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The Army West Point Boxing team hosted the Beat Citadel Rumble Friday, October 9th at Trophy Point (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Angeline Tritschler).
British Soldiers serving with 12th Mechanized Brigade in Afghanistan completing the final day of their mandatory RSOI (Reception, Staging, Onward movement & Integration) training after arrival in theatre in readiness for their move forward – March 2012
Photos: Cpl Andy Reddy, Army Photographer
©MOD/Crown Copyright 2012
Vice President Joe Biden speaks with LTC Gregory D. Gadson, Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2) at the "Army Wives" Screening
© U.S. Army Photo by Janet L. Davis
British Soldiers from 1st Battalion, The Grenadier Guards, during a Short patrol from Midan Bazi, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan – June 2012
Photos: Cpl Paul Morrison, Army Photographer - ©MOD/Crown Copyright 2012
Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, speak at the "Army Wives" Screening
© U.S. Army Photo by Janet L. Davis
Entries for the 2013 Armies on Parade from Games Workshop - City Walk, Atlanta
by Jake Beachboard - 1st place
Captain Julian Hohnen from the First Mentoring Task Force, patrols across the green zone in the village of Sajawul.
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Commanding Officer of the First Mentoring Task Force (MTF1), Lieutenant Colonel Jason Blain was accompanied by senior MTF1 staff during a recent reconnaissance of Sajawul and Khuajem Ahmad in the Baluchi Valley Region.
The “recce” provided the CO and his staff an opportunity to understand the on-the-ground situation and to get a sense of the subtle differences between the villages.
The activity began with an Afghan National Army (ANA) led patrol to Sajawul where the party met with key locals over a chai tea to continue shura discussions about security and development in the area.
During the meetings, MTF1 personnel obtained a clearer understanding of the development projects that could be undertaken by the local population with appropriate funding and equipment.
Previous Australian contingents in the Sajawul area set a solid framework for ongoing community support and participation with local tribal elders demonstrating a high level of trust and faith in the MTF, ANA and ISAF.
MTF1 is focused on enhancing relationships with the local people with a view to expanding security and expanding opportunities for wider local development.
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Operation SLIPPER is Australia's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism, piracy and improving maritime security. Under this operation our forces contribute to the efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. ISAF seeks to bring security, stability and prosperity to Afghanistan and aims to prevent Afghanistan again becoming a safe haven for international terrorists. Operation SLIPPER also supports the United States led International Coalition Against Terrorism (ICAT) in the broader Middle East.
Personnel from the Other Government Agency Platoon in Tarin Kot on their way to a site inspection.
Image by Corporal Mark Doran
Mid Caption: The Other Government Agency Platoon is part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team based at Multi National Base Tarin Kot. Its main role is to provide security to civilian contractors and other government agencies such as the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and members of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This enables personnel from different agencies to go outside the wire in order to accomplish their missions without added security concerns.
Colombian soldiers patrol a street in downtown Bogota, Colombia, on June 19, 2010. Nearly 30 million voters head to the polls Sunday to choose a successor to President Alvaro Uribe. The run-off pits frontrunner ex-defense minister Juan Manuel Santos and former two-time Bogota mayor Antanas Mockus. The two came out ahead in the first round of votes on May 30, but fell short of the 50 percent required for an outright win.
Polish Army Cpl. Maritik searches a suspected insurgent, while another Polish soldier pulls security, Jan. 7, in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
Reserve Officer School K-237 Leadership and Firearms Training
Finnish Soldiers from the Reserve Officers' Course 237 "Rose” carried out field training and shooting drills to test the basic and collaborative exercises, and lessons learned with the emphasis on the trainees' management and leadership along with demanding and challenging combat shooting – 2011
U.S Army Soldiers during a Civil Affairs Mission to Derapet while serving with Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Uruzgan – August 2011
U.S. Army cadets storm the field after the Army West Point Black Knights' 21-17 win over the Navy Midshipmen in the Army-Navy Football Game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. on Dec. 10, 2016. Photo by Francis Chung / JBM-HH PAO.
U.S. Army Garrison Family and Morale,Welfare and Recreation held the Mad Hatter's Military Family Ball, Saturday, April 22nd in the Garrison Fitness Center in Doral, Fla.
Leading Seaman Electronics Technician Wayne Kingston from HMAS TOBRUK provides gate security as APCs (Armoured Personnel Carriers) from 3/4 Cavilary Regiment, return to the Wharf Precinct after patrolling the streets of Dili during Operation Astute.
Operation Astute is the Australian Government's response to assist the Government of Timor-Leste. The Joint Task Force aims to stabilise the security situation, facilitate the evacuation of Australian and other approved foreign nationals and create a secure environment for the conduct of a successful dialogue to resolve the current crisis.
Approximately 2000 Australian Defence Force Personnel are now either on the ground, in transit, or directly supporting the Australian Defence Force Response to the situation in Dili.
The Operation includes components from the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force, working with other Australian Government agencies to assist the Government of Timor-Leste to restore peace to the nation.
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment "Buffaloes," 1st Brigade Combat Team "Ready First," 1st Armored Division, drag a member of the Civil affairs team to cover after he was wounded in a simulated suicide attack during a training exercise held at Kamal Jabour, a mock Afghan village located at Ft. Bliss, Texas, April 26, 2012.
Chadian Soldiers undergoing military parachute training by French Instructors from the French elements in Chad December 5, 2010
Spc. Derek Jordan, medic, Able Company 3-66, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, scans the finger of an Afghan man during an air assault mission in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 21. The soldiers, alongside the Afghan National Army, searched two villages for insurgent activity and weapons caches.
Afghan National Army (ANA) leads the patrol out of the base heading towards the shura (Afghan meeting) with village elders, in southern Afghanistan.
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Leading the way, the Afghan National Army (ANA) take onboard what their Aussie mentors from Mentoring Task Force - Two (MTF-2) have taught them, planning the safest and most direct route to a shura (a meeting) with village elders.
Sergeant Jason Johnson from MTF-2, mentors the ANA with his section of soldiers located at a small patrol base at the southern end of the Baluchi Valley, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
“We get the ANA to lead the patrols. We give them the location and observe them construct a plan from the mentoring they have received from us,” Sergeant Johnson said.
“A small element of Australians soldiers will come on patrol to assist the ANA if required.”
Sergeant Johnson’s role includes mentoring the ANA and liaising with village elders in local shuras, where they discuss International Security Assistance Force funded developments in the area such as roads, schools, and any aid required.
The meetings are also an opportunity for the local community to raise any concerns they have.
“It’s an Afghan tradition to talk over chai (tea) and then, when the locals are ready, it is down to business, discussing the development of projects in the area and concerns within the community which are largely related to insurgent activity,” Sergeant Johnson said.
Terrakotta Armee Ausstellung / Terracotta Army Exhibition - Tabakfabrik Linz - Linz an der Donau / Linz at the Danube - Oberösterreich / Upper Austria - Österreich / Austria
Two U.S. Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles assigned 201st Georgia Agribusiness Development Team 2 provides over watch during a patrol at the Khoshi District Center, Logar Province, Afghanistan, May 12, 2012
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.
Army surplus items from World War II were everywhere when I was a kid. We'd go down to the Sunny's Surplus Store and buy all kinds of old military stuff. (In fact, Sunny's got its start by selling nothing but left over U.S. Army gear, and only later started carrying other foreign military goods and commercial camping gear as the old WWII stuff got scarce. As I write this Sunny's is finally going out of business after over 50 years.) I got this surplus canteen (dated 1945) to use while camping with the Boy Scouts. The canteen cup (dated 1949) I bought when I was about 12 for 15 cents from, of all places, the thrift shop at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. If you look closely at the cup, you can still see the price marked on the side in grease pencil. I have never been able to scrub it off entirely. The canteen and the cup have served me well over the years. (Click here and here and here and here to see them in action.)