Ukrainian Air Force cadets fly L-39 in 203rd training Aviation Brigade based in Chuhuiv.
Ukrainian Air Force cadets fly L-39 in 203rd training Aviation Brigade based in Chuhuiv.
Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Abdul Wasea shares a laugh with Marines during a meeting in Zaranj, Nimroz province, April 4. Provincial governor Abdul Karim Barahawi led the discussions, which covered security, the Lashkari Canal and the Zaranj District Hospital.
Afghan National Civil Order Police students stand in formation as they prepare to graduate from their recruit training center in Mehtar Lam. This was the first graduating class to go through the training while the center was under complete Afghan control, with coalition members working strictly as advisors.
French anti-riot gendarmes stand guard in front of pro-Gbagbo protestors, one of them holding a defaced poster depicting French President , during a demonstration to condemn French military action in Abidjan next to the French National Assembly in , Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Ivory Coast strongman remained holed up in a subterranean bunker, after and French forces bombarded military sites and assaulted the residence to try to force him out, diplomats and witnesses said, backing Ivorian fighters who are trying to install the elected president .
Israeli soldiers evacuate a wounded youth injured in a mortar shell attack on a bus near the border with the to the Soroka hospital in Beersheba, southern , Wednesday, April 7, 2011. A Palestinian mortar shell from the Gaza Strip struck a school bus in southern Israel Thursday, wounding two people, including one child critically, Israeli officials said.
A group of German Army sergeants major gather around the Close Air Support Module inside the Joint Fires and Effects Trainer System March 22. It was part of a tour of the Fires Center of Excellence for the German Sergeants Major Conference. The conference is meant to give the sergeants major a look at the different installations as they are assigned as German Army liaison teams.
Police arrive at the Tasso da Silveira school where a gunman opened fire on children in the Realengo neighborhood of April 7, 2011. A gunman killed 12 people in a shooting spree at the school before killing himself, police said on Thursday, an incident apparently unrelated to the city's ongoing gang violence.
French soldiers stand in a street in Plateau in Abidjan, close to Hotel Novotel, April 7, 2011. U.N. peacekeepers have surrounded the "last defenders" of Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, France said on Thursday, after a week of heavy fighting to unseat him
Israeli soldiers stand next to a bus that was damaged by an anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel on the road between kibbutz Nahal Oz and kibbutz Sa'ad April 7, 2011. An "anti-tank" missile fired from Gaza hit the Israeli school bus on Thursday, wounding several people, and Israeli forces retaliated by shelling the territory, killing a 50-year-old man, Palestinian medics said.
A U.N. MI-24 helicopter flies in Abidjan April 7, 2011. U.N. peacekeepers have surrounded the "last defenders" of Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, France said on Thursday, after a week of heavy fighting to unseat him
Pro-Ouattara armed militiamen of commanding officer Morro arrest a soldier (C) suspected of looting in a district of Abidjan on April 14, 2011. ICC chief prosecutor last week announced plans to launch a formal probe into mass killings in Ivory Coast.
Republican forces soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace in central Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday, April 14, 2011. More than a week of heavy fighting turned a city once known as the of into one of deprivation, fear and death. The urban warfare culminated in the arrest on Monday of strongman . Now President 's first order of business is to get Abidjan functioning again.
Workers prepare the wreckage of a Army Cougar helicopter before recovery in the snow in Maderanertal in the Swiss Alps April 15, 2011. Two pilots and a loadmaster were injured as the helicopter crashed on March 30 at some 2,300 metres altitude.
A soldier smiles as he holds a 5.56x45mm Arsenal Assault Riffle during the Aero and Defense (LAAD) trade show for the defense and security industry in Latin America, in , Thursday, April 14, 2011.
A soldier from the pro-Outtara Republican Force of Ivory Coast (FRCI) with a weapon stands at the Houphouet Bouagny bridge in Abidjan April 14, 2011. Ivory Coast's was overthrown by Ivorians, not by foreign powers, the said on Thursday amid rising criticism of its role in the removal of the former leader. Gbagbo was captured this week by forces loyal to internationally recognised President - ending a bloody power struggle - but only after French and U.N. forces pounded Gbagbo's heavy weapons stockpiles.
A U.N. armoured vehicle passes near a soldier from the pro-Outtara Republican Force of Ivory Coast (FRCI) at the General de Gaule bridge in Abidjan April 14, 2011.
A soldier from the pro-Outtara Republican Force of Ivory Coast (FRCI) wearing an amulet sits in a vehicle at Ouattara's headquarters at Golf hotel in Abidjan April 14, 2011.
LAGOS, Nigeria (April 12, 2011) Cmdr. Darryl Brown, commanding officer of the guided-missile frigate USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49), speaks about the different watch stations on the bridge during a tour of the ship. The tour was part of an Africa Partnership Station West port visit. Africa Partnership Station is an international security cooperation initiative designed to strengthen global maritime partnerships through training and collaborative activities to improve maritime safety and security in Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Darryl Wood/Released)
A Pakistani soldiers stands guard near Pak-Afghan border.
PNS Alamgir in Turkey......Would take part in naval ex.
Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of NATO and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan, visits the French 7th Mountain Infantry Battalion at Forward Operating Base Kutschbach, during a battle field circulation, April 21. Petraeus also visited with Afghan National Army Troops working alongside ISAF Troops in the area. ISAF, in support of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, conducts operations in Afghanistan to reduce the capability and will of the insurgency, support the growth in capacity and capability of the Afghan National Security Forces, and facilitate improvements in governance and socio-economic development, in order to provide a secure environment for sustainable stability that is observable to the population. (Photo by U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joshua Treadwell) (Released)
A Palestinian youth throws a stone at Israeli forces during clashes following a weekly demonstration against 's separation barrier in the Palestinian village of Bilin on April 22, 2011.
Protesters are forced back by Israeli security force officers as they try to breach the controversial Israeli barrier during clashes at a protest against the barrier in the village of Bilin near April 22, 2011.
Thai soldiers and hospital workers evacuate an injured soldier after he was shot in an exchange of gunfire with Cambodian troops in Surin province near the Thai-Cambodian border on April 22, 2011. Thai and Cambodian troops traded gunfire and artillery shells on April 22, leaving six dead in a new clash that shattered a two-month lull in tensions along their disputed border.
A Philippine soldier stands guard as female Roman Catholic devotee Maria Wendelyn Pedrosa (top-back) is nailed to a cross during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Paombong, Bulacan, north of on April 22, 2011. Hundreds of devotees began re-enacting Jesus's crucifixion amid gory scenes, while millions of other less extreme faithful across the Catholic prayed with their families on .
Soldiers look on as they stand guard at an army barricade blocking a demonstration demanding the ouster of 's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz April 21, 2011. A Gulf Arab plan presented in Sanaa on Thursday sees Saleh handing over power within three months, an official said, in the latest effort to stop Yemen's descent into further violence and chaos.
Iraqi army soldiers stand guard while protesters chant anti-government slogans in Tahrir Square in , , Friday, April 22, 2011. Tens of Iraqis protested in Tahrir Square demanding the withdrawal of the American forces from Iraq. They also called upon the government to fight rampant corruption and release prisoners.
A policeman clashes with a man as he tries to arrest him during a protest in , , Friday, April 22, 2011. Tens of Iraqis protested in demanding the withdrawal of the American forces from Iraq, fighting rampant corruption and releasing of prisoners. Police allege that the man was a thief.
Israeli forces prepare to fire tear gas canisters during clashes following a weekly demonstration by Palestinian and foreign protestors against 's separation barrier in the Palestinian village of Bilin on April 22, 2011.
Russian conscripts, dressed in military uniforms, line up at a recruiting station during a heavy snowfall in Stavropol in southern Russia, April 21, 2011.
Russian conscripts, dressed in military uniforms, march at a recruiting station during a heavy snowfall in Stavropol in southern Russia, April 21, 2011.
A conscript looks out of a bus as he leaves to serve in the Russian army at a recruiting station in Stavropol in southern Russia, April 21, 2011.
Russian sailors look on as the Indian navy's INS Delhi arrives in Russia's far eastern port of Vladivostok April 18, 2011.
An Afghan uniform police officer stands with his weapon at the Afghan Local Police validation shura in Now Bahar District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, April 20. Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson
Afghan National Police staff stand in formation at the National Police Training Center in Wardak province, Afghanistan, April 11. At the center, half of which is under construction, Afghan instructors alongside NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan advisers currently train more than 300 students. At its next phase, the center's capacity will reach more than 600 and increase throughout 2011 to a final capacity of 3,000.
Afghan National Police instructors stand alongside NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan advisers in formation at the National Police Training Center in Wardak province, Afghanistan, April 11. The center, half of which is under construction, currently trains more than 300 students. At its next phase, the center's capacity will reach more than 600 and increase throughout 2011 to a final capacity of 3,000.
militants join the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, in Kandahar April 11, 2011. Some 50 Taliban insurgents who have fought Afghan and foreign troops for years, have defected to the government in 's southern Kandahar on Monday, where they hailed 's push for peace and reconciliation.
Joint ops: Luftwaffe C160 loading french soldiers in support of operation Harmattan. April 21st 2011