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| 2/28/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Kevin Cosgriff salutes while passing through sideboys during a change of command ceremony at Naval Support Activity, Bahrain, Feb. 27, 2007. Cosgriff assumed command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet from Vice Adm. Patrick Walsh.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kathryn Whittenberger
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| 2/28/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates listens to a question while testifying about the additional funding requested for Iraq and Afghanistan before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/28/2007 |
| A U.S. Army soldier from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, patrols near the Abassi Police Station near Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Maria J. Bare
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| 2/28/2007 |
| U.S. Navy sailors aboard nuclear research submarine NR-1 get under way from Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., Feb. 12, 2007, making way down the Thames River.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Fields
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| 2/28/2007 |
| U.S Air Force Senior Airman Erin Gilmore, a voice network systems journeyman assigned to the 1st Communications Squadron, uses a buttset to test a newly connected line equipment number at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Feb. 21, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler
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| 2/28/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Osterhoudt examines a woman's eyes during a medical readiness training exercise in Santa Teresa, Nicaragua, Feb. 26, 2007, as part of New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007. The joint humanitarian and training exercise with the Nicaraguan military will provide a new school, and a medical clinic.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin P. Milliken
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| 2/28/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division, provide security during a humanitarian assistance mission on Haifa Street in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 13, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi
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| 2/28/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, speak to a farmer while performing a foot patrol in Khalis, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 2/28/2007 |
| President George W. Bush meets with Military Service Organizations, including America Supports You “Homefront” groups, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Feb. 28, 2007.
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| 2/28/2007 |
| Approximately 12 America Supports You grassroots organizations meet with President Bush in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb., 28, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by William D. Moss
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| 2/28/2007 |
| President Bush meets with America Supports You grassroots organizations in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb., 28, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by William D. Moss
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| 2/27/2007 |
| President George W. Bush applauds as Medal of Honor recipient retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Bruce P. Crandall kisses his wife, Arlene, in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 26, 2007. Crandall was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism as a 1st Cavalry helicopter flight commander in the Republic of Vietnam in November 1965.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 2/27/2007 |
| The Boy Scouts of America present a gift to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates after presenting a copy of their "Report to the Nation" at the Pentagon, Feb. 26, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/27/2007 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Carrielynn Spillis (left), a medic assigned to the 210th Brigade Support Battalion “Providers,” 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), shows Nasseir Alaobed how to care for his infant son at the Patrol Base Yusufiyah aid station in Yusufiyah, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Angela McKinzie
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| 2/27/2007 |
| Air Force Maj. Gen. Roger P. Lempke presents an award to Defense Secretary Robert Gates at the National Guard Bureau's Senior Leadership Meeting in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/27/2007 |
| Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepare to testify about the additional funding requested for Iraq and Afghanistan before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/27/2007 |
| Retired Army Lt. Col. Bruce Crandall was inducted Feb. 27 into the Pentagon Hall of Heroes. Crandall received the Medal of Honor during a Feb. 26 White House ceremony.
Defense Dept. photo by Donna Miles
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| 2/26/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, makes comments as the keynote speaker at Ave Maria’s Third Annual Gyrene Gala in Naples, Fla., Feb. 24, 2007. The chairman was also inducted into the Gallery of Gyrene Greats during the event. Gyrene is a nickname for Marines that originated during World War I.
Defense Dept. photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/26/2007 |
| USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Sasebo, Japan, Feb. 24, 2007, for a scheduled port visit. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is under way in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility as part of a surge deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Foster
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| 2/26/2007 |
| U.S. Army Spec. Angel, linguist, and 2nd Lt. Scott Siggens assigned to Delta Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, question locals during a routine foot patrol in Khalis, Iraq, on Feb. 23, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall
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| 2/26/2007 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Scott Monahan, a tactical human intelligence team leader assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, collects an entourage of children while on a civil affairs mission in the Rabi area of Adhamiyah, Baghdad, Feb. 26, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Mike Pryor
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| 2/26/2007 |
| U.S. Army Maj. James N. Ortoli gives out soccer balls to Iraqi children, during a brief stop, after visiting one of the agricultural unions of local Iraqi sheiks in a village near Iskandariyah, Iraq. Ortoli is a member of a civil affairs team working with the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler
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| 2/23/2007 |
| Airman 1st Class Jean Colas, an 820th Expeditionary Red Horse Squadron member, removes rocks from the side of the foundation at the New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007 construction site for a medical clinic in Buena Vista. About 250 military members are in Nicaragua until mid-May.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacque Lickteig
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| 2/23/2007 |
| Cardio-thoracic surgeon Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jerry Pratt takes advantage of down time, Feb. 21, in a room adjacent to the emergency room in the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The hospital owns a survival rate of 98 percent.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.
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| 2/23/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert Gates conducts a press briefing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2007.
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| 2/23/2007 |
| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Edmund Giambastiani takes part in a press briefing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, Feb. 23, 2007.
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| 2/23/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Minister of Defense of the Republic of Korea His Excellency Jang Soo Kim, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/23/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, awards the Silver Star to Staff Sgt. Michael Barrera at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 22, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/22/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace gives remarks and addresses questions with the fifth-grade students at Marshall Elementary School in Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 21, 2007.
Defense Dept photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace conducts a press conference with local, national and high school media while visiting Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 21, 2007.
Defense Dept photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/22/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace gives remarks and addresses questions with students from Hudson Bay High School in Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 21, 2007. The audience consists of approximately 5000 high school students, members of the public, officials and military personnel from the region.
Defense Dept photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/22/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace leaves Marshall Elementary School in Vancouver, Wash., as students wave American Flags, Feb. 21, 2007.
Defense Dept photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/22/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace returns a salute to an Air Force unit prior to his departure from Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 21, 2007.
Defense Dept photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/22/2007 |
| Multi-National Corps Iraq Commanding General Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno gives an operational update for the Pentagon press corps via satellite from Iraq, Feb. 22, 2007.
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| 2/22/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bob Weigold walks his explosive detection dog, Timo, along the perimeter of the base, Feb. 22, 2007, in Southwest Asia.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Frank Hatcher
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| 2/22/2007 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jabar, operations officer assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, speaks with a resident of Hamid Shaban during a visit from Iraqi army soldiers and U.S. soldiers to conduct a humanitarian assistance mission at the Hamid Shaban Girl’s School, Feb. 15, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. L.B. Edgar
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| Following a two-day construction project at Changco Elementary School in the Philippines, U.S. Navy Capt. Michael McCarten, 7th Fleet surgeon, greets students during a dedication ceremony, Feb. 18, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tucker M. Yates
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| 2/21/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Chris Conner, platoon sergeant assigned to the 3rd Platoon, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, interacts with a local child while conducting clearing operations in Barwanah, Iraq. The California-based Marines conducted a sweep and clear operation through the city.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tracie G. Kessler
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| 2/21/2007 |
| Senior Airman Ricardo Reveles and Airman 1st Class Sven Bickham install an antenna and align a satellite dish for the best signal Feb. 17, at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The airmen are 332nd Communications Squadron satellite journeyman and support 50 installations in the region.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nathan Doza
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| 2/21/2007 |
| Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard A. Cody (right) responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing, Feb. 21, 2007, on outpatient care facilities and administrative processes at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. William Winkenwerder (left) announced improvments to be made for the wounded soldiers treated there.
Defense Dept. photo by Helene C. Stikkel
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| 2/21/2007 |
| President George W. Bush attends the ceremonial swearing-in of Director of National Intelligence J. Michael “Mike” McConnell, Feb. 20, 2007, at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. McConnell’s wife, Terry, holds the Bible.
White House photo by Paul Morse
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| 2/21/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Maj. Sam Barringer speaks to Afghan veterinarians about new medicines during a conference at the Asadabad Government Compound, Feb. 5, 2007, in the Kunar province of Afghanistan. The conference allows U.S. military veterinarians to train Afghan counterparts on how to use new medicines.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Gipe
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| 2/21/2007 |
| Staff Sgt. Josiah Blanton uses a directional antenna to locate a beacon signal from a mountain locator unit during a search for three missing climbers at Mount Hood, Ore, Feb 18, 2007. Once he finds the signal, he marks the location and radios it into the command post to be plotted on a map.
U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Mark Ross
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| U.S. Air Force Gen. Ronald Keys, Air Combat Command commander, gives the oath of enlistment Feb. 18 to 36 delayed-entry-program recruits from the local area before the Daytona 500 race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Afterward, the new airmen and the general were treated to a tour of the garage and pit areas before the race. The Air Force is one of the sponsors of the No. 21 Wood Brothers car driven by Ken Schrader.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel King Jr.
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| 2/21/2007 |
| Senior Airman Steven Ferrin de-ices a C-130 Hercules Feb. 15 before it takes off from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, on a training mission. Ferrin is a crew chief for the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the C-130 belongs to the 517th Airlift Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown
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| 2/21/2007 |
| Vice President Dick Cheney waves to the audience after speaking to military personnel, family members and Department of Defense civilian employees during a visit to the USS Kitty Hawk, Yokosuka, Japan, Feb. 21, 2007. Cheney is in Japan during a week-long tour of the Pacific.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kyle D. Gahlau
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| U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment and the 16th Engineer Battalion, march to the Alpine club on Giessen Army Depot, Germany, Feb. 14, 2007. Family members, friends and community members welcomed the soldiers following their 14-month tour in Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Martin Greeson
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| 2/21/2007 |
| An Afghan National Army field artillery soldier turns the elevation wheel on a D-30 122mm Howitzer while rehearsing crew drills in Shirzai, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus J. Quarterman
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| 2/21/2007 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Cragin, from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, instructs his driver during a recon mission across Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 10, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vanessa Valentine
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| 2/20/2007 |
| Members of the re-enactment group 1st Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line fire a volley from their muskets during the wreath laying and remembrance ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the Revolutionary War at the Old Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery in Alexandria, Va., Feb. 19, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by William D. Moss
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| 2/20/2007 |
| An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 18, 2007, marking the aircraft's first overseas deployment. The jet is one of 12 along with more than 250 Airmen deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va., to Kadena as part of an air expeditionary force rotation.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kelly Timney
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| Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos transits alongside the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during a scheduled refueling-at-sea Feb. 15, 2007. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is currently underway on deployment in support of U.S. military operations in the Western Pacific.
U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Foster
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| 2/20/2007 |
| Iraqi National Police officers hand out community flyers during a combined patrol in the Baladiat area of East Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2007. The patrol was conducted with U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, attachedto 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bronco Suzuki
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| 2/20/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. John Stapleton, a V-2 division officer with the air department, conducts a service dress blues uniform inspection in the hangar bay aboard USS Kitty Hawk, Feb. 13, 2007. Kitty Hawk is in port in Yokosuka, Japan.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Jimmy C. Pan
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| 2/18/2007 |
| Local council members cut the ribbon marking the opening of the Al Rasheed market in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2007. Insurgents attacked this market a year ago putting traders out of business and the community without a place to shop but now, with more security around the market, life has returned to this once busy market.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi
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| 2/18/2007 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. John Howe, second from right, from Tactical Psychological Operations Team 1141, jokes with local nationals during a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 13, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bronco Suzuki
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| 2/18/2007 |
| The commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Lt. Gen. Gary North, meets with operations and maintenance technicians and tactical level pilots during a facilities and flight line tour at Laikipia Air Base, Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 12, 2007.
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| 2/18/2007 |
| An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from the "Blue Diamonds" of Strike Fighter Squadron 146 performs a fly by over the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, not shown, Feb. 16, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon Hyde
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| 2/18/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Sailors and Marines from USS Blue Ridge team up with members of the Philippine navy to give the Changco Elementary School a new look during a community service project Feb. 17, 2007, in General Santos, Philippines.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Recruit Matthew Jordan
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| 2/16/2007 |
| U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil, Jr., commanding general, Multi-National Division-Baghdad and 1st Cavalry Division, gives an operational update to Pentagon reporters via video from Iraq, Feb. 16, 2007.
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| 2/16/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Jameson, from 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineers Squadron, uses a 2.5 cubic yard front-end loader to consolidate material used to prepare construction sites and repair airfield pavements on Balad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2007.
U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
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| 2/16/2007 |
| A U.S. Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopter assigned to the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 8 flies over the civilian merchant ship Union Alliance while the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, not shown, transits the Straits of Malacca near Singapore, Feb. 14, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ron Reeves
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| 2/16/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (right) escorts visiting Panamanian President Martin Torrijos through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon, Feb. 16, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Navy Cmdr. Nicholas Cardinale, a medical officer from USS Blue Ridge, performs a routine health check on an infant during a medical community service project in Cebu City, Philippines, Feb. 13, 2007. Blue Ridge and embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff are in the Philippines as part of Project Friendship.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Charles T. Green
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| U.S. Navy sailors from USS John C. Stennis watch as the sun sets over the Philippine Islands during their transit through the Surigao Straits, Feb. 10, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Davis Anderson
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nicoy Thompson, deployed with the "421st Air Expeditionary Group," watches over perimeter security during operations for Eagle Flag 07-3, Feb. 11, 2007, at the Naval Air Engineering Station in Lakehurst, N.J.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol
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| 2/15/2007 |
| U.S. Army Gen. Peter Schoomaker, Army chief of staff (left), and Marine Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps (right), testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on current and future Army and Marine Corps readiness, Feb. 15, 2007.
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| President George W. Bush discusses America's commitment in Iraq during a meeting with the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 2007.
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| Secretary of Defense Robert Gates answers questions during a press briefing Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007.
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| Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, second from right, meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, second from left, at the Pentagon, Feb. 15, 2007, to discuss the United States establishment of Africa Command.
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| Defense Secretary Robert Gates and U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, respond to questions during a roundtable discussion at the Pentagon, Feb. 15, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Richard Hunt receives the Defense Superior Service Medal for his tour as commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa from Commander, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Army Gen. John Abizaid at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2007.
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| (From left to right) U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. David S. Anderson, U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Kyle Rodrick and Lance Cpl. Martin N. Cole assemble an expedient shape charge at the Central Training Area in Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 7, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard Blumenstein
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| Sailors from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 and the Marines of Marine Wing Service Support 373, 3rd Marine Air Wing, pose for a photo as the first aircraft takes off from Runway 30 since its reconstruction, Feb. 15, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bobby Segovia
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| Air Force Special Operations Command's first CV-22 Osprey awaits its next mission on the ramp at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 8, 2006. The tilt-rotor Osprey, which has the speed of a conventional airplane and the ability to hover like a helicopter, gives AFSOC warfighters the ability to perform special operations missions.
U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery
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| 2/14/2007 |
| USS Blue Ridge Commanding Officer Capt. Jeff Bartkoski writes his name for a group of student reporters at Tiangue Elementary School in Lapu-Lapu City during a community service project. Blue Ridge and embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff are in the Philippines as part of Project Friendship.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Shannon K. Cassidy
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| A B-52 Stratofortress deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, departs Feb. 12 for a training mission over the Pacific Ocean. The bombers deployed from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., are part of the 36th Operations Group that reactivated this week to provide a continuous bomber presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Don Perrien
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| 2/14/2007 |
| Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 2 board an MH-60S Seahawk assigned to the "Chargers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 26 to conduct static-line jump operations at Fort Pickett,Va., Feb. 8, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth R. Hendrix
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Seagraves gets ready to start his dive in Groton, Conn., Feb. 7. Seagraves is part of Naval Submarine Support Facility dive locker and is attached to the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS San Juan.
U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski
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| Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey (left) and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker (right) respond to questions before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Feb. 14, 2007. Both are testifying on the Army's Fiscal Year 2007 war supplemental appropriations.
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| Iraqi and U.S. Army soldiers run from house to house during an Iraqi-army led patrol of the Riyahd village, Feb. 8, 2007. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Tyler Patterson speaks with Iraq army soldiers prior to conducting an Iraq army led patrol of the Riyahd village Iraq, Feb. 8, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| A C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron takes off from Balad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 11, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace conducts a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 13, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/13/2007 |
| President of Indonesia Susilo Yudhoyono meets with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 13, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/13/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets with U.S. Marines assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan, Feb. 12, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/13/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert Gates conducts a press conference after meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Feb. 12, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/13/2007 |
| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long (left) and Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Commission Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry (center) answer questions before the Armed Services Committee on security and stability in Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2007.
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| 2/13/2007 |
| Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Commission Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry testifies during a hearing on security and stability in Afghanistan before the Armed Services Committee, Feb. 13, 2007.
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| 2/13/2007 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Noell, left, talks with the village elder during a foot patrol in Al Newafal, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2007. Noell is assigned to the 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division deployed from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 2/13/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Dieringer mans the elevator three topside control station aboard USS Harry S. Truman as an MH-60S Seahawk assigned to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 26 flies toward USS Theodore Roosevelt to move more ordnance during an ammunition cross-deck.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson
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| 2/13/2007 |
| Corporal Lindsay Thurkettle performs a post-flight check on an Australian F-111. Royal Australian Air Force aircrews and support personnel are at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to participate in Joint Red Flag 07-02, Feb. 6, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenny Kennemer
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| 2/12/2007 |
| U.S. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., center, speaks to the crowd following the Multi-National Force - Iraq change of command ceremony at Camp Victory, Iraq, Feb. 10, 2007. During the ceremony, Casey relinquished command to Army Gen. David H. Petraeus.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Curt Cashour
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| 2/12/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace thanks the police who provided security and assisted during his visit to Sydney, Australia, Feb. 12, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/12/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace begins a "pass and review" of the Australian honor guard and band at the Defense Ministry in Canberra, Australia, Feb. 12, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/12/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace (left) and Australian Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston look over the Australian Ministry of Defense from Houston's office in Canberra, Australia, Feb. 12, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/12/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace conducts a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Feb. 12, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/12/2007 |
| U.S. Army 2nd Lt. John Arant hands out candy to children during a humanitarian mission in Kirkush, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2007. Arant is from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano
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| 2/12/2007 |
| New Afghan National Auxiliary Police officers received certificates upon their graduation on Feb. 8, 2007, from the Regional Training Center South near Kandahar, Afghanistan.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brian RaleyView
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| 2/12/2007 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. James Moyer, a psychological operations team leader, listens to a resident of Al-Rashid while taking part in a cordon and search mission near Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 28, 2007. Moyer's responsibility is to learn the needs of a community in order to help local government authorities better meet those needs.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley
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| 2/12/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Sgt. Kimberly Taylor with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, plays with an Iraqi child, during an Iraqi Women's Engagement in Baghdadi, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt James R. Richardson
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| 2/11/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses the audience during the 43rd Annual Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Feb. 11, 2007. The theme for the conference is "Global Crisis-Global Responsibilities" and Gates' speech is about "The Transatlantic Relationship in the 21st Century."
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/10/2007 |
| Army Gen. David H. Petraeus claps as Army Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. looks on during the Multi-National Force - Iraq change of command ceremony, Feb. 10, 2007. During the ceremony, Casey relinquished command to Petraeus.
U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Curt Cashour
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| 2/10/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace thanks the men who assisted in his visit to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, Feb. 9, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/10/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and U.S. Senators John McCain, center, and Joe Lieberman attend the 43rd Annual Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Feb. 10, 2007. The theme for the conference is "Global Crisis-Global Responsibilities."
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/10/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert Gates shakes ands with Russian president Vladimir Putin prior to the start of the 43rd Annual Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Feb. 10, 2007. The theme for the conference is "Global Crisis-Global Responsibilities."
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/9/2007 |
| Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute (right), director for operations, the Joint Staff, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Mark Kimmitt conduct a Pentagon operational update briefing Feb. 9, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Helene C. Stikkel
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| 2/9/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert Gates conducts a press conference after attending numerous bilateral meetings with foreign defense ministers during the NATO Defense Ministerial in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/9/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov speak prior to the start of the NATO-Russia Council as part of the NATO Defense Ministerial in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/9/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets with Spain's Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso during the NATO Defense Ministerial in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/9/2007 |
| Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey (center) and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker (right) respond to questions before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Feb. 9, 2007. Both are testifying on the Army's Fiscal Year 2007 war supplemental appropriations.
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| 2/9/2007 |
| Washington Capitals majority owner Ted Leonis (left) talks with Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani and Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England before the team's Military Appreciation Night game, Feb. 8, 2007. The three spoke at a press conference about the organization's committment to supporting the America Supports You program.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean P. Houlihan
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Steven Eastburn and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace pose for a picture while flying to Hawaii, Feb. 8, 2007. While refueling at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Pace offered a ride to the injured Marine who was waiting for transporation to his home unit in Hawaii.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/9/2007 |
| Sheikh Hussein Ali Al-Shaalan greets members of the Polish Civilian Military Cooperation Feb. 5, 2007, in Al Hamzah, Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rob Summitt
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| 2/9/2007 |
| U.S. Army Capt. David Preston, center, commander of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment attached to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, delivers a convoy briefing at Forward Operating Base Loyalty prior to departing on a patrol to the Rusafa area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bronco Suzuk
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| 2/9/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert Gates listens to a simultaneous translation and takes notes during the Mediterranean Dialogue as part of the NATO Defense Ministerial in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/8/2007 |
| Marines and sailors from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit come ashore at a beach near Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Feb. 5, 2007, to begin participation in Exercise Image Nautilus. More than 150 personnel, along with their vehicles and equipment, took part in the exercise.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
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| 2/8/2007 |
| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England (right) looks on as Italian Under Secretary of State for Defense Giovanni Lorenzo Foreieri signs a memorandum of understanding concerning the Joint Strike Fighter Program, at the Pentagon, Feb. 7, 2007. The document establishes a framework for cooperation in the production, sustainment and follow-on development of the F-35 aircraft.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 2/8/2007 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeff Trevillian, left, from 303rd Psychological Operations Company, attached to 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, speaks with a local kid during a dismounted patrol in East Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 6, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Davis Pridgen
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| 2/8/2007 |
| A U.S. Navy flight deck director watches an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft from the "Golden Hawks" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 112 after launching from the flight deck aboard the nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis off the coast of Guam, Feb. 4, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ron Reeves
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| 2/8/2007 |
| Iraqi army soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, and the 45th Sustainment Brigade unload boxes of toys and water for distribution to locals during a medical assessment being conducted by the soldiers in Shafa'at, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army 1st Lt. Bennett Freeman
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| 2/8/2007 |
| A U.S. Navy patrol boat from Inshore Boat Units Five One and Five Two conducts operations near the Coronado Bay Bridge in San Diego, Calif., Feb. 5, 2007. The two units are part of Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron Five.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael B. W. Watkins
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| 2/8/2007 |
| Iraqi army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division drive into Zanjaliah, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2007, during an operation to find weapons caches, personnel of high interest and gather intelligence.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 2/8/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Air Force Gen. Lance L. Smith, NATO’s supreme allied commander for transformation, attend the North Atlantic Council conference during the informal NATO defense ministerial conference in Seville, Spain, Feb. 8, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/8/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Bell negotiates a water obstacle during the French Foreign Legion Commando course at Arta Beach in Djibouti, Jan. 28, 2007. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is a unit of United States Central Command.
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| 2/8/2007 |
| U.S. Sailors and Marines man the rails while pulling in to port. Amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Sailors and embarked 7th Fleet staff are in the Philippines as part of Project Friendship, a humanitarian assistance/community service project with the armed forces of the Philippines, Feb 8, 2007. During Project Friendship, the ship is scheduled to participate in friendship-building and goodwill-generating activities.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith A. Bryska
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| 2/8/2007 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Matthew McClaine participates in a game of soccer with students from a school in Djibouti City, Djibouti, after handing out school supplies collected by Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, Feb. 7, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Chief Petty Officer Eric A. Clement
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| 2/8/2007 |
| U.S. soldiers assigned to Troop A, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, out of Fort Bliss Texas, practice reflexive fire drills at the Spears Academy range in Mosul, Feb. 7, 2007. The soldiers are brushing up on their weapons skills in preparation for the inaugural class of Iraqi Army soldiers at the troop-run noncommissioned officers academy.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico
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| 2/8/2007 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Allan Brown, a supply sergeant assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, Reconnaissance, Fort Bragg, N.C., mans the Mark-19 of his truck while conducting ground clearance in Imam Monsiur, south of Balad Ruz, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2007. U.S. soldiers of the 5-73rd participated in a massive insurgent-hunting operation.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Armando Monroig
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| 2/8/2007 |
| U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Billy Chaney hands out candy and talks to Iraqi children during an operation in Zanjaliah, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2007. The operation, planned by Iraqi army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, is being conducted to find weapons caches, personnel of high interest and gather intelligence.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 2/8/2007 |
| CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Combined Joint Task Force 76 carry troops and supplies over the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2007. Farmers and cattlemen eke out a living in the river valleys.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel
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| 2/8/2007 |
| Three aviation electronics technicians assigned to the "Fist of the Fleet" of Strike Fighter Squadron 25 perform maintenance checks on an F/A-18C Hornet aboard USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 31, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Scott
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| 2/7/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Christopher Curtis, brigade surgeon, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, discusses hospital capabilities and needs with administrators at the Kirkuk Pediatric Hospital, Kirkuk, Iraq, Jan. 26, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Alberts
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| 2/7/2007 |
| A soldier watches for enemy action as fellow soldiers board a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter following a cordon and search operation in Tall Aswad, Iraq, Feb. 5, 2007. The soldiers are from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert C. Brogan
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| 2/7/2007 |
| Senior Airman Elizabeth Auster shakes hands with Thai children from the Ban Chaimongkon school, Jan. 30, 2007, in Korat, Thailand. Military members from the United States, Thailand and Republic of Singapore took part in a humanitarian mission at the school as part of Exercise Cope Tiger 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Betty Squatrito-Martin
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| 2/7/2007 |
| An S-3B Viking assigned to the "Topcats" of Sea Control Squadron 31 folds its wings after landing on the USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 4, 2007. The Stennis Carrier Strike Group is conducting flight and integrated strike group operations off the coast of Guam after entering the 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Josue Leopoldo Escobosa
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| 2/7/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testifies during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, Feb. 7, 2007.
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates prepare to testify before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, Feb. 7, 2007.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, Feb. 7, 2007.
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| Before heading out on a mission U.S. Army Spc. Timothy McClellan, from Charlie Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, plays a game of rock-baseball at an Army outpost in Kahn Bani Sahd, Iraq, Feb. 6, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, Feb. 7, 2007.
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| 2/7/2007 |
| An Iraqi army soldier from 3rd Batallion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division conducts a patrol in Kahn Bani Sahd, Iraq, Feb. 6, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer Tina Jonas, testify before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, Feb. 7, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| Members of the U.S. Army, Charlie Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment, and the Iraqi army, 3rd Batallion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, conduct a cordon and search in Kahn Bani Sahd, Iraq, Feb. 6, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall
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| 2/7/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tony Simper prepares to spur gear the drum exit unit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft gun system at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Feb. 6, 2007. Simper is an aircraft armament system journeyman with the 31st Maintenance Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liliana Moreno
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| An SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter from the Eightballers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 8 hovers in front of USS John C. Stennis during a photo exercise showcasing the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, off the coast of Guam, Feb. 6, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ron Reeves
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| 2/7/2007 |
| The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts a replenishment at sea with the Fast Combat Support Ship USNS Arctic, Feb. 6, 2007. The Eisenhower and embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Travis Alston
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| 2/6/2007 |
| U.S. Army Pfc. Adriane Guy (right), a human resources specialist and native of Houston, Texas, smiles as he hands Mohammed Imam (left), a Post Exchange cashier, items to scan. Guy was one of the first soldiers to shop at the new exchange during its grand opening on Camp Striker, Iraq Feb. 1, 2007.
U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Mc Kinzie
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| Paratroopers from Scout Platoon, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, head out on a training mission on the Euphrates River, Feb. 5, 2007. Such training missions as this one helped the paratroopers get accustomed to water-borne operations.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler
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| 2/6/2007 |
| CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Combined Joint Task Force 76 carry troops and supplies over the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel
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| Seaman Paul Wibright, assigned to Beach Master Unit 2 embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, directs a landing craft air cushion to the beach for an offload of Marine equipment, in the Indian Ocean, Feb. 4, 2007. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is training with the Djiboutian military to foster regional security and sustain core combat capabilities.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Webster
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| Tina Jonas, under secretary of defense, Comptroller, and Vice Adm. Steve Stanley, director of Force Structure Resource and Assessment, conduct a press conference about the 2008 Department of Defense budget at the Pentagon, Feb. 5, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (center), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (left) and Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, Tina Jonas testify at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, Feb. 6, 2007.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testifies at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, Feb. 6, 2007. He was joined by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace and Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, Tina Jonas.
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace testifies at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, Feb. 6, 2007. He was joined by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, Tina Jonas.
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Raymond Mainor, a Military Transition Team medic for 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, helps an Iraqi Army soldier insert an intravenous needle during a combat life-saver class at Forward Operating Base Honor, Jan. 23, 2007 in Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert Yde
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| U.S. Army Spc. Michael Wiehe, speaks with an Iraqi Army officer about the items found while searching a home during a combined mission with the Iraqi army in Ghazaliya, Iraq, Jan. 27, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Martin K. Newton
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| U.S. Army Capt. John Gilliam, commander of Troop C, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, looks on as food and water is distributed by Red Crescent workers during a humanitarian mission on Baghdad’s Haifa Street Jan. 29, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert Yde
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| Defense Secretary Robert Gates responds to a question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the 2008 Defense Department budget with Tina Jonas, right, under secretary of defense comptroller, in Washington, Feb. 6, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Fredrick E. Bliss directs a CH-53 Sea Knight during deck landing qualifications on board the USS Tortuga, Feb. 1, 2007. Tortuga is assigned to the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious force.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Brandon Myrick
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| 2/5/2007 |
| An AV-8B Night Attack Harrier II, assigned to the Blacksheep of Marine Attack Squadron 214, prepares to land on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Essex during night flight operations off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Ty Swartz
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| U.S. Marines and Navy sailors from Marine Wing Support Squadron eat lunch with residents of Baghdad, during an Iraqi women's engagement, Jan. 24, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. James R. Richardson
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| A humanitarian drop brings food, blankets, heaters, and cooking oil to displaced people in Baghdad’s Diyala neighborhood, Jan. 31, 2007. Units involved in the drop were 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the 8th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi National Police Division and the 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bronco Suzuki
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| 2/5/2007 |
| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani (center) and Lt. Gen. Syed Athar Ali, Director General of the Pakistan Joint Staff (left) along staff members from both officials visit in Islamabad, Pakistan, Feb. 3, 2007. The admiral met with Pakistan officials throughout the day in Pakistan.
DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Sean P. Houlihan
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| 2/5/2007 |
| Marines from 2nd Platoon, Company D, from the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, patrol the streets of Rawah, Iraq, a city of roughly 30,000 people, on Jan. 18, 2007. The Marines have been conducting security operations in this area, 150 miles northwest of Baghdad, for the past five months. The increase in safety has allowed more shops and schools to open, as locals work to make what they call a “normal life.”
U.S. Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp
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| Iraqi school children at the Risalah School wave Iraqi flags and while holding their new book bags courtesy of Iraqi national policemen from the Bayaa Iraqi Police Station. The Iraqi police conducted a school supply mission in the Risalah district of southwest Baghdad, Jan. 24, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Dave Evetts
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| 2/5/2007 |
| Iraqi soldiers with Coalition troops sit in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it prepares to take them back to base, Jan. 31, 2007. The helicopter provided transportation to and from the troops' objective near Kirkuk, Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Bearl
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| 2/4/2007 |
| Children in Rawah, Iraq, greet Marines from the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, as the Marines conduct a patrol through the city in their Light Armored Vehicles on Jan. 18, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp
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| 2/4/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Trouscher mans her jet blast deflector operator post during training flight operations Feb. 1, 2007, aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.
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| 2/3/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Sarah Ware greets President George W. Bush during his arrival at the Newport News/Williamsburg International airport in Newport News, Va., Feb. 3, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jow Laws
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| 2/2/2007 |
| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani thanks U.S. Marines for their service in Fallujah, Iraq, Feb. 2, 2007. Giambastiani was in Fallujah touring the Fallujah development center and the regional detention center.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean P. Houlihan.
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| 2/2/2007 |
| Iraqi children depart a school house after receiving new clothes during a joint medical civil action program in Dugmat, Iraq, Jan. 30, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Maria J. Bare
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| 2/2/2007 |
| Shauna Fleming (second from left) presents Army Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with the 2.6 millionth letter of support for the troops collected through her A Million Thanks program Feb. 1 at the Pentagon. The letter was written by Sean Siefried, 8, and his sister, Amber, 12, of Eaton, Pa.
Defense Dept. photo by William D. Moss
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| 2/2/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Col. Pamela Melroy practices evacuation procedures on her last day of active-duty during training inside the Neutral Buoyancy Lab Jan. 31 at the Johnson Space Center, Houston. Melroy will be the shuttle commander on STS-120 scheduled to launch in September 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Larry Simmons
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| 2/2/2007 |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Dorrance J. Smith thanks Shauna Fleming for her support of the troops. Fleming, the founder of A Million Thanks, presented the 2.6 millionth letter of support for the troops to the Pentagon, Feb. 1, 2007. A Million Thanks is a member organization of the America Supports You program.
Defense Dept. photo by William D. Moss
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| 2/2/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace conduct a media roundtable at the Pentagon, Feb. 2, 2007.
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| 2/2/2007 |
| Capt. William Lutmer climbs into an F-16 Fighting Falcon while Senior Airman Skylar Mims assists him Jan. 29 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Lutmer is deployed to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing as part of the 14th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. Mims is a crew chief for the 14th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The 14th Fighter Squadron is deployed from Misawa Air Base, Japan.
U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
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| 2/2/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace conduct a media roundtable at the Pentagon, Feb. 2, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 2/2/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace conduct a media roundtable at the Pentagon, Feb. 2, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 2/2/2007 |
| U.S. Army Col. Bryan Owens, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, briefs live from Iraq via video teleconference at the Pentagon, Feb. 2, 2007.
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| 2/2/2007 |
| Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) escorts visiting Romanian Minister of Defense Sorin Frunzaverde (left) through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon on the morning of Feb. 2, 2007. The two defense leaders will hold bilateral security talks during a breakfast meeting.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 2/1/2007 |
| HH-60 helicopters, like these shown participating in an exercise at White Mountains, Alaska, are among the aircraft that will move when the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing moves from Kulis Air National Guard Base to nearby Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Justin Weaver
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| 2/1/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Brown, 42nd Security Forces Squadron working dog handler at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., received a Purple Heart, Jan. 31, for wounds he sustained when he and his military working dog Nero were deployed to Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Carl Bergquist
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| 2/1/2007 |
| Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Bowe-Rahming prepares for a training dive aboard the rescue and salvage ship USS Safeguard during at-anchor dive operations off the coast of its forward-deployed home of Sasebo-Japan, Jan. 30, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Kyle Carlstrom
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| 2/1/2007 |
| A cub scout from Cub Scout Pack 774 turns the ship’s helm on the bridge aboard USS Peleliu. Approximately 40 scouts learned what it was like to be a sailor during their tour of the amphibious assault ship at Naval Base San Diego, Jan. 27, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan M. Ilyankoff
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| 2/1/2007 |
| An Iraqi soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Division, and a policeman from the Ramadi District Police Sub-Station provide security at the corner of a home during Operation New Day in the Al Warar District of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Jan. 29, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul Robbins Jr.
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| 2/1/2007 |
| Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) hosts a Pentagon breakfast meeting, Feb. 1, 2007, with visiting Colombian Minister of National Defense Juan Manuel Santos (foreground). The two defense leaders were expected to discuss a variety of bilateral security issues of mutual interest. Among those participating in the talks on the U.S. side is Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Peter Verga (center).
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 2/1/2007 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Healey, left, and Staff Sgt. Stacie Jones, right, both from the 984th Military Police, provide security for the 358th Civil Affairs Battalion at the Diwaniyah Municipal jail in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Jan. 28, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rob Summitt
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