World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

An Israeli soldier points as a International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, truck carrying apples drives towards the Kuneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. More than 20 truckloads are scheduled to cross from the Golan Heights to Syria each day in the coming weeks, carryingt about 8,000 tons of fruit. The transportation of fruit crops will be carried out under the supervision of a U.N. force that polices the cease-fire line between Syria and Israel.

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Soldier Bojan Salamija speaks with son during a farewell ceremony in Ljubljana's military barracks February 16, 2009. 339 members of NATO KFOR Joint Enterprise for Kosovo and 66 members of OKO ISAF for Afghanistan will start their duties at the end of February.

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A member of the NATO KFOR Joint Enterprise for Kosovo force holds his dog during a farewell ceremony in Ljubljana's military barracks February 16, 2009.

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An Afghan soldier stands guard near the scene of a roadside bomb attack on a U.S. army armoured vehicle at the village of Damman, Kunar Province, eastern Afghanistan February 16, 2009.

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Pakistani military soldiers guard a street in Swat Valley February 17, 2009. Pakistan has gambled that an offer to introduce Islamic law to parts of the northwest will bring peace to the troubled Swat valley, but analysts fear any lull won't last long and appeasement will embolden the Taliban.

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South Korean Army tanks move on a temporary bridge to cross a river during a winter season military exercise against a possible attack from North Korea in Pocheon, about 46 km (28 miles) northeast of Seoul, February 17, 2009.

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BABA KALA, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 17: A member of the Afghan National Police (ANP) assist the US Army in searching for caves where insurgents are thought to be storing weapons on February 17, 2009 in the village of Baba Kala, eastern Afghanistan.

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Port workers secure military tanks on a cargo train at the coastal town of Mombasa, about 500km (311 miles) from Nairobi February 17, 2009. A Ukrainian ship laden with the tanks and freed by Somali pirates after a five-month hijack offloaded its military cargo with debate still ranging over ownership of the sensitive military cargo.

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Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (L) Poland's President Lech Kaczynski (C) and Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius (R) watch a military parade in Cathedral square during a commemoration ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of the Act of Independence that re-established the Lithuanian state after more than a century of Russian occupation, in Vilnius on February 16, 2009.

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A Jordanian female police attends a ceremony to celebrate Jordan's King Abdullah's birthday at a police academy near Amman February 17, 2009. In a male dominated country, authorities have opted to recruit more women to work in police forces, with some organizing traffic in busy streets of the capital and others joining counter terrorism forces.

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Anti-riot police disperse supporters of Antananarivo Mayor Andy Rajoelina, after a rally which led to unrest between the police and the demonstrators in the capital Antananarivo, February 16, 2009. Madagascan tourism may collapse if political foes stay locked in a bitter power struggle that has killed around 125 people, the industry warned on Monday. Picture taken February 16, 2009.

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Police stand guard near apprehended protesters in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe as major roads and access routes to industrial zones were blocked outside Pointe-a-Pitre as protesters stepped up their month-old general strike for pay rises, February 16, 2009.

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GULF OF ADEN (Feb. 17, 2009) A Dutch Lynx SH-14C helicopter assigned to the Dutch flexible support ship HDMS Absalon (L 16), conducts a personnel transfer with the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Vella Gulf is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national task force conducting counter piracy operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Red Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky/Released)

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TLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2009) Africa Partnership Station embarked trainees unroll fire hoses aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Nashville (LPD 13) during damage control training. The west African sailors, from Benin, Ghana and Togo, are embarked aboard Nashville for three weeks. Nashville is deployed as part of Africa Partnership Station 2009, an international initiative developed by Naval Forces Europe and Naval Forces Africa, which aims to work cooperatively with U.S. and international partners to enhance maritime safety and security for the continent of Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Holmes/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2009) Africa Partnership Station embarked trainees observe crew members aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Nashville (LPD 13) demonstrate the proper donning of a firefighting ensemble during damage control training. The west African sailors, from Benin, Ghana and Togo, are embarked aboard Nashville for three weeks. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Holmes/Released)

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Marines with Marine Advisor Team spent some time on the range with the Senegalese Special Forces

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Senegalese forces wrap up their last day of seminars with some practical application on Military Operations in Urban Terrain. This was just one topic the U.S. Marines addressed while at Thies Military Reserve in Thies, Senegal in support of Africa Partnership Station Nashville. The initiative is intended to create good international relations and promote maritime safety and stability for the West coast of Africa.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photos)

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Maj. Timothy Hiel, officer in charge of Marine Advisor Team, presents a certificate of completion to Seaman Joseph Diokel Ndiaye, Senegalese Special Forces. The graduation ceremony on Feb. 9 celebrated the accomplishments of approximately 150 Senegalese Special Forces participating in Africa Partnership Station Nashville. The initiative is intended to create good international relations and promote maritime safety and stability for the West coast of Africa.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Elsa Portillo)

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Thai policemen conduct a security exercise in preparation for the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit at the border police patrol base in Petchaburi, 170 km (106 miles) south of Bangkok, February 18, 2009. The upcoming 14th ASEAN summit is scheduled to be held at the seaside resort town of Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand from February 27- March 1, 2009.

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An Indonesian security keeps watch over the US embassy in Jakarta on February 18, 2009. Indonesia will deploy thousands of police for the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a spokesman said.

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Indonesian police check their cellular phones during a roll call at Halim Airport in Jakarta on February 18, 2009 before the arrival of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton will arrive to Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, aiming to show the Islamic world that Washington wants to open a new chapter in ties.

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Indonesia's anti-terror policemen "Densus 88" hold a briefing in front of the United Stated embassy for Indonesia in Jakarta on February 18, 2009. Indonesia will deploy thousands of police for the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a spokesman said. Jakarta police spokesman Zulkarnain said attacks by Islamic militants and unrest associated with anti-US demonstrations were the main threats.

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Eurofighter Typhoon and its impressive weapons display at Aero India
(picture from eurofighter.com)

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Eurofighter Typhoon landing after Sunday’s final air display in Bangalore (picture from eurofighter.com).

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Air to air refuelling en route to Bangalore as taken by Major Marc "Tuna" Thoene from the German Air Force
(picture from eurofighter.com).

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Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in a street as authorities imposed curfew after a Friday suicide bombing in Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 in Pakistan. Suspected Shiite gunmen killed two members of the rival Sunni Muslim sect Saturday in northwest Pakistan, police said, a day after a suicide bombing at a Shiite leader's funeral killed 30 and set off sectarian riots.

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Israeli soldiers survey the remains of a rocket fired from Lebanon that landed in northern Israel February 21, 2009. At least one rocket fired from Lebanon landed in northern Israel on Saturday, lightly wounding three people and prompting Israel to respond with a barrage of artillery shells, the Israeli army said.

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U.N. peacekeepers patrol the area where the base of a rocket launcher was found in the Haniyeh area near the port city of Tyre in south Lebanon February 21, 2009

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Lebanese policemen inspect the base of a rocket launcher which was found in a farm in the Haniyeh area near the port city of Tyre in south Lebanon February 21, 2009.

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Israeli soldiers stand next to and atop a tank near the border with the Gaza Strip Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Although Israel and Hamas declared separate cease-fires on Jan. 18, sporadic violence has persisted while Egypt tries to broker a long-term truce. On Thursday, Israeli warplanes bombed smuggling tunnels along Gaza's southern border, a frequent target, the army said.

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Congolese troops patrol through the village of Bangadi in northeastern Congo, February 19, 2009. Thousands of Congolese have fled their villages since December as Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels roaming the bush carry out massacres that have killed some 900 civilians in northeastern Congo during the past two months.

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Sri Lankan soldiers patrol the site near the country's tax headquarters after it was bombed by Tamil Tigers rebels in Colombo February 20, 2009. Two rebel Tamil Tiger aircraft attacked the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Friday, bombing a tax building and injuring at least 27 people.

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A woman and her son passes by a riot police water cannon vehicle after a demonstration to protest Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's up-coming local elections rally, on February 21, 2009, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir.

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Police officers detain an activist from the Young Russia pro-Kremlin youth group for interrupting a sanctioned opposition rally in Moscow, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. An anti-Kremlin rally organized by the Solidarity, a new Russian opposition movement, was held in downtown Moscow on Saturday.

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Kashmiri protesters throw stones towards a Jammu Kashmir police vehicle during a protest in Srinagar February 20, 2009. At least 26 people were injured when Indian police in Kashmir's main city fired bullets and teargas shells to disperse hundreds of stone throwing Muslim demonstrators demanding release of a top separatist leader, police and witnesses said.

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A soldier guards a building next to the damaged Inland Revenue building in Colombo February 21, 2009. Sri Lanka's military shot down two Tamil Tiger airplanes flying a defiant air raid on the capital Colombo on Friday, and two people were killed when one plunged into the Inland Revenue building.

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Photo taken late February 20, 2009 at Katunayake, near the international airport, shows a Sri Lankan airforce personnel guarding the wreckage of a rebel Tamil Tiger light aircraft which Sri Lanka's air force said anti-aircraft guns shot down as it was trying to get away after flying over the capital, Colombo. Airforce spokesman Janaka Nanayakkara said gunners had brought down one of the light aircraft near the international airport where the military maintains its main air bases. Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a possible suicide attack and bombed Sri Lanka's main tax office in the capital Colombo, military officials said. At least two people were killed and 44 injured, according to a doctor at the main hospital where the wounded were taken, after one of the aircraft hit the building and detonated a bomb. Tens of thousands of people have died since the Tigers launched a campaign in 1972 to carve out a homeland for minority Tamils in the majority Sinhalese island's north and east.

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Workers look as a crane lifts a passenger carriage (at left) after it crashes against a bus near the central Slovak town of Polomka February 21, 2009. At least 11 Slovaks died when a bus collided with a passenger train while trying to cross a railway track in Slovakia on Saturday, police said. The fatalities were all passengers on the bus.

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Bangladesh police parade arrested members of an underground Islamist group -- (L-R) Zakir, Atiq and Masud -- before journalists in Gazipur February 21, 2009. Bangladesh police arrested four members of the underground Islamist group in a crackdown on Saturday, an officer said, a day after a suspected militant set off a grenade inside a police station wounding 10 people.

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Members of the Irish Fire Brigade and Shane Donnelly, 4, at right, are seen during a protest against the government's handling of the economic crisis, in Dublin, Ireland, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Police say that around 100,000 people filled the streets of the Irish capital in protest at the government's handling of the country's economic crisis.

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TUPAK, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 21: Members of the Afghan National Police stand guard February 21, 2009 in Tupak, Afghanistan. As the security situation continues to challenge coalition forces, President Obama has announced that he is sending an additional 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer, adding to the 36,000 Americans currently in Afghanistan.

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A soldier from Western Sahara's Polisario independence front salutes U.N. peace envoy Christopher Ross, not seen, as he enters the Smara refugee camp in the Western Sahara, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Crowds of women and children welcomed Ross with chants as several hundred Saharawi troops paraded in full combat dress to mark his first visit to the territory since his appointment in January.

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A Sri Lankan soldier walks past the damaged building of the Sri Lankan Inland Revenue Department following an attack by Tamil Tiger rebels in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, FEBRUARY 21: An Iraqi army soldier patrols outside of the newly opened Baghdad Central Prison in Abu Ghraib on February 21, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi Ministry of Justice has renovated and reopened the previously named "Abu Ghraib" prison and renamed the site to Baghdad Central Prison. According to the Iraqi Ministry of Justice about 400 prisoners were transferred to the prison which can hold up to 3000 inmates. The prison was established in 1970 and it became synonymous with abuse under the U.S. occupation.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, FEBRUARY 21: Iraqi security guards stand outside of the newly opened Baghdad Central Prison in Abu Ghraib on February 21, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq.

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A Japanese Self-Defence Force's helicopter hovers above a Japanese coast guard boat marked as a "suspected pirate's ship" off the coast of the Kure naval base in Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan on February 20, 2009 during a anti-piracy drill. Japan will send navy vessels to the waters off Somalia as early as March for anti-piracy mission. AFP PHOTO /JIJI (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

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Members of the Japan Coast Guard climb up the gangplank of Japan's navy destroyer "Takanami" at the Kure naval base in Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan on February 20, 2009 to take part in a drill for fighting piracy in the waters off Somalia. AFP PHOTO/JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/***** Images)

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EL BLUFF, Nicaragua (Feb. 18, 2009) Marines and Sailors assigned to Southern Partnership Station provide martial arts training to Nicaraguan Sailors. Training teams from Navy Expeditionary Training Command, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Marine Corps Training and Advisory Group are providing instruction in maritime interdiction officer, the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, small boat maintenance and repair, small boat basic coxswain skills and port security. Southern Partnership Station is a training mission to Central America, South America and the Caribbean Basin. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien/Released)

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A Sri Lankain soldier secures a bridge near Dharmapuran, about 8 km (4.9 Mile) west of the current fighting front line February 22, 2009. Dharmapuran was captured about a month ago by the Sri Lanka army after fights with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

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A soldier from the Israeli army radio station holds up a microphone as Israel's Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) give statements before their meeting in Jerusalem February 22, 2009. Right-wing leader Netanyahu on Friday accepted a mandate to form Israel's next government and immediately called for a broad, national unity coalition with centrist and left-wing partners.

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An Iraqi soldier keeps an eye on the bodyguards of Mohammed al-Dayni, a Sunni lawmaker, during a raid on his home in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Iraqi authorities issued an arrest warrant for a al-Dayni, who is accused of masterminding a series of high-profile attacks, including mortar strikes on the Green Zone and a 2007 suicide bombing inside the parliament building, a military official said Sunday.

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Iraqi soldiers stand around confiscated weapons during a raid on the home of Mohammed al-Dayni, a Sunni lawmaker, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009.

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Soldiers guard a road during a visit by a high army commander near Dharmapuran, about 8 km (4.9 Mile) west of the current fighting front line February 22, 2009.

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Egyptian police attend the scene outside the Al-Husseini mosque in the Khan el-Khalili market following a blast, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. An explosion ripped into the famed bazaar in medieval Cairo killing a French woman and wounding at least 21 people, most of them foreign tourists, the government said, in the first attack on tourists in Egypt in three years.

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Unidentified foreign tourists escorted by Egyptian police leave in taxis from the Khan el-Khalili market following a bomb blast there in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009.

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An Egyptian riot policemen secure the area folowing an expolosion in Cairo February 22, 2009.

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GULF OF ADEN (Feb. 19, 2009) The visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team assigned to the Danish flexible support ship HDMS Absalon (L 16) conduct VBSS training with the guided-missile cruiser USS Vela Gulf (CG 72). Vela Gulf is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national task force conducting counter-piracy operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Red Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer/Released)

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The visit, board, search and seizure team from the Danish flexible support ship HDMS Absalon (L 16) conduct VBSS training aboard USS Vela Gulf (CG 72).(Top photo >> U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer/Released)

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A soldier of Pakistan's para-military force tries to get information from a man who was injured by gunmen, at a local hospital in Quetta, Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Gunmen killed four members of Pakistan's minority Shiite community in a suspected sectarian attack, police officer said.

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BANGKOK, THAILAND - FEBRUARY 24: Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra confront riot police during a protest outside Government House on February 24, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of anti-government protesters are demanding the dissolution of Parliament and fresh elections.

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Soldiers stand guard on a police vehicle outside a state security court in Sanaa February 24, 2009. The court on Tuesday sentenced three men to seven years in jail and a fourth to two years for plotting terror attacks against Western embassies and hotels frequented by foreigners in Sanaa.

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Police detain a student during a protest against Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse in the southern Indian city of Chennai February 24, 2009. The students were protesting the Sri Lankan government's offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

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Police officers stand guard before the vehicle carrying former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian arrives at the Taiwan Taipei district court February 24, 2009. Chen appeared in court on Tuesday for a pre-trial hearing on corruption, forgery and money laundering charges.

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Bahraini riot police stand on guard, in the diplomatic quarter of Manama, Bahrain, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, as the trial begins for three prominent Shiite activists and 32 others accused of promoting a coup and plotting terror attacks in the capital.

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Africa Union peacekeepers man the entrance to the presidential palace February 23, 2009 in the embattled Somalia capital Mogadishu where 11 Burundian AU soldiers were killed, Sunday following a suicide bomb attack by hardline Islamist militia, Shebab. Returning from Djibouti where Somalia President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed had flown to finalise the formation of his government, Sheikh Sharif, a moderate Islamist, expressed sympathy for the deaths of the 11 AU peacekeepers following a suicide bomb attack on the Burundian A.U. soldiers' camp in the embattled capital, adding that the AU peacekeepers had his government's permission to be in Somalia. Hardline Islamist militia Shebab who claimed responsibility for the attack recently called on its fighters to intensify their fight on the AU describing them as invaders.

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Ugandan soldiers from the African Union (AU) patrol outside the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, February 23, 2009.

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