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Georgian soldiers take part in a military exercise called Arrow 013 at the military base of Vaziani, outside Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday.
Previous military drills on PhotoBlog:
Tires fly at Georgian army drill
Police clear streets during Taiwan's annual air raid drill
Wally Santana / AP
A policeman clears the sidewalks as an air raid siren begins to wail through the streets of Taipei.
Wally Santana / AP
Pedestrians use their smart phones in a subway station while police keep pedestrians off the streets during an air raid drill in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Taiwan held its decades-old annual air raid drill Tuesday, despite warming ties with China, the exercise's designated adversary. The Wan-an, or "safety for everyone" exercise, is an island-wide drill premised on widespread Chinese air attacks.
Wally Santana / AP
Police guide pedestrians off a street during an air raid drill in Taipei.
Wally Santana / AP
A policeman stops motorcyclists during an air raid drill in Taipei.
Here's more on the drill.
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New recruits take part in a drill session in winter conditions on January 21, 2011 in Yichun, Heilongjiang province of China. 150 new recruits take part in exercises in freezing temperatures, -25 Fahrenheit, during an outdoor drill session.
Army recruits in China drill in freezing temperatures
Seems like it is cold everywhere today.
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Chinese police undergo fire rescue training in a smoke-filled train at a railway station in Beijing on Dec. 18. Thousands of people are killed every year in deadly fires in China due to lax safety measures.
Chinese fire drill looks to improve safety on trains
One would think that a person would have to perform this kind of drill again, and again and again to even begin to become comfortable in such a situation. Maintaining a calm, rational approach to rescue and survival would be very difficult if both vision and breathing were impaired.