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bd popeye · Sep 1, 2010

Couldn't they fix jamming devices to warthogs or UAVs instead?

That mission of ECM was given solely to the USN and USMC some years ago. The Warthog is for CAS(Close Air Support)

bd popeye · Sep 6, 2010

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An RQ-4 Global Hawk taxis down the runway April 8, 2010, at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The RQ-4 program will undergo an evaluation in October 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class David Tracy)

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Sgt. Mathew Cummings, a UH-1Y Huey crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), fires a GAU-17 mini gun on a range outside Camp Bastion Sept. 3. The Huey crew made the range run after flying a mission to provide aerial reconnaissance for Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. HMLA-369 also provided overwatch while the unit moved through a densely-populated area in Southern Helmand province.

U.S. soldiers of the Fort Campbell based 1-75 Cavalry fire 122 mm mortars at a nearby Taliban position at Forward Operating Base Wilson in Kandahar Province, Southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010.

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A US army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division Alpha Battery 1-320th prepares to launch a drone outside Combat Outpost Nolen in the village of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley on September 4, 2010.

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A US army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division Alpha Battery 1-320th tries to launch a drone outside Combat Outpost Nolen in the village of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley on September 4, 2010.

Afghan National Army (ANA) troops and US Army soldiers with the 101st Airborne Brigade 1/320 patrol in the village of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley on September 3, 2010.

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers stand guard as a US Army officer with the 101st Airborne Brigade 1/320 frisks a man found in an abandoned building in the village of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley on September 3, 2010. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates met with US soldiers at the 'tip of the spear' in the Taliban's Afghan heartland as a pivotal surge of 30,000 extra troops neared completion. Gates was set to spend the day in southern Kandahar province, one of the hottest spots of the intensifying war against the insurgents which is nearing the end of its ninth year.

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A US Army soldier with the 101st Airborne Brigade 1/320 stands next to a wall decorated with graffiti, in a house taken from the Taliban and turned into a combat outpost in the village of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley on September 3, 2010.

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US Army soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division Alpha Battery 1-320th reinforce a bridge outside Combat Outpost Nolen in the village of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley on September 4, 2010.

siegecrossbow · Sep 6, 2010

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Is the drone launched by hand by the soldier a newly developed proto-type by DARPA? I saw a documentary on Nat Geo where they showed a similar light drone that could be launched by hand and was used for surveillance. The coolest feature was that the drone "breaks apart" when it comes down since it dissipates the kinetic energy of a hard landing by falling apart.

bd popeye · Sep 12, 2010

A U.S. soldier from Delta Company, a part of Task Force 1-66, scans the area during patrol at Arghandab river valley, Kandahar province, September 7, 2010.

U.S. soldiers from Delta Company, a part of Task Force 1-66, patrol at Arghandab river valley, Kandahar province, September 7, 2010

A U.S. soldier from Delta Company, a part of Task Force 1-66, patrols at Arghandab river valley, Kandahar province, September 7, 2010.

soldiers from Delta Company, a part of Task Force 1-66, patrol at Arghandab river valley, Kandahar province, September 7, 2010.

A U.S. soldier from Delta Company, a part of Task Force 1-66, adjusts a 60mm mortar as he takes aim after his unit was attacked at their camp in Arghandab river valley, Kandahar province, September 7, 2010.

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Chief petty officers (CPO) and chief petty officer selectees form an anchor on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum in observance of CPO Pride Day. The day began at the museum and continued with community service activities throughout the San Diego country area. CPO Pride Day was founded in 2003 by Force Master Chief Karen O'Connor.

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ARABIAN SEA (Sep. 6, 2010) Lance Cpl. Thomas Jacobs, from Middle Town, N.Y., assigned to the Checkerboards of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, cleans an F/A 18C Hornet while performing daily corrosion prevention maintenance aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

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100906-N-6362C-013 ARABIAN SEA (Sept. 7, 2010) Steam from a catapult surrounds a flight deck director as he signals an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Seahawks of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 126 toward the catapult for launch aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman 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 Seaman Apprentice Tyler Caswell/Released)

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A US army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division Alpha Battery 1-320th battles Taliban from the rooftop of Lugo patrol base in Chahar Qolbah on the outskirts of the village of Jellawar in the Arghandab Valley early September 10, 2010.

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US soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division Alpha Battery 1-320th take position during a patrol on the outskirts of the town of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley on September 10, 2010.

bd popeye · Sep 17, 2010

US Marines embarked aboard the USS Denver (LPD 9) & USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)

INCHEON, Republic of Korea (Sept. 15, 2010) Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), embarked in USS Denver (LPD 9), exit the presentation area at the conclusion of an amphibious assault demonstration for the 60th anniversary of the Incheon Landing Operation. After Incheon, USS Denver (LPD 9) and embarked Marines from the 31st MEU will continue on a scheduled deployment in the Western Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Colby Drake/Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, perform live-fire drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), Sept. 14.

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Chris S. Richie, commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, performs live-fire drills with his Marines and Sailors, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), Sept. 14.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, perform live-fire drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), Sept. 14.

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Chris S. Richie, commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, performs live-fire drills with his Marines and Sailors, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), Sept. 14. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP providing humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, displays his empty magazines to instructors after performing live-fire maneuver drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), Sept. 14. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP providing humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Finn McCool · Sep 17, 2010

In the photo of the Marines training the Guatemalan Special Forces Kaibilies (who are, by the way, bad bad dudes, they're accused of all sorts of human rights violations and are often recruited by drug cartels, or at least used to be), why are Marines wearing helmets like those worn by CVN deck crews?

bd popeye · Sep 17, 2010

Finn McCool said:
In the photo of the Marines training the Guatemalan Special Forces Kaibilies (who are, by the way, bad bad dudes, they're accused of all sorts of human rights violations and are often recruited by drug cartels, or at least used to be), why are Marines wearing helmets like those worn by CVN deck crews?

Because they've been flying in that helo in the photo. Those helmets offer great sound protection.

Finn McCool · Sep 18, 2010

bd popeye said:
Because they've been flying in that helo in the photo. Those helmets offer great sound protection.

I figured, but I've seen lots of pictures of Marines disembarking from helos and never seen headgear like that. I guess it's just an one-time thing

bd popeye · Sep 18, 2010

Finn McCool said:
I figured, but I've seen lots of pictures of Marines disembarking from helos and never seen headgear like that. I guess it's just an one-time thing

Probably what ever helo squadron that ferried them required those flight deck helmets to be worn in flight. After all it's a training mission.

siegecrossbow · Sep 20, 2010

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I am very curious as to why the marine stripped down when he engaged the Taliban. Is there a tactical reason for this or did he just want to look "Rambo"?

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