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bd popeye · Jun 30, 2012

[h=2]Operation Trap House[/h]

(Photos from the end of May and released 30th June)

Operation Trap House was designed to reduce the enemy's ability to launch or fund any offensive operations from the Zamindawar region during the traditional fighting season.

A U.S. Marine Corps Anti-Tank missileman attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 uses the command launch unit of a Javelin anti-tank missile system to observe enemy movement during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 27, 2012.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Charles E. Mackey III, attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 supports a patrol in a compound during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 26, 2012.

An Afghan Uniformed Policeman (AUP), right, enters a compound room to search it for weapons during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 26, 2012.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua V. Armstrong, a police advisor attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, looks into a room before entering during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 26, 2012.

U.S. Marines with Alpha Compnay, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 conduct pre-combat checks before a patrol during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 26, 2012.

A U.S. Marine Corps sniper with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 observes enemy movement from a rooftop during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 25, 2012.

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 observes enemy movement with a pair of binoculars during Operation Trap House in the village of Deh Mushek in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 25, 2012

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Egan, a squad leader with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, observes enemy movement with his personal periscope during a clearing operation in the village of Deh Mushek during Operation Trap House in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 25, 2012

A U.S. Marine Corps machine gunner with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 provides security as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician enters an empty enemy fighting position in the village of Deh Mushek during Operation Trap House in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 22, 2012.

A U.S. Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 enters an empty enemy fighting position after checking it for improvised explosive devices in the village of Deh Mushek during Operation Trap House in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 22, 2012.

A U.S. Marine Corps machine gunner, left, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 provides security as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician checks an empty enemy fighting position for improvised explosive devices in the village of Deh Mushek during Operation Trap House in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 22, 2012.

A U.S. Marine Corps Explosives Ordnance Disposal technician, right with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 checks an empty enemy fighting position for improvised explosive devices in the village of Deh Mushek during Operation Trap House in Kajaki, Helmand province Afghanistan May 22, 2012.

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bd popeye · Jun 30, 2012

[h=2]306th Rescue Squadron – HC-130 Transition[/h]

A pararescueman with the 306th Rescue Squadron waits for his turn to jump from an HC-130P at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012. Pararescuemen must complete training operations to maintain readiness for real world scenarios.

Pararescuemen with the 306th Rescue Squadron load onto an HC-130P to conduct a training jump at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012. Pararescuemen must complete training operations to maintain readiness for real world scenarios.

Pararescuemen with the 306th Rescue Squadron wait to conduct a training jump from an HC-130P at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012. Pararescuemen must complete training operations to maintain readiness for real world scenarios.

Pararescuemen with the 306th Rescue Squadron prepare to conduct a training jump from an HC-130P at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012. Pararescuemen must complete training operations to maintain readiness for real world scenarios.

Pararescuemen with the 306th Rescue Squadron conduct a training jump from an HC-130P at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012. Pararescuemen must complete training operations to maintain readiness for real world scenarios.

A pararescueman with the 306th Rescue Squadron conducts his training jump from an HC-130P at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012. Pararescuemen must complete training operations to maintain readiness for real world scenarios.

bd popeye · Jun 30, 2012

[h=2]306th Rescue Squadron – HC-130 Transition[/h]

Pararescuemen from the 306th RQS parachuted from the HC-130J as part of a heritage flight as D-M transitions from the HC-130P/N King.

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 306th Rescue Squadron daisy chain the lines on parachutes after jumping from the new HC-130J Combat King II on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman from the 306th Rescue Squadron pulls in his parachute after landing as other pararescuemen head towards the drop zone on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Joshua Swartz, 306th Rescue Squadron, daisy chains the lines on a parachute after jumping from the new HC-130J Combat King II on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 306th Rescue Squadron land near the designated drop zone on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, also known as PJs, from the 306th Rescue Squadron, lands near the designated drop zone on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jake Thompson, 306th Rescue Squadron, measures the velocity of the wind before pararescuemen, also known as PJs, parachute from the new HC-130J Combat King II on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Michael Jones performs a jump master personnel inspection on Tech. Sgt Jeffrey Hamilton, both from the 306th Rescue Squadron on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen, also known as PJs, from the 306th Rescue Squadron strap on their parachutes before boarding an HC-130J Combat King II on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ryan Montanez, 306th Rescue Squadron, helps suit up Capt. Kevin Deibler, 943rd Rescue Group, before he boards the new HC-130J Combat King II on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

bd popeye · Jun 30, 2012

[h=2]Operation Blue Jay[/h]

(Photos released 29th June )

U.S. Army Pfc. Derek Phan serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, provides security in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012

U.S. Army Pfc. Haley serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, provides security in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

U.S. Army Pfc. Derek Phan serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, provides security in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

A U.S. soldier serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division watches his area in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

U.S. soldiers serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division provide security in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

U.S. soldiers serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division provide security on top of a roof in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

U.S. soldiers serving with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division provide security from a rooftop in the village of Badu Khel, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

Nem116 · Jul 1, 2012

with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiments, searches for suspicious activity during a 15-day operation, June 4, 2012. The Marines eliminated more than 50 insurgents, without taking any combat related casualties or civilian casualties.

bd popeye · Jul 7, 2012

I do not have hi-res links for these pix..sorry

US Marines & Philippine forces participate in a hostage rescue drill in Maasim of Sarangani province, the Philippines, on July 4, 2012. The Philippines and the U.S. formally opened a nine-day joint naval exercise on Monday, which is more known as the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). (Xinhua/Jeff Maitem)

bd popeye · Jul 7, 2012

A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, land at the loading zone June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with U.S. Army special forces and flown over a nearby drop zone where the soldiers performed low level jumps during both day and night conditions.

U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group jump from UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with U.S. Army special forces and flown over a nearby drop zone where the soldiers performed low level jumps.

Two soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group load equipment into a UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopter June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with palettes of supplies and were flown over a nearby drop zone where the crew from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment perform low level drops

A U.S. Army soldier from the 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group returns to the landing zone from a nearby drop zone June 21, 2012. The exercise provided soldiers the opportunity to jump from UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters during both day and night conditions

Staff Sgt. Adam Roy, 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group, packs his parachute following his jump from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter June 21, 2012. Roy and his teammates safely completed multiple successful jumps from the helicopters during both day and night operations.

Pfc. Jesse McCaskill, 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group, checks the wind conditions at the designated drop zone June 21, 2012. McCaskill regularly checked the wind conditions and reported direction, velocity and gusts to the Black Hawks loaded with U.S. Army special forces.

Sgt. Maj. Moises Moniz, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, calls in airfield conditions for two UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopters from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, June 21, 2012. Moniz monitored wind conditions, tracked jumpers status's and regulated the airfield operations tempo through two-way radio communication with the Black Hawk pilots.

U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 19 Special Forces Group, line up to board a UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopter from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with special forces and flown over a nearby drop zone where the soldiers performed low level jumps, equipment drops and night operations.

Two UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopters from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, approach the landing zone, June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with U.S. Army special forces and flown over a nearby drop zone where the soldiers performed low level jumps.

A U.S. Army Special Forces airborne Ranger prepares to land following his jump from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, June 21, 2012. The soldiers use the helicopters to perform jumps, equipment drops and prepare for unconventional warfare.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer John Smith (left), 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, performs an equipment check for a special forces airborne jumper, June 21, 2012. Smith assisted the jumpers by checking their equipment prior to them boarding the UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters

bd popeye · Jul 7, 2012

Thanks to vor33 of mp.net for all these great pix I'm posting today!

[h=2]Pararescueman Conduct Tactical Training[/h]

(Photos released 6[SUP]th[/SUP] July)

Airmen from the 563rd Rescue Group practiced and certified members on alternate insertion and extractions from a helicopter

Air Force 1st Lt. Paul Fry and Tech. Sgt. Joshua Brown look out of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a routine training mission on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

Air Force pararescuemen look out the side door of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a routine training mission on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012

Air Force airmen participate in a tactical training flight mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012. The airmen are assigned to the 563rd Rescue Group. The training was conducted for both aerial gunners and pararescuemen

Air Force pararescuemen survey their location during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

Air Force pararescuemen prepare a rope for extraction after assessing their location during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012

Air Force pararescuemen help each other climb a rope ladder back into an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012

An Air Force pararescueman climbs a rope ladder back into an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

An Air Force pararescueman holds onto a rope as an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter flies back to base after a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012

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Afghanistan - Mizan Recon

Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (left), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, surveys the valley below during an area recon in Mizan District, southern Afghanistan as 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (right), a member of the Minnesota Army National, looks on. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team

Army 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (right), a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard and Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (left), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, look out over a valley during an area recon in Mizan District, southern Afghanistan. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team.

Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen, a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team, looks out over a valley during an area recon in Mizan District, southern Afghanistan.

Army 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (right), a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard points out an area of interest to Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (left), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, during an area recon in Mizan District, southern Afghanistan. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team.

Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (right), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, surveys the valley below during an area recon in Mizan district, southern Afghanistan as 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (left), a member of the Minnesota Army National, looks on. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team.

Army 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (left), a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard points out an area of interest to Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (right), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, during an area recon in Mizan district, southern Afghanistan. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team.

Equation · Jul 7, 2012

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bd popeye · Jul 7, 2012

[h=2]Afghanistan[/h]

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, patrol across the Tarnak River June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The river separates Gelan District to the north and Nawah District to the south.

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, patrol toward the village of Spedar June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The soldiers live together at Joint Security Station Hasan.

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team negotiate a steep wadi, or dry wash, while on patrol with Afghan soldiers June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The soldier at left is providing rear security for the others.

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Caston, a platoon sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, scans the horizon before his platoon continues a patrol June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Caston’s platoon is part of Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, move up a wadi, or dry wash, while on patrol June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The two forces run patrols out of nearby Joint Security Station Hasan almost daily.

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, move to contact after being fired upon by insurgent forces in the village of Spedar June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The soldiers make contact with the enemy nearly everytime they leave nearby Joint Security Station Hasan.

A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team yells to fellow paratroopers during a firefight with Taliban insurgents June 15, 2012, near Joint Security Station Hasan, southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The paratrooper is firing an M240B machine gun.

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fire at insurgent forces during a firefight June 15, 2012, on the outskirts of Spedar, a remote village in Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province. This is the first of several firefights the paratroopers and their Afghan National Army counterparts had that day.

A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fires an M240B medium machine gun at insurgent forces June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The M240B fires a 7.62mm round.

A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team peers over a wall for insurgent fighters after a firefight June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The mud walls common across Afghanistan often but not always stop small-arms fire.

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps head for home after a patrol June 15, 2012, into Nawah District from Joint Security Station Hasan, southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The paratroopers are based at Fort Bragg, N.C.

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team enter Joint Security Station Hasan after a patrol with Afghan soldiers to the village of Spedar June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. JSS Hasan was built in May to stem the flow of arms and homemeade explosives through southern Ghazni to Kabul and Kandahar.

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