World Armed Forces Pictures Thread

**Nem116** · 05-08-2010, 11:48 AM

Army Reserve soldiers from 36 Canadian Brigade Group during Exercise SCOTIAN TRAVERSE 10, in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on 10 April 2010.

Exercise SCOTIAN TRAVERSE 10 (Ex ST 10) is an annual collective training exercise involving Army Reserve units from 36 Canadian Brigade Group. More than 400 military personnel from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island participated in the exercise held in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) from April 9 to 11, 2010. Ex ST 10 is designed to prepare Army Reserve personnel for possible future operations at home and abroad.

**bd popeye** · 05-08-2010, 12:09 PM

Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinian stone-throwers in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah May 7, 2010. Israeli border police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse Palestinian protesters and Israeli activists during a violent protest over a land dispute with Jewish settlers in the area.

**bd popeye** · 05-08-2010, 12:11 PM

Police provide security at the OR Tambo Sports Centre, as people view a replica off the World Cup trophy at Khayelitsha township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 7, 2010. The World Cup trophy began a countrywide tour of South Africa in Cape Town.

Police charge after firing tear gas during a confrontation in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 7, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas canisters as thousands of protesters gathered in Nepal's capital to demand an end to a crippling general strike imposed by former communist guerrillas seeking the government's resignation.

Lebanese policemen from the mobile forces unit, arrest a mock suspect during an anti-terrorism and riot maneuvers training at their base in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, May 7, 2010. The Lebanese riot police unit have conducted at their base a practical simulation on the application of new order maintenance tactics and techniques and the use of new equipment provided by the European Union. The EU assistance to Lebanese Internal Security Forces falls under the framework of the EU-Lebanon action plan jointly agreed by the Lebanese government and the European Union and adopted in 2007.

A laser beam is pointed at a Greek riot policemen during an anti-austerity demonstration in the center of Athens on May 6, 2010. Riot police charged hundreds of youths in front of the Greek parliament after an anti-austerity demonstration by more than 10,000 people. After a long face-off, police also used tear gas to disperse the youths who had lingered on taunting officers with insults and throwing things after the demonstration.

A riot police member looks on during a demonstration in front of the Greek Parliament on May 6, 2010.

Protesters try to escape from riot police during a march in central Athens,Thursday, May 6, 2010. Greek police fired tear gas to repel stone-throwing protesters after lawmakers approved drastic austerity cuts Thursday needed to secure international rescue loans worth ($140 billion) 110 billion euro.

Ecuadorean anti-riot police officers set a barricade outside the National Assembly building in Quito, as Ecuadorean Indians protest against a controversial law that opponents claim could lead to the privatization of water, May 6, 2010. The Indians, from several different provinces, gathered around the National Assembly building as the legislative committee reviewed the law. The head of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities called for a series of protests by his group, which will gradually increase nationwide.

A man detained after a attempted bus robbery motions to his shoes(bottom pic) which were removed by police in Guatemala City May 6, 2010. Three people were shot when, during the robbery, a passenger on the bus pulled a weapon and fired on the assailants.

Riot policemen arrest a demonstrator, on May 6, 2010 in Lausanne, during a protest against the death of a prisoner after media reported that guards delayed intervening for 90 minutes following a fire in his cell. Transcripts of phone calls involving prison officials, police and rescue services published by a Swiss newspaper indicated that staff delayed intervening as they waited for special units to deal with the high security detainee.

Russian army soldier on top a howitzer is seen on march at the Red Square during Victory Day Parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Thursday, May 6, 2010.

Soldiers are deployed in towns of Maguindnao province in the southern Philippines on May 7, 2010 three days before national elections. Security forces are on high alert for a possible eruption of violence in the province, scene of the worst political massacre in Philippine history when 57 people were killed in November.

A military personnel stands guard as a worker from a forwarding company delivers boxes containing Precinct Count Optical Scanner (PCOS) machines inside the Commonwealth Elementary School in Quezon City, Metro Manila May 6, 2010. The Philippines' automated voting system could throw up some problems in next week's election, but the last-minute replacement of faulty technology should prevent an outright failure, the election commission said on Thursday.

**bd popeye** · 05-08-2010, 12:15 PM

A military boat travels past a Russian frigate anchored at a navy base in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol May 7, 2010.

A boat with tourists travels past a Russian military vessel anchored at a navy base in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol May 7, 2010.

German Navy submarine U17 arrives back at its home naval base in Eckernfoerde May 7, 2010. The U17 returned on Friday from a four-month mission with NATO's 'Operation Active Endeavour' in the Mediterranean Sea.

Russian Navy seamen on leave pose on the sea-front in front of a Russian Navy vessel prepared for the Victory Day parade in the bay of Ukrainian city Sevastopol, the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, on May 7, 2010. Ukrainian and Russian fleets will take a part in the Victory Day parade on May 9, marking the 65th anniversary of the end of WWII.

A Russian Air Force Beriev A-50 early warning aircraft flies in formation with fighter jets over Red Square and the Kremlin during a military parade dress rehearsal in Moscow May 6, 2010. Russia will mark the 65th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 with a military parade in Moscow's Red Square on May 9.

**bd popeye** · 05-10-2010, 03:04 PM

A U.S. army soldier with the 10th Mountain Division (front) and German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the 3rd company of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) arrive at a combat outpost in Chahar Dara district on the outskirts of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, May 10, 2010.

A German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the 3rd company of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) (L) and a U.S. army soldier with the 10th Mountain Division arrive at a combat outpost in Chahar Dara district on the outskirts of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, May 10, 2010.

A German Bundeswehr army soldier with 1nd armoured infantry battalion 122 prepares dinner in a combat outpost in Chahar Dara district on the outskirts of Kunduz, May 8, 2010.

A German Bundeswehr army soldier with the 3rd platoon of the Quick reaction Force 5 (QRF) eats his breakfast in a combat outpost in Chahar Dara district on the outskirts of Kunduz, May 8, 2010.

A German Bundeswehr army soldier with the 3rd platoon of the Quick reaction Force 5 (QRF) prepares ammuniton for a mortar at a combat outpost in Chahar Dara district in the outskirts of Kunduz, May 8, 2010.

German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the 3rd platoon of the Quick reaction Force 5 (QRF) discuss during a mine sweeping operation in Chahar Dara district in the outskirts of Kunduz, May 8, 2010. The Bundeswehr soldiers also searched for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during the operation.

German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the 3rd company of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) take a break on their camp beds in a combat outpost in Chahar Dara district on the outskirts of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, May 10, 2010.

Members of the Civilian Auxilliary Forces Geographical Unit, a militia group under the command of the Philippine Army, leave their detachment guarding a small village for a routine foot patrol near the provincial capitol of southern Maguindanao province on the eve of national and local elections on May 9, 2010. Armed with World War II-era M-1 Garand rifles, the government militiamen are helping to secure the elections amid intense rivalry among candidates that has made politics a bloodsport in the Philippines.

A Philippine army armoured personnel carrier (APC) with a banner calling for a peaceful and orderly elections patrol along the highway in Maguindanao province, southern Philippines May 10, 2010.

Canadian Army Sgt. Sarah Surtees from North Bay, Ontario, CIMIC Operator in Camp Nathan Smith, talks to local leaders in the village of Ghazi Kalai, some 6 km (4 miles) southwest of Kandahar City centre May 9, 2010.

Canadian Army medic Cameron Hurrell from Camp Nathan Smith plays with children in the village of Ghazi Kalai, some 6 km (4 miles) southwest of Kandahar City centre, May 9, 2010.

Police members of the special forces revise their weapons without bullet chargers at the Jugua Nandu police headquarters, whose bullet cartridges were removed by army soldiers during a confrontation in Concepcion Province, May 9, 2010. Soldiers invaded the police barracks accusing police of protecting armed leftist group Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) as the state of emergency continued in the region giving the government special powers to search for the militants.

A joint team of soldiers and police officers inspect a motorcycle belonging to residents passing the highway of Mamasapano town, in Maguindanao province, southern Philippines May 10, 2010. Police reported 16 incidents of election day violence, with at least seven dead and eight wounded.

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Police investigators inspect the body of a member of a congressman's security detail after an encounter with policemen in Bacoor town in Cavite city, south of Manila May 10, 2010. The congressman's security official attacked a police station to rescue a colleague who was arrested for distributing money to voters and police fired back, killing two of the attackers, police reported. Police have also reported 16 incidents of election day violence, with at least seven dead and eight wounded.

South African police stand guard as a car bearing the emblem of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) founded by Eugene Terre'Blanche is parked during the trial of the two men accused of the murder of South African white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche in Ventersdorp court on May 10, 2010. The trial of the two accused of the murder of Terre'Blanche, the founder of the white separatist AWB, continues. Initial reports indicated the killing had been sparked by a wage dispute. Police have since said they are also investigating the possibility that it was a sex crime, after a lawyer said his client claimed that Terre'Blanche had tried to sodomise him.

Italian police officers lead crime figure Margherita Erpete (C) from a police station in the southern city of Naples May 10, 2010. Italian police arrested dozens of members of various mafia groups on Monday in a vast operation that netted large caches of weapons smuggled from Bosnia. Anti-Mafia Police said the raids where carried out in several areas of southern Italy against members of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and the Naples-area Camorra seeking to wrest control of the fruit and vegetable trade in southern Italy.

Italian police officers lead Paolo Schiavone (C) from a police station in the southern city of Naples May 10, 2010. Schiavone, 27, a rising boss of the Casalesi clan of the Camorra around the southern city of Caserta, was nabbed on a luxury cruise ship as he was returning from a honeymoon, police said. Italian police arrested dozens of members of various mafia groups on Monday in a vast operation that netted large caches of weapons smuggled from Bosnia.

**bd popeye** · 05-10-2010, 08:16 PM

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich (R) take part in the opening ceremony of a monument to cities that contributed to the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Moscow's Alexandrovsky Garden, May 8, 2010. Russia will hold a Annual Victory Day parade to commemorate Russia's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.

A Russian honour guard lights a torch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in central Moscow on May 7, 2010 in memory of those who were killed during WWII.

Russian honour guards stand at attention as people lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in central Moscow on May 7, 2010.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko take part in the opening ceremony of a monument to cities contributing to the victory over Nazi troops in 1945, in Moscow's Alexandrovsky Garden, May 8, 2010. Russia will mark the victory over Nazi troops on May 9 with a military parade.

Kazakh WWII veterans lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in central Moscow on May 7, 2010.

Russian navy cadets look at the medals of an elderly female WWII veteran near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in central Moscow on May 7, 2010.

A Russian WWII veteran sits with a boy in central Moscow on May 8, 2010. As Russia prepares to celebrate the anniversary of victory in World War II with a spectacular Red Square parade.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 8: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attends a ceremony at the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier to commemorate the 65th anniversary of VE Day, on May 8, 2010 in Moscow, Russia. Medvedev and dignitaries layed wreaths in tribue to Russia's World War II 'Hero Cities'.

**bd popeye** · 05-13-2010, 09:02 PM

Anti-terror police stand guard in front of a shop during a raid in Sukoharjo, Central Java May 13, 2010. Indonesian police arrested three more people in Central Java on Thursday, a day after five terrorists suspects were killed in two separate raids in Indonesia on Wednesday, police and local media reported, as part of a wider hunt for members of an Islamist group linked to hotel bombings in Jakarta last year.

Anti-terror police check evidence seized after a raid in Sukoharjo, Central Java May 13, 2010. Indonesian police arrested three more people in Central Java on Thursday, a day after five terrorists suspects were killed in two separate raids in Indonesia on Wednesday, police and local media reported, as part of a wider hunt for members of an Islamist group linked to hotel bombings in Jakarta last year.

Russian police officers detain a participant of an unauthorized a flashmob against flashing blue lights which became a symbol of powerful elite representatives whose cars break all traffic rules, outside Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Flashmob participants who several weeks ago formed a society of blue buckets, brought blue buckets of various size to imitate cars with flashing blue lights.

An ANA (Afghan National Army) soldier patrols along with U.S and Canadian Army troops in a village in Arghandab valley, May 12, 2010.

A Canadian Army soldier with Task force 1-10, 73 Charlie takes combat position during a patrol in a village in Arghandab valley, May 12, 2010.

A Thai soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in central Bangkok on May 12, 2010. Thailand's 'Red Shirt' opposition protesters vowed to 'fight to the death' as authorities prepared to lay siege to their sprawling encampment in the capital after peace talks broke down.

A Sri Lankan army soldier fires his weapon from a position on recently recaptured Tamil Tiger rebel territory in Paranthan in this December 23, 2008 file photo. Sri Lanka's 25 year war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which killed over 100,000 people, ended a year ago after a final offensive by government forces.

A German Bundeswehr army soldier with the 3rd company of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) watches Afghans on their motorcycles after a road was reopened to the public after soldiers searched for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Chahar Dara district on the outskirts of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, May 12, 2010.

German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the 3rd company of the Quick Reaction Force QRF scan the area after U.S. army and Afghan army (ANA) soldiers were ambushed in the village of Gul Baq, in the Chahar Dara district on the outskirts of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, May 12, 2010.

A Thai soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in central Bangkok May 12, 2010. The Thai military said it would cut off supplies on Wednesday to anti-government protesters camped out in downtown Bangkok and might ultimately use force to clear them if they did not pack up and leave.

A Mexican soldier stands guard as blocks of marijuana, weighing a total of 46 tons, are incinerated at a military base in the border city of Tijuana May 11, 2010.

A soldier stands next to a display of seized weapons after a raid operation at a drug hitmen training camp near the municipality of Higueras, some 50 km (31 miles) away from Monterrey May 11, 2010. The army seized machineguns, rifles, four rocket-propelled grenade launchers, two rockets, grenades, ammunition, twelve trucks and communication radios during during the raid, according to local media. One drug hitman died during the operation.

In this picture taken on April 16, 2010, a French U.N. soldier aim an anti-aircraft missile during joint maneuvers with the Lebanese army in the coastal town of Naqoura, south Lebanon. Lebanese security and U.N. officials say several peacekeepers have been injured in an explosion in south Lebanon. UNIFIL military spokesman Lt. Naresh Bhatt says the explosion near Tiri village was due to an accidental munitions detonation during routine activity at a UNIFIL position.

**bd popeye** · 05-13-2010, 09:02 PM