges to pass through Brize Norton village en route to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, however residents have raised concerns about the narrow lanes, speed humps and other traffic-calming devices.

[bd popeye]

Protesters breached the gates of Excel during BP's AGM. A teary eyed Diane Wilson from Texas covered her face and hands with oil and was arrested for breach of the peace whilst Axel Kohler-Schnura demanded entry as a shareholder.

A member of the British Army Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment shoes a horse during a media event at the Hyde Park Barracks in London April 15, 2011. Members of the Regiment will escort Prince William and his bride, Kate Middleton, on their wedding day, of April 29th.

Members of the British Army's Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment take part in a media event at the Hyde Park Barracks in London April 15, 2011.

A member of the British Army's Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment carries a saddle during a media event at the Hyde Park Barracks in London April 15, 2011.

A soldier of the Household Cavalry polishes his own kit during a media event at the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment's Hyde Park barracks in London, Friday, April, 15, 2011. It will take some 60 hours to polish all the kit for man and horse for ceremonial work such as the State Opening of Parliament and the Royal Wedding.

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A Korean War veteran salutes in front of a fellow soldier's tomb upon his visit to the U.N. cemetery in Busan, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Seoul, April 22, 2011. About 300 Korean War veterans and their family members from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Britain are visiting Seoul for about a week.

Master Tailor Lance Sergeant Matthew Else, in suit, helps an unidentified soldier who fell during a ceremonial inspection in unusually hot weather, ahead of the Royal Wedding for members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at their barracks in Windsor, England, Thursday, April 21, 2011. Britain's Prince William is due to marry Kate Middleton on April 29.

[KingLouis]

I remember this they way you tell someone is about to drop is they will sway back and forth before they fall. All you need to do is hit them on the shoulder before they fall.

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Members of 30 Commando Support Squadron engaged in an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan [Picture: PO(Phot) Burke, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]

[TerraN_EmpirE]

And here we See the British forces wearing there Multi terrain Pattern, Mk 7 helmets, Osprey 'Armour' body Armor First pic also shows a L85 likely the HK made A3 version with an Acog mounting a mini dot sight in the middle of the poppies. fourth we see a Chinook fifth we see a pack of Jackals. and last a AH 64 Apache longbow presumably the British Ah1 British version.

[bd popeye]

Corporal Dipprasad Pun is an outstanding soldier! Read the whole story!

Sergeant Dipprasad Pun, 31, of the 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles holds his Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, after it was presented to him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in central London June 1 , 2011. Sergeant Pun defeated more than 30 Taliban fighters single-handedly during an attack on his checkpoint in Helmand province, Afghanistan in September 2010. The award is second only to the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for armed forces of the Commonwealth.

Queen decorates Nepali for Afghanistan heroics - Yahoo! News

LONDON (AFP) – A Nepalese soldier in the British army has been given a top bravery award by Queen Elizabeth II for his heroics in Afghanistan, where he single-handedly saw off more than 30 Taliban fighters.
Corporal Dipprasad Pun, 31, said he thought he was going to die and so had nothing to lose in taking on the attackers who overran his checkpoint.
He was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC), which is given in recognition of acts of conspicuous gallantry during active operations against the enemy.
Pun fired more than 400 rounds, launched 17 grenades and detonated a mine to repel the Taliban assault on his checkpoint near Babaji in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, last September.
Surrounded, the enemy opened fired from all sides and for 15 minutes Pun remained under continuous attack, including from rocket-propelled grenades and AK47 guns.
At one point, unable to shoot, he used his machine gun tripod to knock down a militant who was climbing the walls of the compound.
Two insurgents were still attacking by the time he ran out of ammunition, but he set off a Claymore mine to repel them.

[advill]

The British Gurkhas are known for their bravery and loyalty. Heartiest congratulations to Sgt Dipprasad Pun for being awarded the CGC by HM The Queen.

[Finn McCool]

Don't mess with the Gurkhas...just don't man.

[bd popeye]

I agree gentlemen.^^^ 100%

Sergeant Dipprasad Pun exemplifies the tradition of bravery and service of all the Gurkha's.

[Spartan95]

Aye. The Gurkhas' courage, bravery, loyalty and fighting prowess are legendary.

During the Japanese occupation of Singapore in WWII, the Japanese military tried to force the Gurkhas into slave labour. The Gurkhas refused saying that they had pledged service to the Queen of England and not the Emperor of Japan. They were promptly tortured by the Japanese to the extent that every single 1 of the them had their toes cut off. And still they refused to work for the Japanese. Eventually, even the Japanese military gave up trying to force them to work.