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Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment patrol Tal Afar, Iraq. This photo appeared on www.army.mil. February 22, 2006 by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II


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Pfc. Noah Weaver, from the 71st Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, exercises caution during a patrol in Baghdad. This photo appeared on www.army.mil. February 21, 2006 by Staff Sgt. Kevin Moses Sr


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Staff Sgt. Daniel Riggs, from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, patrols Mosul, Iraq, in his Stryker vehicle on a chilly winter day. This photo appeared on www.army.mil. February 22, 2006
by Spc. Clydell Kinchen


A U.S. soldier walks down a dirt road while searching for improvised explosive devices near Falluja, May 26 2004. Nine people, some of them U.S. Marines, have been arrested for stealing bulletproof vests intended for American troops in Iraq and trying to sell them to international arms merchants, Homeland Security officials said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Adrees Latif


A U.S. soldier stands near assorted munitions and bomb making paraphernalia in central Baquba, about 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, January 30, 2006. Three men were charged in Ohio with conspiracy to kill people and planning attacks against U.S. forces overseas, a federal law enforcement official said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Helmiy al-Azawi


A US soldier secures an area where a rocket slammed a street just outside the entrance of Baghdad's poor neighborhood of Sadr City. At least 21 people were killed and 27 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a busy Baghdad market(AFP/Ali Al Saadi)


Members of the U.S. 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit scour the village of Catmon February 22, 2006, for a possible landing area for helicopters. Catmon stands beside the mountain village of Guinsaugon, which was wiped out by a landslide. Rescue workers kept digging on Wednesday for survivors from a deadly Philippine mudslide, but some officials said the time to call of the search was fast approaching as hopes faded of finding anyone alive. REUTERS/Vic Kintanar


A group of U.S. Marines arrives for duty near the devastated village of Guinsaugon, Philippines, on the southern island of Leyte, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. At least 107 people have been confirmed dead in the disaster and at least 900 others are missing and feared buried under tons of mud and rocks. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)


Iraqi soldiers patrol a road near the damaged al-Hadi Shi'ite shrine, the Golden Mosque, in the town of Samarra, north of Baghdad, February 22, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer


An Iraqi soldier holds a weapon at a checkpoint along a road in Baghdad February 20, 2006. As if bombs and bullets were not enough, just getting across Baghdad these days is a slow motion nightmare for Iraqis navigating the labyrinth of roadblocks, razorwire and checkpoints that litter the city. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber


A man holds up a weapon as Iraqi Shi'ites take to the streets during a protest in Baghdad's Sad'r city February 22, 2006. A dawn bomb attack wrecked a major Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, sparking street protests and forcing the government to issue an urgent appeal to avert sectarian reprisals. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem


An Iranian policeman stands guard beside a vehicle during a round-up of drug addicts in Tehran, Iran February 21, 2006. Addicts in Tehran are periodically rounded up and taken to rehabilitation centres in the hope that they will quit drug use. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi


Palestinian security personnel guard Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (R) after his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza February 20, 2006. Abbas will formally ask Hamas's prime minister-designate, Haniyeh, on Tuesday to form a government, leaders of the Islamic group said on Monday after meeting Abbas. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem


Israeli soldiers treat a wounded Palestinian before taking him to an ambulance after they shot him near the West Bank city of Hebron Monday Feb. 20, 2006. Army officers on the scene said the man was shot by Israeli soldiers after he threw a firebomb at an Israeli jeep patrolling in the area. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)


Israeli soldiers ready to cuff and blindfold a Palestinian youth stopped at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, on February 19. Palestinian officials denounced Israel for reimposing two roadblocks outside Jericho, saying the move violates a 2005 deal giving them security control over the West Bank city(AFP/File/Saif Dahlah)


An Israeli soldier patrols near the stretch of border that divides the Gaza Strip from Israel at Erez crossing point, on February 9. A four-year-old Palestinian boy was seriously wounded when he was hit in the face by fragments of an Israeli shell in the Gaza Strip(AFP/File/Marco Longari)


Israeli soldiers aim their rifles during clashes with Palestinians in Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus February 21, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad


Israeli soldiers take up position during clashes with Palestinians in Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus February 21, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad


A Palestinian woman walks past Israeli soldiers in the military checkpoint of Ennab, near the West Bank town of Tulkarem Tuesday Feb. 21, 2006. Israel has urged the international community to join it in isolating the Palestinian government following the swearing-in of the Hamas-controlled parliament Saturday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)


A Ugandan policeman stands guard at the electoral commission warehouse in Kampala as workers load vans with Ballot boxes to be distributed to polling stations. Ugandan authorities ramped up security around the country as fears of violence ran high on the eve of landmark elections.(AFP/Alexander Joe)


Somali militiamen walk in the streets of Mogadishu, in February 2006. Sporadic gunfire rung out in the Somali capital despite a ceasefire agreement signed by warring factions after days of battles that killed at least 33 people and left hundreds wounded.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)


A visitor tries out a Singaporean-made assault-rifle SAR-21 at the Asian Aerospace 2006 exhibition in Singapore(AFP/Roslan Rahman)


Philippine soldiers escort recaptured mutineer Lieutenant Lawrence San Juan (2nd right) as he arrives at Fort Bonifacio in Manila February 21, 2006. San Juan, who escaped last month while facing mutiny charges, was recaptured on Tuesday but analysts say the rearrest does not change a security situation plagued by exaggerated threats. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo


Svetlana Grigoryeva learns to disassemble and re-assemble a Kalashnikov rifle during a lesson at the cadets' boarding school No. 9 for girls in Moscow, Nov. 26, 2005. The school offers its pupils a strong spirit of discipline and patriotism and trains them to become soldiers, doctors and psychologists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko II)


Armed with an M-16 rifle, Citrus County Sheriff's Deputy Joseph Casola stands guard outside Florida Power's Crystal River Energy Complex, which includes a nuclear power plant in Cyrstal River, Fla., in this Oct. 31, 2001 file photo. A government defense plan for nuclear power plants assumes an attack would come from less than half the number of Sept. 11 hijackers and they wouldn't be armed with rocket-propelled grenades or other weapons often used by terrorists overseas. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Kick ass as always.  


Miss ya over here BTW

Quoted: A Palestinian woman walks past Israeli soldiers in the military checkpoint of Ennab, near the West Bank town of Tulkarem Tuesday Feb. 21, 2006. Israel has urged the international community to join it in isolating the Palestinian government following the swearing-in of the Hamas-controlled parliament Saturday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

This is the second News Photos thread I've seen, where women are wearing luggage on their heads.

Is this a fashion trend?

Running to consult my Cosmo....






Thanks Lump. Love these photos!

I figured all of the M16s would be A4s by now.  They were starting to do the conversion from A2s to A4s as I was leaving Europe in 2000.

Svetlana Grigoryeva learns to disassemble and re-assemble a Kalashnikov rifle during a lesson at the cadets' boarding school No. 9 for girls in Moscow, Nov. 26, 2005. The school offers its pupils a strong spirit of discipline and patriotism and trains them to become soldiers, doctors and psychologists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko II)


Maybe we could take note. Perhaps our own children could stand some of this training in our schools.

Quoted: Svetlana Grigoryeva learns to disassemble and re-assemble a Kalashnikov rifle during a lesson at the cadets' boarding school No. 9 for girls in Moscow, Nov. 26, 2005. The school offers its pupils a strong spirit of discipline and patriotism and trains them to become soldiers, doctors and psychologists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko II) Maybe we could take note. Perhaps our own children could stand some of this training in our schools.

amen

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nice looking gun.

Early morning BTT

Great post,..........thx, Lumpy !

No FAL ? I thought that was a Lumpy trademark.

Great post as always.

Great pics. Thanks again.

Thanks for taking the time...good stuff.

Armed with an M-16 rifle, Citrus County Sheriff's Deputy Joseph Casola stands guard outside Florida Power's Crystal River Energy Complex, which includes a nuclear power plant in Cyrstal River, Fla., in this Oct. 31, 2001 file photo. A government defense plan for nuclear power plants assumes an attack would come from less than half the number of Sept. 11 hijackers and they wouldn't be armed with rocket-propelled grenades or other weapons often used by terrorists overseas. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

hmmmmm.....

So on humanitarian missions Marines can carry weapons, but they have to be unloaded?

Great pics Lumpy

Nice.

Thanks Lumpy!

ETA - is it my imagination, or does the guy with the A2 carbine in the 1st pic belong to the 82nd?

Again, thanks for the pics.

Quoted: Nice. Thanks Lumpy! ETA - is it my imagination, or does the guy with the A2 carbine in the 1st pic belong to the 82nd?

He has a combat patch from the 82nd, but doesn't mean he is with them now (or when that pic was taken).

Quoted: Quoted: i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/vanilla_gorilla911/girl.jpg Svetlana Grigoryeva learns to disassemble and re-assemble a Kalashnikov rifle during a lesson at the cadets' boarding school No. 9 for girls in Moscow, Nov. 26, 2005. The school offers its pupils a strong spirit of discipline and patriotism and trains them to become soldiers, doctors and psychologists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko II) Maybe we could take note. Perhaps our own children could stand some of this training in our schools. amen

There are two Ukranians in my company, a man and a woman in our Chicago office.  I asked the man if he was familiar with the AK.  His response was that he was trained to use one in school at around age 10 or so, and that he enjoyed shooting the AK.  Then the Ukranian lady interupted us and said, "you learned at age 10?!   They started training us at age 8 (insert smug look on her face).

Interesting to see A2s in front line service. And a carbine, at that. Thanks Lumpy!

Quoted: Armed with an M-16 rifle, Citrus County Sheriff's Deputy Joseph Casola stands guard outside Florida Power's Crystal River Energy Complex, which includes a nuclear power plant in Cyrstal River, Fla., in this Oct. 31, 2001 file photo. A government defense plan for nuclear power plants assumes an attack would come from less than half the number of Sept. 11 hijackers and they wouldn't be armed with rocket-propelled grenades or other weapons often used by terrorists overseas. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File) hmmmmm.....

IOW, they have no idea what to expect......

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/vanilla_gorilla911/girl.jpg Svetlana Grigoryeva learns to disassemble and re-assemble a Kalashnikov rifle during a lesson at the cadets' boarding school No. 9 for girls in Moscow, Nov. 26, 2005. The school offers its pupils a strong spirit of discipline and patriotism and trains them to become soldiers, doctors and psychologists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko II) Maybe we could take note. Perhaps our own children could stand some of this training in our schools. amen There are two Ukranians in my company, a man and a woman in our Chicago office.  I asked the man if he was familiar with the AK.  His response was that he was trained to use one in school at around age 10 or so, and that he enjoyed shooting the AK.  Then the Ukranian lady interupted us and said, "you learned at age 10?!   They started training us at age 8 (insert smug look on her face).

this is something the soviets did all over the place.  I remember reading that they were required to be able to disassemble and re-assemble blind-folded in 3 minutes.

Thanks for the great Pics

Thanks Lumpy.  Kickass pics as usual.  

Sweet photos!  Thanks Lumpy!

That guy has that crazy A2 carbine in this pic from last thread.

Any ideas on how why?



One other thing, hes wearing either the Eagle or BHI molle LBE.  Probably BHI I am thinking... based on current availability.

- G

Thanks!

One last BTT

Thanks.....