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| 3/31/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors from the deck department heave a mooring line onto the forecastle of the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry during sea and anchor detail in port in Okinawa, Japan, March 27, 2008. Harpers Ferry sailors and embarked Marines are returning from bilateral training exercises and humanitarian civic action projects throughout the Western Pacific during the ship's spring patrol.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
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| 3/31/2008 |
| Flight deck crew prepare to launch the next aircraft in the launch cycle, March 26, 2008, after successfully catapulting an F/A-18 Hornet from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman during flight operations in the Persian Gulf. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Matthew A. Lawson
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| 3/31/2008 |
| An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Lancers" of Electronic Attack Squadron 131, deploys emergency flares during an air power demonstration for the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, March 30, 2008. Lincoln, embarked Carrier Strike Group on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Brandon C. Wilson
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| 3/31/2008 |
| Sailors from the Center for Information Dominance, Corry Station, stand by for an all-hands captain's call from CID commanding officer Capt. Connie Frizzell. CID Corry Station oversees career management and training for officer and enlisted students and allied forces in the fields of information warfare, information professional, cryptologic and information technology, March 27, 2008.
U. S. Navy photo by Gary Nichols
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| 3/31/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, legal advisor to the convening authority, Office of Military Commissions, announces formal charges against the first alleged bomber of the east African embassy during a press briefing at the Pentagon, March 31, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Cullen
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| 3/31/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division drop leaflets over Kirkuk, Iraq, March 27, 2008, to improve relations between citizens and coalition forces.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/31/2008 |
| U.S. Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland, left, greets Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates upon his arrival in Brussels, Belgium, March 31, 2008. Gates is in Belgium to visit to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 3/31/2008 |
| Navy Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Matthew Richards and Aviation Ordinanceman 3rd Class Stephen Miller man a gun mount during a drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, March 28, 2008. Boxer is at sea preparing for an upcoming deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew Jackson
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| 3/31/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and U.S. Army Gen. John Craddock, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe, talk at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium, March 31, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 3/31/2008 |
| U.S. Army Gen. John Craddock, left, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe, watches as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates signs a guest book at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium, March 31, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 3/31/2008 |
| A 3-year-old Iraqi burn victim waves goodbye before leaving on a medical evacuation flight to the United States from the Air Force Theater Hospital on Balad Air Base, Iraq, March 21, 2008. The child and his mother flew to the U.S. to obtain treatment for second and third degree burns covering 45 percent of the boy's body.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen
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| 3/31/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees take a break after installing sheeting for a drop ceiling in a classroom at Abadir Primary School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 20, 2008. The Seabees are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 3/30/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command combat controllers give a C-130 Hercules takeoff clearance and provide air traffic control during a mission to establish and assess an airfield at a forward deployed location in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, March 15, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 3/30/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Miguel Tafoya keeps an eye out for opposing forces during a boarding drill on the decommissioned ship USS Duluth in port in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 26, 2008. Tafoy is assigned to the visit, board, search, and seizure team of the Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl
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| 3/30/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Jimmy Marble pulls security outside a mechanic’s shop during a raid in east Mosul, Iraq, March 24, 2008. Marble is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Richard Ybarra
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| 3/30/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, center, welcome Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, to the Pentagon on March 28, 2008. Rudd met with Gates and his senior staff to discuss a range of security issues of mutual interest to both Australia and the United States.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/30/2008 |
| Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, arrives at the Pentagon on March 28, 2008, where Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, right, escorts him into the building. Rudd met with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and other senior department officials to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.
Defense Department photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/30/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Patrick Dixon builds a back wall on the administration building of the Abadir Primary School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 18, 2008. Dixon is assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, which is conducting a Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa community service project.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 3/30/2008 |
| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers look over a bridge damaged by a vehicle borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq, March 22, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson
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| 3/30/2008 |
| U.S. and coalition troops meet with Afghan education officials and village elders in the library and science lab of the Jan Qadam Elementary School during the school's opening day in Bagram, Afghanistan, March 24, 2008. The library was dedicated to Gen. Baba Jan, who donated the land for the school.
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| 3/29/2008 |
| Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, acting commander of U.S. Central Command, addresses the audience as Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, left, outgoing commander of U.S. CENTCOM, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, look on during a ceremony on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., March 28, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/29/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, walks with Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, left, outgoing commander of U.S. Central Command, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, during a relinquishment of command ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., March 28, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Griffis talks with an elderly Iraqi man during a dismounted patrol in Hurriyah, March 21, 2008. Griffis is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's (Air Assault) 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Hunter
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Petty Officer 2nd Class Jasmin S. Enciso holds one of the younger patients seen during a cooperative medical engagement in Kabani, Iraq, March 18, 2008. Enciso is assigned to 1st Marine Logistics Group.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler B. Barstow
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| An Iraqi soldier sets up a security perimeter during the Iraqi Army's 4th Brigade, 7th Division's tactical exhibition at the end of a six-week training course with U.S. Marines, March 9, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert C. Medina
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| 3/28/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the relinquishment -of- command ceremony of U.S. Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, outgoing commander of U.S. Central Command on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., March 28, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/28/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates passes the U.S. Central Command flag to U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey as Adm. William J. Fallon, outgoing commander of U.S. CENTCOM, looks on during a ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., March 28, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/28/2008 |
| Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search, and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon conduct a boarding drill aboard the decommissioned amphibious transporting dock ship USS Duluth, March 26, 2008.
U.S Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer David Rush
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Jacelyn Whitespeare mans a sound-powered telephone aboard USS Ronald Reagan, March 26, 2008, during a replenishment at sea with USNS Yukon while under way in the Pacific Ocean with the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. Blachly
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS Chung-Hoon breach a door during a boarding drill on the decommissioned USS Duluth in port in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 26, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas G. Anderson and Iraqi police provide security while looking for a possible improvised explosive device outside of Jebadin, Iraq, March 15, 2008. Anderson is assigned to the 3rd Marine Regiment's 2nd Battalion, Foxtrot Company, Regimental Combat Team 1.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stuart C. Wegenka
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman Anthony Posey, left, and Tech. Sgt. Jeff Blocks observe civilian contractors work around fiber optic cables on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., March 14, 2008. Posey and Blocks are assigned to the 375th Communications Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mildred Guevara
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Celest White waits aboard USS Ronald Reagan to signal the USNS Yukon during a replenishment at sea March 26, 2008, while under way in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer S. Kimball
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| 3/28/2008 |
| Two MH-60S Seahawks cross flight patterns as they transport cargo from the USNS Yukon to the USS Ronald Reagan during a replenishment at sea, March 26, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kathleen Gorby
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| Five-year-old U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gaven Cox gives Sgt. David Raines the order to do push-ups during a formation on Fort Hood, Texas, March 20, 2008. Through the Make-A-Wish foundation, Cox was given the opportunity to join the 1st Cavalry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jeffrey Ledesma
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chris Wietecha, left, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Walls conduct a pressurization test on a KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling drogue, March 25, 2008. The men are assigned to the 452nd Maintenance Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Val Gempis
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| Sgt. Brandon Griffis walks into the home of an Iraqi family while patrolling through Hurriyah in western Baghdad, March 21, 2008. Griffis serves with 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Hunter
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| 3/28/2008 |
| The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon steams alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during a replenishment-at-sea, March 26, 2008. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac
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| 3/28/2008 |
| Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Cody Steiner, assigned to the "Golden Warriors" of Strike Fighter Squadron changes the instrumental landing system on an F/A-18A Hornet strike fighter aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, March 20, 2008.
U.S. Navy Photo by Seaman John Suits
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Lawrence Heyworth, assigned to the USS Chung-Hoon, climbs a ladder to board the decommissioned USS-Duluth during a drill at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, March 26, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl
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| Asia, one of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus’ elephants, shows her support of the military by sporting an America Supports You dog tag, held by former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff retired Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers. The duo was joined by, from left, Mary Jo Myers, Kenneth Feld, chairman of the circus, his wife Bonnie and daughter Nicole Feld, and Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense for internal communications and public liaison.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Cpl. Colin A. Hayes and Cpl. Joshua T. Dawson move concertina wire at a traffic control point in Akashat, Iraq, March 16, 2008, to make way for concrete barriers. The two are assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion's Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Torres
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| Local citizens wave Kurdish and American flags during the Kurdish regional government new year's celebration in Dahuk, March 20, 2008. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, the 1st Armored Division and Task Force Iron commander and other military leaders attended the celebration.
Photo by Multinational Corps Iraq Public Affairs
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| 3/28/2008 |
| Local citizens of Sulimaniyah, Iraq, dance in celebration of the Kurdish New Year, March 20, 2008. Local leaders gave MultiNational Division-North leaders a tour of the festivities.
Photo by Multi-National Corps Iraq Public Affairs
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Danmeyer scans a crowd of shoppers as his patrol moves through a market in central Baghdad, March 21, 2008. He is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Platoon, Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, attached to Multinational Division – Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Grant Okubo
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| 3/28/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 56th Military Police Company, attached to the 101st Airborne Division, conduct a patrol in Casadia, Iraq, March 14, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jordan Huettl
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| 3/27/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Boucher smiles as an Iraqi child enjoys trying on his helmet and sunglasses during a community outreach visit to the Al-Fahdl Clinic in Baghdad, March 21, 2008. Boucher is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, attached to Multinational Division - Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Grant Okubo
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| 3/27/2008 |
| Karlo, a U.S. Army working dog, relaxes in the sun in front of a painted building after completing a full day's work with his handler in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 20, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/27/2008 |
| Sheik Ali Hatem listens as U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Martin Post, deputy commanding general of Multinational Force West, presents a briefing during a leadership summit to discuss the continued rebuilding of Al Anbar province at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, March 24, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erin A. Kirk
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| 3/27/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers and an Iraqi army soldier talk through an interpreter during the construction of Check Point 31 in Mosul, Iraq, March 23, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 3/27/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 17, better known as the "Desert Battalion," board a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft bound for Anbar Province, Iraq, March 19, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth W. Robinson
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| 3/27/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, hosts a Pentagon meeting, March 27, 2008, with South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan, left foreground.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/27/2008 |
| Crew members aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt clear the landing area of the flight deck after tightening a pin that came loose while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, March 20, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 3/27/2008 |
| A U.S. Air Force videographer, left, a still photographer and a graphics specialist are backlighted by the setting sun. The airmen earned 13 first place awards, nine second place awards and 11 third place awards in the Defense Department 2007 Visual Information Awards contest, which was judged at Fort Meade, Md., March 11-12, 2008.
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| 3/27/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Maj. Jason P. Smith takes time away from convoy operations to play with some Liberian children during a mission to deliver humanitarian supplies throughout the city of Monrovia, Liberia, March 25, 2008. Smith is assigned to the 4th Landing Support Battalion's 4th Marine Logistics Group.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Rocco DeFilippis
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| U.S. Army Capt. Brian Smith administers a dose of medication to one of nine puppies in a litter brought in during a humanitarian aid clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, March 24, 2008, sponsored by Project HOPE and Africa Partnership Station. Smith is a veterinarian assigned to the 64th Medical Battalion, attached to Africa Partnership Station.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brian A. Goyak
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| 3/26/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers and Iraqi sheiks discuss the next steps in a community improvement program in Musayyib, Iraq, March 11, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Golindano
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| 3/26/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Cpl. Angel J. Tafoya teaches Iraqi police officers the aspects of Marine marksmanship at a Iraqi police station near Jebadin, Iraq, March 15, 2008. Tafoya is assigned to 3rd Marine Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Foxtrot Company, Regimental Combat Team 1.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stuart C. Wegenka.
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| 3/26/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, makes a joke about Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," at the USO Metro awards in Arlington, Va., March 25, 2008. Cartwright introduced Stewart, who received the 2008 USO-Metro Merit Award.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 3/26/2008 |
| Members of the 82nd Airborne All-American Chorus sing during the USO Metro awards in Arlington, Va., March 25, 2008. The group received several standing ovations and was called back for an encore performance.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 3/26/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS Ronald Reagan work as the sun sets on another day of flight operations in the Pacific Ocean, March 25, 2008. The USS Reagan Carrier Strike Group is conducting a composite training unit exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Spike Call
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| 3/26/2008 |
| U.S. Pacific Command Commander U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating presents the Joint Service Commendation Medal to Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert W. Polt, of the USS Lake Erie, for his role in the February missile launch that destroyed an errant satellite, March 23, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl
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| 3/26/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Sgt. Matthew Heen performs for students, teachers and staff at a secondary school in Buchanon, Liberia, March 23, 2008. Heen is assigned to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe Band, which is participating in an Africa Partnership Station project.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Jason Morris
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| 3/26/2008 |
| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell briefs the media at the Pentagon following a visit from President Bush, March 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 3/26/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, President George W. Bush, center, and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates enter the Pentagon for a meeting to discuss the way forward in Iraq, March 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/26/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, pause on the steps of the Pentagon with President George W. Bush prior to a meeting on strategy in Iraq, March 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/26/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees install sheeting for a drop ceiling in a classroom at Abadir Primary School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa project, March 19, 2008. The Seabees are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 3/26/2008 |
| Iraqi Gen. Ghanem Abass Al Kurashi, police chief for the Diyala province, and U.S. Army Col, Jon Lehr meet with local tribal leaders to discuss future plans for the region in Kahn Bani Said, Iraq, March 13, 2008. Lehr is commander of the 2nd Infantry Division's 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan
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| 3/25/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Egyptian Minister of Defense Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi through an honor cordon into the Pentagon for a working luncheon, March 25, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 3/25/2008 |
| U.S. Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry answers questions from reporters about nose cone assemblies for Minuteman missiles during a Pentagon press briefing with U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne, right, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Director for Operations U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, left.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 3/25/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers drop leaflets over several villages in the Rashaad Valley near the Kirkuk province of Iraq, March 23, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 350th Tactical Psychological Operations.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/25/2008 |
| U.S, Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne demonstrates the positioning of a nose cone assembly for Minuteman missiles during a Pentagon press briefing March 25, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 3/25/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kim Smith documents a puppy adopted by the Musayyib Iraqi Police Station in Musayyib, Iraq, March 11, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Golindano
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| 3/25/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier greets Iraqi citizens during a patrol to monitor recent Iraqi economic growth in Musayyib, Iraq, March 11, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Golindano.
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| 3/25/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy sailor taxis a C-2A Greyhound aircraft during flight operations, March 22, 2008, on the flight deck aboard USS Kitty Hawk while under way in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 3/25/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers search near a wall for a weapons cache, March 10, 2008, at Rahaliyah.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ricardo Branch
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| 3/25/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers listen to a local resident during a dismounted patrol through an area north of Baghdad, Iraq, March 11, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Alpha Troop, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Combat Brigade Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 3/25/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier sits in the gunner's hatch of a U.S. Army vehicle during a patrol in Musayyib, Iraq, March 11, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Golindano
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| 3/25/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers prepare to enter a house along Main Supply Route Vermont in the Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Gladius.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Johnny R. Aragon
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| 3/25/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers, Iraqi National Police officers and Iraqi army soldiers conduct a search mission for illegal firearms and improvised explosive device caches in Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| 3/25/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jose Ramos removes loose strands of metal while churning a used gun shell with a lathe in the machinery repair shop aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell, March 18, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron
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| 3/25/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Hector Gonzalez and Airman 1st Class Jeffery Pollitt conduct an operational check on a B-1B Lancer, March 19, 2009, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The B-1B was the first aircraft to fly supersonic speeds using a 50/50 blend of synthetic and petroleum fuel.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo
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| 3/25/2008 |
| Three F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex, March 20, 2008, prior to a combat training mission. The Falcons are from the 18th Aggressor Squadron assigned to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler
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| 3/24/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers assigned to the 27th Iraqi Infantry Brigade, 7th Iraqi Infantry Division search through a pile of rubble for any signs of insurgent activity in a wadi, or dried river bed, east of Baghdadi, Iraq, March 18, 2008. The soldiers have been training for the past 20 days with U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy SEALS to conduct helo-borne operations such as cache sweeps.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jason Bortz
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| 3/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers and Iraqi army soldiers talk with people on Chem Street in Adhamiyah, Iraq, March 20, 2008, after efforts to improve security brought the market back to life. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Elvyn Nieves
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| 3/24/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain and escorts him through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, March 24, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/24/2008 |
| King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Defense Robert M. Gates in the Pentagon to discuss bilateral security issues, March 24, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Wilcox pulls security while other troops talk with a local national in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Hurriyah, March 21, 2008. Wilcox is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, which is attached to Multinational Division Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Hunter
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| 3/24/2008 |
| An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 flies past amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa while under way in the Arabian Gulf, March 11, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Niegel
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| 3/24/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Donald Greenwood, Senior Airman Ashley Rea, Staff Sgt. Christina Martinez and Senior Airman Whitney Young flip a fire truck tire during the 48th Security Forces Squadron Combat Olympics, March 11, 2008, at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brian J. Ellis
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| 3/24/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers rally to celebrate the opening of the Rafidain Bank in Saydiyah, a province in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, March 13, 2008. The bank was able to open due to improved security in the area.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michael Hendrickson
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| 3/24/2008 |
| U.S. airmen aboard the aircraft carrier USS Truman discovered a screech owl in the left-main wheel well of an F/A 18 Hornet during a pre-flight inspection, March 17, 2008. Nicknamed "Fod," short for foreign object debris, the bird was nursed back to health by an airmen who is a licensed U.S. falconer, then transported to land and safely released.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew Bookwalter
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| 3/24/2008 |
| Veterans who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the 100th Infantry Battalion in World War II were treated to a flight on a C-17 Globemaster III nicknamed the "Spirit of Go for Broke" in honor of the men's motto, March 13, 2008.The battalion and team combined to become one of the most highly decorated outfits in WWII.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tom Czerwinski
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| 3/24/2008 |
| Japanese Ground Self Defense Force soldiers fight alongside U.S. Marines assigned to 3rd Marine Division, Combat Assault Battalion during simulated combat training using laser detection gear March 7, 2008 at the Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Rogers
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| 3/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Difruscio provides security as a new Sons of Iraq checkpoint is established in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, March 6, 2008. Difruscio is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michael Hendrickson
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| 3/23/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers search for the insurgent that just attacked their convoy in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 20, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/23/2008 |
| A B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a practice aerial refueling mission near the Mariana Islands March 19, 2008. The KC-135 is from the 106th AiPr Refueling Squadron, Alabama Air National Guard, and the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine
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| 3/21/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier assigned to 25th Aviation Regiment's 2nd Battalion swims to the surface during egress training, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 20, 2008. The training teaches aviators and aircrew survival skills if an aircraft is immersed in water.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Bryanna Poulin
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| 3/21/2008 |
| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell answers questions from reporters on Iraq during a press briefing at the Pentagon, March 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 3/21/2008 |
| Master Sgt. Rodney Whaley, a 56-year-old Tennessee Army National Guardsman, competes in in Alaska's 2008 Iditarod, billed as "The World's Last Great Race," which started March 1, 2008. He is one of only 102 people in the world to qualify for the 1,159-mile race. The Tenneseee Army National Guard sponsored him in the race.
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| 3/21/2008 |
| Iraqi army medics listens to a boy's heartbeat during a combined medical effort in Bata, Iraq, March 17, 2008. The Iraqi medics, assigned to the 9th Iraqi Army Division, are working with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 14th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Craig Vandermaden looks at a student's lesson book at a school in the Meshahadah province of Iraq, March 16, 2008. Vandermaden is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company C,1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Jody Brown listens to a patient's heartbeat during a combined medical effort in Bata, Iraq, March 17, 2008. Brown is a physician assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company C, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Combat Brigade Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers patrol the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, March 9, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jeffery Sandstrum
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Neil Tuioti provides security at an Iraqi army checkpoint in Ur, Iraq, March 11, 2008. Tuioti is assigned to the 2nd Styrker Cavalry Regiment's 1st Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Marines battle the high-speed rotor wash of the CH-53E Super Stallion during a sling loading mission March 17, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 6’s Helicopter Support Team.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jessica N. Aranda
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Chase E. Lieberenz washes down equipment with fresh water to prevent salt-water corrosion aboard the USS Harpers Ferry, March 19, 2008, near East Java, Indonesia. He is assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Lawrence King shows Multinational Force Iraq Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill the future site of Joint Security Station Massaffee in Baghdad's Rashid District, March 18, 2008. King is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathaniel Smith
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Karl Morgan talks to an Iraqi police officer before the station’s grand opening ceremony, March 15, 2008, in Shat al Taji, northwest of Baghdad. Morgan is the senior enlisted leader of Multinational Division Baghdad's 25th Infantry Division, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christina Bhatti
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S Navy sailors clean an F/A-18 Hornet on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, March 20, 2008. Nimitz is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eduardo Zaragoza
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Lagas, right, helps Spc. Brian Weaver over a barbed wire fence during a search of farmhouses near Patrol Base Summers outside of Baghdad during Operation Marne Rugged, March 15, 2008. Lagas and Weaver are assigned to the 69th Armor Regiment which is attached to the 3rd Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ben Brody
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| 3/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers, Iraqi national police and Iraqi Army soldiers conduct a joint search mission for illegal firearms and improvised explosive device caches in Baghdad, March 15, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| 3/20/2008 |
| An Iraqi national police officer with 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Division searches a car during a cordon and search mission with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division in Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Drew Webb hands out candy to local children during a combined medical effort in Bata, Iraq, March 17, 2008. Webb is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Combat Brigade Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln heave a line to hoist a rescue boat after a man overboard drill while under way in the Pacific Ocean, March 18, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Geoffrey Lewis
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Cmdr. Wesley R. Guinn, right, commander of the submarine USS Scranton, describes the sub's weapons capabilities to Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Azevedo Jobim, left, March 19, 2008. Jobim is touring several military locations in the U.S. at the invitation of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Todd A. Schaffer
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, front right, talks with Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Azevedo Jobim, seated opposite, during a closed door working luncheon at the Pentagon, March 20, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Azevedo Jobim through an honor cordon into the Pentagon for a working luncheon, March 20, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Joaquin Castro simulates an attack on Djiboutian army soldiers during Operation Able Dart 08-01, a counterterrorism tactics course on Forward Operating Location Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, March 4, 2008. Castro is assigned to the Guam Army National Guard, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 249th Infantry Regiment (Light).
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 3/20/2008 |
| A U.S. Marine and an Iraqi Army role player share a handshake during a specialized training exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., that is designed to teach Marines and sailors about foreign cultures and languages to help them in training foreign security and military troops, March 7, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nicholas M. Dunn
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers, Iraqi national police and Iraqi army soldiers conduct a joint search mission for illegal firearms and improvised explosive device caches in Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2008. The U.S. Army soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force pararescuemen conduct pre-flight checks on their parachutes before boarding an HC-130 Hercules aircraft for a training jump over Djibouti March 13, 2008. The men are assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 3/20/2008 |
| Two Afghan soldiers and a U.S. soldier wait for word to enter and search a house at a simulated Afghan village during a raid exercise as part of U.S. military advisor training at Fort Riley, Kan., March 17, 2008.
Defense Dept photo by Gerry J. Gilmore
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili into the Pentagon through an honor cordon, March 20, 2008. Saakashvili is meeting with Gates, who just returned from a trip to Russia, to discuss a range of bilateral security issues.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/20/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy aviation boatswain's mates direct an EA-6B Prowler aircraft into position on board the USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way in the Pacific Ocean, March 9, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique Lasco.
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Hicks takes aim with a squad automatic weapon during a pre-deployment desert training exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 10, 2008. Hicks is assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment's Echo Company, 2nd Battalion.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chad J. Pulliam
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| 3/20/2008 |
| U.S. Marines wait to load a pallet onto a Sea Stallion helicopter on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 11, 2008. The Marines, assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment, are participating in a pre-deployment desert training exercise.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason T. Guiliano
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| 3/19/2008 |
| President George W. Bush delivers a speech at the Pentagon, March 19, 2008, concerning his views on the progress of the global war on terrorism on the fifth anniversary of the start of the coalition operation in Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy 3rd Class Randall Reiten installs a new propeller on an EA-6B Prowler aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, East China Sea, March 14, 2008. Reiten, an aviation machinists mate, is assigned to the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eduardo Zaragoza.
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| 3/19/2008 |
| Members of the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto team to board, search and seize ride their rigid-hull inflatable boat during a training exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, March 18, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Coleman Thompson.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice participate in a joint press conference at the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow, March 18, 2008. The two secretaries met with their Russian counterparts during a two-day trip to Moscow.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens to Russian Foreign MInister Sergey Lavrov during a joint press conference at the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow, March 18, 2008. Secretaries Rice and Gates met with their Russian counterparts during a two-day trip to Moscow.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 3/19/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice enjoy a moment during a joint press conference at the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow, March 18, 2008. Secretaries Gates and Rice met with their Russian counterparts during a two-day trip to Moscow.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 3/19/2008 |
| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, right, introduces President George W. Bush to a capacity audience in the Pentagon auditorium, March 19, 2008. Bush delivered a major speech concerning his view on the progress of the global war on terrorism on the fifth anniversary of the start of the coalition operation in Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/19/2008 |
| Veteran Rudy Garcia pauses in front of the traveling Vietnam Wall to remember his comrades during the wall's stop in Clovis, N.M., near Cannon Air Force Base, March 15, 2008. The traveling Vietnam Wall is transported throughout the country to enable people to pay their respects to the memories of the fallen.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liliana Moreno
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| 3/19/2008 |
| Veterans and other residents of Clovis, N.M., turned out to walk beside the traveling Vietnam Wall March 15, 2008. The wall travels around the country to give people who may not be able to visit Washington, D.C., a chance to pay their respects.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liliana Moreno
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| 3/19/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Hudson pays nearly $10,000 to 120 Iraqi students learning masonry, electrical and plumbing skills at the RED HORSE Village of Hope school in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, March 13, 2008. Hudson is assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron headquartered at Balad Air Base.
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| 3/19/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers arrive at a school during a combined medical effort in Bata, Iraq, March 17, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Tank Battalion, 34th Armor Brigade Combat Team, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized).
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 3/19/2008 |
| President George W. Bush delivers a speech at the Pentagon, March 19, 2008, on the progress of the global war on terrorism on the fifth anniversary of the start of the coalition operation in Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 3/19/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Justin Clark shares high-fives with students at a school in the Meshahadah province of Iraq, March 16, 2008. Clark is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 3/19/2008 |
| President George W. Bush shakes hands with servicemembers after a delivering a speech March 19, 2008, at the Pentagon on the progress of the global war on terrorism on the fifth anniversary of the start of coalition operations in Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 3/19/2008 |
| The Coast Guard Cutter Tackle breaks ice on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, March 17, 2008. The Tackle annually breaks ice on the river to help prevent flooding when the ice melts in the spring.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Downs
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| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England introduces President George W. Bush to the podium at the Pentagon, March 19, 2008. Bush delivered a speech on the progress of the global war on terrorism on the fifth anniversary of the start of coalition operations in Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 3/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Tuan Nguyen, deployed with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, visits with children at the Mama Hani Orphanage in Garissa, Kenya, March 12, 2008. The orphanage provides food, shelter, clothing, school placement and a family environment for more than sixty children.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Eric Kreps
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| 3/19/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Lagas, left, and Spc. Brian Weaver, along with Iraqi troops, search farmhouses near Patrol Base Summers south of Baghdad during Operation Marne Rugged, March 15, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's Company A, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ben Brody
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| 3/18/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Jared Albright searches a building during a night raid in Narhwan, Iraq, March 16, 2008. During the raid, Troop B cleared three houses and detained four individuals, including a man designated as a "high-value target."
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ben Hutto
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| 3/18/2008 |
| U.S. Vice President Richard B. Cheney speaks to a crowd of uniformed service members on Balad Air Base, Iraq, March 18, 2008. Cheney was in the area visiting with servicemembers deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 3/18/2008 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, middle left, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, discuss issues at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets Russian President Vladimir Putin as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looks on at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| Russian army Gen. Vladimir Nikishin greets U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates upon his arrival at Vnukovo International Airport near Moscow, March 17, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 3/18/2008 |
| Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev greets U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looks on at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice exchange pleasantries with Russian president Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 3/18/2008 |
| An Afghan National Army soldier searches a “suspect” during U.S. advisor team training on Fort Riley, Kan., March 17. U.S. soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, with help from Afghan soldiers and contract employees, have trained thousands of deploying troops.
Defense Dept. photo by Gerry J. Gilmore
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| 3/18/2008 |
| A group of Iraqi children tag along as U.S. Army Maj. John E. Orille, right, and other Iraqi and U.S. soldiers conduct a presence patrol in Hembis, Iraq, March 5, 2008. Orville is a senior advisor assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division Military Transition team.
U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Brian T. Block
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| 3/18/2008 |
| The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds solo pilots perform the crossover break maneuver during the March 11, 2008, acceptance show at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., marking the beginning of the 2008 air show season.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle
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| 3/18/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal diver plays tic-tac-toe with a visitor from inside the Navy's 6,800-gallon EOD mobile dive tank at the California Capital Airshow as part of Navy Week in Sacramento, Calif., March 14, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Dave Kaylor
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| 3/18/2008 |
| Djiboutian army soldiers funnel two vehicles into an ambush during Operation Able Dart 08-01, part of a counterterrorism tactic course taught by U.S. Army soldiers on Forward Operating Location Dikhil, Djibouti, March 6, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 3/18/2008 |
| Multinational Force Iraq Commander U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus shakes Sgt. Kevin Morneau's hand and presents him with a coin after administering the oath of reenlistment on Camp Taji, Iraq, March 12, 2008. Morneau is assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad's 25th Infantry Division, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Luis Montanez
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| 3/18/2008 |
| An E-2C Hawkeye is silhouetted on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, Persian Gulf, March 8, 2008.
U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricardo J. Reyes.
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| 3/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Joseph Onove presents a trauma kit to treat wounded Iraqi soldiers to Iraqi Army 1st Sgt. Hussein, March 8, 2008. Onove is assigned to the Military Transition Team of the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jerry Jones
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| 3/17/2008 |
| A Super Stallion assigned to a Marine helicopter squadron prepares to take off as Landing Craft Air Cushion 8 launches from the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa in the Persian Gulf, March 11, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin.
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| 3/17/2008 |
| U.S. Marines prepare to board an MV-22 Osprey belonging to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 in the Al Jazirah Desert, Iraq, March 12, 2008 after conducting an assault mission. The Marines are assigned to the 4th Marine Division's 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Stevens
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| 3/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Brown, left, talks with a local Son of Iraq in Himbus, Iraq, March 8, 2008. Brown is a platoon sergeant assigned to the 1st Armored Division's Company I, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Bassett
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| 3/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Eric Lora leads Iraqi children in play, March 8, 2008, in Abu Musa, Iraq. Lora is assigned to the 1st Armored Division's Company I, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. Locals were reluctant to talk with the division's soldiers when they arrived in January, fearing al Qaeda reprisals.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Bassett
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| 3/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Philip Dukett removes a rusted mortar round from a pile of scrap metal, March 11, 2008, at a junkyard north of Camp Taji, northwest of Baghdad. Dukett is an infantryman assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company B, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerome Bishop
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| 3/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Robert Day, far right, discusses route plans with a Korean army liaison officer concerning convoy security while Sgt. Matthew D. Chance, far left, and Sgt. 1st Class Alan L. Sutton look on in Baghdad, March 13, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Headquarters Support Company, Task Force Dragon, and Day is the commander.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy D. Crisp
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| 3/17/2008 |
| U.S. Vice President Richard B. Cheney meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, far right, during a visit to Iraq, March 17, 2008. Cheney, his wife Lynne and daughter Liz visited key Iraqi officials and U.S. leadership as part of a Middle East tour to enhance relations with key partners in the region.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Denny C. Cantrell
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| 3/17/2008 |
| U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan C. Crocker, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Commander Multinational Forces Iraq U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus answer questions from the press in Baghdad, March 17, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Denny C. Cantrell
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| 3/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Sanford Holman, commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, renders a salute to a Djiboutian army soldier during a graduation ceremony at Forward Operating Location Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, March 11, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 3/17/2008 |
| Members of an Iraqi civilian watch group dig up a weapons cache discovered outside of Subyhat, Iraq, March 13, 2008, by the Iraqi watch group and U.S. Marines assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brett Shemanski
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| 3/16/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers rush through a door during a cordon and search operation in Rubaidah, Iraq, March 12, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/16/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rory Fitch walks a patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, March 14, 2008. Fitch is assigned to Police Transition Team 8, Regimental Combat Team 1, which trains Iraqi policemen and maintains local security.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Albert F. Hunt
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| 3/16/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Wayne Dively provides security during a dismounted patrol through a grain processing factory near Abu Atham, Iraq, March 13, 2008. Dively is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 3/16/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force pararescuemen conduct a parachute training jump from an HC-130 aircraft over Djibouti, Africa, March 13, 2008. The airmen are assigned to the 82nd Search and Rescue Squadron from Moody Air Force Base, Ga.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 3/16/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Steven James searches the top floor of a two-story building during clearing drills at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, March 12, 2008. James is assigned to the 1st Platoon's 3rd Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Hirayama
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| 3/16/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Marlene Zamudio provides simulated treatment to Cpl. Jesse Koontz in the intensive care unit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu during a mass casualty exercise at sea in the Pacific Ocean, March 13, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Leonard J. Mandap
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| 3/16/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Wentworth replaces a broken line card on a communication system inside the theater deployable communications tent during an operational readiness inspection on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 11, 2008. Wentworth is assigned to the 18th Communications Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady
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| 3/14/2008 |
| A specially painted F-117 Nighthawk flies off from its last refueling by the Ohio National Guard's 121st Air Refueling Wing. Two F-117s were retired March 1, 2008, in a farewell ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Kim Frey
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| 3/14/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Iacone of Providence, R.I., uses an M49 spotting telescope to call shots as Staff Sgt. Claudio T. Sanchez zeroes a Mark-12 rifle at a marksmanship range located on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., March 13, 2008.
U.S. Marine Capt. Paul L. Greenberg
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| U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Dennis Moore kisses his son goodbye as he prepares to deploy aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is departing on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility, March 13, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 3/14/2008 |
| U.S. Army Col. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., right, commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, listen as Iraqi Army Gen. Jassem, commander of the 9th Iraqi army division, speaks during an opening ceremony for the new Salman Pak market, March 11, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek
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| An AV-8B Harrier of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Reinforced 166 sits on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa at sunrise, March 12, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Niegel
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| 3/14/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Philip Kriner checks for explosive residue on an Iraqi man's hands during a dismounted patrol in Amulshabi, Kirkuk, Iraq, March 11, 2008. Kriner is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/14/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Leo Buehler, left, and 1st Lt. Travis Plummer inspect a vehicle while conducting a joint clearing operation with Iraqi army soldiers in Ali Shaheen, Iraq, March 7, 2008. Buehler and Plummer are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| 3/14/2008 |
| An Iraqi army soldier provides security during a patrol in Abu Atham, Iraq, March 5, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 9th Iraqi Army Division's 1st Tank Battalion, 2nd Battalion.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 3/14/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors demonstrate team weapons handling procedures and tactical maneuvers to Indonesian naval officers aboard the USS Harpers Ferry, March 12, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
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| 3/14/2008 |
| An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Reinforced 166 swoops in for a landing on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa, March 12, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin
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| 3/14/2008 |
| Members of the visit, board, search, and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain approach the ship in a rigid hull inflatable boat during a Destroyer Squadron 15 evaluation of their tactics, March 13, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Byron C. Linder
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| 3/14/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Elmblad, right, briefs Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Collins as part of the 2008 Pacific Air Forces operational readiness inspection on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 11, 2008. Both men are assigned to the 18th Security Forces Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy FitzGerald
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| 3/14/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. David Cantu conducts a patrol with fellow Marines in Hit, Iraq, March 8, 2008. Cantu is assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment's 3rd Battalion.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Grant T. Walker.
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| 3/14/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers run to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters after conducting a search for weapons caches in Albu Issa, Iraq, March 12, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 101st Airborne Division's Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Luke Thornberry
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| 3/14/2008 |
| U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander, Multinational Division Center, and Col. Ali Abdul Hussein, commander of the 8th Iraqi Army Division's 3rd Brigade, talk at Forward Operating Base Zulu, Iraq, March 10, 2008, shortly before a briefing for Operation Marne Rugged.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Connors
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| 3/13/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Sittig welds a stuffing tube cover March 10, 2008, aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong
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| 3/13/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Leo Buehler, left, looks over materials gathered up from a house by Iraqi army soldiers during a joint clearing operation in Ali Shaheen, Iraq, March 7, 2008. Buehler is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| 3/13/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nikolina Kreager ensures a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot is set for the day's mission by checking the flight suit March 5, 2008, to make sure it can pressurize properly at high altitudes. Kreager is a life support specialist assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia.
U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Levi Riendeau
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| 3/13/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, takes a question during a taping of the "Charlie Rose Show" in Washington, D.C., March 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/13/2008 |
| Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade, center, arrives at the Pentagon, March 13, 2008, where he is escorted into the building by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, right. Gade will meet with senior Department of Defense officials, including Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, to discuss a wide range of security issues.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/13/2008 |
| Amenah Thabit, 2, smiles aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft, March 7, 2008, after she and her mother, Maha Muhamed Bandar, right, returned from the United States where Amenah had heart surgery. Amenah's father, Al'a Thabit Fattah, left, welcomes them home to Haditha, Iraq. A U.S. Marine discovered Amenah on a routine patrol and fellow Marines helped raise money to send her and her mother to the U.S. for treatment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman
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| 3/13/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Ryan Barber provides security during a patrol in Hit, Iraq, March 7, 2008. Barber is assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Hill
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| 3/13/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ditson Abraham, left, and his squad stop along a roadway leading to Ali Shaheen, Iraq, before a joint clearing operation with Iraqi soldiers, March 7, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to a 3rd Infantry Division transition team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| 3/13/2008 |
| U.S. Marines participate in a live-fire training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 7, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chad J. Pulliam
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| 3/13/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, shares some light-hearted banter with his guest Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade, left foreground, at the Pentagon, March 13, 2008. The two defense leaders will be discussing a broad range of security issues, both bilateral and in the context of their NATO committments.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/13/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates welcomes Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade, right, to the Pentagon, March 13, 2008, for bilateral security discussions.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/13/2008 |
| U.S Army Col. David Paschel signs a declaration of support with Sheik Abdullah Sami Obeidi, Sunni Arab Tribal Leader, for Sons of Iraq in Kirkuk province, Iraq, March 9, 2008. Paschel is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Brigade.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/13/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers participate in a nighttime sling-load training exercise, Mar. 6, 2008, at the airfield on Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to 703rd Brigade Support Battalion and the 69th Armor Regiment's 2nd Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Amanda Mcbride
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| 3/12/2008 |
| An amphibious assault vehicle backs onto a ramp as U.S. sailors guide it into the vehicle stowage area in the well deck of the USS San Antonio while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, March 9, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron J. Rock
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| 3/12/2008 |
| U.S. Army Pfc. John Henry assigned to a military transition team with the 3rd Infantry Division takes a break while conducting a joint clearing operation with Iraqi soldiers in Ali Shaheen, Iraq, March 7, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| 3/12/2008 |
| A company commander from the 13th Georgian Army Battalion radios in a situation report while conducting a joint clearing operation with Iraqi soldiers in Ali Shaheen, Iraq, March 7, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| 3/12/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Sgt. Javier E. Correa leads fellow Marines in a tug-o-war against Republic of Korea marines in a bilateral field meet at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, March 10, 2008. Correa is a unit movement control center chief with Headquarters Company, 7th Marines.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. GP Ingersoll
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| 3/12/2008 |
| The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, perform at the El Centro Air Show, March 8, 2008. The show was the first of 35 planned performances for the Blue Angels in 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Gaines
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| 3/11/2008 |
| U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to troops and civilians assigned to U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., March 10, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/11/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Jamie Rivas hands out an issue of the "Baghdad Now" newspaper to an Iraqi woman in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Mar. 11, 2008. Rivas is assigned to the 312th Tactical Psychological Operations Company.
U.S. Army photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Pierot
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| 3/11/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Calderon upon his visit to the Pentagon, March 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/11/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Calderon at the Pentagon, March 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announces he has accepted the resignation of Navy Adm. William J. Fallon as commander of U.S. Central Command during an announcement at the Pentagon, March 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/11/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announces he has accepted the request of early retirement of Navy Adm. William J. Fallon as Commander of U.S. Central Command during an announcement at the Pentagon, March 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/11/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announces he has accepted the resignation of Navy Adm. William J. Fallon as commander of U.S. Central Command during an announcement at the Pentagon, March 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/11/2008 |
| A U.S. sailor guides a landing craft air cushion into the well deck of USS San Antonio while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, March 9, 2008.
U.S. Marine photo by Cpl. Aaron J. Rock
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| An amphibious assault vehicle prepares to enter the well deck of USS San Antonio while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, March 9, 2008. Elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are aboard the San Antonio to assist in the ship's operational evaluation.
U.S. Marine photo by Cpl. Aaron J. Rock
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Adams uses an alidade to take bearings on a ship as the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto arrives in port in Istanbul, Turkey, March 8, 2008. The USS San Jacinto is operating in the Black Sea as part of an international effort to improve maritime safety and security in the region.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Henry
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| 3/11/2008 |
| Iraqi soldiers walk down a road leading into Ali Shaheen, Iraq, March 7, 2008, to begin a clearing operation. They are assigned to the 8th Iraqi Army Division's 32nd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents the Purple Heart to Sgt. Randy Brown, Warrior Transition Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo., March 10, 2008. Brown was injured by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Iraq in March 2006. While injured, Brown pulled his platoon and team leaders out of their burning Humvees.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets 4th Infantry Division soldiers training at Fort Carson, Colo., March 10, 2008. The soldiers are preparing for their upcoming deployment to Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Army Spcs. Lee Gaskell, right, and Luis Velez-Casianoa, middle, both small-arms artillery repairmen assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, Bravo Company, show Afghan National Army mechanics how to load an M-249 semi-automatic weapon during a weapons maintenance class on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, March 3, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Monika Comeaux
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| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel String puts his radio and gear on after a B-1B Lancer successfully dropped six GBU-38 munitions onto an al Qaeda in Iraq prison in northern Zambraniyah, Iraq, March, 10, 2008. String, a joint terminal attack controller, is deployed with the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| A B-1B Lancer drops six GBU-38 munitions onto an al Qaeda in Iraq prison and torture house in northern Zambraniyah, Iraq, March, 10, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 3/10/2008 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James J. Lovelace, left, presents his commander's coin to MySpace co-founders Chris DeWolfe, center, and Tom Anderson on on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 10, 2008. Lovelace, commander of U.S. Central Army and Combined Forces Component Command, thanked the social networking Web site's creators for organizing a concert for deployed troops.
Defense Dept. photos by Samantha L. Quigley
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| Nearly 5,000 servicemembers attended the Operation MySpace concert at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 10, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| David Draiman, vocalist for the band Disturbed, sings to a crowd of about 5,000 troops at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 10, 2008. MySpace, the social networking Web site, presented a concert for the troops with the cooperation of Armed Forces Entertainment and the Defense Department’s “America Supports You” program.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| Richard Patrick, left, lead vocalist for the band Filter, and former band mate-turned-soldier, Army Reserve Sgt. Frank Cavanagh, right, share the stage for a reunion song during the Operation MySpace concert at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 10, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| Army Sgt. Dale Carson with the 76th Brigade out of Indianapolis, Ind., gets a wild ride from Clyde the camel on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 7, 2008. Clyde comes to the base once a month as part of the Morale, Welfare and Recreation office’s efforts to entertain the troops.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| 3/10/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps aviators in a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron prepare to land on the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa while under way in the Persian Gulf March 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mathew Davies communicates on his radio while providing security during a traffic control point inspection in Yarmouk, Iraq, March 5, 2008. Davies is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sharhonda R. McCoy
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jamie Erickson, right, assigned to an explosive ordnance disposal team with 435th Civil Engineer Squadron, briefs his team on entry procedures before boarding a simulated contaminated C-130 Hercules aircraft during an exercise on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 6, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ruth Holcom
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| An SH-60 Seahawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, transfers cargo from the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic to the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, during a vertical replenishment under way in the Persian Gulf, March 1, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Matthew A. Lawson
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| Pfc. Luke Mantalica, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, watches an impromptu first-aid class at Exercise Mojave Viper at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Mar. 5, 2008. The trainees will soon deploy to Afghanistan.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ray Lewis
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Jeremiah Trench, team chief with 2nd Psychological Operations Group, attached to 10th Mountain Division, helps conduct a cordon and search during a four-day mission with 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 3, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| Minnesota National Guard soldiers follow along behind a track vehicle as they conduct cold-weather training at Camp Vearnes, Norway, Mar. 8, 2008. The soldiers are participating in the 35th annual U.S./Norwegian Troop Reciprocal Exchange, a two-week training and cultural exchange program.
U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Rolfe
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| 3/10/2008 |
| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell responds to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Pentagon, March 10, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/10/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier covers broken windows with plastic before settling down for the night inside a local school building in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 3, 2008. The soldier and his comrades of the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, are conducting a four-day mission that includes humanitarian aid and building relations with local Iraqis.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/10/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Todd Allison chats with an Iraqi man from the Beida neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, during a cordon and knock mission March 1, 2008. Allison is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 3/10/2008 |
| Spc. Darryl Lindsey enjoys a cup of freshly brewed Kona coffee before mounting up on his Stryker for a mission, Mar. 8th, 2008. Lindsey is assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Ron Geronimo
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| 3/10/2008 |
| The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic sails in the Persian Gulf at dusk, March 8, 2008
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman David A. Brandenburg
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| 3/10/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Chief Pettty Officer John Kines, center, checks aboard new Africa Partnership Station students assigned to the Gabonese military at Port Gentile, Gabon, March 3, 2008. The students arrived aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry to train on pier and waterside sentry duties, specialized medical training, maritime law and other topics.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class R. J. Stratchko
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| 3/10/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors direct an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt's flight deck under way in the Atlantic Ocean, March 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Hall
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| 3/10/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees and members of a Republic of Korea bridge construction company move a 700-pound transom beam into place during a bridge-building exercise, March 6, 2008. The Seabees are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nancy C. diBenedetto
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| 3/7/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman Waldemar Martinez cleans the canopy of an F/A-18 Super Hornet on the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman, under way in the Persian Gulf. Martinez is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 11, March 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricardo J. Reyes
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| 3/7/2008 |
| Shattered glass litters the ground in front of the joint-service recruiting station in New York City's Times Square, Mar. 6, 2008. The station was damaged by an early morning bomb blast that caused no injuries.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karim Delgado
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| 3/7/2008 |
| An Iraqi locomotive stirs up the dust as it passes a crowd of villagers upon its approach to the railroad gate to Camp Taji, Iraq March 5, 2008. This is the first time a train has arrived at the coalition installation since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerome Bishop
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| 3/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Lance Geiken takes cover at an Iraqi National Police traffic checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, after responding to a call that the checkpoint was attacked by small arms fire, Feb. 28, 2008. Geiken is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 3/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jeff Nelson talks to members of the Iraqi National Police about their traffic checkpoint in the Beida neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2008, after they were attacked by small arms fire. Nelson, left, is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 68th Armor Regiment, 1st Battalion.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 3/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers place steel pickets at Checkpoint 600 near Salman Pak, Iraq, prior to the reopening ceremony attended by more than 150 coalition and Iraqi security forces personnel and Sons of Iraq, as Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Moore, left, looks on, Feb. 29, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 15th Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Sean Riley
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| 3/7/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Angela M. Maness salutes the national colors during a transfer of authority ceremony in Camp Fallujah, Iraq, March 5, 2008. She is assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 8, which turned over responsibilities to the 1st Marine Logistic Group's Combat Logistic Battalion 1.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin Eberle
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| 3/7/2008 |
| Two U.S. Navy sailors on the USS Kitty Hawk attach cables to an MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment with USNS Shasta in the Pacific Ocean, March 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 3/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josh Everett provides security at an Iraqi National Police traffic checkpoint during a presence patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 29, 2008. Everett is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 3/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Scott Juszkiewiz shaves prior to a humanitarian aid mission in Al Makum, Iraq, March 4, 2008. Juszkiewiz is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/7/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer George Saxton and Lt. j.g. Thomas Scazzafavo look on as Petty Officer 3rd Class Cesar Briones plots a new course during sea and anchor detail aboard 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge March 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio
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| 3/6/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, talks with Frank Buckles, 107, one of the last known living World War I veterans during a Pentagon ceremony March 6, 2008. Buckles was honored during the ceremony, which included unveiling an exhibit of veterans' portraits by photographer David DeJonge.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Retired Rear Adm. Frank Gallo, right, national executive director, Armed Service YMCA, present the Angels of the Battlefield award to Seaman Elvis H. Gichini, a Navy corpsman, March 5, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes the contributions of service members who conduct life saving medical treatment on the battlefield and often under fire.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/6/2008 |
| An emergency response team of U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Naval Support Activity Bahrain fight a simulated gas fire during exercise Desert Sailor 2008 at the Civil Defense Fire School in Bahrain Feb. 27, 2008. The annual two-week exercise ensures NSA Bahrain's emergency response efforts are coordinated with local Bahraini directorates in case of an actual emergency.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sandra M. Palumbo
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| 3/6/2008 |
| Two E-2C Hawkeyes, assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, are raised from the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during carrier qualifications.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 3/6/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Leslie Crawford dons a self-contained breathing apparatus mask during an exercise at the Civil Defense Fire School in Bahrain, Feb. 26, 2008. Crawford is assigned to Naval Support Activity, Bahrain.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sandra M. Palumbo
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| 3/6/2008 |
| U.S. sailors with the emergency response team assigned to Naval Support Activity Bahrain support each other while charging a fire hose prior to conducting a confined fire space scenario during exercise Desert Sailor 2008 at the Civil Defense Fire School in Bahrain, Feb. 26, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sandra M. Palumbo
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| 3/6/2008 |
| Iraqi children show their enthusiasm as U.S. soldiers conduct a humanitarian aid mission in Al Makum, Iraq, March 4, 2008. The Soldiers are from 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Comabat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| Afghan locals gather at an International Women's Day event to celebrate the world's women and acknowledge their contributions to peace and security, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, March 3, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| U.S. Army soldiers board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Combat Outpost Carver, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2008, prior to a night air assault mission. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's Company B, 1st Battalion,15th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| U.S. Army soldiers unveil Frank Buckles' portrait during a Pentagon ceremony, March 6, 2008. Buckles, 107, is one of the last known living World War I veterans. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, stands beside Buckles. At far right are Secretary of the Army Peter Geren with portrait photographer David DeJonge, who donated a photo exhibit of WWI veterans to the Pentagon.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/6/2008 |
| An Iraqi woman passes through a checkpoint to receive supplies distributed by Polish army soldiers and Iraqi army soldiers in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gabriel Reza
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| 3/6/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Battery A, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery Regiment, navigate through the back roads of Kosovo March 4, 2008, to show they are everywhere they are needed.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tegan Kucera
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Larry Dean and Spc. Tony Weatherman help clear the road for vehicles enroute to one of the guard posts between the Kosovo and Serbian borders, March 4, 2008. Dean and Weatherman are assigned to Battery A, 1st Battalion, 194 Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tegan Kucera
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| 3/6/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers take aim as they maintain weapons qualifications on the Warrior Range in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Feb. 28, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 22 Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Delta Company.
Defense Dept. photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Sexton calculates USS Kitty Hawk's position using a polaris, March 3, 2008, while under way in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman John J. Mike
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Todd E. Gregory gets information to help a child through a translator from the Armed Forces of the Philippines during a medical and dental civic action program, Feb. 28, 2008. Gregory is attached to Health Services Support, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
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| 3/5/2008 |
| A local Iraqi woman smiles as she carries her humanitarian aid box in Qadasiyah, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sharhonda R. McCoy
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| U.S. Army Warrant Officer Eric Soto, 8th Airborne Ordnance Company, slowly lowers himself down the side of the air traffic control tower on Balad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008.
Photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, responds to a question during a press conference with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Pentagon, March 5, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/5/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates responds to a question during a press conference with U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Pentagon, March 5, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/5/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conduct a press conference at the Pentagon, March 5, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/5/2008 |
| A Polish soldier sends an Iraqi woman through a checkpoint to receive supplies distributed by Polish and Iraqi forces in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gabriel Reza
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 4, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Gen. Tariq Majid, chairman of the Pakistani Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Islamabad, Pakistan, March 4, 2008. This was Mullen's second trip to the country in less than a month to discuss regional security and offer assistance in its fight against al Qaeda.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/5/2008 |
| A C-2 Greyhound aircraft taxis into launch position on board the flight deck of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, March 1, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Laird
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| 3/5/2008 |
| An F/A - 18 Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 131 approaches for a landing aboard the USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is conducting carrier qualfications and flight deck certification in preparation for a homeport change in Yokosuka, Japan.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin L. Burleson
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Gonzales, assigned to the 3rd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, speaks with members of the Concerned Local Citizens group, Sahawa, during a search for a possible improvised explosive device cache, Rusafa, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 28, 2008. No IEDs were found after searching nearly a dozen buildings.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Bailey
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Garrett Waller, assigned to 732nd Security Forces Squadron, takes a break after a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, March 3, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers test fire an Excalibur artillery round on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2008. The Excalibur round is a precision guided global positioning system. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team, 321st Field Artillery.
Defense Dept. photo by Sgt. Nicholaus Williams
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Vincent Reed assigned to the 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, currently attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, provides security during Operation Varsity, Feb. 28, 2008, in the Obedi region of Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Amanda Mcbride
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| 3/5/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers stand at attention during a brief from Iraqi army Lt. Gen. Riyadh Ninevah, commander of Providence Operations Center, on Combat Outpost Intisar, Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron jump from an HC-130 Hercules aircraft during a search and rescue training mission over Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Feb. 26, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Eric Kreps
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| 3/5/2008 |
| U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, left, commanding general of Multinational Forces Iraq, stands among a crowd of Iraqi boys at the Al Zawra Stadium in the Karkh District of Baghdad, March 1, 2008. Petraeus toured the area with leaders assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James P. Hunter
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| 3/5/2008 |
| Spc. Daniel Blassingame pulls security next to a Son of Iraq at the Taji Market, northwest of Baghdad, Feb. 21, 2008. Blassingame is an infantryman assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th infantry Regiment, 'Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. The Wolfhounds regularly conduct patrols through the market to ensure the safety of the Iraqi people.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christina Bhatti
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| 3/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers scan for weapons caches during a clearing operation in Kesra, Iraq, Feb. 24, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 15th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Bravo Company.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| 3/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Gary Lanza scans for enemy personnel from a rooftop during a patrol in Dura'iya, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2008. Lanza is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 15th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Bravo Company.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| 3/4/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mervin Pile, left, observes Petty Officer 2nd Class Efrain Rodriguez-Lopez as he loads a practice round into the chamber of a grenade launcher during a training exercise on the fantail of the USS Harry S. Truman, Feb. 29, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Kevin T. Murray Jr.
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| U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of III U.S. Corps, speaks with members of the press about his perspective on the situation in Iraq during a briefing at the Pentagon, March 4, 2008. Odierno recently returned from Iraq where he served as the commanding general of Mulitnational Corps Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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| 3/4/2008 |
| A special warfare combatant craft crewman assigned to Special Boat Team 22 scans the shoreline during a training exercise along the Pearl River in Mississippi, Feb. 19, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robyn Gerstenslager
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| KC-135 Stratotankers ready for takeoff sit on the flightline at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Test on a replacement fleet of air refuelers, KC-45As, are scheduled to be mission-capable in 2013.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Strang
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| U.S. Navy 1st Class Leslie Crawford pauses to listen to instructions after completing a search and rescue scenario in a foam-filled building during Exercise Desert Sailor in Bahrain, Feb. 27, 2008. Crawford is a member of the Naval Support Activity Bahrain Emergency Response Team. Desert Sailor is an annual two-week exercise.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sandra M. Palumbo
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, meets with family representatives of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Keeble in the secretary's Pentagon office, March 4, 2008. President Bush posthumously awarded Keeble the Medal of Honor in White House ceremonies. Keeble, the first Sioux Indian to ever receive the nation's highest award for valor, served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean conflict.
Defense Dept. photo by R.D. Ward
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| 3/4/2008 |
| Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel and U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 work together to build an elementary school in the Republic of the Philippines, Feb. 22, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Cody
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Tim Kinsey and his military working dog take a break following their search for weapons caches in Nahrwan, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008. Kinsey is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Milton Lucas-Rosario stands along the port side of the flight deck on board USS Kitty Hawk while under way, March 4, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos Gomez
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| 3/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers maintain weapons qualifications on the Warrior Range in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 22nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Delta Company.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| An Iraqi army soldier talks with local Iraqi men while on a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 29, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson
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| 3/4/2008 |
| Iraqi National Police wait while U.S. Army soldiers pay members of the U.S. contracted security group Ibnaa al-Iraq (Sons of Iraq) at Al Qanat Joint Security Station, Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 29, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Kevin J. Cosgriff, commander, Combined Maritime Forces, renders a salute during the parade of the colors at a change of command ceremony at the Bahraini Naval Headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, March 4, 2008. The ceremony marks the first time coalition forces from a Persian Gulf nation have taken command of Combined Joint Task Force 152.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin Tidwell
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Price waits to secure aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. Nimitz is taking part in Exercise Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2008, a joint exercise involving forces from the United States and the Republic of Korea, March 4, 2008. Price is assigned to the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron 41
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jake Berenguer
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| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, hands the Medal of Honor flag to Russell Hawkins, stepson of the late U.S. Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Keeble, during Keeble's Hall of Heroes induction ceremony at the Pentagon, March 4, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rebeca Hill puts fluorescent fluid on the engine exhaust cover of an F-16 Fighting Falcon to find any cracks, Feb. 21, 2008, at Balad Air Base, Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England talks to the Boy Scouts of America during their visit to the Pentagon to show their appreciation of England and his work, March 4, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Boy Scout John Barriga, 17, presents a copy of the Annual Boy Scouts of America Report to the Nation to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Pentagon, March 4, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/3/2008 |
| Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England speaks during the christening ceremony for the USS New York in Avondale, La., March 1, 2008. The ship is the fifth of nine San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships, and the first to be named after a state instead of a city. The vessel was named in remembrance of the victims of 9/11, and was built partly with steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tiffini M. Jones
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| U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division maintain weapons qualifications on the Warrior Range in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, maintain weapons qualifications on the Warrior Range in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia David Sedney announces the release to Congress of the 2008 DoD Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China, during a March 3, 2008, Pentagon press briefing.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 3/3/2008 |
| Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul Qader escorts, right, escorts U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after an office call at the defense headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, March 3, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, Multi-National Forces Iraq, prepare for an office call with Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul Qader at defense headquarters, Baghdad, Iraq, March 3, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets an employee of the Iraqi Army Service Support Institute in Taji, Iraq, March 3, 2008. The institute has the ability to increase Iraqi Army self-sustainment through maintenance and refurbishment of equipment such as Humvees.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reenlists soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team in Taji, Iraq, March 3, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, maintain weapons qualifications on the Warrior Range in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| U.S. Army Capt. Shawn Thompson patrols past a Bradley fighting vehicle during a clearing operation in Kesra, Iraq, Feb. 24, 2008. Thomspon is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 15th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston
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| 3/2/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tours Hawijah, Iraq, March 2, 2008, where he visited a local market and met with local citizens. As recently as three months ago, the area was a main Al Qaeda stronghold.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to the media after a visit to Hawijah, Iraq, March 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pins a Purple Heart on Army Staff Sgt. Andelo Isnardi during an awards ceremony with the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Speicher, Iraq, March 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with soldiers assigned to 10th Mountain Division at Camp Speicher, Iraq, March 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 3/1/2008 |
| Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to soldiers assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, at Combat Outpost Banchee, in Rashid, Iraq, March 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reenlists 1st Infantry Division soldiers at Combat Outpost Banchee, in Rashid, Iraq, March 1, 2008. Mullen took a tour and visited locals in the once volatile Baghdad neighborhood that was an Al-Qaeda stronghold and now is a model of reform in Iraq.
Defe/nse Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, promotes 1st Lt. Travis Lee to Army captain during a ceremony at Combat Outpost Banchee, in Rashid, Iraq, March 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits with Moyad Abd Jabari, a neighborhood leader in the Airplane Road business district, Rashid, Iraq, March 1, 2008. Mullen visited locals in the once volatile Baghdad neighborhood that was an Al-Qaeda stronghold and now is a model of reform in Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits with a local shop owner in the Airplane Road business district in Rashid, Iraq, March 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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