ภาพข่าวทางทหารทั่วโลก 12 กันยายน 2013

Bundeswehr Frogmen (Kampfschwimmer)

Die Kampfschwimmerkompanie der Bundeswehr ist stationiert in Eckernförde und gehört zur Einheit Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M). Kampfschwimmer gehen vor und sichern im Strandbereich. ©Bundeswehr/Burow    

Die Kampfschwimmerkompanie der Bundeswehr ist stationiert in Eckernförde und gehört zur Einheit Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M). Ein Kampfschwimmer ist am befohlenen Landeplatz gelandet und sichert das Gelände. Bundeswehr/Bienert

       Die Kampfschwimmerkompanie der Bundeswehr ist stationiert in Eckernförde und gehört zur Einheit Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M). Kampfschwimmer beim Navigieren unter Wasser. ©Bundeswehr/Bienert.

Die Kampfschwimmerkompanie der Bundeswehr ist stationiert in Eckernförde und gehört zur Einheit Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M). Kampfschwimmer betreiben Unterwasserausbildung. © Bundeswehr/ Bienert

  

Die Kampfschwimmerkompanie der Bundeswehr ist stationiert in Eckernförde und gehört zur Einheit Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M). Kampfschwimmer bereiten sich auf das Auftauchen vor. © Bundeswehr/ Bienert       

22nd MEU Super Cobras fly in support of RUT

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Chad Rudisill, left, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), AH-1W Super Cobra pilot and native of Killeen, Texas, and Capt. Brett Collins, Super Cobra pilot and native of Portland, Ore., take off in support of the MEU's Realistic Urban Training exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 3, 2013. The MEU is scheduled to deploy in early 2014 to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

      Infantrymen refine machine gun marksmanship

 Sergeant Jack Marino, a machine gun section leader with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Martinez, Calif., adjusts a traversing and elevation mechanism before firing a Mk-19 grenade launcher during a live-fire exercise on Range 222 here, Sept. 4, 2013. The Alpha Co. Marines fired Mk-19 grenade launchers, .50 caliber machine guns, M249 squad automatic weapon and M240B medium machine guns Sept. 4 and 5 to crosstrain and refine their skills with each weapon system. Throughout the two days of shooting, the Marines were evaluated as they engaged multiple targets with each weapon system at ranges of 400 to 1,200 meters away.

Lance Cpl. William Krueck (right), a machine gunner with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Milwaukee, evaluates Lance Cpl. Pete Williams, a machine gunner with Alpha Co. and native of San Diego, as he engages targets with a .50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise on Range 222 here, Sept. 4, 2013. The Alpha Co. Marines fired Mk-19 grenade launchers, M249 squad automatic weapons and M240B medium machine guns Sept. 4 and 5 to crosstrain and refine their skills with each weapon system. Many of the new riflemen in the company fired the SAW for the first time because it's no longer included during the rifleman training curriculum at Infantry Training Battalion since it is now classified as a machine gun.

Lance Cpl. Ben Aloia, a rifleman with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Denver, changes a barrel on an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a live-fire exercise on Range 222 here, Sept. 5, 2013. The Alpha Co. Marines fired Mk-19 grenade launchers, .50 caliber machine guns, SAWs and M240B medium machine guns Sept. 4 and 5 to crosstrain and refine their skills with each weapon system. Throughout the two days of shooting, the Marines were evaluated as they engaged multiple targets with each weapon system at ranges of 400 to 1,200 meters away.       

LAR conducts annual gunnery training

A Marine with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, listens to his radio during annual gunnery qualification training Sept. 3, 2013 at training range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. "To qualify they have to pass a certain amount of engagements. There are 10 engagements and they have to pass seven," said Gunnery Sgt. Travis W. Jaakkola, the battalion master gunner, from Chassell, Mich.       

A Light Armored Vehicle with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division prepares to fire during annual gunnery qualification training Sept. 3, 2013 at training range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. "To qualify they have to pass a certain amount of engagements. There are 10 engagements and they have to pass seven," said Gunnery Sgt. Travis W. Jaakkola, the battalion master gunner, from Chassell, Mich.       

A Light Armored Vehicle with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division fires during annual gunnery qualification training Sept. 3, 2013 at training range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. "To qualify they have to pass a certain amount of engagements. There are 10 engagements and they have to pass seven," said Gunnery Sgt. Travis W. Jaakkola, the battalion master gunner, from Chassell, Mich.

2nd Tank Battalion conducts operations in Helmand province       

A M-1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, scans nearby compounds for potential threats during an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2013. The operation was a joint mission with Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Tank Battalion, and the Afghan National Army, 3rd Mobile Strike Force Kandak. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Trent A. Randolph/Released)

  

    A M-1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, maneuvers into position during an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2013. The operation was a joint mission with Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Tank Battalion, and the Afghan National Army, 3rd Mobile Strike Force Kandak. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Trent A. Randolph/Released)

A M-1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, scans nearby compounds for potential threats during an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2013. The operation was a joint mission with Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Tank Battalion, and the Afghan National Army, 3rd Mobile Strike Force Kandak. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Trent A. Randolph/Released)

       

Afghan National Army soldiers from the 3rd Mobile Strike Force Kandak and their advisers position vehicles during an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2013. The operation was a joint mission with Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Tank Battalion, and the Afghan National Army, 3rd Mobile Strike Force Kandak. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Trent A. Randolph/Released)

    

  An Afghan National Army soldier assigned to the 3rd Mobile Strike Force Kandak manuvers into firing position during an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2013. The operation was a joint mission with Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Tank Battalion, and the Afghan National Army, 3rd Mobile Strike Force Kandak. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Trent A. Randolph/Released)

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A frog is captured during a lift off of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, September 6, 2013.
 

A still camera on a sound trigger captured this intriguing photo of an airborne frog as NASA's LADEE spacecraft lifts off from Pad 0B at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The photo team confirms the frog is real and was captured in a single frame by one of the remote cameras used to photograph the launch. The condition of the frog, however, is uncertain.