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| 8/31/2007 |
| Iraqi army soldiers sprint to the end of their quick-reaction drill near Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin K. Thomas
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| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Sankar Montoule leads a counter attack against simulated enemy insurgents during a force-on-force training exercise on Aviano Air Base, Italy, Aug. 29, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nathan Doza
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| 8/31/2007 |
| Australian Minister of Defence Brendan Nelson (left) arrives at the Pentagon, Aug. 31, 2007, for a luncheon meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 8/31/2007 |
| Missouri Army National Guard Col. Frederick J. West stops along the Walden Point Road to show some dried indigenous, muskeg. This month, a Metlakatla Indian community celebrated the turnover of this road to the community.
Defense Dept. photo by Fred W. Baker III
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| 8/31/2007 |
| Several F-15 Eagle aircraft and an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft take flight after a refueling on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 28, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| A U.S. Army soldier practices facing movements with the 130th Military Police Company, Tennessee Army National Guard during training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., Aug. 25, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerome Bishop
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| 8/31/2007 |
| Left to right, Vice President Dick Cheney, President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, right, and the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon, Aug. 31, 2007.
Defense Department photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, await the arrival of President Bush and Vice President Cheney as their limousine arrives at the Pentagon, Aug. 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Adm. Mike Mullen, center, chief of Naval Operations, looks on as President Bush greets Marine Gen. James T. Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps, at the Pentagon on Aug. 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/31/2007 |
| President Bush greets servicemembers at the Pentagon on Aug. 31, 2007. The president met with top leaders to discuss their commitment to providing troops with all they need “to meet the challenges of this new century,” Bush said following the meeting.
Defense Department photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| With President Bush in the lead, and followed by Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to Vice President Richard Cheney as they depart the Pentagon on Aug. 31, 2007.
Defense Department photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| President Bush salutes Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, following a meeting at the Pentagon on Aug. 31, 3007. Bush said he met with top leaders at the Pentagon to discuss their commitment to providing servicemembers with "all they need to meet the challenges of this new century.
Defense Department photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| From left to right: Vice President Cheney,
President Bush, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace, and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael G. Mullen.
Defense Department photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/30/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon W. Miller and Tech. Sgt. Richard M. Hayes, both of the 119th Fighter Wing, remove fallen tree branches and debris, Aug. 28, 2007, to clear a path for power line workers in Northwood, N.D. A Fujita scale F-4 tornado hit the city Aug. 26.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp
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| 8/30/2007 |
| Aviators aboard an Oklahoma Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter land for a hot refuel near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 23, 2007. U.S. service members are participating in Exercise Red Flag 07-3.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Josh Nason
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| 8/30/2007 |
| Pete Geren is sworn-in as the 20th Secretary of the Army during Pentagon ceremonies, Aug. 30, 2007. Geren's wife Beckie holds the Bible as Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates administers the oath of office.
Defense Department photo by R. D. Ward
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| 8/30/2007 |
| Sailors from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven mix cement for a fence post during an engineering civil-assistance program at Delap Elementary School in Majuro, Marshall Islands, Aug. 29, 2007, in support of Pacific Partnership.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kerryl Cacho
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| 8/30/2007 |
| Army Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock, director for Operational Planning, Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses U.S. operations worldwide, Aug. 30, 2007
Defense Department photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/29/2007 |
| Speaking at the 89th Annual American Legion Convention in Reno, Nev., Aug. 28, 2007, President George W. Bush said winning the fight in Iraq is essential to America's security.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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| 8/29/2007 |
| A sailor salutes the American flag on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis as the ship departs San Diego, Calif., Aug. 28, 2007, to return to its homeport of Bremerton, Wash.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul J. Perkins
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| 8/29/2007 |
| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell speaks with reporters during a Pentagon press briefing, Aug. 29. 2007.
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| 8/29/2007 |
| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell speaks with reporters during his first Pentagon press briefing, Aug. 29, 2007.
Defense Department photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/29/2007 |
| Supply ship USNS Saturn rests at anchor after completing vertical replenishment operations with hospital ship USNS Comfort as the sun sets off the coast of Bahia Malaga, Colombia, Aug. 27, 2007. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean, providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Karsten
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| 8/28/2007 |
| A U.S. Navy sailor greets his child for the first time in eight months on the pier of Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., Aug. 27, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Gaines
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| 8/28/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Robert Wolfe takes a sandbag from Seaman Josh Dalrymple while filling and loading sandbags for delivery to homes in Gurnee, Ill., threatened by rising floodwaters.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Rhonda Burke
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| 8/28/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Haas, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, interacts with children in Ta'meem, Iraq, Aug. 21, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Kropiewnicki
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| 8/28/2007 |
| A CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter is directed to the flight deck by a member of the air department aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau while under way in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 26, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew King
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| 8/28/2007 |
| Landing Craft Utility 1664, attached to Assault Craft Unit 2, makes its approach on the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 26, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew King
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| 8/28/2007 |
| USS Annapolis moves away from the pier at Submarine Base New London as the boat embarks on a routine deployment in support of the war on terror, Aug. 27, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski
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| 8/28/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Aviation Warfare Systems Operators attached to hospital ship USNS Comfort, carry flight safety gear for Comfort crew members transiting from Bahia Malaga, Colombia, to the ship via an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Aug. 26, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelley E. Barnes
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| 8/28/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Ken Edgerton holds his son at the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 8 homecoming in Coronado, Calif., Aug. 27, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannon R. Warner
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| 8/28/2007 |
| Speaking today at the 89th Annual American Legion Convention in Reno, Nev., President George W. Bush said winning the fight in Iraq is essential to America's security.
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| 8/27/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), tighten a tie down chain on a piece of equipment, Aug. 22, 2007, on a rail car in the rail yard of Fort Campbell, Ky., in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Troy Langenburg
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| 8/27/2007 |
| American troops and Iraqi security forces conduct a patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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| 8/27/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Angela McLane fires an M-24 rifle while U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Brantley, from Guam National Guard's Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry, monitors her accuracy in Djibouti, Aug. 25, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael R. McCormick
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| 8/27/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Sean Coburn, a rescue swimmer, descends from an HH-60H Seahawk helicopter during an air power demonstration on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis while under way in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 24, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ron Reeves
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| 8/27/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, unload supplies from Landing Craft Unit 1665 in Sasamungga, Solomon Islands, Aug. 23, 2007. Five pallets of supplies were donated in support of the Pacific Partnership mission, a four-month humanitarian assistance mission to Southeast Asia and Oceania.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan M. Ilyankoff
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| Members of Mobile Security Squadron 3's visit, board, search and seizure team approach a vessel during Seahawk 2007 in Coronado, Calif., Aug. 22, 2007. The joint maritime security exercise involves forces from the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command and U.S. Coast Guard.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Bash
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| Iraqi army soldiers prepare for participation in live-fire quick reaction drills near Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, Aug. 23, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin K. Thomas
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| 8/27/2007 |
| An AC-130H Gunship aircraft from the 16th Special Operations Squadron out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., released jettisons flares as an infrared countermeasure during multi-gunship formation egress training, Aug. 24, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 8/26/2007 |
| U.S. Public Health Service Lt. Jason Mangum, an industrial hygienist attached to hospital ship USNS Comfort , helps U.S. Navy Seabees from Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 202, construct a medical clinic during a community relations project in La Sierpe, Colombia, Aug. 24, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer
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| 8/26/2007 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Samuel Melendez of Bravo Troop, 5th Battalion, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, patrols a marsh outside Qubah, a small village in Diyala province, Aug. 19. The patrol was part of Operation Lightning Hammer, a maneuver to flush insurgents from the Diyala River Valley.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Patrick Lair.
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| 8/26/2007 |
| U.S. Navy firefighters assigned to U.S. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay help fight a brush fire near the mountain village of Lakki in western Crete, Greece, Aug. 24, 2007. The fires have claimed at least 49 lives, according to news reports.
U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley
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| Firefighters assigned to U.S. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay help fight a brush fire near the mountain village of Lakki in Western Crete, Aug. 24, 2007. At least 40 people have perished in the fires in southern Greece, according to news reports.
U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley
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| 8/25/2007 |
| An Iraqi army soldier leads a patrol of American troops and Iraqi security forces in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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| 8/25/2007 |
| A U.S. Coast Guard 20-foot flat-bottom boat from Essexville, Mich., typically used for ice-rescue operations in the Great Lakes region, searches the streets of downtown Findlay, Ohio, Aug. 23, 2007, for residents or business owners who need evacuation assistance.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class William Mitchell
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| 8/24/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen in the Phoenix Warrior Training Course 07-6 practice conducting a convoy checkpoint during training Aug. 21, 2007, on a range at Fort Dix, N.J. The course focuses on contingency skills for Air Force security forces and is taught by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol
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| 8/24/2007 |
| U.S. Navy sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa participate in a well deck operation with the Improved Navy Lighterage System while at sea, Aug. 23, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin
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| 8/24/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Giroux launches a wasp unmanned aerial vehicle in San Diego, Aug. 20, 2007. The seven-ounce UAVs are used to gather real time video and intelligence photos.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker
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| 8/24/2007 |
| Air National Guard members talk to a contractor prior to loading diving equipment from the site of the Minneapolis I-35 bridge wreckage in Minneapolis, Aug. 22, 2007. The U.S. Navy divers are preparing to leave after assisting with recovery efforts at the site.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson
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| 8/24/2007 |
| An emergency response team member operates a K-12 rescue saw as he attempts to breach a concrete floor during an emergency response exercise in Manama, Bahrain, Aug. 21, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Pineda
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| 8/24/2007 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David G. Pedrone, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colo., provides security during the arrests of Iraqi men for involvement with the manufacture of improvised explosive devices in Dora, in southern Baghdad.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti
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| 8/24/2007 |
| Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy Vice Adm. John G. Morgan, Jr. and Commander-in-Chief Russian Navy Adm. Vladimir Masorin participate in a welcome ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, Aug. 24, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Pretty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 8/24/2007 |
| U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to disaster assistance response teams out of Louisville, Ky., and Huntington, W. Va., assist flood victims leaving their homes in Findlay, Ohio, Aug. 23, 2007. Coast Guard crews are working with state and local officials.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class William Mitchell
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| 8/24/2007 |
| Local media gather around a display of mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPs, during an orientation held by the Army Test and Evaluation Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Aug. 24, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 8/23/2007 |
| U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, commanding general of the Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, Multi-National Force-Iraq spokesman, and Dr. Karim Wahid, the Iraqi Minister of Electricity, discussed the advancement of electricity in Iraq during a briefing Aug. 22, 2007, from Baghdad.
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| 8/23/2007 |
| Members of the Belizean Defense Force's Volunteer Battalion board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Aug. 22 as part of a hurricane damage assessment mission. Approximately 20 U.S. soldiers and airmen from Soto Cano deployed to Belize Aug. 21 to assess damage caused by Hurricane Dean.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs
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| 8/23/2007 |
| Personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo's medical humanitarian relief task force make their way through the streets of Pisco, Peru, Aug. 21. The task force treated more than 1,500 people during their deployment to Peru, following the 8.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the region, Aug. 15.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Shaun Emery.
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| 8/23/2007 |
| A U.S. Army soldier from Detachment 1080, 318th Tactical Psychological Operations Company, 10th Psychological Operations Battalion, 7th Psychological Operations Group, hands out a publication called "Baghdad Now" to Iraqis in Baghdad, Aug. 19, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti)
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| 8/23/2007 |
| Local law enforcement officials await the arrival of the Belizean Defense Force’s Volunteer Battalion after a CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands in the Belizean township of Dangriga, Aug. 22. The battalion was called upon to provide cleanup efforts and a security detail in the outlying areas of the country following the landfall of Hurricane Dean.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs
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| 8/23/2007 |
| President George W. Bush shakes hands with Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander Gary Kurpius following the president's address, Aug. 22, 2007, to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Mo.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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| 8/23/2007 |
| U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Richard Sherlock, deputy director for operational planning, Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with reporters at the Pentagon, Aug. 23, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly Burgess
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| 8/23/2007 |
| Locals welcome Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter with a tribal dance during his tour of Sassamungga, Solomon Islands, Aug. 22, 2007. Pacific Partnership is a four-month humanitarian assistance mission to Southeast Asia and Oceania that includes specialized medical care and various construction and engineering projects.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Shawn P. Eklund
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| 8/23/2007 |
| U.S. Navy sailors, family members and friends watch as an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter launches from the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis as the carrier departs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2007, for San Diego. Stennis is hosting a Tiger Cruise, where servicemembers' family and friends are invited to get under way with the ship.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ron Reeves
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| 8/23/2007 |
| Lt. Tracy Branch, of the United States Public Health Services, comforts a local child before examining him during a medical screening in support of Pacific Partnership at the Voza Medical Clinic in Voza, Solomon Islands, Aug. 23, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick M. Kearney
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| 8/23/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd (Heavy) Brigade Combat Team, 5th Battalion, 73rd Cavalry, secure a road in the village of Muqisha during Operation Pericles, Aug. 15. The operation swept insurgents from the palm groves and villages of the Diyala River Valley, near Baqubah.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Patrick Lair
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| 8/22/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Clark, operations officer for the Tactical Operations Center at Belize City, Belize, uses a satellite phone to contact Joint Task Force-Bravo headquarters at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, shortly after touching down, Aug. 21, 2007. Approximately 20 soldiers and airmen deployed here as part of an initial assessment team following Hurricane Dean, Aug 21.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs
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| 8/22/2007 |
| Crowds of people line up to receive medical care from members of Joint Task Force Bravo, from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, who deployed to Pisco, Peru. The task force is providing medical humanitarian care to people affected by the magnitude 8 earthquake that struck the region, Aug. 15.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Shaun Emery
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| 8/22/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Maj. Joseph Hallock, a pediatric nurse practitioner with Joint Task Force-Bravo, listens to a young patient in Pisco, Peru, Aug. 20, 2007. Medical teams from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras and Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas are providing aid in the aftermath of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the area, Aug. 15.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Lock
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| 8/22/2007 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, left, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, and Warrant Officer Eric Barreras, Odierno's protective service officer, arrive at Camp Taji, Iraq, Aug. 21, 2007. Odierno was visiting Taji to speak with graduates of the Phoenix Academy, a training program for military transition team members.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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| 8/22/2007 |
| Local children from Sheik Mazen Village, an area within the Diyala River Valley, follow Coalition forces from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, as they return to their vehicles after clearing operations in support of Operation Lightning Hammer, Aug. 22, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Serena Hayden
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| 8/22/2007 |
| Iraqi army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, practice moving up to clear a building at Camp Al Asad, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2007. U.S. Marines from 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, are working with the Iraqi soldiers to teach them close quarters combat.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shane S. Keller
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| 8/22/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, turn over grass and branches in order to search for weapons during an operation in the Diyala River Valley region of Iraq, Aug. 14, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st. Class Robert C. Brogan
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| 8/22/2007 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Raymond Medellin, of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, provides security as Multi-National Corps - Iraq U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Neil L. Ciotola patrols through the fish market in the Rabi neighborhood in Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander
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| 8/22/2007 |
| U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, verify identification cards of Iraqi men as they patrol south of Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer Brook R. Kelsey
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| 8/22/2007 |
| President George W. Bush discusses the war on terror during the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 22, 2007. Bush said U.S. forces in the midst of a troop surge in Iraq are seeing “progress on the ground,” and he highlighted cooperation between coalition forces and former Sunni insurgents as a sign of hope.
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| 8/22/2007 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Salmond, a CH-47 flight engineer assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, stands outside his aircraft prior to takeoff while members of the Belizean Defense Force wait to board. U.S. aircrew transported members of the BDF during hurricane assessment missions here Aug. 22.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs
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| 8/22/2007 |
| President George W. Bush waves to the crowd as he is introduced by Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander Gary Kurpius, Aug. 22, 2007, to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Mo.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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| 8/21/2007 |
| Local children enjoy bubbles supplied by the Pacific Partnership team during a community relations project in Ghizo, Solomon Islands, Aug. 19, 2007. Pacific Partnership is a four-month humanitarian assistance mission to Southeast Asia and Oceania that includes specialized medical care and various construction and engineering projects.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Patrick D. House
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| 8/21/2007 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Pam Anderson, 34th Military Police Company, applies first-aid to an elderly man during flood relief operations just outside Winona, Minn., Aug. 20, 2007. Minnesota National Guard troops responded to the state-of-emergency flooding situation to assist local law enforcement and members of the community.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Ewer
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| 8/21/2007 |
| U.S. Navy sailors unload a five-ton truck from Landing Craft Unit 1617 prior to an engineering civil-assistance project in support of Pacific Partnership in Sasamungga, Solomon Islands, Aug. 19, 2007. Pacific Partnership is a four-month humanitarian assistance mission to Southeast Asia and Oceania that includes specialized medical care and various construction and engineering projects.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew Jackson
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| 8/21/2007 |
| Soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard assist with traffic management, Aug. 19, 2007. The soldiers from the 34th Military Police Company have been placed on state active-duty by order of Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to help with recovery efforts from the flood that has effected the southeastern part of the state.
Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Ewer
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| 8/21/2007 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ronny Burt, from the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Mountain Infantry Regiment, Vermont National Guard, conducts a dismounted patrol with Afghan National Police officers in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2007.
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Mike Ramos, left, and Pfc. Mark Limberg, 34th Military Police Company, help Bonnie Oldham extract her photo cabinet from her home during flood relief operations just outside Winona, Minn., Aug. 20, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Joe Roos
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| Paktika Gov. Dr. Akram Khelpwak recognizes 107 personnel from security agencies and government civil authorities with certificates of achievement at the Afghan Independence Day celebration in downtown Sharana, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Ashley Dellavalle
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| 8/21/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers conduct a dismounted patrol with Afghan National Police officers in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac A. Graham
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| Senior Airman Shaun Emery, Army Spc. Jose Hernandez, Army Lt. Col. Eduardo Zarzabal and Tech. Sgt Mellisa Walker, from the Joint Task Force-Bravo medical humanitarian relief team, carry a woman from her home to the site of the team's medical care site in Pisco, Peru, Aug. 20, following an 8.0 magnitude earthquake, Aug. 15.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Grant Vaught
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| 8/21/2007 |
| Hundreds of school buses from all around Texas converge on McAllen Convention Center as storms move in during Operation Hurricane Dean, Aug 20, 2007. The buses will be used for evacuating residents.
U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michael Lachman
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| U.S. Army Pfc. David Torres, Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces member, gets information on the town of Pisco, Peru, from Maricarmen Perez, a local paramedic during the Task Force’s medical humanitarian mission, Aug. 19, 2007. Members of JTF-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, assist in relief following the 8.0 magnitude earthquake which struck the region, Aug. 15.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Grant Vaught
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| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Deborah Davis, task force noncommissioned officer for the humanitarian mission in Pisco, Peru, explains a prescription to a patient at the medical site established by task force members, Aug. 18, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Grant Vaught
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Phil Benson and 1st Lt. Joseph Popham check out their vehicle after it was loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III headed for Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 19, at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. The airmen are members of Pope's 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron who deployed to prepare for Hurricane Dean relief efforts.
U.S. Air Force photo by Ed Drohan
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| 8/20/2007 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, right, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, meets with local religious leaders at Patrol Base Warrior Keep, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2007. Citizens of Sadr Al Yusufiyah are volunteering to help provide fixed-site security at various locations throughout the village.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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| 8/20/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Capt. Bob Kapcio (right), commander of USNS Comfort, leads Dr. S. Ward Cascells (left), assistant secretary of defense for Health Affairs, on a tour of the hospital ship, during a scheduled port visit to Manta, Ecuador, Aug. 17, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan Kretschmer
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| 8/20/2007 |
| Iraqi special operations forces, advised by U.S. Special Forces, conduct a combat operation to detain suspected terrorist leaders of an insurgent force in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Johansen Laurel
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| 8/20/2007 |
| Iraqi special operations forces, advised by U.S. Special Forces, patrol a Baghdad street during an Aug. 14, 2007, operation to detain suspected terrorist leaders of an insurgent force.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Johansen Laurel
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| 8/19/2007 |
| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with troops of the Pacific Command forces at PACOM headquarters on Camp Smith, Hawaii, Aug. 18, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 8/19/2007 |
| U.S. Army Pfc. Ponce talks with Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, Aug. 18, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 8/19/2007 |
| A U.S. Navy diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., works on removing debris from the water at the site of the I-35 bridge collapse over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Aug. 17, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| 8/17/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Claudia Hunter, a laboratory technician attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort unloads medical equipment in Manta, Ecuador, Aug. 15, 2007. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment in Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment in a dozen countries.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven King
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| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. LaMarquis Knowles, Warrant Officer Eric Barreras, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, and Lt. Col. Richard Kim walk toward the helipad at Combat Outpost Callahan in North Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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| U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 out of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., watch as concrete is lifted out of the way at the site of the I-35 bridge collapse on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, so the divers can resume recovery efforts, Aug. 16, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Pierot
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| U.S. Army soldiers hook up a humvee to tow it away after a simulated improvised explosive device detonation, during IED recognition training at Ali Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 15, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert Valenca
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| Air National Guardsman Senior Airman Holly Moore assists U.S. Navy Capt. Joseph Rusz, both attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort as he performs dental work on a patient at the Unidad Educativa Fiscal Mixta Diez de Agosto School in Manta, Ecuador, Aug. 16, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elizabeth R. Allen
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Woo Choe, right, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Luke Bacon stand watch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln while under way in the Pacific Ocean Aug. 14, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James R. Evans
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| Senior Airman Kenneth Cumbie, with the 612th Air Base Squadron at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, drives a forklift to load medical supplies onto a C-130J from the Maryland Air National Guard. About 30 soldiers and airmen are responding to the Aug. 15 earthquake in Peru and are taking with them 4,470 pounds of medical supplies for relief efforts.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs
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| 8/17/2007 |
| Air Force personnel load a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle onto a C-5 Galaxy aircraft, Aug. 16, 2007, at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., for transport to U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility.
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| 8/17/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participates in a ceremony held in his honor by the Japanese Honor Guard at the Japanese Ministry of Defense, in Tokyo, Aug. 17, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Kim Kwan-Jin, his South Korean counterpart, enter the Korean Ministry of Defense in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William Gainey, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to an audience of troops at a town hall meeting in Yongsan, South Korea, Aug. 16, 2007.
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| Marines from the 6th Provisional Security Company thank Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace (right) and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William Gainey (2nd from right) for visiting Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan Lovelady
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| U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, Multi-National Force-Iraq spokesman, discusses progress in Iraq at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad, Aug. 15, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Scott Kim
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| 8/16/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Cmdr. Anna Stalcup, an optometrist, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Joel Washington, both attached to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort, unload medical equipment in Manta, Ecuador, Aug. 15, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven King
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| A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 200th Infantry Battalion, New Mexico Army National Guard, maneuvers through an obstacle during individual movement techniques as part of mobilization training at Fort Dix, N.J., Aug. 7, 2007.The unit is preparing for an upcoming deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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| Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 prepare to conduct a dive, Aug. 15, into the Mississippi River to tie up concrete that fell in during the I-35 Bridge collapse in Minneapolis.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Pierot
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| U.S. servicemembers stationed throughout South Korea attend a town hall meeting with Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Black Cat hangar at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Aug. 16, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Command Sgt. Maj. William Gainey, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lead a town hall meeting at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Aug. 16, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 8/16/2007 |
| Members of the Armed Forces Network interview Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Yongsan, South Korea, Aug. 16, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, director for operations, J-3, on the Joint Staff, briefs Pentagon reporters, Aug. 16, 2007. Ham pointed out that there are military teams assisting at the Minneapolis bridge collapse, the Utah coal mine cave-in and the USNS Comfort is conducting humanitarian operations.
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| 8/15/2007 |
| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conducts a town hall meeting with approximately 1,200 troops in the Thunder Dome at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conducts a town hall meeting with approximately 1,200 troops in the Thunder Dome at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| Debris lays scattered in the Mississippi River and at the site of the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Aug. 14, 2007, where recovery efforts are still under way. U.S. Navy divers attached to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 are assisting federal, state, and local authorities in the recovery efforts.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| Army Maj. Gen. Ronald D. Silverman (left), commander, 3rd Medical Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Roger Schulz case their unit colors during a transfer of authority ceremony Aug. 15, 2007, at Camp Victory's Al Faw Palace in Baghdad. The ceremony marked the end of a yearlong deployment for the 3rd Medical Command.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shane Heiser shows a local Afghan boy some video of a school construction project, Aug. 4, 2007. Heiser is traveling with the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team operating in the area.
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| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with a servicemember in the Thunder Dome after a town hall meeting at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| U. S. Army Corps of Engineers civil engineer Teresa Morales (right) discusses the progress of a micro hydro project with Afghan village elders, Aug. 4, 2007. Once completed the project will provided much needed electricity to a remote village in the province.
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| A practice pallet is released from the back of a C-17 Globemaster III during an airdrop training mission Aug. 13 over the Pacific. C-17s from the 535th Airlift Squadron of Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, took part in a four-ship, multi-element airdrop training mission to maintain currency and proficiency.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo
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| 8/15/2007 |
| Peruvians display an American flag while waiting in line for medical care at Miguel Grau School in Salaverry, Peru, Aug. 10. The hospital ship USNS Comfort provided dental, optometry, pediatrics and adult medicine services.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth R. Allen
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| 8/14/2007 |
| President George W. Bush meets wounded veteran Peter J. Rooney III of Cummington, Mass., a participant in the Team River Runner aquatic therapy program, during the president’s Aug. 13 visit to the Washington, D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center indoor pool, where recuperating wounded veterans use kayaks to learn and increase their mobile skills.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ralph Binion III throws a flying disc to Afghan boys Aug. 7 in Roydara village in the Shutol district of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan. Binion is a member of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, which journeyed over a mountain pass to provide medical care.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi
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| 8/14/2007 |
| U.S. Navy flight deck personnel direct an E-2C Hawkeye to the catapults prior to launch from the USS John C. Stennis, Aug. 13, 2007, during exercise Valiant Shield 2007 in the Pacific Ocean. The joint exercise includes 30 ships, more than 280 aircraft and more than 20,000 servicemembers.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul J. Perkins
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| A U.S. Air Force B-52 and 16 other Air Force and Navy aircraft fly over USS Kitty Hawk on Aug. 14, 2007, during Valiant Shield 2007, the largest joint exercise in the Pacific this year. Held in the Guam operating area, the exercise includes 30 ships, more than 280 aircraft and more than 20,000 servicemembers from the Navy, Air force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jimmy C. Pan
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| Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, and Masoud Barzani, president of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, talk during a meeting, Aug. 14, 2007. The two met for nearly an hour at Iraq's presidential compound.
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| 8/13/2007 |
| Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters tours the site of the I-35 bridge collapse over the Mississippi river, with Col. Michael Chesney, defense coordinating officer, Aug. 10 in Minneapolis. Peters was briefed on the current situation and the progress of the multi-agency search and recovery effort.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| An SH-60F assigned to the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 8 lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis following a day of flight operations and training missions during exercise Valiant Shield 2007 in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 9, 2007. The exercise includes 30 ships, more than 280 aircraft and more than 20,000 servicemembers from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon Hyde
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace talks with Navajo Code Talkers at the Pentagon, Aug. 10, 2007. The Navajo Code Talkers served as U.S. Marines in World War II and helped develop a communications code based on their language.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sarah Boyll, a dental technician from the 181st Fighter Wing, attached to hospital ship USNS Comfort, high-fives a young boy at Miguel Grau School, in Salaaverry, Peru, Aug. 10, 2007. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven King
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| Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Keil dances with his wife, Tracy, at American Military Family’s “Hoedown for Heroes” tribute event Aug. 11, 2007 at the Latimer (Colo.) County Fairgrounds.
Defense Dept. photo by David Evans
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| Minnesota Senator Julianne E. Ortman (right) thanks Navy Diver 1st Class Clarence Allen of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 for his efforts in the wake of the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Aug. 11, 2007. Ortman thanked the unit's sailors for their overall search and recovery efforts.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Andrew McKaskle
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates presents a diploma to a new Marine officer at the commencement ceremony at Texas A&M University, Aug. 10, 2007. Gates was president of the university before becoming defense secretary.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Twenty-one military officers take the oath of enlistment during their commencement ceremony at Texas A&M University, Aug. 10, 2007. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, former president of the university, attended the ceremony.
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| Afghan boys bring a herd of goats to coalition forces during a veterinarian civic action project in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven M. Boone
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| 8/10/2007 |
| Local citizens stand in line waiting for their turn to see coalition medical specialists during a medical exercise in Sangin, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven M. Boone
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Schiemel escorts a number of local residents who will be seen by the medical team assigned to work at Bunabun Health Center in Madang, Papua New Guinea, in support of Pacific Partnership, Aug. 8, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kerryl Cacho
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| U.S. Navy anti-terrorism instructor Chief Petty Officer Tyjuan Frazier instructs Airman Charles Moran in USS Kitty Hawk's hangar bay, Aug. 8, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class JuanAntoine King
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| U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Brian Tarbet, adjutant general of Utah, welcomes driver George Rollins to Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 9, 2007, after Rollins traveled across the country to deliver a critical piece of equipment to the rescue workers assisting the six Utah miners.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Burke Baker
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| Petty Officer 1st Class Josuha Harsh, Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, surfaces in the Mississippi River as the vehicle he and his team rigged is lifted from the water.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Andrew McKaskle
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| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with five Navajo Code Talkers who served as U.S. Marines in World War II, at the Pentagon, Aug. 10, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| A member of the Iraqi National Police Force holds a copy of the "Baghdad Now" newspaper and celebrates the victory of the Iraqi national soccer team in the Asia Cup in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Quillen
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| Mike Conklin, of the Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation, speaks at the Pentagon, Aug. 10, 2007, after his organization received a $15,000 grant at the Newman's Own Awards ceremony. The foundation provides wounded troops housing, furniture, vehicles and jobs.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 8/10/2007 |
| Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Charles Baldwin, Air Force chief of chaplains, helps distribute humanitarian aid packages to women and children, Aug. 7, 2007, at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Craig Seals
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| Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter tours the site of the I-35 bridge collapse over the Mississippi River, with Defense Department, federal, state and local officials, in Minneapolis, Aug. 8, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| A local Afghan asks a medic to look at a wound during a U.S. coalition patrol through the desert in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven M. Boone
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| U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, out of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., set up a base of operations aboard the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Crane Barge Wade to assist at the site of the I-35 bridge wreckage in Minneapolis, Aug. 7, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| President George W. Bush holds a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Aug. 9, 2007.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with trainees who are preparing to deploy during a tour of the transition team training facility at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan., Aug. 9, 2007.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (center) and Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey (left), senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receive a tour of the transition team training facility at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan., Aug. 9, 2007.
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| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey (left), senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with an Army recruiter during a visit to the East Wichita, Kan., Recruiting Station, Aug. 9, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers the oath of enlistment to 12 new Army recruits during a visit to the East Wichita, Kan., Recruiting Station, Aug. 9, 2007.
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| Role players and U.S. military personnel demonstrate a mock meeting scenario for Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Fort Riley, Kan., Aug. 9, 2007.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (second from left) and Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey (left), senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, eat lunch with soldiers and airmen currently going through transition team training at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan., Aug. 9, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/8/2007 |
| President George W. Bush (back, center) meets for lunch with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, (front, center) the Defense Policy and Programs Team and Secretary of State Condolezza Rice and the Foreign Policy Team, Aug. 7, 2007, at Camp David.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 8/8/2007 |
| Senior Airman Heather Moran, 20th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle operator, directs a 10K forklift to load deployable cargo onto a 40-foot trailer during an operational readiness inspection, Aug. 7, 2007, at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. The training helps ensure airmen are ready to deploy at a moment's notice.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Coleman
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| 8/8/2007 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Viet Luong, commander of 2nd Panther Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, talks to an Iraqi army soldier, with the help of an interpreter, about the importance of a checkpoint in Samarra, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephanie Longoria
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| 8/8/2007 |
| U.S. Navy divers Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Bennett, front, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Phil Hartman, both assigned to Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit 2, from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., arrive at 934th Air Reserve Base in Minneapolis, Aug. 6, 2007. The divers will assist in recovery efforts at the site of the collapsed I-35 bridge over the Mississippi River.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| 8/8/2007 |
| Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Mikulski briefs U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit 2, from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., after their arrival at 934th Air Reserve Base in Minneapolis, Aug. 6, 2007. The divers will assist in recovery efforts at the site of the collapsed I-35 bridge over the Mississippi River.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| 8/8/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets Japanese Minister of Defense Yuriko Koike upon her arrival at the Pentagon, Aug. 8, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/8/2007 |
| Lithuanian Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas (left) arrives at the Pentagon, Aug. 8, 2007, for security discussions with Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England (right).
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 8/8/2007 |
| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the convocation ceremony at the National War College, Fort McNair, D.C., Aug. 8, 2007. Pace has addressed the ceremony for six consecutive years, four as vice chairman and two as chairman.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 8/8/2007 |
| U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, out of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., survey and assess the wreckage of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis, Aug. 7, 2007. The unit is assisting other federal, state, and local authorities managing disaster and recovery efforts at the site.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| 8/8/2007 |
| U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 out of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., are working in tandem with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to survey and assess the wreckage of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| 8/8/2007 |
| U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, out of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., prepare to enter the water at the site of the I-35 bridge collapse over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Aug. 7, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| 8/8/2007 |
| The Michigan Army National Guard uses a bambi bucket, an aerial firefighting tool suspended below a helicopter, to extinguish a fire 10 miles from Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Mich., Aug. 8, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Helen Miller
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Lydia Battey distributes handouts explaining the symptoms of tuberculosis to local residents at the Bunabun Health Center in Madang, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 8, 2007, in support of Pacific Partnership. During the medical civil-assistance program, members of the Pacific Partnership team are working with local health professionals to provide medical and dental care for local residents.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kerryl Cacho
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| 8/8/2007 |
| Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway and fellow Marines walk on a road in Afghanistan near a gate connecting to Pakistan, Aug. 6, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathan W. Hutchison
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| 8/8/2007 |
| A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, collects biometric data from an Iraqi man's eye while on a patrol in Southern Baghdad, Aug. 5, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti
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| 8/7/2007 |
| Vice President Dick Cheney receives a welcome, Aug. 6, 2007, to the 84th National Convention of the Marine Corps League in Albuquerque, N.M.
White House photo by David Bohrer
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| 8/7/2007 |
| President George W. Bush, Tim Pawlenty, the governor of Minnesota and R.T. Rybak, the mayor of Minneapolis, leave a VH-60D Night Hawk helicopter in Minneapolis, Aug. 4, 2007. Bush was visiting the scene of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse to offer sympathy and aid to the people of the Twin Cities.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson
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| 8/7/2007 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Se Young Um, a pediatrician and surgeon assigned to the 203rd Brigade Support Battalion, and Staff Sgt. Jade Chiara, a non-commissioned officer in charge of the aid station at Forward Operating Base Hammer, smile and listen as a mother explains the symptoms of her child's ailment, Aug. 5, 2007, during a free medical clinic at a school in Al Zatia, Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Paulk loosens bolts to remove a rotor blade from an HH-60H Pave Hawk helicopter in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk's while at sea, Aug. 5, 2007. Paulk is a Navy aviation machinist's mate.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Joseph R Schmitt
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| 8/7/2007 |
| Sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz release chains from cargo while conducting a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier, Aug. 4, 2007. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing 11 are deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet operating area.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eduardo Zaragoza
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| 8/7/2007 |
| Retired Army Gen. Colin Powell addresses audience members during a Purple Heart presentation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Aug. 7, 2007. The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new stamp honoring the medal and those who wear it.
Defense Dept. photo by John J. Kruzel
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| 8/6/2007 |
| U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush stand with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan during an arrival ceremony at Camp David, Aug. 5, 2007.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 8/6/2007 |
| President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush walk with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan during an arrival ceremony at Camp David, Aug. 5, 2007.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 8/6/2007 |
| New recruits recite the oath of enlistment provided by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace as part of the NASCAR Pennsylvania 500 auto race at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., Aug. 5, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 8/6/2007 |
| President George W. Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai speak with reporters at Camp David, Md., Aug. 6, 2007.
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| 8/6/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses alumni of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference and other community leaders during the Defense Orientation Conference Association at the Pentagon in Washington, Aug. 6, 2007. The association is a non-political, non-profit education organization whose primary interest is U.S. national security affairs.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 8/6/2007 |
| President George W. Bush, addresses the media during a joint press availability with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. The president said: “We’re working closely together to help the people of Afghanistan prosper. We work together to give the people of Afghanistan a chance to raise their children in a hopeful world. And we’re working together to defeat those who would try to stop the advance of a free Afghan society.”
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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| 8/6/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace waves the green flag and starts the NASCAR Pennsylvania 500 auto race at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., Aug. 5, 2007. He enlisted 150 recruits prior to the race.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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| 8/5/2007 |
| Air Force mentor Master Sgt. Michael Stoller, second from right, works with members of the Afghan National Army Air Corps at the Kabul International Airport Afghanistan. Stoller is a vehicle maintenance craftsman and is deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi
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| 8/5/2007 |
| Members of the Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan unload a truck full of donations from the U.S. at a refugee camp outside of Kabul, Afghanistan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi
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| 8/3/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Megan Zeller, an intensive care unit nurse, checks the vital signs of a patient, while he recovers after surgery aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort in Acajutla, El Salvador, July 31, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly E. Barnes
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| 8/3/2007 |
| Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill, Multi-National Force-Iraq command sergeant major, hands cookies to an Iraqi girl in the village of Al Jumia, Iraq, July 2, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Neil Simmons
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| 8/3/2007 |
| Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meets with the top 25 U.S. Air Force airmen in the United Arab Emirates, Aug. 2, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/3/2007 |
| U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Todd L. Hood, with 4th Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo., greets a child while searching homes for weapons in the area of Dora in southern Baghdad, Aug. 1, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti
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| 8/3/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Bay says good-bye to his wife in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 1, 2007, before boarding the guided missile destroyer USS Porter to depart for a six-month deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Gearhiser
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| 8/3/2007 |
| Pakistani Commodore Khan Hasham Bin Siddique, Vice Adm. Kevin Cosgriff and French Rear Adm. Alain Hinden salute their flags during the Combined Task Force 150 change of command ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, Aug. 1, 2007. The task force conducts maritime operations in the Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Clarke
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| 8/3/2007 |
| A 25-foot U.S. Coast Guard small boat patrols a safety zone at the bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 2, 2007. The Coast Guard enforced a seven-mile closure of the Mississippi River to support local efforts to search for victims and remove debris from the water.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Coast Guard Lt.j.g. Anastacia Visneski
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| 8/3/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Capt. James Fisher, the chaplain for Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, greets a camp mullah after convoying to an internal displaced persons camp outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 27, 2007, to deliver donations sent from the United States. Volunteers from Fisher's unit gather every two weeks under the volunteer community relations program to deliver clothing, toys, school supplies and toiletries to the needy in the Kabul area.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi
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| 8/3/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Brian Rush, left, a member of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, talks with camp mullahs after convoying to an internal displaced persons camp outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 27, 2007, to deliver donations sent from the United States.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi
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| 8/3/2007 |
| Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England receives a tour of the Egyptian field hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan, July 20, 2007. The field hospital, which has been operating for four years, has seen an astounding 300,000 patients and has the capability of conducting major surgery in theatre.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/3/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Capt. James Fisher, the chaplain for Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, listens as Mohammad Khan, left, the assistant director of a relief agency, explains the most pressing needs at an internal displaced persons camp outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 27, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi
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| 8/2/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with the top 25 U.S. Air Force airmen in the United Arab Emirates, Aug. 2, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/2/2007 |
| U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Michele Sison, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, UAE Brig. Gen. Rashad and Air Force Brig. Gen. Larry Wells meet in United Arab Emirates, Aug. 2, 2007.
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| 8/2/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayid, United Arab Emirates' crown prince and chief of staff in United Arab Emirates, Aug. 2, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/2/2007 |
| Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates walks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Michele Sison (right) and UAE Brig. Gen. Rashad upon his arrival in United Arab Emirates, Aug. 2, 2007.
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| 8/1/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, conduct a press conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Failsal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 1, 2007. Gates and Rice are in the Middle East to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/1/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Kuwaiti Air Vice Marshal Yousef Duwayan Ghanin Faris al-utaibi, upon his arrival in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Aug. 1, 2007. Gates is in Kuwait to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Kuwait.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/1/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hands out his coin to Marines from the U.S. Embassy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 1, 2007. Gates is visiting the Middle East to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/1/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, crown prince of the State of Kuwait in Kuwait City, Aug. 1, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/1/2007 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with His Highness, Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, prime minister of the State of Kuwait, and Kuwaiti leaders, Aug. 1, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 8/1/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates chats with troops at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Aug. 1, 2007. His visit here was his third stop in a four-day swing through the Middle East to bolster support for Iraq among its Arab neighbors and reassure them that the United States will consider their interests when making decisions about Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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