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Posted: 2/16/2002 5:05:52 PM EDT
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[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20020215/mdf132475.jpg[/img]
Filipino residents peer at a U.S. C-17 Globemaster cargo plane parked at the Zamboanga airport after unloading equipment for American troops taking part in joint military exercises with Filipino soldiers in the southern Philippines February 15, 2002. U.S. troops began deploying on a remote Basilan island used by Muslim guerillas linked to Osama bin Laden, in the biggest expansion of Washington's war on terror after the Afghanistan campaign. (Erik De Castro/Reuters |
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Posted: 2/16/2002 5:06:57 PM EDT
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Anyone else see the EO Holosight?
[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20020215/mdf131720.jpg[/img] U.S. Special Operations Command chief General Charles Holland (R) shakes hands with Southern Command chief Lieutenant General Roy Cimatu (L) in Zamboanga city in the southern Philippines, February 14, 2002. On Feb. 17, a 32-member advance party of the U.S. special forces will move to nearby Basilan island to launch the start of a new chapter in Washington's campaign against terror. (Erik De Castro/Reuters) |
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Posted: 2/16/2002 5:07:44 PM EDT
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[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020215/capt.1013751490.philippines_us_troops_zam103.jpg[/img]
A U.S. MH-47E Heavy Assault Helicopter flies over Philippines' OV-10 bomber at the Edwin Andrews Air Base in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines, as it flies to the nearby Basilan island on Friday, Feb. 15, 2002. The first of the 160 U.S. special operations troops are to arrive Saturday and will be deployed to Basilan island. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) |
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Posted: 2/16/2002 5:08:21 PM EDT
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[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020215/capt.1013746076.philippines_us_troops_zam102.jpg[/img]
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Posted: 2/16/2002 5:09:17 PM EDT
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[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020214/capt.1013677197.philippines_us_troops_zam102.jpg[/img]
A U.S. security guard stands on alert during the arrival of U.S. Gen. Charles Holland, 2nd from left, head of the U.S. military's Special Operations Command, at the southern command military base at the southern port city of Zamboanga Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002. Gen. Holland had lunch with U.S. soldiers who are participating in joint military exercises aimed at destroying the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, a group linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) |
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Posted: 2/16/2002 5:10:02 PM EDT
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[img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20020214/i/3087433767.jpg[/img]
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Posted: 2/16/2002 5:22:03 PM EDT
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Awesome pics man... where are you getting them from? ...wonder who those "security guards" work for[;)]
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Posted: 2/16/2002 5:27:24 PM EDT
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thumbhole:
I got buddies in several of those pics. Thanks, man! |
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Posted: 2/16/2002 5:28:24 PM EDT
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Quoted: [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020215/capt.1013751490.philippines_us_troops_zam103.jpg[/img] I've always loved OV-10's...They'rejust so cool looking! [:)] |
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Posted: 2/16/2002 6:30:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020214/capt.1013677197.philippines_us_troops_zam102.jpg[/img] What is that gizmo that's attached to the top of the handguards? It looks like a radar detector. [:E] |
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Posted: 2/17/2002 12:43:29 AM EDT
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Quoted: [img]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20020214/i/3087433767.jpg[/img] Judging by the hair I would say that they're Delta Boys. |
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Posted: 2/17/2002 2:17:57 AM EDT
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Posted by Renamed;
What is that gizmo that's attached to the top of the handguards? It looks like a radar detector. [url=http://www.isayeret.com/gear/peq2.gif]This[/url] Insight Technologies AN/PEQ2 Infrared Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Laser (ITIPAL) dual beam laser aiming device. |
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Posted: 2/17/2002 4:40:08 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020214/capt.1013677197.philippines_us_troops_zam102.jpg[/img] What is that gizmo that's attached to the top of the handguards? It looks like a radar detector. [:E] Looks like MILES gear to me, are we teaching the Phillipinos to go BEEP,BEEP,BEEP. awsome photos though. [:)>] |
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Posted: 2/17/2002 10:19:26 AM EDT
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Hmmm...haven't seen any of this on the news.
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Posted: 2/17/2002 10:29:38 AM EDT
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See those EOTech heads up sights on those M4's. They have the lastest and greatest that's for sure. Why do those lasers on the forward handguards have to be so big? I know mil spec and all that but they sure must add some weight.
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Posted: 2/17/2002 11:04:58 AM EDT
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Quoted: Why do those lasers on the forward handguards have to be so big? I know mil spec and all that but they sure must add some weight. 'Cause they're MILSPEC, IR Lasers, and they put out a little more light than the standard civilian 5mw. |
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