US Military Pictures & Videos
- Thread starter bd popeye
- Start date
Try this link for higher res PIX
[h=2]US Army Soldiers conduct security during AUP operation[/h]
Spc. Matthew H. Napier, a medic from Prescott, Ariz., serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, stands ready to assist at an Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is securing the checkpoint while assisting the AUP in conducting a highway interdiction operation.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Sgt. James A Hobbs, from Tacoma, Wash., and Pfc. Mark R Wiygul, from Memphis, Tenn., both infantrymen serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, provide over watch security for Afghan Uniform Police while they conduct a Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. A TCP is used to interdict contraband and disrupt insurgent movement.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Staff Sgt. James R. Baxter, a squad leader from Columbus, Ohio, and Spc. Max Weyerman, an infantryman from Houston, Texas, both serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, stand ready to assist with interdiction operations near an Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Soldiers with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., assist Afghan Uniform Police in conducting highway interdiction operations, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – 1st Lt. James D. Whitler, a platoon leader from Colorado Springs, Colo., serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, walks the line of his unit’s perimeter and checks on Spc. Alan L. Villalobos, an infantryman from Edmonds, Wash., Feb. 26 at a remote Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is securing the checkpoint while assisting the AUP in conducting highway interdiction operations.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Soldiers with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash., assist Afghan Uniform Police in conducting highway interdiction operations, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Matthew H. Napier, a medic from Prescott, Ariz., and Sgt. 1st Class James L. Henderson, a platoon sergeant from Monrovia, Ind., both with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, prepare to secure an Afghan Uniform Police Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is securing the TCP while assisting the AUP in conducting a highway interdiction operation
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Alan L. Villalobos, an infantryman from Edmonds, Wash., with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, takes a knee on a hilltop overlooking an Afghan Uniform Police Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Bryan Gonzalez, from Old Town, Fla., and Sgt. Joshua D. Nix, from Sammamish, Wash., both infantrymen serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, prepare to secure the area around an Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint, Feb 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Soldiers with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., assist Afghan Uniform Police in conducting highway interdiction operations, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Bryan Gonzalez, an infantryman from Old Town, Fla., with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, records traffic patterns at an Afghan Uniform Police Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Alan L. Villalobos, an infantryman from Edmonds, Wash. and 1st Lt. James D. Whitler, a platoon leader from Colorado Springs, Colo., both with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, discuss security as Afghan Uniform Police officers prepare to establish a Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting and advising the AUP in conducting highway interdiction operations
Spc. Matthew H. Napier, a medic from Prescott, Ariz., serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, stands ready to assist at an Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is securing the checkpoint while assisting the AUP in conducting a highway interdiction operation.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Sgt. James A Hobbs, from Tacoma, Wash., and Pfc. Mark R Wiygul, from Memphis, Tenn., both infantrymen serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, provide over watch security for Afghan Uniform Police while they conduct a Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. A TCP is used to interdict contraband and disrupt insurgent movement.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Staff Sgt. James R. Baxter, a squad leader from Columbus, Ohio, and Spc. Max Weyerman, an infantryman from Houston, Texas, both serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, stand ready to assist with interdiction operations near an Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Soldiers with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., assist Afghan Uniform Police in conducting highway interdiction operations, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – 1st Lt. James D. Whitler, a platoon leader from Colorado Springs, Colo., serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, walks the line of his unit’s perimeter and checks on Spc. Alan L. Villalobos, an infantryman from Edmonds, Wash., Feb. 26 at a remote Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is securing the checkpoint while assisting the AUP in conducting highway interdiction operations.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Soldiers with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash., assist Afghan Uniform Police in conducting highway interdiction operations, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Matthew H. Napier, a medic from Prescott, Ariz., and Sgt. 1st Class James L. Henderson, a platoon sergeant from Monrovia, Ind., both with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, prepare to secure an Afghan Uniform Police Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is securing the TCP while assisting the AUP in conducting a highway interdiction operation
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Alan L. Villalobos, an infantryman from Edmonds, Wash., with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, takes a knee on a hilltop overlooking an Afghan Uniform Police Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Bryan Gonzalez, from Old Town, Fla., and Sgt. Joshua D. Nix, from Sammamish, Wash., both infantrymen serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, prepare to secure the area around an Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint, Feb 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Soldiers with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., assist Afghan Uniform Police in conducting highway interdiction operations, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Bryan Gonzalez, an infantryman from Old Town, Fla., with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, records traffic patterns at an Afghan Uniform Police Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting the AUP by advising and providing over watch security.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – Spc. Alan L. Villalobos, an infantryman from Edmonds, Wash. and 1st Lt. James D. Whitler, a platoon leader from Colorado Springs, Colo., both with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, discuss security as Afghan Uniform Police officers prepare to establish a Traffic Control Point, Feb. 26 near Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan. The unit is assisting and advising the AUP in conducting highway interdiction operations
When you feel like complaining about something wrong in your life..think about this man and what he is overcoming.
[FONT=&]Red Flag 13-3 F-22[/FONT]
An F-22 Raptor from the 27th Fighter Squadron out of Langley Air Force Base, Va., participates in Red Flag 13-3, March 5, 2013, at Nellis AFB, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. During the exercise, aircrews and ground crews train to fight, survive and win together
A three-ship formation of F-22 Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron out of Langley Air Force Base, Va., participate in Red Flag 13-3 March 5, 2013, fly over the Nevada Test and Training Range. The exercise is hosted by the 414th Combat Training Squadron out of Nellis AFB, Nev. Since combat is no place to train aircrews, the 414th CTS provide a peacetime "battlefield" within which our combat air forces can train.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chris Kusnierz, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, watches his sectors of fire at a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
Linked 40 mm rounds feed into a U.S. Marine Corps Mark 19 grenade launcher at a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kody King, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, scans for enemy positions from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David Romero, right, a combined anti-armor team section leader with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, points out an enemy position to Lance Cpl. Kody King during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Eric Doerrer, an anti-tank missileman with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, targets an enemy position with an FGM-148 Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Donnie Bridges, with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, scans for enemy positions from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kody King, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, engages enemy positions with an M2HB .50-caliber machine gun from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kody King, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, engages enemy positions with an M2HB .50-caliber machine gun from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Chris Hoisington, a radio operator with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, scans for enemy positions during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chris Kusnierz, left, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, fires at an enemy position with a Mark 19 grenade launcher from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
An F-22 Raptor from the 27th Fighter Squadron out of Langley Air Force Base, Va., participates in Red Flag 13-3, March 5, 2013, at Nellis AFB, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. During the exercise, aircrews and ground crews train to fight, survive and win together
A three-ship formation of F-22 Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron out of Langley Air Force Base, Va., participate in Red Flag 13-3 March 5, 2013, fly over the Nevada Test and Training Range. The exercise is hosted by the 414th Combat Training Squadron out of Nellis AFB, Nev. Since combat is no place to train aircrews, the 414th CTS provide a peacetime "battlefield" within which our combat air forces can train.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chris Kusnierz, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, watches his sectors of fire at a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
Linked 40 mm rounds feed into a U.S. Marine Corps Mark 19 grenade launcher at a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kody King, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, scans for enemy positions from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David Romero, right, a combined anti-armor team section leader with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, points out an enemy position to Lance Cpl. Kody King during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Eric Doerrer, an anti-tank missileman with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, targets an enemy position with an FGM-148 Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Donnie Bridges, with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, scans for enemy positions from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kody King, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, engages enemy positions with an M2HB .50-caliber machine gun from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kody King, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, engages enemy positions with an M2HB .50-caliber machine gun from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Chris Hoisington, a radio operator with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, scans for enemy positions during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chris Kusnierz, left, a machine gunner with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, fires at an enemy position with a Mark 19 grenade launcher from a fire support position during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. Bullseye was an Afghan-led operation to clear Pay Sang village.
[h=2]Afghanistan[/h]
Lance Cpl. Thomas Foster takes a rest with his military working dog Diamond during a patrol through Boldak, Afghanistan March 6. Foster is a member of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
Staff Sgt. Pablo Nieto sweeps a compound during a patrol near Patrol Base Boldak March 7. Nieto is a member of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment
Lance Cpl. Emilio Therien Gonzales directs Marines during a compound sweep near Patrol Base Boldak March 7. TherienGonzales is a member of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
Petty Officer Third Class Brandon Henthorne stands guard during the sweep of a compound near Patrol Base Boldak March 7. Henthorne is a member of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
Lance Cpl. Thomas Foster takes a rest with his military working dog Diamond during a patrol through Boldak, Afghanistan March 6. Foster is a member of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
Staff Sgt. Pablo Nieto sweeps a compound during a patrol near Patrol Base Boldak March 7. Nieto is a member of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment
Lance Cpl. Emilio Therien Gonzales directs Marines during a compound sweep near Patrol Base Boldak March 7. TherienGonzales is a member of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
Petty Officer Third Class Brandon Henthorne stands guard during the sweep of a compound near Patrol Base Boldak March 7. Henthorne is a member of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
[h=2]U.S. Air And Marine Predator Drones Launch For Missions Overlooking U.S-Mexico Border[/h]
[FONT=&]The U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM) flies the unmanned and unarmed MQ-9 Predator B aircraft an average of 12 hours per day at around 19,000 feet over southern Arizona. The drones, piloted from the ground, search for drug smugglers and immigrants crossing illegally from Mexico into the United States. Due to federal sequestration cuts, Customs and Border Protection is expected to lose $500 million from its budget, and OAM staff at Ft. Huachuca are now taking unpaid furlough days once every two weeks as part of the cuts.[/FONT]
Air Interdiction Agent Jack Thurston from U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), pilots an unmanned Predator aircraft from a flight operations center near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel check a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel check a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
A high-tech camera hangs from the nose of a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before a flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel check a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Air Interdiction Agent Will Brazelton from U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), programs an unmanned Predator aircraft from a flight operations center near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel prepare a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel watch as a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), taxis to the tarmac for a fight over southern Arizona near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnelcheck a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel prepare a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel prepare a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel prepare a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
A Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), taxis towards the tarmac for a surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Air Interdiction Agent Will Brazelton (L), from U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), programs an unmanned Predator aircraft from a flight operations center near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
A Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), taxis towards the tarmac for a surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Air Interdiction Agent Jack Thurston from U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), pilots an unmanned Predator aircraft from a flight operations center near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel check a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel check a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
A high-tech camera hangs from the nose of a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before a flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel check a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Air Interdiction Agent Will Brazelton from U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), programs an unmanned Predator aircraft from a flight operations center near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel prepare a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel watch as a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), taxis to the tarmac for a fight over southern Arizona near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnelcheck a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel prepare a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel prepare a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Maintenance personnel prepare a Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), before its surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
A Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), taxis towards the tarmac for a surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Air Interdiction Agent Will Brazelton (L), from U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), programs an unmanned Predator aircraft from a flight operations center near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
A Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM), taxis towards the tarmac for a surveillance flight near the Mexican border on March 7, 2013 from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
[h=2]Red Platoon Dismount Mission[/h]
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Soldiers assigned to Red Platoon, Troop B ”Beast Troop” , 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conduct a dismounted patrol to disrupt possible insurgent activity in the Musa Khel district, Afghanistan, March 4, 2013. The mission was held to find makers of improvised explosive devices. (Photos by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton TF 3/101 Public Affairs)
Controlled chaos,” is how U.S. Army Maj. Michael Borsich described the frenzied, yet calculated, dance of medical personnel who swiftly moved around patient litters in a sweltering hangar, to thunderous sound of helicopter blades slicing through the air.
This was the scene that, Borsich, officer in charge, and his Soldiers from the 256th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserves, using to recreate a field hospital with their military partners Feb. 27 and 28. Adding to the chaos, was the three different languages being spoken by the multi-national soldiers all partnering in exercise Central Accord 2013. This was the culmination of 10 days they spent practicing medical treatment techniques with Cameroonian and five Central African partner nation soldiers.
Central Accord 2013, a joint multi-national exercise in which U.S., Cameroon and neighboring Central African militaries partner to promote regional cooperation while increasing aerial resupply and medical treatment capacity, was sponsored by U.S. Army Africa and hosted by the Cameroonian Defense Force.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amy Wieser Willson, North Dakota Army National Guard)
This was the scene that, Borsich, officer in charge, and his Soldiers from the 256th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserves, using to recreate a field hospital with their military partners Feb. 27 and 28. Adding to the chaos, was the three different languages being spoken by the multi-national soldiers all partnering in exercise Central Accord 2013. This was the culmination of 10 days they spent practicing medical treatment techniques with Cameroonian and five Central African partner nation soldiers.
Central Accord 2013, a joint multi-national exercise in which U.S., Cameroon and neighboring Central African militaries partner to promote regional cooperation while increasing aerial resupply and medical treatment capacity, was sponsored by U.S. Army Africa and hosted by the Cameroonian Defense Force.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amy Wieser Willson, North Dakota Army National Guard)