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Swiss Soldiers from the Gebirgs Infantry Battalion 85' during a field training exercise at Kp 2 Waffenplatz Walenstadt - January 24th 2011
U.S. Army Soldiers of the Focused Tactical Force Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 6th Regiment, Task Force Duke, observe an item found during a mission in Bowri Tana, Khowst province, Afghanistan, July 17, 2011.
U.S. Army Sgt. Douglas Watts, a Detroit native, now a team leader with 1st Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Pvt. Joshua Duerkson, a Natchitoches, La., native, now a driver with 1st Platoon, demonstrate movement techniques for Afghan Border Police noncommissioned officers at the Hairatan border crossing point in Balkh province, Afghanistan, April 13. Soldiers with 1st Platoon advise Afghan Border Policemen at the border crossing during day-to-day operations, and take time to train the fledgling Afghan Border Police noncommissioned officer corps.
French soldiers of Battle Group Picardie are seen during an operation in Surobi district, Kabul province on March 14, 2012. France will gradually withdraw its 3,600 troops, eventually leaving behind around 400-500 military trainers at the end of 2014, when NATO is scheduled to end its combat mission, Longuet said.
German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the 3rd platoon of the Quick reaction Force 5 (QRF) walk in a combat outpost in Chahar Dara district on the outskirts of Kunduz, May 8, 2010.
Georgian Army soldiers assigned to the 33rd Light Infantry Battalion gather intelligence during Operation Northern Lion in Mohammadabad, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2013. Northern Lion was a Georgian-led operation conducted to deter insurgents, establish a security presence, and gather human intelligence in the area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alejandro Pena/Released)
An Afghan National Army Commando sets security on top of a compound during an operation in Baraki Barak District, Logar Province, Jan. 8. Afghan National Army Commandos complement counterinsurgency efforts and enable conditions for improved security, governance and development. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kyle Wagoner/Released)
U.S. Army Pfc. Scott Braman, a native of Rochester, N.Y., and radio telephone operator assigned to 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, conducts a security patrol outside of Forward Operating Base Salerno July 7, 2012. The purpose of the patrol was to facilitate members of the female engagement team as they conducted key leader engagements at both a girls’ school in the village of Mangas and discuss the midwife program in the village of Kunday.
This Image shows troops from the 1 Royal Irish with members of the Afghan National Army stopping of in a compound used as a known firing point. After a conducting search, during a foot patrols around Nadi-E-Ali as part of Operation Tora Kamjak 5.
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Afghan troops, trained and mentored by Brits, have taken the lead in clearing insurgents from the rugged area of Shin Kalay, in Helmand province, in an overnight air assault operation.
Operation TOR KANJAK 5 (“Black Thorn” in English) was launched in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Designed as a clearance and search operation, its aim was to provide better security for the locals of Shin Kalay and its surrounding area.
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, backed up by troops from Shropshire-based 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, were inserted into the area under the cover of darkness, achieving full advantage from the element of surprise.
The Afghan and British troops cleared compounds and insurgent firing points whilst others provided security to the flanks. Meanwhile, another group of Afghan soldiers, along with troops from Canterbury-based 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, cleared through the village.
Today marked the beginning of the 2021 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships. After getting assigned to squads, competitors spent the day zeroing their rifles and pistols with both optics and iron sights at USAMU’s McAndrew and Parks ranges.
Instructors from the Chemistry Department demonstrated the science of Army Spirit Dec.10 for a crowd of cheering West Point cadets. The Army officers launched a "Go Army" rocket, firing a direct hit on the "Beat Navy" boat. Kickoff for the 111th iteration of the Army-Navy game is slated for 2:40 p.m. at Lincoln Financial Field. The game will be televised nationally on CBS. Photo by Mike Strasser, West Point Public Affairs
Two Belgian military police officers, left and right in the frame go through the possessions of a Somali taxi driver who stands between the two officers. Both Belgian Soldiers carry a 5.56mm FN FCN rifles over their shoulder. They all are standing on a dirt road behind the taxi. They are at a checkpoint prior to the entrance into the compound at Kismayo Port, Somalia. The Belgian contingent has been responsible for security in Kismayo since 4 May 1993. Security checks are routinely performed on all vehicles entering and leaving the compound to ensure weapons are not being transported illegally. This mission is in direct support of Operation Continue Hope.
Members of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) Quick Response Force (QRF) conduct riot training with support of a new asset from the New Zealand Army, the Pinzgauer Light Operational Vehicle (LOV), in Dili, East Timor.
Having checked out a suspicious vehicle and package via a remote control EOD robot, SGT Terry James from 3 CER and attached to the ANZAC Battle Group, further investigates during a Counter-IED tasking in Nurgal at Cooperative Spirit 08.
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Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts and assets from 15 Combat Engineer Troop (15 CE Tp), 3 Combat Engineer Regiment (3 CER) have been attached to the ANZAC Battle Group as part of Cooperative Spirit 08. Responsible for Counter-IED (Improvised Explosive Device) tasks throughout the ANZAC Battle Group Area of Operations, they have been called into the town of Nurgal to render safe a suspicious package and vehicle. Local residents want their community to be free from the threat posed by IEDs, which indiscriminately endangers the safety of their people and have requested ANZAC Battle Group assistance. Local residents have been moved to safe distance and infantry soldiers have set up a cordon while EOD experts and assets conduct the delicate task to remove the threat posed to the townspeople.
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Approximately 180 personnel drawn mostly from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) in Townsville have deployed to Germany on Cooperative Spirit 2008 (CS08). CS08 is a multinational exercise intended to test interoperability among the American, British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Armies (ABCA).
The 1 RAR contingent comprises of a Battle Group HQ and Combat Team Force Element and will be combined with a company from the 2nd/1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (2/1 RNZIR) to create the ‘ANZAC Battle Group’ during the exercise. They will conduct operations in the field, under stressful battlefield conditions, complete with a sophisticated opposing force and realistic training scenarios in a world-class training facility.
CS08 is being conducted by the United States at the Joint Multinational Readiness Centre (JMRC), located in Hohenfels, Germany, between 11 Sep and 10 Oct 08. Around 1800 troops from ABCA Armies are taking part in the activity. The month-long exercise aims to develop skills common to ABCA armies and increase interoperability for combined operations, offering significant opportunities to train soldiers in a combined (multinational) environment.
Latvian Soldiers taking part in the large scale Kevadtorm 2012 (Spring Storm) series of exercises – 15th/18th May 2012
U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, patrol across the Tarnak River June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The river separates Gelan District to the north and Nawah District to the south.
An Afghan child watches on as soldiers from A Company of the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles and the Afghan National Army patrol near Nahr e Saraj village, in Helmand on June 23, 2010. The Kabul government got behind US General Stanley McChrystal, hoping he keeps his job despite the furore over an interview in which he criticised top American officials. Defence ministry spokesman General Mohammad Zahir Azimi said there had been great improvements since McChrystal took command of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) last year.
Kim Delaney, who plays Claudia Joy Holden on the Lifetime TV series "Army Wives", greets soldiers attending the "Army Wives" Screening
© U.S. Army Photo by Janet L. Davis
Slovenian Army Military Police Special Intervention Unit during a recent training exercise – September 2012
Soldiers of A Company of the1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles preparing for a patrol at their patrol base in a Nahr e Saraj village, in Helmand, on June 22, 2010. The British total military death toll in the Afghan conflict rose to 300 on June 21, 2010, as the death of a marine marked a grim landmark during a year which has already seen the second-highest number of British fatalities since operations began in 2001.
The Army West Point Boxing team hosts the 65th Annual Brigade Boxing Open to compete for who will be representing Army in the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championships, March 19th 2021, West Point NY (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Ellington Ward)
The Howe & Howe "Ripsaw" MS2 vehicle (front) will be followed by a antenna-covered APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) with operators in it (rear). The first-ever “Robotics Rodeo,” which encourages development of autonomous systems in support of our Nation’s warfighters, is drawing the world’s leading robotic designers and builders to the Texas-based event. Fort Hood’s III Corps and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) are hosting the Robotics Rodeo Sept. 1-3 on the grounds of the world’s largest U.S. military base, Fort Hood. Copyright Fort Worth Star-Telegram / Paul Moseley. May not be downloaded or reproduced for any reason. Check a great newspaper out at www.star-telegram.com/
The 2021 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships kicked off its first official match today. Match 8 is an iron sight rifle match in combat gear. Soldiers shoot 10 rounds in 90 seconds in the prone from both 400 and 300 yards. Competitors then shoot another 10 rounds in 90 seconds from the kneeling/squatting position from both 200 and 100 yards.
The Match 3 course of fire included four pistol stages, for a total of 40 rounds, from the 25-yard line. Each stage required a total of 10 rounds, but were fired in two groups of five with a magazine change in the middle. Stage One was a slow fire of 60 seconds in the standing position. Stage Two was fired in a total of 45 seconds, with five rounds shot in both the kneeling and then the prone positions. Stage Three was a timed fire of 25 seconds from the standing position. And Stage Four was a rapid fire of 15 seconds from the standing position.
The Match 5 is a pistol match consisting of four stages, for a total of 40 rounds. Stage One was a standing slow fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 25 seconds at the 35-yard line. Stage Two was a standing slow fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 20 seconds at the 25-yard line. Stage 3 was a standing rapid fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 15 seconds at the 15-yard line. Stage Four was a standing rapid fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 10 seconds at the 10-yard line.
View from the side of Pit 1 at the Terracotta Museum in Xi'an.
Visitors to the pit can walk around the excavated area, looking down at the terracotta army. It's a very popular tourist attraction so you often have to fight for your space at the railing, in order to get a photograph without arms and heads obscuring the view.
Makes quite a change to do something that doesn't involve breaking out the pink colouring or glitter pots! Who says cupcakes are for girls eh...
Polish Soldiers from Fast Response Battalion from the 25 Air Cavalry Brigade on the shooting range in Iraq 2005
A mortar team attached to Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team, practices firing with the 82mm mortar rounds at Camp Atterbury, IN April 24. Air Force and Army personnel have come together from across the globe to train together for a unique mission in Afghanistan. Their mission is to help the local people and government transition to a country led by Afghans.
"The Qin Dynasty was the ruling Chinese dynasty between 221 and 206 BC."
"[One of the] monument[s] built during Qin Shihuang's rule was the Terracotta army, intended to protect the emperor after his death. As opposed to the Great Wall, which is visible from space, the Terracotta army was inconspicuous due to its underground location, and was not discovered until 1974."
Kim Delaney, who plays Claudia Joy Holden on the Lifetime TV series "Army Wives", greets soldiers attending the "Army Wives" Screening
© U.S. Army Photo by Janet L. Davis
Operation TOR SHEZADA meaning Black Prince in Pashtu, was carried out by Combined Force Nad-e Ali (CF NDA) to clear known insurgents from Sayedebad and involved UK troops and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)...Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Frazer Lawrence OBE, Commanding Officer (CO) The 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment is commander of CF NDA and led the operation...Lieutenant Olly Field (Left) and Bombadier Matthew Nichols check their kit, after moving into compound outside Sayedebad...