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Jolo Sulu, PHILIPPINES: A US soldier secures the Philippine navy cargo vessel as US humvee rolls out at the local wharf of Jolo Sulu, 10 February 2006. US equipments started to arrive on the troubled southern Philippine island of Jolo for the start of the Balikatan humanitarian program amids strong opposition. AFP PHOTO / THERENCE KOH (Photo credit should read THERENCE KOH/AFP/Getty Images)


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Jolo Sulu, PHILIPPINES: A US soldier stands guard while local children look on at the local wharf of Jolo Sulu, 10 February 2006. US equipments started to arrive on the troubled southern Philippine island of Jolo for the start of the Balikatan humanitarian program amids strong opposition. AFP PHOTO / THERENCE KOH (Photo credit should read THERENCE KOH/AFP/Getty Images)


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Jolo Sulu, PHILIPPINES: Joint Philippine army and US soldiers stand guard behind a mosque at the local wharf in Jolo Sulu, 10 February 2006. US equipments started to arrive on the troubled southern Philippine island of Jolo for the start of the Balikatan humanitarian program amids strong opposition. AFP PHOTO / THERENCE KOH (Photo credit should read THERENCE KOH/AFP/Getty Images)


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Spc. Jimmy Wilkes, a sniper from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, provides security for fellow Soldiers during a patrol in Mosul, Iraq. This photo appeared on www.army.mil. by Tech. Sgt. John M. Foster February 9, 2006


Marine Lt. Mauro Mujica-Parodi III (right) congratulates an Iraqi soldier after they complete an urban neighborhood search for insurgents and weapons on Thursday in Ramadi, Iraq. Chris Hondros / Getty Images


Marine Lance Corp. David Shellito of Edgewood, Iowa, with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, stands watch during a sweep of a rough housing complex for insurgents and weapons on Thursday in Ramadi, Iraq. Chris Hondros / Getty Images


A picture released by the US Marines on 01 February shows a Marine cautiously checking a building for occupants and weapons in the city of Hit in Iraq's western Anbar province. Sunni tribesmen of Iraq's restive al-Anbar province have agreed to take over combating foreign fighters there and securing the borders, officials said.(AFP/USMC-HO/File/Cpl. Christopher S. Vega)


Lance Cpl. Cory Mince, left, of Simi Valley, California and Pfc. Ruben Almaraz, of Surprise, Arizona, scan rooftops for insurgents from their position in the open back of a humvee in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. Violence in parts of this insurgent stronghold is so intense that U.S. forces rarely venture out on foot. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)


U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ray Torres of Los Angeles, center, accompanies an Iraqi Army patrol, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, in Jazeera, Iraq. As the U.S. military hands over parts of the country to Iraqi forces, small teams of American soldiers and Marines stay behind to mentor, advise and sometimes cajole Iraqi troops in the fight against insurgents. (AP Photo/Antonio Castaneda)


U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Neary, left, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, inspects a possible roadside bomb while a colleague looks on, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, in Khaldiyah, Iraq. As the U.S. military hands over parts of the country to Iraqi forces, small teams of American soldiers and Marines stay behind to mentor, advise and sometimes cajole Iraqi troops in the fight against insurgents. (AP Photo/Antonio Castaneda)


An Iraqi soldier escorts Shiite Muslims as they protest against Prophet Muhammad cartoons published in European newspapers in central Baghdad, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006. Several hundred gathered opposing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)


A soldier with the Australian security detachment keeps watch in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in this October 3, 2003 file photo. Australian defence documents show that the country's troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are operating with defective protection gear, The Australian newspaper said on February 11, 2006 in a report the government dismissed as misleading. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/Files


An Australian soldier stands guard after a suspected car bomb explosion in central Baghdad in this May 25, 2004 file photo. Australian defence documents show that the country's troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are operating with defective protection gear, The Australian newspaper said on February 11, 2006 in a report the government dismissed as misleading. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz/Files


A Palestinian boy holds his father's arm after Israeli soldiers refused them entry to the al-Aqsa mosque compound to attend Muslim Friday prayers in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday Feb. 10, 2006. Israeli police restricted access to the Al Aqsa Mosque on Friday for fear that noon prayers could devolve into anti-European riots. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)


An Israeli border security worker carries a precision rifle away from the scene of clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops at Erez crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel Thursday Feb. 9 2006. Early Thursday, two militants threw hand grenades and opened fire on Israeli forces at the Erez checkpoint, where thousands of Palestinian laborers cross from Gaza into Israel every day. Israeli troops shot them dead in a gunbattle, and the bomb belt they were carrying exploded, the army said. No Israeli soldiers were wounded. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)


Palestinian armed police officers stand next to a wall during clashes with protesters of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades outside the Finance Ministry building in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006. About 25 armed Al Aqsa militants who joined the security forces at the end of last year briefly broke into the finance ministry building in Gaza City to demand their salaries and blocked the road leading to the government buildings in Gaza. The gunmen left after being assured they would be paid within 24 hours like everybody else.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)


A Pakistani paramilitary soldier takes position near the suspected suicide blast site in the northwestern town of Hangu. Rival Sunni and Shiite Muslims traded gun and rocket fire in a tense northwest Pakistani town for a second day, as the death toll from an outburst of religious violence rose to 40.(AFP/Tariq Mahmood)


A TV screen grab from the Russian NTV channel shows Russian special forces soldiers on their position in Tukui-Mekteb village close to the border with Chechnya. At least 11 gunmen and six police officers died after Russian forces stormed a house in the south of the country near Chechnya following a daylong standoff against heavily-armed fighters, officials said.(AFP/NTV)


Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra talks to Thai police commandos in Yala province, south of Bangkok February 11, 2006. Thaksin urged restraint on Saturday before an anti-government rally in central Bangkok where thousands of his supporters were also expected to show up. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom


A Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police ) officer stands guard outside the Olympic Village in Sestriere, Italy, in this Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006 file photo. Italy's interior minister said Friday, Feb. 10 there is no sign that international terrorist groups threaten the Winter Olympics, but he did not rule out an improvised attack. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)


Armed police stand outside the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, amidst tight security ahead of Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair's address to party members at the Labour Party Spring Conference at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, Friday Feb. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)


FBI agent stand guard just outside the house of activist Mercedes Rodriguez, seen in the background talking to her lawyer Federico Comas in the western city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched several homes of activists favoring independence for the U.S. island territory as part of an investigation into a militant group, the law enforcement agency said. (AP Photo/Javier Gonzalez)

Great pics. Thanks again.

awesome as always



Wish we see more of these kind of pics on the news.

Thanks Lumpy.......on the precision rifle pic, did ya see the size of that scope bell?? Damn !

More good ones.

Thanks.

Great pics Lumpy!  Thanks!

thanks Lumpy!

Awesome pics.  Thanks Lumpy.

Good ones.

Quoted: FBI agent stand guard just outside the house of activist Mercedes Rodriguez, seen in the background talking to her lawyer Federico Comas in the western city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched several homes of activists favoring independence for the U.S. island territory as part of an investigation into a militant group, the law enforcement agency said. (AP Photo/Javier Gonzalez)

Not sure what to think about this.

That's the first time I've seen a military pic with a MagPul M93.  He even has one of the new Vltor handguards.

That soldier knows where to shop!

Kick ass pix



Are those first pix of the Mk18 10.5 gun? Can't make out the rail set up, but it looks awesome (eta: should have read cypher's post. )

Nice variety in this issue!

thanks for sharing!

Nice pics  

Quoted: U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Neary, left, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, inspects a possible roadside bomb while a colleague looks on, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, in Khaldiyah, Iraq. As the U.S. military hands over parts of the country to Iraqi forces, small teams of American soldiers and Marines stay behind to mentor, advise and sometimes cajole Iraqi troops in the fight against insurgents. (AP

I'm proud to see someone from my hometown to be serving our country

Thanks Lumpy.



Looks like the Italian cops are still using Beretta M12 SMGs.

That Marine seems to be wearing coyote brown BDU's. What's up with that?

Thanks Lumpy!

Quoted: That Marine seems to be wearing coyote brown BDU's. What's up with that?

Flight suit maybe?

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060210/capt.xal10102101929.puerto_rico_independence_activists_xal101.jpg?x=228&y=345&sig=cgwfGw1UUnytdTeWVAu5Qw-- FBI agent stand guard just outside the house of activist Mercedes Rodriguez, seen in the background talking to her lawyer Federico Comas in the western city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched several homes of activists favoring independence for the U.S. island territory as part of an investigation into a militant group, the law enforcement agency said. (AP Photo/Javier Gonzalez) Not sure what to think about this.

"We're from the govt., we're here to help."

Great pics, thank you!


Anyone know what kind of rifle this is?

Quoted: awesome as always www.armytimes.com/content/editorial/editart/021006front1.JPG Wish we see more of these kind of pics on the news.

But I thought the Iraqi troops weren't prepaired and were poorly trained.




Thanks for the pics

its the australian version of the M249.

ETA: dude in the first picture and i wear the same shoes. that means i am practically like a Delta Force guy or something !!!!

Quoted: Great pics, thank you! Anyone know what kind of rifle this is? us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20060211/i/r3050996292.jpg?x=251&y=345&sig=uG33Wa7EmTznOoW3ruW_8w--

FN Minimi/M249

Quoted: Quoted: cache.gettyimages.com/xc/56812808.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=AAAB1D3D22B8F28C8B76756DBF3BDD29 That's the first time I've seen a military pic with a MagPul M93.  He even has one of the new Vltor handguards. That soldier knows where to shop! Ain't a soldier, I don't think. I'm bettin' he is SEAL. Certainly spec ops one way or another.

I see what you mean after looking more closely at the pic.  

The comms gear, the hiking boots, drop holster, quality load bearing gear...

Yeah, the caption is a bit off.

Quoted: cache.gettyimages.com/xc/56812808.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=AAAB1D3D22B8F28C8B76756DBF3BDD29 That's the first time I've seen a military pic with a MagPul M93.  He even has one of the new Vltor handguards. That soldier knows where to shop!

What;s on that Magwell??

Great photos.

Quoted: Quoted: cache.gettyimages.com/xc/56812808.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=AAAB1D3D22B8F28C8B76756DBF3BDD29 That's the first time I've seen a military pic with a MagPul M93.  He even has one of the new Vltor handguards. That soldier knows where to shop! What;s on that Magwell??

Looks like a Redi-mag to me.

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060210/capt.xal10102101929.puerto_rico_independence_activists_xal101.jpg?x=228&y=345&sig=cgwfGw1UUnytdTeWVAu5Qw-- FBI agent stand guard just outside the house of activist Mercedes Rodriguez, seen in the background talking to her lawyer Federico Comas in the western city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched several homes of activists favoring independence for the U.S. island territory as part of an investigation into a militant group, the law enforcement agency said. (AP Photo/Javier Gonzalez) Not sure what to think about this.

I do and it's not good any way you look at it.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: cache.gettyimages.com/xc/56812808.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=AAAB1D3D22B8F28C8B76756DBF3BDD29 That's the first time I've seen a military pic with a MagPul M93.  He even has one of the new Vltor handguards. That soldier knows where to shop! What;s on that Magwell?? Looks like a Redi-mag to me.

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I don't see those very often anymore

Quoted: Quoted: cache.gettyimages.com/xc/56812808.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=AAAB1D3D22B8F28C8B76756DBF3BDD29 That's the first time I've seen a military pic with a MagPul M93.  He even has one of the new Vltor handguards. That soldier knows where to shop! Ain't a soldier, I don't think. I'm bettin' he is SEAL. Certainly spec ops one way or another.

+1.  Definitely a US SOF operator with the CQBR and goodies.  I agree he's likely a SEAL, as NAVSPECWAR has reportedly bought some of those VLTOR forends.

YMMV.

Great pic--thanks Lumpy!

Will

Nice!

Thanks, I needed that.

I was going into withdrawals.

Quoted: Soooo, what's with wearing two watches? Too lazy to have to look at the same wrist every time? cache.gettyimages.com/xc/56812803.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=AAAB1D3D22B8F28CCB497490CDE4E2F1

He is wearing compass on his left arm.

Quoted: Soooo, what's with wearing two watches? Too lazy to have to look at the same wrist every time? cache.gettyimages.com/xc/56812803.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=AAAB1D3D22B8F28CCB497490CDE4E2F1

He's a sailor for sure. Not sure about SEAL, possibly from a Coastal Warfare Detachment.

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060210/capt.xal10102101929.puerto_rico_independence_activists_xal101.jpg?x=228&y=345&sig=cgwfGw1UUnytdTeWVAu5Qw-- FBI agent stand guard just outside the house of activist Mercedes Rodriguez, seen in the background talking to her lawyer Federico Comas in the western city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched several homes of activists favoring independence for the U.S. island territory as part of an investigation into a militant group, the law enforcement agency said. (AP Photo/Javier Gonzalez) Not sure what to think about this.

  Can we just GIVE Puerto Rico away already ? Can we just bring it to a vote to grant them their "freedom" and revoke their US Citizenship ?

Nice pics as usual, thanks Lumpy

Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060210/capt.jls10102101703.iraq_us_combat_advisers_jls101.jpg?x=242&y=345&sig=FDOGK7WLFP.sCbwQwIF3Og-- U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Neary, left, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, inspects a possible roadside bomb while a colleague looks on, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, in Khaldiyah, Iraq. As the U.S. military hands over parts of the country to Iraqi forces, small teams of American soldiers and Marines stay behind to mentor, advise and sometimes cajole Iraqi troops in the fight against insurgents. (AP I'm proud to see someone from my hometown to be serving our country

Didn't catch that the first time around.  But thats pretty close to home.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060210/capt.xal10102101929.puerto_rico_independence_activists_xal101.jpg?x=228&y=345&sig=cgwfGw1UUnytdTeWVAu5Qw-- FBI agent stand guard just outside the house of activist Mercedes Rodriguez, seen in the background talking to her lawyer Federico Comas in the western city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched several homes of activists favoring independence for the U.S. island territory as part of an investigation into a militant group, the law enforcement agency said. (AP Photo/Javier Gonzalez) Not sure what to think about this. Roger that.

Let's just save them all the trouble and tell them to SHOVE OFF!! if they think they can do better.

BTT

I don't see any insignia or patches.  Is he a contractor?

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060210/capt.xal10102101929.puerto_rico_independence_activists_xal101.jpg?x=228&y=345&sig=cgwfGw1UUnytdTeWVAu5Qw-- FBI agent stand guard just outside the house of activist Mercedes Rodriguez, seen in the background talking to her lawyer Federico Comas in the western city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched several homes of activists favoring independence for the U.S. island territory as part of an investigation into a militant group, the law enforcement agency said. (AP Photo/Javier Gonzalez) Not sure what to think about this. Roger that.

What exactly would be wrong with it?

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060210/capt.xal10102101929.puerto_rico_independence_activists_xal101.jpg?x=228&y=345&sig=cgwfGw1UUnytdTeWVAu5Qw-- FBI agent stand guard just outside the house of activist Mercedes Rodriguez, seen in the background talking to her lawyer Federico Comas in the western city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched several homes of activists favoring independence for the U.S. island territory as part of an investigation into a militant group, the law enforcement agency said. (AP Photo/Javier Gonzalez) Not sure what to think about this. Roger that.

I'm glad to see a few other people are disturbed over what's in this picture.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060210/capt.xal10102101929.puerto_rico_independence_activists_xal101.jpg?x=228&y=345&sig=cgwfGw1UUnytdTeWVAu5Qw-- FBI agent stand guard just outside the house of activist Mercedes Rodriguez, seen in the background talking to her lawyer Federico Comas in the western city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched several homes of activists favoring independence for the U.S. island territory as part of an investigation into a militant group, the law enforcement agency said. (AP Photo/Javier Gonzalez) Not sure what to think about this. Roger that.     I'm glad to see a few other people are disturbed over what's in this picture.

Disturbed at seeing an LEO standing in front of a weirdo activist’s house?  

Quoted: Disturbed at seeing an LEO standing in front of a weirdo activist’s house?

I've seen your postings over the years here at ARFCOM.

I know you are not the simpleton your above post makes you out to be.

I've heard that there are places in PR that are a war zone.  Corruption is at Washingtonian levels, and the rural police stations are mini-fortresses.

I had friends on "the Rock" who said when you left San Juan, it became a fourth world country.  Other PuertoRicanos I worked talked about the endemic crime in SJ, and said they went armed if they left their homes.  Looks like the FBI is being prudent.  Sometimes, you need to be a JBT.

Quoted: Quoted: Disturbed at seeing an LEO standing in front of a weirdo activist’s house?   I've seen your postings over the years here at ARFCOM. I know you are not the simpleton your above post makes you out to be.

Stay in your own end of the pool.

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Excellent composition.  speaks volumes about the chaotic life over there.