World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

Ukrainian government army soldiers examine weapons captured from rebels in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

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A Ukrainian soldier looks at a part of a wrecked APC at the checkpoint in Krasnyi Lyman, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Ukraine's forces claimed a significant success against pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday, chasing them from one of their strongholds in the embattled east of the country. Rebels fleeing from the city of Slovyansk vowed to regroup elsewhere and fight on. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Ukrainian government army's soldiers rest in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

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A Ukrainian Army tank stands in a central street in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

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An Ukrainian government army soldier wipes the sweat from his brow in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 5, 2014.

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A Donetsk People Republic's fighter chats at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014.

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A Donetsk People Republic's fighter looks on at a block-post near the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 6, 2014, with a flag of St. George, a symbol widely associated with pro-Russian protests in Ukraine on the background.

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A Ukrainian soldier smokes at a temporary base near the city of Slaviansk July 6, 2014. Ukrainian forces routed pro-Russian rebels in a flashpoint area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday and raised the country's blue and yellow flag again over what had for months been the separatist redoubt of Slaviansk.

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Indonesian military personnel form ranks during security preparations in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 7, 2014. Indonesian military and police personnel are making security preparations for the upcoming presidential election on July 9, 2014. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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Somali troops look on in front of a wreckage of a car that exploded at the gate of the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 9,2014, where gunmen from the militant group al-Shabab attacked the night before. (EPA/SAID YUSUF WARSAME)

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Marine rescue workers from Sea World attempt to help a juvenile humpback whale stranded at Palm Beach on the Gold Coast, in Queensland July 9, 2014. (REUTERS/Jason O'Brien)

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An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod July 9, 2014. At least two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Tel Aviv on Wednesday were shot down mid-air by Israel's Iron Dome defense system, the Israeli military said.

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Israeli soldiers take a cover as an Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket from the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. I

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Israeli soldiers celebrate after an Iron Dome air defense system intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Israel stepped up its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday, pummeling scores of targets and killing over a dozen of people as Israeli leaders signaled a weeks-long ground invasion could be quickly approaching. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

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Smoke and flames are seen following what police said was an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 9, 2014.

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Smoke is seen following what police said was an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 9, 2014. At least 23 people were killed across Gaza, Palestinian officials said on Wednesday, by a bombardment Israel said may be just the start of a lengthy offensive against Islamist militants whose rockets struck deeper than ever before into Israe

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Israeli soldiers sleep under a truck near the border with the Gaza Strip July 9, 2014. Israeli air strikes shook Gaza every few minutes on Wednesday, and militants kept up rocket fire at Israel's heartland in intensifying warfare that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 37 people in the Hamas-dominated enclave

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Somali soldiers sit on a pickup truck near the wreckage of a car bomb that was detonated at the main gate of the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July, 9, 2014. Somali troops retook the presidential palace in the capital of Mogadishu after militants forced their way in and exchanged heavy gunfire with troops and guards Tuesday, the latest attack underscoring the threat posed by Islamic extremist group al-Shabab in east Africa. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Somali soldiers patrol near the wreckage of a car bomb that was detonated at the main gate of the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July, 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Soldiers serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) assess the damage sustained during an attack at the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu July 9, 2014.

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Israeli warships & patrol boats patrol in the Mediterranean Sea near the Israel-Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Israel stepped up its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday, pummeling scores of targets and killing more than a dozen people as Israeli leaders signaled a weeks-long ground invasion could be quickly approaching. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli soldiers patrol along the beach front near the Israel-Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

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Israeli armored personnel carrier in a gathering area near the Israel-Gaza border on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Israel stepped up its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday, pummeling scores of targets and killing over a dozen of people as Israeli leaders signaled a weeks-long ground invasion could be quickly approaching. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Iraqi men check in at the main army recruiting center as they volunteer for military services in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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An Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket from the Gaza ***** in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 9, 2014

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Passenger buses that were torched a day earlier are parked at a depot in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Brazilians woke up Wednesday to dreadful headlines describing the shame and humiliation of their soccer team's historic defeat of 7-1 to Germany in the World Cup's semifinal. There were also reports of violence breaking out right after the game with at least 20 passenger buses being torched in the country's biggest city. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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This photo provided by an anti-government activist group Edlib News Network (ENN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, show Syrian rebels standing next to a tank that was captured from the Syrian government forces at the al-Dahman checkpoint, in southern Idlib, northern Syria, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Syrian rebels rampaged through a Sunni village in the central province of Hama Wednesday, firing indiscriminately at civilians and killing more than a dozen of people, including seven women, state media and opposition activists said. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

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Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in the city of Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. In an attack early Wednesday against the governor's compound in the southern city of Kandahar, several people, including two police officers were killed when insurgents wearing bomb vests tried to take over the small complex. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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Palestinians gather around a car wreckage after an airstrike in Jabalya refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault in Gaza Thursday hitting hundreds of Hamas targets, as Palestinians reported more than a dozen of people killed in strikes that hit a home and a beachside cafe and Israel's missile defense system once again intercepted rockets fired by militants at the country's heartland. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Cars pass an empty pro-Russian checkpoint after heavy fighting between pro-Russian fighters and Ukrainian government troops outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The rebels fled Slovyansk, a city of 100,000 that had been their stronghold, over the weekend as Ukrainian troops mounted an offensive. They left behind a city heavily damaged by fighting and riven by vehemently differing views. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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A police officer walks past a message taped on the road by supporters of presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi", during a rally held by supporters of the other candidate Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and former army general Prabowo Subianto are both claiming victory in Indonesia's presidential election based on unofficial "quick counts," raising the specter of prolonged political instability in Southeast Asia's largest economy. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Israeli soldiers drive a tank to a position near Israel Gaza Border, Thursday, July 10, 2014. With rockets raining deep inside Israel, the military pummeled Palestinian targets Wednesday across the Gaza Strip and threatened a broad ground offensive, while the first diplomatic efforts to end two days of heavy fighting got underway. Egypt, which has mediated before between Israel and the Hamas militant group, said it spoke to all sides about ending the violence. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in touch with Israel to try to lower tensions. And the United Nations chief warned of a "deteriorating situation ... which could quickly get beyond anyone's control." (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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An Israeli tank drives to a position near the Israel Gaza border, Thursday, July 10, 2014.

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An Israeli soldier drives an armored personnel carrier to a position near Israel Gaza Border, Thursday, July 10, 2014.

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An Afghan police officer salutes his commander during a graduation ceremony at a national police training center in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Over 230 national police officers graduated after receiving a 4-month training program in Jalalabad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Ukrainian soldiers feed pigeons next to their APC, near the city hall on July 8, 2014 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk (AFP Photo/Sergey Bobok)

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Israeli army reserved and press photographers look at an Iron Dome rocket being launched towards a rocket from the northern Gaza St*!p, in a coffee shop near the Israel Gaza border, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault in Gaza Thursday hitting hundreds of Hamas targets, as Palestinians reported more than a dozen of people killed in strikes that hit a home and a beachside cafe and Israel's missile defense system once again intercepted rockets fired by militants at the country's heartland. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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Israeli soldier rests in an armoured personnel carrier at a staging area on the Israel-Gaza border, Thursday, July 10, 2014.

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Civilians talk to an Israeli soldier after they brought supplies, at a staging area for tanks and armoured personnel carriers on the Israel-Gaza border, Thursday, July 10, 2014.

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Israeli army bulldozers move to a staging area on the Israel-Gaza border, Thursday, July 10, 2014

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Israeli soldiers walks past armoured vehicles near the Israel and Gaza border, Thursday, July 10, 2014

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Israeli soldiers rest atop armoured vehicles near the Israel and Gaza border, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault in Gaza Thursday hitting hundreds of Hamas targets, as Palestinians reported more than a dozen of people killed in strikes that hit a home and a beachside cafe and Israel's missile defense system once again intercepted rockets fired by militants at the country's heartland. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships conduct tactical maneuvers during GUAMEX 2014 in waters near Guam. Pinckney and JMSDF ships Kongo (DDG 173), Murasame (DD 101), Ikazuchi (DD 107), Akebono (DD 108), Ariake (DD 109), Akizuki (DD 115) and Shimakaze (DDG 172) are participating part in GUAMEX 2014, an operation aimed at enhancing the interoperability of the U.S. Navy and JMSDF and strengthening personnel ties between the respective forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Cryptologic Technician Collection 3rd Class Raul Sanchez/Released)

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