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| 5/31/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, has breakfast with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brian Rice, 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,on Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, May 30, 2008. Gates is on a seven-day trip visiting the Pacific and to attend the 2008 Shangri-La Dialogues in Singapore.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 5/31/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks at the opening of the 7th annual Asia Security Summit in Singapore, May 31, 2008. The summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue after the hotel where it is held, brings together defense ministers, chiefs of staff and other senior security policy-makers from more than 20 Asian nations each year to discuss regional security concerns.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 5/31/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivers a speech at the opening of the 7th annual Asia Security Summit, May 31, 2008. The summit brings together senior security and defense officials from more than 20 Asian nations each year to discuss regional security concerns.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 5/30/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, holds a press availability on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 30, 2008. Gates is on a seven-day trip visiting the Pacific and to attend the 2008 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates congratulates Air Force Airman 1st Class David Wood and Navy Petty Officers Reynaldo Aurellano and Jonathon Smith after administering the ceremonial oath of re-enlistment to them on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 30, 2008. Gates is on a seven-day trip visiting the Pacific and to attend the 2008 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 5/30/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reviews the Singapore armed forces during a welcoming ceremony at Istana, the official presidential residence, May 29, 2008. Singapore is Mullen's second stop on an eight-day tour visiting Asian-Pacific nations and attending the 2008 Shangri-La Dialogue hosted by the island nation.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore, welcomes U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an office call, May 29, 2008. Singapore is Mullen's second stop on an eight-day tour visiting Asian-Pacific nations and attending the 2008 Shangri-La Dialogue hosted by the island nation.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/30/2008 |
| Singapore President Sellapan Ramanathan congratulates U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after being awarded the Singapore Military Distinguished Service Order, May 29, 2008. Singapore is Mullen's second stop on an eight-day tour visiting Asian-Pacific nations and attending the 2008 Shangri-La Dialogue hosted by the island nation.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/30/2008 |
| The 42nd Iraqi Army Brigade stops at a checkpoint in Sadr City, Iraq, to assess conditions, May 28, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, far right, meets Singaporean Defense Attache Brig. Gen. Richard Lim, far left, Singaporean Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean, second from left, and U.S. Ambassador Patricia Herbold upon his arrival in Singapore, May 30, 2008. Gates is on a seven-day trip to visit the Pacific and attend the 2008 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 5/30/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Capt. Loftin Graham inspects a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft on Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2008, prior to another refueling mission over Afghanistan. Graham is assigned to the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| U.S. soldiers move out to assist Afghanistan National Army soldiers in searching several suspicious structures for weapons caches in the Narang Valley, Kunar province, Afghanistan, May 18, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo Spc. Gregory Argentieri
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| A U.S. Army Chinook Helicopter Ch-47 assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, waits for detainees to come aboard in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 28, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Megan Rieman gives a Salvadoran girl an eye exam at the Canton la Sunza school during Operation Continuing Promise 2008, a multinational humanitarian project involving the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru, May 26, 2008. Rieman is assigned to the USS Boxer, which is supporting the community relations mission.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Porter Anderson
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| 5/29/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chester Johnson performs a post flight inspection on an F-15 Strike Eagle during a Maple Flag exercise at Cold Lake, Canada, May 26, 2008. The exercise provides Canadian and allied aircrew with realistic training in a simulated air-combat environment and emphasizes air operations involving large package coalition forces.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo
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| 5/29/2008 |
| President George W. Bush salutes a graduate of the U. S. Air Force Academy during commencement exercises May 28, 2008, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is greeted by Guam Gov. Felix P. Camacho and his wife Joann upon his arrival on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 29, 2008. Gates is on a seven-day trip to the Pacific region.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 5/29/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is greeted by Guamanian officials upon his arrival on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 29, 2008. Gates is on a seven-day trip in the Pacific region to discuss security issues.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 5/29/2008 |
| The guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin, standing by to support the Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis, receives fuel from the amphibious ship USS Essex during a replenishment, May 29, 2008. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group is in international waters off the coast of Burma.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kari R. Bergman
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| 5/29/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier and his military working dog search for weapons caches during operations in northwest Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. The Soldier is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's
Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Mark Davenport holds a child while on patrol in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 16, 2008. Davenport is the senior medic assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," Multinational Division Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brad Willeford
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| 5/29/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors prepare the flags for morning colors for fleet activities in Yokosuka, Japan, May 22, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Reckard
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| 5/29/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers discuss the best plan to sweep an area during Operation Gunslinger Bonzai III in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 20, 2008. The Iraqi soldiers work with U.S. soldiers assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Multinational Division Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brad Willeford
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is escorted by Gen. Djoko Santoso, commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces, during an arrival ceremony welcoming him to Jakarta, Indonesia, May 29, 2008. Indonesia is the first stop on an eight-day trip to visit Asia-Pacific nations and attend the 2008 Shangri-La Dialogues in Singapore, May 29, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| An Iraqi army officer hands a backpack to a young girl during a cordon and search for weapon and bomb paraphernalia in Mosul, Iraq, May 24, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 5/29/2008 |
| U.S. Army Col. David Matakas keeps his weapon handling skills sharp at the firing range on Camp Echo, Iraq, May 24, 2008. Matakas is the assistant divison commander, Multinational Division Central South-CS.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| U.S. Army Capt. Brent Russell bounds back to cover his partner during a two-man bounding drill at a firing range on Camp Echo, Iraq, May 24, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| 5/29/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier talks with the students of Al-Yarmook School in the Thawra 1 neighborhood in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, May 27, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 6th Infantry Division's Task Force Regular 1st Brigade.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 5/29/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier takes cover after a mortar attack during a search for weapons caches in northwest Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| U.S. Army Capt. John Karcher shakes hands with an Iraqi civilian during a search for weapons and bomb paraphernalia in Mosul, Iraq, May 24, 2008. Karcher is assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| U.S. Army Cpl. Terry Lingman uses a hand cycle to complete a 10-mile bike ride during a triathlon for wounded warriors on Fort Sam Houston, Texas, May 23, 2008. The Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio sponsored the event, and Operation Comfort and the City of San Antonio donated hand cycles.
U.S. Army photo by Elaine Wilson
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| A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a mission over Afghanistan, May 28, 2008. The KC-135R is assigned to the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 5/28/2008 |
| A Marine AH-1A Super Cobra fast-attack helicopter passes by the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa during sunset over the Pacific Ocean, May 21, 2008. The USS Tarawa is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker
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| The Military Sealift Command USNS Mercy transits the western Pacific Ocean, May 27, 2008, in support of Pacific Partnership 2008, a humanitarian deployment to the Republic of the Philippines, Vietnam, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Valcarcel
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| U.S. Navy Ens. Kimberly Albero entertains a young girl at the Miravalle medical site, May 23, 2008 in Sonsonate, El Salvador. Boxer is deployed supporting the Pacific phase of Continuing Promise, a partnership mission between the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Peru.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew Jackson
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| U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Anthony Porter takes a break on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu, May 27, 2008. Peleliu is conducting exercises in the western Pacific Ocean on a scheduled deployment. Porter is assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew A. Hepburn
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| U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer John Mautner hoists a fellow search and rescue swimmer out of the water during search and rescue training, May 21, 2008. The USS Boxer is deployed in support of the Pacific phase of Continuing Promise, a partnership mission between the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Peru.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian R. Williams
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| 5/28/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jay Tomten transports a rocket to a safe disposal area for detonation after a local farmer alerted authorities when he found two 107mm rockets near Panjshir, Afghanistan, May 24, 2008. Tomten is a team leader with the 755th Air Expeditionary Group Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| 5/28/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, provides an update on recent relief operations to Burma and China during a press briefing inside the Pentagon, May 28, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 5/28/2008 |
| U.S. Medal of Honor recipients, from top left, retired Marine Cpl. Hershel 'Woody' Williams, retired Army 1st Lt. Vernon J. Baker, retired Army Staff Sgt. Walter D. Ehlers, retired Army 1st Lt. Charles Patrick Murray Jr., from bottom left, retired Army 2nd Lt. Van T. Barfoot, retired Navy Lt. John Finn, and retired Marine Pfc. Arthur Jackson aboard the USS Midway Museum, May 24, 2008, where they received the museum's Midway American Patriot Award.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer R. Hudson
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| 5/28/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Gen. Arthur J. Lichte enlists 170 new Air Force recruits during pre-game activities at the Philadelphia Phillies - Colorado Rockies game, May 26, 2008. Activities at the game were held in conjunction with Air Force Week-Philadelphia. Lichte is commander of the Air Mobility Command.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III
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| 5/28/2008 |
| U.S. Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit wash an AV-8B Harrier during training to prepare for deployment in the fall, May 10, 2008. The integration training is taking place off the coast of Jacksonville, N.C.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason D. Mills
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| 5/28/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Unger sets up concertina wire to help halt enemy movement in and around the city of Shulla, Iraq, May 17, 2008. Unger is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Hunter
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| 5/28/2008 |
| A REMUS 600 autonomous undersea vehicle configured with a small synthetic aperture mine hunter is brought aboard after a mission during AUVfest 2008 at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Narragansett Bay Test Range, Newport, R.I., May 20, 2008. AUVfest is a demonstration of 13 AUV systems developed by the Office of Naval Research for mine hunting.
U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams
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| President George W. Bush and Maj. Gen. David M. Rodriguez, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, watch as AH-64 Apache gun-ships assigned to the 82nd's Combat Aviation Brigade fly over their heads, during the pass and review at Pike Field on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 22, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Micah E. Clare
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| 5/27/2008 |
| Iraqi Special Operations Forces prepare for a mission to disrupt weapons smuggling in the area by Iranian trained criminals, Balad, Iraq, May 10, 2008. .
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel R. Mennuto
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| 5/27/2008 |
| A U.S. Marine hands out candy to the children of a local village in the Salah Ad Din province, Iraq, May 18, 2008. The Marines are assigned to 2nd Light Armor Reconnaissance, Task Force Mech, Ground Combat Element, 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Multinational Force West.
U.S Marine photo by Sgt. Rome M. Lazarus
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| 5/27/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers and Marines from 21 countries swear allegiance to the United States as new citizens at a naturalization ceremony on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, May 26, 2008. Because of their active duty service in the armed forces, these troops were granted citizenship.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Christina Sinders
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| U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff shakes the hand of a soldier May 26, 2008, congratulating him on his new U.S. citizenship at a ceremony on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Forty-four soldiers and Marines were granted citizenship at a naturalization ceremony because of their military service.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Scott Davis
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| 5/27/2008 |
| U.S. Marines are stacked in front of a door while a charge explodes during a demolition and logistics subject matter expert track at Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 21, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Ayotte
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| Gunnery Sgt. Gary M. Gonzales, inspects the outside of a building that is being refurbished after Coalition forces relocated, Anah, Iraq, May 20, 2008. The building was previously a hotel that belonged to the local government. Gonzales is the assistant team leader with Detachment 1, 2nd Battalion, Civil Affairs Team 5, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Torres
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| 5/27/2008 |
| As U.S. soldiers in a vehicle turn a corner, an improvised-explosive device detonated in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. Though unhurt, soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team fought off hours of indirect and rocket-propelled grenade fire while searching for a possible weapons cache.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Hunter
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| 5/27/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers maneuver down a path while receiving heavy indirect fire and rocket-propelled grenade fire just on the outskirts of Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. The soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, were in the area searching for a possible weapons cache when an improvised-explosive device was detonated.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Hunter
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| 5/27/2008 |
| A landing craft air cushion hovers over the surface of the Atlantic Ocean as it prepares to enter the well deck aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde during a training evolution, Atlantic Ocean, May 22, 2008. The USS Mesa Verde will visit Quebec City, Canada, to participate in the Naval Rendezvous to celebrate the city's 400th anniversary.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kiona M. Mckissack
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officers 2nd Class Roberto Duajardo and 3rd Class Justin Lewis and Seaman William Stimson dig a hole with an auger to insert posts for new fencing at Canton La Sunza school in El Salvador as part of Continuing Promise 2008, May 19, 2008. The three Seabees are assigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 303, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer.
U.S. Army photo by Specialist Brian R. Williams
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| U.S. Navy Seaman Buck Bromley and other sailors heave a messenger line aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a replenishment with the fast combat support ship USNS Rainer while underway in the Persian Gulf, May 22, 2008. The USS Lincoln is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 5/27/2008 |
| An Iraqi doctor speaks with a local resident during a medical operation at Al-Farakhed primary school in Jamilla, Iraq, May 24, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 5/27/2008 |
| U.S. Marines question an Iraqi farmer during a patrol through western Al Anbar province, Iraq, May 18, 2008. The company patrols the outskirts of Rutbah, Iraq ensuring the farmers are free from danger and receiving the supplies they need to cultivate their crops. The Marines are assigned to Company D, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5.
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| U.S. sailors and Marines man the rails of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge during the parade of ships on the opening day of Fleet Week in New York, May 21, 2008. More than 4,000 sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen were expected to participate in community relations projects.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher Lange
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| Water vapor trails from the surface of an F/A-18C Hornet during a supersonic pass above the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, Atlantic Ocean, May 26, 2008. The USS Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are preparing for their return to homeport following a seven-month deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Pety Officer 3rd Class Kevin T. Murray, Jr.
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alex C. Brilla high-fives a young Iraqi girl during a school supply mission, May 23, 2008, in western Al Anbar province, Iraq. The platoon has been visiting and supplying the school for more than a month.
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| U.S. Navy aviators assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 9 fly F/A 18E and F/A 18F Super Hornets over the beaches near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 16, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson
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| U.S. sailors and Philippine soldiers dig a foundation for a home during a joint military community relations project with the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation in Manila, Philippines, May 23, 2008. The sailors are assigned to the USS Blue Ridge, the flagship for Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Heidi McCormick
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| A Joint Armed Forces Color Guard presents the U.S. flag at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial’s annual Memorial Day observance, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Gerry J. Gilmore
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Springmann works with his specialized search dog, Sgt. 1st Class Freida, as they look for weapons caches during an operation in Naba Safi Village, Iraq, on May 22, 2008. Springmann is assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade, 178th Military Police Detachment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| U.S. soldiers stand atop a bridge, May 21, 2008, being constructed over a canal between route Bismarck and Aggies to improve traffic on Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Platoon, Battery B, 1st-9th Field Artillery.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kevin Stabinsky
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| 5/26/2008 |
| Motorcycle riders cruise through Washington, D.C., during the 21st Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, May 25, 2008. The bikers ride to raise awareness about prisoners of war, troops missing in action and veterans' benefits.
Defense Dept. photo by John J. Kruzel
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| 5/26/2008 |
| President Bush delivers a Memorial Day address in the Tomb of the Unknowns amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 26, 2008. Seated behind the commander in chief are Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Army Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe Jr., Military District of Washington commander.
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| President George W. Bush, left, and Army Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe Jr., Military District of Washington commander, take part in a Memorial Day commemoration wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| From left: Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, President George W. Bush, Army Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe Jr., commanding general, Military District of Washington, Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake and Army Col. David Moran, Military District of Washington chaplain, render honors during the playing of Taps at the conclusion of the Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| A Marine salutes a motorcyclist riding in the 21st Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, May 25, 2008, in Washington, D.C., which raises awareness about prisoners of war, troops missing in action and veterans' benefits. Standing before the Marine is a table with an empty chair, which symbolizes the absence of those servicemembers lost in combat.
Defense Dept. photo by John J. Kruzel
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| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff speaks at the 2008 National Memorial Day Concert on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., May 25, 2008. Mullen was joined by senior leaders from all branches of the military along with numerous entertainers who honored all American men and women in uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/26/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks at a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Va., May 26, 2008. President Bush and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also spoke at the ceremony, remembering the sacrifices made by American men and women in uniform who gave their lives in service of their country.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/26/2008 |
| President Bush pauses during a speech as Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates applaud during a Memorial Day ceremony in the Arlington National Cemetery amphitheater. The president and the Defense Department's top leaders spoke after taking part in a Memorial Day commemoration wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, May 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 5/26/2008 |
| Trumpet players of the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own," perform at the 2008 National Memorial Day Concert on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C., May 25, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/23/2008 |
| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England thanks a Marine for his service during the Lima Company Memorial ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, May 23, 2008.
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| 5/23/2008 |
| Sen. Richard Finan gives the welcome and introductions during the Lima Company Memorial ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, May 23, 2008. Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment, was deployed out of Rickenbacker Air Base in 2005 and received high casualties during their deployment including 22 Marines and one Navy corpsman.
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| 5/23/2008 |
| Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, left, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, center, and Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Jon Husted, stand during the singing of the national anthem as part of the Lima Company Memorial ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, May 23, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 5/23/2008 |
| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England addresses the audience during the Lima Company Memorial ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, May 23, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 5/23/2008 |
| Friends and family members gather to see life-size portraits painted by artist Anita Miller of each of the 23 servicemembers from Lima Company who gave their lives in defense of our nation during the Lima Company Memorial unveiling ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, May 23, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 5/23/2008 |
| Pat Murray, mother of Marine Sgt. David Kenneth Krueter, comforts her daughter Kristin Krueter during the Lima Company Memorial portrait-unveiling ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, May 23, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, right, escorts Albanian Minister of Defense Gazmend Oketa through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, May 22, 2008. The two defense leaders will discuss a broad range of regional security issues.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen watch the flag being lowered to half-staff during a Memorial Day retreat on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., May 15, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Marc I. Lane
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Dana Cash hands out school supplies to local children outside the hospital on Camp Hero, Afghanistan, May 22, 2008. Cash is a medical officer assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alison Martinez
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| 5/23/2008 |
| A patriotic ceremony honoring the service and sacrifice of America's military members is scheduled in the Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day, May 26, 2008. The 140th observance of Memorial Day will be hosted by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe Jr., commanding general, U.S. Army Military District of Washington and Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region.
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen offload supplies from pallets and stage them for pick up at Utapao airport in Thailand, May 22, 2008. The supplies, donated by the U.S. Agency for International Development, will be ready to deliver to the country of Burma as part of a joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief response to Cyclone Nargis.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andres Alcaraz
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| 5/23/2008 |
| President George W. Bush addresses the paratroopers, veterans, and families of the 82nd Airborne Division, thanking "America's Guard of Honor" for its collective accomplishments in Iraq and Afghanistan, May 22, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Micah E. Clare
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| 5/23/2008 |
| President George W. Bush addresses the paratroopers, veterans and families of the 82nd Airborne Division while attending the Division Review held on Pike Field, Fort Bragg, N.C., May 22, 2008. Bush thanked "America's Guard of Honor" for its collective accomplishments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Micah E. Clare
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| 5/23/2008 |
| Doreen Toomalatai, center, sister of fallen soldier, U.S. Army Pfc. David Toomalatai, rubs a marking of her brother's name with the help of her sister, Shavi, left, after a memorial rededication ceremony on Fort Hood, Texas, May 16, 2008. Toomalatai was a medic assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jeffrey Ledesma
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailor Gerald Dugger checks an Iraqi child, May 14, 2008. Duggar, a hospital corpsman, is assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Personal Security Detail, Task Force Mameluke, Multinational Force West Ground Combat Element.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stephen Kuhne, places the fourth flag in front of the Tomb of the Unknowns during the "Flags In" Tribute yesterday evening at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 22, 2008. Kuhne is the commander of the relief for the 3rd U.S. Infantry, "The Old Guard."
Defense Dept. photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti Jr.
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| 5/23/2008 |
| Graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy cheer as the Navy's Blue Angels fly over Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., during their commencement ceremony, May 23, 2008. U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the ceremony's guest speaker.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Army Master Sgt. Sandra Quaschnick, right, and U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jennifer Bailey, left, render salutes during the "Flags In" ceremony to honor fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 22, 2008. Quaschnick and Bailey are assigned to the the Fife and Drum Corps of the 3rd U.S. Infantry, "The Old Guard."
Defense Dept. photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti Jr.
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Andres Yanez renders a salute during the "Flags In" tribute honoring fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 22, 2008. Yanez, who regularly supervises funeral details at the cemetery, said it is an honor to participate in the tribute.
Defense Dept. photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti Jr.
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| 5/23/2008 |
| Newly commissioned U.S. Navy ensigns and Marine Corps 2nd lieutenants celebrate at the conclusion of the 2008 United States Naval Academy commencement ceremony at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, May 23, 2008, Annapolis, Md.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Robert Innerst from New Cumberland, Pa. takes the oath of office at the 2008 United States Naval Academy commencement ceremony, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, May 23, 2008, Annapolis, Md.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Marines place flags in the center of Arlington National Cemetery's columbarium during the "Flags In" Tribute to honor America's fallen heroes, May 22, 2008. The Marines, who recently returned from Iraq, are assigned to Marine Barracks Washington, D.C.
Defense Dept. photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti Jr.
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| 5/23/2008 |
| A landing craft air cushion hovers over the surface of Elliot Bay behind the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore during a parade of ships to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, Seattle, WA., May 20, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Beckjord
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| 5/23/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Burmese troops unload humanitarian relief supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Yangon International Airport, Yangon, Burma, May 19, 2008. Troops unloaded about 15,000 pounds of water, water containers and mosquito netting as part of efforts to provide aid to Burmese citizens in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sonya Croston
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| 5/22/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is greeted by Adm. Eric Olson, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, upon his arrival at the convention center in Tampa, Fla., to speak at the Special Operations Mess Night dinner and reception, May 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 5/22/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the Special Operations Command Mess Night dinner and reception at the convention center in Tampa, Fla., May 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 5/22/2008 |
| The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge passes by the Statue of Liberty as it steams up the Hudson River during the Parade of Ships for Fleet Week New York, May 21, 2008. More than 4,000 sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen will participate in various community relations projects and make a port call to New York City.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Danals
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| 5/22/2008 |
| U.S. sailors launch rockets from the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa during a test of the ship's anti-missile defense system, Pacific Ocean, May 20, 2008. The USS Tarawa is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker
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| 5/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Gerald Dugger, a hospital corpsman, provides aid to an elderly Iraqi man, Salah Ad Din, Iraq, May 14, 2008. Dugger is assigned to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Personal Security Detail, Task Force Mameluke.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge
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| 5/22/2008 |
| Country music artist Wynonna Judd performs with the U.S. Army Band at the Wagner Sports Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., May 22, 2008. The concert for staff and patients was held in conjunction with a Morale, Welfare and Recreation picnic that featured a local blues band, barbecue and steaks.
Defense Dept. photo by Fred W. Baker III
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| 5/22/2008 |
| U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (right) escorts visiting Albanian Minister of Defense Gazmend Oketa to his Pentagon office, May 22, 2008, where they held bilateral security talks on a variety of regional issues.
DoD photo by R. D. Ward
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| 5/22/2008 |
| An F-15E Eagle receives jet fuel at almost 30,000 feet above the ground from an Alaska Air National Guard 168th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker boom over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex during a training mission in support of Northern Edge 2008, May 14, 2008. Alaska's size enables the military to train in the largest air-land-sea training complex in America.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Rob Dolan
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| 5/21/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristopher Duckett, a pilot assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and a Burmese servicemember unload relief supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Yangon International Airport , Burma, May 19, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sonya Croston
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| 5/21/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers and Iraqi special operations forces take off in UH-60 helicopters from Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 14, 2008, to conduct operations in Amarah, Iraq. The goal of the ongoing operations is to disrupt weapons smuggling and decrease Iranian-backed insurgency.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Miguel A. Contreras
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| 5/21/2008 |
| The reflection of an M2-50 calibre machine gun barrel can be seen in the visor of a U.S. Marine gunner aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, May 7, 2008.
U.S. Naval photo by Seaman Kenneth W. Robinson
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| 5/21/2008 |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School graduates take an oath of office led by Retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Philip Geib during a re-commissioning ceremony aboard the battleship USS Wisconsin, Norfolk, VA., May 15, 2008. The students, members of the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force, advanced from ensign/second lieutenant to lieutenant/captain.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kitt Amaritnant
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| 5/21/2008 |
| A cow checks out U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chad Ryan as he's taking a break during a patrol in the East Anbar province, northwest of Baghdad, May 12, 2008. Ryan is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III
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| 5/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Al Walkowiak smiles as he hands out Tootsie Roll Pops to children in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, April 28, 2008. Walkowiak is a Pennsylvania National Guardsman assigned to the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Paul David Ondik
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| 5/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Yensy Santana keeps suspicious activity in his sights during a mission in the Thawra 2 neighborhood of the Sadr City District of Baghdad, May 11, 2008. Santana serves as a team leader with1st Armored Division's Company C, Task Force 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Zachary Mott
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| 5/21/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Darren Bernal prepares to fast rope out the back of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise aboard the forward deployed USS Essex, May 18, 2008. Bernal ia assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Audrey Graham
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| 5/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Marcus Wright maintains a fighting position during operations in Jamilla Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, May 15, 2008. Wright is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion out of Fort Carson, Col.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 5/21/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers keep watch down an alley while providing security near Checkpoint 9 in northern Gazaliyah, Iraq, May 15, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 5/21/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen push, smooth and edge wet concrete around the side of a new pad to ensure even dispersion at Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 13, 2008. The airmen are assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operators.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 5/21/2008 |
| Troops assigned to Company H, 2nd New Jersey Regiment of the Continental Line, fire a salute during a re-enactment as part of Armed Forces Day observances at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., May 20, 2008.
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| 5/21/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Sabrina Bell gives the signal for take-off as an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter takes off from the hospital ship USNS Mercy, Pacific Ocean, May 14, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Valcarcel
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| 5/21/2008 |
| Sterling R. Cale, treasurer, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Unit 1, salutes his fallen comrades at the USS Arizona Memorial Monday, May 12, 2008, during the memorial ceremony and interment of James Evans Cory, the first U.S. Marine to be buried aboard the Arizona since World War II.
US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mark Fayloga
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| 5/21/2008 |
| Kirkuk Provincial Police Academy Cadets rejoice in their graduation with dance and cheers, May 15, 2008. The four hundred graduates are the first former Sons of Iraq to transition into the Iraqi Security Forces within the Kirkuk Province.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Siz
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| 5/21/2008 |
| Dawn breaks behind the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during the Partnership of the Americas 2008 multinational exercise designed to enhance regional security in the U.S. Southern Command area of operations and maritime partnership, May 6, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Clifford L. H. Davis
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| 5/20/2008 |
| Ensuring the site is secure, U.S. Army Pfc. Logan Allen provides force protection during a two-day air assault field training exercise at Fort Yukon training center, Fairbanks, Aka. May 16, 2008. Allen is assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, at Fort Wainwright.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elayseah Woodard-Hinton
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chris Souba and Pfc. Matt Turpin communicate with troops overhead while attacking a simulated enemy during a training exercise in Fort Hood, Texas, May 8, 2008. Souba and Turpin are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's White Platoon, Troop B, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry "Dark Horse" Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alexis Harrison
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with, from left, U.S. Senators Daniel K. Inouye, Ted Stevens and Arlen Specter prior to hearings regarding the 2009 Defense Department budget request to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Defense, Washington, D.C., May 20, 2008.
DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy reservists and support personnel from Navy Operational Support Center, Spokane, Wash., march in Spokane's 2008 Armed Forces Day Torchlight Parade, May 17, 2008. The parade is the largest Armed Forces Day parade in the country and is part of the City of Spokane’s annual Lilac Festival.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Will Jones
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| 5/20/2008 |
| USS Essex pulls alongside USNS Walter S. Diehl, May 9, 2008, for a replenishment at sea during efforts to prepare to deliver humanitarian aid to the Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Audrey M. Graham
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| 5/20/2008 |
| Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, perform aerial maneuvers above the flight line during the Armed Forces Day Joint Service Open House, May 17, 2008, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jennifer Sheldon
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Brothers smoothes out a freshly poured concrete pad to add more parking spaces for aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 13, 2008. Brothers is a 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operator deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesse Wright looks underneath a water truck for questionable items at Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 17, 2008. Wright is assigned to 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors man the rails and prepare to shift colors signaling that the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is underway, San Diego, Calif., May 19, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Offcier 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Melissa Gonzales plays with Indonesian children at the Murni Jaya Orphanage in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 14, 2008. USS Blue Ridge and 7th Fleet staff sailors visited the orphanage to interact with the children and bring them school supplies, hygiene items and books.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter D. Lawlor
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and Tina Jonas, right, undersecretary of Defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer, testify on the 2009 defense budget request to the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Washington, D.C., May 20, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors Stephanie Gomez and Amanda Vasquez run clear after removing the chains from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy, Pacific Ocean, May 14, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Valcarcel
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force airmen remove a cookie sheet being used to transfer 169,000 pounds of humanitarian aid supplies for Burma from a Boeing 747 commercial airplane at Utapao Thai Royal Navy Air Base, Thailand, May 16, 2008. The airmen are assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sonya Croston
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabee Jean Joseph cooks goat meat for dinner during a 10-day French tactical desert survival training course, May 9, 2008. Forty U.S. troops stationed at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, volunteered for the course taught by French marines of the 5th Regiment Overseas Infantry. Joseph is assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. sailors and Marines aboard the USS Essex fill boxes with 16-liter water bladders to prepare for humanitarian assistance for Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis, May 16, 2008.
U. S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Audrey M. Graham
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Costello, front left, and 1st Lt. Ruben Ramos, front right, take a power nap in the back of a C-130 Hercules 13 after departing an air base in Iraq, May 13, 2008.
The soldiers, assigned to the 31st Division's 1-10 Field Artillery, A Battery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, are returning home after a 14-month deployment in Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Chris Teuta looks out for possible enemy positions during a firefight on the southeastern border of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, May 11, 2008. Teuta is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Multinational Division Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy Todd
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| 5/20/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier communicates with fellow soldiers via radio while searching for weapons caches in northwest Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. The soldiers are from 101st Airborne Division's Bravo Troop, 75th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S.Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| 5/20/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Maj. Anthony Davis, a member of the Air National Guard, exchanges salutes with Chinese Army Senior Capt. Guan Youfei, deputy director of the Chinese Ministry of Defense's Foreign Affairs Office, at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, May 18, 2008. Also pictured are Chinese Army Maj. Wu Qian, staff officer, Chinese Ministry of Defense's American and Oceanic Affairs Bureau, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, U.S. defense attache.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Vadnais
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| 5/19/2008 |
| U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Kurt Uchimura discusses the offload plan with an airport official at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, China, May 18, 2008. The C-17 is carrying nearly 100,000 pounds of food, blankets, tools, and shelter materials to help the victims of a recent earthquake that ravaged the Sichuan area. Uchimura is a C-17 loadmaster assigned to the Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Airlift Squad.
US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Vadnais
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| 5/19/2008 |
| A U.S. sailor aboard the guided-missile frigate USS John L. Hall lowers the national flag during evening colors, Black Sea, May 16, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien
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| 5/19/2008 |
| A Guatemalan child prepares to board a helicopter bound for the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer during Continuing Promise 2008 on Paratrooper Base, Guatemala, May 13, 2008. The USS Boxer is deployed to support the Pacific phase of Continuing Promise 2008, an equal partnership mission between the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian R. Williams
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| 5/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 attack a simulated insurgent compound during Basic Urban Skills training conducted by the 20th Seabee Readiness Group, Camp Shelby, Miss., May 15, 2008. The Seabees are preparing for an upcoming deployment to U.S. Forces Central Command area of operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael B. Lavender
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| 5/19/2008 |
| A Landing Craft Air Cushion assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 disembarks the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, Atlantic Ocean, May 17, 2008. The USS Iwo Jima and ACU-4 are participating in the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group integration training.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Chad R. Erdmann
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| U.S. Navy sailors prepare an E-2C Hawkeye for a mission aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, Persian Gulf, May 15, 2008. The sailors are maintenance personnel assigned to the "Sun Kings" of Airborne Early Warning Squadron.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu. Peleliu is conducting operations in the Pacific Ocean on a scheduled deployment, May 15, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Sarah E. Bitter
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Spencer A. Johnson, looks through binoculars as he stands watch at Combat Outpost Timberwolf, Iraq, May 10, 2008. Johnson is assigned to the Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 5 that makes up the provisional rifle platoon at COP Timberwolf.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman
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| U.S. soldiers react to a mortar attack while searching for weapons caches in northwestern Shula, a district in Baghdad, Iraq, May 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| A U.S. Marine looks out at the ocean during the early morning hours aboard the USS Iwo Jima during the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Expeditionary Strike Group Exercise, off the coast of Jacksonville, N.C., May 10, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason D. Mills
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| T-6 Texans, Vietnam War-era training planes, fly in formation at the 2008 Joint Service Open House hosted by Andrews Air Force Base, Md., May 17, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Suzanne M. Day
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| Iraqi soldiers look over review boards before participating in an artillery training course with soldiers assigned to the Polish Combat Support Group on Camp Echo, Diwaniya, Iraq, May 13, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| An Iraqi army soldier steadies his weapon and practices his trigger squeeze at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Beiji, Iraq, May 10, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| Former U.S. Army Special Forces member Paul McGowan drops into the
opening ceremonies at the Joint Service Open House at Andrews Air Force Base,
Md., May 17, 2008. The three-day event coincides with the 60th Anniversary of
the Berlin Airlift.
Defense Dept. photo by Fred W. Baker III
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| Senior Capt. Guan Youfei, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (center) and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, U.S. military attache in Beijing, greet the first of two U.S. aircrews delivering earthquake relief supplies to China, May 18, 2008. The two C-17 U.S. Globemaster aircraft carried food, water containers, blankets, generators, lanterns and various hand tools.
Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Vadnais
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| Thousands gather for the three-day Joint Service Open House at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., May 17, 2008. This year’s event coincided with the 60th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.
Defense Dept. photo by Fred W. Baker III
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates congratulates Cadet Philip Jones during the Virginia Military Institute Graduation ceremony in Lexington, Va., May 16, 2008. More than half of the 246 graduating cadets will be entering into the military.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Graduating cadets throw their gloves in the air at the end of the Virginia Military Institute graduation ceremony in Lexington, Va., May 16, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| A graduating senior looks over the schedule during the Virginia Military Institute 2008 graduation ceremony in Lexington, Va., May 16, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Marines and sailors fill five-gallon water jugs on board the amphibious assault ship USS Essex while under way in the Andaman Sea, May 16, 2008, in support of possible disaster relief efforts for the victims of Tropical Cyclone Nargis. Servicemembers with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are standing by off the coast of Burma ready to provide relief supplies as the Burmese government allows.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kari R. Bergman
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| U.S. sailors move pallets of supplies into the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a replenishment at sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl while under way in the Andaman Sea, May 17, 2008. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is preparing to support a humanitarian assistance tasking in Burma in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel S. Weber
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| Airport employees move relief supplies off a C-17 Globemaster III at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in China, May 18, 2008. The United States Pacific Command support of earthquake relief efforts was authorized by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in support of the U.S. Department of State.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Vadnais
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Christopher Deist instructs soldiers of the Royal Thai Army on proper procedures for clearing a malfunctioning weapon during a close quarters combat training course as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2008, May 11, 2008. Deist is assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Hight
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| A Polish civil-military cooperation team provides security while aiding the townspeople of Sumer, Iraq, May 01, 2008. Both CIMIC and soldiers from the Iraqi army worked together to provide food and other much needed items to Sumer's local community.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| An Iraqi boy waves a sign, written for him in English by an older Iraq boy, as a way to say "thank you" for the paper that was donated to his school in Baghdad, Iraq, by a school district in Wyoming, May 10, 2008. The supplies were distributed by U.S. Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman
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| Staff Sgt. Karl Ferree raises a lead rope over the skeleton of a big top shelter at Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 7, 2008. Sergeant Ferree is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron structural engineer division deployed from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 flex the Roll-On/Roll-Off Discharge Facility, a floating platform, with a causeway section during Freedom Banner 08, Gulf of Thailand, May 2, 2008. Freedom Banner 08 is a maritime prepositioning force exercise in Chuk Samet, Thailand.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian P. Caracci
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| U.S. soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, stand in formation and wait for further orders before an air assault mission on May 11th, 2008.
U.S. Army Photo by Specialist Richard Del Vecchio
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| Oscar-nominated actor and director Gary Sinise, right, and his "Lt. Dan Band" perform a concert in the Pentagon Courtyard at the 4th Annual America Supports you concert as part of Military Appreciation Month at the Pentagon, Friday, May 16, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| The Joint Services Open House at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., this weekend will pay tribute to the pilots of the Berlin Airlift as the 60th anniversary of the historic supply effort approaches in June. In this image, C-47 transport planes, each containing 190 sacks of flour, are shown arriving at Tempelhof Airport, July 2, 1948. A pair of B-17 weather aircraft can be seen at the far side of the airfield along with a lone C-54 at the extreme right.
Photo courtesy of The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
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| One of the lasting memories of the Berlin Airlift is the image of now-retired Lt. Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, nicknamed the "candy bomber" for his habit of dropping chocolate bars tied to tiny hankerchief-sized parachutes from his plane to the children of West Berlin as he flew supplies into Tempelhof Airport. Halvorsen is scheduled to speak during the 2008 Joint Services Open House at Andrew Air Force Base, Md., this weekend. Here, Halvorsen displays the newly authorized Berlin Airlift streamer pre
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| Hollywood actor and part-time rocker Gary Sinise plays next to wounded warrior Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Stengel during the 4th Annual America Supports You Military Tribute Concert at the Pentagon today, May 16, 2008. Stengel said the concert was a good break from his recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Stengel was injured in Iraq Feb. 2, 2007, by a roadside bomb.
Defense Dept. photo by Fred W. Baker III
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| Oscar-nominated actor and director Gary Sinise and his "Lt. Dan Band" perform a concert in the Pentagon Courtyard at the 4th Annual America Supports you concert as part of Military Appreciation Month at the Pentagon, Friday, May 16, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Rene Rubiella, center, addresses the audience while Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, left, and President's Council on Service and Civic Participation member Mary Jo Myers, right, listen during the USA Freedom Corps President's Volunteer Service Awards presentation May 16, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the Business Executives for National Security Eisenhower Award Dinner in his honor in Washington D.C., May 15, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Air Force Col. Donald Kimminau and Capt. Jesse Caldwell look on as cargo is brought for loadingt onto their aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 7, 2008. The two are assigned to the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, which flies supplies and troops into areas where road travel is too dangerous.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shares a laugh with retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Scowcroft Group president and founder, before the Business Executives for National Security Eisenhower Award Dinner honoring Gates in Washington D.C., May 15, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Midshipmens lock arms at the foot of the lard-covered Herndon Monument to form the base of a pyramid for classmates to climb to the top of the 21-foot-tall structure to replace the traditional plebe cap with a midshipman cap at the U.S. Naval Accademy, Annapolis, MD., May 15, 2008. The Herndon Climb, in its 101st year, is a rite of passage symbolizing the end of the midshipmen's plebe year.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Gordon
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| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright talks with retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard "Tex" Brown at the 2008 Daedalian Awards dinner at Fort Walton Beach, Fla., May 15, 2008. Cartwright was the keynote speaker, presenting awards to military pilots.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright speaks at the 2008 Daedalian Awards dinner at Fort Walton Beach, Fla., May 15, 2008. Cartwright, the keynote speaker, also was presenting awards to military pilots.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force photo Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Amos Salisbury replaces aileron panels on a C-141 Starlifter aircraft at Mid-America Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., May 15, 2008. The aircraft is one of five that will be on permanent display as part of the Scott Field Heritage Airpark at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Salisbury is a crew chief assigned to the 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tony R. Tolley
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| The U.S. Army Ceremonial Band stands in formation outside of the White House, May 15, 2008. The mission of the Army band is to sustain the “warrior spirit,” support recruiting, and tell the Army story to the American public.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Alicia C.Torbush
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| Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England welcomes actor/musician Gary Sinise is to the Pentagon on May 16, 2008. England thanked Sinise for his continued work in support of U.S. troops, particularly those wounded in combat. Sinise will perform a noon concert in the Pentagon courtyard with his "Lt. Dan Band" in observance of National Armed Forces Month.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Russell, 1st Lt. Ryan Clay, and Spc. Eric Waddle enjoy Iraqi cuisine provided by a local sheik during a meeting between coalition and local leaders in the East Anbar province, northwest of Baghdad, May 8, 2008. Russell and Waddle are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Multinational Division - Baghdad. Clay is assigned to the 27th Infantry Regiment's Headquarters and Headquarters Co
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III
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| U.S. troops load supplies into a C-130 Hercules to be delivered to the Yangon International Airport, Burma May 12, 2008. The plane is carrying water, food and medical supplies for Burmese citizens suffering in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, May 2, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andres Alcaraz
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| Iraqi army Surgeon Maj. Najeem checks the blood pressure of a woman as part of free medical care the Iraqi army provided at a school for girls in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kristian Voth uses a propane lighter to fuel a training fire on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., May 13, 2008. Voth is a firefighter crew chief assigned to the 114th Fighter Wing, 114th Civil Engineer Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Corey Hook
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Snow speaks to an Iraqi National Police shift leader at a traffic checkpoint near Forward Operating Base Loyalty in Southern Baghdad, May 11, 2008, while his unit patrols around the base. Snow is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Military Police Platoon, Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt
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| U.S. Marine Cpls. Michael Hatzenbubler, a crew chief plane captain, and Ryan Owens, a flight equipment technician, perform maintainance, May 10, 2008, on a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter to prepare for humanitarian relief efforts in Burma.
U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Robert A. Harling
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| U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew D. Gammons passes out a notebook to children near Baghdadi, Iraq, May 10, 2008. A Freemont County school district from Lander, Wyo., donated more than 300 pounds of school supplies. Gammons is a wireman assigned to Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman
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| The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard drill team demonstrates a drill sequence during a 16-man performance on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., May 12, 2008. The drill team tours worldwide in public and military venues to recruit, retain and inspire airmen.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marc I. Lane
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| German army Maj. Gen. Klaus-Peter Treche, left, deputy commander of the German Joint Force Command, returns the salute of U.S. Army Lt. Col. James Pugh after viewing the troops during closing ceremonies for Combined Endeavor 2008 in Baumholder, Germany, May 14, 2008. More than 35 participating nations use the exercise to plan, prepare and practice using a full range of communications, equipment, policies and procedures prior to deploying for NATO missions and emerging, real-world crisis situatio
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Hill
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| Staff Sgt. Daniel Ramirez and Pfc. Jesse Weber enjoy a bit of shade while pulling security on a patrol to check out several of the local businesses in the Taji Qada, located northwest of Baghdad, May 3, 2008. Ramirez and Weber serve as infantrymen assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brad Willeford
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| U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Kevin Bacon presents a USS Blue Ridge command ball cap to Indonesian navy divers after they successfully completed a dive to repair a clogged suction tube on the ship while in port in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 13, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew M. Bradley
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| U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit run laps at dawn on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu, Pacific Ocean, May 14, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Kelling
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Adrian Bell fires on his target with a M-16A2E3 service rifle in the kneeling position during his annual Navy rifle qualification, Woolmarket, Miss., May 14, 2008. The rifle qualification is part of each Seabee's homeport training schedule and is updated yearly. Bell is assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael B. Lavender
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| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell answers questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon, May 15, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Rosell Hudson and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Ficocelli weigh a 500-gallon inflatable water drum with a forklift using an integrated scale aboard USS Harpers Ferry, May 14, 2008. The USS Harpers Ferry is part of the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group and is in position to support a potential humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael D. Kennedy
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| U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen assist their classmates in bringing in the final zodiac combat raiding raft after a race through the harbor during Sea Trials at the academy in Annapolis, Md., May 13, 2008. During the 17-hour event, midshipmen bond together to overcome mental and physical challenges as a team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tommy Gilligan
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| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell listens to a reporter's question during a press briefing inside the Pentagon, May 15, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess.
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| U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, load a C-130 with plastic tarp, blankets and water at Utapao Air Base, Thailand, May 13, 2008, to support the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma.
U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Sonya Croston
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| Staff Sgt. Charleston Calhoun takes his dog Arco through the obstacle course at Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 14, 2008. Dog handlers use the course as a part of physical training for their military working dogs.
U.S. Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Ashley Wood
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jerry Summers helps hold an M-4 carbine as his son looks down the scope during an event for Police Week at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 13, 2008. Police week honors those who are serving or have served in law enforcementevents to and includes events to involve the community.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| Support personnel for the U.S. Navy load equipment onto a Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan aircraft in Coronado, Calif., May 13, 2008, before beginning the exercise Bold Monarch 2008. The deep submergence unit on Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., and personnel from several other countries will participate in a live submarine escape and rescue exercise.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Patrick D. House
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| U.S. Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter is welcomed aboard the Romanian Frigate F222 Rigina Maria for a ship's tour, May 14, 2008. Winter is on a two-day visit to Romania to meet with military and government officials.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien
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| Sailors of the Romanian Navy present arms while the Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter receives a tour of the Romanian Fleet Command. Winter is on a two-day visit to Romania meeting with military and government officials, May 14, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien
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| U.S. Navy Seabee Sean C. Morris takes measurements after placing concrete at a project on White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, May 9, 2008. Morris is assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick W. Mullen III
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| The Marine Corps Base Japan Fire Department and emergency medical technicians work quickly to remove simulated victims from overturned vehicles while simultaneously putting out fires before they could enter the building to save any survivors during Constant Vigilance 2008 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, May 6, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ricardo Morales
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| A local Iraqi woman passes U.S. and Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in Amariyah, Iraq, May 11, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 4th Infantry Division's 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Lewis of Oklahoma City, Okla., looks at a picture of his girlfriend before leaving on patrol in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, May 6, 2008. Lewis is assigned to 4th Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen Young
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| Two CH-53E Super Stallions refuel after inserting about 46 U.S. Marines into a combat zone in Al Anbar province, May 8, 2008, to search for hidden weapons caches. The Marines are assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott McAdam
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| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Marshall monitors an Afghan National Air Corps airman firing a PKM general-purpose machine gun in an Mi-17 Hip helicopter, May 12, 2008, over Kabul, Afghanistan. Marshall is assigned to the Combined Air Power Transition Force and is deployed from the 18th Air Maintenance Squadron, Kadena Air Force Base, Japan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Marshall instructs Afghan National Air Core airmen on how to fire a PKM general purpose machine gun from an Mi-17 Hip helicopter at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 12, 2008. Marshall is assigned to the Combined Air Power Transition Force and is deployed from the 18th Air Maintenance Squadron, Kadena Air Force Base, Japan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shares a laugh with Canadian National Defense Minister Peter G. MacKay, Colorado Springs, Colo., May 13, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Marine Cpl. Stephen B. Clark and Somkeart Nilpet stage clean water in Utaphao, Thailand, May 11, 2008, for an upcoming U.S. relief mission to Burma for victims of Cyclone Nargis. Clark is a traffic management specialist with the Exercise Cobra Gold 2008 Joint Movement Control Center.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eric D. Arndt
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| U.S. servicemembers exit a C-130 Hercules aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 10, 2008. The 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron has transported personnel and equipment since it was stood up in January 2006, preventing about 10,000 convoy vehicles and about 27,000 servicemembers from traveling along Iraqi roads.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| While looking through night vision gear, U.S. Marine firefighters put out a fire in front of the old Gunner’s Gym, May 6, 2008, during a simulated terrorist bombing on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Stadel
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| U.S. Pacific Commander Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Eric G. John and U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Henrietta H. Fore answer questions from international media, May 12, 2008, Utaphao, Thailand, before a flight with Cyclone Nargis relief supplies leaves for Burma.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eric Arndt
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| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Marshall briefs Afghan National Air Corps airmen prior to a practice shoot with a PKM general-purpose machine gun in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 11, 2008. Marshall is assigned to the Combined Air Power Transition Force and is deployed from the 18th Air Maintenance Squadron, Kadena Air Force Base, Japan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| A local veterinarian prepares to administer a shot to a goat during a veterinary operation in Fursan, Iraq, May 11, 2008. The operation is a collaboration between local civic leaders and coalition forces in an effort to ensure success of livestock farming in the area.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, middle foreground, meets with Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S. Said Jawad, left, and Afghanistan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, at the Pentagon for a closed-door luncheon to discuss bilateral issues.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates thanks U.S. Air Force Security Forces personnel for their help during a trip to Colorado Springs, Colo., May 13, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Naval Academy plebes transport a simulated casualty through an obstacle course on Farragut Field during Sea Trials, a rite of passage for plebes to test teamwork and mental stamina, marking the end of their freshman year at the academy in Annapolis, Md., May 13, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Todd P. Cichonowicz
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to the Heritage Foundation about current and future military affairs in Iraq at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 13, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Marine Sgt. Justin O. Smallwood scans the roadway for any suspicious activity or insurgents while engaged in a vehicle patrol along Route Mobile in western Al Anbar province, Iraq, May 10, 2008. Smallwood, a scout squad leader from Great Falls, Va., is assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
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| Salvadorans await entrance to a school near Comasagua, El Salvador, May 8, 2008, during Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2008, a medical exercise sponsored by the U.S. Southern Command and Salvadoran Ministry of Defense throughout the Central American region, May 5 -15, 2008. More than 1,600 Salvadorans received medical, dental, and eye care, as well as medication and public health instruction.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow
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| An Iraqi soldier distributes food to a crowd of Iraqi people while they wait for medical care at an abandoned school in Sadr City, Baghdad, May 8, 2008. More than 250 people arrived to receive assistance.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gerald Bielicki and his dog, Sgt. 1st Class Dasty, search for explosives at a school complex in Narhwan, Iraq, May 9, 2008. Bielicki and Dasty are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 716th Military Police Battalion, 163rd Military Working Dog Detachment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 row for the Navy's "dragon boat" team during an annual competition in Naha City, Okinawa, Japan, May 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rex H. Nelson
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| U.S. Marines prepare to disembark the USS Iwo Jima on a combat rubber reconnaissance craft, May 12, 2008. The Iwo Jima and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's 2nd Recon Battalion are participating in the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group integration exercise.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Chad R. Erdmann
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| U.S. Army Col. Todd McCaffrey, commander of the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team accompanies Army Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. John Kimmons during a battlefield circulation tour around Camp Taji, Iraq, May 8, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Kenneth Miller, left, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Hogan, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Garry Jackson and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tony Espinoza, remove debris left by the April 28, 2008, tornado that struck the Hillpoint Farms neighborhood in Suffolk, Va., May 10, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Penny Cockerell
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| 5/13/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers practice their shooting skills and techniques on a range at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Bayji, Iraq, May 10, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| U.S. soldiers move downstairs after clearing rooms at a school complex in Narhwan, Iraq, May 9, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division's Battery C, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nina M. Church receives a flower from a child attending a U.S. 7th Fleet Band performance at the Fountain of Life Center. Church and other members of the band assigned to the USS Blue Ridge performed a series of concerts during a port visit to Laem Chabang, Thailand.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesse Carmona
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Micheal Cruz applies paint touch-ups to an American flag on the panel of a CH-46E Helicopter in the hanger bay of the USS Essex, May 11, 2008. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is steaming toward the cost of Burma for a humanitarian assistance mission in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. Cruz is assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Audrey M. Graham
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets U.S. Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart, commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., upon his arrival in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the North American Aerospace Defense Command 50th Jubilee Dinner and Ball in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart, commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, introduces Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during the NORAD 50th Jubilee Dinner and Ball in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Adrian Lopez, a gunner's mate, mans the 25-mm machine gun on the starboard side of USS Peleliu, May 8, 2008, during a general quarters drill while under way in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Sarah E. Bitter
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| 5/13/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Stephen B. Clark offloads relief supplies, May 11, 2008. The Marines are transporting relief supplies to Burma in the wake of a recent cyclone. Clark is assigned to the Headquarters and Service Battalion out of Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert A. Harding
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Daniel L. Mortensen secures a pallet of supplies in a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Utaphao International Airport in Pattaya, Thailand, May 12, 2008. The aircraft is headed to Burma as part of Joint Task Force Caring Response, the joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief response to Tropical Cyclone Nagris. Mortensen is a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Air Lift Squadron.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert A. Harding
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| A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base, Japan, departs Utapao International Airport in Thailand, May 12, 2008, for the first flight to Burma to provide humanitarian relief to victims of Cyclone Nargis.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sonya Croston
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| Three F-15 Eagles assigned to the18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan, fly beside a KC-135 Stratotanker after refueling May 8, 2008 over Alaska. The aircraft are part of the more than 120 participating in Northern Edge 2008, the largest military training exercise in Alaska.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mikal Canfield
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| U.S. soldiers secure an area during a cordon and search in Mosul, Iraq, May 1, 2008. The soldiers, assigned to the 1st Battalion, Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment, conducted the search to find explosive paraphernalia and weapons.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James Cartwright congratulates Army 2nd Lt. Paul Corcoran after the Norwich University graduation ceremony in Northfield, Vt., May 10, 2008. Cartwright administered the oath of office to more than 100 newly commissioned officers.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| A fire ball explodes from a crater during a controlled detonation on Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 9, 2008. U.S. Airmen from the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team conducted the detonation to dispose of unexploded ordnances to ensure they cannot be used by enemy forces.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| U.S. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James Cartwright prepares to administer the oath of office to more than 100 newly commissioned officers during the Norwich University graduation ceremony in Northfield, Vt., May 10, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| Steven Mason pins gold bars on his son, U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Matthew Mason, during the Norwich University graduation ceremony in Northfield, Vt., May 10, 2008. U.S. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James Cartwright administered the oath of office to more than 100 newly commissioned officers.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Albany arrives for a routine port visit, May 10, 2008. Albany is on a scheduled six-month deployment as part of the NASSAU Expeditionary Strike Group conducting maritime security operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley
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| The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly in formation over California, May 2, 2008. The Thunderbirds are the Air Force's premier demonstration squadron and represent the Air Force throughout the nation and abroad.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Smith
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| U.S. Navy seamen remove restraining chains, May 10, 2008, from a Sea Knight helicopter on the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry, which is part of the USS Essex Expeditionary Strike Group positioned to support Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis and a tidal wave.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael D. Kennedy
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| U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, right, escorts Tongan Prime Minister Feleti Sevele through an honor cordon into the Pentagon to conduct a closed-door meeting, May 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Tunisian National Defense Minister Kamel Morjane through an honor cordon into the Pentagon to discuss bilateral issues, May 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Burmese servicemembers form a line to carry water supplies off a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, May 12, 2008, Yangon International Airport, Burma. The plane carrying water, food and medical supplies provided relief to Burma, which was struck by Cyclone Nargis, May 2, 2008
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andres Alcaraz
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| A Burmese civilian aid worker hands bottled water to a Burmese servicemember from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, May 12, 2008, Yangon International Airport, Burma. The plane carrying water, food and medical supplies provided relief to Burma, which was struck by Cyclone Nargis on May 2, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andres Alcaraz
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| Tunisian National Defense Minister Kamel Morjane, left, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, in the Pentagon, May 12, 2008, during a luncheon to discuss bilateral defense issues.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Burmese servicemembers and civilian aid workers stage and count water offloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, May 12, 2008, Yangon International Airport. The plane carrying water, food and medical supplies provided relief to Burma, which was struck by Cyclone Nargis May 2, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andres Alcaraz
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| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers visit a shop in Amariyah, Iraq, May 1, 2008, to ensure that money given to the shop owner is spent properly and to see how his shop is prospering. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Comanche Troop, 2nd Platoon, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| U.S. Army Spc. David Grace controls a car fire during an exercise with the local fire department on Soto Cano Air Force Base, Honduras, May 1, 2008. The exercise is part of Beyond the Horizons, a joint training exercise between the United States and Honduras to foster goodwill and improve relations between the two nations.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kathy J. Young
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| A MH-60S Seahawk helicopter lifts off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu in the Pacific Ocean, May 6, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Kelling
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| U.S. Navy seamen check nozzles on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan as the ship tests her counter-measure wash-down system in the Atlantic Ocean, May 6, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy L. Grisham
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| U.S. Navy Seaman Seth Green participates in the color guard for a change of command ceremony for the mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian, Sasebo, Japan, May 8, 2008. Lt. Cmdr. Steven H. DeMoss relinquished command to Lt. Cmdr. Theodore E. Essenfield.
U.S. Navy photo Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
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| Afghan National Army soldiers conduct operations to find a weapons cache and an ant-aircraft machine gun in mountains around Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan, April 29, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Johnny R. Aragon
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| Henrietta H. Fore, left, administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, greets an official at the Yangon International Airport, Rangoon, Burma, May 12, 2008. The plane carrying water, food and medical supplies is to provide relief to Burma which was struck by Cyclone Nargis on May 2, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Andres Alcaraz
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| Cargo handlers aboard the USS Essex conduct cargo hook training with a CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, May 12, 2008. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is supporting in humanitarian assistance to Burma following Cyclone Nargis.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kari R. Bergman
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, the commander of United States Pacific Command, U.S. Ambassador to Bangkok Eric G. Johns and Henrietta Ford, director of USAID, wait to address the media, May 12, 2008, at Utaphao International Airport in Pataya, Thailand. The leaders will address humanitarian relief efforts to Burma in the wake of a recent cyclone.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert A. Harding
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, the commander of United States Pacific Command, addresses members of the media at Utaphao International Airport in Pataya, Thailand, May 12, 2008. Keating is speaking about humanitarian relief efforts to Burma being conducted in the wake of a recent cyclone.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert A. Harding
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Cody Slaten, an aviation ordnanceman, inspects a bomb aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Atlantic Ocean, May 7, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Wilyanna C. Harper
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| U.S. Marines prepare to assist victims of Cyclone Nargis, which devastated Burma on May 2. As part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marines remove cargo nets from pallets of food, water and emergency supplies delivered to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex off the Gulf of Thailand, May 9, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Didier
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| An F/A-18A Hornet strike fighter assigned to the "Golden Warriors" of Strike Fighter Squadron 87 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during an exercise while under way Atlantic Ocean, May 4, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Laird
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Karl Ferree and Senior Airman James Robison ride in a bucket truck to position lead ropes on a big top shelter at Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 7, 2008. The shelter can house various aircraft and equipment. Ferree is deployed from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., and Robison is deployed from Malmstrom AFB, Mont. Both are structural engineers assigned to 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to a wartime mission, May 4, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson
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| U.S. Navy Cdr. Paul Lyons, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem, takes part in the bread and salt ceremony, a traditional Russian welcoming ceremony, after arriving in Vladivostok, Russia, for a scheduled port visit, May 7, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew R. White
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| U.S. Army Spc. Teri McMurray, a medic assigned to the 4005th Army Hospital, plays soccer with local children at a school renovation site in La Mesas, Honduras, May 2, 2008. McMurray and her unit are taking part in Beyond the Horizons, a joint training exercise in which U.S. and Honduran soldiers conduct humanitarian and civil assistance missions while developing their engineering, construction and medical skills.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley
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| U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Grundyson explains the uses of multiple electrical construction tools to Maj. Haleem, the executive officer for the 6th Iraqi Army Engineer Battalion, May 7, 2008, Baghdad. Grundyson, an electrician, is assigned to the 769th Engineer Battalion, 35th Engineer Brigade.
Multinational Division Baghdad photo
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| U.S. Marines ensure the area is clear of threats during a cache search in western Anbar province, May 1, 2008. The Marines have found several caches around the area, including one with more than six 120 mm rounds. The Marines are assigned to Company C, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Foley extinguishes a car fire during an exercise with the local fire department on Soto Cano Air Force Base, Honduras, May 1, 2008. The exercise is part of Beyond the Horizons, a joint training exercise between the United States and Honduras to foster goodwill and improve relations between the two nations.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kathy J. Young
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| U.S. Army Spc. Amy Ellenwood holds a chick during a distribution of more than 13,000 chicks to poultry farmers in Hawr Rajab, May 6, 2008. The chicks are part of efforts to revive agriculture in the South Baghdad area. Ellenwood is assigned to Company A, 415th Civil Affairs Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Turner
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| A Utah Army National Guard soldier assigned to the 19th Special Forces is hoisted up to an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a combat search and rescue exercise over the Utah Test and Training Range in Sandy, Utah, May 3, 2007.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers meet with Dhíyae, Iraq, residents to gather information and build rapport, May 4, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, 222nd Battalion, Company C.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove
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| Coalition and Iraqi security forces team up to dispose of a weapons cache the Iraqi forces recovered during raids in and around Karbala, Iraq, May 3, 2008. The recovered munitions included 234 mortars, 530 projectiles, 17 rifle grenades, 42 landmines, 203 hand grenades, 7,980 non-electric blasting caps and 700 pounds of unknown bulk explosives. It also included about 70 rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tami Hillis
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| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers patrol the roads through the village of Dhíyae, Iraq, May 4, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company C, 2nd Platoon, 222nd Battalion.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen speak with members of the press at the Pentagon, May 8, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Army Pvt. 2nd Class David Morrison provides security while on patrol at a market in Khadra, Iraq, May 4, 2008. Morrison is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, 1st Platoon, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| The USS Essex, anchored in the Gulf of Thailand, May 8, 2008, stands ready to assist the people of Burma, where a cyclone and tidal wave struck the nation, killing thousands of people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. The Navy is dispatching helicopters from the ship to a staging area in Thailand, where they will be able to reach Burma with relief supplies within hours. Essex is equipped with 23 helicopters and five amphibious landing craft, and carries 1,800 Marines.
U.S. Navy photograph by Seaman Kari R. Bergman
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| Daniel Thow, 9, photographs the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds at AirFest 2008 at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 2, 2008. Daniel has been a photographer since he was 6, but has been going to air shows with his father John since he was 4.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erica J. Knight
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| U.S. Air Force security forces airmen form a wedge in front of "aggressors" during confrontation training at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., April 28, 2008. As seen through the camera, the aggressors are dressed in protective red suits to provide the airmen a realistic situation for crowd control.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson
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| The aircraft carrier USS George Washington sails in the Pacific Ocean as the sun breaks over the horizon, May 6, 2008. The USS Washington is participating in Partnership of the Americas 2008, a multinational exercise designed to enhance regional security and maritime partnership.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Clifford L. H. Davis
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| An Iraqi policeman takes direction from Jason Williams, a Civilian Police Assistance Training Team instructor, during a class on close quarters marksmanship and room clearing at the Iraqi Police Station in Jisr Diyala, Iraq, May 2, 2008. Williams is assigned to 720th Military Police Battalion, 59th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| Priscilla Mason, widow of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Raymond C. Mason, shakes hands with James Nicholson, former secretary of Veterans Affairs, and thanks him and Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, for their help in getting her husband's name added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 7, 2008. Mason died May 28, 2006, of complications from wounds he received Feb. 28, 1968, during the Tet Offensive.
Defense Dept. photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti, Jr.
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| James Lee, who has engraved many names onto the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, uses a sandblaster to stencil U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Raymond C. Mason's name onto the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during a ceremony, May 7, 2008, Washington, D.C. Mason died May 28, 2006, of complications from wounds he received Feb. 28, 1968, during the Tet Offensive. He was confined to a wheelchair since that time.
Defense Dept. photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti, Jr.
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| An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Cougars" of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139 makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, April 3, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Buliavac
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| Iraqi children watch the grand opening ceremonies of the Jameat Market in Basra, Iraq, May
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Royal Navy photo by Leading Airman Jannine B. Hartmann
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alec N. Temples provides security while fellow scouts search old bunkers in western Anbar province, Iraq, May 2, 2008. Temples is assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
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| U.S. Navy fire fighters from Repair Locker 4 hose team discuss information concerning a simulated fire during a general quarters drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu, Pacific Ocean, May 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Shannon K. Cassidy
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| U.S. Navy aviation ordnancemen stand by to de-arm weapons systems during air wing recovery operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, Persian Gulf, May 5, 2008. The USS Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| A fishing vessel crewmember who sustained an eye injury aboard the vessel Sapphire II 580 miles southwest of Oahu, April 29, 2008, is airlifted aboard an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Barbers Point , May 1, 2008.
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| U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Refugio Garcia, an air boatswain aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, supervises the recovery of aircraft aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, May 5, 2008. Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| U.S. Air Force personnel fire M-4 rifles while wearing their protective masks, April 30, 2008, on Balad Air Base, Iraq. The airmen are assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, which is responsible for safety on the base.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| U.S. Navy Seaman Prentice Tyler, an aviation boatswain's mate, gives a thumbs up as a Super Hornet assigned to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron 213 launches from catapult three aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Atlantic Ocean, May 4, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Panamanian President Martin Torrijos through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, May 7, 2008. The two leaders will meet to discuss a wide range of bilateral security issues.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, left, meets with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right foreground, in the Pentagon, May 7, 2008. Left to right, accompanying the president, are: Panamanian Ambassador to the United States Federico Humbert, Presidential Advisor Dr. Jorge Ritter and Assistant to the President Luis Melo.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Scott McKean discusses future operations with Iraqi Brig. Gen. Amir, responsible for the security of Baghdad al-Jidida, May 2, 2008. McKean commands seven companies of infantry, armor, engineers and combat support soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams
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| Priscilla Mason, the wife of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Raymond C. Mason, a deceased Vietnam War veteran, watches as an engraver uses a sandblaster to stencil her husband's name onto the Vietnam Veteran Memorial Wall during a ceremony, May 7, 2008, Washington, D.C.
Defense Dept. photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti Jr.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, greets Panamanian President Martin Torrijos as he arrives at the Pentagon, May 7, 2008. The two leaders will discuss a range of bilateral security issues.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Marines take cover during operations in the Madrassa area of the Helmand province of Afghanistan, April 29, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Piper
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| Members of the Iraqi police gather to cheer in support of their working relationship with coalition forces against the war on terror after the opening of a new regional training center on Camp Grizzly, Ashraf, Iraq, on May 1, 2008.
U.S. Air Force Photo By Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| U.S. soldiers run toward a mock Iraqi village during an exercise at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif., May 1, 2008. Simulated improvised explosive devices, role-playing "villagers," and Hollywood make-up artists, make the pre-deployment training as realistic as possible.
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| U.S. Marine Cpl. Nicholas L. Szczerba, known as his unit's "go-to-guy" for his ability to fill multiple billets, drills wood to make a door on Combat Outpost Haditha, Iraq, April 25, 2008. He is assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erik Villagran
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| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Lyle Whitted gives a little Iraqi girl a piece of gum during a search of several houses in Jabella, Iraq, May 2, 2008. Whitted is assigned to the 502nd Infantry Regtiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Amanda Mcbride
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dusty Barnes, a culinary specialist assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal, embraces his newborn son for the first time during a homecoming at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl
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| Under the shadow of a large excavator, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Ellis and Master Sgt. Chris Blackwell discuss plans to smooth out this dangerous stretch of hairpin turns that hampers U.S. border patrol officers in their efforts to secure the border near Campo, Calif., May 1, 2008, The two are assigned to the 201st RED HORSE Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jay Ostrich
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| Wounded soldiers assigned to the Warrior Transition Company on Naval Medical Center, San Diego, enjoy a moment of levity as they pose for a photo with the Red Bull Albatross seaplane after enjoying a VIP flight aboard the craft, May 2, 2008.
U.S. photo by Petty Officer Ryan Valverde
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class David Wright embraces family members on the pier after the USS Hopper returned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, May 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl
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| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell briefs the press on issues ranging from the supplemental budget proposals before Congress to the situation in cyclone-damaged Burma, May 6, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, right, addresses an international audience during the May 6, 2008, dedication ceremony for the Pentagon's newly redesigned corridor themed to honor the security treaty among Australia, New Zealand and the United States known as ANZUS. Although the formal treaty among the nations was signed in 1951, military cooperation between the three partners extends back to well before World War I.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, center, New Zealand Ambassador Roy Ferguson, left, and Australian Ambassador Dennis Richardson, right, cut the ribbon formally dedicating the newly redesigned Pentagon corridor themed to honor the security treaty among Australia, New Zealand and the United States known as ANZUS, May 6, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| Australian Ambassador Dennis Richardson, right, gestures toward the contents in one of the display cases in the Pentagon's newly redesigned Pentagon corridor themed to honor the security treaty among Australia, New Zealand and the United States known as ANZUS. He toured the exhibit with New Zealand Ambassador Roy Ferguson, left, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, center.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mike Vaughn and Army Capt. Sarah Williams, Joint Task Force-Bravo civil engineers, set up a field video teleconferencing unit at an abandoned coffee factory, May 5, 2008, at Comalapa Air Base, El Salvador, during Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2008, a regional disaster relief exercise being conducted through May 15.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Farrow
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| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Robert T. Hastings, left, presents the certificate for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service to Joey Rizzolo, a 7th grader from Paramus, N.J., at the Pentagon, May 6, 2008. Rizzolo was awarded the medal for his support of Americas's servicemembers and his ASY Freedom Walk contributions.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Farhan Sakir Kamer Suhail, center, a poultry farmer in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, speaks to members of the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team and the Baghdad -7 Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, April 27, 2008, about efforts to revive the local poultry industry.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Turner
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| U.S. Army Cpl. David Silva, assigned to the 511th Military Police Company, passes a package of food supplies to an Iraqi police officer for distribution in Zuwerijat, a district of Al Kut, Iraq, April 30, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel T. West
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Antonio Pacheco, left, watches Airman Toni Killian as she directs an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter to take off from the flight deck of the USS Nassau, April 29, 2008. Nassau is one of six vessels deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Coleman Thompson
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| Slovakian troops participate in the opening ceremony for Combined Endeavor 2008 in Baumholder, Germany, May 1, 2008. The United States European Command sponsors the annual exercise, which includes more than 35 nations. Participants use a range of communications, equipment, policies and procedures before deploying for NATO missions and emerging crisis situations.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti
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| A leader of the Sons of Iraq, a citizen security group, greets U.S. Army Col. Todd McCaffrey May 3, 2008, at the sheik support center in Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad. The leaders gathered to sign a contract promising to maintain security through at checkpoints manned by Sons of Iraq members. McCaffrey is commander, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Derek Miller
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| Robert Nardelli, the chairman and chief executive officer of Chrysler, signs a 5-Star Military Support Agreement May 5, 2005, in Auburn Hills, Mich., pledging the automaker's commitment to continue supporting employees who are called into active military service.
Defense Dept. photo by John J. Kruzel
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| The family of fallen Army Master Sgt. William Balinski accepts a Gold Star Flag honoring the memory of Balinski on May 5, 2008, at Chrysler headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Balinski was employed nine years by the automaker as a sheet metal worker.
Defense Dept. photo by John J. Kruzel
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Valley speaks with the first of many Iraqi children to arrive during a food distribution mission in the Zuwerijat district of Al Kut, Iraq, April 30, 2008. Valley is assigned to the 511th Military Police Company.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel T. West
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| U.S. Army Maj. Nathan Haas greets a local tribal leader at the Mada'in Agriculture and Technology Expo in al-Wahida, Iraq, April 26, 2008. Haas is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, which developed the expo to revitalize farming in the community.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Camocho scans a simulated improvised explosive device lane while training at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, April 30, 2008. Camocho is assigned to the 6th Infantry Regiment's Company B, 2nd Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michael Schuch
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl Stiglbauer and Seaman Robert Chittenden hold on as they are pulled out of the Pacific Ocean into an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter during a search and rescue training scenario. April 28, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Heidi McCormick
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| An Iraqi woman, a member of "Sisters of Fallujah," practices shooting a weapon under the supervision of International Police Advisor Anna Bailey on a range in Fallujah, Iraq, April 29, 2008. Sisters of Fallujah is a security force comprised of local women that help maintain security in their neighborhoods.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erin A. Kirk
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| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sherri Rhoades eases her way under the concertina wire during individual movement technique training on the Fort Dix, N.J., improvised explosive device range, April 30, 2008. Rhoades is a member of the U.S. Air Force Class 25.
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| Fireworks illuminate the skies over the newly commissioned USS North Carolina, the newest Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine, May 3, 2008. The North Carolina is the first major U.S. Navy combatant vessel class designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Roadell Hickman
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| A Pratt and Whitney F100 engine, the powerplant for the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon, undergoes sea level testing in Arnold Engineering Development Center's Propulsion Development Test Cell J-2 on Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn, April 30, 2008.
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| Aviation Ordnancemen assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron 2 download an AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile from an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, Persian Gulf, April 30, 2008, after the completion of a mission.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| Eric Edelman, second from left, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, tours the Village of Hope project on Patrol Base Stone, May 1, 2008. Col. James W. Adams, deputy commander for 2nd BCT, explains how congressional funds are being used to demilitarize and rebuild Iraqi neighborhoods.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Turner
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| An F/A-18C Hornet is readied for launch on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, under way in the Persian Gulf, April 30, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the tactical and combat vehicle production lines with Army Col. Douglas Evans, left, commander of Red River Army Depot, and Davis May, right, Tactical Division chief, during a visit to the depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, attached to the International Security Assistance Force conduct operations in Garmsir District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Piper
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| U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Carol Pottenger, Commodore Thomas Wetherald, and Capt. Jim Wink discuss operations at Exercise Freedom Banner 2008, May 4, 2008. Freedom Banner is a maritime prepositioning force exercise in Chuk Samet, Thailand.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian P. Caracci
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Christman pets a koala held by Seaman Jon Husman at the Cohunu Koala Park in Perth, Australia, May 3, 2008. About 40 sailors and Marines with the USS Tarawa and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit volunteered to help at the park.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker
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| Iraqi Army soldiers practice advance forward bounding movements during a quick reaction force training exercise at Camp Echo, Diwaniyah, Iraq, April 30, 2008. Members of the Polish Army's 25th Brigade Air Cavalry, attached to Task Force Falcon, conducted the training.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recites the oath of allegiance to 15 University of Kentucky Reserve Officers Training Corps students during a visit to the school's campus in Lexington, Ky., May 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses graduating students at the University of Kentucky's Patterson School for Diplomacy and International Commerce in Lexington, Ky., May 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, tours the tactical and combat vehicle production lines during a visit to Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses graduates and faculty during commencement exercises for the University of Kentucky's Class of 2008 in Lexington, Ky., May 4, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| From left: Christine Tillman, the University of Kentucky outstanding senior, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commencement speaker Beverly Kirk and University of Kentucky President Lee T. Todd Jr. sing "My Old Kentucky Home" at the conclusion of the university's commencement exercises in Lexington, Ky., May 4, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets and shakes hands with a worker in the HMMWV tactical division during a visit to Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has a conversation with Army Lt. Gen. Robert Hagenbeck, left, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, and Mike Krzyzewski, academy alumnus and current Duke University head basketball coach, during a visit to the academy in West Point, N.Y., May 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with One on One host Bill Goodman during an interview on Kentucky Public Television, Lexington, Ky., May 2, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to graduating cadets of the United States Military Academy Class of 2008, West Point, N.Y., May 2, 2008. Mullen shared his thoughts on serving in the military with the future Army officers.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley prepare to board after completing training operations, Indian Ocean, April 24, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Wyscaver
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristian Fabian offers chocolate chip cookies to the residents of the Banglamung Home for the Aged Retirement Community in Yokosuka, Japan, May 2, 2008. Fabian is assigned to the USS Blue Ridge.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles T. Green
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with a soldier as he tours the warrior transition unit at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Bikers and enthusiasts look over the Orange County Patriot Chopper owned by the Army National Guard at the second annual National Capital Region Joint Services motorcycle safety event at the Pentagon, May 2, 2008. The custom-made motorcycle will make its debut in its rally as part of the Rolling Thunder Memorial Day weekend event here.
Defense Dept. photo by Fred W. Baker III
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| A student at the Army Sergeants Major Academy on Fort Bliss asks Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates a question in El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with students at the Army Sergeants Major Academy on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates learns how to operate an unmanned ground vehicle, or UGV, during a tour of the future combat systems facility on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the 2008 American Jewish Committee annual gala at the National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., May 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with soldiers at the warrior transition unit at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates presents the Purple Heart medal to U.S. Army Sgt. Alvarez at the warrior transition unit at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
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| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ronald Quiett, commander of the William Beaumont Army Medical Center's warrior transition unit, gives Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates a tour of the unit on Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the barracks under construction on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with students at the Army Sergeants Major Academy on Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
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| U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Miller uses a hooligan tool to hit a wall suspected to hold a weapons cache during a house search in Amariyah, Iraqi, on April 30, 2008. Miller is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 10th Cavalry, 4th Squadron.
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| From left: U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. George J. Trautman, Lt. Col. Paul Rock, Capt. Sara Faibisoff and Sgt. Danny Herrman answer questions about the initial combat deployment of the MV-22 Osprey during a press briefing at the Pentagon, May 2, 2008. All four Marines participated in the Marine Corps' first operational Osprey squadron.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk picks up a pararescueman and a survivor off a ship about 260 miles south of New Orleans during a rescue mission, April 25, 2008. Responding to a U.S. Coast Guard request, the rescue team performed a 10-hour mission to retrieve Cuban migrants in distress who were picked up by a passing ship.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti
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| U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, left, director for operations, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Sattler, director for strategic plans and policy, both of the Joint Staff, hold a Pentagon press briefing, April 30, 2008. The two officers answered questions ranging from the deployment of two aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf to the recent increase in U.S. casualities in Iraq.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is greeted by the Commander of Troops upon his arrival at the 201st Fighter Squadron Memorial in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, April 30, 2008.
Defense Department photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks with Mexican Navy Secretary Adm. Mariano Saynez upon his arrival at the navy headquarters in Mexico City, April 30, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ostrander shakes hands with a young Afghan boy during a foot patrol in the Pashwan district, April 22, 2008. Ostrander is a member of the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team's police advisory team and is deployed from the 55th Security Forces Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates congratulates U.S. Army retiree 1st Sgt. Vallez during a retirement ceremony on Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, April 30, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, run to a Black Hawk helicopter after conducting a search for weapons caches in Albu Issa, Iraq, May 1, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Luke Thornberry
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| Forty-five new U.S. Army enlistees and 28 Army re-enlistees take the oath of office administered by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, April 30, 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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| Soldiers from the United States and other countries fire the S-8 automatic weapon at the International Monte Kali Shooting Competition at The U.S. Army Small Arms Range in Messel, Germany, April 25, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Martin Greeson
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| Iraqi women carry gift bags distributed by vendors at the Mada'in Agricultural Technology Exposition in al-Wahida, Iraq, April 26, 2008. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, provincial reconstruction team, worked with local leaders to put on the expo to revitalize farming in the community.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David J. Marshall
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| U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Kenneth Glueck Jr., the incoming chief of staff for Multinational Force Iraq, walks down a market street during a walk-through of Iskandariyah, Iraq, April 24, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Amanda McBride
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| U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Kenneth Glueck Jr., the incoming chief of staff for Multinational Force Iraq, Army Brig. Gen. Edward Cardon, deputy commanding general for support for Multinational Division Central, and Army Lt. Col. Roger Shuck, deputy commander of the 3rd Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team, sit with local sheikhs to discuss concerns, Iskandariyah, Iraq, April 24, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Amanda McBride
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| An Excalibur projectile explodes out of an M777 howitzer on Camp Taji, northwest of Baghdad, April 26, 2008. The Excalibur was the first round of this type fired by soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Derek Miller
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Edisson Vargas prepares his soldiers to fire an Excalibur round for the first time on Camp Taji, northwest of Baghdad, April 26, 2008. The Excalibur is a specialized round guided by a global positioning system. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 11th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Derek Miller
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officers Chris Coulson, right, and Charlie Whorton, left, both fire fighters assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex , guide an Air Intercept Missile 7 into a NATO Sea Sparrow launcher, Pacific Ocean, May 1, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Ty Swartz
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| U.S. Army Col. Loree Sutton, special assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, right, and Col. Patricia Horoho, commander, Walter Reed Health Care System, answer questions at a Pentagon press briefing, May 1, 2008. Sutton and Horoho explained changes to a security clearance question on mental health care.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with members of the press after touring the Restoration and Resilience Center on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008. Gates discussed a change to the defense department's security questionnaire to encourage those who need couseling to seek it. The center helps treat soldiers who return from combat with post traumatic stress syndrome.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives a future combat systems briefing during a tour of the Future Forces Integration Directorate on Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and his wife Becky, tour the Restoration and Resilience center at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008. The center helps treat soldiers who return from combat with post traumatic stress syndrome.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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