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.
bd popeye
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
bd popeye
Which rifle is that on the left? Thank you ahead.
tinwhich rifle is that on the left? Thank you ahead.
.................
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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