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| 12/31/2007 |
| Young Iraqi soccer players sign a thank you card in Baghdad, Dec. 30, 2007, to the Colorado Rush Youth Soccer Club, which donated 20,000 soccer balls, shoes and uniforms to Iraqi children. The club sent the equipment to U.S. troops, who turned it over to the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports for local children.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerry Saslav
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| 12/31/2007 |
| U.S. Army Col. Ricky Gibbs, commander of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, talks with Iraqi policemen during the planning for opening a new Iraqi police station in Al Rashid, Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Pierot
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| 12/31/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Wesley P. Richey, a special warfare operator assigned to SEAL Team One, Task Unit 3, hands out rice and canned foods to students during a medical civic action program at Panunsulan Elementary School in Basilan, Philippines, Dec. 27, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel R. Mennuto
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| 12/31/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers conduct a meeting with local community leaders in Ferris, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samuel D. Corum
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| 12/31/2007 |
| U.S. Army Maj. Ed Bowdish walks with the owner of a water pump station during a public service assessment in Al Raoud, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2007. Bowdish is from Alpha Company, 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 12/31/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment meet with the manager of a power plant in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2007. The soldiers are assessing how they can assist with bringing the plant to operational capability.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy
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| 12/31/2007 |
| Children wait in line for food and supplies during a combined medical engagement with U.S. Army soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Regiment in Saqlawiyah, Iraq, Dec. 28, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Neill A. Sevelius
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| 12/31/2007 |
| U.S. Army Col. Guy C. Beougher hands out soccer equipment to a Iraqi child in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 30, 2007. Colorado Rush Youth Soccer Club donated the 20,000 soccer balls, shoes and uniforms to Iraqi children. The equipment was sent to the U.S. troops who turned it over to the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports to be distributed to local children.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerry Saslav
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| 12/31/2007 |
| Iraqi army soldiers pass out food and drinks to children during a combined medical engagement with U.S. Army Soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Regiment in Saqlawiyah, Iraq, Dec. 28, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Neill A. Sevelius
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| 12/31/2007 |
| Iraqi doctors give medical examinations and prescriptions during a combined medical engagement with U.S. Army soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Regiment in Saqlawiyah, Iraq, Dec. 28, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Neill A. Sevelius
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| 12/31/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Richard Chester looks thorough "the big eyes"over the Indian Ocean while standing watch on USS Keasarge's signal bridge Dec. 27, 2007. Keasarge is on a regularly scheduled deployment to support maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer Seaman Ash Severe
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| 12/28/2007 |
| The guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George sits pier-side, ready for a judging panel's inspection during the 2007 Holiday Ship Decoration Contest, Dec. 19, 2007. Ships and shore commands were judged on four criteria: degree of difficulty, originality of display, holiday spirit and creativity.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark A. Leonesio
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| 12/28/2007 |
| A U.S. Army dog handler working with the 1st Cavalry Regiment helps clear a building in Galahbia in the Diyala Province, Iraq, Dec. 23, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan
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| 12/28/2007 |
| Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Joe R. Campa, left, serves Christmas dinner to troops stationed at Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa in Obock, Djibouti, Dec. 25, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Regina L. Brown
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| 12/28/2007 |
| AV-8B Harrier II aircraft are parked on the flight deck aboard the USS Tarawa at sunrise, Dec. 23, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker
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| 12/28/2007 |
| A Coast Guard HH60 helicopter recieves fuel in flight from the Coast Guard Cutter Rush. Rapid in flight refueling can increase the time crews remain in the air during operations, Dec. 26, 2007.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Sitka
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| 12/28/2007 |
| An Iraqi girl waves the flag of Iraq during a Peace March in the Karkh District of Baghdad, Dec. 19, 2007, as about 1,000 Iraqi citizens, both Shia and Sunni, march in unity.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Hunter
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| 12/28/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Smith, Tech. Sgt. Heath Tempel and Senior Airman Bren Mejia, identify ordnance found in a cache in Ruwaydah, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007. Smith, Tempel and Mejia are assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 12/28/2007 |
| U.S. Army Pvt. Michael Dinius, center, and Pfc. Andrew Mitcham, right, prepare to fire a machine gun during mobilization training at the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Edinburgh, Ind., Dec. 14, 2007. Dinius and Mitcham are assigned to the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Indiana Army National Guard, which is preparing to deploy to Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
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| 12/28/2007 |
| Winchell Smith, 88, and Andy Devine, 82, both World War II veterans and members of the Kids & Kubs senior softball team from St. Petersburg, Fla., discuss the batting order before playing the Over the Rainbows senior softball team from Japan, Dec. 19, 2007, at Hans L'Orange Park in Waipahu, Hawaii. The teams, each comprised of World War II veterans, set up the historic game as a way make peace with the past.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Vadnais
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| 12/28/2007 |
| Fifteen C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., fly over the city of Charleston, S.C.'s Arthur J. Ravenel Bridge Dec. 20, 2007, during a training exercise.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.
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| 12/27/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment breach a door during a clearing mission in Galahbia in Iraq's Diyala province, Dec. 23, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan
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| 12/27/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's 187th Infantry Regiment search a possible burial site in Qwesat, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007, for clues relating to the May 12, 1007, abduction of two soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 12/27/2007 |
| A U.S. Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter arrives in Owesat, Iraq, to evacuate injured Iraqi personnel who were attacked at a Concerned Local Citizen checkpoint Dec. 18, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 12/27/2007 |
| A U.S. Navy patrol boat attached to Riverine Squadron 2 patrols the waterways of the Haditha Dam Forward Operating Base in Haditha, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kirk Worley
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| 12/27/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Epper, right, counts off a group of Honduran boys who will receive gifts during a toy giveaway in Comayagua, Honduras, Dec. 23, 2007. The Joint Task Force-Bravo chapel organized the event, and families of troops stationed on Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, donated the gifts. Epper is assigned to the base's 612th Air Base Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs
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| 12/27/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers search an abandoned house for weapons caches and other illegal items in the Al Furat section of Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2007. The soldiers are assigned to the Iowa Army National Guard's Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy
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| 12/27/2007 |
| Santa Claus, also known as U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joe Ennen, helps himself to a cookie Dec. 25, 2007, after visiting troops at a Southwest Asia air base. Ennen is a member of the 379th Expeditionary Services Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen
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| 12/27/2007 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eric Gitschlag questions a resident of the village of Fair al Jair, Iraq, on Dec. 16, 2007, about current insurgent activity and the May abduction of two U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division. Gitschlag is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 187th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 12/26/2007 |
| Retired Army Lt. Col. James Megellas, a World War II veteran, talks to staff personnel during a class on leadership at the Joint Operations Center on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2007. Megellas chronicled his time in the 82nd Airborne Division's 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in his book, “All the Way to Berlin.”
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jim Wilt
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| 12/26/2007 |
| Coalition forces and members of the Faryab Provincial and District police mentor team and Afghan National Police exit their vehicles to begin a patrol near Qala-i-Wali in the Ghowrmach district of Afghanistan Dec. 9, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian P. Seymour
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| 12/26/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Norman Padilla Cruz plays Santa Claus for an orphan girl from Comayagua, Honduras, Dec. 15, 2007. The airmen of the 1st Special Operations Wing will deliver more than 9,000 pounds of Christmas packages to hundreds of Honduran orphans this holiday season.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephanie Jacobs
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| 12/26/2007 |
| Supplies airdropped by a McChord Air Force Base, Wash., C-17 Globemaster III land at a drop zone at the South Pole Dec. 18, 2007. By validating the C-17's capability to complete airdrop missions at the Geographical South Pole, Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica demonstrated its ability to provide mid-winter emergency re-supply and flexible support to the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctica Program.
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| 12/26/2007 |
| A dog handler and his canine companion work to clear a building during a patrol in Galahbia, Iraq, Dec. 23, 2007. The military policeman and his dog are assigned to the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan
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| 12/26/2007 |
| About 1,000 Iraqi citizens, of both Shia and Sunni denominations, march together while playing music during a peace march to unite the two sects in the Karkh district of Baghdad, Dec. 19, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Hunter
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| 12/25/2007 |
| Airmen assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, play bingo during a holiday celebration co-sponsored by the 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron, private organizations and volunteers, Dec. 23, 2007.
Air Force Photo by Capt. Mike Meridith
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| 12/25/2007 |
| Air Force Maj. Gen. Maury Forsyth, right, deputy commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces, talks with Tech. Sgt. Patricia Findley, 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2007. Forsyth visited airmen across the country on Dec. 24 and 25 to thank them for their service.
Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Jasper
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| 12/25/2007 |
| Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 read Christmas cards that came inside care package sent by members of the unit’s Key Volunteer Network back home during a Dec. 24, 2007, Christmas Eve party in the USS Tarawa’s hangar bay.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryson K. Jones
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| 12/25/2007 |
| U.S. Army Maj. Trent Darling, commander of Embedded Training Team 4-2, hands out candy during a humanitarian assistance visit in Khunay, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2007. The visit was a joint effort between the U.S. troops and Afghan soldiers of the Fourth Kandak of the Afghan National Army’s 205th Corps.
U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek
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| 12/23/2007 |
| U.S. Army Sgts. Justin Bohannon, right, and Robert Anderson, both of the 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, search the home of a suspected insurgent in Owesat, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007, after a Concerned Local Citizen checkpoint was attacked by a suicide bomber and small arms fire.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 12/23/2007 |
| The last of seven shipwrecked survivors are escorted across the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman Dec. 23, 2007, after being rescued at sea by two helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22. The seven mariners, four Pakistani and three Indian, were recovered after their dhow sank in rough seas in the Persian Gulf.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rdClass Joshua Moore
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| 12/23/2007 |
| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , left, speaks with Army Col. Thomas J. McGrath, commanding officer of Afghan Regional Security Integration Command - South, at a forward operating base in Western Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2007. During his visit at the base, Mullen reviewed current police mentoring operations and spoke with U.S. service members.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Steven Parks
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| 12/23/2007 |
| U.S. Army Col. Stephen Bernstein, from the Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, administers a shot to a Costa Rican man in a makeshift clinic in Piedra Mesa, Costa Rica, Dec. 18, 2007. JTF-Bravo deployed 28 service members from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, to Costa Rica at the invitation of the country's Ministry of Health for the first medical readiness training exercise in more than three years.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May
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| 12/23/2007 |
| U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division carry an injured Iraqi man to a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk medical evacuation helicopter in Owesat, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007. The man was injured by an attack at a Concerned Local Citizen checkpoint by a suicide bomber.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 12/23/2007 |
| Village elders hand out humanitarian aid to residents of Kuhak village in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province in Afghanistan Dec. 18, 2007. The elders were assisting Afghan National Police and coalition forces to distribute two tons of humanitarian aid consisting of rice, beans, flour, chai, toothbrushes and toothpaste.
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| 12/23/2007 |
| U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Wray Gablemann, of 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, runs to guide a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk medical evacuation helicopter to the landing zone as it arrives in Owesat, Iraq, Dec.18, 2007, to evacuate injured Iraqi personnel who were attacked at a Concerned Local Citizen checkpoint by a suicide bomber.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 12/23/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from the 66th Military Police Company conduct a training session at a police station outside of Asadabad, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2007. The soldiers conduct training with the local government to increase Afghani self reliance.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jordan Carter
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| 12/22/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mike Weber, a loadmaster deployed with 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, gets ready to throw a Sonde, which analyzes the wind, out the door of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during an airdrop mission over Afghanistan Dec. 19, 2007. The 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron provides airlift and airdrop capabilities to ground units in Afghanistan in need of supplies, ammo, food and water.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angelique Perez
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| 12/21/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Pentagon, Dec. 21, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 12/21/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen introduces the USO Holiday Tour at a stop in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 12/21/2007 |
| Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Air Station Kodiak fly in formation as the sun rises on Kodiak Island, Dec. 17, 2007.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson
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| 12/21/2007 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Tom Bowers, assigned to the 56th Military Police Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to search a vehicle at a checkpoint in Samrah, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jordan Huettl
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| 12/21/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Gerald Del Sasso talks with retired National Hockey League star Marty McSorley aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 13, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac
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| 12/21/2007 |
| A young Iraqi boy watches from a balcony as U.S. Marines from the 5th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion, and Iraqi policemen beneath him distribute clothes and toys to Iraqi refugees at a humanitarian aid compound in Fallujah, Iraq, Dec. 10, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Neill A. Sevelius
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| 12/21/2007 |
| Soldiers return to Camp Taji, Iraq, Dec. 17, 2007, after a patrol.
U.S. Army photo by Senior Airman Steve Czyz
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| 12/21/2007 |
| A "shooter" gives the signal for an F/A-18F Super Hornet to launch from the waist of the flight deck aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, Dec. 14, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.
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| 12/20/2007 |
| Navy Chief Petty Officer Charles Moore, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4, awaits the arrival of tour groups aboard a landing craft air cushion in the USS Mesa Verde's well deck, Dec. 12, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Dan Broadstreet
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| 12/20/2007 |
| Holiday lights illuminate the USS Lassen and USS McCampbell at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Dec. 18, 2007. Every Yokosuka-based ship of the forward-deployed naval forces is decorated with holiday lights to celebrate the festive season. Just before midnight on New Year's Eve, every ship will go black for a countdown to the New Year. At midnight, every ship will illuminate its holiday lights.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Bryan Reckard
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| 12/20/2007 |
| Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Air Station Kodiak fly in formation as the sun rises over Kodiak Island, Alaska, Dec. 17, 2007.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kurt Fredrickson
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| 12/20/2007 |
| U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrive in Kirkuk, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007, with a U.S. delegation for meetings with leaders of the Kurdish, Arab and Turkman political parties.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret C. Nelson
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| 12/20/2007 |
| From left, seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, Miss USA Rachel Smith, comedian Robin Williams and musician Kid Rock greet U.S. Marines after a performance at Al Taqqadum, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007, as part of their 2007 USO Holiday Tour.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy
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| 12/20/2007 |
| Mechanics from the Afghan national army air corps perform six-month maintenance on a MI-35E helicopter in a hanger at the Kabul Air Base, Dec. 20, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek
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| 12/20/2007 |
| An Afghan national army air corps MI-17 takes off past an AN-26 at the Kabul Air Base, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek
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| 12/20/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, survey a bridge destroyed by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Q-West, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2007. The bridge is temporarily restored, allowing passage until reconstruction begins.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy
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| 12/20/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment provide security while on a patrol in Q-West, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2007. The bridge is temporarily restored, allowing passage until reconstruction begins.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy
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| 12/20/2007 |
| Seven time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong signs autographs after the 2007 USO Holiday Tour stop at Logistics Support Area Anaconda, Balad, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2007. Along with Armstrong the tour included comedians Robin Williams and Lewis Black, Miss USA Rachel Smith, and musician Kid Rock.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 12/20/2007 |
| A “no slack” soldier from the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division takes up an over-watch position in Samarra, Iraq, Dec. 10, 2007. The “no slack” battalion is responsible for the security of the restive city.
U.S Army photo by Spc. Richard Rzepka
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| 12/20/2007 |
| A C-2A Greyhound, assigned to the "The Providers" of Fleet Logistics Combat Support Squadron 30, makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Dec. 16, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kathleen Gorby
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| 12/20/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan R. Yoder loads his M-16 rifle during a small-arms training evolution Dec. 17, 2007, aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricardo J. Reyes
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| 12/20/2007 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander, Multinational Corps - Iraq, speaks with a group of sheiks at Patrol Base Kemple in Owesat, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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| 12/20/2007 |
| A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft flies by the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, Dec. 17, 2007, as the ship operates in the Atlantic Ocean. The Hawkeye is the Navy's all-weather, carrier-based tactical battle management airborne early warning, command and control aircraft. The spiral painted on the rotating radome of this Hawkeye is the hallmark of the Screwtops of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George R. Kusner
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| 12/20/2007 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Thomas Melton, commander,101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Squadron's Alpha Troop, discusses the day's mission with his counterpart from the 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, in Bakariya, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles Gill
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| 12/20/2007 |
| Santa Claus visits Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Dec. 19, 2007, to welcome home sailors from the the USS James E. Williams after a six-month deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| 12/19/2007 |
| U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Israel Alicea, assigned to Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, scans a street for threats during Operation Thunder Reaper, Mosul, Iraq, Dec 18, 2007. Operation Thunder Reaper, a route clearance operation, has cleared and repaired 5 kilometers of road for use by Mosul citizens.
U.S. Army Photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra
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| 12/19/2007 |
| Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard Cody talks to local media during a Pentagon press briefing, Dec. 19, 2007, on Army future plans and ongoing military missions.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 12/19/2007 |
| Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, poses for photos with servicemembers stationed at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2007. Mullen had to break bad news to the filled to capacity auditorium that the planned USO show had to be cancelled due to weather stranding the performers in Tikrit. Instead, Mullen greeted the servicemembers, took photos and handed out commemorative coins.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 12/19/2007 |
| Comedian Robin Williams greets soldiers stationed in Ramadi, Iraq, prior to a USO show at the base, Dec. 19, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 12/19/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, conduct a nighttime search of an abandoned building in the Al Furat section of Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2007. The unit keeps abandoned buildings and other locations in the area from being turned into weapons caches.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy
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| 12/19/2007 |
| Air Force Capt. Bret Kaufman taxies an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, in preparation for a combat mission, Dec. 16, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Beth Holliker
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| 12/19/2007 |
| Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Jordan, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, directs a landing craft air cushion ashore after the unit's return to Sasebo, Japan, following a fall patrol aboard the USS Essex, Dec. 11, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley
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| 12/19/2007 |
| Crew members assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Strike Fighter Squadron 32 the stand by on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman waiting for their old and new commanding officers as they return from a change of command ceremony held in the air, Dec. 18, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Matthew Bookwalter
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| Helicopters attached to the "Dragonslayers" of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 11, perform for friends and family members during an air power demonstration by the USS Enterprise, Dec. 17, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Stacy D. Laseter
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| Two helicopters attached to the "Sea Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, perform vertical replenishment during a replenishment-at-sea as the British destroyer HMCS Manchester pulls alongside the of the USNS Arctic and the USS Harry S. Truman, Dec. 12, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricardo J. Reyes
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Steven Harrison and other soldiers with 2nd Infantry Division, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 9th Infantry Regiment, conduct a clearing mission of the palm groves in Old Baquba, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan
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| An Iraqi Concerned Local Citizen and U.S. Army soldiers with the 2nd Infantry Division, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 9th Infantry Regiment, head toward the site of an unexploded improvised explosive device hidden in palm groves in Old Baquba, Iraq, Dec. 9, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan
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| A crew chief assigned to 1st Aviation Regiment, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, inspects the rotor of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in preparation for a night mission, Dec. 16, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Maj. Enrique T. Vasquez
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| Afghan national army Brig. Gen. Gulaqa Nahibi, left, watches guests from the Afghan ministry of defense cut a ribbon to mark the opening of a new $5 million regional hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2007. Nahibi is commanding officer of the ANA 205th Corps.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Votroubek
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| An AH-64 Apache Longbow crew chief prepares a 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, gunship for a night mission, Dec. 16, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Maj. Enrique T. Vasquez
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| An Air Force Thunderbird flies over the midwestern United States during an air refueling mission Dec. 14, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chad M. Kellum
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| A sergeant assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, performs color guard duties along side an Iraqi soldier during a memorial ceremony Dec. 7, 2007, in Ameriyah, Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James P. HUnter
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| U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment provide security during a presence patrol in the Dora district in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| Afghan National Army Capt. Hanifullah (left), commander for the Engineering Company, 4th Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, gives a little girl a wool blanket, and an Afghan soldier gives the girl a pair of shoes in the area around Memlah in Nangarhar Province in Eastern Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gregory Argentieri
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| 12/18/2007 |
| Miss USA Rachel Smith, Deborah Mullen, Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Lt. Gen. R. Steven Whitcomb and Kid Rock enjoy the comedy of Robin Williams during the 2007 USO Holiday Tour stop in Kuwait, Dec. 18, 2007. Whitcomb is commanding general of Third Army, U.S. Army Central, Coalition Forces Land Component Command Land Component Command.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, introduces entertainers during the USO holiday tour stop at LSA Kuwait, Dec. 18, 2007. The chairman and celebrities Kid Rock, Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Miss USA Rachel Smith and Lance Armstrong are on a 15-stop, seven-country tour.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Albertson directs a forklift as it offloads cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III on the annual sea ice runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 27, 2007, during Operation Deep Freeze. The operation is a unique joint and total force mission that has supported the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program that began in 1955.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo
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| Singer-songwriter Kid Rock entertains the troops during the 2007 USO Holiday Tour stop at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007. Rock and several other celebrities are on a 15-stop, seven-country tour with Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Robin Williams poses for photos with troops assigned to LSA Kuwait during the USO Holiday Tour, Dec. 18, 2007. Williams, along with comedian Lewis Black, seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, award winning recording artist Kid Rock and Miss USA Rachel Smith are traveling with Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on a 15-stop, seven-country tour thanking the forward deployed troops for their sacrifice and service.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| An Afghan National Army X-ray technician demonstrates his knowledge of a new X-ray machine to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Devin Wilson. The machine is part of a new ANA hospital in Kandahar that provides a wide array of health care, including a pharmacy, dental clinic, eye care, and ultrasound services for the soldiers of the ANA’s 205th Corps.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek
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| An E-2C Greyhound, attached to Carrier Logistics Support Squadron 40, makes an arrested landing aboard the flight deck of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, Dec. 17, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Daron Street
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| Sailors assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman set up an aircraft barricade during flight deck drills, Dec. 17, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.
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| U.S. Marine Cpl. Michael L. Haas, a videographer with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Forward Combat Camera, documents Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 refueling an AH-1W Super Cobra during an aero scout mission, Dec. 8, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andrew D. Pendracki
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| Comedian Robin Williams signs servicemembers autographs at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Dec. 17, 2007, during the second stop of the 2007 USO holiday tour. Tour host Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen was joined by award winning recording artist Kid Rock, Miss USA Rachel Smith, comedian Lewis Black and seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong on the 15-stop, seven-country tour thanking the forward deployed troops for their sacrifice and service.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong tosses footballs to servicemembers at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Dec. 17, 2007, during the second stop of the 2007 USO holiday tour.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, second from right, escorts, left to right, Minister of Defense of Bosnia Herzegovina Selmo Cikotic, MoD of Montenegro Boro Vicinic, and Assistant MoD of Serbia Dusan Spasojevic through an honor cordon into the Pentagon to conduct a Defense Consultative Meeting, Dec. 17, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Andrew Mitcham, assigned to 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Indiana Army National Guard, prepares to fire an M2.50-caliber machine gun during mobilization training at the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Edinburgh, Ind., Dec. 14, 2007. More than 3,400 soldiers from the surrounding areas are mobilizing in preparation of a 12-month deployment to Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
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| A CH-47 Chinook belonging to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, is silhouetted by an Iraqi sunset, Dec. 18, 2007. The 2-1 GSAB "Fighting Eagles" air and ground crews work around the clock sustaining air operations in support of Task Force Iron, 1st Armored Division, in northern Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by Maj. Enrique Vasquez
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| Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey listens to a briefing at a forward operating base in Southern Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2007. Casey met with soldiers from Afghan Regional Security Integration Command South to learn about the progress of training the Afghan National Police.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek
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| Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Company in Harrington, Maine, lays a wreath at the grave of U.S. Navy Adm. William "Bull" Halsey at Arlington National Cemetery, Dec. 15, 2007. Worcester donated more than 10,000 wreaths to the cemetery in an annual project he started to honor and remember veterans.
Defense Dept. photo by Linda Hosek
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| Charles "Chuck" Wright, commander of the Kansas City Composite Squadron, a civil air patrol, salutes after he places a wreath on the son of a veteran, Dec. 15, 2007, at Arlington National Cemetery. Wright, a Vietnam War Marine veteran, volunteered to place some of the 10,000 wreaths donated by the Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine.
Defense Dept. photo by Linda Hosek
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| British and Iraqi officials stand as the Iraqi national anthem plays Dec. 16, 2007, during a ceremony in Basra, Iraq, held to hand over security responsibility of the Basra province from British to Iraqi forces. From left, British Maj. Gen. Graham Binns, commander of Multi-National Division - South East; Muhammad al-Wa'ili, governor of Basra; Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie, and Iraqi army Gen. Mohan al-Furaiji, commander of the Basra Operations Center.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nicole Dykstra
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| From right, Muhammad al-Wa'ili, the governor of Basra, and British Maj. Gen. Graham Binns, the commander of Multi-National Division - South East, sign a memorandum of understanding during a ceremony in Basra, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2007, being held to hand over security responsibility of the Basra province from British to Iraqi forces.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nicole Dykstra
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| Muhammad al-Wa'ili, left, the governor of Basra, and Iraqi army Gen. Mohan al-Furaiji, the commander of the Basra Operations Center, shake hands as Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie looks on during a ceremony in Basra, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2007, to hand over security responsibility of the Basra province from British to Iraqi forces.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nicole Dykstra
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| 12/14/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Brigade, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, train Iraqi army soldiers in basic marksmanship with the M-4 assault rifle at Forward Operating Base McHenry, Hawijah, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| A young boy smiles after receiving a coin from U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher Vanek in the Kirkuk province of Iraq Dec. 7, 2007. Vanek, the Task Force commander of 1st Brigade, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, traveled throughout the region to ensure the establishment of more than 200 designated checkpoints, which will be manned by 6,000 of the citizen volunteers.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army (Mechanized) Division, hands out fliers and coloring books to the children during a cordon and knock mission in Sab al Bor, Iraq, Dec. 8, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| Tiffany Gorski hands out cookies to mobilizing soldiers at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Local churches and families donated nearly 24,000 cookies over the past week to members of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Indiana Army National Guard, who are currently mobilizing at the training camp for a 12-month deployment to Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to members of the traveling press after participating in the Regional Command-South conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, Dec. 14, 2007. Gates and defense ministers from other NATO countries with troops in southern Afghanistan met in Edinburgh to discuss the way ahead in Afghanistan.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, front row second from left, along with defense and foreign ministers from countries participating in the Regional Command-South conference pose for a "family photo" on the steps of Craige Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, Dec. 14, 2007. Gates and the other defense ministers met in Edinburgh to discuss the way ahead in Afghanistan.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Members of the Indiana Army National Guard's 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, from Crawfordville, Ind. unload duffle bags at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Edinburgh, Ind., Dec. 13, 2007. More than 3,400 will take part in the state's largest deployment efforts to Iraq.
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| A Walter Reed Army Medical Center wounded warrior arrives to a raucous ovation during a visit by servicemembers to the Pentagon, Dec. 14, 2007. Pentagon employees and servicemembers lined corridors to welcome the troops and thank them for their service and sacrifice.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Walter Reed Army Medical Center Wounded Warriors during a visit by the servicemembers to the Pentagon, Dec. 14, 2007. Pentagon employees and servicemembers lined the corridors to welcome the troops and thank them for their service and sacrifice.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 12/13/2007 |
| Djiboutian army soldiers get instructions from a U.S. servicemember during fundamental weapons training on Arta Range in Djibouti, Dec. 10, 2007. The servicemember is assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamie Train
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| U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Tarawa move a UH-1N Huey helicopter into the hangar during an exercise Dec. 11, 2007, while under way in the Indian Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker
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| Santa Claus, played by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Gary Johnson, arrives at Coast Guard Air Station Houston, Texas, Dec. 8, 2007, to visit Coast Guard families. Santa arrived by HH-65C Dolphin helicopter to hand out presents.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mario Romero
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Marla Santos, from the 37th Mission Support Group, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, helps unload a truck filled with donated Christmas trees, Dec. 11, 2007. Trees for Troops, a program that provides trees purchased by consumers, donated the trees to military members.
U.S. Air Force photo by Alan Boedeker
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sean Sanders hands shampoo to citizens of Wahida, Iraq, after a free medical operation Dec. 11, 2007. Sanders is with the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team.
Defense Dept. photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek
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| Coast Guard Air Station Houston crewmembers prepare to launch on a morning patrol, Dec. 6, 2007. Air Station Houston patrols the coast from Freeport, Texas, to Lake Charles, La., and can even respond to rescues as far as 200 miles out to sea.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mario Romero
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| A shooter gives the final signal as an F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the bow of the USS Harry S. Truman, Dec. 3, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.
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| A sailor assigned to the forward-deployed mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot uses a telescopic alidade to determine the bearing of other ships, as it returns to Sasebo, Japan, Dec. 8, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
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| A U.S. servicemember from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa injects a multivitamin and deworming medicine into a camel during a veterinary civic action program at a village in Djibouti, Dec. 12, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael R. McCormick
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon in Edinburgh, Scotland, Dec. 13, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with U.K. Minister of Defense Des Browne during a tour of the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, Dec. 13, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Chief Aviation Mechanics mate Alex Lymber and Afghan National Army Air Corps crew chief Sgt. Zulmi look at the tail rotor of a refurbished MI-17 helicopter that arrived from the Czech Republic, Dec. 5, 2007. Lymber is assigned to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan and mentors Afghan crew chiefs like Zulmi in proper safety procedures, aircraft handling and maintenance.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with staff members between meetings in Edinburgh, Scotland, Dec. 13, 2007. Gates and defense ministers from other NATO countries with troops in southern Afghanistan are meeting for two days in Edinburgh to discuss the way ahead in Afghanistan.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Iraqi volunteers with Concerned Local Citizens wait to greet U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher Vanek, in the Kirkuk province of Iraq, Dec. 7, 2007. Vanek, Task Force commander of 1st Brigade, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, is in the region to oversee the setup of checkpoints to be manned by 6,000 citizen volunteers.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates looks at an exhibit of Dolly, the first cloned mammal, in the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Dec. 13, 2007. Gates was in Edinburgh to meet with NATO allies to discuss operations in Afghanistan.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shakes hands with Royal Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ollie Almond upon Gates' arrival at the Edinburgh International Airport, Scotland, Dec. 13, 2007. The defense secretary is in Scotland to attend an informal meeting with the NATO defense ministry.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 12/12/2007 |
| U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil, commanding general Multinational Division - Baghdad, greets an Iraqi army soldier as he arrives for a summit to promote reconciliation with key sheiks in Nassir Wa Salam, Iraq, Dec. 6, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Vickey Jones, from the Finance Office, looks over Sgt. Michael Goen's paperwork, during a mobilization processing at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Edinburgh, Ind., Dec. 10, 2007. More than 3,400 members of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Indiana Army National Guard will take part in the state's largest deployment efforts to Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika
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| Local leaders sign a contract for 5,500 Concerned Local Citizens to secure their neighborhoods in coordination with Iraqi security forces and provincial government during a meeting on Forward Operating Base McHenry in Hawijah, Iraq, Nov. 28, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| A U.S. Army soldier dismounts from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to provide security for a meeting between U.S. military officials from 10th Mountain Division and concerned local citizens in Tag Tag, Iraq, Nov. 28, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| Aircraft attached to Carrier Air Wing 3 conduct a flyover Dec. 1, 2007, during a photo exercise with the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group above the Suez Canal.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Darren Leslie picks up debris from a car wreck in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2007. Leslie is assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jeffery Sandstrum
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| U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Armored Division conduct an aerial reconnaissance mission over a ruptured pipeline at the Bayji Oil Refinery in Iraq, Dec. 8, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jordan Huettl
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| Members of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing celebrate the holidays during a tower lighting ceremony Dec. 8, 2007, on Camp Cunningham, Afghanistan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Josh Jasper
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| U.S. Navy personnel prepare to move two aircrafts on the flight deck of the USS Tarawa into the ship's hangar bay for a Dec. 11, 2007, exercise.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker
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| An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 launches from catapult three on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while another F/A-18E Super Hornet waits its turn to launch during flight operations, Dec. 10, 2007. Reagan is currently underway conducting tailored ship's training assessment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique M. Lasco
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| Soldiers assigned to 15th Infantry Regiment prepare to enter an abandoned farmhouse building used by insurgents during an foot partol in Al Bawi, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class William J. Holman, far left, and 2nd Lt. Marc D. Laighton, commander of Anti-tank Platoon 4, speak with Spera district Afghan National Police Capt. Laiq and Sub-governor Hussain Jon Shirzai Azathan with the aid of an interpreter about construction projects in Afghanistan's Khowst province, Nov. 12, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr.
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| A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft takes off from an air base in Southwest Asia, Dec. 7, 2007, on a transport mission.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Schroeder
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| Two helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 move pallets from the USNS Concord to the USS Tarawa during a replenishment at sea while under way in the Indian Ocean, Dec. 9, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman David A. Brandenburg
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| U.S. Army Maj. Frank Acosta, attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team, provides security while on a patrol in a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Lucas Stump and his interpreter talk to a local resident during a censing mission in Bakariya, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2007. Stump is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 75th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts the Navy Secretary of Mexico Adm. Mariano Francisco Saynez through an honor cordon into the Pentagon Dec. 11, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Botswana Defense Force Maj. S.M. Motswiri guides U.S. Army Gen. William Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, on a tour of the Botswana Defense Force camp in Gaborone, Botswana, Dec. 3, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nic Raven
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| 12/11/2007 |
| A joint service color guard parades during a dedication ceremony for the USS Oklahoma Memorial on Ford Island, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2007. The memorial honors the 429 sailors and Marines who lost their lives after the ship was hit by five torpedoes and capsized at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl
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| 12/11/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, poses with his wife after attending a dedication ceremony for the battleship USS Oklahoma Memorial on historic Ford Island. More than 2,400 U.S. flags were placed in commemoration of those who gave their lives on Dec. 7, 1941.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Elisia V. Gonzales
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| 12/11/2007 |
| Seabees attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 spring into action after the alarm for an intruder was called Dec. 6, 2007, during a three-week field exercise at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez
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| 12/11/2007 |
| Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremiah Rivera looks out from a Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 prior to lifting off the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, Dec. 9, 2007, in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac
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| 12/11/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Gladys E. Aure, a field radio operator, with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sets up satellite communications in Kaalapara, Bangladesh, Dec. 4, 2007. U.S. troops provided humanitarian assistance after a tropical cyclone killed 3,000 people and left several hundred thousand homeless.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Sergio Jimenez
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| 12/11/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Sean P. Overlie, a corpsman, examines a child with symptoms of an ear infection during a humanitarian assistance operation in Kaalapara, Bangladesh, Dec. 4, 2007. Kline is assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Goup 3.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Sergio Jimenez
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| 12/11/2007 |
| U.S. Navy sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise direct an HH-60H Seahawk helicopter on the flight deck during a vertical replenishment with the USNS Laramie while under way in the Atlantic Ocean Dec. 8, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kiona M. Mckissack
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| 12/11/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Wyeth S. Daniel and sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Essex man the rails after a successful completion of Fall Patrol 2007, Dec. 11, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Lemus
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| 12/11/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristin M. McBeath, a hospital corpsman assigned to the USS Essex, holds a young girl, while a medical officer examines her mother on Nov. 28, 2007, during a Medical and Dental Civic Action Project in the Kampong Cham region of Cambodia.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Lemus
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| 12/11/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testifies on peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 12/11/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at his side, testifies on peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 12/11/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, converse before testifying in front of the House Armed Services Committee regarding the security and stability of Afghanistan, Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 12/10/2007 |
| Two helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two One move pallets from the USNS Concord to the USS Tarawa during a replenishment at sea while under way in the Indian Ocean, Dec. 9, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman David A. Brandenburg
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| 12/10/2007 |
| A child watches as U.S. Army paratroopers parachute over Ft. Bragg, N.C., Dec. 8, 2007, during Operation Toy Drop, which collected more than 1,400 toys for deserving families in the Fayetteville, N.C. area.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Micky Bazaldua
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| 12/10/2007 |
| U.S. Army paratroopers prepare to board a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., during Operation Toy Drop 2007, which supports area families by collecting toys for children, Dec. 8, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clay Lancaster
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| 12/10/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Samuel Zambrano is welcomed home by his wife in San Diego, Calif., Dec. 7, 2007, upon the USS Sampson's return to port.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George Labidou
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| 12/10/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Dan Lynch, pushes a pallet of humanitarian supplies, donated by U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Bradley, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and his wife, out of an aircraft at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2007. Lynch is assigned to the 729th Airlift Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rick Sforza
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| 12/10/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Bradley, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, greets children at the boarding school for the deaf in Bishek, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 4, 2007. Bradley and other airmen are delivering clothing and other humanitarian supplies in the region.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rick Sforza
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| 12/10/2007 |
| South Korean Army Maj. Youngjin Kim and U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Guy Ravey discuss range operations during a bombing exercise in Djibouti, Dec. 4, 2007. Kim is assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and Ravey is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 11.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael R. McCormick
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| 12/10/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Michael Claborn communicates target positions to a pilot while U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Dean Castillo observes during a bombing exercise in Djibouti, Dec. 4, 2007. Claborn is assigned to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa and Castillo is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 11.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael R. McCormick
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| 12/10/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, poses for photos with Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and Israeli Defense Force Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 10, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 12/10/2007 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Travis Johnson and Spc. Daniel McEleney, search for a weapons cache in Tarafawee, Iraq, Nov. 30, 2007, after being tipped off by an informant. Johnson and McEleney are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 6th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Laura M. Buchta
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| 12/10/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team patrol with soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division through a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy
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| 12/9/2007 |
| U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 2nd Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team patrol a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2007. The U.S. soldiers work side-by-side with Iraqi soldiers in an advisory capacity.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy
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| 12/9/2007 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Thomas Melton, commander of Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, discusses the mission with his counterpart from the 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, in Bakariya, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 12/9/2007 |
| Smoke can be seen above a street in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2007, after 2nd Iraqi Army Division Bomb Squad soldiers destroy multiple improvised explosive devices found during a neighborhood raid.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy
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| 12/8/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gives an opening speech during Manama Dialogue for the International Institute of Strategic Studies in Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 8, 2007. The secretary underscored the need for the international community to continue pressuring Iran to “come clean” about its nuclear weapons activities and to abandon the program altogether.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/8/2007 |
| Defense Secretart Robert M. Gates gives an opening speech during Manama Dialogue for the International Institute of Strategic Studies in Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 8, 2007. The secretary called on the international community to keep up its pressure on Tehran.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/7/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen speaks with members of the U.S. Military Academy Glee Club before receiving the Distinguished Service Award at the 46th Annual USO of Metropolitan New York Armed Forces Gala, New York City, Dec. 6, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 12/7/2007 |
| U.S. Army Maj. Frank Acosta, right, keeps watch on the streets of Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 17, 2007. He is assigned to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy
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| 12/7/2007 |
| U.S. Army Pfc. Anthony Sweet uses hand-held interagency identity detection equipment to obtain an Iraqi's individual information, including a facial photograph and retina scan, during an air assault mission with soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division, 22nd Infantry Regiment, outside Kirkuk, Nov. 17, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 12/7/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and his staff receive an aerial tour of Baghdad during a recent trip to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in Iraq, Dec. 5, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/7/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks with Crown Prince His Majesty Hamad bin Al-Khalifa in Bahrain while on a visit to Southwest Asia, Dec. 6, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/7/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks with U.S. Navy Capt. Chip Swicker aboard the USS Vicksburg, ported in Bahrain, Dec. 6, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/7/2007 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen speaks after receiving the Distinguished Service Award during the 46th annual USO of Metropolitan New York Armed Forces Gala in New York City, N.Y., Dec. 6, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley.
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| 12/7/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Sattler, right, Joint Staff director for strategic plans and policy, responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing on Dec. 7, 2007. Sattler was joined at the lectern by another senior Joint Staff officer, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, director for operations, to update reporters on recent military developments.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 12/7/2007 |
| Marines inspect the metal frame of a new air traffic control tower at Taqaddum, Iraq, on Dec. 1, 2007. Combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 are currently constructing an air traffic control tower to create a better working environment for its air traffic controllers.
Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Wayne Edmiston
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| 12/7/2007 |
| Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, Joint Chiefs of Staff director of Operations, answers a reporter's question while Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Sattler, Joint Chiefs of Staff director for Strategic Plans and Policy, watches during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 12/6/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani after the two met in Baghdad during Gates' trip to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in Iraq, Dec. 5, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/6/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates congratulates U.S Army Staff Sgt. Von Staufffenberg after the soldier received the Bronze Star Award and two Purple Hearts for his devoted service to the U.S. Armed Forces fight against terrorism in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/6/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Randall Resto polices the Tampa Bay area, near MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 27, 2007. Resto is assigned to the 6th Security Forces Squadron, one of the Air Force units that has a boat patrol and the only one to conduct overnight patrols.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rylan Albright
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| 12/6/2007 |
| U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attached to the USS Tarawa and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) have been taking turns unloading medical supplies on the small Bangladesh island of Doblarchar, Dec. 4, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Kulp
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| 12/6/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Devon Anderson disassembles the 9mm spotting rifle on a shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon before performing a live-fire exercise, Dec. 1, 2007. Anderson is assigned to the II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division, 6th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris Lyttle
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| 12/6/2007 |
| 2nd Lt. Learlin J. Lejeune III, far left, participates in physical training with his Marines at the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines Quad, Dec. 4, 2007. Lejeune, a platoon commander with II Marine Expeditionary Force Weapons Platoon, 2nd Marine Division, is the great-great nephew of Lt. Gen. Lejeune, according to family genealogy records.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Casey Jones
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| 12/6/2007 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jerome Owens shields his ears from the blast during a firing exercise, Dec. 1, 2007. Owens is assigned to the II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division, 9th Marine Regiment, 1st Battalion.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris Lyttle
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| 12/6/2007 |
| A U.S. Army soldier and two local sheiks walk through a sandstorm to attend a meeting in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2007. The soldier is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 187th Infantry Regiment.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army Spc. Luke Thornberry
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| 12/6/2007 |
| U.S. Navy flight deck personnel perform a scrubbing exercise during a counter measure wash down of aqueous film forming foam on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt, Dec. 4, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 12/6/2007 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Zachary Hoover looks at an Iraqi child's drawing while an Iraqi security volunteer peeks over his shoulder during a pause on a patrol through a market in northeastern Baghdad’s Adhamiyah District, Dec. 1, 2007. Hoover is assigned to the 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Squadron.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Martinez
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| 12/6/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Brianna Rupp performs an eye exam on a Bangladeshi fisherman in a makeshift medical tent in Doblarchar, Bangladesh, on Dec. 4, 2007. Rupp is assigned to the USS Tarawa.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Kulp
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| 12/6/2007 |
| The USS John S. McCain prepares to tow the USS Fitzgerald during a towing exercise in the western Pacific Ocean, Dec. 6, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Bryan Reckard
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| 12/6/2007 |
| Students in the U.S. Air Force Advanced Contingency Skills Training Course practice combat tactics during field training, Dec. 4, 2007, on a range on Fort Dix, N.J.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol
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| 12/5/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Katie Garske holds a falcon at a Qatar general’s beach home on Nov. 26, 2007. The general invited more than 100 U.S. servicemembers to his beach home for a day of entertainment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Dustin Senger
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| 12/5/2007 |
| The guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley's visit, boarding, search and seizure team prepares to come aboard training support vessel Prevail as part of a training exercise in the Caribbean, Dec. 2, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Wyscaver
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| 12/5/2007 |
| Chief Petty Officer Alfonso Reyes helps sailors assemble beds at the Veterans Village of San Diego winter shelter, which serves homeless veterans, Dec. 3, 2007. The sailors are assigned to Naval Base Point Loma, Calif.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Yan M. Kennon
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| 12/5/2007 |
| Citizens of Bawfal, Bangladesh, offload food rations from a helicopter assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Dec. 4, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryson K. Jones
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| 12/5/2007 |
| A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal team and a Bosnian army soldier, all attached to Multi-National Forces, search for explosive ordnances in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alan Moos
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| 12/5/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and International Security Assistance Force Commander Gen. Dan McNeil discuss defense issues during a joint video teleconference with leaders in outlying provinces in Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/5/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks on the Kabul flightline area en route to the Khowst province during a recent trip to Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/5/2007 |
| Chief Petty Officer Joe Kane fires a "minigun" during training at the firing range in Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 28, 2007. Assigned to Navy Combat Camera Group Pacific, Kane is deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Todd Frantom
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| 12/5/2007 |
| Bosnian army soldiers and U.S. Navy sailors attached to Multinational Forces cast long shadows as they take a break to stand on top of a mound near a canal following a search for explosive ordnance in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alan Moos
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| 12/5/2007 |
| Members of the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron construct a temporary shelter for the 332nd ECES Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, Dec. 5, 2007, at Balad Air Base, Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia
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| 12/5/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen unload crates of expired munitions and place them into a pit to be destroyed, Dec. 3, 2007, at Ali Air Base, Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 12/5/2007 |
| An aircrew waits to launch from Catapult 3 during night flight operations on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 2, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac
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| 12/5/2007 |
| U.S. Marines inspect the metal frame of a new air traffic control tower at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Wayne Edmiston
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| 12/5/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates departs the headquarters of NATO's International Security Assistance Force for a tour of Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/4/2007 |
| An F/A-18C Hornet lowers its tail hook to land on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 2, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique M. Lasco
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| 12/4/2007 |
| Maintenance crews work on an aircraft on the annual sea ice runway, Nov. 26, 2007, near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze. The joint and total-force mission supports the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program that began in 1955.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo
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| 12/4/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Javier Agraz checks the vitals of a Cambodian woman in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, Nov. 29, 2007. Agraz is assigned to the USS Essex .
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kristofer Atkinson
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| 12/4/2007 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Lou C. Cimorelli studies an X-ray of a victim of Tropical Cyclone Sidr. Cimorelli is assigned to the USS Kearsarge, which is providing relief efforts in Bangladesh.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Peter R. Miller
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| 12/4/2007 |
| Sailors assigned to the USS Wasp in the Red Sea take part in an all-hands swim call off the stern gate of the ship, Nov. 30, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew McCord
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| 12/4/2007 |
| A special U.S. Central Command Air Forces maintenance team builds a network tower that will carry Radio-over-Internet Protocol Routed communications on Ali Base, Iraq, Nov. 30, 2007.
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| 12/4/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Rosemary Colberte takes a free moment to play Duck, Duck, Goose with primary school students in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Nov. 27, 2007. She is assigned to the USS Essex, which is on a goodwill mission.
U.S. Navy photo by Capt. Brian Donegan
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| 12/4/2007 |
| Airmen from the Kunsan Air Base 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department work with Gunsan City, South Korea, firefighters to put out a large industrial fire, Dec. 3, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Rosenbaum
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| 12/4/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Zachary Brown treats a patient in Sarankhola, Bangladesh, Dec. 2, 2007. Brown is a physician with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable).
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rdClass William S. Parker
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| 12/4/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the Kabul Military Training Center near Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/4/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shake hands at the end of a joint press conference in the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/3/2007 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Pete Chiarelli board a U.S. Air Force aircraft on Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to head to Djibouti, Dec. 2, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 12/3/2007 |
| Seaman Neferitria Bennefield helps unload a truck filled with supplies and gifts for the children and faculty at an orphanage in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Nov. 26., 2007. She is assigned to the USS Essex.
U.S. Navy photo by Pettty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Ballge
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| 12/3/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen from the 6th Security Forces Squadron Boat Patrol police Tampa Bay areas surrounding MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 27, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rylan Albright
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| 12/3/2007 |
| Lt.j.g. Erica Goodwin visits the children going to school next door to Essikado Hospital in Takoradi, Ghana, Nov. 28, 2007. Members of Africa Partnership Station visited the school while working at the hospital to determine whether they could help on a future community relations project.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Merriam
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| 12/3/2007 |
| Victims of Tropical Cyclone Sidr move boxes of food delivered by a 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit helicopter during a humanitarian relief mission in Bangladesh, Dec. 1, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Peter R. Miller
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| 12/3/2007 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen of the 354th Fighter Wing walk down range to set up their targets prior to a shooting exercise firing at the snow-covered small arms range on Eielson Air Base, Alaska, Nov. 29, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin
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| 12/3/2007 |
| U.S. Navy Capt. Tom Broderick hands out school supplies following the dedication ceremony celebrating the renovation of the primary school in Assamo, Djibouti, Nov. 29, 2007. Broderick is assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamie Train
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| A mother and son wait in line to receive medical aid from U.S. military personnel working from a makeshift emergency room in Bangladesh, Nov. 29, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is greeted by Djiboutean Army Maj. Gen. Fathi Ahmed Houssein, chief of the general staff, during his arrival in Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Navy sailors from the USS Patriot throw over lines as the ship returns to its forward-deployed operating base in Sasebo, Japan, Nov. 28, 2007, after a two-month deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
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| Children greet U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John Bradley at a village near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2007. Bradley brought more than 25,000 pounds of humanitarian relief supplies donated by his wife, Jan, for distribution to local villages.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rick Sforza
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| President and Mrs. Bush share their seat with a boy during a childrens' holiday party hosted by the first lady Dec. 3, 2007. The boy was one of 200 children with parents who serve in the military who were invited to the White House for the party. About half of the parents are deployed.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Bradley, the commander of Air Force Reserve Command, talks with children while delivering humanitarian supplies in Who Deh, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2007. The supplies were gathered by Bradley's wife Jan and will be distributed mainly by the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rick Sforza
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| Bangladeshis receive food and supplies from U.S. Marines aboard a CH-53E helicopter assigned to 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit during a humanitarian mission in Rangabali, Bangladesh, Dec. 1, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Peter R. Miller
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| Two U.S. Marines prepare to offload supplies from a helicopter assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in Bamna, Bangladesh, Dec. 2, 2007.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe
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| Members of a joint medical team travel Dec. 2, 2007, to a hospital in Bamna, Bangladesh, where they will provide medical assistance. The medical personnel are assigned to USS Kearsarge and embarked the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe
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| 12/1/2007 |
| Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, completes the naval academy fight song with "Beat Army!" after the midshipmen's 38-3 victory over the U.S. Military Academy at the 108th playing of the Army-Navy football game held in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 1, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey, left, reacts to a missed Army field goal while watching the 108th Army-Navy Football game with Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dec. 1, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Naval Academy senior slot back Zerbin Singleton pulls away for a touchdown during the midshipmen's 38-3 victory at the 108th Army-Navy football game in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 1, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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