WASHINGTON (Sept. 16 2013) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus speaks with Washington Navy Yard personnel at a gathering point at Nationals Park. The Washington Navy Yard was evacuated after a shooting Monday Sept. 16 2013. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
WASHINGTON (Sept. 16 2013) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus is interviewed by local and national media near the Washington Navy Yard about a shooting at the Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy photo by Ed Buice/Released)
WASHINGTON (Sept. 13 2013) A newly pinned chief petty officer receives his combination cover at a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington D.C. Fifty-six Sailors assigned to the Washington-area received their anchors following six weeks of hief petty officer induction. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jessica Bidwell/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 15 2013) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) conduct emergency flight operation drills. Mustin is on patrol with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mackenzie P. Adams/Released)
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 13 2013) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Thomas Echeverria left and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class Jessyca Davis signal that an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105 is ready for launch on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman flagship for the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations supporting theater security cooperation efforts and supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lyle H. Wilkie III/Released)
CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 14 2013) Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician Carnelius Mitchell assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 40 on watch in the combat information center aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) during the annual UNITAS maritime exercise while assigned to U.S. 4th Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker/Released)
September 112013 Gulf of Aden PLAN escort fleet fifteenth installment commandos organized the first light weapons firing air-to-sea training. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Shunshe
09.08.2013..PLA artillery batteries conduct live fire training in the Jinan Military Region...A Song River Gee agency issued photo
Originally Posted by bd popeye
Great pic of probably the most important day in his career.
Good to see ya Popeye great pics.
Thanks Ratfink!!
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) elite force stand guard during a verdict announcement in front of the Supreme Court in Dhaka Bangladesh Sept. 17 2013. Bangladesh's largest Islamist party has called a non-stop 48-hour national strike after the country's apex court Tuesday morning awarded death penalty to a high-ranking leader for war crimes including mass killings. (Xinhua/Shariful Islam)
A Mexican sailor helps a woman and her baby during a flood caused by heavy rains due to the hurricane Ingrid in the Gulf of Mexico and the tropical storm Manuel in the Pacific Ocean in Acapulco municipality Guerrero State Mexico on Sept. 16 2013. Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel gained strength on Sunday off the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific leaving at least 21 people dead and thousands of others evacuated. (Xinhua/Jesus Espinosa)
Members of the military and local police work in the zone where a breaking off of a hill caused by the tropical storm Ingrid occurred that buried a passenger bus and destroyed four houses in Altotonga Veracruz Mexico on Sept. 16 2013. At least 12 people were killed and eight others injured by a landslide that buried several homes and a bus in Mexico's Gulf Coast state of Veracruz the National Civil Protection Council said Monday. (Xinhua/Eduardo Murillo Merchant)
A man wades through a road flooded by heavy rains due to the hurricane Ingrid in the Gulf of Mexico and the tropical storm Manuel in the Pacific Ocean in Acapulco municipality Guerrero State Mexico on Sept. 16 2013.
A Mexican Air Force aircraft flies over the Santa Lucia Mexican Air Force Base 1 to participate in the Military Parade for the 203rd anniversary of Mexico's Independence to be held in Mexico City in the municipality of Zumpango state of Estado de Mexico Mexico on Sept. 16 2013. (Xinhua/David de la Paz)
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (2nd R) with his wife Angelica Rivera (1st R) and the Secretary of National Defense Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda (2nd L) and the Chairman of the Board of the Chamber of Deputies Ricardo Anaya Cortes (1st L) attend the Military Parade for the 203rd anniversary of Mexico's Independence at the Zocalo of Mexico City capital of Mexico on Sept. 16 2013. (Xinhua/Alejandro Ayala)
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (C) accompanied by the Secretaries of National Defense Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda (L) and admiral Vidal Francisco Soberon Sanz (R) attends the Military Parade for the 203rd anniversary of Mexico's Independence at the Zocalo of Mexico City capital of Mexico on Sept. 16 2013. (Xinhua/Alejandro Ayala)
All branches of participate in Mexico's Military Parade for the 203rd anniversary of Mexico's Independence at the Zocalo of Mexico City capital of Mexico on Sept. 16 2013. (Xinhua/Alejandro Ayala)
Photo By: Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore
Sep 162013
Camp Pendleton CA United States - Lance Cpl. Cy Rosenbalm infantryman Fox Company 2nd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment provides security while on patrol during a combat readiness training exercise on range 800 here Sept. 12 2013. The training helped the battalion's see how multiple elements of an attack work together to accomplish a single mission. The tactics and techniques prepared the Marines for future operations and combat scenarios.
Photo By: Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore
Sep 162013
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON CA United States - Marines with Fox Company 2nd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment repel a mock enemy counterattack during a combat readiness training exercise on range 800 here Sept. 12 2013. The training helped the Marines see how multiple elements of an attack work together to accomplish a single mission. The tactics and techniques prepared the Marines for future operations and combat scenarios.
Sep 162013
Parris Island SC - Staff Sgt. Carlos Vargas a senior drill instructor commands future recruits of Kilo Company 3rd Recruit Training Battalion to step off the bus and onto the yellow footprints Aug. 26 2013 on Parris Island S.C. The first stressful night comes as a shock for most as they deal with sleep deprivation new rules and ferocious drill instructors. Vargas 28 from Longmont Colo. is one of a handful of drill instructors responsible for preparing new recruits for training. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 22 2013. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1 1915. Today approximately 20000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink)
Sep 162013
Parris Island SC - Young men arrived for Marine Corps recruit training on Parris Island S.C. from all over the eastern United States on Aug. 26 2013. Most of these young men now recruits of Kilo Company 3rd Recruit Training Battalion will be transformed during the next 13 weeks into basic Marines representing the epitome of personal character selflessness and military virtue. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate Nov. 22 2013. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink)
Sep 162013
USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) At Sea At Sea - An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced) 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) lands on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) at sea Sept. 15 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)
Photo By: Cpl. Codey Underwood
Sep 142013
USS BONHOMME RICHARD At Sea - A landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit watches a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced) 31st MEU prepare to lift a load of cargo off the flight deck here Sept. 13. The Helicopter Support Team of CLB-31 and the crews of the helicopters play important roles in the 31st MEU’s capability to execute external lifts. The HST provides ground support to the CH-53E which can lift up to 36000 pounds. This lift capability can be used to overcome difficult terrain and land-based obstacles when executing logistical re-supply. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region and the only continuously forward deployed MEU.
Photos By: Pfc. Dalton Precht
Sep 132013
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE N.C. - Marines with Mobility Assault Company Combat Engineer Battalion 2nd Marine Division looks out at the breaching and clearing course as he awaits for the Assault Breacher Vehicles to approach. Marines from Mobility Assault Company conducted a breaching and clearing exercise September 12 2013.
Photo By: Pfc. Jose A. Mendez Jr
Sep 132013
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE - Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion 2nd Marine Division jump off the back of an amphibious assault vehicle during their annual surf qualification Sept. 12 2013 at Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. “We are hitting our annual requirement to conduct a surf survival” said 1st Lt. Joel Wagaman the 1st platoon commander with Bravo Co and native of Hamburg Pa. “It’s an opportunity for our Marines to come out here and practice egressing and evacuating a vehicle in the unforeseen circumstance that we have to put troops in the water whether it’s a vehicle malfunction or a vehicle sinking.
Photo By: LCpl Peacock
Sep 132013
CAMP KINSER Okinawa Japan - Pfc. Carlton M. Corbin serves as a gunner during the evaluation of the field mess at Camp Kinser during exercise Ulichi Freedom Guardian 2013. UFG is an annual event that is designed to ensure readiness in order to defend the Republic of Korea as well as strengthening the alliance between ROK and U.S. forces by maximizing capabilities between the two forces. Corbin is a food service specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 37 3rd Marine Logistics Group III Marine Expeditionary Force.
CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept 13 2013) Chief Master-at-Arms Steven Reedy uses a lighted semaphore to warn adversary warships participating in a scenario-based sea battle exercise to depart the area as part of the annual UNITAS multinational maritime exercise off the coast of Cartagena Colombia. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker/Released)
TOKYO BAY (Sept. 13 2013) Sailors aboard the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) wash down an anchor chain in the forecastle during an anchoring evolution. George Washington and its embarked air wing Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ricardo R. Guzman/Released
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 14 2013) A landing signal officer observes an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 as it prepares to land on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 fly-on.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paolo Bayas/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 14 2013) An MV-22 Osprey prepares to land on the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation security efforts as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenan O'Connor/Released)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 15 2013) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) passes supplies to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during an underway replenishment. Bonhomme Richard is the flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) is conducting routine joint-force operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Hammond/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 14 2013) Interior Communications Electrician Fireman Margarita Villalvazo installs telephone lines aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is conducting flight deck certification and carrier qualifications after being re-delivered to the active Navy last month. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric M. Norcross/Released)
NORFOLK VA. (Sept. 13 2013) Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st Class Robert Moyer greets his family after USS Mahan (DDG 72) pulled into her homeport of Norfolk Va. Mahan returned after an eight-and-a-half month deployment to the 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Josue L. Escobosa/ Released)
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 13 2013) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Kendahl Chmara left signals to the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) and Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Matthew Michela gives commands to riggers during a replenishment-at-sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Sea Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 picks up cargo in the background. Harry S. Truman flagship for the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations supporting theater security cooperation efforts and supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Karl Anderson/Released)
French army Sgt. Nicolas Comminges confirms information for a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
A French soldier arms a 155 mm round with a point detonating fuse as part of a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
French soldiers fire a French TRF1 155 mm self-propelled howitzer as part of a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
French soldiers fire a French TRF1 155 mm self-propelled howitzer as part of a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
French soldiers carry 155 mm rounds to prepare for a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
A French soldier carries a 155 mm round during a live fire exercise as part of Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
A French army soldier prepares ammunition canisters during Combined Endeavor 2013 at Grafenwoehr Training Area Joint Multinational Training Command in Bavaria Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
A French soldier signals for confirmation during a live fire exercise as part of Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
A French soldier signals for confirmation during a live fire exercise as part of Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
A French soldier unpacks point detonating fuses during a live fire exercise as part of Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
French soldiers fire a French TRF1 155 mm self-propelled howitzer as part of a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater
French soldier arms a 155 mm round with a point detonating fuse as part of a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
French soldiers fire a French TRF1 155 mm self-propelled howitzer as part of a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
French soldiers make initial preparations on a French TRF1 155 mm self-propelled howitzer as part of a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany Sept. 17 2013. Combined Endeavor is an annual command control communications and computer systems (C4) exercise designed to prepare international forces for multinational operations in the European theater.
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PAKTYA PROVINCE Afghanistan � U.S. Army Spc. Charles R. Reiff an indirect fire infantryman with Dealer Company 1st Battalion 506ht Infantry Regiment 4th Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) uses the optic on his Mk-14 Enhanced Battle Rifle to pull security at Afghan Combat Outpost Kaligu Afghanistan Sept. 11 2013.
PAKTYA PROVINCE Afghanistan � U.S. Army Spc. Charles R. Reiff an indirect fire infantryman with Dealer Company 1st Battalion 506ht Infantry Regiment 4th Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) uses the optic on his Mk-14 Enhanced Battle Rifle to pull security at Afghan Combat Outpost Kaligu Afghanistan Sept. 11 2013.
PAKTYA PROVINCE Afghanistan � U.S. Army Soldiers with Dealer Company 1st Battalion 506ht Infantry Regiment 4th Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provide security at Afghan Combat Outpost Kaligu Afghanistan Sept. 11 2013.
PAKTYA PROVINCE Afghanistan � U.S. Army Soldiers with Dealer Company 1st Battalion 506ht Infantry Regiment 4th Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) scan their surroundings outside of Afghan Combat Outpost Kaligu Afghanistan Sept. 11 2013.
U.S. Marines with Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon Command Element 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fire assault rifles on the flight deck of the USS Bonhomme-Richard during live fire training at sea September 16 2013. The 31st MEU regularly performs live fire training to improve tactical skills and maintain the readiness of the 31st MEU during it's summer deployment
U.S. Marines with Command Element 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fire assault rifles on the flight deck of the USS Bonhomme-Richard during live fire training at sea September 16 2013. The 31st MEU regularly performs live fire training to improve tactical skills and maintain the readiness of the 31st MEU during it's summer deployment.
U.S. Marines with Command Element 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fire assault rifles at intended targets on the flight deck of the USS Bonhomme-Richard during live fire training at sea September 16 2013. The 31st MEU regularly performs live fire training to improve tactical skills and maintain the readiness of the 31st MEU during it's summer deployment.
U.S. Marines with Command Element 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fire assault rifles at intended targets on the flight deck of the USS Bonhomme-Richard during live fire training at sea September 16 2013. The 31st MEU regularly performs live fire training to improve tactical skills and maintain the readiness of the 31st MEU during it's summer deployment.
Anyone else notice the 'Dien Bien Phu' printed on the guns?
Under Secretary of Hellenic Ministry of Defence Mrs Fofi Genimata visits with Hellenic Ship "Prometheus" the island of Schinoussa
Thanks vor33 & GREEK71AIRBORNE for posting such fine photos!
Some top quality posts gentlemen especially the French at Grafenwoehr. Pics of the French are all too rare in these threads pics of French 155s even more so. Looking forward to tomorrow'sdaily dosage! 
PAKTYA PROVINCE Afghanistan � U.S. Army Spc. Charles R. Reiff an indirect fire infantryman with Dealer Company 1st Battalion 506ht Infantry Regiment 4th Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) uses the optic on his Mk-14 Enhanced Battle Rifle to pull security at Afghan Combat Outpost Kaligu Afghanistan Sept. 11 2013.
I've heard of guys who have been given the MOS designated marksman ect. for being good shooters but giving the bad shooters the MOS indirect fire infantryman seems a bit mean 
Originally Posted by Rattfink
Great pic of probably the most important day in his career.
Indeed it is bet his family would love to have that in a frame.
Great pics guys - thanks!
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