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| A U.S. Navy sailor stationed at Naval Air Station Key West spots a rare rainbow halo in the skies over the air station, Key West, Fla., April 29, 2008. The halo, which typically indicates rain, is a ring of colored or white light that encircles the sun when seen through a cloud of ice crystals.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Cox
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| U.S. Navy sailors from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex push an AV-8B Harrier, assigned to the VMA-513 "Nightmares," onto the ship's aircraft elevator while at sea, April 29, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel S. Weber
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| Tech. Sgt. Lem Torres hoists up a survivor on a litter during a search and rescue mission about 230 miles south of New Orleans, April 25, 2008. Responding to a request for support from the U.S. Coast Guard, two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters of the 41st Rescue Squadron and a 71st Rescue Squadron HC-130P King performed a 10-hour mission to retrieve a boatload of stranded immigrants in distress that had been picked up by a passing ship. Sergeant Torres is a 38th RQS pararescueman.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Groves nails a sign in place as an Iraqi boy holds it, April 27, 2008. The sign instructs visitors to the newly opened Civil Military Operations Center on Joint Security Station Sadr City. Groves is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Zachary Mott
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, walks with Director of Protocol Lt. Col. Ruben Montesinos as his wife, Becky Gates, walks with Ambassador to Mexico Antonio Garza, upon their arrival in Mexico City, Mexico, April 29, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a media roundtable after meeting with officials and touring the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico, April 29, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with U.S. Marines assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, April 29, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Jacinta Camara gives Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and his wife, Becky, a tour of the National Museum of Anthropology as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio Garza listens, Mexico City, Mexico, April 29, 2008. This was the first visit by a U.S. Defense Secretary in 12 years.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio Garza, left, and Army Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, right, attend a meeting with Secretary of Government Juan Mourino and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa, both not pictured, in Mexico City, Mexico, April 29, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center right, meets with Secretary of Government Juan Mourino and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa in Mexico City, Mexico, April 29, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/30/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Roark, a culinary specialist stationed aboard the USS Farragut, retrieves a flight drone after a gun exercise with the help of a Coast Guard Northland small boat crew, off the coast of Brazil, April 26, 2008.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Henise
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| 4/30/2008 |
| Seen through a night vision device, a U.S. soldier keeps an eye on a busy neighborhood in Tikrit, Iraq, April 24, 2008, where local citizens are shifting their concerns from security to economics. The soldier is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Rzepka
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jessica Newcomb does some final touch ups on a mural she and 38 other artists painted in the hospital conference room on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, April 29, 2008. The mural features local culture and a panoramic view of the mountains near Bagram Air Force Base.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| 4/30/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ostrander and Tech. Sgt. Chris Padron talk with an Afghan police officer, April 22, 2008, at the Charikar District Provincial Headquarters in Afghanistan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 4/30/2008 |
| U.S. Army Cpl. Abraham Norton holds guard for his unit while they search for weapon caches in Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, April 25, 2008. Norton is an infantry team leader assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Pierce
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Miliefsky prepares a C-130J Hercules aircraft for a mission at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 29, 2008. Miliefsky is a loadmaster assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and deployed from the California Air National Guard’s 115th Airlift Squadron out of Channel Island Air National Guard Station, Calif.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 4/30/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Duncan J. McNabb sits with members of the Air Force Escape and Evasion Society, April 26, 2008, during their 44th annual reunion near Savannah, Ga. McNabb was the keynote speaker for the event held in honor of Air Force veterans who were forced down behind enemy lines and avoided or escaped capture during World War II.
Photo courtesy of the Air Force Escape and Evasion Society
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| 4/30/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Mark Ostrander and Andrew Kief conduct a foot patrol in Charikar, Afghanistan, April 22, 2008. Both airmen are assigned to the police advisory team of the Charikar Provincial Reconstruction Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 4/29/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the audience after The Union League of Philadelphia honored the U.S. military with its Gold Medal Award, April 29, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Seaman Daniel J. Nelson, an electricitan assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, catches his breath after being submerged in water during a 3.4-mile endurance course at U.S. Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonslaves, Okinawa, Japan, April 25, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charles S. Zook
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jimmy S. Seechang leads a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure team aboard a Japanese tug boat in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan, April 25, 2008. Seechang is assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael D. Kennedy
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| U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion navigate a 3.4-mile endurance course at the U.S. Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center at Camp Gonslaves, Okinawa, Japan, April 25, 2008. The six-day course is designed to refine a unit's patrol and combat skills in a jungle environment and develop small unit leaders.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charles S. Zook
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Poling uses an oxygen/acetylene torch to remove a work table aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Atlantic Ocean, April 28, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Mann
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| 4/29/2008 |
| An Iraqi soldier posts a wanted poster on a street lamp near a joint security station in Sadr City, Iraq, April 20, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Roberto Zunigasaucedo gathers a stack of “Baghdad Now” newspapers to assist the Iraqi army in distributing them in Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, April 16, 2008. Zunigasaucedo serves as a infantry squad leader with the 25th Infantry Division's 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds.”
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Pierce
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| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Terisa Pennington scrubs a bronze honor guard statue during a work party, April 19, 2008, at the U.S. Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. More than 50 volunteers from The U.S. Air Force Sergeants Association gathered to help spruce up the site.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Matt Proietti
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| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Snyder enters data into a human interface device in Amariyah, Iraq, April 21, 2008. Snyder is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Squadron.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 4/28/2008 |
| Seaman David Mayfield practices a boiler light-off in the two main machinery room aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, April 25, 2008. The ship's boilers reach temperatures of more than 500 degrees Fahrenheit to produce steam for the ship's propulsion and auxiliary power.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 4/28/2008 |
| The battleship USS Missouri Memorial is illuminated in red, white and blue for the 23rd annual Hawaii Military Appreciation Month opening ceremony, April 24, 2008. The ceremony kicked off a month-long celebration to express appreciation and "mahalo" to Hawaii's servicemembers for their everyday sacrifices here and abroad.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul D. Honnick
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| Air Force Staff Sgt. Federico Hudson cleans the nose art on a static C-54 aircraft on display at the Berlin Airlift Memorial site at the former Rhein Main Air Base near Frankfurt International Airport in Germany, April 23, 2008. Hudson and volunteers from Ramstein Air Base cleaned the aircraft for a Berlin Airlift 60th Anniversary Celebration to take place there in June.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Corey Clements
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| An RQ-3A Darkstar (top to bottom), MQ-1L Predator A and X-45A Joint Unmanned Combat Air System hang in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in a new exhibit of military unmanned aerial vehicles. The exhibit which opened to the public, April 24, 2008, includes six UAVs from all four services and will be on display for the next 10 years.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ostrander monitors a crowd of locals during a foot patrol in Charikar, Afghanistan, April 22, 2008. Ostrander is assigned to the police advisory team of the Charikar Provincial Reconstruction Team and is deployed from the 55th Security Forces Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kelliea Guthrie (left) and Senior Airman Greg Ellis provide security for a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a cargo mission at Feyzabab Airfield in Afghanistan, April 23, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ostrander monitors residential traffic during a foot patrol in Charikar, Afghanistan, April 22, 2008. Ostrander is assigned to the police advisory team of the Charikar Provincial Reconstruction Team and is deployed from the 55th Security Forces Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| U.S. Army soldiers cut a chain off a gate with bolt cutters before securing the building and conducting a search for bomb and weapon paraphernalia in the Mosul, Iraq, neighborhood of Younis Al Sabawi, April 23, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ostrander talks to a young boy during a foot patrol in Charikar, Afghanistan, April 22, 2008. Ostrander is assigned to the police advisory team of the Charikar Provincial Reconstruction Team and is deployed from the 55th Security Forces Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ostrander monitors residential traffic during a foot patrol in Charikar, Afghanistan, April 22, 2008. Ostrander, assigned to the 55th Security Forces Squadron, is attached to the Charikar Provincial Reconstruction Team's police advisory team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| Dan Simons, a participant from the 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, rappels off a training wall at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, April 24, 2008. About 50 JCOC participants visited five countries, three forward operating locations, two naval bases and a Navy carrier in U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility.
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Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| U.S. sailors assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, set up a site to assemble a well-drilling rig at Shabaha village, Kenya, April 21, 2008. The construction battalion sailors, known as Seabees, will drill at three locations throughout Garissa in northeastern Kenya.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| Seabees assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, set up a well drilling site at Shabaha village, April 21, 2008. The Seabees will drill at three locations throughout Garissa.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| A U.S. Army soldier prepares to clear a room during a search for weapons and bomb paraphernalia in the town of Younis Al Sabawi, Mosul, Iraq, on April 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| U.S. Marine Sgt. Damien Senerchia assesses a potential threat while leading his squad through the Combat Hunter course on Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 25, 2008. Senerchia is assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion-26, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. The course trains Marines to fight better in small units.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Bryce Piper
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| An Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft takes on fuel from a KC-10 Extender aircraft 26,000 feet above Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 17, 2008. The two aircraft and their crews are participating in Exercise Red Flag - Alaska, a multinational exercise that provides realistic training for combat scenarios.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates answers questions from a member of the World Presidents' Organization during a Washington Public Policy Seminar in the Pentagon Conference Center April 28, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Army soldiers speak with a fish farmer in the Lutifyah area of Iraq to check the progress of fish ponds there, April 23, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 320th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Christopher McKenna
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| 4/28/2008 |
| Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team move into position after 'fast roping' from a helicopter onto the deck of a ship during a training exercise in the Port of Long Beach, April 25, 2008.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Prentice Danner
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| U.S. Army Capt. Joe Dominguez, Task Force XII physician’s assistant, peers into the eyes of an Iraqi man who came to a cooperative medical clinic in his village on April 21, 2008. The clinics allow Multinational Division Baghdad’s medics the chance to help Iraqis in remote villages.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Chris Seaton
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| Kai Eide, left, the United Nations secretary general's special representative to Afghanistan, meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, in the Pentagon, April 28, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 4/25/2008 |
| Participants from the 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference tour Colombian military naval surface ships during a cultural visit in Cartagena, Colombia, April 23, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| Colombian naval hands who cleaned the ship's deck await a visit from participants of the 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference in Cartagena, Colombia, April 23, 2008. Sponsored by the secretary of defense, JCOC is reserved for American leaders interested in expanding their knowledge of the military and national defense.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| Participants of the 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference tour downtown Cartagena during a cultural visit to Colombia, April 23, 2008. Sponsored by the secretary of defense, JCOC is reserved for American leaders interested in expanding their knowledge of the military and national defense.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| Colombian military naval officials brief participants of the 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference at Colombian Coast Guard Headquarters during a cultural visit to Cartagena, Colombia, April 23, 2008. Sponsored by the secretary of defense, JCOC is reserved for American leaders interested in expanding their knowledge of the military and national defense.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| 4/25/2008 |
| A Super Puma Helicopter transports supplies to the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during a vertical replenishment while the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones steams into position in the Pacific Ocean, April 19, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman John Wagner
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| Naval War College Foundation Chairman John D'Luhy, left, and Navy Rear Adm. Jacob L. Shuford, Naval War College president, presents the Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award to Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James Cartwright, center, during a dinner April 24, 2008, at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 4/25/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Matt Radcliffe provides security at an Iraqi army patrol base in the Sadr City district of Baghdad along with an Iraqi army soldier from the 42nd Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division April 19, 2008. Radcliffe is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 4/25/2008 |
| U.S. Marines aboard USS Nashville study orders for maritime interdiction operations during Phoenix Express 2008 NATO interoperability training mission, April 16, 2008.
U .S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charles L. Ludwig
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Ranen E. Casto instructs students at the Kushamond skilled-labor workshop on correct saw techniques and safety precautions at Forward Operating Base Kushamond, Afghanistan, April 24, 2008. Casto is assigned to the 864th Engineer Combat Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Roscoe
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| 42nd Iraqi Army Brigade Commander Col. Tariq and soldiers assigned to the 11th Iraqi Army Division walk toward a school in Baghdad's Sadr City District to check on the progress of a humanitarian mission in which Iraqi army doctors were treating and aiding local citizens, April 17, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the media at the Pentagon, April 25, 2008. Mullen discussed several subjects, including Iran and the continued need to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, left, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stand at the retirement ceremony for Gainey, Fort Myer, Arlington, Va., April 25, 2008. Gainey retired after 33 years of service.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, senior enlisted advisor (SEAC) to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with the SEAC flag during Gainey's retirement ceremony, Fort Myer, Arlington, Va., April 25, 2008. Gainey retired after 33 years of service.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England addresses an audience at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., for the hospital's staff appreciation day on April 25, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by John Kruzel
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| U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby talks to Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers in Baghdad's Taji Qada district, April 16, 2008. Jacoby is the commanding general of I Corps, based out of Fort Lewis, Wash., and the soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warriors."
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Waldemar Rivera
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| U.S. Air Force Col. Tom Bussiere and Maj. Rich Collins take off in a B-2 Spirit named the Spirit of Florida, April 15, 2008, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The flight was the first since a B-2 crashed in Guam in February. Bussiere is the 509th Operations Group commander, and Collins is assigned to the 394th Combat Training Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr.
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| An Iraqi army soldier prepares to go on a dismounted patrol to secure the streets in the Tharwa 1 neighborhood in the southern portion of Baghdad's Sadr City district, April 14, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| Members of the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride ride along the South Lawn drive at the White House April 24, 2008, during the kick off of the annual "Soldier Ride: White House to Lighthouse Challenge" bike ride.
White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Strand, assigned to the "Dusty Dogs" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron, repairs the blades of an SH-60 Seahawk aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, April 21, 2008, Persian Gulf.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela Coxe
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| U.S. Army Pvt. Juston Grubbs and Sgt. Thomas Tallman review maps and compasses to prepare for a fire exercise at Dillingham Airfield, Hawaii, April 23, 2008. The soldiers area assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Bryanna Poulin
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Latvian President Valdis Zalters, left, through an honor cordon upon his arrival at the Pentagon for bilateral defense meetings, April 24, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Latvian President Valdis Zalters, right, meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in the Pentagon, April 24, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with President Valdis Zalters of Latvia and members of their staffs in the Pentagon, April 24, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Army Maj. Edward Hass answers questions from students during an English Day program at the regional embassy office in al-Hillah, Iraq, April 19, 2008. Hass is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's Company B, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Gartsu gets a high-five from a student at Abu Shear school, April 14, 2008, in the Monsouri area of Iraq as he and other soldiers deliver backpacks, soccer balls and notebooks. Gartsu is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tami Hillis
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| More than 500 children of Pentagon employees took part in arts and crafts activities in the Pentagon’s courtyard, April 24, 2008, as part of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
Defense Dept. photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti Jr.
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Sherman receives a thumbs up from Petty Officer 1st Class Ken Ball as he deploys from an SH-60B Seahawk during an air power demonstration by ships and aircraft assigned to aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group, Pacific Ocean, April 22, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| U.S. Navy Pettty Officer 2nd Class Rowel Delacruz waits for cyclic flight operations to begin aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, April 21, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos Gomez
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| A Defense Department working dog named Alma was on hand for parents and their children to pet during the National Bring Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day at the Pentagon, April 24, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Army Maj. Jasen Johnson takes a break with his three children, son Caleb, 9, to his right, and daughters Jenna, 5, sitting on his knee, and Janey, 6, holding a creative art balloon, in the Pentagon’s courtyard, on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, April 24, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti, Jr.
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| 4/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., commander of the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, presents Capt. Jared Albright, commander of Troop B, 3rd Squadron,1st Cavalry Regiment, a certificate of appreciation for his troop’s performance during their current deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The ceremony took place at Command Outpost Salie in Iraq, April 22, 2008. The squadron is currently attached to the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery,
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ben Hutto
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| 4/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers provide 360-degree security as their platoon leader talks with local market vendors in Mosul, Iraq, April 12, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army Photo by John Crosby
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| 4/24/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet for launch April 16, 2008, aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mercil
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| 4/23/2008 |
| Colombian special forces members show counter insertion tactics to participants of the 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference outside Bogota, Colombia, April 22, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| 4/23/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with cadets at the indoor rifle range at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/23/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with 1st Capt. Jason Crabtree while having dinner with cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/23/2008 |
| Colombian special forces show counter insertion tactics to participants of the 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference outside Bogota, Colombia, April 22, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| 4/23/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Christopher Tornay, a damage controlman fireman, shouts commands at Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Egolf during fire hose training on the forecastle of the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen in the Pacific Ocean, April 21, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew R. White
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| 4/23/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks during a media round table at the Pentagon, April 23, 2008, where he announced that the White House has nominated Army Gen. David H. Petraeus to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 4/23/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses service members enrolled at the National Defense University, on Fort Leslie J. McNair, Washington , D.C., April 22, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/23/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Matt Radcliffe provides security during a patrol in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, April 20, 2008. Radcliffe is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Special Troops Battalion.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 4/23/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Mason Flynn dangles from the safety winch of an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter during an air show for the crew of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, Pacific Ocean, April 20, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Clifford L. H. Davis
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| 4/23/2008 |
| Airman Kelvin Brown cleans the canopy of an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 195 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk , April 21, 2008. Brown, a plane captain, is in charge of performing maintenance on an aircraft once it has landed.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman John J. Mike
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| 4/23/2008 |
| U.S. Marines from 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force, NATO, conduct a training exercise that requires them to meet with local people and earn their trust, Kandahar, Afghanistan, April 15, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew J. Carlson
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Cmdr. Dirk Padgett listens as a sheik asks Iraqi army Col. aLaa Aldien a question in the Quibla district of Basra, Iraq, April 14, 2008. The man is one of five sheiks chosen as a superviser to improve his neighborhood's standard of living.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tim Ortez
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| 4/22/2008 |
| Iraqi police officers stand during a ceremony at the Iraqi National Police 3rd Battalion's headquarters before U.S. Army soldiers present them with U.S. Cavalry Combat Spurs, Jasr Diyala, Iraq, April 14, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| 4/22/2008 |
| Iraqi police officers celebrate before an award ceremony at the Iraqi National Police 3rd Battalion's headquarters, Jasr Diyala, Iraq, April 14, 2008. During the ceremony U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team presented the Iraqi officers with U.S. Cavalry Combat Spurs.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers load a machine thought to be used to make explosive-formed projectiles onto the top of a Stryker vehicle, Al Rashid, Baghdad, Iraq, April 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 2nd Squadron, Company E, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lester Colley
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Franklin Hagenbeck, superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., speaks with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates upon his arrival at West Point, April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/22/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to a group of 84 senior cadets majoring in Advanced National Security Studies at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/22/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives a tour of Trophy Point at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulates former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the conclusion of the Atlantic Council of the United States Distinguished Leadership Award Gala, April 21, 2008. Both were recipients of the award.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walks to the stage to receive the Atlantic Council of the United States Distinguished Military Leadership Award, April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/22/2008 |
| An Iraqi soldier provides cover while other members of his squad conduct a house search for insurgent activities, Ludifiyah, Iraq, April 16, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Snyder takes a retinal scan of a local Iraqi resident to enter him into the Handheld Interagency Identification Detection system, Amariyah, Iraq, April 21, 2008. Snyder is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Troop C, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Capt. Norbert Smurf Szarleta breaks the sound barrier in an F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter during an air power demonstration aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Atlantic Ocean, April 17, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Yeoman Augustine Cooper
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman Jonathan Honebrink cleans a trailing wing on an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, Pacific Ocean, April 19, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong
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| 4/22/2008 |
| 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference participants take a boat tour with the U.S. Coast Guard Port Security unit at Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba, April 19, 2008. JCOC 75 participants are visiting five countries, two naval bases and a Navy carrier in U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| 4/22/2008 |
| 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference participants fire .50 caliber machine guns during a tour by the U.S. Coast Guard, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 19, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/22/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates watches cadets maneuver through an obstacle course at the Physical Development Center at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with U.S. Army Pvt. Joseph Miner at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 4/22/2008 |
| Dr. Tom Holland, scientific director of the Central Identification Laboratory, explains finding human remains to Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, center, and his wife, Sandee, during a trip to the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command on Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, talks with Dr. Tom Holland, scientific director of the Central Identification Laboratory, during the general's trip to the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command on Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the Senior Noncommissioned Officers Quarterly Leadership Breakfast, Fort Belvoir, Va., April 22, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/22/2008 |
| A U.S. Air Force airman assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, sits atop a Humvee turret during an evening patrol, April 17, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dale CanofarI
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| 4/22/2008 |
| The Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan's honor guard practices a gun salute before a burial at sea. The remains of three military veterans were committed to the sea during the ceremony, April 18, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joe Painter
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kelly Beeler stands post in one of the many guard towers on Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Beeler is assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dale Canofari
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| 4/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Fuccillo of team 7 representing the 75th Ranger Regiment pushes himself through frigid water and barbed wire in the early morning hours of the 2008 Best Ranger Competition, April 18, 2008, at Fort Benning, Ga.
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matt Cooper provides security for a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a cargo mission in Afghanistan, April 18, 2008. Cooper is part of a Fly Away Security Forces Team assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Cameron Duffy pulls security in front of a market on the streets of Mosul, Iraq, April 12, 2008. Duffy is assigned to the 8th Infantry Regiment's Company D, 1st Battalion, from Fort Carson, Colo.
U.S. Army photo by John Crosby
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| 4/21/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier spray paints the wall to identify a weapons find with "Bad Guy Cache 3-5-2" found by Iraqi soldiers and police near Yarimjah, Mosul, Iraq, April 17, 2008. The U.S. soldier is assiged to the 10th Mountain Division's 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillary, 4th Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is congratulated by Mariano Fernandez, Chilean ambassador to the U.S., after being presented the Chilean Order of Naval Merit, April 21, 2008. The award was presented for outstanding and meritorious distinction for cooperation and support of the Chilean Navy.
DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk raise an aircraft barricade during flight deck drills in the Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2008. Aircraft barricades are used to help land damaged aircraft on the flight deck. The USS Kitty Hawk is conducting its last spring deployment training before being relieved by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington later this summer.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 4/21/2008 |
| A U.S. Coast Guard aviation survival technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., conducts a man overboard exercise from a new 45-foot response boat-medium off the coast of Virginia, April 16, 2008. Coast Guard Station Little Creek out of Virginia Beach, Va., is the first Coast Guard unit in the world to receive the new RB-M.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Evanson
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| 4/21/2008 |
| An F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2008. Steam-powered catapults launch aircraft at speeds reaching 180 mph in about 250 feet.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman John J. Mike
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Col. Paul McGillicuddy, 42nd Air Base Wing Commander, right, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Lorenz, center, Commander of the Air War College, greet U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, upon his arrival on Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Charlie Lorenzo loads test film into the on-board camera of a U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft in southwest Asia, April 17, 2008, prior to a training mission to ensure proper camera operation. Lorenzo is assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Levi Riendeau
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers load ordnance from a weapons cache discovered outside Abu Thayla, Iraq, April 13, 2008. Soldiers transported the cache to Forward Operating Base Hammer for disposal. They are assigned to 1st Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division and 789th Ordnance Company.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 4/21/2008 |
| A hulled inflatable boat departs the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, April 15, 2008, to respond to a distress call from a sail boat off the coast of North Carolina. Sailors from Iwo Jima helped the vessel's three-person crew until the U.S. Coast Guard relieved them.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher L. Clark
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk raise an aircraft barricade during flight deck drills, April 18, 2008. Aircraft barricades are used to help land damaged aircraft. Kitty Hawk is conducting its last spring deployment before being relieved by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington later this summer.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Will McNutt provides security from a building rooftop as Iraqi soldiers battle armed militia men in the Sadr City District of Baghdad, April 17, 2008. McNutt is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillary, 4th Brigade, from Fort Polk, La.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 4/21/2008 |
| A U.S. Marine speaks with members of the 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference during a tour of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Elizabeth J. Largeman reads a book to children who are waiting to be seen by Army medical personnel during a medical civil action project in Dammerjog, Djibouti, April 21, 2008 . Servicemembers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa provided medical care to more than 500 people in the area during a two-day period this month.
U.S. Army photo by Senior Airman Jacqueline Kabluyen
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Antoine McKinsey teaches Iraqi soldiers English at Combat Operating Post Mountain in Mosul, Iraq, on April 17, 2008. McKinsey is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillary, 4th Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Pvt. 1st Class Sarah De Boise
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers, an Army Reserve unit from Roanoke, Va., fire an 8-inch howitzer at Kajon-Ni, Korea, near the 38th Parallel. The Army Reserve will celebrate its 100th birthday on April 23, marking a full century of service in which Army Reserve soldiers have continuously answered the nation’s call.
U.S. Army Reserve Historical Painting
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| 4/21/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to students at the Air War College and the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., April 21, 2008. Gates told the students, "An unconventional era of warfare requires unconventional thinkers."
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers load ordnance from a weapons cache onto a trailer outside Abu Thayla, Iraq, for later disposal, April 13, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 4/21/2008 |
| With the shadow of the defense secretary on the wall above them, students of the Air War College and the Air Command and Staff College listen to remarks by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., April 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 4/21/2008 |
| An E2C-Hawkeye assigned to the "Wallbangers" of Carrier Airborne Command and Control Squadron 117 comes in for a landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, April 15, 2008. Nimitz is operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Orrin Batiste
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers clear a stair well in search of weapons caches in Al Rashid, Baghdad, Iraq, on April 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 2nd Squadron, Eagle Company, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lester Colley
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Master Sgts. Ed McManus, left, and Troy Wilkerson, both assigned to 169th Communications Flight, South Carolina Air National Guard, set up a commercial satellite antenna at the Beaufort Public Works Facility during an emergency exercise in Beaufort, S.C., April, 17, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward E. Snyder
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| 4/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Matt Radcliffe provides security at an Iraqi army combat patrol base in the Sadr City District of Baghdad, April 11, 2008. Radcliffe is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 4/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Pvt. Chrisman provides security as U.S. Army soldiers make an assessment of a market in Mosul, Iraq, April 15, 2008. Chrisman is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson
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| 4/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers train Afghan troops in preparation for Operation Rock Tempest in Konar province, Afghanistan, April 11, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade's 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Johnny R. Aragon
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| 4/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors from the guided-missile frigate USS John L. Hall take control of a landing craft after boarding it by rigid hull inflatable boat in the Mediterranean during Exercise Phoenix Express 2008, April 17, 2008. Phoenix Express is an annual multinational exercise designed to improve regional cooperation and maritime security in the Mediterranean basin.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Clayton
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| 4/20/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier of the 3rd Infantry Division's Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, directs a bulldozer during the excavation of a large weapons cache at a scrap yard in Jabr al-Ansari, Iraq, April 14, 2008. The soldiers discovered the cache following a tip from Sons of Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| 4/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers search a building for weapons caches and insurgent activity during an operation in the Al Rashid district of Baghdad, April 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Company D, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Pierot
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| 4/19/2008 |
| Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul M. Van Sickle briefs members of the 75th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference during a tour of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2008. Van Sickle serves as mobilization assistant to the commander of U.S. Southern Command. JCOC 75 participants will visit several locations in the command’s area of responsibility.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald
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| 4/18/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dennis Masor and Airman 1st Class Kevin Butler work together to de-ice a C-130 Hercules aircraft, April 8, 2008, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Masor and Butler are assigned to the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston
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| 4/18/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers prepare to breach a door during a search for weapons caches in Baghdad, Iraq, April 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Company E, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lester Colley
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| 4/18/2008 |
| Adm. William J. Fallon kisses his daughter Christi at the end of his retirement ceremony onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt at Norfolk Naval Station, Va., April 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/18/2008 |
| Adm. William J. Fallon and his wife, Mary, depart through side boys at the end of his retirement ceremony onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt at Norfolk Naval Station, Va., April 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/18/2008 |
| An Iraqi national police officer distributes the Baghdad Now newspaper while on patrol with U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| 4/18/2008 |
| U.S. Navy aircraft prepare to launch from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, April 15, 2008. Nimitz is operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman John Wagner
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| 4/18/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Hunter Bowers, right, speaks with Iraqi Army Col. Abdol Amir in Mosul, Iraq, April 10, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 4/18/2008 |
| U.S. and Malagasy sailors practice damage control and firefighting techniques aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland, Antsiranna, Madagascar, April 16, 2008. The USS Ashland is deployed as part of U.S. Naval Forces Europe Southeast Africa Task Force.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Mandy L. Hunsucker
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| 4/18/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Charles Sparks inspects the exhaust of an F-15E Strike Eagle at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 9, 2008. Sparks is assigned to the 391st Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.
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| 4/18/2008 |
| U. S. Air Force students maneuver a log during the "monster mash" event during a Combat Control School exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 9, 2008. The monster mash is an endurance event to build stamina and encourage teamwork.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Reed
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| Iraqi National Police discover a weapons cache near a checkpoint outside Abu Thayla, Iraq, April 13, 2008. U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team helped transport the seized weapons to Command Outpost Cashe.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Anthony Harrington directs the cargo to be loaded on a C-130 Hercules on Bagram Air Base, Afghansitan, April 16, 2008. Harrington is a loadmaster assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks to troops during his last all-hands call at the Pentagon, April 18, 2008. Gainey's retirement ceremony is scheduled for April 25, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 4/18/2008 |
| U.S. Army Gen. William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, tours the Gulu district of Uganda, April 10, 2008. Ward met with local leaders and troops assigned to the 354th Civil Affairs Battalion deployed to support a veterinary civic action program for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 4/18/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of Naval Operations, tours the Sheika Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 16, 2008. Roughead is visiting Naval Forces Central Command to strengthen international maritime partnerships.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tiffini M. Jones
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| 4/18/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers provide security in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, as Iraqi army leaders visit with the soldiers, April 11, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 4/17/2008 |
| An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Marine Medium 165 takes off the flight deck aboard amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu April 11, 2008, while under way in the Pacific Ocean conducting qualifications exercises off the coast of Southern California.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Sarah E. Bitter
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| 4/17/2008 |
| An Iraqi soldier assists U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Mike Fehn, an information operations officer assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 5, in putting up a wanted poster onto a T-wall barrier at a tactical control point on Route Phoenix during a combat operation, April 8, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Hill
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| 4/17/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy search and rescue swimmer jumps out of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during training in the Persian Gulf, April 13, 2008. The aircraft is part of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21, deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman David A. Brandenburg
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| 4/17/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Capt. John Andresen holds the horns of a cow that a local Ugandan veterinarian prepares to treat, Te-Tugu, Gulu district, Uganda, April 9, 2008. Andresen is assigned to the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, which is conducting a veterinary civil action project in Djibouti.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 4/17/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Swedish Defense Minister Sten Tolgfors through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, April 17, 2008, for a discussion on defense issues.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 4/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker explains, during an April 17, 2008 Pentagon press conference, how researchers are growing a new ear for a badly burned Marine using stem cells from his own body. This is one area of advanced treatment being explored by the new Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 4/17/2008 |
| The C-17 Globemaster III provides intra-theater heavy-airlift support for coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Kenn Mann
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| 4/17/2008 |
| The crew of the USS Howard inspect the saltwater sprinkler system during a counter measure wash down test, April 11, 2008, in preparation for a deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Brossard
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| 4/17/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers excavate a large weapons cache at a scrap yard in Jabr al-Ansari, Iraq, April 14, 2008. The cache was found due to a tip from the Sons of Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| 4/17/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers complete the foot march portion of the "Eagle Challenge," Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, April 6, 2008. The soldiers, assigned to 3rd Infantry Division's 203rd Brigade Support Battalion, tested their physical and mental stamina with the annual drill.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Scott Maynard
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| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. S. Ward Cassells opens a Pentagon press conference, April 17, 2008, to announce the founding of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine. This multi-institutional, interdisciplinary network will utilize the latest technologies in stem cell research to develop advanced treatment options for severely wounded military personnel.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 4/17/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands a commemorative coin to a soldier before the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia dinner in Philadelphia, April 16, 2008. The council presented its Atlas Award to U.S. troops and veterans of Iraq and Afghanistanin to recognize their service.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 4/17/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Stettmier stands by for approval to launch an E-2C Hawkeye, assigned to the "Bear Aces" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124, from the deck of the USS Roosevelt, April 4, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Cole
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| 4/16/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Davis and U.S. Air Force Airman Richard Gonzalez install an air intake on a Seahawk helicopter aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, April 12, 2008, Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 2nd Class Orrin Batiste
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| 4/16/2008 |
| Iraqi Army soldiers provide security in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, as Iraqi Army leadership visits with their soldiers to check on their welfare, April 11, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 4/16/2008 |
| President Bush welcomes Pope Benedict XVI on Andrews Air Force Base, April 15, 2008, as he begins a six-day visit to the United States. The Pope will meet with Bush at the White House and will celebrate Mass at the Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
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| Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, right, and their daughter, Jenna Bush, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., April 15, 2008, as he begins his six-day trip to the United States. The Pope will meet with Bush at the White House and celebrate Mass at the Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Suzanne M. Day
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| 4/16/2008 |
| Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd after he is greeted by President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, right, and their daughter, Jenna Bush, on Andrews Air Force Base, Md., April 15, 2008, at the start of his six-day trip to the United States. The Pope will meet with Bush at the White House and celebrate Mass at the Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Suzanne M. Day
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| 4/16/2008 |
| President George W. Bush and his daughter, Jenna Bush, greet Pope Benedict XVI on Andrews Air Force Base, Md., April 15, 2008, as he begins a six-day trip to the United States. The Pope will meet with Bush at the White House and celebrate Mass at the Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Suzanne M. Day
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| U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Davidson looks at a broken water pump while inspecting a water access point near Al Raoud, Iraq, April 10, 2008. Davidson is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| U.S. Navy sailors push soapy brooms across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman during an evening scrub exercise, April 15, 2008, Persian Gulf.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Grieco
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| U.S. Marine Cpl. John Woolery performs corrosion prevention on a Hornet, April 12, 2008, aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet off the western Pacific and Indian oceans. Woolery is assigned to the 'Red Devils' of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mercil
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Tackett waits for a range coach to make adjustments to his M-16 rifle at firing range in the Kuwaiti desert, April 11, 2008. Tackett is a Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez
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| 4/16/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Lewis provides security as provincial reconstruction team members inspect a water access point near Al Raoud, Iraq, April 10, 2008. Lewis is assigned to 25th Infantry Division's Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 4/16/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook watch the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio and the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn as the two steam side by side during a replenishment-at-sea in the Atlantic Ocean, April 15, 2008.
U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd class Adrian T. White
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| 4/16/2008 |
| Ben Stein, actor, author and commentator, speaks at a gala in honor of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, or TAPS, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008. Stein was awarded TAPS's Honor Guard Award for his support of the program. In the same day, he accepted the Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award at the Pentagon for his support for servicemembers.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/16/2008 |
| A chart showing senior al-Qaida leaders recently killed or captured and several pages of a letter found by coalition forces on the body of a terrorist were released April 16, 2008, in Baghdad, Iraq, during a media briefing by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman.
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| U.S. sailors spray down the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman with a fire hose in an effort to remove built up dirt and grime during a sunset scrubbing exercise, April 15, 2008. Truman is on a scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Grieco
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| 4/16/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Willey and Seaman Douglas Bennett hold a pendant to be hooked onto a Super Puma helicopter during a vertical replenishment, April 14, 2008, aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong
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| 4/16/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Capt. Chris Lehto checks the responsiveness of the flap controls on an F-16 Aggressor aircraft while Airman 1st Class Clint Gessler looks for anything unusual, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 11, 2008. Gessler is a crew chief assigned to the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 4/16/2008 |
| 1st Lt. Melissa Lewis takes out a simulated sniper during a United Nations peacekeeping exercise in Rajendrapur Cantonment, Bangladesh, April 12, 2008. She is the platoon leader of 1st Platoon, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David House
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Gwendolyn Jackson-Edwards treats a five-month old baby during a medical civil action project in Dammerjog, Djibouti, April 3, 2008. Jackson-Edwards is a medic assigned to the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade Special Functioning Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacqueline Kabluyen
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Patterson ensures the area is safe for his squad in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, April 1, 2008. Patterson is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 320th Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to international students at the National Defense University on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., April. 16, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/16/2008 |
| Iraqi Security Forces patrol the area in which a vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) exploded on Governors Road, in front of the Baquba Government Center, Diyala Province, Iraq, April 15, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan
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| U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Anthony Humphries breaches a door in pursuit of a sniper, while Pvt. 1st Class Jared Bottoff prepares to enter the building with the rest of the squad, Mosul, Iraq, April 10, 2008. Both soldiers are assigned to Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Richard Ybarra
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen talks with actor Ben Stein on April 15, 2008, before the start of the inaugural Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, TAPS, Honor Guard Gala in Washington. The group works with family members who have lost a loved one in service to the country.
Courtesy photo by Morgan M. McKenty, TAPS
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| 4/16/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008. Mullen discussed various aspects of his job at the policy institute.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/16/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen prepare a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, April 13, 2008, to drop 40 bundles of humanitarian supplies using a joint precision airdrop delivery system. The airmen are assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| The guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley and the guided-missile frigate USS Thach follows behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, April 13, 2008, while under way in the Pacific Ocean during a joint exercise in preparation for deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Scott
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the U.S. House Armed Service Committee, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also testified.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/15/2008 |
| A U.S. Air Force pilot aboard an F-15E Strike Eagle conducts a mission over Afghanistan, April 14, 2008. The F-15 frequently performs shows of force to deter enemy activities and protect coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008. Mullen discussed various aspects of his job at the policy institute.
Defense Department photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, talks with Ben Stein, author, actor and commentator, following his presentation of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. Stein received the Defense Department's highest award for public service for his support for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, or TAPS.
Defense Department photo by R. D. Ward
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| 4/15/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors, working as hook runners, carry steel bars used to guide gear cables off the flight deck after a fixed-wing recovery cycle aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, April 14, 2008. The USS Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group 9 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 4/15/2008 |
| Forty bundles of humanitarian supplies are dropped from a C-17 Globemaster III using the Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System to a drop zone in Afghanistan, April 13, 2008. The U.S. aircrew is from the 17th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| In his first official counterpart visit as Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Gary Roughead prepares to meet with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah during an office call at the Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 12, 2008. Roughead is visiting Naval Forces Central Command area of responsibility to strengthen international maritime partnerships.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tiffini M. Jones
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| Frank Chee Willetto, a World War II Navajo Code Talker, gives a Navajo blessing for the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine PCU New Mexico during the keel authentication ceremony at a Newport News, Va., shipyard, April 12, 2008. The ceremony marks the near completion of the submarine.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Xander Gamble
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| Twenty-two U.S. servicemembers from 15 countries became naturalized U.S. citizens at a ceremony in the Pentagon courtyard, April 14, 2008, where Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England (not shown) spoke.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell calls on a reporter during a Defense Department briefing at the Pentagon, April 15, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 4/15/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Jenkins interacts with a local national role player during cordon and search training, part of a United Nations training exercise in Rajendrapur Cantonment, Bangladesh, April 13, 2008. Jenkins is assigned to the 57th Military Police Company, 8th MP Brigade,
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David House
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| 4/15/2008 |
| Students training to become Iraqi police officers march to the cafeteria to take a break for lunch on Forward Operating Base Shield, Baghdad, Iraq, April 6, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| Landing craft, assigned to Amphibious Craft Unit 1, prepare to enter the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu to offload vehicles and personnel, April 9, 2008. Peleliu is in final preparations for deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shannon
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| An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle takes off in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, April 10, 2008. The Predator provides armed reconnaissance, airborne surveillance and target acquisition for Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rob Valenca
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| U.S. Army Spc. Chris Burnely provides security at the site of a possible improvised explosive device, Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2008. Burnely is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, walks with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, senior military assistant to the defense secretary, and his staff in front of Sampson Hall, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., April 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to U.S. Navy midshipmen on national security studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., April 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln enjoy a clear night from the bow of the ship during a pause in flight operations, April 11, 2008, in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| U.S. Marine Cpl. Andrew S. Leroy examines terrain using Vector 21B binoculars at a live-fire mortar range in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 12, 2008. Leroy is with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Fire Support Team, Weapons Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Miguel F. Alvarez hands comic books to Iraqi children at Hit, Iraq, April 10, 2008. Alvarez, a rifleman, is assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erik Villagran
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| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Evan Eskharia shows off his certificate of naturalization after a ceremony at Al-Faw Palace, Baghdad, April 12, 2008. Eskharia, a basic water systems technician, is assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Scott McAdam
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Charles Moore, a psychological operations sergeant the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, leads Iraqi soldiers through the town of Al Rashid during operations, April 1, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Christopher McKenna
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Andrew Michael meets with a local sheik before a humanitarian aid mission in Mohammed al-Hindi Village, Wasit province, Iraq, April 8, 2008. Michael is a platoon leader assigned to 3rd Infantry Division's Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| A U.S. Navy sailor braces against a jet blast as he waits to position a Prowler aircraft on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln under way in the Pacific Ocean, April 13, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Hubble mans an M-240 machine gun, April 12, 2008, during a transit exercise with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Philippine Straits.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class N. Brett Morton
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| U. S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Elgen and his military working dog Bram check a canal for munitions during Operation Dalian near Diyarah, Iraq, April 7, 2008.
U. S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tami Hillis
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| A Cobra helicopter from the "White Knights" of Helicopter Marine Medium 165 takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu, April 11, 2008, off the coast of Southern California.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Sarah E. Bitter
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| U.S. Navy Seaman Aaron Holt peers through a 600mm lens on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan to gather photographic intelligence while under way in the Pacific Ocean, April 11, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Scott
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| Two hundred fifty-nine foreign-born U.S. troops serving throughout Iraq become American citizens at Al Faw Palace, Camp Victory, Iraq, April 12, 2008, in the largest U.S. naturalization ceremony to date in Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jasmine Chopra
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Nigel James provides security as provincial reconstruction team members work near Al Raoud, Iraq, April 10, 2008. James is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| U.S. Marines perform fire drills to ensure combat readiness in the hangar bay aboard USS Peleliu, April 11, 2008, off the coast of Southern California. The Marines are assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Battalion Landing Team.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Shannon K. Cassidy
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| U.S. Army soldiers on board an M1-A2 Abrams tank make their re-entry to Combat Outpost Ford, April 9, 2008, after a mission in northern Baghdad. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Rivera Rebolledo
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| President George W. Bush congratulates U.S. Naval Academy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo after presenting the team the Commander-in-Chief trophy at a White House Rose Garden ceremony, April 14, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/14/2008 |
| President George W. Bush dons a U.S. Naval Academy cowboy hat presented to him by midshipmen team captains Reggie Campbell, left, and Irv Spencer after presentation of the Commander-in-Chief trophy to the football team in a White House Rose Garden ceremony, April 14, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/11/2008 |
| Joe Tabet of the Middle East Broadcasting Newtworks Inc., right, interviews U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Pentagon, April 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Cullen
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| 4/11/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief reporters at the Pentagon on the way ahead in Iraq, April 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/11/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listen to questions from reporters during a briefing at the Pentagon, April 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/11/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, stands at parade rest next to an American flag during the oath of 2,000 Sons of Iraq members in Kirkuk, Iraq, April 7, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 4/11/2008 |
| U.S. Army Col. David Paschal, commander, 10th Mountain Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, pins a unit crest onto a little boy and also on Sons of Iraqi police chief Maj. Gen. Jalmal Tahir after signing a contract to employ 2,000 Sons of Iraq members in Kirkuk, Iraq, April 7, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 4/11/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. William Grigsby adjusts torque tolerances on the mast of an OH-58D Kiowa helicopter on Logistical Support Area Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq, April 7, 2008. Grigsby is assigned to E Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army Spc. Eric A. Rutherford
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| 4/11/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua takes a break from patrol to visit the parade field at the crossed sabers in Baghdad’s International Zone, April 10, 2008. Perkins is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Platoon, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, attached to Multinational Division – Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Rodney Manzo
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| 4/11/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Eric Gianneris meets a local shop owner while conducting a joint patrol in Shulla, Iraq, April 3, 2008. Gianneris is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 4/11/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Donna L. Crisp speaks at the annual POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 9, 2008. Crisp is commander of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Pacific.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Wallace Ciccarelli Jr.
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| 4/11/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Diego Gamboa, left, a Ghanaian soldier, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Victorio Castillo mix cement to build a new school library in Mafi-Anfoe, Guam, April 9, 2008. Gamboa and Castillo are assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 32.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Campbell
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| 4/11/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during an interview at the Pentagon on CNN's "American Morning," Washington, D.C., April 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/11/2008 |
| A member of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the "Leap Frogs," descends into Minute Maid Park during the pre-game ceremony for the opening day of the Houston Astros major league baseball season, April 7, 2008.
U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kimberly R. Stephens
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| 4/11/2008 |
| Sixty-two service members from 25 different countries place their right hand above their hearts as they recite the Pledge of Allegiance signifying their commitment to the United States during a Naturalization Ceremony, April 5, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Pvt. James Hemingway
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| 4/11/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason David and 1st Lt. Melissa Stevens pet a Bulgarian sheep herder's dogs near Bezmer Air Base, Bulgaria, April 3, 2008. The airmen are in the area participating in exercise Thracian Spring 2008, an annual bilateral training exercise between the United States and Bulgaria.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
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| 4/11/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy plane director positions an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, left, onto a catapult as an EA-6B Prowler aircraft, right, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way in the Pacific Ocean, April 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Spike Call
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| 4/11/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Col. Patrick J. Malay, commander, Regimental Combat Team 5, hands a man candy to give to his children during a vehicle check in Baghdad, Iraq, April 4, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Hill
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Levi Lux and Airman 1st Class D'Andre Boston test the air around a simulated crash on the flight line of Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., April 8, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Pilch
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Ensign Jason Copare stands at parade rest as he waits to give the gun detail orders as crew members commit the souls of six sailors during a burial at sea ceremony on the flight deck of the USS Donald Cook, under way in the Atlantic Ocean, April 7, 2008.
U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Adrian T. White
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| 4/10/2008 |
| President George W. Bush meets with Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the Multinational Force Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan C. Crocker, April 10, 2008, at the White House.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Wyatt Zarr passes fellow sailors as they perform maintenance on an EA-6B Prowler aircraft on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 7, 2008.
U.S Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric T. Sheler
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. Marines escort private investors during a tour in Al Medinah As Siyahiyah, Iraq, April 6, 2008. The Marines, assigned to 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, are working with the town's director to try to get Iraqi business people to invest in the resort town and attract tourism.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason W. Fudge
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jefferey Schloessler and Command Sgt. Maj. Vincent Camacho of the 101st Airborne Division uncase the division colors during the Transfer of Authority ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 10, 2008. The 101st Airborne Division is assuming command of Combined Joint Task Force 101 in Afghanistan.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tyffani L. Davis
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| 4/10/2008 |
| Athletes race to begin the swim portion of the first SUPERSEAL triathlon at Silver Strand State Beach, Calif., April 6, 2008. Proceeds from the event help fund the Naval Special Warfare Foundation, a non-profit group that supports servicemembers and their families.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michelle L. Kapica
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. Marines assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, wait aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyz Republic, March 27, 2008, to be flown to Kandahar Air Base in the Helman province of Afghanistan.
U.S. Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Jason T. Guiliano
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Elizabeth Duca, right, and fellow pilots assigned to the 76th Airlift Squadron salute during a memorial service on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 3, 2008. The service was held in honor of a CT-43 aircraft that crashed 12 years ago in Croatia, killing 35 people including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston
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| 4/10/2008 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the future of Iraq, as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates looks on in Washington, D.C., April 10, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Cullen
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates before the Senate Armed Service Committee, April 10, 2008, on progress made in the war on terror, the way forward in Iraq and the situation in Afghanistan.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Keith Fosmire leads a combined patrol with Iraqi soldiers in Doura, Iraq, April 5, 2008. Fosmire is a team leader assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams
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| 4/10/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers are greeted by a donkey leading a herd of sheep during a cordon and search for high-value insurgents in Upper Dugmut Village, Kirkuk province, Iraq, April 3, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 4/9/2008 |
| A Multinational Force Iraq map shows the number of Iraqis who've become part of the Sons of Iraq working to counter al-Qaida and insurgents in Iraq. U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus submitted the chart as part of his testimony before Congress April 8 and 9, 2008.
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| 4/9/2008 |
| U. S. Marine Sgt. Aaron Letteer is welcomed home by his family, Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 4, 2008. Letteer was deployed to Iraq with 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force for more than six months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Meg Varvil
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| 4/9/2008 |
| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, stands next to Sally and George Monsoor after unveiling the Hall of Heroes induction citation in honor of their late son U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, a Navy SEAL, in the Pentagon April 9, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 4/9/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Hank Lemar, a corpsman assigned to the Marine Corps' Company D, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, feels the damage of gunshots to windshields. The Company D Marines practiced engaging targets through glass during a week-long training exercise in Melbourne, Fla., April 8, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp
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| 4/9/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force firefighters put out a vehicle fire during vehicle extrication training, April 5, 2008, at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The firefighters are with the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and 8th Ordnance Company.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 4/9/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers hand out supplies to a villager during a medical operation in Sabah Nissan, Iraq, March 27, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 4/9/2008 |
| Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert D. Beckel salutes during the pass in review of the cadet wing during the Founders and Sponsors Day Parade April 5, 2008, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. Beckel is a graduate of the Academy's Class of 1959.
U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan
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| 4/9/2008 |
| Senior Zachariah Thuli plays the tuba during a reception to honor 3,500 cadet sponsors April 5, 2008, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.
U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan
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| 4/9/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabee Michael Soukup waits in line to turn in his gear at Naval Base Ventura County, April 6, 2008, prior to deploying to Iraq with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez
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| 4/9/2008 |
| Iraqi children pose in front of their artwork after a day spent painting a protective "T-wall" on Forward Operating Base War Eagle in northern Baghdad that lines their route to school, March 29, 2008.
Photo by Army Spc. Joseph Rivera Rebolledo
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| 4/9/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Cpl. Gary L. Jackson prepares to take a sip of water during a patrol with Iraqi police in Ramadi, Iraq, April 3, 2008. Jackson is assigned to the 8th Marine Regiment's Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, which is conducting a joint patrol.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy M. Giacomino
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| 4/9/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division's 4th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, question a woman with the assistance of an interpreter during a patrol in Amiriyah, Iraq, April 4, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Meg Harvey
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| 4/9/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. David Vakies searches for hidden weapon caches in a home in Upper Dugmut Village during Operation Courage Thunder 3, in Kirkuk Province, Iraq, on April 3, 2008. Vakies is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, Company C.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 4/9/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers search an abandoned house for weapons and illegal materials during a patrol in Haidraq, Iraq, April 6, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's, 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 64th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 4/9/2008 |
| The USNS Supply, under way in the Atlantic Ocean, awaits a replenishment-at-sea operation with the USS Theodore Roosevelt, March 28, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 4/8/2008 |
| An Iraqi soldier stands on top of a hill as he scouts ahead during a mission with U.S. soldiers in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, April 1, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio.
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| 4/8/2008 |
| Sailors and Marines load equipment onto a landing craft air cushion in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, March 29, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman David A. Brandenburg
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| 4/8/2008 |
| Two F/A-18F Super Hornets assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Strike Fighter Squadron 32 soar during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, April 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricardo J. Reyes
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| 4/8/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Snyder watches as an Iraqi humvee enters a security checkpoint in Amiriyah, Iraq, April 4, 2008. Snyder is a platoon sergeant assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Troop C, 4th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Meg Harvey
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| 4/8/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Vilma Cantu, a combat camera videographer with 37th Communications Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, documents U.S. soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division's 4th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, as they patrol in Amiriyah, Iraq, April 4, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Meg Harvey
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| 4/8/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Casey Cambell looks over a map in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, April 6, 2008. Campbell is with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Calvary Striker Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Charles Probst
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| 4/8/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter talk to an Iraqi woman during a patrol in Amiriyah, Iraq, April 4, 2008. Soldiers, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 4th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, are in the area to assess security checkpoints.
U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Meg Harvey
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| 4/8/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers watch as a flock of sheep moves past them during a search for insurgents in Upper Dugmut, Iraq, April 3, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet
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| 4/8/2008 |
| George and Sally Monsoor speak with President George W. Bush during a Medal of Honor presentation ceremony at the White House, April 8, 2008, in honor of their son U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Aho
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| 4/8/2008 |
| President George W. Bush weeps, April 8, 2008, during a ceremony at the White House before presenting the Medal of Honor to George and Sally Monsoor for the actions of their son during combat in Iraq. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, a SEAL, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for diving onto a grenade to save his teammates in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on Sept. 29, 2006.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st class Brian Aho
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| 4/8/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andrew Cunningham finishes uploading liquid oxygen into a C-130H Hercules aircraft on the flight line of Yeager Air Guard Station in Charleston, W.Va., April 6, 2008. The base is home to 130th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan G. Stevens
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| 4/8/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, stands with Our Military Kids co-founders Gail Kruzel, center, and Linda Davidson, right, before speaking at a reception April 7, 2008, to honor military children. The organization has reached the $1 million mark in grants awarded to military kids for extracurricular activities.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| 4/8/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Chilean Defense Minister Jose Goni through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, April 8, 2008, before meeting to discuss bilateral security issues.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 4/8/2008 |
| A Multinational Force Iraq map shows the progress coalition forces have made in reducing the number of Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgents in Iraq from December 2006 to March 2008. Gen. David H. Petraeus submitted the map as part of his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, April 8, 2008.
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| 4/8/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chilean Defense Minister Jose Goni sign a Master of Information Exchange Agreement during a short ceremony inside the Pentagon, April 8, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 4/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Terry Goble briefs Sgt. Robert Klotz before a joint patrol through a neighborhood in Shulla, Iraq, April 3, 2008. Goble and Klotz are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 4/7/2008 |
| Disabled veterans prepare to board snowmobiles during the 22nd National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, Snowmass Village, Colo., April 2, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo
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| 4/7/2008 |
| Disabled Marine Corp veteran, Gregory Rodriguez, stops a puck against the blue team at a sled hockey game during the 22nd National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic held at the Snowmass Village, Colo., April 2, 2008. The annual clinic instructs veterans on Alpine and Nordic skiing, rock climbing, snowmobiling, sled hockey, and more.
U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo
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| 4/7/2008 |
| The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply sails the Atlantic Ocean before a replenishment-at-sea with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt , March 27, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 4/7/2008 |
| A group of F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to the 'Tomcatters' of Strike Fighter Squadron 31 make a low pass over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in preparation for landing, March 27, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Laird
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| 4/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army Pfc. Paul Mandrell watches for possible enemy activity from the roof of Joint Security Station Oubaidy near Sadr City, Iraq, after a series of attacks, March 30, 2008. He is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| 4/7/2008 |
| Members of the Iraqi army secure a truck load of food as they prepare to go on a humanitarian assistance mission to deliver food and water to eastern Baghdad residents, April 5, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 4/7/2008 |
| Fireworks detonate as the USNS Amelia Earhart is christened during a nighttime ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, April 6, 2008. The ship is named after the aviation pioneer who in 1932 became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic.
U.S Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Steve Vasquez
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| 4/7/2008 |
| Sailors wait behind pallets of stores as a helicopter approaches to pick up bundles of empty cargo netting from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln during a vertical replenishment with the USNS Niagara Falls, April 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 4/7/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Marcus Rodgers helps a student at Gaston Point Elementary School in Gulfport, Miss., with his studies in the Building On Our Skills Together program, April 1, 2008. Rodgers is the armory supervisor for the 25th Naval Construction Regiment.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Jeffrey R. Militzer
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| 4/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jim Champagne guides a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle onto Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq, April 5, 2008. Champagne is assigned to Multinational Division – Baghdad’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith
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| 4/7/2008 |
| Village of Hope vocational students lay pipe for a well in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, March 31, 2008. The students get both hands-on and classroom instruction from U.S. Air Force airmen during the three-month course.
Photo courtesy of Multinational Division - Center
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| 4/7/2008 |
| An A1M1 Abrams tank fires a round from its main gun during a training exercise on Fort Pickett, Va., April 4, 2008. U.S. Marines with the tank platoon assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2 conducted the training using outdated tanks to develop confidence in using the equipment as a secondary defense.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason D. Mills
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| 4/7/2008 |
| U.S. Navy flight deck personnel direct a C-2A Greyhound aircraft onto a catapult on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan while under way in the Pacific Ocean, April 6, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joe Painter
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| 4/7/2008 |
| U.S. sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Nimitz make their way back to the ship in a hulled inflatable boat after rescuing a training dummy, March 22, 2008, during a man overboard drill while under way in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman John Wagner
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| 4/7/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sean Murphy, an E-4B aircraft pilot assigned to the 1st Airborne Command Control Squadron, prepares for an aerial refuel with a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over Italy, April 5, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison, U.S. Air Force
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| 4/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Cory West and Spc. John Bell prepare to search a house outside of Command Outpost Carver, Iraq, April 2, 2008, that was previously occupied by al Qaida operative Abu Ziyad. The soldiers are with the 3rd Infantry Divisions' 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 4/7/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Savage troubleshoots a generator test board, March 22, 2008, in the avionics shop aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. The Nimitz is under way in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew J. Lanese
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| 4/6/2008 |
| An Iraqi army soldier provides security from atop a T-72 Iraqi army tank near Camp Taji, Iraq, March 31, 2008. The Iraqi soldiers are assigned to 2nd Tank Battalion, 34th Armor Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized).
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 4/6/2008 |
| A MV-22 Osprey aircraft from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 flies past the Baghdad International Airport air traffic control tower while approaching Sather Air Base, Iraq, March 16, 2008. Sather AB, located on the west side of Baghdad International Airport, is the largest passenger hub in Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt Jeffrey Allen
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| 4/6/2008 |
| An Iraqi army soldier hands out bottled water during a humanitarian assistance mission in Baghdad, Iraq, April 5, 2008
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 4/6/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, the chief of Air Force Reserve, presents an American flag to Michael Jefferson during the memorial service for his brother, Air Force Maj. Perry Henry Jefferson, in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., April 3, 2008. Jefferson, who went missing in action in Vietnam 39 years ago, was an intelligence officer with the Colorado Air National Guard's 120th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf
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| 4/6/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shakes hands with Omani Minister of Defense Sayyid Badr bin Saud al-Busaidi as the secretarty prepares to depart Seeb International Airport in Muscat, Oman, April 5, 2008. Gates was in Oman to meet with Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id and other Omani officials.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/6/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shakes hands with Omani officials at Seeb International Airport in Muscat, Oman, April 5, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/6/2008 |
| Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Bait Al-Barakah Palace outside Muscat, Oman, April 5, 2008. Gates was in Muscat to discuss defense issues with top Omani officials.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/6/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, meets with Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id, right, and Omani Minister of Defense Sayyid Badr bin Saud al-Busaidi at the Bait Al-Barakah Palace outside Muscat, Oman, April 5, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/6/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Capt. Colin Hughes, from the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team, speaks with Afghan contractors before a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the groundbreaking for the construction of a new school in the Tagab district of the Kapisa provinceof Afghanistan April 1, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tyffani L. Davis
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| 4/6/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Omani Minister of Defense Sayyid Badr bin Saud al-Busaidi arrive at Seeb International Airport in Muscat, Oman, April 5, 2008, after meeting with Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id at the Bait Al-Barakah Palace.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/6/2008 |
| Iraqi National Police provide security as U.S. Army soldiers from the public affairs office assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division document Iraqi National Police at a traffic checkpoint in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, March 31, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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| 4/4/2008 |
| A U.S. Marine escorts an armored vehicle outside a base in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 1, 2008. The Marine is assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Randall A. Clinton
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| 4/4/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Robert W. Breeden patrols to provide security and assess living conditions in Ramadi, Iraq, March 18, 2008. Breeden is assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy M. Giacomino
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| 4/4/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ray Campbell installs a hoist cable squib on a Pave Hawk helicopter on Moody Air Force Base, Ga., April 1, 2008. A hoist cable squib is an explosive device that cuts through a cable in an emergency.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brittany Barker
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| 4/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Oliver smiles at an Iraqi child during a patrol in the Suleikh and Qahira neighborhoods of Baghdad, April 1, 2008. Oliver is a platoon leader assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multinational Division Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Rivera Rebolledo
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| 4/4/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Mellisa J. Oakes guides fellow seamen as they carry a flag staff across the flight deck of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge, Pacific Ocean, April 4, 200. Blue Ridge is the flagship for Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty OFficer 2nd Class Peter D. Lawlor
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| 4/4/2008 |
| A C-2A Greyhound, assigned to the "Rawhides" of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40, prepares to land aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, April 3, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Cole
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| 4/4/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates waits for his motorcade outside Parliament Palace in Bucharest, Romania, after taking part in a NATO Summit, April 4, 2008. NATO defense ministers and other world leaders gathered in Bucharest for the three-day summit.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/4/2008 |
| President George W. Bush thanks U.S. Marines for their service during the NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, April 4, 2008. NATO defense ministers and other world leaders gathered there for a three-day summit.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/4/2008 |
| President George W. Bush (center) with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pose with U.S. Marines from the embassy in Romania during the Bucharest NATO Summit held there, April 4, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/4/2008 |
| An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron 31, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, April 3, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Cole
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| 4/4/2008 |
| U.S. Marines carry Zodiac boats into the Euphrates River below the Haditha Dam in Iraq to conduct security patrols with Provisional Security Forces, March 23, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Company W, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Hil
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| 4/4/2008 |
| Iraqi army Maj. Heckmet, right, assigned to the 2nd Tank Battalion, 34th Armor Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized), performs a combat inspection on his personnel before the start of a mission, March 31, 2008, from Camp Taji, Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 4/4/2008 |
| The Salvadoran Cuscatlán Battalion delivered $4 million in medical supplies to the al Kut , Iraq, Director General of Health Warehouse April 1, 2008. The donated supplies will replenish what was used during civil unrest in the city and will increase supplies on hand.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Stacy Niles
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| 4/4/2008 |
| An SH-60B Seahawk prepares to launch from the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf, which is conducting group sail operations in the Atlantic Ocean, March 27, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael D. Cole
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| 4/4/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul Portillo performs a pre-flight inspection on a Prowler aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, March 31, 2008. Nimitz is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd class Eduardo Zaragoza
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| 4/3/2008 |
| The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie pulls alongside the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during a replenishment at sea during a tailored ship's training availability and final evaluation problem, April 1, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 4/3/2008 |
| F/A-18F Super Hornets assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Strike Fighter Squadron 32 fly near the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman during flight operations, April 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.
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| 4/3/2008 |
| An AS-332 Super Puma helicopter transports supplies from the Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Concord to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, April 1, 2008. Nimitz is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew J. Lanese
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| 4/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christina M. Williams hands out stuffed animals to school children, Al Asad, Iraq, March 31, 2008. Williams, the medical officer for Marine Wing Support Squadron, is assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
U.S. Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Stevens
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| 4/3/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers clear a weapon they discovered during a patrol in Karadah, Iraq, March 19, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Battery B, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| 4/3/2008 |
| President George W. Bush, second from left, talks with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before the kickoff of the Bucharest NATO Summit, Romania, April 3, 2008. NATO defense ministers and other world leaders gathered for the three-day summit to discuss new additions to NATO and its role in Afghanistan.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/3/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates listens to comments during a breakout session at the Bucharest NATO Summit, Romania, April 3, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/3/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Monica Brown, far right, stands with 25 other soldiers representing all 26 nations of the NATO alliance during an April 3, 2008, ceremony at the NATO Summit Conference in Bucharest, Romania. Brown received the Silver Star for heroism in combat in Afghanistan.
Photo Courtesy of NATO
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| 4/3/2008 |
| President George W. Bush reaches out to U.S. military personnel April 2, 2008, as he arrived at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airport in Constanta, Romania, for his return flight to Bucharest after meeting with President Traian Basescu at his presidential retreat in Neptun.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 4/2/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers investigate a checkpoint during a patrol in Karadah, Iraq, March 20, 2008. They are assigned to 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| 4/2/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Darrell Webster provides security outside the Al-Alwya power station in Karadah, Iraq, March 19, 2008. Webster is with the 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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| 4/2/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Timothy Green scans roof tops during a patrol of Al Fadel Book Market, Baghdad, March 27, 2008. Green is commander of 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, Headquarters Headquarters Troop, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Bailey
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| 4/2/2008 |
| NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer listens to remarks from U.S. President George W. Bush in Bucharest, Romaina, as U.S. Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates look on, April 2, 2008. They are taking part in the NATO Bucharest Summit.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/2/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers patrol Al Fadel Book Market, Baghdad, March 27, 2008. They are with 89th Cavalry Regiment, Headquarters Headquarters Troop, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Bailey
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| 4/2/2008 |
| U.S. Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates look on during a speech by President George W. Bush at the kickoff of the Bucharest NATO Summit in Romania, April 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/2/2008 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen briefs reporters at the Pentagon, April 2, 2008, about what is known concerning recent combat operations in Iraq's southern city of Basra.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 4/2/2008 |
| Marine Lance Cpl. Edwin S. Contreras gives an Iraqi boy a lollipop in Hit, Iraq, March 29, 2008. Contreras, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, was conducting a security patrol through the city.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erik Villagan
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| 4/2/2008 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen takes a tour of living conditions for Wounded Warrior Battalion East from Marine Master Sgt. Ken Barnes during a visit to Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump.
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| 4/2/2008 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen speaks with senior-ranking sailors and Marines at the base theater on Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 1, 2008. Mullen spent time answering questions and passing out coins to servicemembers.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 4/1/2008 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen answers a question during an all-hands call at the Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 31, 2008. Mullen took questions from the nearly 800 soldiers and airmen in attendance.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 4/1/2008 |
| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens to an Arabic translation by Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Morris at the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center and School on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 31, 2008. Mullen sat in on a class with special forces soldiers who are being trained in Arabic.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 4/1/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Sara Nelson, center, a medical officer assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, examines a patient during a medical civic action program in Goubetto, Djibouti, March 30, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 4/1/2008 |
| Marines assigned to the "Red Devils" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 clean an F/A-18A Hornet on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, March 29, 2008, in the Western Pacific.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd class Eduardo Zaragoza
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| 4/1/2008 |
| Aircraft fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during an air power demonstration in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, March 30, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Airman Ashley Houp
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| 4/1/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Bryan Diminico, right, takes down information with a translator, Spc. Simon Nbyenye, from an orchard farmer in al Buaytha, March 25, 2008. Diminico is a platoon leader assigned to the 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kevin Stabinsky
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| 4/1/2008 |
| A Paladin fires its 155mm Howitzer from Badoush Prison near Mosul to expose enemy movement, March 29, 2008. The Howitzer belongs to Howitzer Battery, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment from Fort Hood, Texas.
U.S. Army Spc. John Crosby
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| 4/1/2008 |
| An Iraqi national police instructor gives Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, an overview of a mechanics class that is taught at the Joint Security Station Jazeera in southern Baghdad, March 24, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathaniel Smith
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| 4/1/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Catherine Olivarez looks over a toddler during a Medical Civil Action Program at a village school in Goubetto Village, Djibouti, March 30, 2008. Olivarez is a medic assigned to the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 4/1/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out several hundred of his signature coins to soldiers and airmen following an all-hands call at the Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 31, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 4/1/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, fourth from left, arrives aboard the Royal Danish ship HDMS Absalon in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 1, 2008. Gates is in Copenhagen to discuss defense issues with Danish officials.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/1/2008 |
| Royal Danish troops give Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates an honors salute at the Royal Lifeguard Barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark, April. 1, 2008. Gates is in Copenhagen to discuss defense issues with Danish officials.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/1/2008 |
| U.S. Army Col. Anthony Zabek salutes an Afghan national army soldier as he graduates, March 30, 2008, at the Afghan National Detainee Facility in Kabul, Afghanistan. More than 40 Afghan soldiers completed a seven-week correction specialist course on riot control, detainee transport, feeding operations, emergency response and security.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Tim Newborn
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| 4/1/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and Danish Minister of Defense Soeren Gade exchange remarks with the media during a joint press conference at the Royal Lifeguard Barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 4/1/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Yee mans an M-240 machine gun while flying in a Seahawk helicopter over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, March 30, 2008, during an air power demonstration over the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 4/1/2008 |
| The wake from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan slams against the side of the guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville during a fueling at sea, March 29, 2008, while under way in the Pacific Ocean conducting pre-deployment training.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kathleen Gorby
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| 4/1/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailor Bryce P. Moheit , watches a child do a handstand during a patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, March 11, 2008. Moheit is assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Grant T. Walker
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| 4/1/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers patrol the area around Al Fadel Book Market in Baghdad, Iraq, March 27, 2008. The soldiers are from 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason T. Bailey
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