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| 3/31/2006 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Brian Conlee, from the 62nd Security Forces Squadron, crawls under a wire while participating in combat first aid training in the Phoenix Raven class at Fort Dix, N.J., March 27, 2006.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol
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| 3/31/2006 |
| Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen speaks to members of the Brigade of Midshipmen during the Forestal Lecture Series at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., March 30, 2006. He talked about service, change and leadership to help enhance the education, awareness and appreciation for the social, political and cultural dimensions of the nation and the world.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer
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| 3/30/2006 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Doron S. Dill launches a weather balloon from the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing 2 are under way in the Western Pacific conducting a scheduled deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James R. McGury
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| 3/30/2006 |
| A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur off the coast of Korea, March 27, 2006. The Black Hawk, from 2nd Aviation Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, is conducting deck-landing qualifications in support of Reception, Staging, Onward-Movement, and Integration/Foal Eagle 2006. The annual, multi-phase exercise is tailored to test and demonstrate U.S. and Republic of Korea force projection and deployment capabilities.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Kaufmann
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| 3/30/2006 |
| Iraqi army soldiers conduct a cordon and search in a sector in the Ibrahim bin Ali suburbs of Baghdad, Iraq, March 22, 2006. The soldiers are from the 3rd Brigade, 6th Division out of Camp Constitution, Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class David D. Isakson
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| 3/30/2006 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Daniels prepares to take the E-7 Navy-wide semiannal rating exam in a secure area of Afghanistan, March 29, 2006. Daniels was unable to come in from the field so the test was provided to him.
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| 3/29/2006 |
| U.S. Army Cpl. Bartholomew Anderson mans a turret atop a Humvee as traffic is reduced to one lane into the town of Tarmiyah, Iraq, March 28, 2006, during increased counterinsurgency operations in the area.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Larson
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| 3/29/2006 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Mike Miller, left, and Senior Airman Julian Sisneros, both from 354th Civil Engineering Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, lay block and fill in mortar at the El Cacao work site in Honduras, March 25, 2006, as part of New Horizons 2006. During the joint military humanitarian exercise, U.S. and Honduran troops will build four new schools and one maternity clinic as well as provide free basic medical care.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Maria J. Bare
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| 3/28/2006 |
| Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger inspects the troops of 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion while touring the 2nd Marine Division in 1982.
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| 3/28/2006 |
| Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks to students and faculty at the U.S. Army War College on Carlisle Barracks in Carlisle, Pa., March 27, 2006. The college educates future senior leaders of the Army and the joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational communities.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/27/2006 |
| U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld lays a wreath at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. A memorial is being built to commemorate the victims that lost their lives overtaking a terrorist hijacked airplane and saving the plane from continuing its mission on Sept. 11, 2001.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/27/2006 |
| The female color guard detail of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Angie Hernandez-Torres, Staff Sgt. Rhonda Jeter, Tech. Sgt. Matilda Mahone and Senior Airman Tamika Masters lead the parade in a basic military training graduation ceremony, March 24, 2006, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, that honored the legacy of women who served in the women's Air Force and all women who have shared in the profession of arms.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
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| 3/27/2006 |
| U.S. sailors fire a .50 caliber machine gun during a weapons familiarization fire on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, March 24, 2006. Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing 2 are currently underway to the Western Pacific for a scheduled six-month deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Third Class Jordon R. Beesley
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| 3/26/2006 |
| U.S. Army troopers march off a U.S. Air Force C-5 aircraft on Daegu Air Base in Korea, March 25, 2006. The soldiers are assigned to Troop K, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based on Fort Lewis, Wash. U.S. and Korean forces are taking part in Foal Eagle, a combined exercise with forces from the Republic of Korea.
U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Albert Eaddy
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| 3/25/2006 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to students attending the Turkish War College in Istanbul, Turkey, Mar. 24, 2006. General Pace answered questions that ranged from the war against terrorism to the military-to-military relations between Turkey and the United States.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 3/24/2006 |
| Seven KC-135 Stratotankers line up on the taxiway as part of a training mission to validate maintenance and operational capabilities before take-off at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, March 13, 2006. The training mission demonstrated Mildenhall's quick response capability as the only Air Force refueling wing in Europe.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeanette Copeland
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| 3/24/2006 |
| U.S. Marines in an amphibious assault vehicle from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, approaches the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry off the coast of White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, March 22, 2006.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian P. Biller
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| 3/24/2006 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, dismount a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during an air assault in the Al Jazeera Desert, Iraq, March 22, 2006.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon
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| 3/23/2006 |
| Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (front) and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Admiral Edmund G. Giambastiani Jr. answer questions during a Pentagon press briefing, March 23, 2006. They talked to reporters about Rumsfeld's planned trip to the crash site of Sept. 11, 2001 United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. and the continued global war on terrorism.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/23/2006 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Markie Moon uses a needle-gun to remove old paint and corrosion in preparation for a new coat of paint on board the USS Kitty Hawk, in port in Yokosuka, Japan, March 23, 2006.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Patrick L. Heil
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| 3/23/2006 |
| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani presented U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Donnelly and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Ledsome with an award for their service in Iraq during a USO dinner at Pentagon City's Ritz-Carlton in Arlington, Va., March 22, 2006. Donnelly and Ledsome were stationed together in Iraq when both men were injured.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean P. Houlihan
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| 3/22/2006 |
| U.S. Army Cpl. Michael Ruf answers questions from Polish soldiers from Multinational Division - Central South during explosive hazards awareness training at Camp Echo, Diwaniyah, Iraq, March 20, 2006. The class is being taught by U.S. and Australian army soldiers from Task Force Troy, out of Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason T. Bailey
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| 3/22/2006 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Foster, with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, talks with children during a patrol along the Euphrates River in Fallujah, Iraq, March 15, 2006.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adaecus G. Brooks
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| 3/22/2006 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Jason Raymond stands guard in a tower draped with camouflage netting at Forward Operations Base Taji in Iraq, March 19, 2006.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Larson
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| 3/21/2006 |
| Vice President Richard B. Cheney, and 375th Air Wing Commander Col. Raymond Rottman, perform a mass re-enlistment at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., March 21.
U.S. Air Force photo by Marv Lynchard
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| 3/21/2006 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace meets with Pakistani Lt. Gen. Farooq Ahmed Khan, federal relief commander, in Islamabad, Pakistan on March 21, 2006.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 3/21/2006 |
| U. S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Schrade, left, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Miranda Marable, assigned to Combat Systems Firearm Department aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge, prepare to fire the shot line during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command underway replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl in the Pacific Ocean, March 18, 2006. Blue
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Terry Spain
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| 3/21/2006 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ronnie Torres, a 29-year-old platoon sergeant from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, based out of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, carries his sea bag to his tent after arriving in Al Asad, Iraq, March 17, 2006.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Roe F. Seigle
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| 3/20/2006 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace reviews the Pakistani Honor Guard while visiting Islamabad, Pakistan on March 20, 2006.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 3/19/2006 |
| An Iraqi soldier performs a pre-convoy inspection of his newly issued armored Humvee. The Iraq's 2nd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Division took delivery of 10 armored Humvees, purchased by Iraq's Ministry of Defense
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva.
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| 3/18/2006 |
| Iraqi residents from Musayib, Iraq gather to commemorate the reopening of the Musayib Bridge March 6, 2006. The bridge, a main gateway to Baghdad and Karbala, was destroyed by a terrorist car bomb one year ago.
U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Court Vanzantt
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| 3/17/2006 |
| A U.S. Army soldier pulls security from the back of a U.S. aircraft at Brassfield-Mora, Iraq, in support of Operation Swarmer March 16, 2006. Soldiers from the Iraqi Army's 1st Brigade, 4th Division and the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team are taking part in the combined air assault operation to clear the area northeast of Samarra of suspected insurgents.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Shawn Hussong
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| 3/16/2006 |
| Operation Swarmer begins with the largest air assault operation since Operation Iraqi Freedom I, March 16, 2006. The operation, a combined effort by Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition troops, will continue in the southern Salah Ad Din province for several days as the target area is thoroughly searched.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Antony Joseph
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| 3/16/2006 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gabriel Monreal, from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, speaks with a local Iraqi man during a routine patrol near Forward Operating Base Camp Taji, Iraq, March 13, 2006.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Larson
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| 3/16/2006 |
| An Iraqi flag adorns an Iraqi soldier's uniform as a U.S. Army soldier and his interpreter talk with a local farmer during a mission to Taji, Iraq, March 11, 2006.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Larson
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| 3/15/2006 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class John L. Tatro with Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 kisses his daughter after returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., from Kuwait, March 10, 2006. Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group, Port Group Charlie returned home after completing their port vessel operations mission in Kuwait.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew D. Leistikow
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| 3/15/2006 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jeffery A. Raider, an infantryman with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, grimaces as he makes his way over the obstacle course’s parallel bars at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 12, 2006. As part of a four-hour long evaluation known as the final drill, the obstacle course is just one of the many events that tests students of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drew W. Barker
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| 3/15/2006 |
| Crewmembers from the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and their Australian forces counterparts upload an Australian Army CH-47 helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster III at a deployed location in Southwest Asia on March 12, 2006. The C-17 is from McChord Air Force Base, Wash.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Strang
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| 3/14/2006 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Swanson, left and Lt. John Laney, assigned to Explosives Ordnance Disposal Detachment 9 is hoisted into a SH-60F Seahawk helicopter during casting and recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean, March 10, 2006.
U.S. Navy photo by Airman Justin R. Blake
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| 3/14/2006 |
| U.S. Navy Airman Jacob Feliciano holds up the safety shot line and signals "all clear" during no-load steam-powered aircraft catapult tests on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Atlantic Ocean, March 12, 2006.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Milosz Reterski
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| 3/14/2006 |
| UH-1N Huey aircraft from Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 269 are staged on the flight line at Al Asad, Iraq, March 8, 2006.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Richard A. Hilario
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| 3/13/2006 |
| A C-5 Galaxy from the Air Force Reserve Command's 433rd Airlift Wing is ready to depart a deployed location, March 9, 2006, on another mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jeremy Angel
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| 3/13/2006 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Williston, assigned with the 18th Civil Engineering Squadron, uses his firefighting skills to put out a fire during a training exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 2, 2006.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Kasey Zickmund
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| 3/13/2006 |
| U.S. Navy sailors observe flight operations on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise March 9, 2006.
U.S. Navy photo by Airman Jhi L. Scott
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| 3/12/2006 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Ken Hockycko and Lt. Roy Emanuel, F-14D Tomcat pilots assigned to the "Black Lions" of Fighter Squadron 213, launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean, March 10, 2006. Fighter Squadrons 213 and 31 are completing their final deployment flying the F-14 Tomcat and this takeoff marks the final launch of an F-14 on deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Cole
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| 3/11/2006 |
| A U.S. Marine fast ropes from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter to the deck of the USS Peleliu during a training exercise, March 8, 2006. The Marine is assigned to Company C, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Camp Pendleton, Calif. The unit is on a six-month deployment throughout the western Pacific Ocean and Persian Gulf in support of the global war on terrorism.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
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| 3/10/2006 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance. Cpl. Wilson stands guard in an abandoned house serving as a patrol base in Fallujah, Iraq, March 2, 2006. Wilson is assigned to the 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adaecus G. Brooks
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| 3/10/2006 |
| Cyril Vickens welcomes home his brother U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bashir Bilala, an aviation maintenance administrator with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, Detachment 4, upon the unit's arrival at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., March 8, 2006. The unit completed a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia and Eastern Africa with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimara Johnson
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| 3/10/2006 |
| U.S. Marine Corps armored amphibious vehicles from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team leave the beach on the island of Iwo Jima to return to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry in the Philippine Sea, March 8, 2006. The Harpers Ferry, along with the amphibious assault ship USS Essex and elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are visiting Iwo Jima to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the famous Pacific War battle in February 1945.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian P. Biller
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| 3/9/2006 |
| U.S. Navy sailors from Air Department run a fire hose to a hose team to fight a simulated aircraft fire on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, March 3, 2006. The Eisenhower and embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 are under way conducting Tailored Ship's Training Availability/Final Evaluation Period.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Scott Wojciechowski
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| 3/9/2006 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Liberty Angel guides Rico, a military working dog with the 31st Security Forces Squadron, over a hurdle while accomplishing an obedience training obstacle course on Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 3, 2006. The course is designed to keep the working dogs confident in performing their duties.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
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| 3/8/2006 |
| A sailor scrubs the fuselage of an E-2C Hawkeye, assigned to the "Screwtops" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123, on the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Atlantic Ocean, March 3, 2006. The Enterprise and embarked Carrier Air Wing 1 are under way conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Milosz Reterski
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| 3/8/2006 |
| Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace answer a question during a press conference at the Pentagon on March 7, 2006.
Defense Dept. photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 3/7/2006 |
| Personnel assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 use front-end loaders to clear debris buried in the sand along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline near Biloxi, Miss., March 2, 2006. The sailors joined volunteers from the surrounding community and across the nation in a continuing effort to clean up and rebuild the Gulf Coast region following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Rob Wesselman Foster
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| 3/7/2006 |
| Iraqi army soldiers climb stairs during a joint patrol with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade in Mosul, Iraq, March 3, 2006.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John M. Foster
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| 3/7/2006 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Rob Gaston takes digital photographs from a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the "Bay Raiders" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 during a replenishment in the Atlantic Ocean, March 3, 2006.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Devonte Jones
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| 3/6/2006 |
| A landing craft, air cushion loaded with equipment from the 31st Marine Service Support Group leaves the island of Jolo, Phillipines, bound for the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry March 3, 2006, during Exercise Balikatan 2006. More than 5,000 U.S. and Philippine servicemembers participated in the bilateral exercise, which consists of combined field training and humanitarian civic assistance projects.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian P. Biller
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| 3/6/2006 |
| U.S. Navy sailor Stefan Gingerich, assigned to Naval Special Clearance Team 1, works with a dolphin, named Ten, during a demonstration on board Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, March 2, 2006. Submarine, Surface and Air Forces Pacific Sailors of the Year, along with their families were the special guests for the exhibition.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kristina Brockman
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| 3/6/2006 |
| Sgt. Tim Gustafson prepares to hit the slopes in a bi-ski in Vail, Colo. on March 4, 2006. Twenty-four servicemembers who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan gathered for Vail's Adaptive Ski Program. Gustafson was injured by an improvised explosive device on Jan. 24, 2005. He suffered compound fractures and lost most of his right leg.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/5/2006 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is interviewed by Tim Russert, host of NBC's Meet the Press, at the NBC studio in Washington, D.C., March 5, 2006.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 3/5/2006 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld poses with wounded troops participating in the Vail Veterans Program just before they begin their third and final day of skiing in the program at Vail, Colo.
Defense Dept. photo by Donna Miles
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| 3/4/2006 |
| Iraqi army soldiers take part in a transfer of authority ceremony between the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and the 6th Iraqi Army Division at Forward Operations Base Constitution, March 2, 2006.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Moses Sr.
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| 3/3/2006 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clifton Morehouse provides security while other combat engineers, known as "sappers," conduct sweeps along the streets, with heavy machinery and hand tools, removing debris and other places that might conceal an explosive devices in Baghdad, Feb. 9, 2006. Morehouse and the other sappers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 506th Regimental Combat Team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bart A. Bauer
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| 3/3/2006 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffery Dexter, takes a quick look up from his low crawl as part of Warrior Skills Training at Eastover, S.C., Feb. 22, 2006. Dexter is one of more than 200 sailors being trained by Army cadre.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Roger S. Dunca
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| 3/3/2006 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Jimmy Wilkes provides security during an operation in Tall Kayf, Iraq, March 1, 2006. Wilkes is from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John M. Foster
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| 3/3/2006 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dave Fitzgerald maintains perimeter security during a reconnaissance patrol March 1, 2006, at the site of an insurgent attack on an oil pipeline near Taji, Iraq. Fitzgerald is assigned to the 66th Armored Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Larson
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| 3/2/2006 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kenneth D. Mayfield, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, searches through a suspected weapons cache during a joint patrol with soldiers of the Iraqi Army, in Subiyhat, Iraq, Feb. 17. The patrol didn't turn up anything new, but helped cement the local population's confidence in Iraqi troops.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Skelton
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| 3/2/2006 |
| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani references the Quadrennial Defense Review with U.S. Rep. John Spratt from South Carolina, after a hearing with the House Budget Committee on March 1, 2006 in Washington D.C. Giambastiani, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England and Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) Tina Jonas answered questions on the 2007 Defense Department budget.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 3/2/2006 |
| President Bush shakes hands with U.S. Army Sgt. Derek Kessler, 10th Mountain Division Headquarters Company driver, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 1, 2006. Bush and first lady Laura Bush made a surprise visit to speak to troops fighting the global war on terrorism.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Brian Schroeder
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| 3/1/2006 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team patrol the streets of Tall Kayf, Iraq, March 1, 2006.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John M. Foster
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| 3/1/2006 |
| President George W. Bush speaks to a crowd of troops during a surprise visit at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan today. Bush thanked the troops for their service and assured them they are making strides towards democracy in Afghanistan
Courtesy Photo Army
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| 3/1/2006 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Columbian Defense Minister Camilo Ospina walk through an Honor Cordon after Ospina’s arrival at the Pentagon, Feb. 28, 2006, for a working lunch discussing subjects of mutual interest.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/1/2006 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks to the Hoover Institution at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2006. The institution named for the 31st President of the United States Herbert Hoover is dedicated to research in domestic policy and international affairs.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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