Thursday, September 4, 2014

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A Mississippi Army National Guard Soldier fires an AT-4 anti-tank missile launcher during training at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center on July 31 2014. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion 155th Infantry Regiment headquartered in McComb Miss. and 106th Brigade Support Battalion headquartered in Monticello Miss. received the live-fire training while attending their two-week annual training with the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team headquartered in Tupelo. (Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes 102nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)



Pfc. Joshua Smith of Tylertown Miss. fires an AT-4 anti-tank missile launcher during the Detachment 1 Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 155th Infantry Regiment two-week annual training at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center July 31 2014. The detachment is based in Tylertown Miss. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion 155th Infantry Regiment headquartered in McComb Miss. and 106th Brigade Support Battalion headquartered in Monticello Miss. received the live-fire training while attending their two-week annual training with the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team headquartered in Tupelo Miss. (Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes 102nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)



Mississippi Army National Guard Col. Roger Johnson 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team deputy commander of Fulton Miss. fires an AT-4 anti-tank missile launcher during training at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center on July 31 2014. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion 155th Infantry Regiment headquartered in McComb Miss. and 106th Brigade Support Battalion headquartered in Monticello Miss. received the live-fire training while attending their two-week annual training with the 155th ABCT. (Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes 102nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)



A Marine with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit holds security on the flight deck of the USS San Diego during fast rope training Pacific Ocean July 30 2014. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are deployed as a sea-based expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. Reconnaissance Marines are an integral portion of the 11th MEU's maritime interdiction capabilities providing support during all full-mission profiles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan R. Waldman/RELEASED)



A Marine with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit fast ropes onto the flight deck of the USS San Diego from a UH-1Y Super Huey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) 11th MEU eastern Pacific Ocean July 30 2014. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are deployed 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 Cpl. Jonathan R. Waldman/RELEASED)



Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit guide a simulated casualty into a UH-1Y Super Huey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) 11th MEU eastern Pacific Ocean July 30 2014. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are deployed 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 Cpl. Jonathan R. Waldman/RELEASED)



Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit fast rope onto the flight deck of the USS San Diego from a UH-1Y Super Huey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) 11th MEU eastern Pacific Ocean July 30 2014. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are deployed 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 Cpl. Jonathan R. Waldman/RELEASED)



A Marine with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit climbs a rope ladder from the flight deck of the USS San Diego into a UH-1Y Super Huey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) 11th MEU eastern Pacific Ocean July 30 2014. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are deployed 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 Cpl. Jonathan R. Waldman/RELEASED)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug 1 2014) The Amphibious Assault Ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) color guard detail stands in formation during a burial at sea ceremony. Kearsarge is underway conducting sea trials. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tamara Vaughn/Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug 1 2014) Sailors bow their heads in prayer during a burial at sea ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is underway conducting sea trials. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tamara Vaughn/ Released)



PEARL HARBOR (July 30 2014) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) man the rails as Reagan enters Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Ronald Reagan is participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and six submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Cody Hendrix/Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 31 2014) Marines aboard an amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) enter the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is underway conducting sea trials. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Travis DiPerna/Released)



U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (July 29 2014 ) Machinist's Mate Fireman Apprentice Nathaniel Calub from Las Vegas Nev. obtains an efficiency sample in the aft main machinery room aboard USS Bataan (LHD 5). Bataan is the flagship for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Caleb Strong/ Not Released)



SAN DIEGO (July 18 2014) Sailors fight a simulated fire at the Firefighting Damage Control School at Naval Base San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brandon Cyr/Released)



ARABIAN GULF (July 29 2014) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the Tridents of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9 approaches the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). Arleigh Burke is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Released)





GULF OF MEXICO (July 25 2014) The joint high speed vessel USNS Fall River (JHSV 4) completes acceptance trials testing and evaluations in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship's trials included dockside testing to clear the ship for sea and at-sea trials during which the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) evaluated and demonstrated the performance of Fall River major systems. (U.S. Navy photos/Released)



SAN DIEGO (July 31 2014) Lt. j.g. Marlies Bouwmeester an exchange officer from the Netherlands stationed aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) for two years stands conning officer watch. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua R. Nistas/Released)



ARABIAN GULF (July 29 2014) Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Kylie Haake from Wailuku Hawaii folds the national ensign aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Released)



ARABIAN GULF (July 10 2014) Midshipman Molly Hanna from Annapolis Md. consults the radar to take the range other shipping aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS O'Kane (DDG 77). O'Kane is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Fire Controlman 1st Class Shod Williams/Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 31 2014) Chief Air Traffic Controller Ronesha Q. Nation right assigned to the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) supervises Air-Traffic Controller 1st Class Fernando Montes while he stands approach controller watch from the ship's amphibious air traffic control center. America is traveling through the U.S. Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet areas of responsibility on her maiden transit "America visits the Americas". The ship is scheduled to be ceremoniously commissioned Oct. 11 in San Francisco. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Huey D. Younger Jr./Released)



PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 2 2014) Members of the main propulsion division aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) perform routine maintenance on the ship's service diesel engine. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua R. Nistas/Released)



SEATTLE (Aug. 1 2014) a tour group boards the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) during Seattle Seafair Fleet Week 2014. Seafair is an annual celebration that allows the local community to meet and interact with maritime forces from the U.S. and Canada. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William Blees/Released)

I'm probably breaking a few rules now but here's a nice article

30 July 2014 St Petersburg Russia.....Seventh championship of Russia's FSB special forces which took place in St. Petersburg. The championship was attended by 22 teams (FSB the Interior Ministry and the Federal Drug Control Service.)

Dueling in exercise first place - the FSB of Russia in Krasnoyarsk Krai second place - FSB Russia in Nizhny Novgorod region the third - the FSB of Russia in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.





















Israeli soldiers sit atop of a Merkava tank in south Israel bordering Gaza after they returned from the Palestinian enclave Aug. 4 2014. Israel has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a 72-hour cease-fire with the Palestinian Hamas movement starting from 8:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) on Tuesday Israeli media reported Monday. During the 72 hours an Israeli delegation is scheduled to arrive in Cairo capital of Egypt to negotiate with the Palestinians the Walla news website reported. (Xinhua/JINI)





Israeli soldiers walk in south Israel bordering Gaza after they returned from the Palestinian enclave Aug. 4 2014.



An Israeli soldier sleeps under a military vehicle in south Israel bordering Gaza after they returned from the Palestinian enclave Aug. 4 2014.



Israeli military vehicles roll in south Israel bordering Gaza after they returned from the Palestinian enclave Aug. 4 2014.

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horridoThanks bd_popeye for starting the threads almost every week and your continous efforts to provide such excellent pics (especially the "planet earth" ones).



A military fighter jet escorts a passenger jet as it comes in to land at Manchester airport Manchester England Tuesday Aug. 5 2014. Police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after Qatar Airways Flight 23 landed with a military fighter escort at Britain's Manchester Airport. (AP Photo/Matthew Cossar)





Kentwood police investigate a stabbing that occurred in a playground in Pinebrook Village in Kentwood Mich. on Aug. 4 2014. Police say a 12-year-old boy has stabbed a 9-year-old boy at the playground in western Michigan sending the child to a hospital. Police also didn't immediately release detail on the condition of the wounded child. The older boy was taken into custody for questioning by police. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press Joel Bissell)



In this Monday Aug. 4 2014 photo a B-17 Flying Fortress is seen through a gun turret of a B-24 Liberator during the Wings of Freedom Tour at Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport in Bowling Green Ky. (AP Photo/The Daily News Bac To Trong)



In this Monday Aug. 4 2014 photo Ryan Brown from left 11 Ethan Brown 10 and Parker Rhodes 10 all of Bowling Green check out a B-17 Flying Fortress during the Wings of Freedom Tour at Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport in Bowling Green Ky. (AP Photo/The Daily News Bac To Trong)



Lebanese army soldiers flash victory signs while in an armored personnel carrier as reinforcements arrive to the outskirts of Arsal a predominantly Sunni Muslim town near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon Monday Aug. 4 2014. Thousands of Lebanese civilians and Syrian refugees packed cars and pickup trucks Monday fleeing an eastern border town that was overrun by militants from neighboring Syria as Lebanese troops fight to liberate the area. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)





Lebanese army soldiers prepare to deploy toward Arsal a predominantly Sunni Muslim town near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon Monday Aug. 4 2014.



Afghanistan National Army soldiers stand guard at a gate of Camp Qargha west of Kabul Afghanistan Tuesday Aug. 5 2014. A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base causing casualties an Afghan military spokesman said. In a statement NATO said it was investigating an "incident" involving both Afghan and international troops at Camp Qargha which trains officers for the country's army. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)



A NATO soldier opens fire in an apparent warning shot in the vicinity of journalists near the main gate of Camp Qargha west of Kabul Afghanistan Tuesday Aug. 5 2014



An Israeli soldier gives direction to a tank as it is loaded onto a truck in a staging area near the Israel-Gaza border Tuesday Aug. 5 2014. Israel said it withdrew the last of its ground forces from Gaza on Tuesday as it and Hamas began a temporary cease-fire. The calm sets the stage for talks in Egypt on a broader deal for a long-term truce and the rebuilding of the battered blockaded coastal territory. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)



An Israeli tank advances to a staging area near the Israel-Gaza border Tuesday Aug. 5 2014.



An Israeli soldier look at an army truck carrying armored personnel carriers out from a staging area near the Israel-Gaza border Tuesday Aug. 5 2014.



Israeli reserve soldiers gather in a staging area near the Israel-Gaza border Tuesday Aug. 5 2014



Israeli soldiers pose for a group photo on a tank before they leave a staging area near the Israel-Gaza border Tuesday Aug. 5 2014.



An Israeli soldier gives direction to a tank as it is loaded on a truck in a staging area near the Israel-Gaza border Tuesday Aug. 5 2014.



Israeli reserve solders rest in the shade of the staging area near the Israel- Gaza border Tuesday Aug. 5 2014



J. Roberto de Marca second right the head of the global Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers unveiled a stone memorial with a plaque in Warsaw Poland on Tuesday Aug. 5 2014 in honor of Polish mathematicians Marian Rejewski Jerzy Rozycki and Henryk Zygalski who first cracked Enigma-coded messages in 1932. Their method and an Enigma deciphering machine they built enabled British cryptologists to read coded Nazi orders and reports during World War II contributing to the Allied victory. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)



A private plane arrives at Dobbins Air Reserve Base transporting a second American missionary stricken with Ebola Tuesday Aug. 5 2014 in Marietta Ga. Nancy Writebol is expected to be admitted to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital on Tuesday where she will join another U.S. aid worker Dr. Kent Brantly in a special isolation unit. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland)



French police officers talk to a migrant in Calais France Tuesday Aug. 5 2014 as tensions remain high following overnight clashes between rival groups waiting to try and cross the Channel to Britain. Migrants massing at France's English Channel port of Calais clashed before dawn on Tuesday in battles that left 51 injured � one seriously. Police intervened with tear gas break up clashes between Sudanese and Eritreans the local prefecture said. (AP Photo/ Gareth Fuller/PA)





Police officers close the road south of Norberg in central Sweden on Tuesday Aug. 5 2014 and evacuate civilians. A fire covering thousands of acres in the area is in its sixth day and firefighters believe it will burn for weeks or even months. (AP Photo/Fredrik Sandberg / TT)



In this photo taken on Monday Aug. 4 2014 Sierra Leone police officers hold up posters as they try to educate people about the deadly Ebola virus in the city of Freetown Sierra Leone. The global Ebola outbreak touched American shores more definitively Monday as Atlanta awaited the arrival of its second Ebola patient by morning and a New York hospital announced it had isolated a man with possible symptoms who walked into its emergency room.(AP Photo/ Youssouf Bah)



An Israeli reserve soldier sleeps on top of a tank after returning to Israel from Gaza near the Israel Gaza border Monday Aug. 4 2014. A brief cease-fire declared by Israel and troop withdrawals slowed violence in the Gaza war Monday but an attack on an Israeli bus that killed one person in Jerusalem underscored the tensions still simmering in the region as Israeli airstrikes resumed late in the day. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)



Israeli soldiers fire a mortar shell towards Gaza as the force are returning to Israel near Israel Gaza border Monday Aug. 4 2014.



Israeli reserve soldiers are seen on the top of an armored personnel carrier returning to Israel from Gaza ***** southern Israel Monday Aug. 4 2014.



Rescue workers and volunteers deliver suppliers transported by a helicopter to the town of Longtoushan in Ludian county in southwest China's Yunnan province Tuesday Aug. 5 2014. About 10000 troops used pickaxes and backhoes to clear roads and dig residents from collapsed homes Tuesday after an earthquake in southwest China that killed hundreds of people. (AP Photo)



n this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency rescuers transfer a baby in the quake-hit Longquan village of Ludian county southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday Aug. 5 2014



A NATO soldier right opens fire in an apparent warning shot in the vicinity of journalists near the main gate of Camp Qargha west of capital Kabul Afghanistan Tuesday Aug. 5 2014. A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base causing casualties an Afghan military spokesman said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

horridoThanks bd_popeye for starting the threads almost every week and your continous efforts to provide such excellent pics (especially the "planet earth" ones).



There's a video of Mississippi National Guard guys firing the AT-4 on their Facebook page if I remember right they got to fire 44 of them...not traing versions the real McCoy! I wonder what their two week annual training budget was this year.

https://www.facebook.com/MYMSNG?hc_location=timeline

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A Pro-Russian rebel looks through binoculars at a checkpoint near the city of Donetsk eastern Ukraine Wednesday Aug. 6 2014. Air strikes and artillery fire between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops in the eastern city of Donetsk have brought the violence closer than ever to the city center as Kiev's forces move in on the rebel stronghold. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)



Pro-Russian rebels search the car of a local resident at a checkpoint near the city of Donetsk eastern Ukraine Wednesday Aug. 6 2014.



An Israeli infantry soldier shows his rifle bullets after leaving the Gaza ***** south of Israel near the Border with Gaza ***** August 5 2014. A 72-hour truce went into effect in the Gaza ***** and Israel early 05 August after a last-minute flurry of rockets and airstrikes. The Egypt-brokered ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas-led militant groups began at 8 am (0500 GMT). Both sides agreed to refrain from fighting and hold indirect talks in Cairo on a permanent truce. Gaza residents began to leave their homes as soon as the ceasefire came into effect. Main streets and markets filled with traffic and people. The remaining Israeli ground troops in Gaza were to withdraw and redeploy to the Israeli side of the border military spokesman Peter Lerner said. (EPA/ATEF SAFADI)



An Israeli soldier from the Nahal Brigade carries equipment after returning to Israel from Gaza August 5 2014.



A Pro-Russian inspects the tattoo of a local resident at a checkpoint near the city of Donetsk eastern Ukraine Wednesday Aug. 6 2014.











Masked militants of the Islamic Jihad group march during the funeral of their comrade Shaaban Al-Dahdouh whose body was found under the rubble Tuesday in Gaza City on Wednesday Aug. 6 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)



n this photo taken Tuesday Aug. 5 2014 earthquake survivor Xiong Zhengfen 88 is evacuated by rescue workers after being buried under rubble for 50 hours in Ludian county in southwest China's Yunnan province. Some 10000 troops and hundreds of volunteers have rushed to Ludian to clear roads and dig out possible survivors from the debris following Sunday's quake but landslides and bouts of heavy rains have complicated rescue efforts. (AP Photo)



Emergency personnel gather to assess injuries and damage following a collision between two tour buses in the Times Square region of New York August 5 2014. (





Injured tourist is assisted by emergency personnel following a collision between two tour buses in the Times Square region of New York August 5 2014.



Rescue workers try to help a driver out of his car after the vehicle was stuck over an alley in Wenzhou Zhejiang province. The car rolled off the edge of a road after the driver was late to brake according to local media.





























The Minister of National Defense Dimitrios Avramopoulos the Chief of General Staff of National Defense Michail Kostarakos and the Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff Vice Admiral Evaggelos Apostolakis visit Salamis Naval Base and the personnel of the Hellenic Navy who participated in the operation “AGHINOR” for the safe evacuation of Greek and foreign nationals from Libya.

Photos by Hellenic Navy



PACIFIC MISSILE TEST RANGE Hawaii(July 31 2014) Steelworker 2nd Class Calvin Huckabee assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 secures a zinc anode to an underwater cable at a depth of 102 feet to ensure the cable has proper cathodic protection at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands Hawaii. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Daniel Nichols/Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 4 2014) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 4 conducts amphibious mobile warfare training with the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is underway conducting amphibious integration training. (U. S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Shelby M. Tucker/Released)



ARABIAN GULF (July 28 2014) Marines from combat cargo attach a pendant hook to an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) and the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). Bataan is the flagship for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Fiorillo/Released)



PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 2 2014) Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) drop the anchor. San Diego is on deployment with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group in the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Dudley Reynolds/Released)



STRAIT OF HORMUZ (July 20 2014) The guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) transits the Strait of Hormuz. Truxtun is deployed as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Barnes/Released)



MANAMA Bahrain (July 19 2014) Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Daniel Adunyantakyi from Wichita Falls Texas stands watch aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103). Truxtun is deployed as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Barnes/Released)



PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 3 2014) An MV-22B Osprey assigned to the Greyhawks of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. RIMPAC is the world's largest international maritime exercise and takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jonathan Nelson/Released)



FORT WORTH Texas (July 30 2014) The Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter completes a required wet runway and crosswind testing at Edwards Air Force Base Calif. an important program milestone enabling U.S. Marines Corps initial operational capability certification. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)



BALTIMORE (Aug. 2 2014) Cmdr. John B. Downes passes through ceremonial sideboys as part of the official party for the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Baltimore change of command ceremony aboard USS Constellation in Baltimore Inner Harbor. Downes relieved Cmdr. Andrew M. Cawfield as the NOSC Baltimore commanding officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kiona Miller/Released)



SASEBO Japan (Aug. 4 2014) Aviation Structural Mechanic (Equipment) 2nd Class Albert Fontaine cleans inside an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 as the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) prepares to depart Fleet Activities Sasebo after a scheduled port visit. George Washington and its embarked air wing Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests 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 Chris Cavagnaro/Released)



SASEBO Japan (Aug. 4 2014) Deck department Sailors hose off the starboard anchor chain as the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) prepares to depart Fleet Activities Sasebo after a scheduled port visit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chris Cavagnaro/Released)



PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 3 2014) Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) test line tending on the Orion crew module. Anchorage is conducting the second underway recovery test for the NASA Orion Program. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua R. Nistas/Released)



SASEBO Japan (Aug. 1 2014) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Judah Burton from Bellingham Wash. throws a mooring line to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) as the ship arrives in Sasebo for a port visit. John S. McCain is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting regional security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Hammond/Released)



QINGDAO China (Aug. 5 2014) Capt. Richard McCormack commanding officer of U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) receives a gift during a welcoming ceremony in Qingdao China. U.S. 7th Fleet and Blue Ridge Sailors visited Qingdao to build partnerships with the Peoples Liberation Army (Navy) North Sea Fleet during a goodwill port visit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelby Sanders/Released)



QINGDAO China (Aug. 5 2014) U.S. Capt. Richard McCormack left commanding officer of the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Peoples Liberation Army (Navy) Rear Adm. Yuan Yubai commander of the North Sea Fleet and U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Robert L. Thomas Jr. commander of U.S. 7th Fleet exchange greetings during a welcoming ceremony in Qingdao China.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelby Sanders/Released)



BRANI NAVAL BASE Singapore (July 31 2014) Chief Gunner's Mate Mike Sis right and Fire Controlman 1st Class Hector Perez-Garcia assigned to the visit board search and seizure (VBSS) team aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) clear a hallway with their team at the ship simulator training facility of the Republic of Singapore's Police Coast Guard during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2014. In its 20th year CARAT is a bilateral exercise series between the U.S. Navy the U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations to include Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines Singapore Thailand and Timor-Leste. The CARAT 2014 exercise series commenced in May and will continue through November. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gabriel S. Weber/Released)



SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 4 2014) Lt. j.g. Rochelle Perry assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) relays information on a simulated target during the surface action group exercise portion of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2014. In its 20th year CARAT is a bilateral exercise series between the U.S. Navy the U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gabriel S. Weber/Released)

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