Ukrainian soldiers at the Belbek military base stand on alert anticipating a possible Russian attack on March 3 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. Tensions at the base where between 100 and 200 Ukrainian soldiers are stationed are high as a 4pm deadline reportedly given by Russian troops for the Ukrainians to surrender passed and locals feared the Russians might attack tonight. Many of the soldiers have family that live in apartment blocks just outside the base and about two dozen family members braved the cold ready to block the road to the base entrance. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
Unarmed Ukrainian troops gather outside their garrison before marching to confront soldiers under Russian command occupying the nearby Belbek airbase in Crimea on March 4 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. The Ukrainian soldiers spent a tense night anticipating a Russian attack following the expiration of a Russian deadline to surrender. This morning their commander Colonel Yuli Mamchor announced his bold plan to retake the airfield by confronting the Russian-led soldiers unarmed. When the approximately 200 Ukrainians appraoched Russian-led troops fired their weapons into the air but then granted Mamchor the beginning of negotiations with their commander. Russian-led troops have blockaded a number of Ukrainian military bases across Crimea. (Sean Gallup/***** Images)
Colonel Yuli Mamchor (L) commander of the Ukrainian military garrison at the Belbek airbase leads his unarmed troops to retake the Belbek airfield from soldiers under Russian command in Crimea on March 4 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. After spending a tense night anticipating a Russian attack following the expiration of a Russian deadline to surrender in which family members of troops spent the night at the garrison gate in support of the soldiers Mamchor announced his bold plan to his soldiers early this morning. The Russian-lead troops fired their weapons into the air but then granted Mamchor the beginning of negotiations with their commander. Russian-lead troops have blockaded a number of Ukrainian military bases across Crimea. (Sean Gallup/***** Images)
A soldier under Russian command runs carrying a heavy machine gun to take up a position after a group of over 100 hundred unarmed Ukrainian troops appeared at the Belbek airbase which the Russian troops are occcupying in Crimea on March 4 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. The Ukrainians are stationed at their garrison nearby and after spending a tense night anticipating a Russian attack following the expiration of a Russian deadline to surrender in which family members of troops spent the night at the garrison gate in support of the soldiers their commander Colonel Yuli Mamchor announced his bold plan this morning to retake the airfield by confronting the Russian-lead soldiers unarmed. The Russian-lead troops fired their weapons into the air but then granted Mamchor the beginning of negotiations with their commander. Russian-lead troops have blockaded a number of Ukrainian military bases across Crimea. (Sean Gallup/***** Images)
A soldier under Russian command aims a rocket propelled grenade launcher at a group of over 100 hundred unarmed Ukrainian troops who appeared at the Belbek airbase which the Russian troops are occcupying in Crimea on March 4 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. The Ukrainians are stationed at their garrison nearby and after spending a tense night anticipating a Russian attack following the expiration of a Russian deadline to surrender in which family members of troops spent the night at the garrison gate in support of the soldiers their commander Colonel Yuli Mamchor announced his bold plan this morning to retake the airfield by confronting the Russian-lead soldiers unarmed. The Russian-lead troops fired their weapons into the air but then granted Mamchor the beginning of negotiations with their commander. Russian-lead troops have blockaded a number of Ukrainian military bases across Crimea. (Sean Gallup/***** Images)
Troops under Russian command fire weapons into the air and scream orders to turn back at an approaching group of over 100 hundred unarmed Ukrainian troops at the Belbek airbase which the Russian troops are occcupying in Crimea on March 4 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. The Ukrainians are stationed at their garrison nearby and after spending a tense night anticipating a Russian attack following the expiration of a Russian deadline to surrender in which family members of troops spent the night at the garrison gate in support of the soldiers their commander Colonel Yuli Mamchor announced his bold plan this morning to retake the airfield by confronting the Russian-lead soldiers unarmed. The Russian-lead troops fired their weapons into the air but then granted Mamchor the beginning of negotiations with their commander. Russian-lead troops have blockaded a number of Ukrainian military bases across Crimea. (Sean Gallup/***** Images)
A soldier under Russian command restrains a colleague after he fired his weapon into the air and screamed orders to turn back at an approaching group of over 100 unarmed Ukrainian troops at the Belbek airbase which the Russian troops are occcupying in Crimea on March 4 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. The Ukrainians are stationed at their garrison nearby and after spending a tense night anticipating a Russian attack following the expiration of a Russian deadline to surrender in which family members of troops spent the night at the garrison gate in support of the soldiers their commander Colonel Yuli Mamchor announced his bold plan this morning to retake the airfield by confronting the Russian-lead soldiers unarmed. The Russian-lead troops fired their weapons into the air but then granted Mamchor the beginning of negotiations with their commander. Russian-lead troops have blockaded a number of Ukrainian military bases across Crimea. (Sean Gallup/***** Images)
Colonel Yuli Mamchor (R) commander of the Ukrainian military garrison at the Belbek airbase speaks to troops under Russian command occupying the Belbek airbase in Crimea on March 4 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. The Ukrainians are stationed at their garrison nearby and after spending a tense night anticipating a Russian attack following the expiration of a Russian deadline to surrender in which family members of troops spent the night at the garrison gate in support of the soldiers Mamchor announced his bold plan this morning to retake the airfield by confronting the Russian-lead soldiers unarmed. The Russian-lead troops fired their weapons into the air but then granted Mamchor the beginning of negotiations with their commander. Russian-lead troops have blockaded a number of Ukrainian military bases across Crimea. (Sean Gallup/***** Images)
Colonel Yuli Mamchor (C) commander of the Ukrainian military garrison at the Belbek airbasespeaks with troops under Russian command occupying the Belbek airbase after Mamchor led over 100 of his unarmed Ukrainian soldiers to confront the occupiers at the airfield in Crimea on March 4 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. The Ukrainians are stationed at their garrison nearby and after spending a tense night anticipating a Russian attack following the expiration of a Russian deadline to surrender in which family members of troops spent the night at the garrison gate in support of the soldiers Mamchor announced his bold plan this morning to retake the airfield by confronting the Russian-lead soldiers unarmed. The Russian-lead troops fired their weapons into the air but then granted Mamchor the beginning of negotiations with their commander. Russian-lead troops have blockaded a number of Ukrainian military bases across Crimea. (Sean Gallup/***** Images)
Seems the soldier with the helmet on kept his cool and deescalated the situation
People watch a Russian Navy ship enter the Crimean port city of Sevastopol on March 2 2014. (Baz Ratner/*******)
A Ukrainian Navy officer looks at Russian ships blocking access to the Sevastopol bay on March 4 2014. The Russian Black Sea Fleet commander Aleksandr Vitko has issued an ultimatum to the Ukrainian military personnel in Crimea the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported. Ukraine accused Russia on March 3 of pouring more troops into Crimea as world leaders grappled with Europes worst standoff since the Cold War and the Moscow market plunged on fears of an all-out conflict. (VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/***** Images)
Ukrainian soldiers at the Belbek military base talk friends and family members through the gates of the base entrance on March 3 2014 in Lubimovka Ukraine. Tensions at the base where between 100 and 200 Ukrainian soldiers are stationed are high as a 4pm deadline reportedly given by Russian troops for the Ukrainians to surrender passed and locals feared the Russians might attack tonight. Heavily-armed soldiers who are not displaying identifying insignia but are widely believed to be Russians have blockaded several Ukrainian military bases across Crimea. (Photo by Sean Gallup)
Some excellent pics this week . . . thank you!
RL
flanker7Seems the soldier with the helmet on kept his cool and deescalated the situation
I think he played the "good cop" role.
grabie_bisI think he played the "good cop" role.
Btw the pictures from this surrounded base are touching whats happening there is surrealist.
5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crews load a AGM-86B air-cruise launch missile trainer onto a B-52H Stratofortess at Minot Air Force Base N.D. Feb. 26 2014. As part of Air Force Global Strike Command load crews work endlessly to preserve our nation?s security by providing combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II)
Staff Sgt. Jason Walters 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew member loads an AGM-86B air-cruise launch trainer missile onto a B-52H Stratofortess at Minot Air Force Base N.D. Feb. 26 2014. As part of Air Force Global Strike Command load crews work endlessly to preserve our nation?s security by providing combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II)
5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crews load a AGM-86B air-cruise launch missile trainer onto a B-52H Stratofortess at Minot Air Force Base N.D. Feb. 26 2014. As part of Air Force Global Strike Command load crews work endlessly to preserve our nation?s security by providing combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II)
5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crews load a AGM-86B air-cruise launch missile trainer onto a B-52H Stratofortess at Minot Air Force Base N.D. Feb. 26 2014. As part of Air Force Global Strike Command load crews work endlessly to preserve our nation?s security by providing combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II)
These gate pictures are screaming Lily Marleen ...
hogdriver
This has to the be 1st time I have seen a BUFF in a hanger.
A cruise missile with a sharkmouth. Now i have seen everything. 
German Company to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons
Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A Worker in protective clothing unloads a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A Worker in protective clothing unloads a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade into a bunker during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing carry a dummy grenade into a bunker during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing carry a dummy grenade into a bunker during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing stand at the door of a bunker during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A Worker in protective clothing stands at the door of a bunker during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A Worker in protective clothing unloads a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A Worker in protective clothing unloads a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A Worker in protective clothing checks the cover of a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing check the cover of a dummy grenade during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers wear protective clothing during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers in protective clothing sit in a trailer during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A worker stands next to a container that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A container that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria is pictured during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A worker stands next to a machine that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A worker stands next to a machine that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A worker stands next to a machine that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A worker stands next to a machine that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A worker observes a furnace that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Workers observe a furnace that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A worker observes a furnace that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A worker observes a furnace that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
A worker observes an furnace that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Destroyed ammunition is stored in a container during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Destroyed ammunition is stored in a container during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Destroyed ammunition is stored in a container during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Destroyed ammunition is stored in a container during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Destroyed ammunition is stored in a container during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Destroyed ammunition is stored in a container during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5 2014 in Munster Germany. GEKA is federally-funded and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military ****nals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons last August and disposal which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean is scheduled to be completed by June. (Nigel Treblin/***** Images)
Great photos of the B-52 in the hangar!
SOUDA BAY Greece (March 6 2014) The guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) departs the Marathi NATO pier facility following a scheduled port visit to the Greek island of Crete. Truxtun is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 4 2014) Aviation Boatswains Mates (Handling) prepare for an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 to land while conducting flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is conducting flight deck certification off the coast of Virginia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew J. Sneeringer/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 4 2014) Airman Liam Odgen assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) walks across the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is conducting flight deck certification off the coast of Virginia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew J. Sneeringer/Released)
GULF OF ADEN (Feb. 23 2014) Quartermaster Seaman Moise Laurin prepares to rappel from the missile deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) during visit board search and seizure team training exercise. Mason is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group . (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rob Aylward/Released)
ARABIAN GULF (March 4 2014) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 lands 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 Seaman Pasquale Sena/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 4 2014) Sailors man the rails aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) during a routine port visit to Koper Slovenia. Roosevelt is on a scheduled deployment en route to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Wolpert/Released)
NEWPORT NEWS Va. (March 5 2014) A unit for the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) rests on the assembly platen at Newport News Shipbuilding. John F. Kennedy is the second ship of the Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers being built by the shipyard for the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries by Chris Oxley/Released)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 3 2014) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) prepares to conduct an underway replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61). Ramage homeported in Norfolk Va. is on a scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jared King/Released)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 4 2014) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Sydney Breazile from Portland Ore. and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Kyle Abel from Newport Richie Fla. move a M260/M261 Light Weight (rocket)Launcher aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations providing crisis response capability increasing theater security cooperation and providing a forward naval presence in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mark Hays/Released)
GULF OF OMAN (Feb. 25 2014) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) prepare to conduct a visit board search and seizure exercise from rigid-hull inflatable boats. Bulkeley is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Donald R. White Jr./Released)
A Ukrainian Navy officer looks at the scuttled decommissioned Russian vessel "Ochakov" from the Black Sea shore outside the town of Myrnyi western Crimea Ukraine Thursday March 6 2014. In the early hours of Thursday Russian naval personnel scuttled the decommissioned ship blockading access for five Ukrainian Naval vessels now trapped inside of the Southern Naval Headquarters located in Myrnyi in Western Crimea as Russian war vessels patrolled just of the coast. The vessel was brought by Russian naval forces on the 4th of March towed by a tug boat while escorted by a warship and several gun boats. Marines from the Ukrainian navy heard a loud explosion in the early hours of last night coming from the vessel blocking a channel leading to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Viktor Kukharenko chief of staff of a base in the Crimean village of Belbek adjusts the hat of a soldier in the base near Simferopol March 6 2014. (photo by /Thomas Peter)
Members of Crimean self-defence units and Interior Ministry members block a topless activist from the Ukrainian feminist group Femen who is taking part in an anti-war protest near the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol March 6 2014. European Union leaders were set to warn but not sanction Russia on Thursday over its military intervention in Ukraine after Moscow rebuffed Western diplomatic efforts to persuade it to pull forces in Crimea back to their bases. (photos by /David Mdzinarishvili)
Bolivarian National Guards arrest an anti-government protester during clashes between armed motorcyclists and protesters in the Los Ruices neighborhood of Caracas Venezuela Thursday March 6 2014. Venezuelan officials say a National Guard member and a civilian were killed in the clash between residents and armed men who tried to remove a barricade placed by anti-government protesters. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Motorcyclists watch Bolivarian National Guards arrive after the motorcyclists tried to remove street barricades placed anti-government protesters which broke out in clashes between them and the residents of Los Ruices neighborhood in Caracas Venezuela Thursday March 6 2014. The car in the foreground was burned during the clashes that officials say killed a National Guard member and a civilian. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Bolivarian National Guard armored vehicles arrive during clashes between anti-government protesters and motorcyclists in the Los Ruices neighborhood of Caracas Venezuela Thursday March 6 2014. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Bolivarian national police officers fire teargas at demonstrators during clashes in Caracas Venezuela Wednesday March 5 2014. The one year anniversary of the death of Venezuelas former President Hugo Chavez was marked with a mix of street protests and solemn commemorations that reflected deep divisions over the Venezuela he left behind. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Riot policemen detain a protester during a demonstrator against austerity measures in Athens on Friday March 6 2014. Riot police have used tear gas and pepper spray during scuffles with union members protesting austerity measures during a ban on demonstrations in parts of central Athens due to a visit by German President Joachim Gauck. Scuffles broke out when a group of several dozen demonstrators attempted to break through a police cordon on a major avenue in an effort to march to the Finance Ministry. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)
An anti-austerity protester sits on the ground during scuffles with police officers following a demonstration by several hundreds of protesters some of them from the communist-affiliated trade union PAME in Athens March 6 2014. (photo by Alkis Konstantinidis)
Unidentified armed men in military uniform (front) block Ukrainian military base in the village of Perevalnoye outside Simferopol Crimea Ukraine March 6 2014. The Crimeas parliment moved the date of all-Crimean referendum on the status of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to 16 March.Military observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have been stopped from entering Ukraines Crimea peninsula at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian militia diplomats said in Vienna on March 6. (EPA/ARTUR SHVARTS)
New South Korean military officers cheer during the joint commission ceremony of over 5000 new military officers of the army navy air force and marines at the military headquarters in Gyeryong south of Seoul South Korea Thursday March 6 2014. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je Pool)
Police detain a protester during a demonstration against Algerian President Abdulaziz Bouteflikas decision to run for a fourth term in Algiers March 6 2014. Bouteflika on Monday formally registered his candidacy for Aprils election one of the few times the aging independence veteran has spoken in public since suffering a stroke last year. (photo by Ramzi Boudina)
USAF F-15 fighters in Lithuania Zokniai AFB. In total 10 fighters and 2 KC-135 have been deployed due to recent Russian military activities in Crimea and over the Baltics.
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