World Armed Forces Pictures Thread

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Dutch Army Reconnaissance Platoon Train for Cambrian Patrol

In preparation for the annual international contest the Cambrian Patrol being held in October in Wales - Men from 17 Armored Infantry Battalion’s reconnaissance platoon was training in the mountainous terrain of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Germany, including skills such as abseiling and tactical water crossing and various tactical scenarios – 14^th August 2012

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Georgian 12th Light Infantry Battalion Mission Rehearsal Exercise Read more: http://

MREs are designed to prepare units for deployment to the Afghanistan theatre of operations to conduct counterinsurgency, stability, and transportation operations in support of NATO International Security Assistance Force.




Georgian soldiers from the 12th Light Infantry Battalion and Bulgarian soldiers prepare to assault a building during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 11, 2012.




Georgian soldiers from the 12th Light Infantry Battalion and a Bulgarian soldier pull security during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 11, 2012.




A Bulgarian soldier, replicating Afghan National Army, aims his AK47 assault rifle during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 11, 2012.




Georgian soldiers from the 12th Light Infantry Battalion pull security during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 11, 2012.




Georgian soldiers from the 12th Light Infantry Battalion pull security during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 11, 2012.

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EOD technicians from various countries participate in Tricrab 2012

Tricrab is a combined engagement that focuses on strengthening relationships within the Asia-Pacific region through training and information exchanges, to enhance EOD and diving related interoperability.




Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the Republic of Singapore navy and the U.S. Navy’s EOD Mobile Unit 5, conduct nighttime fast-rope helicopter insertions during the exercise Tricrab 2012.




Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the Republic of Singapore navy and the U.S. Navy’s EOD Mobile Unit 5 conduct nighttime fast-rope helicopter insertions during the exercise Tricrab 2012.




Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the Republic of Singapore navy and the U.S. Navy’s EOD Mobile Unit 5 conduct nighttime fast-rope helicopter insertions during the exercise Tricrab 2012




Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the Republic of Singapore navy and the U.S. Navy’s EOD Mobile Unit 5 conduct night-time fast-rope helicopter insertions during the exercise Tricrab 2012.




Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the Republic of Singapore navy and the U.S. Navy’s EOD Mobile Unit 5 conduct night-time fast-rope helicopter insertions during the exercise Tricrab 2012.




Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the Republic of Singapore navy and the U.S. Navy’s EOD Mobile Unit 5 conduct night-time fast-rope helicopter insertions during the exercise Tricrab 2012.




Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the Republic of Singapore navy and the U.S. Navy’s EOD Mobile Unit 5 conduct night-time fast-rope helicopter insertions during the exercise Tricrab 2012.

Combat in the city

An eerie silence hung over Singapore's Central Business District (CBD).

Arriving at the scene in two Terrex Infantry Carrier Vehicles (ICVs), infantry soldiers from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) were confronted with a disconcerting sight: Shenton Way was in shambles. Vehicles were overturned, and bodies were strewn across a debris-covered road as buildings nearby burned on.

As the troops moved out to survey and clear the area, they were met with enemy fire. A deafening explosion sounded as an enemy projectile hit a taxi the servicemen had been taking cover behind.

"And … cut!" the director yelled, wrapping up one take during the filming of Ah Boys To Men, Jack Neo's latest production.

http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/pub...ug12_news.html





Soldiers exiting a Terrex ICV to comb an area under enemy attack in the war scene of the movie.




Mr Neo (in white) in discussion with his crew on how to refine the scene while they were in between takes.




Troops taking cover behind a taxi as they come under enemy fire.




A taxi erupts in flames during the fire-fight.

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Afghanistan

Polish Soldiers serving in Afghanistan with 2^nd Company, Motorised Combat Group Bravo, during MEDEVAC training with the American MEDEVAC Team based at Ghazni – 23^rd August 2012

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Poland

Polish Air Force MIG-29 with special marking for the VI World Congress of the Polish Air Force - The Congress brings together more than 300 veterans and guests from home and abroad – Saturday 25^th August 2012

[Equation]

Who are those portrait painted on the tail wings of that MIG-29? Are they Polish military war heroes?

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Yes. I wiki-ed one. Zdzisław Krasnodębski

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Students clash with riot police at demonstration against the government, to demand changes in the public state education system in Santiago, capital of Chile, on Aug. 28, 2012. Chilean students have been protesting against what they say is profiteering in the state education system. (Xinhua/Jorge Villegas)

Two kidnapers stand handcuffed after were detained with their military clothes and ammunition in Herat province, Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2012. Afghan police officers detained two kidnapers with their military clothes and ammunition during their operations in Herat province on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Sardar)

A member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) runs during a battle with the Colombian Army in the mountains of Jambalo, in the province of Cauca, in this July 12, 2012 file photo. Colombia's government will soon begin talks that could lead to formal negotiations for peace with FARC, the country's biggest guerrilla group, according to a Colombian intelligence source on August 27, 2012.

Free Syrian Army fighters ride a motorcycle at the Seif El Dawla neighbourhood in Aleppo August 27, 2012.

Free Syrian Army fighters take cover in the old city of Aleppo August 27, 2012.

Free Syrian Army fighters man a weapon mounted on their vehicle as smoke rises from a petrol tanker hit by missiles fired from a fighter jet in the Bab al-Nayrab district in Aleppo August 26, 2012.

Members of the Free Syrian Army make their way to the front line during clashes with Syrian army soldiers in Aleppo's Saif al-Dawla district, August 24, 2012.

Syrian rebel fighter, Tawfiq Hassan, 23, a former butcher, poses for a picture, after returning from fighting against Syrian army forces in Aleppo, at a rebel headquarters in Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. In their previous lives, they were butchers, barbers, construction workers and university students. Now they are rebels fighting a civil war they hope will end the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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Those Syrian Rebels are pretty well armed. I know they couldn't have gotten it from their own deserted army cache...somebody must've been supplying them.

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Those Syrian Rebels are pretty well armed. I know they couldn't have gotten it from their own deserted army cache...somebody must've been supplying them.

The FAL with the sight that one of the rebels is carrying is a likely candidate. Most of the other weapons be from the Syrian Army (especially considering that people in the ranks of the Army and other security forces frequently sell weapons to the rebels). However they could also be from Iraq, or Lebanon. I would suspect that the AKs with the wooden foregrips in the second picture are Iraqi, those seem to be quite common in Iraq, and there is very active weapons smuggling from Iraq (where weapons and smugglers are plentiful, both Saddam's leftover stuff and a constant flow from Iraqi security forces looking to do business with "good friends" and get some extra cash), via tribal smuggling networks that have always crossed the Iraqi-Syrian border. Lebanon is a hub of the illegal international small arms trade in the Middle East and has been a major gateway to Syria. I know personally that the individual small arms dealers in Lebanon that buy (or steal) from international dealers or from the Lebanese security forces or from the vast stockpiles of Lebanon's militias are doing a very good business supporting the Syrian rebels.

Some weapons flowing into Syria are paid for entirely by the rebels, some are paid for and provided for by outside governments, it's impossible to say how much of each is going on.

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USAREUR Expert Infantryman Badge 2012

U.S. Army Sgt. Linzy Davis, assigned to 172nd Infantry Brigade, and German Army soldier Christopher Kutzscher, perform a 12 mile foot march during U.S. Army Europe's Expert Infantryman Badge qualification in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 29, 2012.




U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Bamford (left), 2nd Cavalry Regiment, pushes through a 12 mile foot march during U.S. Army Europe's Expert Infantryman Badge qualification in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 29, 2012.




U.S. Army Spc. Bryan Cody, 172nd Infantry Brigade, performs a 12 mile foot march during U.S. Army Europe's Expert Infantryman Badge qualification in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 29, 2012.




U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Mize, assigned to 172nd Infantry Brigade, performs a 12 mile foot march during U.S. Army Europe's Expert Infantryman Badge qualification in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 29, 2012.




U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Perry, 172nd Infantry Brigade, performs a 12 mile foot march during U.S. Army Europe's Expert Infantryman Badge qualification in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 29, 2012.




U.S. Army Capt. Kyle Frazier, assigned to 172nd Infantry Brigade, performs a 12 mile foot march during U.S. Army Europe's Expert Infantryman Badge qualification in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 29, 2012.




A German army soldier marches on a tank trail during a 12 mile Foot March at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany Aug. 29, 2012. The soldier participated in the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) Expert Infantryman Badge 2012 alongside with U.S. Army and Slovenian soldiers.




U.S. Army 1st Lt. Patrick S. Jones, assigned to 170th Infantry Brigade, runs on a tank trail during a 12 mile Foot March at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany Aug. 29, 2012. 1st Lt. Jones participated in the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) Expert Infantryman Badge Testing 2012 alongside with German and Slovenian soldiers.




U.S. Army soldiers march on a tank trail during a 12 mile Foot March at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany Aug. 29, 2012. The soldiers participated in the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) Expert Infantryman Badge 2012 alongside with German and Slovenian soldiers.




A German army soldier runs on a tank trail during a 12 mile Foot March at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany Aug. 29, 2012. The soldier participated in the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) Expert Infantryman Badge 2012 alongside with U.S. Army and Slovenian soldiers.




German army soldier Daniel M. Goetz runs on a tank trail during a 12 mile Foot March at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany Aug. 29, 2012. Goetz participated in the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) Expert Infantryman Badge 2012 alongside with U.S. Army and Slovenian soldiers.




German army soldier reaches the finish line after a 12 mile Foot March at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 29, 2012. The soldier participated in the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) Expert Infantryman Badge 2012 alongside with U.S. Army and Slovenian soldiers




U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to 1st Battalion 4th Infantry, run along with their comrade to the finish line after a 12 mile Foot March at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 29, 2012. The soldier participated in the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) Expert Infantryman Badge 2012 alongside with German and Slovenian soldiers.

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12 miles road march with full gear just to qualify for the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) Expert Infantryman Badge...damn that is huurraaa!

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Exercise Kakadu 2012

Exercise Kakadu 2012 is Australia’s largest maritime exercise and allows the RAN to develop operational capability and skills in a coalition environment. Exercise Kakadu will be conducted from 29 August to 14 September in the Northern Australian Exercise Area off the coast of Darwin. In 2012 there will be 15 ships, and over 2000 sailors and officers from 17 participating and observing nations taking part.




An Indonesian boarding party comes alongside HMAS Perth in order to conduct a mock boarding during Exericse Kakadu 2012.




A member of the Indonesian boarding party climbs HMAS Perth's jumping ladder during a mock boarding conducted as part of Exericse Kakadu 2012.




A member of the Indonesian boarding party stands guard during a mock boarding on HMAS Perth conducted as part of Exericse Kakadu 2012.




A member of an Indonesian Boarding Party on HMAS Perth with his ship, KRI Frans Kaisepo in the background as they conduct a mock boarding during Exericse Kakadu 2012.




Members of the Indonesian boarding party stand guard during a mock boarding on HMAS Perth conducted as part of Exericse Kakadu 2012.




A member of an Indonesian Boarding Party stands guard as Royal Australian Navy personnel, who are role playing as crew of the boarded vessel, are searched on HMAS Perth during Exericse Kakadu 2012.




The Officer in Charge of an Indonesian boarding party speaks withs Royal Australian Navy personnel who are role playing as crew of the boarded vessel during a mock boarding on HMAS Perth for Exericse Kakadu 2012.




An Indonesian boarding party return to their ship, KRI Frans Kaisepo after conducting a mock boarding on HMAS Perth during Exericse Kakadu 2012.




Indonesian sea boats return to HMAS Perth to collect thier boarding party after conducting a mock boarding during Exericse Kakadu 2012.




An Indonesian Boarding Party pose with Captain Mal Wise, Australian Commander Task Group, on completion of a mock boarding on HMAS Perth during Exericse Kakadu 2012

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IDF Field Observers Unit Conduct Company Exercise

(Released 6^th September)

The female dominated observers unit conducted a company exercise which included shooting practice, physical fitness tests and binocular practice. August 29, 2012
Photos: Zev Marmorstein, IDF Spokesperson's Unit

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Poland - Special Forces Command

The Polish Undersecretary of State for Defence Policy Robert Kupiecki visited the Special Forces Command and was given a display of weapons and equipment - 6^th September 2012