Military Photo Thread [READ FIRST POST BEFORE POSTING]

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Lance Cpl. Thomas Smyth, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 25th Marines Regiment, Alpha Company, prepares to fire an AK-47 during a foreign weapons course with the Advisor Training Group at Range 314 here, June 30.

The 20th Field Regiment fire 105mm Howitzer guns during a 21-gun salute held at the Canada Day festivities held at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton July 1, 2011.

A makeshift Improvised Explosive Device (IED) warning placard is seen in front of a U.S. Marines armoured vehicle with a mine roller near the Patrol Base Pickard in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July 1, 2011.

A soldier provides inner cordon security while fellow soldiers search a building during urban operations training.

Dustin Lange, U.S. Marines Lance Corporal of the Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, holds a makeshift tool to drag suspicious objects during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers near the Patrol Base Karma in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July 2, 2011.

some good pics here

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Gurkha Soldiers from B Company The Royal Gurkha Rifles, during clearance Patrol in the Dasht, in the Area of Operations of Patrol Base Pimon while serving in Afghanistan in 30th June 2011 as part of Herrick-14.

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Jake Byers, U.S. Marines Corporal of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines jumps across a ditch during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers near the Camp Gorgak in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July 3, 2011.

Drew Daigle, U.S. Marines Lance Corporal of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines.




A car bomb explodes as a member of a Thai bomb squad was inspecting it in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok July 1, 2011. A bomb by suspected insurgents wounded a member of a Thai bomb squad in Thailand's deep south on Friday, police said

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SIERRA DEL RETIN, Spain (June 23, 2011) Frank Rodriguez, left, a Spanish marine assigned to Spain's Third Mechanized Landing Battalion, points out an improvised explosive device indicator to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jhosue M. Escate, a squad automatic weapon gunner assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, during counter improvised explosive device training. The training is part of the Spanish Amphibious Bilateral Exercise, a 10-day exercise intended to increase interoperability between U.S. and Spanish marines.

Brazilian Sniper ,Fuerzas Comando 2011.







French Snipers

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An ARW team clears the deck of a ship.

An ARW team clears the deck of a ship - Air Corps helis overhead and Tactical Assault Craft in the Background.

An ARW team fast-ropes onto the deck of a ship.

An ARW team in a Tactical Assault Craft.


A Ranger on sentry following a successful operation.

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Venezuelan Marines.

Brandon Pearson, U.S. Navy (USN) Hospital Man attached with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, uses a slingshot outside Patrol Base Johnson in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July 5, 2011.


Irish troops in Chad.

Army Ranger Wing training.


Long range snipers !

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A Canadian Army crewman looks out of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in forward fire base Masum Ghar in Panjwai district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, July 5, 2011. Canada is winding up combat operations in Afghanistan and all combat troops will leave by the end of July, after nearly ten years fighting in Afghanistan.

Spc. Derek Tope, 24, of Mason, Ariz. , with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Hawaii, looks on from inside his bunk Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at Combat Outpost Pirtle King in Kunar province, Afghanistan.

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Venezuela

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Michael Gunther, U.S. Marines 1st lieutenant of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines pushes an Afghan police motorcycle next to a burning field after landing for a Western Engagement operation in the Garsmir district of the Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July 7, 2011. U.S. Marines and Afghan security forces conducted a joint operation aiming to extend their presence west of Helmand river.

Members of Afghan National Police (ANP).

Members Afghan National Police (ANP) board with motorcycles on a U.S. Marines CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for an operation Western Engagement at the Camp Gorgak in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July 7, 2011.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Farrell, team leader, secures a construction site during a quality assurance visit in Qalat City, Afghanistan, July 8. Sgt. Farrell is a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force and is deployed from the Massachusetts National Guard.

Marines with the Police Advisory Team assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion practice their combat marksmanship skills during a known and unknown distance range here, July 6. 1st LAR is currently preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. Instructors from the Advisor Training Cell were present to help participants better understand combat marksmanship.

US army soldier SPC Brandon Hurd scans the horizon from a guard tower at camp Clark in Mandozai district, Khost province in eastern Afghanistan on July 8, 2011.

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A corpsman attached to 1st platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, stands guard in a smoky fog after Marines breach a doorway at the Close Quarter Training course facility. The CQT course is part of Special Operations Training Group, Training and Experimentation Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and is dedicated to training Marines and sailors on tactics and techniques for breaching buildings and clearing spaces.

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United States Special Operation Soldiers perform a demonstration of the “Integrated Assault” event for the Fuerzas Comando competition June 20. Fuerzas Comando, established in 2004, is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored special operations skills competition and senior leader seminar which is conducted annually in Central and South America and the Caribbean.

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An M1A1 Abrams tank and M113AS4 armoured fighting vehicles from the Adelaide-based 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, prepare to deploy with the Battle Group during Exercise Predator's Strike.



An ASLAV from 2CAV on patrol during Exercise Predator's Strike in the Shoalwater Bay training area.

Private Darren Brown (Brisbane, Qld), 7RAR, on patrol in the Shoalwater Bay training area during a combined-arms battle group live-fire assault as part of Exercise Predator's Strike.

A 7RAR mechanised infantryman.

Australian army aviation crewmen of the 1st Aviation Regiment check combat aircraft for targeting and preflight maintenance during participation in Exercise Talisman Sabre at Rockhampton Airport.

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Austrian Military dogs getting baptized. Burgenland's Governor Hans Niessl acted as godfather of the Rottweiler puppies Mister Mike, Mara and Mary.

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U.S. army Staff Sergeant Joe Zochert fires his M-14 during a fire fight between Taliban fighters and the Afghan and U.S. soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Charlie company, 2nd battalion,27th Infantry Regiment at Checkpoint Two Point Five in Kunar province, Afghanistan, July 14, 2011.

Afghan and U.S. soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Charlie company, 2nd battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment at Checkpoint Two Point Five in Kunar province, July 14, 2011.

Soldiers from the Air Infantry and commando (Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air) march down the Champs-Elysees during the annual Bastille day parade in Paris, on July 14, 2011.

Air Force Staff Sgt. John Norris, a tactical air control party specialist with the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 193rd Special Operations Wing, works alongside soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division during his deployment to the Kunar province, Afghanistan, in late 2010. Air Force officials announced July 14, 2011, that Norris was selected as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.

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M249 squad automatic weapons are staged during a pre-deployment training program for 1st Intelligence Battalion July 12.



British Colour Sgt. Christopher Wright (Far Right) gets ready to jump onto St. Mere Eglise drop zone from a UH-60 Black Hawk at Fort Bragg on July 12. Wright is one of 40 paratroopers from the U.K. who is training with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) prior to a deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Capt. Devin Ciminero, company commander, attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, watches his sector while serving as personal security for the civil affairs team speaking with a local school teacher in Alingar District July 13.

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Maj. Anthonol Neely, commander of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force, is dropped off by a UH-1Y helicopter during an assault mission on a mock village here July 12.


Polish Soldiers from the 3rd Operational Advisory and Liaison Team during a mechanized Patrol Operation around Waghez, Afghanistan 13th July 2011

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Soldiers of the Mexican Army train at the National Training Center in Santa Gertrudis, Chihuahua State, Mexico, on July 16, 2011.

The Singapore Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen is in Brunei for an introductory visit.

Sgt. Jared Greene, an infantryman with B Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, pulls security on the roof of an Iraqi Police station in Haqlaniyah in Iraq’s Anbar Province on July 13.

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Steve wrote: »

That matter has been passed to a higher power than me at this point so I can't really comment till I hear back.
As regards lefty's post - someone reported it earlier, I requested that another mod deal with it so I couldn't be accused of hypocrisy. Nobody replied to that (cos nobody was online I guess) so it's now removed as well (by me).

???? well

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Special Forces Soldiers simulate an assault during a rehearsal for the Coca-Cola 600 pre-race show at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Sunday, May 30, 2010.

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U.S. service members, from Focused Targeting Force, 101st Airborne Division, Forward Operating Base Salerno, perform an air assault on an objective from the bowels of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

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A young Afghan boy by the name of Shamaleh looks on as U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. , patrol through the village of Shir Ghazay Sunday, July 17, 2011 in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Gregory Rogers, 23, of Charleston S.C. , left, and Pfc. Joseph Lipton, 19, of Somers, Conn. , with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.




A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, loads 9mm rounds into his magazine during a scout sniper team leaders course here, July 7. Marines with 3/7 and 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment are preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan.

British Army Captain Euan Sandison walks after returning from a mission to the Patrol Base Jahan Zeb in a desert outside the town of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July 17, 2011. Sandison, part of Britain's Brigade Advisory Group which mentors the Afghan National Army, is one of a small number of British soldiers who have been given in-depth training in the Dari language, the language commonly spoken in the army in Afghanistan. That has put him at the centre of efforts to prepare Afghan security forces to take over from foreign troops who plan to end combat operations in the country by the end of 2014. Picture taken July 17, 2011.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (July 16, 2011) U.S. Navy SEALs ride in a Navy Special Warfare humvee to provide security for a simulated prisoner escort during a capabilities exercise at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story as part of the 42nd annual UDT/SEAL East Coast Reunion celebration.

Staff Sgt. Travis Brown, a flight medic assigned to Company C, Task Force Lobos, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and a German soldier assigned to an extrication team lower to the ground with an aircraft hoist while latched on to a jungle penetrator during rescue hoist training July 16.

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FFV 013 Area Defence Munition.

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U.S. Marines Sgt. Kenneth Schaal, 27, right, of Toms River, N.J. , and Sgt. Jason Gagliano, 27, left, of Youngstown, Ohio, with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. , eye possible insurgents during a mission in the village of Mushazi Tuesday, July 19, 2011, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Sailors from Special Boat Team 12 conduct boat operations supporting a West Coast-based SEAL team during their maritime operation training cycle.

PEARL HARBOR (July 14, 2011) The Battleship Missouri Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

A U.S. Navy SEAL peers over the railing of a utility landing craft during visit board search and seizure drills at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in San Diego, Calif., July 12, 2011.

The rifle of a federal agent is seen through a marijuana leaf during the destruction of a marijuana plantation on the outskirts of the town of Casas Grandes, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua July 18, 2011. Federal agents located and destroyed 9 marijuana plantations totalling 7.4 acres in various areas of Casas Grandes sierra, local media reported. The federal forces incinerated some 9,600 kg (9.6 tonnes) of the drug and no detentions were reported. Picture taken July 18, 2011.

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A sniper team attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team returns from an overwatch position after a transition commencement ceremony in Mehtar Lam city, Laghman province, July 19.

U.S. Army Cpl. Alan Wine, team leader, secures an area during a land survey in Arghandab, Afghanistan, July 20. Wine is a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force and is deployed from the Massachusetts National Guard. PRT Zabul's mission is to conduct civil-military operations in Zabul province to extend the reach and legitimacy of the government of Afghanistan.


U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Jon Joyce, 39, of Swansboro N.C. , with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. , calls for more ammo during a fire fight with insurgents in the village of Salam Bazaar Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in Helmand province, Afghanistan.


Marine Lance Cpl. John Brewer, 26, of Southaven, Miss. , with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. , fires at insurgents during a fire fight in the village of Salam Bazaar Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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A pararescueman from the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron keeps watch out the door of an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter as it flies over Afghanistan June 11. The 33rd ERQS is the first squadron to have a combat-search-and-rescue mission and a medevac mission, and is based at Kandahar, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brian Ferguson)






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The Defense Department's first U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft soars over Destin, Fla., before landing at its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, July 14, 2011. Its pilot, Lt. Col. Eric Smith, assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, is the first Air Force qualified pilot for the aircraft. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago

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Colombian police commandos carry out a demonstration of their equipment and tactics during the presentation of the security plan for the FIFA U-20 World Cup that will be held in Colombia between July 29 and August 20, at El Campin stadium in Bogota, on July 18, 2011.

DARWIN, Australia (July 19, 2011) Explosive Ordnance Disposal 1st Class Karen McMillan, from Los Angeles, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, participates in small arms weapons training with members of the Australian Northern Territory Tactical Response Group during exercise Talisman Sabre 2011. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise intended to train Australian and U.S. Forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations.

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Polish Soldiers from Combat Group Bravo, during a vehicle patrol in the Giro District, Afghanistan 21st July 2011.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Sampson, Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force weapons squad leader from Warwick, R.I., performs a radio check while providing security July 19 at Mandagak Palace in Kandahar City.



U.S. Marine sniper Sgt. Jordan Davis, 23, of Martin, Tenn. , with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. , rushes to a shooting position as an insurgent is identified planting a roadside bomb at Patrol Base Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 23, 2011.

U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Becker of the 307th Military Information Support Operations Company, 10th MISO Battalion, Missouri Reserve Unit, provides security in the village of Orgun in Paktika province, Afghanistan.

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Defence Forces personnel serve on a rotating basis to Isaf since July 2002. Troops serve a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. All are based at ISAF headquarters in Kabul.

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Defence Forces personnel serve on a rotating basis to Isaf since July 2002. Troops serve a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. All are based at ISAF headquarters in Kabul.

whydave wrote: »

anyone got any more pictures of this form of Irish Camo ?

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Lance Cpl. Alex G. Perez, from Phoenix, a combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), walks through high grass during a security foot patrol July 12, 2011, in Marjah, Afghanistan.

An armed female Police officer guards the car park of the court in Oslo, Norway, Monday, July 25, 2011.

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This message was spotted with a camerapod under a Dutch F-16 west of Misuratah.

[original source : Dutch MOD]

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FORT MONROE, Va. (July 20, 2011) A common unmanned surface vehicle patrols for intruders during Trident Warrior 2011. The experimental boat can operate autonomously or by remote. The Trident Warrior experiment, directed by U.S. Fleet Forces Command, temporarily deploys advanced capabilities on ships to collect real-world data and feedback during an underway experimentation period.

US Army Capt. Richard Nessel's uniform is seen after receiving his award from the French government, one of 6 members of the U.S. Special Forces receiving the same award, the French 'Croix de la Valeur Militaire' (the equilalent of the US Silver Star, the large red & white ribbon with gold cross) after heroic actions while fighting against Taliban forces in Afghanistan on Dec 2009 alongside the French Taskforce La Fayette, during a ceremony July 25, 2011, at the Ambassador's residence in Washington, DC. Info. here






Today The Black Knights Defence Forces Parachute Display Team jumped from an Air Corps helicopter, 4,500 feet above sea level before landing onto Bray Seafront (beach). 26th July 2011

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An Iraqi Army soldier (L) from the Golden Lions forces stands guard with a U.S. soldier attached to the Golden Lions during a patrol in the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad July 20, 2011.

A U.S. soldier attached to the Golden Lions forces, takes up a position during a patrol in the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad July 20, 2011

Norwegian Royal Guard



Polish 1st Motorized Company, Battle Group Alpha during Gothmoghs Nafas Operation at Waghez District, Afghanistan, July 23, 2011.

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The shot that nearly killed me: War photographers – a special report

Attacked by a Haitian mob, kidnapped by Gaddafi's troops, shot in Afghanistan… Who'd be a war photographer?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/18/war-photographers-special-report

Warning some images NSFW

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An Afghan National Army soldier, right, carries his wounded colleague as U.S soldiers carry another wounded Afghan National Army soldier to a medevac helicopter from the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off," Charlie Company 1-52, following a roadside bomb attack on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, July 29, 2011.

U.S. Army flight medic CPL. Amanda Mosher from Cheyenne Wyo. , from Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-52, carries a wounded Afghan National Army solider to a hospital following a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, July 29, 2011.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (July 27, 2011) Members of the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill team perform at the U.S. Naval Academy for the Class of 2015. Members of the Silent Drill Platoon are hand picked to represent the Marine Corps.

A remnant from the war between the Soviet Union and Afghan Mujaheeden is marked by an old Russian tank as U.S. Marines with the 2nd Battalion 12th Marines based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, patrol in northern Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Friday, July 29, 2011

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A US Army CH-47 Chinook from the Oregon Army National Guard conducts air operations during Operation Mountain Fury, the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron’s official annual training exercise being held this year in the Idaho Sawtooth National Forest, July 13. The 124th ASOS is conducting a variety of training exercising during Operation Mountain Fury, including small unit tactic, mounted patrols with HMWVV’s, and Close Air Support missions.


Estonian Galils

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Spc. John "Rocky" Montoya, squad automatic weapon gunner attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, provides inner security for the engineers during a quality assurance and inspection mission Aug. 1 in the Qharghyee District.

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US troops from the 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87, 3BCT under Afghanistan's International Security Assistance Force, and Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a joint security patrol in the center of Kandalay village, as a fire fight against Taliban insurgents erupts in the outskirts of the village, in Kandahar province southern Afghanistan on August 4, 2011.

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In this July 19, 2011, photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Scott Schroeder, front, a U.S. Army Special Operations Chief Warrant Officer who lost both legs and full use of his right arm in a December 2010 attack in Afghanistan, examines a brain coral while scuba diving in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Key West, Fla. Schroeder, his wife and son are participating in a recreational therapy program organized by the Task Force Dagger Foundation that focuses simultaneously on injured soldiers, their spouses and children.

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104 Battalion based in South Lebanon

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An Azerbaijani soldier engages targets at the 10 meter line during a combat-marksmanship training range designed to build proficiency in close-quarters battle, focusing on closing in and neutralizing threats.

U.S. Army Lt. Christopher Chavez, 28, from Sacramento, Calif. , center, and Staff Sgt. Michael Snyder, left, 35, from Glendale, Ariz. , of D Co. , 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, search a Saddam Hussein-era military vehicle graveyard outside Contingency Operating Site Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011.

US soldiers from the 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team stop Afghan villagers for a security check as others secure the area for land mines on a canal running through Highway 1 on the outskirts of Kandalay village in Kandahar province on August 6, 2011.

U.S. Army soldiers from D Co. , 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment patrol outside Contingency Operating Site Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011