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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) meets with Egyptian Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, July 31, 2007. Gates, together with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, is in Egypt to meet with the president and the minister of defense to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Egypt.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates attends a lunch hosted by Egyptian Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, July 31, 2007. Gates, together with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, is in Egypt to meet with the president and the minister of defense to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Egypt.
Defense Department photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Leota (center), and 1st Sgt. Ronnie Blount, walk through a local market in Kirkuk, Iraq, July 30, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Juan Jimenez
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7/31/2007 |
An Iraqi man carries a bag of rice given to his village from U.S. Army soldiers during a humanitarian mission in Haqim, Iraq, July 23, 2007. The combined mission also included help from the Iraqi army.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Hubenthal
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7/31/2007 |
U.S. Navy Admiral Michael Mullen and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright answer questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee, July 31, 2007. The committee is considering Adm. Mullen to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Gen. Cartwright to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates answers questions from reporters during a media briefing in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, July, 31, 2007.
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice answers questions from reporters during a media briefing in Shuam, El-Sheikh, Egypt, July, 31, 2007.
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates answer questions from reporters during a media briefing in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, July, 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meet with President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, July 31, 2007. Gates and Rice are in Egypt to meet with the president and the minister of defense to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Egypt.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
From left to right, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi, Intelligence Director Soliman, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meet to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Egypt in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, July 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conduct a press conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, July 31, 2007. Gates and Rice are in Egypt to meet with the president and the minister of defense to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Egypt.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
U.S. Navy Admiral Michael Mullen answers questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee, July 31, 2007. The committee is considering Adm. Mullen to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates conduct a press conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, July 31, 2007. Gates and Rice are in Egypt to meet with the president and the minister of defense to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Egypt.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
U.S. Navy Capt. James Fisher, the chaplain for Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, listens as Mohammad Khan, left, the assistant director of a relief agency, explains the most pressing needs at an internal displaced persons camp outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 27, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conduct a press conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, July 31, 2007. Gates and Rice are in Egypt to meet with the president and the minister of defense to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Egypt.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright answers questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee, July 31, 2007. Gen. Cartwright to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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7/31/2007 |
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Purcell, from the 437th Aerial Port Squadron, chains down a mine resistant ambush protected armored vehicle on to a C-17 Globemaster aircraft at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., July 28, 2007, for shipment to Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meets with Egyptian Intelligence Director Soliman in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, July 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen and Commander, U.S. Strategic Command Gen. James E. Cartwright, prepare to testify during their confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee for appointment to chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, July 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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7/31/2007 |
Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Mullen and Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, Gen. James E. Cartwright, greet Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and John Warner (R-Va.), prior to their confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee for appointment to Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, July 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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7/31/2007 |
Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Mullen testifies during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee for appointment to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, July 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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7/31/2007 |
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.), left, and ranking member John Warner (R-Va.) listen to Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Mullen's opening remarks during his confirmation hearing for appointment to Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, July 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of the Army Peter Geren (left) and Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody (right) hold a joint press conference at the Pentagon, July 31, 2007, to discuss the mishandling of the investigation into the death of Cpl. Patrick Tillman. Tillman, a safety for the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals, enlisted in the Army following the terrorist attacks of 2001 and was serving in Afghanistan as an Army ranger at the time of his death, in April 2004.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice fly in an E4-B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft from Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attend a welcome reception upon their arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 31, 2007. Gates and Rice are in Saudi Arabia to meet with King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz to discuss regional affairs and the United States' long-term relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates are greeted by Saud Al-Failsal, Saudi Arabian foreign minister, and Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense Prince Khalid Bin Sultan, upon their arrival at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 31, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/31/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attend a meeting with King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 31, 2007. Gates and Rice are in Saudi Arabia to discuss regional affairs and the United States' long-term relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/30/2007 |
Commander of Multi-National Corps – Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, recites the oath of re-enlistment with soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery, 4th Stryker Brigade
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division during a ceremony, July 29, 2007.
U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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7/30/2007 |
USS Kitty Hawk's air department sailors raise a flight deck barricade during a training drill while at sea, July 27, 2007. Aircraft barricades are used to stop a damaged aircraft from landing on the ship.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph R Schmitt
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7/30/2007 |
U.S. Army soldiers conduct dismounted presence patrols in the area of Dora in southern Baghdad, Iraq, July 24, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti
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7/30/2007 |
U.S. Army Maj. Ben Hastings, of Charlie Company, 431st Civil Affairs Battalion and attached to the 12th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, speaks with a local national during a humanitarian mission in Haqim, Iraq, July 23, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Hubenthal
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7/30/2007 |
1st Lt. Shawn M. Thompson, battalion physician assistant, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, checks an Iraqi boy’s breathing, July 28, 2007, in Wahida, Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carlos J. Lazo
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7/30/2007 |
A U.S. Army soldier talks with local residents about whose house was struck by small arms fire by insurgent forces in the area of Dora in southern Baghdad, Iraq, July 23, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti
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7/30/2007 |
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Teresa Smith joins volunteers from the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan to sort donations sent from the United States to Camp Eggers, Kabul, Afghanistan, July 23, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi
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7/28/2007 |
U.S. Army Pfc. Adam B. Head, a cavalry scout with Troop A, 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Aiborne Division, Stands watch as supplies are loaded into the back of a nearby trailer, July 17, 2007.
US Army photo by Spc. Matthew Leary
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7/28/2007 |
Tugboats assist the hospital ship USNS Comfort as it pulls into Acajutla, El Salvador, July 25, 2007. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Karsten
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7/28/2007 |
The hospital ship USNS Comfort pulls into Acajutla, El Salvador, July 25, 2007, for a scheduled port visit. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Karsten
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7/28/2007 |
U.S. ambassador to El Salvador Charles L. Glazer addresses the media after the hospital ship USNS Comfort arrives in Acajutla, El Salvador, July 25, 2007. The ship is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly E. Barnes,
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7/28/2007 |
An EA-6B Prowler aircraft from the "Yellow Jackets" of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Eight is directed onto the catapult as it prepares to launch off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis while under way in the Pacific Ocean, July 25, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jon Hyde
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7/28/2007 |
A deaf patient gives an okay signal to U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brian Hatch, an optometrist attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort during an eye exam at the El Realejo Health Care Center in El Realejo, Nicaragua, July 23, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Allen
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7/28/2007 |
U.S. Navy Seabees measure as they build a doorframe at Jose Schendal Health Center in Corinto, Nicaragua, July 24, 2007. The Seabees are attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort which is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly E. Barnes
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7/28/2007 |
Canadian Forces Capt. Tim Barter inspects Luis Duilio's teeth prior to a fluoride treatment at the El Realejo Health Care Center in El Realejo, Nicaragua, July 23, 2007, where U.S. Navy medical personnel attached to hospital ship USNS Comfort are providing care.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Allen
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7/28/2007 |
Army Pfc. Adam B. Head, a cavalry scout with Troop A, 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, dismounts his vehicle to conduct a brief patrol in the Gelan District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, July 17, 2007.
US Army photo by Spc. Matthew Leary
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7/28/2007 |
Army Pfc. Adam B. Head, a cavalry scout with Troop A, 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security while his commander meets with village elders in the Hassan village, Gelan District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan,July 16, 2007.
US Army photo by Spc. Matthew Leary
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7/28/2007 |
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambasitani is piped-in at the beginning of his retirement ceremony for Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani in Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/28/2007 |
Army Col Joe Busche, Commander, 3rd Infantry Old Guard calls orders at Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani retirement ceremony in Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/28/2007 |
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani introduces Mrs. Lynn Cheney to his family after his retirement ceremony in Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/28/2007 |
Servicemembers hold state flags at the retirement ceremony for Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007. Giambastiani retired with more than 37 years of commissioned service.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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7/27/2007 |
U.S. Army Cpl. Benjamin Smart helps secure food shipments sent from the government of Iraq to Hussayniyah, Iraq, July 25, 2007, as an Iraqi army soldier speaks to one of the truck drivers. Smart's platoon assisted U.S. Army soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment and Iraqi security forces in securing the shipments.
Defense Dept. photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico
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7/27/2007 |
U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Potter provides medical instruction during training with the Salvadoran military as a student prepares to administer an intravenous needle into a "wounded soldier", July 24, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Senior Airman Shaun Emery
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7/27/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Peter Pace speaks during a U.S. Naval Academy ceremony for Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Edmund Giambastiani who is retiring after 37 years of commissioned service in the Navy, July 26, 2007.
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7/27/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks during a U.S. Naval Academy ceremony for Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Edmund Giambastiani who is retiring after 37 years of commissioned service in the Navy, July 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/27/2007 |
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Edmund Giambastiani speaks during his retirement ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007. Adm. Giambastiani is retiring after 37 years of commissioned service in the Navy.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/27/2007 |
Soldiers of Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division pause for a photo with a cache of weapons they unearthed after local Iraqis chased away anti-Iraqi forces from the cache and told U.S. forces about it.
U.S. Army courtesy photo
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7/27/2007 |
U.S. Army Pfc. Adam B. Head talks to local Afghan children while conducting a patrol, July 17, 2007, in the Gelan District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
US Army photo by Spc. Matthew Leary
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7/27/2007 |
Communicating through means other than talking, Sgt. 1st Class Matthew S. Parrish demonstrates the art of "high-fiving" to a group of Afghan kids, July 16, 2007 while visiting Hassan village in the Gelan District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
US Army photo by Spc. Matthew Leary
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7/27/2007 |
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace salute as part of the retirement ceremony in Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/27/2007 |
Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, performs a review of the troops at his retirement ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007. Giambastiani retired with more than 37 years of commissioned service.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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7/27/2007 |
Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Vice President Richard Cheney and Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the admiral's retirement ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/27/2007 |
Mrs. Cynthia Giambastiani, wife of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, talks with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice before the admiral's retirement ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., July 27, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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7/26/2007 |
President George W. Bush runs along the south driveway of the White House with wounded soldiers, Army Sgt. Neil Duncan, left, and Army Specialist Max Ramsey, July 25, 2007.
Defense Department photo by Chris Greenberg
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7/26/2007 |
Lt. Col. Chuck Murff, civil military affairs officer, coordinates humanitarian assistance with Kuchi camp elders near Bagrami, Afghanistan. Task Force Phoenix is building a relationship with the Kuchi community.
U.S. Army photo by Maj. John W. House
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7/26/2007 |
Commander of Multi-National Corps – Iraq, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, escorts Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani into the Diyala Operations Center in Baqubah, Iraq, July 26, 2007. Bolani is touring the center, which is the strategic hub for Iraqi security forces in Diyala province.
Defense Dept. photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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7/26/2007 |
Sailors salute as USS Kitty Hawk passes the final resting place of the USS Lexington, July 26, 2007. The spot is where the Lexington sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea May 8, 1942, losing 216 members from its crew.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph R Schmitt
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7/26/2007 |
Sailors toss flowers into the sea during the memorial ceremony for the USS Lexington on the fantail of the USS Kitty Hawk, July 25, 2007. The spot is where the Lexington sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea May 8, 1942, losing 216 members from its crew.
U.S. Navy photograph by Seaman Kyle D. Gahlau
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7/25/2007 |
President George Bush shakes hands with Senior Airman Shannon Jones, 437th Aerial Port Squadron cargo processor, in a C-17 Globemaster III at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., July 24, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch
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7/25/2007 |
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker conducts a press conference at the Combined Press Information Center, Baghdad, July 24, 2007. He shared the results of the second round of discussions about security and stability in Iraq between the U.S., Iran and Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jennifer Fulk
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7/25/2007 |
U.S. Army Pfc. O'Neal and a local boy assist an elderly lady up the stairs during a medical aid mission in Arab Jabour, southern Baghdad, July 23, 2007. The soldiers are with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Ga.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi
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7/25/2007 |
U.S. Army Capt. Ricardo Swenness listens to a woman's heartbeat during a medical aid mission in Arab Jabour, southern Baghdad, Iraq, July 23, 2007. Swenness is with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Ga.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi
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7/25/2007 |
President George W. Bush, joined by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, watches as U.S. Air Force personnel conduct cargo loading operations aboard a C-17 aircraft, July 24, 2007, during a visit to Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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7/25/2007 |
Deputy Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Director of the Interagency Task Force on Homeland Threats Michael Leiter, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense (Acting), Pete Verga, give testimony during The House Armed Services Joint Full Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence receives testimony on “Implications of the National Intelligence Estimate regarding Al-Qaeda", July 25, 2007.
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7/25/2007 |
U.S. Army Spc. Russell Bonlinger of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, provides rooftop security for a clinic in Arab Jabour, Iraq, July 23, 2007, during a medical aid mission.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi
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7/25/2007 |
U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, provide a protective posture over an Iraqi mother and her child during a possible incoming mortar attack in Al Bu'aytha, Iraq, July 20, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin K. Thomas
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7/25/2007 |
President George W. Bush meets with co-chairs of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and former Senator Bob Dole, left, Wednesday, July 25, 2007, joined by outgoing Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson in the Oval Office at the White House.
White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
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7/25/2007 |
From left to right, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense (Acting), Pete Verga, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Acting), Mary Beth Long, give testimony during The House Armed Services Joint Full Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence receives testimony on “Implications of the National Intelligence Estimate regarding Al-Qaeda", July 25, 2007.
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7/25/2007 |
U.S. Navy Lt. Kevin Haveman, with 3rd Medical Battalion, cleans teeth with a dental assistant from the East Meets West Dental Program at Nai Hiem Dong Medical Station, Vietnam, July 24, 2007. In support of the local community, Pacific Partnership dentists help take care of cleaning and extracting teeth for a variety of patients.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan M. Ilyankoff
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7/24/2007 |
A patient waits to be seen by Cmdr. Jeff Lowell, U.S. Public Health Service, aboard the USNS Comfort at the Jose Schendal Health Center, Corinto, Nicaragua, July 19. The Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer
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7/24/2007 |
Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos, right, meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left foreground, in the Pentagon, July 23, 2007. The defense leaders discussed a wide range of security issues, both regional and global, of mutual interest.
Defense Dept. photo by R.D. Ward
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7/24/2007 |
President George W. Bush talks about the war on terror at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., July 24, 2007.
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7/24/2007 |
Chief of French Naval Staff Adm. Oudot de Dainville observes a French Rafale M combat aircraft from the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle as it lands on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Mediterranean Sea, July 23, 2007. Enterprise and embarked Carrier Air Wing 1 are supporting maritime security operations and the global war on terrorism.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class N.C. Kaylor
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7/24/2007 |
U.S. Navy Lt. Angela Klinski, a pharmacist attached to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort, provides Marta Ledon with medication from a pharmacy at the 15 de Julio Health Care Center in Chinandega, Nicaragua, July 20, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Karsten
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7/24/2007 |
Capt. Joseph Rusz, a dental officer, examines a patient’s teeth at the Jose Schendal Health Center in Corinto, Nicaragua, July 19, 2007. Rusz is assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort which is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer
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7/24/2007 |
U.S. Public Health Service Lt. Cmdr. Gregg Langham and U.S. Army Sgt. Leona Thomas, both attached to the USNS Comfort, inject cattle with anti-parasite and tetanus vaccinations at the Dos Potrillos Ranch in Villanueva, Nicaragua, July 22, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Karsten
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7/24/2007 |
President George Bush talks about the global war on terrorism in the Charleston Club, July 24, 2007. He visited Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., took a tour of a static C-17, and ate lunch with airmen.
U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch)
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7/23/2007 |
U.S. Army Spc. Cocin Laird Pearcy and Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talk after Pearcy was presented the Purple Heart medal at Landsthul Regional Medical Center, Germany July 21, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/23/2007 |
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq (right), looks over an intersection in Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, during a patrol, July 21, 2007. Odierno is visiting Dora to gauge progress and to meet with local Iraqi and U.S. military commanders.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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7/23/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace speaks with Landstuhl (Germany) Regional Medical Center Commander Col. Brian C. Lein, July 21. Pace presented Purple Heart medals and spoke with patients in the intensive care unit.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
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7/23/2007 |
Capt. Brendan Gallagher, commander of Bravo Troop, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, points out gunner positions to Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, July 22, 2007, at Combat Outpost Bushmasters. After visiting the COP, Odierno toured the surrounding neighborhood of Adhamiyah.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
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7/23/2007 |
U.S. Army soldiers of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, move in a column formation toward their next objective during a foot patrol in Baqubah, Iraq, July 21, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Hubenthal
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7/23/2007 |
U.S. Army Pfc. Scott Hall, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, speaks with children outside a secured house in Baqubah, Iraq, July 21, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Hubenthal
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7/23/2007 |
Sailors from the USS Rushmore's (LSD 47) visit, board, search and seizure team watch the sun rise over shipping and Iraqi oil platforms in the Persian Gulf on July 20, 2007. Rushmore is currently conducting maritime operations around Iraq's Al Basrah and Khawr Al Amaya oil platforms.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Drew Williams
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7/23/2007 |
Iraqi army soldiers take time to hand out candy to children of the poverty stricken neighborhood of Shuhada in southern Fallujah, Iraq, July 21. Handing out candy to the children was part of a civil assistance operation carried out by the combined efforts of Iraqi army, Iraqi police and coalition forces.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Brian D. Jones
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7/23/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) escorts visiting Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos (left) through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon on July 23, 2007. The two defense leaders will hold bilateral security discussions on a variety of topics.
Defense Dept. photo by R.D. Ward
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7/23/2007 |
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (2nd from right), hosts a Pentagon meeting on July 23, 2007, with Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos (right, near-side of table).
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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7/22/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England thanks airmen deployed with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, in Bagram, Afghanistan, July 20, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/22/2007 |
U.S. Army Maj. Daniel Dudek talks with the U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Landsthul Regional Medical Center, Germany, after he was presented the Purple Heart for the injuries he sustained in combat, July 21, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/22/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England thanks soldiers and airmen for their service and sacrifice during a breakfast meeting in Afghanistan, July 21, 2007. England traveled to Afghanistan to meet with commanders, soldiers and airmen as well as coalition leaders.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/22/2007 |
From left to right, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, nominated U.S. Africa Command Commander Gen. William Ward, and U.S. European Command Commander Gen. Bantz Craddock, have a meeting at U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, July 20, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/21/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England receives a tour of the Egyptian field hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan, July 20, 2007. The field hospital, which has been operating for four years, has seen an astounding 300,000 patients and has the capability of conducting major surgery in theatre.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/21/2007 |
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with an Air Force technical sergeant at the beginning of the townhall meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, July 20, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/21/2007 |
Afghan National Army commando trainees look for insurgents in a training village during their final exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2007. This is the first battalion of Afghan commandos to graduate and will soon fight against Taliban and enemy insurgents.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Cohen
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7/21/2007 |
U.S. Army Spc. Cocin Laird Pearcy and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talk after Pearcy was presented the Purple Heart medal at Landsthul Regional Medical Center, Germany, July 21, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/21/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England boards a C-17 Globemaster as he departs Bagram, Afghanistan, July 20, 2007. England traveled to Afghanistan to meet with commanders, soldiers and airmen as well as coalition leaders from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/21/2007 |
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Pamela Unger, Combined Joint Task Force-82 resource management officer, distributes humanitarian aid and other items to local children and teachers at the Jan Qadam Middle School in Afghanistan, July 16, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dilia DeGrego
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7/21/2007 |
U.S. Air Force Maj. Sheralyn Wood, Task Force Med doctor and pediatrician, checks a young girl's medical progress at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 18, 2007. The child is the sole survivor of an improvised explosive device detonation that left her severely injured and orphaned. She has been under the care of the Craig Joint-Theater Hospital medical staff since July 5.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dilia Degrego
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7/20/2007 |
Governor of Zabul Province Del Bar Jan Aman introduces Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace in Qalat, Afghanistan, July 19, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/20/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace leaves a meeting with an Afghanistan governor to meet U.S. soldiers deployed to Qalat, Afghanistan, July 19, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/20/2007 |
President George W. Bush thanks servicemembers and their families for their sacrifices after a meeting with veterans and military families, July 20, 2007, at the White House.
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7/20/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England receives a briefing on an A-10 Warthog from Tech. Sgt. Gaylin Taylor and Tech. Sgt. Emery Makany in Bagram, Afghanistan, July 20, 2007. England traveled to Afghanistan to meet with commanders, soldiers and airmen as well as coalition leaders from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/20/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, nominated U.S. Africa Command Commander Gen. William Ward, and U.S. European Command Commander Gen. Bantz Craddock have a meeting at U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, July 20, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/20/2007 |
President George W. Bush, joined by veterans and military families, discusses the global war on terror in the White House Rose Garden, July 20, 2007.
White House photo by David Jolkovski
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7/20/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England signs the guest book during a visit to the United Arab Emirates Special Operations Command in Bagram, Afghanistan, July 20, 2007. England traveled to Afghanistan to meet with commanders, soldiers and airmen as well as coalition leaders from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/19/2007 |
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers a speech during the First Annual Marine Corps Association Dinner, July 18, 2007, in Arlington, Va.
Defense Dept. photo by U. S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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7/19/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace says hello to the soldiers filling sandbags at brigade headquarters in Ramadi, Iraq, July 17, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/19/2007 |
John Young, director of Defense Research and Engineering, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Task Force, gives opening remarks during testimony before the House Armed Services Joint Seapower and Expeditionary Forces and Air and Land Forces Subcommittees in Washington, July 19, 2007.
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7/19/2007 |
Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England receives a briefing from U.S. Army Col. Bannister, during a tour of Joint Security Station Bab Al-Mouadam, July 19, 2007. England visited several areas in Iraq where he met with commanders and troops to check on the status of their progress.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/19/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England meets with Iraqi Brig. Gen. Abdullah, commander of the 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army, during a tour of Joint Security Station Bab Al-Mouadam in Baghdad, July 19, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/19/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace greets Master Sgt. Karen Beckford, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, July 19, 2007, with a coin at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Caldwell
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7/19/2007 |
Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England meets with soldiers and airmen at Balad Air Base, Iraq, July 19, 2007. England visited several areas in Iraq where he met with commanders and troops to check on the status of their progress.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/18/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace speaks with troops at a Town Hall Meeting at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, July 18, 2007.
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7/18/2007 |
Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) Task Force Chairman John Young speaks with reporters at the Pentagon about the procurement of MRAP vehicles, July 18, 2007.
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7/18/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace speaks to personnel from the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan at Camp Eggers, Afghanistan, July 18, 2007.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek
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7/18/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England thanks sailors for their service and sacrifice onboard the USS Mount Whitney, off the coast of Naples, Italy, July 18, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/18/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England meets with sailors onboard the USS Mount Whitney, off the coast of Naples, Italy, July 18, 2007. England is in Italy to meet with regional commanders and to thank the sailors for their service and sacrifice.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/18/2007 |
John Young, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Task Force, answers questions along with (left to right) Lt. Gen. John G. Castellaw, deputy commandant of the Marine Corps; Lt. Gen. Stephen M. Speakes, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for programs; and Brig. Gen. Michael M. Brogan, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, during a Pentagon news conference on the procurement of MRAP vehicles, July 18, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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7/18/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace addresses approximately 400 personnel attached to Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan at Camp Eggers Afghanistan, July 18, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/18/2007 |
President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai presents Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace the highest award given to non-Afghans in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2007. Karzai thanked Pace for all he's done to help the Afghan people.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/17/2007 |
Visiting Polish Minister of Defense Aleksander Szczyglo (left) arrives at the Pentagon on July 16, 2007, for bilateral security talks with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right).
Defense Dept. photo by R.D. Ward
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7/17/2007 |
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mark I. Fox (left), a Multi-National Force-Iraq spokesman, and Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Qassim Atta Al-Moussawi, Fardh Al-Qanoon spokesman, held a press conference on the progress of Iraqi Security Forces July 15.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Scott Kim
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7/17/2007 |
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace and U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander, Multinational Forces - Iraq, meet in Baghdad, July 16, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/17/2007 |
Geoff Morrell (right), the Pentagon's new press secretary, talks with a Pentagon Channel reporter about what the public can expect from him as he steps up to the podium. Morrell is a former White House correspondent for ABC news.
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7/17/2007 |
Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon's new press secretary, talks with a Pentagon Channel reporter about what the public can expect from him as he steps up to the podium. Morrell is a former White House correspondent for ABC news.
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7/17/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace (center) walks through Ramadi, Iraq, as he is briefed by Maj. Gen. Walter Gaskin, commander, Multinational Force West, July 17, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/17/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace says hello to a 2-year-old Iraqi child and the child's grandfather while visiting Ramadi, Iraq, July 17, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/16/2007 |
U.S. Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, commander of U.S. Central Command, salutes the Afghan honor guard during the change of command for Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan July 16 in Kabul. Brig. Gen. Robert W. Cone assumed command from Maj. Gen. Robert E. Durbin.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Cohen
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7/16/2007 |
Col. Frederick Wolf, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region North district commander, poses for a photograph with Iraqi children in the Ninewa province, July 15, 2007. The children wrote their names on their arms in English so that American soldiers could pronounce their names.
U.S. Army photo by Lana Aziz
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7/16/2007 |
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Guatemalan Minister of Defense Maj. Gen. Ronaldo Cecilo Leiva at the Pentagon, July 16, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/16/2007 |
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England (right) presents the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service to Robert Rosenthal (center), founder of the "Spirit of America Tour," which brings entertainers to military installations around the nation. Singer Charlie Daniels, of the Charlie Daniels Band -- one of the groups involved in the "Spirit of America Tour," also participated.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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7/16/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace and U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander, Multi-National Forces - Iraq fly to the Green Zone in Baghdad, July 16, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/15/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace pets Sgt. Chesty XII, the official mascot of Marine Barracks Washington at the end of the evening parade in Washington, July 13, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
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7/13/2007 |
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman David Methvan (left) walks with Capt. Corbett Bufton on the flightline in Southwest Asia. Bufton is an 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 aircraft commander and Methvan is a loadmaster.
U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Teresa Sullivan
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7/13/2007 |
U.S. Army soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, pass by a family during a foot patrol in Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi
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7/13/2007 |
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Farr (center) drives an aircraft handler to place an F-15 Eagle in a protective aircraft shelter in preparation for Typhoon Man-Yi, July 12, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The first typhoon of the season is expected to hit Okinawa, July 13.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kasey Zickmund
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7/13/2007 |
Guided-missile destroyer USS Carney sails alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman during a replenishment at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, July 11, 2007. Truman is participating in the Composite Training Unit Exercise in preparation for deployment to the Persian Gulf.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.
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7/13/2007 |
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace conduct a media roundtable at the Pentagon, July 13, 2007.
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7/13/2007 |
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates answers a reporter's question during a media roundtable at the Pentagon, July 13, 2007.
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7/13/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace (right) responds to a question during a press conference with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at the Pentagon, July 13, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/13/2007 |
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates responds to a question during a press conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace at the Pentagon, July 13, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/13/2007 |
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates responds to a question during a press conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace at the Pentagon, July 13, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/13/2007 |
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates responds to a question during a press conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace at the Pentagon, July 13, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/12/2007 |
An Afghan boy in the Andar province of Afghanistan returns to school after Afghan National Army soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 203rd Infantry, reopened schools closed by Taliban members two months ago.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Matthew Steffen
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7/12/2007 |
Lt. Cmdr. Harry Ko, U.S. Public Health Service attached to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort, provides medical care at the Paul Brown Arena, Colon, Panama, July 6, 2007. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Karsten
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7/11/2007 |
Capt. Joel Dean, battalion surgeon for 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), listens to a local Afghan’s lungs in Parun, Afghanistan. Sailors, airmen, soldiers, Marines, Afghan National Army and Special Forces provided medical care for Parun and the neighboring villages.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Aird
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7/11/2007 |
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Barker, from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, talks with local Iraqi children while on a foot patrol with his platoon through an open market in the Dora area of Baghdad, Iraq, July 8, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Smith
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7/11/2007 |
President George W. Bush said he will wait until the top commander in Iraq issues his assessment of progress there before deciding the way ahead for the region during a meeting in Cleveland, July 10, 2007.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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7/11/2007 |
Many job seekers spent hours waiting in line before they got to go inside to meet with the employers during the Karkh Chamber of Commerce's Job Fair in central Baghdad, July 7, 2007. Approximately 4,000 job seekers attended.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim
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7/11/2007 |
Two vehicles of a support convoy from Golf Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, travel through the Alingar Valley in Afghanistan, to deliver supplies to fellow paratroopers.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Henry Selzer
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7/11/2007 |
Staff. Sgt. Michael Ortiz, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), listens to a local Afghan child’s heart during a medical civil action project in Parun, Afghanistan. Ortiz worked with another Coalition Forces medic to treat more than 60 patients.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Aird
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7/11/2007 |
Candidates for the Iraqi Police Emergency Response Unit, an elite component of the Iraqi security forces, receive corrective training as they march to their next block of instruction at Forward Operation Base Kalsu in North Babil, Iraq, July 10, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley
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7/10/2007 |
Africa Command will focus on humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and crisis response missions. Here, members from Bravo Company, 489th Civil Affairs Battalion Team A16, look at the condition of the Walela Culvert in Lira, Urganda.
U.S. Navy file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mary Popejoy
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7/10/2007 |
U.S. Army Gen. William E. Ward has been nominated as the commander for the new U.S. Africa Command. Its goal is to help build the capacity of African nations and African organizations like the African Standby Force to promote peace and security.
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7/10/2007 |
The new Africa Command will focus on humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and crisis response missions. Here, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Dawn Fruits, 350th Civil Affairs Command Functional Specialty team, gives sandals to a child at Hospital Debalbala’s Nutrition Center in Djibouti, Africa.
U.S. Navy file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mary Popejoy
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7/9/2007 |
An Iraqi army soldier helps a local woman across the street during a cooperative medical engagement in the town of Tahrir, Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert C. Brogan
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7/9/2007 |
Soldiers of the Sharana Provincial Reconstruction Team unload a helicopter of humanitarian aid supplies near the village of Janan Kala in Paktika province, Afghanistan.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Ashley Dellavalle
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7/9/2007 |
U.S. Army Sgt. Carrie Coble examines an Iraqi woman's medical records with the help of an interpreter during a medical civic action project in Hateen, Iraq, July 7, 2007. Coble is from Charlie Company, 299th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephanie Longoria
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7/9/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates presides over the change of command ceremony as U.S. Navy Adm. Eric Olson assumes command of U.S. Special Operations Command from U.S. Army Gen. Bryan Brown, July 9, 2007, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
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7/9/2007 |
U.S. Army Gen. Bryan Brown speaks before handing leadership of U.S. Special Operations Command over to U.S. Navy Adm. Eric Olson, July 9, 2007, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
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7/9/2007 |
U.S. Navy Adm. Eric Olson assumes command of U.S. Special Operations Command from U.S. Army Gen. Bryan Brown, July 9, 2007, at MacDill Air Force Base. Fla.
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7/9/2007 |
U.S. Army Gen. Doug Brown, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, addresses the audience during the change of command ceremony at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., July 9, 2007. U.S. Navy Adm. Eric T. Olson took over as the eighth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command from Brown, in a ceremony presided over by Gates.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/9/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, U.S. Navy Adm. Eric T. Olson, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, and Army Gen. Doug Brown, outgoing commander, stand at attention during the change of command ceremony at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., July 9, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/9/2007 |
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the U.S. Special Operations Command change of command ceremony at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., July 9, 2007. U.S. Navy Adm. Eric T. Olson took over as the eighth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command from Army Gen. Doug Brown, in a ceremony presided over by Gates.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
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7/8/2007 |
U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Fletcher and Spc. Christopher Watson raise their right hands and cite the oath of re-enlistment at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 7, 2007. Army Gen. David Petraeus (right), commanding general, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, re-enlisted eight soldiers from 1st Battalion, 23th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash. Spc. Marcus Cleary, Pfc. Brandon Tiago, Sgt. Douglas Wagner, Spc. Matthew L. Phillips, Spc. Ryan Werts, and Spc. Demetris Gilbert also re-enlisted.
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7/6/2007 |
Tiger Woods meets with U.S. servicemembers during the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am Tournament, July 4, 2007, in Bethesda, Md.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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7/6/2007 |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace (right) talks with his Italian counterpart Adm. Giampaolo DiPaola during a meeting in Florence, Italy, July 6, 2007. The two senior military leaders discussed worldwide operations.
Defense Dept. photo by Staff Sgt D. Myles Cullen
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7/6/2007 |
Soldiers of the Army's 3rd Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg, N.C., pose for photos with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, July 6, 2007, during the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.
Defense Dept. photo by Carmen L. Gleason
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7/6/2007 |
U.S. Army Maj. Jim Gregory, commanding officer of the 3rd Special Forces Group, shares a light moment with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the AT&T National golf tournament, July 6, 2007, in Bethesda, Md. Gregory's detachment recently returned from Afghanistan.
Defense Dept. photo by Nick Crettier
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7/6/2007 |
U.S. Army Maj. Jim Gregory, right, assigned to the Army's 3rd Special Forces Group on Fort Bragg, N.C., watches as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls a play at the 18th hole of the AT&T National golf tournament, July 6, 2007, at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.
Defense Dept. photo by Carmen L. Gleason
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7/6/2007 |
Tiger Woods, host of the AT&T National golf tournament, talks with novice golfer and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Md., July 6, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Nick Crettier
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7/6/2007 |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spends some time with two wounded servicemembers who served in Iraq, and a family member (right), at the AT&T National golf tournament, July 6, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Nick Crettier
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7/5/2007 |
Former First Lady Barbara Bush greets Tiger Woods during the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am Tournament, July 4, 2007, at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. Woods donated 30,000 tickets to servicemembers.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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7/5/2007 |
President George W. Bush addresses members of the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing and their family members, July 4, 2007, in Martinsburg, W. Va.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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7/5/2007 |
Tiger Woods gives former President George H.W. Bush a ride to the first tee during the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., July 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Johnny Bivera
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7/5/2007 |
Tiger Woods and former President George H. W. Bush stand in front of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard during the ending ceremony preceding the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am Tournament, part of the AT&T National PGA Tour event, July 4, 2007, at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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7/5/2007 |
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class J.J. Gentry sings the "Star-Spangled Banner" before the San Diego Padres took on the Florida Marlins at PETCO Park in San Diego, July 4, 2007. Gentry's unit recently returned from Iraq.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Kulp
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7/5/2007 |
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaniel R. Leoncio throws the opening pitch for the San Diego Padres and Florida Marlins game at PETCO Park in San Diego, July 4, 2007. The Navy corpsman suffered injuries while on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2005.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Kulp
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7/5/2007 |
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Mia Kelly in red shirt and Tiger Woods in white, walk the fairway with their caddies during the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., July 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Johnny Bivera
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7/5/2007 |
Members of the U.S. Army 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) stand by for a ceremony during the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., July 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Johnny Bivera
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7/5/2007 |
Members of the U.S. Air Force Drill Team perform during the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., July 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Johnny Bivera
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7/5/2007 |
Members of 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) attend the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am where they watched event host Tiger Woods tee off in the early morning with AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson, Army Sgt. Maj. Mia Kelly and Air Force Sgt. Andrew Amor for a round of 18 holes at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., July 4, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Johnny Bivera
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7/4/2007 |
Led by Army Gen. David Petraeus, soldiers swear the Oath of Enlistment during the Multi-National Force-Iraq Re-enlistment, Naturalization and Independence Day Ceremony July 4 at Camp Victory, Iraq.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jess Kent
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7/4/2007 |
As part of the Defense Department's America Supports You program, the
Birchmere, in Alexandria, Va., hosted vocalist Jenny Boyle in a
concert dedicated to the men and women of the armed forces, July 3, 2007.
Defense Dept. photo by Palmer Gleason
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7/4/2007 |
Former President George H.W. Bush greets Tiger Woods at the 16th hole during the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am Tournament, part of the AT&T National PGA Tour event, July 4, 2007, at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. Woods donated 30,000 tickets to military personnel.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly Burgess
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7/3/2007 |
President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Putin meet with the press, prior to the Russian leader's departure, July 2, 2007, from Kennebunkport, Maine.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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7/3/2007 |
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates presents U.S. Air Force Col. Paul Judge with a certificate, July 2, 2007, at the Pentagon, for winning the 2007 Secretary of Defense Transformation Essay Competition. He wrote about the concept of Capabilities-Based Planning, while a student at the Air War College.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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7/3/2007 |
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Perry Wiggins, deputy director for regional operations, J3, the Joint Staff, holds a Pentagon press briefing, July 3, 2007, to update reporters on the latest military information coming out of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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7/2/2007 |
U.S. Army Spc. Benjamin Daigle, a paratrooper assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, pulls security from a tree line during a patrol near Diyara, North Babil, Iraq, June 29, 2007.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley
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7/2/2007 |
Provincial Reconstruction Team Khost Commanding Officer Navy Cmdr. David Adams, and Khost province Deputy Governor Ajab Khan Sangin re-opened the Shamal bridge, near Gorbuz, Afghanistan, after major structural repairs and the complete replacement of several spans. The repairs were badly needed after last fall’s flooding caused the 15-year-old bridge to collapse.
U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Christopher Weis
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7/2/2007 |
U.S. Army Sgt. David Smith, a field artilleryman with 82nd Airborne Division, provides security in front a local garden during an impromptu vehicle check point on the streets north of the Grey'at neighborhood of Baghdad's Adhamiyah District, June 28.
U.S. Army Spc. Leith Edgar
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7/2/2007 |
U.S. Army Spc. Daniel LeGeer, force protection for Bravo Company, 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Team A16, holds one of the babies from the Lira Babies’ Home in Lira, Uganda.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mary Popejoy
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7/2/2007 |
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, spokesman for Multi-National Force-Iraq, held a press conference at the Combined Press Information Center, July 2, 2007. He detailed the involvement of certain secret cells or “special groups” in Iraq that have been operating against the people of Iraq and Coalition forces.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sky M. Laron
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7/2/2007 |
President George W. Bush stands with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Former President George H.W. Bush after Putin's arrival at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine, July 1, 2007.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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