This Weekend's Pics - Saturday/Sunday, May 3/4, 2008

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A U.S. Army Soldier from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, scans for signs of hidden weapons
while patrolling through a field during a clearing operation in Kesra Village, Iraq, Feb. 24, 2008.
The village is referred to by locals as the al-Qaida Capitol.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston.


A U.S. Army Soldier from 3-320 Field Artillery, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion,
Lighting 1-6, 101st Airborne Division, patrols a neighborhood in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Feb. 25, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Luke Thornberry.

[bd popeye]

The title should be "This Weekends Pics"..However you did a good job sir!!!


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LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (May 2, 2008) Vice Adm. Doug Crowder, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, speaks to members of the media aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Crowder held a press conference a day after Blue Ridge arrived in Laem Chabang for a scheduled port visit. U.S. Navy photo by Military Sealift Command 2nd Class Matthew Schwarz (Released)

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PEARL HARBOR, HI (April 29, 2008) A hula dancer from Paradise Cove Luau performs for Sailors assigned to Japanese Training Squadron (JTS) ships JS Kashima (TV 3508), JS Umigiri (DD 158) and JS Asagiri (TV 3516) during a reception on board Naval Station Pearl Harbor. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron (Released)

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INDIAN OCEAN (April 30, 2008) Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) perform push-ups in formation while training in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1). Tarawa and the embarked 11th MEU are on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. U. S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker (Released)

The 4th Infantry Division soldiers participate in a mock Kentucky Oaks race at the Camp Liberty military base in Baghdad, Iraq.

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RED SEA (Apr. 29, 2008) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Antonio Pacheco, right, watches Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Toni Killian as she prepares to guide an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4). Nassau is one of six vessels in the Nassau Strike Group deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Coleman Thompson (Released)

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SAN DIEGO (May 1, 2008) Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) prepares to depart it's homeport of San Diego to begin a humanitarian mission to the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia. Pacific Partnership 2008 is designed to strengthen the goodwill developed during previous humanitarian civic assistance missions. Mercy is scheduled to visit the Republic of Philippines, Vietnam, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Don Bray (Released)

On the opposite side of Baghdad from Sadr City, purple smoke rose as two Black Hawk helicopters arrived for waiting American soldiers during a joint assault with Iraqi soldiers on the rural southwest edge of the capital. The operation was aimed at locating foreign terrorist cell suspects alleged to be coordinating ambushes against coalition forces using roadside bombs.
Photo: Mauricio Lima/Agence France-Presse -- ***** Images

An soldier, right, working with Iraqi soldiers, turned away to avoid the dust kicked up by two American Black Hawk helicopters carrying the first group for an assault on the southwest edge of Baghdad.
Photo: Mauricio Lima/Agence France-Presse -- ***** Images

An Indian police officer prepared to fire tear gas during a demonstration in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir. The demonstrators were protesting what they contended were human rights violations by Indian security personnel in the disputed Himalayan region.
Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/Agence France-Presse -- ***** Images

Palestinian security forces stand in formation before being deployed in the West Bank town of Jenin.

New members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security march after arriving in the West Bank city of Jenin, Saturday, May 3, 2008. Hundreds of Palestinian forces took up positions in the West Bank town of Jenin, a former militant stronghold Saturday. The 480 newly trained forces with crisp uniforms and shiny weapons entered the town on Saturday. Thousands of residents flocked to the town's center to cheer them on. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

On the day before the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, fans donned their Derby hats, like the one worn by Danita Conte as she watched horses work out at Churchill Downs.
Photo: Charlie Riedel/Associated Press

Computers went on sale Friday to the general public in Cuba for the very first time.. with several dozen people lining up outside a major store to buy or just gawk at them as the latest small change under the new administration of President Raul Castro took effect.

[RallyPointCebu]

nice... but who's that mutt in line with a US soldier?!

[satgas]

Honour Guard of Polish Police at Constitution Day Celebration May 3 under the Victoria Hotel in Warsaw

[socom6]

Ya know its the first time most of these people have seen a computer after hearing about them for years.

[soutikghosh]

Ya know its the first time most of these people have seen a computer after hearing about them for years.

OS is pirated or original ?

[Ronguild]

OS is pirated or original ?

Pirated is better ... Fewer bugs

[bd popeye]

Patrick Stewart, 85, of Inkster, Mich., left, a World War II veteran who fought at the Battle of the Bulge, wears his sergeant's uniform as he arrives at the World War II Memorial in Washington, Saturday, May 3, 2008. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A US soldier sits watches over helicopters at Bastion military airport in Helmand province, southwest of Kabul on May 3, 2008

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, observe an artillery strike on a Taliban position near the town of Garmser, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 3, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Riot police officers patrol in the town of San Julian, Bolivia, some 1.150 km. ( 715 miles ) southwest of La Paz, Saturday, May 3, 2008. Residents of the eastern Bolivian state of Santa Cruz will hold a regional referendum over autonomy on Sunday that the central, leftist government of Bolivia's President Evo Morales claims it's illegal.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Police confiscate bags of salt for sale on the black market at Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe Saturday, May 3, 2008. Basic food commodities, including salt, is not readily available in stores but is readily available at high prices on the black market. International rights and aid groups expressed alarm about political violence in Zimbabwe as the government and ruling party _ if not the opposition _ prepared for a presidential runoff. (AP Photo)

A Yemeni police officer stops and inspects vehicles in a street in the capital San'a, Yemen Saturday, May 3, 2008. Clashes between rebels and Yemeni troops have resumed in the wake of a devastating bomb attack outside a mosque in the northern town of Saada that killed 18 worshippers, a government official said Saturday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Al-Qadhi)

Police control one of the entrances to the 41st Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Madrid, Saturday May 3, 2008. The Asian Development Bank announced emergency funding Saturday to help poor countries struggling with rice prices that have nearly tripled in fourth months.(AP Photo/Paul White)

An Iraqi Army soldier stands guard as artillery shells are on display, along with other weapons and explosives seized by Iraqi security forces since September, in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)

A Palestinian man on a donkey approaches an Israeli army barrier in an attempt to reach his land as others protest the construction of the controversial Israeli separation barrier in the village of Umm Salamunah near the West Bank town of Bethlehem on May 2, 2008. The Middle East Quartet of four world powers called on Israel today to freeze the construction of further settlements in the West Bank, after talks in London. AFP PHOTO/HAZEM BADER (Photo credit should read HAZEM BADER/AFP/***** Images)

A Chinese man walks by mannequins amongst the rubble of demolished shops in Beijing Saturday, May 3, 2008. Large swathes of the city are being demolished, to be replaced by modern commercial and residential complexes as the city modernizes in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A young girl peeks through giant flowers which will be use as props for a performance during the Aliwan Festival or Entertainment Festival Saturday, May 3, 2008, in Manila, Philippines. During the festival different performance groups from all over the country showcase their talents to compete for cash prizes. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

Boys look at the remains of a car destroyed in an overnight airstrike in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, May 3, 2008. U.S. soldiers have killed eight suspected Shiite militants in the latest clashes in Baghdad's militia strongholds, which involved attack aircraft as well as an Abrams main battle tank, the military said Saturday. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

Supporters of a radical Islamic group burn a Danish flag during a rally against the reproduction of cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers and an anti-Quran film made by a Dutch lawmaker, Saturday, May 3, 2008, in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Space shuttle Discovery sits on pad 39A after being transported from the Vehicle Assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 3, 2008. Discovery is on schedule to launch on May 31.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

HONG KONG - MAY 02: A China supporter watches the Olympic Torch Relay on May 2, 2008 in Hong Kong, China. The Chinese Special Administrative Region is the host city of the Equestrian event of the 2008 Olympic Games. (Photo by Andrew Wong/***** Images)

Protesters shout slogans during their demonstration march to support the war-renouncing Japanese constitution in central Tokyo on May 3, 2008, the Constitution Day. Some 4,300 pacifists held the rally and march to demand the government not to tamper with the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Japanese constitution. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/***** Images)

[grabie]

Alley Bagget relative???

[Guishin]

F-22 at March ARB, California

[delio]

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit search for Taliban on which they opened fire near the town of Garmser, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 3, 2008.

A U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit takes cover as they patrol near a Taliban position, near the town of Garmser, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 3, 2008.

A U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, observes after firing on a Taliban position near the town of Garmser in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 3, 2008.

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit inspect a house, as they search for a Taliban position near the town of Garmser, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 3, 2008

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, observe an artillery strike on a Taliban position near the town of Garmser, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 3, 2008.

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US soldier (L) sits in the rear of a Marine Chinook helicopter while flying over Camp Bastion in Helmand province

US soldiers walk on the runway of Bastio
US soldiers walk on the runway of Bastion military airport in Helmand province, southwest of Kabul on May 3, 2008. Some 3000 British troops together with Danish, Estonian, Czech and American soldiers are stationed at Camp Bastion. Helmand, the main source of Afghanistan's opium output, is in the grip of a Taliban-insurgency launched after it was toppled from government in a US-led invasion in late 2001. Most ISAF soldiers in Helmand are British, and were joined by US Marines last week in a push to remove the Taliban from around southern Garmser district. AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/***** Images)

A US Marine Chinook helicopter making a refueling stop

A US soldier cleans his machine gun before re-flying in a Marine Chinook helicopter from Kandahar military base

Kandahar, AF

Afghanistan-Afghan national army 201ST Commando Kandak prepare to deploy on first mission in southern Afghanistan

[Ratamacue]

A US Marine Chinook helicopter making a refueling stop

That's a CH-46 Sea Knight, not a CH-47 Chinook.

[delio]

Obviously it is. Thank You for pointing out that I got taken by the captions the photos came with.

[soutikghosh]

F-22 at March ARB, California

Hi-Res please if possible.

[Guishin]

Hi-Res please if possible.

Sorry, mate. No Hi-Res available.