World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

Australian Lieutenant Andrew Laing briefs his soldiers at the rifle range before conducting a live fire shoot.

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Corporal Daniel Luxford from the First Mentoring Task Force, keeps a watchful eye on his Afghan National Army counterpart at a check point in Baluchi Valley.

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Regimental Sergeant Major of the First Mentoring Task Force, Warrant Officer Class One, Stephan Colman on patrol in the Baluchi Valley.

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Lance Corporal James Kahika from the First Mentoring Task Force and an Afghan soldier share a laugh with local children in the Baluchi Valley.

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Lance Corporal James Kahika from the First Mentoring Task Force shakes hands with an Afghan child in the Baluchi Valley.

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The CDC meetings, locally known as a shuras, are opportunities for the people to discuss issues relevant to their community. They are also an opportunity for Australian and Afghan leadership to get a better understanding of community sentiment towards ISAF presence in the area.

Over 30 locals discussed security and development matters at the latest shura, which was held on-site at a school development project in the Baluchi Valley Region.

During the shura, LTCOL Blain announced that funding has now been made available to complete the school, which was very well received by community representatives.

A key outcome of the meeting was community desire for a safer community where children have a secure place to attend school and receive basic health care. Things we take for granted in Australia.

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Approximately 15 Canadian Engineers spend two days assembling the Mabey Johnson bridge in the area where two local nationals and an ISAF soldier were killed and three local nationals were injured on March 1st when the suicide bomber drove his car into an on-coming convoy.

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A Canadian Forces Griffon helicopter of Joint Task Force Afghanistan cuts through the jagged Afghan mountains on it's way back to Kandahar Airfield.

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Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF-Afg) is the Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the international effort in Afghanistan. Its operations focus on working with Afghan authorities to improve security, governance and economic development in Afghanistan. JTF-Afg comprises more than 2,750 CF members.

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Thai soldiers in riot gear rest beside a wall enclosing Bangkok's zoo as they man a road block along with riot police outside the parliament building in the Thai capital on March 24, 2010. Security forces cordoned off the roads leading to the parliament ahead of a parliamentary session which opposition Puea Thai MPs decided to boycott. Thailand extended a tough security law on March 23 as it faced more anti-government rallies. The red-shirted protesters, loyal to fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, are pushing for snap elections to replace a government they say is undemocratic and represents only the country's elites.

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Lt. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon, commanding general, U.S. Army, Pacific, receives a tour of two Indian Army units at Western Command, Chandigahr, India March 23.

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Senior leaders and planners from U.S. Army, Pacific, Marine Forces Pacific, Special Operations Command Pacific and Department of the Army joined together with senior leader from the Indian Army to participate in the 14th Executive Steering Group in Chandigarh, India March 22-23.

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Norwegian soldiers running operations in Faryab Province, Afghanistan. The International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) is a NATO-led, 44-nation military coalition dedicated to helping Afghan authorities provide security and stability and creating the conditions for reconstruction and development.

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A South Korean naval ship, the Cheonan, sinks as a coast guard vessel sails near the ship in an attempt to rescue its sailors near South Korea's Baeknyeong Island, close to North Korea, in the western waters on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Word that a South Korean naval ship sank in the tense waters around the disputed maritime border with communist North Korea set off panic: The president convened an emergency meeting and the military dispatched a fleet of ships. (AP)

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A South Korean Marine looks through telescope to search possible survivors from a sunken naval ship on the beach on South Korea's Baeknyeong Island, close to North Korea, in the western waters on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Hopes faded Saturday for the rescue of 46 sailors missing 12 hours after an explosion occurred on a South Korean military ship that sank in one of the country's worst naval disasters, even as authorities stepped up searches in murky waters near the sea border with rival North Korea. (AP)

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South Korean Marines stand guard to search possible survivors from a sunken naval ship 'Cheonan' as rubber boats for saving sailors are placed along the seashore on Baengnyeongdo, an island near the border with North Korea March 27, 2010. A South Korean naval ship sank near the disputed maritime border with North Korea and about 46 people were missing, but officials played down suggestions that it may have been attacked by the North. (Reuters)

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A South Korean Marines stand guard on the beach South Korea's Baeknyeong Island, close to North Korea, in the western waters on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Hopes faded Saturday for the rescue of 46 sailors missing 12 hours after an explosion occurred on a South Korean military ship that sank in one of the country's worst naval disasters, even as authorities stepped up searches in murky waters near the sea border with rival North Korea. (AP)

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South Korean Marines stand guard to search for possible survivors from a sunken naval ship 'Cheonan' along the seashore on Baengnyeongdo, an island near the border with North Korea March 27, 2010. A South Korean naval ship sank near the disputed maritime border with North Korea and about 46 people were missing, but officials played down suggestions that it may have been attacked by the North. (Reuters)

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North Korean soldiers patrol the Yalu River on a military vessel near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, March 27, 2010. South Korea's president ordered an investigation on Saturday into the cause of the sinking of a navy ship near the disputed North Korea border but officials said it was unlikely to have been the result of an attack by Pyongyang. (Reuters)

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Life boats, believed to be used by sailors of the sunken South Korean naval ship Cheonan, are seen on a beach as South Korean Marines stand guard on South Korea's Baeknyeong Island, close to North Korea, in the western waters on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Hopes faded Saturday for the rescue of 46 sailors missing 12 hours after an explosion occurred on a South Korean military ship that sank in one of the country's worst naval disasters, even as authorities stepped up searches in murky waters near the sea border with rival North Korea. (AP)

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A mother of one of the 46 missing navy sailors shouts next to navy military policemen who were trying to stop media attending a briefing by Choi Won-il, captain of the sunken ship Cheonan, in Pyeongtaek south of Seoul March 27, 2010. The mother and other relatives of missing sailors were trying to bring in the media to the briefing but were prevented by the military. South Korea on Saturday all but ruled out the chance that North Korea was involved in the sinking of one of its navy vessels near their disputed border. Initial speculation that North Korea might have sunk the ship had spooked Wall Street on Friday. Share prices dipped partly on geopolitical concerns, and the won dropped against the dollar. (Reuters)

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South Korean Marines return from their vacation upon their arriving at a port on South Korea's Baeknyeong Island, close to North Korea, in the western waters on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Hopes faded Saturday for the rescue of 46 sailors missing 12 hours after an explosion occurred on a South Korean military ship that sank in one of the country's worst naval disasters, even as authorities stepped up searches in murky waters near the sea border with rival North Korea. (AP)

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A South Korean maritime police ship (front) and a naval patrol ship patrol to rescue possible survivors from a sunken naval ship 'Cheonan' off Baengnyeongdo, an island near the border with North Korea March 27, 2010. A South Korean naval ship sank near the disputed maritime border with North Korea and about 46 people were missing, but officials played down suggestions that it may have been attacked by the North. (Reuters)

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A wounded Israeli soldier is carried into a hospital by comrades in the southern city of Beersheba March 26, 2010. Hamas said its gunmen fired on Israeli soldiers who crossed into the Gaza Strip on Friday during a clash which Palestinian witnesses said inflicted at least one military casualty. (Reuters)

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A lightly injured Israeli soldier checks his wound during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers in the Qalandia refugee camp, between Ramallah and Jerusalem on March 19, 2010.

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An Israeli attack helicopter fires a missile at the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, Friday, March 26, 2010. The Israeli military says two soldiers have been killed in an exchange of fire with militants who were planting explosives along the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip. (AP)

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Myanmar soldiers march during ceremonies Saturday, March 27, 2010, at Armed Forces Day in Naypitaw, Myanmar. The day marks the 65th anniversary of Armed Forces Day which remembers Myanmar's struggle against an occupying Japanese Army during World War II.

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Members of an Afghan-international security force head to the exfil point after capturing a Taliban sub commander, and another militant in the Chak-e Wardak district. Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2010.

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Members of an Afghan-international security force pull security outside a compound in the Sabari district. Khowst Province, Afghanistan, March 1, 2010.

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Members of an Afghan-international combined force convoy to a targeted area after intelligence indicated militant activity. Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2010.

Members of an Afghan-international security force prepare to board a CH-47 Chinook after completing a mission in the Muhammad Aghah district, Logar Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2010.

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Finn McCool said:

Can anyone ID the first two? The camo pattern on the soldiers in the first pic looks vaguely Australian, but that's all I got.

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Nem116 said:

the first 2 look multicam to me. but the rifle of the guy kneeling in the second pic looks AK-ish, no?

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