Soldiers walk on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Part of the International Security Assistance Force, U.S and French troops are taking part in training activities with Afghan Election Support Forces to prepare for upcoming elections. Musadeq Sadeq / AP


Two US soldiers guard a village in the troubled Naka district in the restive southeastern Afghan province of Paktika(AFP/File/Laura Griffin)


US Lieutenant Devin Flavin patrols through the Afghan village of Shiri Lai in the troubled Naka district in the restive southeastern Afghan province of Paktika(AFP/File/Laura Griffin)


U.S. soldiers inspect damage to the roof of a civil defense center in the Amany-Canal neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, after unknown gunmen opened fire on Tuesday. Two Iraqi policemen were killed and four others were injured. Karim Sahib / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images


A soldier stands guard at the scene of a car bomb explosion on Sunday in Baghdad, Iraq. The car, parked on the side of the road, exploded as a U.S. military convoy was passing. One Iraqi died and six were wounded, according to Iraqi police. There were no immediate reports of any U.S. casualties. Wathiq Khuzaie / Getty Images


2nd Lt. David DeHart guards what Army officials are calling ‘a clandestine chemical production plant,’ while members of the media are escorted through the site in eastern Mosul, Iraq, on Monday. The chemicals found in the industrial area on August 9th are still being tested. DeHart is a member of the 2nd Platoon, C Company, Third Battalion 21st Infantry Regiment (3-21). The unit raided the building last week. James J. Lee / Army Times


Pfc. Jacob Williams stops traffic as Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, patrol the southwest section of Fallujah, Iraq, on Sunday. Scott Olson / Getty Images


Smoke surrounds U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police as they participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing


U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police as they participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing


U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing



A Palestinian boy holds a weapon in front of militant members of the Popular Resistance Committees during a rally in Gaza City August 16, 2005 as they celebrate Israel's evacuation of its settlements in Gaza. Hundreds of unarmed Israeli soldiers marched into the biggest Jewish settlement on Tuesday in what the army called a last-ditch effort to persuade residents to leave by a midnight deadline. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj


Two Palestinian members of the Fatah guerilla group hold AK assault rifles as they watch news on television on Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, in the Ein-el Hilweh refugee camp near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005. Palestinian guerrillas and civilians raised AK assault rifles and danced in the streets at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in south Lebanon Monday as Israeli settlers continued to leave their settlements in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)


An Israeli settler dressed in an orange T-shirt speaks to two Israeli soldiers in the Morag settlement in the Gush Katif area of the Gaza Strip August 16, 2005. Israeli troops took control of the entrance to the largest Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, sawing through a gate closed by pullout opponents and enabling moving trucks to enter freely. (Peter Andrews/Reuters)


An Israeli soldier looks at tires burning outside the entrance to the Gaza Strip settlement of Elei Sinai. The Israeli army bolstered its forces to prevent attacks by Palestinian militants during the evacuation of settlers from the Gaza Strip.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)


A Israeli army soldier is comforted by another as troops arrive in the Jewish settlement of Nissanit, in the Gaza Strip, to hand out eviction orders to residents, Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Defiant and tearful Jewish settlers locked the gates to their communities, formed human chains and burned tires to block troops from delivering eviction notices Monday, as Israel began its historic pullout from the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)


An Israeli soldier patrols in the Jewish settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza Strip August 15, 2005. Israel set its Gaza pullout into motion on Monday, sealing off access to Jewish settlements in the occupied territory and giving settlers a 48-hour deadline to leave or be forcibly removed. REUTERS/Dan Balilty


Israeli soldiers stand beside a welcome sign while patrolling in the Jewish settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza Strip August 15, 2005. Israel set its Gaza pullout into motion on Monday, sealing off access to Jewish settlements in the occupied territory and giving settlers a 48-hour deadline to leave or be forcibly removed. REUTERS/Dan Balilty


A plainclothes security official checks the gun of a Jammu Kashmir police personnel outside a parade ground, during India's 58th Independence Day celebrations, in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)


A Naga rebel patrols the inside of Hebron Camp, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, August 14, 2005. Here in the remote northeast of India, rebels from the Christian hill tribes of Nagaland fought a fierce insurgency against Indian rule for five decades until a ceasefire in 1997. Picture taken on August 14, 2005. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi


Up to 160,000 civilians and troops have died or gone missing in the two wars Russia has launched in rebel Chechnya, but only a quarter of them were ethnic Chechens, a top pro-Moscow official said on Monday. 'Between 150,000 and 160,000 dead - this is the death toll of the two campaigns,' Interfax news agency quoted Taus Dzhabrailov, head of Chechnya's interim parliament, as saying. Russian soldiers patrol Grozny, October 4, 2003. RREUTERS/Dima Korotayev


Ethnic Karen soldiers march through the Kaw Htoo Lae camp in the rebel controlled Myanmar border area with Thailand in this file photo taken on February 28, 2005. Ethnic rebel armies in Myanmar are bracing for a government offensive when the rainy season ends in November, suggesting ceasefire deals in the country's long-running civil conflicts are unravelling. Picture taken on February 28, 2005. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang


Sri Lankan police commandos check a vehicle in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005. Security in Capital Colombo is heightened after a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel sniper shot dead a government soldier Tuesday, as his comrades fired at a separate army guard post in northeastern Sri Lanka in fresh violence since the slaying of the country's foreign minister last week, police and the military said. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)


Armed police officers escort Sri Lankan Police Chief Chandra Fernando (L), as he makes security arrangements for tomorrow's state funeral of slain Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar at Independence Square in Colombo August 14, 2005. More than 1,000 police and troops scoured Colombo on Sunday for one or more snipers, suspected to be Tamil Tiger rebels, who gunned down Kadirgamar and rekindled fears of a return to civil war. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi


Indonesian soldiers are seen after a briefing by military chief Endriartono Sutarto in a village outside Banda Aceh, August 16, 2005. REUTERS/Supri


Indonesian soldiers listen to a briefing from military chief Endriartono Sutarto in the village of Seulimeum, outside Banda Aceh, August 16, 2005.


Agung Hamid (R), suspected of taking part in the 2002 bombing of a McDonald's restaurant in Makassar on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, is led into a courtroom by an armed policeman in Makassar, August 15, 2005. An Indonesian court on Monday jailed for life the mastermind of a blast at a McDonald's outlet in late 2002 that killed three people. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad


A Honduran ballistic specialist checks a revolver during the last day for gun registration at the Police Ballistic Division headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 15, 2005. In the last fourteen months some 140,000 guns have been registered according to police sources. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo


Joyce Sanchez of the Criminal Investigation Division (DGIC) fires a rifle to register the weapon in the Ballistic dept. during the last day of arms registration in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Some 140 thousand weapons have been registered in Honduras, according to the Criminal Investigation Division (DGIC). (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)


Workers of the Ballistic Dept. of the Criminal Investigation Division (DGIC) take down information of a gun during the last day of arms registration at the Registro Balistico in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Some 140 thousand weapons have been registered in Honduras, according to the Criminal Investigation Division (DGIC). (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)


Soldiers guard the main entrance of a barrack where remains of victims of the Uruguayan dictatorship period are believed to be buried in Toledo, Uruguay August 11, 2005. Since taking office in March as Uruguay's first leftist leader, President Tabare Vazquez has led an unprecedented government effort to determine the fate of victims from the country's 12 years military period. REUTERS/Andres Stapff

some M1 Carbine action

Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050816/i/r1920821385.jpg?x=380&y=329&sig=ieAvx0DtJB278dFrzJw1JQ-- Smoke surrounds U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police as they participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Is it just me or does that rifle have no sights?

thanks again Lumpy

Thanks again.

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050816/i/r1920821385.jpg?x=380&y=329&sig=ieAvx0DtJB278dFrzJw1JQ-- Smoke surrounds U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police as they participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing Simunitions upper.  Thus why they are wearing all the protective gear. Is it just me or does that rifle have no sights?

gun regestraition

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+1

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Gee! I wonder whats gonna happen NEXT

what the hell is that optic?

Checking it by LOOKING DOWN THE FRICKING BARREL

Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050816/capt.bei10308161545.mideast_lebanon_palestinians_gaza_bei103.jpg?x=380&y=253&sig=wj9Z3fQ6kaWQAudqi0IGXg-- what the hell is that optic?

Oddly enough, it looks like the optic off an RPG-7.

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050816/capt.bei10308161545.mideast_lebanon_palestinians_gaza_bei103.jpg?x=380&y=253&sig=wj9Z3fQ6kaWQAudqi0IGXg-- what the hell is that optic? Oddly enough, it looks like the optic off an RPG-7.

that's what I thought......I knew they used the same mount but geez...

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he must be checking a blank fire device or something.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050816/capt.bei10308161545.mideast_lebanon_palestinians_gaza_bei103.jpg?x=380&y=253&sig=wj9Z3fQ6kaWQAudqi0IGXg-- what the hell is that optic? Oddly enough, it looks like the optic off an RPG-7. that's what I thought......I knew they used the same mount but geez...

Ok then, whats that stock on there? Its kinda like an AMD wire folder, but it doesnt have any slants to it....anyone know?

Airsoft? Simmunitions?

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Answered that.

evening bump

So no one seen the sig? That is a sig rifle?

Cool shit as always.

Quoted: A plainclothes security official checks the gun of a Jammu Kashmir police personnel outside a parade ground, during India's 58th Independence Day celebrations, in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) A Honduran ballistic specialist checks a revolver during the last day for gun registration at the Police Ballistic Division headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 15, 2005. In the last fourteen months some 140,000 guns have been registered according to police sources. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo

What the hell is it w/ people "checking" weapons from the business end?

tagged for Sgtar15 news.

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050816/i/r1920821385.jpg?x=380&y=329&sig=ieAvx0DtJB278dFrzJw1JQ-- Smoke surrounds U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police as they participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing Is it just me or does that rifle have no sights?

Yep, the front sight is all he needed.  Front sight, squeeze, man.

Gun registration in Honduras? It's coming to American very soon!

BAD ASS THEAD! Thanks Lumpy.

Last BTT

Great pics Again Lumpy...........Thanks!!!!!

The military working at domestic law enforcement, and now they even brag about it.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

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MP SRT is for on base housing, falls under the jurisdiction of the MPs

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Smoke surrounds U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police as they participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing

When we assume the Soldier we do NOT lay aside the citizen !

Are they not teaching finger discipline...? Or I hope they are engaging someone in that pic.

Looks like fun though!

-MrMaeda

Quoted: So no one seen the sig? That is a sig rifle?

or the FNC??

Thanks Lumpy

Great pics as usual Lumpy!

Ruger carbine...not m1 carbine.

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Seeing how his hand is cupped around the end of the barrel, my guess is that the bolt is open, and he's checking the barrel for cleanliness.

I did the same thing when I worked in the Armory.  I just usually didn't have someone on the other end, or a magazine in the gun.  

doink

Sweet spread. Those guys wearing armor are looking like Imperial Stormtroopers now...

Is that the gun from Heat?

So Honduras is using gun registration, HA! Yeah let me know how that works out for ya guys.

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050816/i/r1920821385.jpg?x=380&y=329&sig=ieAvx0DtJB278dFrzJw1JQ-- Smoke surrounds U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police as they participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing Is it just me or does that rifle have no sights?

Who uses sights?  You use sights?  

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"Come with me, I got a puppy i want to show you"

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050816/i/r1920821385.jpg?x=380&y=329&sig=ieAvx0DtJB278dFrzJw1JQ-- Smoke surrounds U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police as they participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing Is it just me or does that rifle have no sights? Who uses sights?  You use sights?

Blue barrel = simunitions.
Either they didn't have spare optics/irons or they didn't want to remove them from their duty weapons.

Thanks Lumpy.  I knew something was missing - I needed my News Photos For Gun Nuts fix.

I love FALs.

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Fergit the gun, ...is that Carlos Santana?

Thanks

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050816/i/r1920821385.jpg?x=380&y=329&sig=ieAvx0DtJB278dFrzJw1JQ-- Smoke surrounds U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the Special Response Team of Fort Bragg's Military Police as they participate in a raid on a house during Exercise Orbit Comet at the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 16, 2005. The exercise joins federal, state, and local law enforcement and security agencies in the U.S. Army post's semi-annual exercise to validate its ability to respond to emergencies. REUTERS/Larry Downing Is it just me or does that rifle have no sights? Who uses sights?  You use sights?   Blue barrel = simunitions. Either they didn't have spare optics/irons or they didn't want to remove them from their duty weapons.

Almost pointless to even try and use Irons on an M4 Simunitions upper. The protective mask makes it impossible to get any kind of cheek wld and only with the most screwed up cant can you even access the irons. That is why I put all of the ragged-out Aimpoints on our Sims uppers, and why I get pissed off every month when I draw a sims upper for training and some assclown has taken the Aimpoint off because they were to stupid to figure out how to change the batteries. The sims suppers have a practial accuracy of about 6 MOA at 25 yards, anyhow, but they still hurt like a mother if you get hit at that range.