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| 8/31/2008 |
| U.S. Marines await for air transport aboard a CH-53E helicopter on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Company A, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion. The battalion serves as the quick-reaction force for Multi-National Force - West .
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| A U.S. Navy sailor assists in the stowage of a barricade net, concluding a series of drills on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility in the Indian Ocean, Aug. 27, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee
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| 8/31/2008 |
| Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Wes Akin performs an equipment test on the naval firefighting thermal imager while suiting up for a main space fire drill aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian in Sasebo, Japan, Aug. 27, 2008. Guardian is undergoing an engineering specific, unit-level training assessment, evaluated by assessors from Afloat Training Group Western Pacific.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
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| 8/31/2008 |
| Army Sgt. Joshua Robbins torches an area with a flame thrower in Tarmiyah Qada, Iraq, Aug. 28, 2008. The burning denies terrorists concealment and gives coalition forces at Joint Security Station Mushada East a clear line of sight along a road between Mushada and Tarmiyah. Robbins serves with the 25th Infantry Division's 66th Engineer Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Whitney Houston
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| U.S. Marines aboard an M1A1 Main Battle Tank engages light armored targets with explosive anti-tank rounds during the battalion’s bi-annual gunnery qualification at Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 26, 2008. The Marines and tanks are assigned to the 1st Tank Battalion’s Company C.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett
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| 8/31/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers deliver soccer balls and candy to an orphanage in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Aug. 18, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team and the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| Air Force Maj. Gen. William Etter, director of domestic operations for the National Guard Bureau, briefs reporters on the National Guard's preparations for Tropical Storm Gustavat the Federal Emergency Managment Agency in Washington, D.C., Aug. 29, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy
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| Members of the Louisiana Air National Guard medical team assist a special-needs resident as she prepares to be evacuated before the arrival of Hurricane Gustav at the Union Passenger Terminal Station in New Orleans on Aug. 30, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael L. Owens
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| 8/31/2008 |
| An infrared satellite image provided by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, Calif., shows Tropical Storm Gustav in the Gulf of Mexico at about 10 p.m. EDT, Aug. 31, 2008. National Guard personnel have been working with local, state and federal officials to evacuate New Orleans and prepare for the storm.
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| 8/29/2008 |
| Personal finance expert and motivational speaker Suze Orman frequently takes calls from servicemembers on CNBC’s “The Suze Orman Show,” and she has reached out to troops by making speaking appearances at bases and by being involved in the www.militarysaves.com campaign.
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| An infrared satellite image provided by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, Calif., shows the status of Tropical Storm Gustav at about 11 a.m. EDT in the Caribbean Sea, Aug. 29, 2008. Gustav is a tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph and higher gusts. The storm is currently in the Carribbean Sea.
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| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bill Smith, left, practices aligning a satellite with the help of Staff Sgt. Scott Roach, Aug. 29, 2008. The men are members of the Arkansas Air Guard's 154th Weather Flight, which provides weather support to the Arkansas Army Guard's 1st Battalion, 114th Security and Support in the event of a call from the Gulf Coast states in the event of a natural disaster.
U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Theresa Walker
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| 8/29/2008 |
| U.S. military vehicles are staged and ready, Aug. 28, 2008, to bring clean water in the event that water becomes scarce after Gustav, expected to be a Category 3 hurricane, makes landfall.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathaniel P. Orphey
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| U.S. Army Spc. Cory R. Prince checks a radio, Aug. 28, 2008, to make sure it is working properly in preparation for possible hurricane relief operations after Gustav makes landfall.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathaniel P. Orphey
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| 8/29/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier patrols in the pre-dawn hours during an air assault mission during Operation Bessemer, near Bayji, Iraq, Aug. 21, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Rzepka
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| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Seidel provides front security for a C-130 during a Fly Away Security Team training exercise, Aug. 24, 2008, at an air base in Southwest Asia. The FAST mission is to protect the aircraft and its crew at all areas throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Seidel is deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore
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| 8/29/2008 |
| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers the oath of office during a promotion ceremony honoring U.S. Army Gen. Carter Ham at the Pentagon, Aug. 28, 2008. Ham, the former director for operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff, is slated to become commanding general, U.S. Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 8/29/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Whitney Houston sits in a Stryker armored vehicle decorated with a hint of patriotism, en route to a controlled fire mission, in Tarmiyah, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2008. Houston is assigned to the Public Affairs Office, 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Francesca Ross vaccinates a dog during a veterinary civic action program on the island of Romonum in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Aug. 28, 2008, as part of Pacific Partnership 2008, a multinational humanitarian and training mission.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Seavey
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| U.S. Army Capt. Joe Byrnes, Staff Sgt. Moises Ramirez, and Staff Sgt. Ariel Romero, guide a bulldozer into a reed field to create fire breaks, while working together with Iraqi soldiers in conducting a controlled fire to clear high brush so that an Iraqi outpost nearby has clear visibility of the area, near Tarmiyah, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 66th Engineer Company, 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk man the rails as the ship departs San Diego Harbor en route to Bremerton, Wash., Aug. 28, 2008. At 47 years old, the Kitty Hawk is the Navy's oldest active-duty warship and is due to arrive Sept. 2, 2008, at Bremerton’s Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for decommissioning in early 2009.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lily Daniels
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| U.S. Army Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, commander, U.S. European Command, speaks to Georgian soldiers Aug. 21, 2008. The Georgian soldiers are working hand-in-hand with U.S. soldiers in providing humanitarian assistance.
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Pakistani Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani after arriving aboard USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea, Aug. 27, 2008. Mullen met with U.S. and Pakistani officials on the ship to discuss regional security issues.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William John Kipp Jr.
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Aristotle Legaspi troubleshoots the circuit board of a dentist's chair in the Pohnpei State Hospital, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, Aug. 23, 2008. Legaspi is part of a two-man biomedical equipment repair team assigned to USNS Mercy's advance medical team sent to Pohnpei on a weeklong mission as part of Pacific Partnership 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nick De La Cruz
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Aug. 27, 2008, during his visit to the ship to meet with U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, and Pakistani Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, army chief of staff.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Geoffrey Lewis
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefs the press at the Pentagon, Aug. 28, 2008, on his recent meeting with Pakistani Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, chief of staff of the Pakistani Army, and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, Multinational Force Iraq, aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| From Left: U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of Carrier Strike Group 9, talk with Pakistani Army Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, chief of army staff, and Pakistani Army Major Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, director general of military operations, on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William John Kipp Jr.
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| A U.S. Army soldier pulls security during Operation Bessemer, near Bayji, Iraq, Aug. 21, 2008. The air assault operation was designed to clear the area of extremist elements. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Rzepka
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| A pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies is offloaded from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas, Batumi, Georgia, Aug. 27, 2008. Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies to be given to the people of Georgia. The supplies are in response to the request of the government of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eddie Harrison
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Jayme Jones, left, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Brennan have a laugh while they check out the target at a firing range on Forward Operating Base Hawk, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Comanche Troop, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left front, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, Multinational Force Iraq, observe flight operations from the flag
bridge during a visit to USS Abraham Lincoln, in the North Arabian Sea, Aug. 27, 2008. The USS
Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as Maritime Security Operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 8/28/2008 |
| Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the 90th American Legion Convention, Aug. 27, 2008, in Phoenix, thanking members for supporting today's military.
White House photo by David Bohrer
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| 8/28/2008 |
| Servicemembers representing all branches of the U.S. military services spread an American flag across Qualcom Stadium in San Diego during the halftime show of a pre-season Chargers game for Military Appreciation Day, San Diego, Aug. 25, 2008. The 20th annual appreciation night hosted by the Chargers include 3,000 free tickets for service members and free food and drinks prior to the game.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Scorza
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tashir Hasan instructs 10th Mountain Division soldiers on the RQ-11B "Raven," a Small Unmanned Aerial System that provides Intelligence Reconnaissance Surveillance, on Joint Security Station Doura, Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 25, 2008. Hasan is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer
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| Female Iraqi trainees are marched by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Sumalee Bustamante, deployed to Forward Operating Base Warrior on the Kirkuk Iraqi Police Academy, Kirkuk, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2008. Bustamante is assigned to1 0th Mountain Division's Brigade Special Troops Battalion.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove
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| U.S. Army Cpl. Billy McCoy launches a RQ-11B "Raven," a Small Unmanned Aerial System that provides Intelligence Reconnaissance Surveillance, on Joint Security Station Doura, Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 25, 2008. McCoy and other soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer
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| 8/28/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tricia Broenneka cleans windows on an HH-60 Pave Hawk before a flight on Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2008. The HH-60 and crews who fly and maintain them are assigned to the 305th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Brown
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| The USS Constitution's boarding pike team demonstrates an early 19th century drill that sailors and Marines used to repel enemies from boarding the ship during a re-enactment of the ship's battle against the HMS Guerriere at Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass., Aug. 15, 2008. More than 65 guests and military officials joined the captain and crew for this second annual observance of the battle.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Brian M. Brooks
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| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Russell releases informational leaflets during an information drop mission in Iraq, Aug. 21, 2008. Russell is assigned to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. The leaflets provide information to residents of smaller Iraqi villages.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mario A. Quiroga
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| U.S. Army Soldiers attend meeting between Sunni and Iraqi community leaders in Abu Dashir, Baghdad, Iraq Aug. 14, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer
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| 8/27/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Busuego photographs a small group of children in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 19, 2008. Busuego is the economics development coordinator for the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo Staff Sgt. J. B. Jaso
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| A U.S. Army soldier inspects the muscles of an Iraqi boy during a visit to a local gas station in Abu Dashir, Iraq, Aug. 19, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Headquarters Detachment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin T. Surgener
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| U.S. Army soldiers patrol the streets in Abu Dashir, Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 19, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Headquarters Detachment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer
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| Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 carry full rucksacks during a three-mile march before sunrise at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 15, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Demetrius Kennon
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| Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 engage a simulated enemy force as part of the squad leaders course at Camp Shelby, Miss., Aug. 15, 2008. The two-week course, taught by military and civilian instructors attached to the 20th Seabee Readiness Group, prepares Seabees to become efficient leaders for their troops in a field environment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Demetrius Kennon
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| 8/27/2008 |
| Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway answers a question from a reporter during a media roundtable inside the Pentagon, Aug. 27, 2008. He spoke about Marine Corps issues and programs.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 8/27/2008 |
| Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2008. They are serving as part of the NATO-International Security Assistance Force.
U.S, Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew J. Carlson
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| U.S. Marines conduct combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. They are serving as part of the NATO-International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew J. Carlson
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James Carter scans the horizon for incoming aircraft during a general quarters drill aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 26 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter D. Lawlor
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| A U.S. Army soldier walks past a water pump that irrigates a farm in Tarmiyah, Iraq, Aug. 23, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| An Iraqi soldier makes friends with an Iraqi boy during a cordon and search in West Palestine, Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 23, 2008. The Iraqi soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Military Transition Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| U.S. Army Spc. Corey Thompson works with Australian Combat Engineers as they align two large sections of the Moqur Bridge, Andar, Afghanistan, Aug, 17, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 420th Engineer Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. James Reid
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| A U.S. Navy aircrewman sits in a Knight Hawk helicopter as it lifts off the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command ship USNS Bridge while under way in the Indian Ocean, Aug. 23, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Noerjadi mans a .50-caliber machine gun and scans the horizon for enemy combatants during a general quarters drill aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 26, 2008. Blue Ridge serves under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious force.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter D. Lawlor
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| American and Australian combat engineers rebuild the Mabey Johnson Bridge near Andar and Moqur in eastern Afghanistanin, Aug. 25, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 420th Engineer Brigade and the Australian soldiers are assigned to an Australian reconstruction task force.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. James Reid
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| Airmen from the move humanitarian supplies into position for loading in support of the humanitarian mission to Georgia, Aug. 26, 2008, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Twenty-eight soldiers from the 66th Transportation Company and the 39th Transportation Battalion, and airmen from the 723rd Air Mobility Squadron worked 36 hours to palletize more than 75,000 pounds of emergency shelter items and medical supplies.
U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Bryan Woods
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| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Otto Fiala, left, Georgian government officials and local residents gather information on the situation in Gori, Georgia, Aug. 25, 2008. The team is assessing the damage, relief efforts and return of displaced persons as part of the larger U.S. response to Georgia’s request for humanitarian assistance.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Jim Hoeft
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| 8/26/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers run arm in arm for support against the strong rotor-wash coming from a Chinook helicopter after preparing a concrete slab to be carried away during a sling load training session on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 22, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Cooley
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| A U.S. Marine Corps recruit waits for a teammate to pass him on a plank so he may cross a gap without touching the ground at the Weapons and Field Training Battalion on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 12, 2008.
U.S. Marine photo by Pfc. Paul Matthew Brown
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| U.S. Navy sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington raise an aircraft barricade during flight deck drills off Southern California in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 22, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Reckard
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| U.S. Navy sailors break dance on the flight deck during a steel beach picnic aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea, Aug. 14, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald A. Dallatorre
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| U.S. Army soldiers look at their shot grouping in order to adjust their sights at a shooting range on Forward Operating Base Hawk, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Troop C, 10th Cavalry.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet ceremonial band perform aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry in Sasebo, Japan, Aug. 23, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
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| 8/26/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gary Middlebrooks, piloting an F-16 Fighting Falcon, waits in a hot pit area for his wingman as sunset approaches in Balad, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2008. Fighters taxi to hot pit areas before takeoff so airmen can ready the aircrafts' weapons systems for combat.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Nancy Ausland
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| U.S. Army soldiers assess an Iraqi-run checkpoint in Al Bussay, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 8th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio
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| U.S. Marine Corps recruit Andrew W. Goodwin zeros in to provide security while his fellow recruits finish an exercise at Weapons and Field Training Battalion on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 12, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Paul Matthew Brown
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| Seaman Zach Vineski prepares to execute evening colors aboard the attack submarine USS Scranton, moored at Naval Station Norfolk's Pier 3. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 22, 2008. Vineski is a machinist's mate fireman.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Xander Gamble
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| Basic crewman training students crawl through the surf during their final training evolution on Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, Calif., Aug. 20, 2008. The final training evolution, known as the “Tour,” is a three-day, two-night training session in which the students are tested physically and mentally on what they have learned during the seven-week program.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique M. Lasco
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| The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, left, and the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic sit moored at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 22, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Xander Gamble
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| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Robert Swigart waits for a loadmaster to guide him and his 50,000 pounds of cargo into the back of a C-130 Hercules at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 17, 2008. The supplies will be delivered to Georgia.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
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| U.S. Navy Seaman Villy Karboff ties a knot in a line during a man overboard recovery drill aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge, in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 25, 2008. The USS Blue Ridge is the flagship for the commander, U.S. 7th Fleet.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter D. Lawlor
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Paul Wickard, a U.S. Public Health Service physician's assistant traveling with the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, examines a child during the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise 2008 in Yulu, Nicaragua, Aug. 23, 2008. This is an equal-partnership mission between the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Tobago and Guyana.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Maddelin Angebrand
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| Dakota Linck, 9, left, his mother Debi, and father, Rick, place carnations at the gravesite of their brother and son, Army Staff Sgt. Henry W. Linck, in Arlington National Cemetery, Aug. 24, 2008. The Lincks traveled to Washington from Lebanon, Tenn., to participate in the final day of "Run for the Fallen," a memorial event honoring troops killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The run began in California on Flag Day, June 14, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| 8/25/2008 |
| Heather Jutras Glasgow grieves at her brother's grave in Arlington National Cemetery, Aug. 24, 2008. She, her mother, father and younger brother participated in the last day of "Run for the Fallen," a cross-country memorial event to honor troops who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| 8/25/2008 |
| An air crew member stands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge before flight operations to send medical personal to Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Aug. 18, 2008. The USS Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise 2008, an equal-partnership mission with the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| 8/25/2008 |
| A Nicaraguan child peeks through a bench watching for her mother at the medical clinic during Continuing Promise 2008, Betania, Nicaragua, Aug. 18, 2008. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean phase of CP 2008, an equal-partnership mission with the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gina Wollman
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| 8/25/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jed Morris stacks bottles of water aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul, which will be included in the humanitarian supplies for the people of Batumi, Georgia, Aug. 24, 2008. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of Georgia. Donated items include hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eddie Harrison
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| 8/25/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Neenah Jones, along with other sailors and tourists, washes a young Asian elephant's head at the Kuala Gandha Elephant Conservation Center, Kuala Gandah, Malaysia, Aug. 20, 2008. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is in Port Klang, Malaysia, for a routine port call and on a scheduled deployment in the U.S.7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joe Painter
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| 8/25/2008 |
| Susana Heapy, a medical volunteer from Project Hope embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, checks a infant for an ear infection during an exam at the Juan Comenius High School medical clinic, Puerto Cabeza, Nicaragua, Aug. 18, 2008. Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise 2008, an equal-partnership mission with the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Tobago and Guyana.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| 8/25/2008 |
| A CV-22 Osprey from the 8th Special Operation Squadron, and an MH-53 Pave Low from the 20th Special Operation Squadron, fly over the coastline near Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 20, 2008. The MH-53 will officially retire October 2008 and the CV-22 will be the primary workhorse to complete the Air Force Special Operations Command helicopter missions.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 8/25/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nathan Camp directs an Iraqi national policeman's rifle to cover his sector of fire during room clearance training, Aug. 14, 2008, in the Jaza'ir community of southern Baghdad. Camp is attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Camp is also a squad leader with Company C, 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.
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| 8/25/2008 |
| Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul unload humanitarian supplies to be put on pallets and then transported to the people of Batumi, Republic of Georgia, Aug. 24, 2008. The humanitarian assistance is in response to the request of the government of Georgia.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eddie Harrison
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| 8/25/2008 |
| Members of the 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, make their way past a makeshift tow truck as they search flooded roads and properties in search of people who needed assistance or evacuation, Osteen, Fla., Aug. 22, 2008. The Florida National Guard continues to assist civilian agencies with nearly 500 soldiers and airmen supporting logistical operations and high-water vehicle rescue across central and northern Florida.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Hillegass
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| 8/25/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tahir Hasan pulls security during a visit at a local gas station in Abu Dashir, Iraq, Aug. 19, 2008, to make sure gas prices are not inflated. Combat patrols routinely visit local merchants to ensure fair market prices. Hasan is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's, 1st Battalion Combat Team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin Surgener
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| 8/24/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force World Class Athlete Program Capt. Eli Bremer rides Dangdang to a 14th-place finish worth 1,060 points in the equestrian show jumping portion of the modern pentathlon, Aug. 21, 2008, at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Beijing. Bremer finished 23rd in the five-sport event that includes pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, riding show jumping and running with 5,204 points.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| 8/22/2008 |
| Members of the Florida National Guard's Company D, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment enter the Lamplighter Village mobile home park in Melbourne, Fla., to evacuate residents, Aug. 21, 2008. Several residents were transported out of the park over the course of the day.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. David Ross
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| 8/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Sean Sadler works on the rear rotor of a Seahawk on Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Aug. 20, 2008. Aircraft and personnel from Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., flew to Maxwell for shelter from Tropical Storm Fay.
U.S. Air Force photo by Donna Burnett
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| 8/22/2008 |
| As the sun rises, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Christ listens to his radio as other members of his unit move to known safe houses of al-Qaida during Operation Cretan in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Special Troops Battalion, which conducted a combined air assault with Iraqi police.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny
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| 8/22/2008 |
| Trainees set off flares during night training on the firing range near Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 11, 2008. Members of the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron train security forces and chaplains who will be embedded with the U.S. Army on Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.
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| 8/22/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brian Nutter, a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter aerial observer, watches U.S. soldiers attach a Humvee to a helicopter at Chabelley Air Field in Djibouti, Aug. 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers
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| 8/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program Staff Sgt. Keith Sanderson shoots an Olympic record qualification score of 583 before finishing fifth in the 25-meter rapid-fire pistol event at the Beijing Shooting Hall Range, China, Aug. 16, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| 8/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael J. Isenmann performs a voltage check on a power circuit card in the air navigation equipment room aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, North Arabian Sea, Aug. 20, 2008. The USS Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as maritime security.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald A. Dallatorre
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| 8/22/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force World Class Athlete Program Capt. Eli Bremer swims to a seventh-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle portion of the Olympic men's modern pentathlon with a time of 2 minutes, 2.80 seconds in Beijing, Aug. 21, 2008. Bremer, 30, of Colorado Springs, Colo., finished 23rd in the one-day event with five sports: pistol shooting, fencing,
swimming, equestrian riding and cross-country running.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| 8/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Horst explains to Iraqi orphans that they must share five donated soccer balls as Sgt. Kevin Dodson displays a ball at the orphanage in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2008. Horst is assigned to the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion; Dodson is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 8/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers and Altun Kapri city council members tour a school that has been deemed unsafe by Iraqi government officials in Kirkuk, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove
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| 8/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy firefighters conduct annual rope rescue training from a water tower during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2008 in Chinhae, South Korea, Aug. 21, 2008. About 10,000 soldiers, sailors, sirmen and Marines participated in the 32nd annual command and control exercise presented by U.S. Forces and Republic of Korea.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bobbie G. Attaway
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| 8/22/2008 |
| Members of the Montana National Guard Quick Response Force conduct civil disturbance training in Great Falls, Mont., Aug. 12, 2008. The two-day instruction included riot control, force-on-force line training and the use of nonlethal weapons gunnery.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Eric J. Peterson
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| 8/22/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier signals to an Iraqi policeman to prepare to load into a Black Hawk helicopter during Operation Cretan in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Special Troops Battalion, which conducted a combined air assault with Iraqi police.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny
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| 8/22/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier pulls security as other members of his unit move to known safe houses of al-Qaida during Operation Cretan, in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, which conducted a combined air assault with Iraqi police.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny
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| 8/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army Maj. Tony Vacha makes his way through the wooden posts, holding up the roof, to a business meeting at the East Mosul Power Plant in East Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2008. Vacha and other solders are assigned to Civil Affairs Team 6, Charlie Company, 415th Civil Affairs, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 8/22/2008 |
| A U.S. Air Force gunship jettisons flares over an area near Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 20, 2008. The flares are designed to intercept heat-seeking missiles that can track aircraft during real-world missions.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 8/21/2008 |
| U.S. servicemembers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command arrive on the flight line in Tbilisi, Georgia, Aug. 18, 2008. The 21st is part of European Command's Joint Humanitarian Assistance Assessment Team which works closely with other elements of the federal government, international governments, aid agencies and Georgia to alleviate the suffering of the Georgian people affected by the conflict.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom
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| 8/21/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Weaver and Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Smith prepare to load humanitarian aid aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul in Souda Bay, Crete, Aug. 20, 2008. Nearly 55 tons of supplies were loaded as part of the assistance for Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eddie Harrison
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| 8/21/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Beach holds a slide containing a mosquito prior to identifying it under a microscope on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2008. Beach has 20 strategically-placed mosquito magnets around the base to capture, identify, and count the insects. Last year, he caught more than 3 million mosquitoes. Beach is assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron entomology shop.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 8/21/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Logan Ray and Lennox, his working dog, check a truck waiting to enter an air base in Southwest Asia, Aug. 19, 2008. Ray, a military working dog handler is assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and the rest of his team ensure the safety and security of the air base by carefully inspecting all incoming vehicles for explosives and weapons.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady
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| 8/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers blow fine sand from their weapons after returning to Forward Operating Base Warhorse from a mission in Baqubah, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2008. The soldiers area ssigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. Referred to by soldiers as "moon dust," the sand has the consistency of talcum powder.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mario A. Quiroga
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| 8/21/2008 |
| U.S. Navy SEAL qualification training students from Class 268 take aim during a 36-round shooting test ranging from 100, 200 and 300 yards on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 14, 2008. SEAL candidates must complete the six-month training before being assigned to a SEAL team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michelle Kapica
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| 8/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Baker searches a home during an investigation of the neighborhood for a possible weapons caches site in Shula, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to Bravo Company,1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| 8/21/2008 |
| An Iraqi woman teaches a U.S. Army soldier how to bake flatbread in the village of Jakara, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| 8/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Thompson maintains a vigilant watch during a routine mission in Baqubah, Iraq, Aug. 19, 2008. Thompson is assigned to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment's Special Troops Squadron.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mario A. Quiroga
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| 8/21/2008 |
| The 1812 Marines demonstrate a musket firing exercise during the USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerriere Battle Commemoration at Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass., Aug. 15, 2008. More than 65 guests and military officials joined the captain and crew for this second annual observance of the battle. The Constitution earned her nickname Old Ironsides Aug. 19, 1812, when 18-pound iron round shot from the British frigate bounced harmlessly off her oak hull.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Brian M. Brooks
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| 8/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Gindhart snaps a picture before boarding a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during Operation Myrtle Beach V, Forward Operating Base, Kalsu, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2008.
The soldiers are assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. The operation targeted suspected al-Qaida activity in the area.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Turner
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| 8/21/2008 |
| A U.S Army soldier assigned to the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Demonstration Team steers his canopy during a demonstration for the 50th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show in Chicago, Aug.16, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Courtney Wittman
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. sailors aboard USS Tarawa slide an inert training mine into the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 10, 2008, during Fuerzas Aliadas Panamax 2008. Panamax is a U.S. Southern Command joint and multinational annual exercise involving 20 countries.
U.S. Navy photo Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Brandenburg
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Airman Sean Bibby directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet onto a steam-powered catapult to be launched from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea, Aug. 14, 2008. The USS Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Devin Chesbro conducts a preflight check on the main rotor of an HH-60G Pave Hawk on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2008. Chesbro is assigned to the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III throws copies of the Baghdad Now newspaper to residents of Taji, Iraq, from a Stryker armored vehicle, Aug. 16, 2008. Jaso is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class Roger Pennartz stands guard as his patrol searches a railway for weapons caches, Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, attached to the 10th Mountain Division. Combat patrols of local railways are conducted routinely to ensure that the railways can operate safely.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin T. Surgener
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. John Rasmussen, left, and Lt. Col. Eric Johnson, right, and an interpreter, rear left, discuss economics with local shop owners at a steel supply industrial park in East Al Sinaa, Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2008. Rasmussen is assigned to Company D, 1st Battaltion, 8th Infantry Regiment; Johnson is assigned to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Cook, a member of the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Demonstration Team, jumps in the Colors at the 50th Chicago Air and Water Show in Chicago, Aug. 16, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Courtney Wittman
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft crewmen assigned to Special Boat Team 22 conduct live-fire immediate action drills at the riverine training range at Fort Knox, Ky., Aug. 11, 2008. SBT-22 is the only U.S. special operations command dedicated to operating in the riverine environment.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Kathryn Whittenberger
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Roland Franklin, with Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific, adjusts his Kevlar helmet prior to a hike during Quick Shot 2008 on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 10, 2008. Quick Shot is a semiannual field exercise designed to train NATO and U.S. combat cameramen to operate in a combat environment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Burden
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| 8/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors conduct mooring operations as the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul arrives for a routine port visit to Souda Bay, Crete, Aug. 11, 2008. The USS McFaul is in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to support theater security, participate in regional exercises with allies, make diplomatic port calls and respond to any contingency.
U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley
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| 8/19/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers ask an Iraqi business owner about improvements needed in the Muhalla 525 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 12, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 8/19/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier shakes the hand of an Iraqi girl as he and his squad conduct a patrol through the Muhalla 525 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 12, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Company R, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 8/19/2008 |
| A Pave Low helicopter makes one of its last flights as it flies past two Galaxies on Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Aug 8, 2008. The aircraft will eventually be on display at the Museum of Aviation at Warner Robins, Ga.
U. S. Air Force photo by Sue Sapp
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| 8/19/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy sailor serving as a special warfare combatant-craft crewman reloads a machine gun while conducting live-fire drills at the riverine training range on Fort Knox, Ky., Aug. 11, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Kathryn Whittenberger
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| 8/19/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Astorga shoos away sheep while maintaining security during a patrol through Jameela Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2008. Astorga is assigned to Company R, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Marines, wearing red and black jerseys, play against Iraqi police during a soccer tournament at the Mulaab Soccer Stadium in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Jeremy M. Giacomino
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| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffery Martin inspects bomb-making material after a Sons of Iraq citizen patrol searched a house in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 13, 2008. Martin is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin T. Surgener
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| U.S. Army Capt. Paul Bolduan hands candy to children as his unit conducts over-watch with Iraqi National Police during a humanitarian aid distribution to Iraqi people in Oubaidy, Eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 15, 2008. Bolduan is assigned to the10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt
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| U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program marksman Maj. Michael Anti shoots to a ninth-place finish in Olympic 50-meter rifle prone, Aug. 15, 2008, at the Beijing Shooting Hall Range with a 594 total.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| U.S. Army soldiers investigate the stairwells of the renovated Al Faw Intermediate School in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Company R, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, which participated in the renovation.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Alyson Brown displays a platter of food provided to U.S. soldiers at the end of government-led meetings in Wajihiyah, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Battery A, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mario A. Quiroga
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| U.S. Navy sailors steady themselves against the downdraft from the rotor blades of a Sea Dragon helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 15, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin
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| 8/19/2008 |
| Team USA shotgun coach Lloyd Woodhouse, a retired U.S. Air Force chief master sergeant, hugs U.S. Army Pfc. Vincent Hancock, after the soldier won the Olympic gold medal in men's skeet competiton at the Beijing Shooting Range, Aug. 16, 2008. Hancock is assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit on Fort Benning, Ga.
U. S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| 8/19/2008 |
| U.S. Marines move from point to point during an urban warfare training session as part of an exercise in the simulated town on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 12, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the 1st Marine Division's 2nd Battalion.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Kevin Farmer
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| A U.S. Navy sailor checks deck height from the door of a Sea Hawk helicopter while sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan sprint to clear the rotor wash after attaching a sling-load in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 15, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Kennedy
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| 8/19/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier provides security at the debut of two new tigers at the Baghdad Zoo in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Battery A, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 8/19/2008 |
| Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead travels by convoy to the U.S. Embassy to meet with U.S. Navy sailors in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 13, 2008. Roughead and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Joe R. Campa Jr. traveled throughout the Central Command area of responsibility to thank sailors and hear their thoughts firsthand.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tiffini M. Jones
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| U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andre Dart watches a driver as he pulls another vehicle out of a deep puddle of mud during their recovery training on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company B, 5th Brigade Support Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim
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| U.S. Army soldiers use a Hercules armored vehicle, in rear, to pull out another vehicle from a deep mud puddle during recovery training on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 14, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim
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| Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, left, and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Joe R. Campa Jr. speak with sailors, Marines and soldiers during an all-hands call at Provincial Reconstruction Team Sharana, Aug. 15, 2008. Roughead and Campa traveled throughout the Central Command area of operation to visit sailors, thank them for their contributions and hear their thoughts.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tiffini M. Jones
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| 8/18/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chris Droegemueller searches for a pallet containing medical supplies within the second shipment of U.S.-donated humanitarian aid to Georgia, Aug. 14, 2008. Droegemueller is an aerial transporter assigned to the 86th Contingency Response Group on Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christina C. Richardson secures the strap of a pallet during a training exercise on Camp Shields, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 9, 2008. Richardson is assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeffrey R. Militzer
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| A 10,000-pound underwater explosion rocks the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde during a shock test off the Florida coast in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 16, 2008.
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| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Steven Moses, left, and Tech. Sgt. Troy Forbes extinguish a few remaining hot spots in a building destroyed by the eight-alarm fire that spread from off-base onto Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 16, 2008. Emergency crews from Travis and surrounding communities worked throughout the night to contain the fire. The fire destroyed 167 unoccupied residental units and damaged another 11 units awaiting demolition.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Shaun Emery
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| Two photographers, U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew and Staff Sgt. Jessica Wilkes, stand by to document U.S. Army soldiers as they conduct marksmanship training with Iraqi soldiers on Camp Echo, Iraq, Aug. 11, 2008. Plew and Wilkes are combat cameramen assigned to Multinational Corps Iraq-Joint Combat Camera.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Donald R. Rieg speaks with Iraqi children during a soccer tournament in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 13, 2008. Rieg is assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, which sponsored the tournament.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jeremy M. Giacomino
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| A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transports Georgian soldiers from Iraq to Georgia, Aug. 12, 2008. The C-17 Globemaster III is assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II
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| U.S. Army Capt. Ashley Payne, a chaplain, conducts a group prayer before soldiers from the 41st Fires Brigade, 598th Battalion, Headquarters Company depart to resupply a security station in Wasit, Iraq, Aug. 13, 2008. Payne is assigned to 589th Brigade Support Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tiffany Dusterhoft
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| Naval Station Key West is at Condition of Readiness One as Tropical Storm Fay approaches the Florida Keys, Fla., Aug. 18, 2008. As of 11 a.m. EDT, Fay was about 70 miles south-southeast of Key West, Fla., with maximum sustained winds near 60 miles per hour. Fay is moving to the north-northwest at nearly 13 miles per hour.
U.S. Navy photo by James E. Brooks
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| U.S. Army Spc. Cammeron Widick and Pfc. Tanya Rients attach netting to 18 pallets of sleeping bags and cots at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in preparation for delivery to Georgia, Aug. 15, 2008. U.S. airmen and soldiers have worked 36 hours to palletize more than 75,000 pounds of emergency shelter items and medical supplies.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
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| An Iraqi National Policeman hands out fliers during a humanitarian aid distribution in Oubaidy, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 15, 2008. The fliers ask Oubaidy residents to trust in the national police and to call them to report suspicious activities.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt
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| U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the No. 1 hose team on the amphibious assault ship USS Essex 2 fight a fire at the Center for Naval Engineering Learning Site during an evaluation of the ship's repair lockers in Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 13, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Didier
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| U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Robin Swan, front, receives a briefing from Lt. Col. Matt Elledge, center left, and Lt. Col. Paul Hossenlopp, center, in the Jihad neighborhood. Swan was visiting the Jihad civil service department in the southwest Baghdad District of West Rashid, Aug. 2, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Steve Stover
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| A U.S. Navy Seabee greets his family as he returns from the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 4, 2008, following a six-month deployment. The Seabees are assigned to the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad Runge
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| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Dailey speaks to his interpreter while touring Adhamiyah's fish market in northern Baghdad, Aug. 5, 2008. Dailey is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Zachary Mott
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| Hydroplane pilot Brian Perkins, the driver of the Spirit of the Navy hydroplane, makes his way to race against three other hydroplanes in the first qualifying heat of the 59th annual Seattle Seafair hydroplane races in Seattle, Wash., Aug. 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer ist 2nd Class Eric J. Rowley
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Mark Vero and Iraqi army soldiers search farmhouses in southern Muehla during Operation Dodge City II, Aug. 4, 2008. Vero is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Battalion, Company D, 502nd Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Turner
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| Olympic skeet gold medal winner Pfc. Vincent Hancock, center, of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, is flanked by silver medalist Tore Bovold, left, of Norway and bronze medalist Anthony Terras, right, of Italy on the podium, Aug. 16, 2008, in Beijing.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jordan Gogov stands guard during convoy operations training at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 11, 2008. The training is part of the 99th Security Forces Ground Combat Training Squadron's Joint Base Balad training curriculum, a new 45-day course.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.
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| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Mack Carter uses a metal chop saw to cut a square stock for a window frame, Southwest Asia, Aug. 13, 2008. The window frame will be used for additional security. Carter is assigned to the 735th Civil Engineer Squadron, deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher A Campbell
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| Aircraft from Training Squadron 86 fly over Forrest Sherman Field at Naval Air Station Pensacola in the squadron's T-2 Buckeye training aircraft, marking the last training flight of the T-2 Buckeye, the Navy's longest-serving jet trainer, Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 8, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Mike O'Connor
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| U.S Air Force Airmen 1st Class Cody Oleskow, foreground, and Airman Ryan Arnold climb the 150-foot communications tower to service one of the many cameras used in the base security system, on Sather Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 11, 2008. Oleskow and Ryan are assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Communication Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Brian Davidson
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| A young girl peers through bricks in the auditorium of Juan Comenius High School during a Continuing Promise 2008 humanitarian assistance project in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Aug. 13, 2008. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge 3 is deployed as the primary platform for supporting the Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise, an equal-partnership mission between the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Tobago and Guyana.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Joshua Adam Nuzzo
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| Polli K. Brunelli, director, right, and J. Scott Wiedmann, deputy director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, speak to reporters during a press briefing in the Pentagon, Aug. 15, 2008, concerning Defense Department efforts to facilitate absentee voting.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Army Spc. Paul Barton takes a break to talk with an Iraqi boy about the design on his T-shirt during a village assessment mission in Tamuz, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2008. Barton is assigned to the combat observation liaison team assigned to Task Force 1.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| A U.S Army soldier clears a house during operation Kips Bay, a combined air assault operation in Al Betra, about 30 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. The soldier is assigned to 101st Airborne Division's Company A, 3-187th Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Christopher McKenna
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| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tyrell Minnis-Swass prepares humanitarian relief cargo that will be flown to Georgia, from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 14, 2008. Minnis-Swass is assigned to the 435th Logistics Readiness Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston
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| U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Ben Dalton, speaks with an Iraqi boy in a classroom at Alethar Elementary School in Amariyah, Iraq, Aug. 12, 2008. Dalton is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Comanche Troop, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| U.S. Army and Iraqi soldiers conduct a canal clearance mission near 30 Tamuz, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division's Alpha Company, Task Force 1-35 Armor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| Iraqi policemen gather around U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ian Putansu, as he draws out tactical maneuvers on the ground at the Hammiyat police station in Taji, Iraq, Aug. 4, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Navy sailors, assigned to the coastal patrol boat USS Typhoon PC 5, respond to a call for assistance from an injured Iraqi fisherman, Persian Gulf, Aug. 10, 2008. The Iraqi fisherman was transported to the Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal where he was treated and released. The USS Typhoon is part of Combined Task Force 158 responsible for ensuring the security of Iraq's oil terminals.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Coen
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| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert D. Adams searches through cabinets in a house for weapons in Gnather, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, and are conducting operations with Iraqi police and Iraqi soldiers to apprehend insurgents in the area.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stuart Wegenka
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| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Richard Parker, the non-commissioned officer in charge of exercise support, conducts a tactical vehicle license certification briefing in preparation for Exercise 08-09 at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Aug. 9, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dori Jones
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| A U.S. Army soldier provides security at the entrance to the Baghdad Zoo, Aug. 8, 2008, during the arrival of two new tigers donated by the Conservators' Center in North Carolina. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Battery B, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| An EA-6B Prowler aircraft and an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft prepare for their last launch from the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk while under way in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 6, 2008. The aircraft departed to join the USS George Washington in San Diego, Calif. The USS Kitty Hawk is returning to the United States to be decommissioned after 46 years of service.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kevin Smith, left, and a fellow soldier watch as an Iraqi police officer kisses his target during Basic Rifle Marksmanship training at Forward Operating Base Prosperity, Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2008. Smith and fellow soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Battery A, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. David Robinson and Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Andrew pilot a Super Hornet in the last launch from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 6, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Don Bray
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| U.S. Army soldiers visit children in a classroom at Alethar Elementary School, in Amariyah, Iraq, Aug. 12, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Troop C, 10th Cavalry.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard prepare to perform before a free concert by the U.S. Navy Band at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2008. The band performs at the memorial every Tuesday from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Brennan visits a computer classroom at Alethar Elementary School in Amariyah, Iraq, Aug. 12, 2008. Brennan is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Troop C, 10th Cavalry.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| U.S. Army Military Police assess the potential renovation of a vocational school in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| International press photograph the first of 16 pallets containing $1 million in humanitarian aid to Georgia from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 13, 2008. The delivery was a joint-service effort between U.S Army Europe soldiers and airmen representing U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Mobility Command.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
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| U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers avoids getting lifted by Ukraine's Oleksandr Chernetskyi en route to a 1-1, 2-0 qualification victory in the Olympic Greco-Roman 120-kilogram wrestling tournament, Aug. 14, 2008, at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers lifts Sweden's Jalmar Sjoberg during a quarterfinal match of the 2008 Olympic Greco-Roman 120-kilogram tournament, Aug. 14, 2008, in Beijing.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chris Broegemueller helps push out the first of 16 pallets of supplies aboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III for the people of Georgia from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 13, 2008. The humanitarian assistance delivery consisted of $1 million in U.S.-donated medical supplies, blankets, sleeping bags and bed sheets. The delivery was a joint service effort between U.S. Army Europe soldiers and airmen representing both U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Mobility Command
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
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| U.S. Navy sailor Benjamin Thiel, left, a hospital corpsman, provides security while patrolling through a village in Farah province in Afghanistan, July 31, 2008. Thiel is assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason T. Guiliano
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| U.S. Army Col. Benjamin Eversen, chief of the International Operations Division for U.S. Army Europe, briefs the international press on the first delivery of 16 pallets for the people of Georgia from Ramstein Air Base, Aug. 13, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Nix White parachutes onto U.S. Cellular Field before a major league baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox in Chicago, Aug. 11, 2008. White is a member of the Leap Frogs, the Navy's parachute demonstration team, which is participating in various events during Chicago Navy Week and SEAL Challenge.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Hugh C. Laughlin
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chariman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief reporters at the Pentagon, Aug. 14, 2008, on military humanitarian support efforts for Georgia.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. crews unload a pallet of humanitarian supplies from a C-17 Globemaster III in Tbilisi, Georgia, Aug. 14, 2008. The pallet, one of 16, contains cots, blankets and medical supplies for the people of Georgia following the recent conflict.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Chris Laurion, left, talks with a local man in 30 Tamuz, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2008. Laurion and his fellow soldiers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division's 1st Battalion, 35th Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Seksun Monroe, right, and Airman 1st Class Rogelio Munoz prepare cargo to be sent to Georgia from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 13, 2008. Monroe and Munoz are assigned to the 435th Logistics Readiness Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston
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| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers search a canal for extremist activity near Tamuz, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. The U.S. Army soldiers are ssigned to the 1st Armored Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| Iraqi army soldiers run an obstacle course as a start to their physical fitness training on Camp Echo, Iraq, Aug.12, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Hall, right, looks on as Staff Sgt. David Graham uses his weapon's scope to scan the countryside during a canal clearance mission near 30 Tamuz, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division's 1st Battalion, 35th Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| A U.S Army soldier pulls guard while on patrol in the village of Zirok, Afghanistan, July 31, 2008. The soldier is assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Casey Ware
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| A U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter lands near Alola Village in the Owen Stanley Mountain Range in Papua New Guinea to evacuate Australian hiker Debra Paver, Aug. 8, 2008. Paver became ill and was transported to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy for treatment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriel Martin
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| U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. David J. Chavez, a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor, and Lance Cpl. Daniel Grandbois participate in training on Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Aug. 8, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Erfe
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| U.S. Marines return fire after being fired upon by members of the Taliban during a mounted patrol outside a forward operating base in the Farah province of Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason T. Guiliano
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| U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Christopher Towns and his 9-year-old son Anthony share an MRE for lunch during the 1st Cavalry Division’s family day on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 7, 2008. Towns is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim
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| A Paladin Howitzer fires several rounds during a demonstration in the training area during the 1st Cavalry Division's family day on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 7, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim
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| Cabo Jorge Molina, a soldier assigned to El Salvador's Battalion Cuscatlan, peers into a crowded room at the Handicap Associaton's new facility in Numaniyah, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel T. West
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Prentiss Hyde, right, installs a radar rack into an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with the aid of Airman 1st Class Christeen Angelaitis on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, July 31, 2008. The radar rack powers the F-16's radar package, allowing the pilot to detect aircraft and guide bombs onto targets. Hyde is an avionics craftsman and Angelaitis is an avionics journeyman.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Common, a culinary specialist, takes pizzas out of the oven in the aft galley aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea, Aug. 9, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| A U.S. Army soldier provides security while coalition and Iraqi forces search for weapons caches in Sabiat, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ian Putansu instructs Iraqi policemen on how to properly clear weapons at the Hammiyat police station in Taji, Iraq, Aug. 4, 2008. Putansu is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 14th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James Duggan and a Royal Malaysian Navy sailor rise above the rest in a friendly game of soccer in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Aug 6, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Marsh
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| U.S. Army Spc. Nathaniel Deardorff, right, folds the American flag with his fellow soldiers during a ceremony dedicated to the handing over of an Iraqi government house back to local officials in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Aug. 5, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio
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| The family of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Kovalscik waits for him to return to Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, Aug. 7, 2008, from a deployment for Operation Enduring Freedom.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Robert Barney
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| Col. Walter Mauricio Arévalo, an El Salvador battalion commander, turns from inspecting a newly completed canal bridge in Numaniyah near Forward Operating Base Delta, Iraq, as boys jump into the water to beat the heat, Aug. 8, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel West
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| A U.S. Army military advisor along with Speed, a military canine, prepare to leave on a late night combined precision raid to capture insurgents in Basra, Iraq, July 31, 2008.
U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Rhonda Roth-Cameron
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| U.S. 4th Fleet Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, center, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/ Commander, and Lt. Cmdr. Bobby Greene, second from left, pose for a photo with Barbados coast guard divers during a dive off the coast of Barbados during Navy Diver - Southern Partnership Station 2008, Bridgetown Harbor, Barbados, Aug 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Andrew McKaskle
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| U.S. Army Spc. Alex Bednarowski patrols the halls of an Iraqi police station in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2008. Bednarowski, assigned to the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, is assessing the school as part of a plan to revitalize Sadr City.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lambes, left, and Melchor Navora direct a Sea Dragon helicopter for a landing on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean, Aug 8, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during a welcoming ceremony for the 19th Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz on Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Cullen
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| Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley passes the ceremonial flag to the 19th Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz during a welcoming ceremony for Schwartz on Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., Aug 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Three-time Olympian Army Spc. Walton Glenn Eller III signals triumph by holding his 12-gauge shotgun and final two shells aloft after setting an Olympic record with a 190 total in double trap Aug. 12, 2008, at the Beijing Shooting Range in Beijing. Eller, who won the gold medal with his feat, is assigned to the U.S. Army Marskmanship Unit on Fort Benning, Ga.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| 8/12/2008 |
| Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, right, and Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley hold a press briefing inside the Pentagon, Aug.12, 2008. Schwartz became the Air Force's 19th chief of staff during a welcome ceremony on Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., earlier in the day.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 8/12/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers search a cornfield in the village of Hegnah, Iraq, during Operation Summit Pursuit, Aug. 5, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret C. Nelson
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| 8/12/2008 |
| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers search a farmhouse in southern Muehla, Iraq, as part of Operation Dodge City II, Aug. 4, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Turner
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| 8/12/2008 |
| U.S. Marines communicate with their command operation center during a raid on a Taliban headquarters in Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu
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| 8/12/2008 |
| Gordon England, U.S. deputy defense secretary, far right, talks with an employee at the Iskandariyah Industrial Complex on Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2008. England toured the facility to see what type of products it produces.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tami Hillis
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| 8/12/2008 |
| Gordon England, U.S. deputy defense secretary, center, looks at a tractor manufactured at the Iskandariyah Industrial Complex on Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, during his visit to the facility, Aug. 9, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tami Hillis
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| 8/11/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Melissa Krenning, left, an engine maintainer from the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Wing, embraces her brother, Airman 1st Class Wesley Krenning, as she returns to Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, Aug. 7, 2008, following a deployment to Afghanistan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Robert Barney
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| 8/11/2008 |
| A U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle prepares to take-off on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 26, 2008. Along with the A-10 Thunderbolt, the F-15 provides close air support to ground troops throughout Afghanistan area of operations.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse
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| 8/11/2008 |
| U.S. Marines roll the blades of a Super Stallion helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug 8, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gina Wollman
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| 8/11/2008 |
| A donkey stands in front of a Mine Resistant Armor Protected vehicle near a rapid refueling point in the Jazirah Desert of Iraq, July 25, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 and are securing the area as a part of Operation Defeat Al Qaeda in the North.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew C. Fellows
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| 8/11/2008 |
| An Iraqi policeman follows U.S. Army Sgt. Boyd Samuelson's instructions as they practice tactical maneuvers at the Hammiyat police station in Taji, Iraq, Aug. 4, 2008. Samuelson is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 8/11/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier looks over the Hadr Ruins in Hadr City, Iraq, Aug. 5, 2008. The ruins were partially reconstructed under Saddam Hussein's power, but now sit untouched. The soldier is assigned to Dragon Company, 1st Squadran, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 8/11/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers prepare for a night convoy where they will depart Camp Taji in Iraq to deliver supplies to various combat outposts, patrol bases and joint security stations, Aug. 5, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment Support Platoon.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 8/11/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier shows a group of Iraqi girls pictures of his daughters after the monthly security meeting with the mayor in Jadellah Sofia, Iraq, Aug. 4, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 8/11/2008 |
| U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England, center right, and Sayeed Wahid, center left, governor of Afghanistan's Konar province, discuss how a strong coalition partnership with the provincial government is key to ending the counterinsurgency, Konar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7, 2008. England visited with servicemembers on Camp Wright during his Afghanistan trip.
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| 8/11/2008 |
| Riley, a newly donated tiger to the Baghdad Zoo, frolics in the water basin of his enclosure as he makes his public debut at the Baghdad Zoo in Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. Riley and his breeding partner, Hope, arrived in good health and have settled in comfortably to their new homes, according to the zoo's director. The tigers are a gift from the Conservators' Center in North Carolina.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 8/11/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Clifford, front right, provides security during a combined patrol with Iraqi police in the Ha'Teen district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 4, 2008. Clifford is a medic assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 8/11/2008 |
| U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program marksman Maj. Michael Anti raises his hands for the crowd as Team USA marches around the Bird's Nest National Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games, Aug. 8, 2004, in Beijing. Anti, a 2004 Olympic silver medalist in three-position rifle shooting, will compete in his fifth Olympics in the 50-meter prone rifle event on Aug. 15. WCAP rifle coach Maj. David Johnson (far right) also is among the group.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| 8/11/2008 |
| An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 102 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk for the last time in Pacific Ocean, Aug 6, 2008. Carrier Air Wing 5 aircraft flew off Kitty Hawk to join the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington in San Diego. In September, George Washington will replace Kitty Hawk as the Navy's only carrier operating from Japan.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 8/11/2008 |
| The crew of a Landing Craft Air Cushion prepares to pull into the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex during Gator Cruise 2008 in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 7, 2008. A Gator Cruise is an invitation for sailors to bring friends and family members aboard to let them experience life at sea.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kari R. Bergman
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| 8/8/2008 |
| Two hundred fifty U.S. sailors on board USS Kitty Hawk display a 1,065-foot homecoming pennant on the flight deck as the ship approaches Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Aug. 7, 2008, for the first time in 10 years. The USS Kitty Hawk is returning to San Diego, Calif., from Yokosuka, Japan, before its decommissioning ceremony scheduled in 2009.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 8/8/2008 |
| Ocean water crashes into the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as sailors assigned to the deck department guide two pallets of supplies on board the ship during a replenishment at sea while under way in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 8, 2008. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Holt
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| 8/8/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers enjoy tea while talking with local residents during a patrol near Diyarah, Iraq, Aug. 1, 2008. The gentleman serving tea gave the soldiers a brief history of the area, recalling a time when British troops occupied parts of Iraq. The soldiers listened to citizens’ concerns on many issues and gauged their feelings about local security forces.The troops are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Turner
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| 8/8/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Corey Gatewood tests the drinking water on Camp Taji, Iraq, Aug. 5, 2008. Gatewood, who is the noncommissioned-officer-in-charge of the 155th Medical Detachment Preventive Maintenance, tests the ph and chlorine levels as well as bacteria intake of the water.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 8/8/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Chris Laurion, left, and an Iraqi soldier, right, search for evidence of extremist activity in Bezel, Iraq on July 30, 2008. Laurion is assigned to the 1st Armored Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Task Force 35th Armor.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| 8/8/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Patrick Halinski, right, assists Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Mercado and Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hoffner in discharging water from a crash and salvage vehicle as part of an aircraft fire-fighting drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt is conducting operations off the Atlantic Coast, Aug. 4, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Alex Bell
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| 8/8/2008 |
| U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of Multinational Force Iraq, plays foosball with Iraqi children while touring a market in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 8/8/2008 |
| The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk sails past the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington as Kitty Hawk returns to her homeport of San Diego one final time before being retired, Aug. 7, 2008. At 46, Kitty Hawk is the oldest active-duty warship in the Navy and will be replaced this summer by George Washington as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. Kitty Hawk has been based in Yokosuka, Japan, for more than a decade.
U.S. Navy photo by Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 8/8/2008 |
| Riley, one of two tigers donated to the Baghdad Zoo by the Conservators' Center in North Carolina, paces his new enclosure at the Baghdad Zoo, Aug. 4, 2008. Riley, and his breeding partner Hope, arrived in Baghdad in good health and have settled in comfortably to their new homes, according to the zoo's director.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joy Pariante
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| 8/8/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers conduct a mounted patrol in Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles after setting canal vegetation ablaze in Tahwilla, Iraq, July 30, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division's 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. Extremists use the concealment of the intricate canal system and its vegetation to lay bombs at night.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| 8/8/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Academy Basic Cadet Mark Nelsen leads fellow trainees in reciting the honor oath during Acceptance Parade events on Stillman Parade Field at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, Aug 6, 2008.
U.S Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan
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| 8/8/2008 |
| U.S. sailors assigned to Air Departments V-1 Division participate in a shuttle pull during Flight Deck Olympics aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug 7, 2008. The USS Roosevelt is conducting operations off the Atlantic Coast.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 8/8/2008 |
| U.S. Army paratroopers set up the Sentinel Radar System at Forward Operating Base Sword, on Fort Polk, La., during a training event, July 31, 2008. The Sentinel Radar System can determine what type of aircraft is within a vicinity of 40 kilometers. The paratroopers are assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team's Air Defense Airspace Management.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Derek Kuhn
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| 8/8/2008 |
| Personal finance expert and motivational speaker Suze Orman frequently takes calls from servicemembers on CNBC’s “The Suze Orman Show,” and she has reached out to troops by making speaking appearances at bases and by being involved in the www.militarysaves.com campaign.
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Amanda Coenen, left, helps a villager vaccinate a goat during a veterinary civil action project in the village of Pongwe in Tanga, Tanzania, July 30, 2008. Coenen is a veterinarian assigned to the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade deployed to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, to support Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel E. Rogers
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| 8/7/2008 |
| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright gets a briefing from Royal Navy Capt. Peter Merriman at HM Naval Base Clyde in Scotland, Aug. 6, 2008. Cartwright viewed Royal Marines conducting an offshore raiding craft demonstration on Clyde River.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Academy basic cadet Michael Provost runs the assault course during basic cadet training in the Jacks Valley training area, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., July 25, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Jenna Dudley crawls out of a water obstacle on the assault course during basic training at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, July 25, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers
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| 8/7/2008 |
| Barbados Coast Guard Petty Officer Ricky Howell, center, swims with U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, commanding officer of U.S. Fourth Fleet, right, and Lt. Cmdr. Bobby Greene off the coast of Barbados during Navy Dive Southern Partnership Station 2008, Bridgetown Harbor, Barbados, Aug 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Andrew McKaskle
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers move out on patrol to search for weapons during Operation Iron Pursuit near Diyala province, Iraq, July 28, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to 1st Armored Division's 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric C. Hein
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers pinpoint the location of a sniper outside the village of Khan Bani Sad in the Diyala province, Iraq Aug. 5, 2008. The soldiers, assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, responded to reports of sniper attacks on the villagers.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mario A. Quiroga
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Kear makes his way down the road as a canal burns in Tahwilla, Iraq, July 30, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| 8/7/2008 |
| Army Lt. Col. Antonio Aguto, Jr., right, briefs an Iraqi army soldier while planning a resolution to a sniper situation on Aug. 5, 2008. Aguto is the commander of 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers responded to reports of sniper attacks in defense of the village of Khan Bani Sad in Iraq's Diyala province.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mario A. Quiroga
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| 8/7/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 115 approaches a catapult on the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk prior to its final launch from the ship
while under way in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 6, 2008. More than 900 U.S. sailors from the ship and its airwing will transfer to USS George Washington upon USS Kitty Hawk’s arrival in San Diego, Calif.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Don Bray
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. James S. Sproule, left, and Pfc. Sean M. Pettit, right, rehearse fire drills with a practice shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon in Now Zad, Afghanistan, July 30, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment from Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors wash their aircraft on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa as the ship sails towards the Panama Canal Zone to participate in the multinational training exercise Fuerzas Alidas PANAMAX 2008, Aug. 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jim Erickson walks on the wing of a Stratotanker as part of a post-flight maintenance inspection on a Southwest Asia air base, Aug 3, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette
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| 8/7/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen load a Chinook heavy-lift helicopter into the cargo bay of a C-5 Galaxy on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Aug 3. 2008. Military personnel process more than 950 cargo aircraft, 12,000 tons of cargo and 19,000 passengers each month, making it the busiest aerial port operation in the Department of Defense.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley
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| 8/7/2008 |
| Two Super Hornet aircraft from the "Bounty Hunters" squadron perform a flyby during the squadron's aerial change of command ceremony over USS Abraham Lincoln while under way in the Arabian Sea, Aug. 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 8/6/2008 |
| President George W. Bush delivers remarks to U.S. military personnel stationed at U.S. Army's Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 6, 2008.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 8/6/2008 |
| Shay Assad, director of defense procurement and acquisitions policy, announces that the department has reopened bidding on the contract to build the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial tanker at a Pentagon briefing, Aug. 6, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Vasquez, far right, gives commands to soldiers on the firing line of a weapons qualification range on Camp Taji, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Vasquez observes as soldiers conduct marksmanship qualification at a firing range on Camp Taji, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army Photos by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Marines use a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle to pull out another MRAP on their way to Trailer Town, Iraq, July 31, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, and Navy sailors conducted a Cooperative Medical Engagement for Iraqi families that cannot afford medical attention.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman George Carameta, lowers an aircraft obstruction light down to Staff Sgt. Ray Stetler. Carameta and Stetler are assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, Ali Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2008. The lighting keeps aircraft from colliding into towers when visibility is low.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Steven Day, assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, paints camouflage face paint on a visitor on family day during Exercise Pacific Strike 2008 on Red Beach in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian P. Caracci
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Army Cpl. Michael Tejada patrols down a street while talking with a boy in Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, July 27, 2008, after purchasing bananas from a market. Tejada is a mortar section leader assigned to 25th Infantry Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III
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| 8/6/2008 |
| The first U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom, the inaugural ship in a new class of U.S. Navy surface warships, is seen conducting a speed run during Builders Trials, Marinette, Wis., Aug. 4, 2008. The ship is designed for littoral, or close-to-shore, operations and to provide access and dominance in coastal-water areas.
Courtesy photo by Lockheed Martin
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| 8/6/2008 |
| Kenneth O. Preston, Sergeant Major of the Army, rides alongside Larry Borth, a training instructor and stable master for the Horse Cavalry Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division, during a visit to Fort Hood, Texas, Aug 4, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Vasquez fires his weapon during weapons qualification at a firing range on Camp Taji, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2008. Vasquez is assigned to the 14th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army Photos by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 8/6/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gives honors during the playing of the national anthem in the Pentagon Auditorium Aug. 6, 2008, at a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of Executive Orders 9980 and 9981, which integrated the armed forces and federal civil service.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 8/6/2008 |
| President George W. Bush delivers his remarks to U.S. Army military personnel stationed at the U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan, Aug. 6, 2008, in Seoul, South Korea.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| President George W. Bush waves to U.S. military personnel at the U.S. Army Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 6, 2008. The commander in chief thanked the troops for their service.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| President George W. Bush pauses to greet school children, Aug. 6, 2008, during arrival ceremonies at the Blue House, the residence of President Myung-bak Lee of the Republic of Korea, in Seoul.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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| Three members of the Tuskegee Airmen, wearing their signature red jackets, listen as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks during a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the signing of Executive Orders 9980 and 9981, which integrated the armed forces and the federal civil service.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Elliott, an instructor with the Army's Golden Knights parachute team, dives tandem with Jon D. Port, a command master chief, bottom, in Maxton, N.C., Aug 1, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Schnell
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. James M. Letsky, center, and Staff Sgt. Justin M. Cuomo, right, plot a search plan during a patrol through the city of Um Al Wazz, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2008. They are assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5. During the operation, the Marines detained an oil smuggler and four oil trucks.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
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| 8/6/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Gregory Kufchak, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit 8, lands during a free-fall parachute jump over Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, July 30, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brian A. Goyak
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| 8/5/2008 |
| President George W. Bush speaks with U.S. Air Force Airman Christopher Coon of the 354th Logistic Readiness Squadron on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 4, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 8/5/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Sgt. Louis Pearson explores an abandoned building in Husaybah, Iraq, July 23, 2008. Pearson is assigned to the Jump Platoon of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The platoon conducts auxiliary missions, such as route reconnaissance, smuggler searches and contraband checks. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray
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| 8/5/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Marc Hogue, Sgt. Matt Jonas, and Sgt. David Walther gather their canopies on the outskirts of Al Asad Air Base, Anbar province, Iraq, July 28, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Reconaissance Battalion, Multinational Forces West.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin L. Wainscott
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| 8/5/2008 |
| Seen through a night viewing device, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Towanga Dyson flies over Baghdad, Iraq, in a Black Hawk helicopter during a leaflet mission, Aug, 3, 2008. Dyson is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 312th Psychological Operation Company.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| 8/5/2008 |
| U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general, Multinational Force Iraq, speaks with an Iraqi Army general while touring the market in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Aug 2, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 8/5/2008 |
| A boy watches President George W. Bush as he makes a speech on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 4, 2008. Bush stopped on the base before traveling to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. During his visit he spoke to more than 2,000 military personnel and thanked individual troops for their service.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 8/5/2008 |
| President George W. Bush waves to a crowd of more than 2,000 U.S. military personnel and their families on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 4, 2008. Bush made a short stop on the base before continuing to South Korea.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 8/5/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Elisa Tennyson competes during the 30th Federation Aeronautique International World Style and Accuracy Parachuting Championships in Slovakia, July 30, 2008. Tennyson, a member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, won a medal in the event.
U.S. Army photo photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Abeln
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| 8/5/2008 |
| President George W. Bush stands with military personnel on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 4, 2008, after delivering remarks.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 8/5/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the U.S. Air Force Senior Leadership Orientation Course in Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 8/5/2008 |
| An Iraqi army soldier helps an elderly woman cross the street in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2008. The Iraqi soldiers accompanied U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of Multinational Force Iraq, as he toured the town's market.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 8/5/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III, deputy chief of staff of manpower and personnel, and his wife, Jody, during the Air Force's Senior Leader Orientation Course in Washington, Aug. 5, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 8/5/2008 |
| Department of Defense Press Secretary Geoff Morrell responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing, Aug. 5, 2008. Morrell discussed a range of issues, including U.S. force levels in Afghanistan, allegations of Iranian weapons testing and detainee releases in Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 8/5/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates listens to a question during the Air Force's Senior Leader Orientation Course in Washington, Aug. 5, 2008. Each year, by the direction of the Air Force Chief of Staff, all newly promoted active duty brigadier generals, senior executives and their spouse attend the orientation course.
Defense Dept. Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 8/5/2008 |
| Deputy Chief of Defense Staff of Equipment Capability British Lt. Gen. Andrew Figgures, far right, leads Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, second from right, off a Royal Air Force helicopter in Porton Down, England, Aug. 5, 2008. Cartwright traveled to England to meet with his counterparts and receive briefings on operations.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 8/5/2008 |
| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, right, and Deputy Chief of Defence Staff of Equipment Capability British Lt. Gen. Andrew Figgures, center, get briefed on improvised explosive devices and electrically armoured vehicles by Tom Dalzell in Porton Down, England, Aug. 5, 2008. Cartwright traveled to England to meet with his counterparts and receive briefings on operations.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 8/5/2008 |
| The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron, perform in an air show as part of Seattle Sea Fair's festivities in Seattle, Wash., Aug 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton
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| 8/5/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Taylor performs patrol aggression training with Drumo, a Belgian Malinois, as he subdues Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Johnson on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., July 28, 2008. Taylor and Johnson are assigned to the assigned to Naval Air Station Pensacola Security Force.
U.S. Navy photo by Gary Nichols
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| 8/5/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers climb a rope to stay in shape during a physical fitness session on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 29, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gretel Sharpee
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Isabel Rodriguez holds a child while the child’s mother is treated during a combined medical engagement in Hor al Bash near Baghdad, July 31, 2008. Rodriguez is a supply specialist assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 225th Brigade Support Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Conrad Vazquez
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| 8/4/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, joins Gen. Peter Chiarelli's mother Audrey, center, and wife Beth, right, in applauding Chiarelli's promotion, Aug. 4, 2008. The general, who previously served as senior military assistant to Gates, was both promoted and sworn in as the Army's new vice chief of staff during Pentagon ceremonies.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 8/4/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, assists Army Gen. Peter Chiarelli's mother Audrey and wife Beth, right, in pinning on four stars during Chiarelli's promotion from lieutenant general in the Pentagon, Aug. 4, 2008. During the ceremony, Chiarelli also took the oath of office as the Army's new vice chief of staff. Chiarelli previously served as senior military assistant to Gates.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 8/4/2008 |
| Robert Hastings, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, tours the Combined Security Transition Command facilities in Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Olga Arguello
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| 8/4/2008 |
| A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron 31 makes a successful landing onto the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, July 23, 2008. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sheldon Rowley
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees unhook crane cables from the pile as ocean water flows onto the deck of the elevated causeway system as pier deconstruction continues during Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore 2008 on Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 31, 2008. The seabees are assigned to the amphibious construction battalions 1 and 2.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian P. Caracci
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. Senior Airman Gregory Strouse, left, Staff Sgt. Sean Minnick, center, and Senior Airman David Garrison, right, load a missile onto a F-16 Fighting Falcon July 24, 2008, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 926th Group is an Air Force Reserve unit under the 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas. The group is located on Nellis as an associate unit to the Air Force Warfare Center.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. sailors prepare to launch aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the Pacific Ocean, July 26, 2008, after the conclusion of Rim of the Pacific 2008, an international exercise.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S., Canadian and Japanese navy ships transit the Pacific Ocean during a group exercise off the coast of Hawaii in support of Rim of the Pacific, RIMPAC, July 28, 2008.
RIMPAC is a biennial exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Fleet that brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea.
U.S. Navy photo by Pety Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Clifford washes off firefighting foam after battling a two-alarm fire on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, July 22, 2008. The foam helped extinguish a fire that destroyed several metal-framed buildings used as living quarters and supply storage units. Clifford, the Joint Base Balad assistant fire chief, is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gary Hawkins
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Academy basic cadets James Franklin, left, and Jonathan Newman fight with pugil sticks during the Big Bad Basic portion of field training at the academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 30, 2008.
U.S Air Force photo by Dave Ahlschwede
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. William Reese watches flames rise into the night sky after setting canal vegetation ablaze in Tahwilla, Iraq, July 30, 2008. Extremists have been using the canal's thick vegetation to plant bombs under the cover of darkness. The soldiers are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army Pfc. Skyler Rosenberry talks with an Iraqi man in a waiting room of a home for the elderly in Kadhimiya, Iraq, July 30, 2008. Rosenberry and other U.S. soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, visited the nursing home.
US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers move out through a cloud of dust stirred up by several vehicles to conduct medical outreach in Hor Al Bosh, Iraq, July, 30, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army Photos by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Condreay, left, and Staff Sgt. Fred Hampton pull security in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 29, 2008. The soldiers, 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, were providing security for British Army Lt. Gen. John Cooper, deputy commanding general of Multinational Force - Iraq, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark R. Zamzow, deputy chief of staff, Multinational Force - Iraq, who toured the district.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 8/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Kimmey takes off from Camp Victory, Iraq, aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk while escorting White House, Defense Department and veterans' groups representatives on a tour of central Iraq, July 29, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Woody Paschall.
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| 8/3/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Dwyer laughs with Iraqi children while on a patrol in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 28, 2008. Dwyer is a military policeman assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 8/3/2008 |
| Army Pfc. Kyle Sprouse arms an Apache helicopter on Camp Taji, Iraq, July 29, 2008. Sprouse is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company D, 4th Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt
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| 8/3/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, greets retired Army Gen. Richard Cody, second from left, and his family following Cody's retirement ceremony on Fort Myer, Va., Aug. 1, 2008. Cody, the Army's 31st vice chief of staff, retired after 36 years years of service.
U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| 8/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees lay concrete on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 24, 2008. The sailors are assigned to Detachment 4, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, which is building facilities in support of the International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin
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| 8/3/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin Hubbard checks the landing gear on a F-16 Fighting Falcon during a base-wide exercise on Osan Air Base, South Korea, July 21, 2008. Captain Hubbard is a pilot assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron. The exercise tested the ability of Osan personnel to execute combat operations, receive follow-on forces and defend the base from attack.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Boitz
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| 8/3/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2008 over the Pacific Ocean, July 23, 2008. The multinational exercise includes troops from the United States, Australia, Chile, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel N. Woods
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| 8/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn McDonald uses tactile reenforcement to bond with his Atlantic bottlenose dolphin on Ewa Beach, Hawaii, July 24, 2008. McDonald is a marine mammal handler assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Offricer 1st Class Mark Rankin
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| 8/3/2008 |
| The visit, board, search, and seizure team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf speeds through the water in a rigid hull inflatable boat before conducting boarding exercises in the Atlantic Ocean, July 21, 2008. Vella Gulf is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise 08-4 as a part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Chad R. Erdmann
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| 8/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Reyes Camacho checks the blood pressure of an Iraqi patient in the triage area of a clinic in Akashat, Iraq, July 23, 2008. Camacho is a hospital corpsman assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Derek Meitzer
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| 8/3/2008 |
| Members of the Air Force Cycling Team ride through cheering crowds at the completion of the Registers Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa in Le Claire, Iowa, , July 26, 2008. The team has been participating in the event for the past 14 years.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joanna M. Kresge
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| 8/3/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Derek Thostenson prepares himself to fight a two-alarm fire on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, July 22, 2008. Air Force and Army firefighters limited the damages to six closely situated buildings.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley
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| 8/3/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Aurelio Felix works on a Bomag Roller engine on Ail Air Base, Iraq, July 30, 2008. Felix is a vehicle maintainer with the 407th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. The vehicle maintenance shop is in charge of maintaining all Air Force vehicle assets, which includes more than 300 vehicles and other heavy machinery.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin
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| 8/1/2008 |
| George Lisicki, commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, center left, and retired vice admiral Norbert Ryan, president of the Military Officers Association of America, talk with junior officers at Sather Air Base as they all waited for flights out of Iraq, July 30, 2008. Ryan, Lisicki, White House, Department of Defense and national veterans’ organizations members visited central Iraq to gain a better understanding of Multinational Forces-Iraq missions and operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Woody Paschall
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| 8/1/2008 |
| Robert Hastings, right, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, has lunch with troops from the Multi-National Force Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq, July 29, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Olga Arguello
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jayson Wazny fires an M-4 rifle during a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln while under way in the Arabian Sea, July 27, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Navy flight deck shooters give the signal to launch a Prowler on the flight deck aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, July 28, 2008. The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in joint task force exercise Operation Brimstone.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Laird
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Navy basic crewman students perform a "dump boat" exercise with a combat rubber raiding craft on Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., July 23, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique M. Lasco
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Marines set up their artillery cannons at a forward operating base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 23, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Randall A. Clinton
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| 8/1/2008 |
| The sun sets behind a wall of life-support system containers on July 23, 2008, on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
U.S. Army photo by Jim Hinnant
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers carry a casualty to be loaded onto a Black Hawk helicopter during an air medical evacuation exercise on Fort Hood, Texas, July 24, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim
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| 8/1/2008 |
| Karen Barton demonstrates an exercise with equipment provided by a U.S Navy fitness van to assist sailors with staying in shape in Point Mugu, Calif., July 24, 2008. Barton is assigned to the Morale, Welfare and Recreation office on Naval Base Ventura County, Calif.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Peterson
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Army Cpl. Christopher Spencer works on an Apache helicopter on the flight line of Camp Taji, Iraq, July 29, 2008. Spencer is a Apache helicopter mechanic assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 4th Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cody Caldwell looks over an electronic technical order before performing aircraft maintenance on Moody Air Force Base, Ga., July 25, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Damien Barrineau examines an Iraqi girl’s throat while providing medical care to the people of Sayid Ghrib, Iraq, July 27, 2008. Barrineau is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Academy basic cadets receive instruction before the start of the leadership reaction course, July 17, 2008, in the Jacks Valley training area near Colorado Springs, Colo.
U.S. Air Force photo by Rachel Boettcher
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers head out during an air assault mission geared toward forcing insurgents out of the village of Al Fatah Miaya near Tikrit, Iraq, July 25, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Troop G, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kyle Richardson
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S Air Force Capt. Jason Pruitt taxis his A-10 Thunderbolt after a mission on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 30, 2008. Pruitt is deployed from the 81st Fighter Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| 8/1/2008 |
| The 8th Air Force Museum on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., created a memorial on July 24, 2008, to remember the crewmembers of Raider 21, the B-52 Stratofortress that crashed near Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trina R. Jeanjacques
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Marines clear a room during basic urban survival training on Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, July 29, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the 8th Provisional Security Company.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Johansen Laurel
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| 8/1/2008 |
| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England passes through honor sideboys upon his arrival to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Wash., July 29, 2008. England is touring Whidbey Island as part of multiple West Coast visits.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tucker M. Yates
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| 8/1/2008 |
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders and contractors in Baghdad, Iraq, brief a group of veterans' organizations representatives about the design and construction of the new U.S. Embassy Compound, July 29, 2008. The visiting group toured central Iraq to gain a better understanding of Multinational Forces Iraq missions and operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Woody Paschall
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