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AFT: Mortar fire Army Cpl. Zakary Likkel, left, and Spc. Bryceton Bird fire a 60mm mortar during a live-fire exercise at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Aug. 17. (Spc. Osvaldo Fuentes/Army) (Spc. Osvaldo Fuentes/Enhanced Forward Presence Battle)
 
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AFT: Fighting Aces Army infantrymen with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct dismounted operations with sniper support at Studnica Range at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, Aug. 17 during an Atlantic Resolve rotation. (Staff Sgt. Jennifer Reynolds/Army) (Staff Sgt. Jennifer Reynolds/196th Mobile Public Affairs Deta)
 
"... AFT: Fighting Aces Army infantrymen with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct dismounted operations with sniper support at Studnica Range at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, Aug. 17 during an Atlantic Resolve rotation. (Staff Sgt. Jennifer Reynolds/Army) (Staff Sgt. Jennifer Reynolds/196th Mobile Public Affairs Deta)."

Had there been this degree and level of inter-operations among 'like-minded' nations in 1934 - 1935 (deep depression years)' WW2 could have been prevented or subverted, IMO.
Whenever I post these US-Allies pictures, I am always stuck by the blood and treasure it costs US taxpayers to stay on guard around the world in defense of freedom.

China and Russia have only each other + Belorussia = echo chamber
 
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AFT: Vertical replenishment Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Peter Hoffman, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12, checks if the flight deck of aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is safe for a cargo retrieval during a vertical replenishment in the Arabian Sea Aug. 13. (MC3 Oswald Felix Jr./Navy) (Seaman Oswald Felix/U.S. Navy)
 
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AFT: Circle of Light Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Ethan Bowser directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 aboard expeditionary sea base Miguel Keith in U.S. 3rd Fleet Aug. 11. (MC2 Hector Carrera/Navy) (MC2 Hector Carrera/U.S. Navy)
 
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AFT: Getting out Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, prepare to go underwater during submerged vehicle egress training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 16. (Cpl. Adaezia Chavez/Marine Corps) (Cpl. Adaezia Chavez/2nd Marine Logistics Group)
 
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A group of armored vehicles attached to a combined arms brigade under the PLA 81st Group Army maneuver on dirt roads in speed to a designated training base for a tactical test on August 12, 2021. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Xue Wei)
 
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AFT:
Ready to respond A Marine with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force–Darwin, takes part in an airfield seizure during Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 12. (Cpl. Lydia Gordon/Marine Corps) (Cpl. Lydia Gordon/Marine Rotational Force - Darwin)
 

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