World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

Members of Canadian Forces (CF) Task Force Huntsville conduct a backcountry patrol around the Deerhurst Resort during the 2010 Muskoka G8 Summit.

During Operation CADENCE, the CF provide unique resources and capabilities to support to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)-led Integrated Security Unit (ISU) by monitoring maritime, air and land approaches. The ISU is responsible for ensuring the security of the Summit participants and nearby residents during the 2010 Muskoka G8 and Toronto G20 Summits and is comprised of members from the CF, RCMP, Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto Police Service and Peel Regional Police.

The G8/G20 Summits provide the leaders of the world’s most industrialized nations and the leading emerging nations with an opportunity to discuss issues such as fiscal and monetary policy co-ordination and international development to advance international economic co-operation.

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Police are seen outside a house after a search in Kenton, Newcastle, northern England July 5, 2010. A gunman on the run after a double shooting in northern England in which one man died is believed to have shot a traffic policeman early on Sunday, police said. Northumbria Police said the officer suffered serious but not life-threatening wounds in the shooting at a roundabout in East Denton, Newcastle. Raoul Thomas Moat, 37, released from prison this week after serving a sentence for assault, is also suspected of shooting a man and a woman a few miles away in Gateshead on Saturday.

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Ingrid Betancourt (C), her daughter Melanie Delloye and members of Colombian Army and Police officers, who were rescued from FARC rebels, arrive to a wreath-laying ceremony at a monument in memory of military died in captivity, at a military school in Bogota on July 2, 2010. Former Franco-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt returns to Bogota Friday to celebrate the second anniversary of her release along with 14 other hostages of the leftist FARC guerilla group.

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French police officers check the speed of vehicles in the feeding zone in Ampsin, Belgium, during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 201 kilometers (125 miles) with start in Brussels and finish in Spa, Belgium, Monday July 5, 2010.

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Riot police try to stop Uighurs living in Turkey stage a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 5, 2010 to commemorate the first anniversary of deadly ethnic unrest in China's far-western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The protesters carried placards that read 'Stop the Chinese Massacre against Uighurs' and 'Freedom for Eastern Turkistan' and shouted slogans like " Turkey, don't forget your brothers!

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Assam Bhartiya Janata Party leader Ranjit Dutta, center, and supporters protest when police officers try to detain them during a strike called by opposition parties in Gauhati, India, Monday, July 5, 2010. Transportation ground to a halt and businesses were closed Monday in many parts of India following a one-day strike by the main opposition parties to protest a government-imposed hike in fuel prices.

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Communist Party of India supporters are dragged away by Indian Police at a protest in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 5, 2010. Transportation ground to a halt and businesses were closed Monday in many parts of India following a one-day strike by the main opposition parties to protest a government-imposed hike in fuel prices.

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Chief Superintendent Leonardo Espina (C), head of the Philippines' highway police, shows to the press hundreds of illegal sirens and blinkers confiscated from motorists in Manila on July 5, 2010. The anti-siren drive was launched after newly inaugurated President Benigno Aquino vowed an end to the illegal use of sirens by unruly civilians motorists who go against the flow of traffic to escape Manila's notoriously clogged roads. Aquino himself has banned his own security detail from beating the red light or part traffic for the presidential convoy to illustrate that no one one is above the law.

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Security guards scuffle with protesting students during clashes at the US embassy in Manila on July 4, 2010 at a demonstration to mark American Independence Day. The protesters were demanding the pull-out of US forces deployed in the southern Philippines for joint anti-terror training exercises. At least two students were hurt in the melee.

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Chief Superintendent Leonardo Espina (C), head of the Philippines' highway police, shows to the press hundreds of illegal sirens and blinkers confiscated from motorists in Manila on July 5, 2010. The anti-siren drive was launched after newly inaugurated President Benigno Aquino vowed an end to the illegal use of sirens by unruly civilians motorists who go against the flow of traffic to escape Manila's notoriously clogged roads. Aquino himself has banned his own security detail from beating the red light or part traffic for the presidential convoy to illustrate that no one one is above the law.

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20 June 2010
Kandahar City, Afghanistan

2 Royal Canadian Regiment (2RCR) India Company (I COY), performs traffic control and vehicle security outside an Afghan police substation in Kandahar City.

Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF-Afg) is the Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the international effort in Afghanistan. Its operations focus on working with Afghan authorities to improve security, governance and economic development in Afghanistan.

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German Eurohawk UAV successfully performs its maiden flight from Palmdale to Edwards AFB on June 29th 2010.

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July 1, 2010
Kandahar, Afghanistan

Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance, Commander Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF-Afg) and members of his tactical crew inspect newly established checkpoints in Kandahar City on July 1, 2010.

JTF-Afg is Canada’s military contribution to Afghanistan. Canadian operations focus on working with Afghan authorities to improve security, governance, and economic development in the country.

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