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| An Iraqi family speaks with U.S. Army soldiers who are patroling and searching homes in Shula, Iraq, June 19, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 502nd Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| Darryl B. Steadman, center left, a U.S. civilian working with the Military Assistance Team, Iraqi Assistance Group, explains to engineers in the Iraqi Army's 6th Division the proper position for a mounting post for a solar light panel, June 19, 2008. The solar lights are an initative of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, which hopes the move will reduce the strain on Baghdad's electrical system while lighting checkpoints.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerry Saslav
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| 6/30/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Santalucia takes time to spread a little joy, not only to the people of the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, with whom he works to help on a daily basis, but also to one lucky cow, June 21, 2008. Santalucia is an infantryman with the 25th Infantry Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, Multinational Division Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brad Willeford
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Dylan Smith provides security while sitting in the gunner's hatch of his vehicle during an operation in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, June 19, 2008. Smith is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Bravo Battery.
U.S. Army photo by 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs Office
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| An Iraqi boy puts on an U.S. Army soldier's helmet, pretending he is a soldier, too, as the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team patrols Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, June 24, 2008. The soldiers ensure residents in this area are safe.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Pierce
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| U.S. Army Spc. Jon Staib, a route clearance driver and gunner, trains an Iraqi army soldier to operate the controls of a husky engineer vehicle to lower and raise the arm and detonate possible improvised explosive devices during route clearance missions in a training exercise on a Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq, June 26, 2008. Staib is assigned to the 326th Engineers Battalion, 58th Combat Engineers Company, 18th Engineer Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Opal Vaughn
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| A U.S. Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 lifts another pallet of bottled water from the deck of Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls for delivery to Kalibo, Republic of the Philippines, Pacific Ocean, June 29, 2008. Kalibo, which lies on the northern tip of Panay Island, was hit hard by Typhoon Fengshen.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Spike Call
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| 6/30/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, returns a salute during the evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., June 27, 2008. Cartwright was the host for the event.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| A member of "The Commandant's Own," The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, performs during the evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., June 27, 2008. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the host for the parade.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 6/30/2008 |
| While providing security to evacuated homes, Missouri National Guard Sgt. Bernard Friend surveys flood damage in Louisiana, Mo., June 22, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Robert Seyller
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Khara Keegan applies bandages to an Iraqi female burn patient at Convoy Support Center’s Smith Gate Burn Clinic in Scania, Iraq, June 23, 2008. Keegan is a security officer assigned to the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Damian Steptore
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| 6/30/2008 |
| Soldiers assigned to Tango Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, launch a practice rocket from a range on Asad Air Base in Iraq's Anbar province, June 28, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kelly R. Chase
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| A U.S. Army UH-1 helicopter lands to pick up a group of German soldiers during U.S.-German Army partnership air assault training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, June 25, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Army Spc. Kelly Fox
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| 6/30/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, Sandee Cartwright and her husband Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walk out before an evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., June 27, 2008. Cartwright was the host for the event.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump.
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| U.S. Air Force Airman John Baker poses for a photo with smiling residents of Panay Island, Republic of the Phillipines, after he and other "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron delivered typhoon relief supplies, June 28, 2008. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is off the coast of Panay Island providing humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer S. Kimball
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| 6/30/2008 |
| Deuce, a therapy dog at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and his owner, Harvey Naranjo, greet U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew R. Allman, a patient at the occupational therapy gym, June 27, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth M. Lorge
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| 6/30/2008 |
| U.S. Army Pfc. Travis Grimes "high-fives" an Iraqi boy as U.S. Army Pfc. Homer Thompson looks on during a mission in Shulla, Iraq, June 22, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 502nd Infantry Regiment's Company B, 1st Battalion.
Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| Col. Ray Graham, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden, Germany, salutes during the playing of the national anthem for ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, June 26, 2008. Graham, wearing a 1940s-era Army uniform, shared the stage with the city of Wiesbaden's Lord Mayor Helmut Mueller during a flightline observance on Wiesbaden Army Airfield.
U.S. Army photo by Ray Johnson
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Jensen fires from the prone-supported position during bi-annual marksmanship qualification on Contingency Operating Base, Speicher, Iraq, June 26, 2008. U.S. Soldiers must score at least 26 out of 40 hits in order to qualify with their individually-assigned weapons. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 1st Armored Division.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Angel Clemons
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Pate stays alert in search of areas that could be used to hide illegal weapon caches in Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, June 25, 2008. Pate is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Pierce
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| A C-5 Galaxy sits with its nose up ready for U.S. soldiers to load an Army Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle aboard on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, June 25, 2008. The final destination for the tactical vehicle is Anniston Army Depot, Ala.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Story, left, Lt. Brandon Sheets and Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Holt look over a map during a mission briefing at Iloilo Airport before their visit to remote locations on Panay Island that were hardest hit by Typhoon Fengshen, Iloilo, Philippines, June 30, 2008. The aircrew is assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4, which is embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Spike Call
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| When 84-year-old U.S. Army veteran Richard McKinley visited the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2008, he didn't expect the U.S. Air Force's top enlisted man to greet him -- even if Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Rodney J. McKinley is his nephew. The elder McKinley was pleasantly surprised at the impromptu family reunion.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Raymond Sarracino
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| U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Russell provides security at a water treatment facility in Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, June 26, 2008, as military leaders discuss ways to improve the output of portable water to the residents the area. Russell is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. J.B. Jaso III
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| U.S. sailors man the rails as the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a scheduled port call before participating in the Rim of the Pacific, June 27, 2008. RIMPAC is the world's largest multinational exercise and is scheduled biennially by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Participants include the United States, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Pels
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| U.S. Navy Cmdr. Beth Myhre, the officer in charge of a cooperative medical assistance team, treats an Afghan baby girl for burn scars on her face as part of a medical outreach in Nilay Village in the Kohe Sofe District of Parwan, Afghanistan, June 26, 20886.
U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Tamara Gabbard
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| U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, legal advisor to the convening authority for the Office of Military Commissions, announces at a June 30, 2008, Pentagon press conference, that charges have been sworn against 'Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national and Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of planning and preparing the attack on the guided missile destroyer USS Cole on Oct. 12, 2000 that killed 17 U.S. sailors and wounded 47.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Javier Hernandez stands guard while U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commanding general of Multi-National Division - Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division, meets with company commanders from the 4th Infantrry Division's 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, at the Math Ben Jabal secondary school in the Abu Dashir area of East Rashid district of Baghdad, June 26, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Benjamin Crane
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| The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force ship JS Kirishima pulls into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a scheduled port call before starting Rim of the Pacific 2008, June 26, 2008. Rim of the Pacific is the world's largest multinational exercise, and is hosted biennially by the U.S. Pacific Fleet in the Hawaiian operating area during June 29-31, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael R. McCormick
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| Chesty XII, the official mascot of the U.S. Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., takes a rest following the evening parade June 27, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 6/30/2008 |
| Members of the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon spin rifles during the evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., June 27, 2008. Marine Gen. Jame E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the host for the parade.
Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Ricker fights the clock and spraying water while trying to apply a marlin wrap to a ruptured pipe in the pipe patching event at the Damage Control Olympics aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, at port near the Navy's Farrier Fire Fighting School in Norfolk, Va., June 28, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristopher S. Wilson
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| 6/29/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Stewart, left, and Senior Airman Valero Mendoza carry a practice AGM-114P Hellfire missile away from a MQ-9 Reaper at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June 19, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Lance Cheung
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| A U.S. Navy air crew delivers food and water to south Panay Island, Philippines, June 27, 2008. U.S. troops have been delivering rice, water, and noodles to help residents affected by Typhoon Fengshen. At the request of the government of the Republic of the Philippines, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is off the coast of Panay Island providing humanitarian assistance.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Spike Call
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Foster Thorpe, left, and an Iraqi National Police officer stand on top of an abandoned house during a cordon and search operation in Al Batta, Iraq, June 20, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric Hein
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| U.S. Army Capt. Steve H. Kaiser discusses future project plans with the community development council in the remote village of Shawo Kalay, June 24, 2008. Kaiser is a civil affairs leader for the Kapisa and Parwan provicial reconstruction team on Bagram Airfield.
U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Tamara Gabbard
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| Two U.S. soldiers provide rear security for a patrol in support of Operation Cougar Storm in Mullaid and Naquib, Iraq, June 23, 2008. Cougar Storm was implemented to protect the population and reestablish Iraqi government and security forces in the area. The soldiers are assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Seeber
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jacob Hush serves as the counterbalance as fuel is pumped into a RQ-4 Global Hawk at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., June 16, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Lance Cheung
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Miller conducts pre-flight safety instruction with a group of German soldiers during U.S.-German Army Partnership Air Assault training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, June 25, 2008. Miller is assigned to Hohenfels as a Aviation Detachment "Falcon Team" Observer/Controller.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kelly Fox
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| U.S. sailors assigned to the deck department of USS Blue Ridge lay out the starboard side anchor chain prior to performing maintenance on the swivel shot and detachable links during an inspection on board the ship while in port in Yokosuka, Japan, June 25, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter D. Lawlor
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| A U.S. Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter lands in the Jazeerah Desert, Iraq, to pick up Marines taking part in Operation Defeat al Qaeda in the North, June 24, 2008. They are part of the 3rd Marine Air Wing's Heavy Helicopter Sqaudron 462.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Fred Hampton kneels on a knee to talk with a young Iraqi boy at the future site of a park in the Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad on June 20, 2008. Hampton is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Regulators.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Hallmark clears excess mortar from cinder blocks for building a new medical clinic in Yanama, during New Horizons - Peru, June 23, 2008. New Horizons is a U.S. and Peruvian humanitarian mission to provide relief to underprivileged Peruvians. Hallmark, a civil engineer, is assigned to the 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III
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| A U.S. Air Force airman guides cargo onto a loader from a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, June 24, 2008. A quick downloading of all cargo and passengers allows the aircraft to spend the least amount of time on the ground. The airman is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James "Mike" Holmes plays guitar alongside Senior Master Sgt. James Weber as part of the U.S. Air Force's Central Band "Falcon" during a concert at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, June 22, 2008. The band travels throughout the area of responsibility to promote troop morale and to reach out to host nation communities. Holmes is the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander. Weber is the band's vocalist and guitarist.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| Four Air Force Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation behind an F-22 Raptor for more than 6,000 spectators during the, June 24, 2008, airshow at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The "Soaring into Solstice" airshow provided an opportunity for the local community to visit and get an up close view and demonstration of the capabilities of the Air Force's aircraft.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Eric T. Sheler
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| A girl low crawls while maintaining control of her “weapon” as part of the 1st Cavalry Division’s 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment Saber Spur Ride to allow the children of soldiers to train as soldiers for a day on Fort Hood, Texas, June 20, 2008. The child is performing the last leg of a rigorous obstacle course that included a rope climbing exercise and a zip line.
U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Sharla Perrin
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the U.S. Africa Command staff during a a town hall-style meeting at command headquarters, Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany, June 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Africa Command Commander U.S. Army Gen. William E. Ward, right, welcomes U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany, June 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Whiskey, an explosive protection military working dog, relaxes next to his handler, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris A. Beavers, a kennel master assigned to the 48th Security Forces, at Royal Air Force Feltwell, England, June 24, 2008. Whiskey is being retired for medical reasons after serving more than six honorable years.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Perry Aston
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates calls on a reporter during a press briefing at the Pentagon, June 26, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Navy personnel, members of the Philippines armed forces and civilians unload bottles of water from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, Aklan, Philippines, June 26, 2008. The supplies will be distributed throughout devastated areas caused by Typhoon Fengshen.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joe Painter
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| Capt. Thomas P. Lalor, right, gives Lt. Ralph Silvas, both U.S. sailors, directions to deliver humanitarian supplies on Panay Island, Roxas, Philippines, June 26, 2008. Lalor is coordinating air operations for the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group while they assist the Republic of the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Spike Call
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| A U.S. Marine Corps crew chief inspects a V-22 Osprey and informs the pilots that the aircraft is ready for takeoff to conduct a routine flight training mission over Camp Atterbury, Ind., June 12, 2008.
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| U.S Army Sgt. Christopher Carter signals to the driver of a Heavy Equipment Transport, or HET, as they load it onto a trailer while preparing for convoy operations during training at Camp Atterbury, Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., June 20, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Greg Lundeberg
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| Jillian Kule shows Leslye Arsht, deputy under secretary of defense for Military Community and Family Policy, the new DVD she got June 26, 2008 at the Reserve Officer Association in Washington, D.C., during the launch of Sesame Workshop's "The Sesame Street Experience." Both the DVD and the live show were developed with the support of Arsht's office to help young military children cope with parents' deployments. Thirteen-month-old Jillian is the daughter of Nancy and former Army Capt. Ryan Kule.
Defense Dept. photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division walk toward their rally point after jumping from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during a joint exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 18, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey
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| The Republic of Korea Navy Ship Munmu the Great arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, Hawaii, June 24, 2008. RIMPAC is the world's largest multinational exercise and includes participants from Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States.
U.S Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Pels
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| A U.S. sailor watches the tail of an MH-60S Seahawk as it takes off from the flight deck of the air-craft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainer in the Persian Gulf, June 23, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin R. Blake
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| The commander of the 2nd Battalion, 26th Brigade, 7th Division Iraqi Army, is happy to help his own people by bringing them humanitarian meals to families in the district of Jamiat, Basra, Iraq, June 24, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st. Lt. James Gardner
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Max W. Donahue plays with Paco, his military working dog, in Lahib, Iraq, June 16, 2008. Donahue is a dog handler assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stuart Wegenka
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon on June 24, 2008. The leaders discussed a range of regional security issues of mutual interest to both nations.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Navy sailors load cases of water bound for the Philippines onto a C-2A Greyhound assigned to Fleet Logistics Combat Support Squadron 30 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, June 25, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan sent 12,000 bottles of water and 7,500 pounds of rice to the Philippines for humanitarian relief to the victims of Typhoon Fengshen.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Holt
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, and Dr. John P. Rose, director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, on their way from the center’s helipad to the plenary hall, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, June 25, 2008.
Marshall Center Photo by Karlheinz Wedhorn
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses students at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany, June 25, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses students at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany, June 25, 2008. Dedicated in 1993, the Marshall Center was created to establish a more stable security environment.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Able Gomez prepares to move to a rally point after participating in a joint airdrop at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 18, 2008. Gomez is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Owen
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| Iraqi soldiers speak to a local resident and children while conducting a population survey during a combined patrol with U.S. soldiers in the Shula district of Baghdad, Iraq, June 18, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
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| Army National Guard soldiers from Iowa work to complete a seven-foot sandbagged levy in order to protect an electrical generator from the rising floodwaters in Hills, Iowa, June 14, 2008. About 80 guardsmen -- including those with the 34th Army Band out of Fairfield -- sandbagged at the generator plant.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar M. Sanchez-Alvarez
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| Members of the Iraqi Air Force, perched atop a bunker, watch U.S. and Iraqi airmen compete against each other in a soccer match at New Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq, June 20, 2008. The match was hosted by the Coalition Air Force Training Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen
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| Deputy Secretary of Education Raymond Simon, left, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding on military education during a ceremony at the Pentagon, June 25, 2008. The document is intended to promote better education opportunities for military children.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 6/25/2008 |
| From left to right, Jhen Bryant, Aaron Naquin, Daniel Lind, and Rebekkah Orrell, a group of military students, lead the room in saying the Pledge of Allegiance before a signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding at the Pentagon, June 25, 2008. The memorandum promotes better educational opportunities for military children.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 6/25/2008 |
| President George W. Bush shakes hands with Iraq President Jalal Talabani during a meeting at the White House, June 25, 2008. They discussed ongoing negotiations to establish a strategic framework agreement between Iraq and the United States, which would determine how U.S. troops in Iraq would be treated under Iraqi law.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 6/24/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers watch as U.S. Army soldiers check an AK-47 handed off to them by the owner during a joint patrol conducting a weapons search in Shulla, Iraq, June 19, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| 6/24/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Philippine President Gloria Arroyo through an honor cordon into the Pentagon for a meeting, June 24, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 6/24/2008 |
| Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, back left, talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, foreground right, during a meeting in the Pentagon, June 24, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 6/24/2008 |
| An Iraqi National Police Battalion officer speaks with a local sheik during his street patrol in Madiyah, Rashid, Baghdad, Iraq, June 21, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Pierot
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| 6/24/2008 |
| As seen through night vision gear, U.S. soldiers parachute at night from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft during a joint forcible entry exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 17, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 305th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua DeMotts
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| 6/24/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Nicole Blanks plays with a local kindergartner at the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children Wai Yin Club Nursery School, Hong Kong, June 20, 2008. During the community relations projects, 25 USS Decatur crewmembers entertained local children for two hours at a government-supported nursery for lower-income families.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Tim Hawkins
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| 6/24/2008 |
| U. S. Army Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers defeats U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program teammate Army Spc. Tim Taylor in the finals of the 264.5-pound Greco-Roman division of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling at the Thomas and Mack Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 15, 2008. Byers won the best-of-three series, 2-1, and earned a berth in the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| 6/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Omololu Makinde patrols past a mosque in Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, June 16, 2008, ensuring the residents in the region remain free of criminal activity. Makinde is the Iraqi security force coordinator for the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds."
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III
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| 6/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Hamilton pulls security with an Iraqi soldier during a cordon and search mission near Camp Stryker, Iraq, June 18, 2008. Hamilton is a division squad leader assigned to the 35th Armored Division's 1st Battalion, Company B.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Emery
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| 6/24/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers hand out water bottles to people who live in the landfill near Al Sabiat, a village northwest of Baghdad, June 15, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, Multinational Division Baghdad,
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Ronnie Geronimo
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| 6/24/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier challenges a Sons of Iraq soccer player from scoring during a friendly game at the Multaka soccer field, June 19, 2008. The soliders are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove
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| 6/24/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Anthony Dodge applies chaffe wrapping on hydraulic hoses while underneath a hydraulic test stand to prevent hoses from bursting, June 18, 2008, at a Southwest Asia air base.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Johnny Saldivar
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| 6/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Kearney, after conducting a search for weapons, stands in the doorway of a warehouse along Route Oregon in the Jamilla Market neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, June 18, 2008. Kearney is assigned to the 1st Armored Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 6/24/2008 |
| Members of the U.S. Air Force 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and Australian army ammunition technicians prepare anti-armor weapon rockets for disposal before a controlled detonation, June 20, 2008, at a range in Southwest Asia, June 20, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Dixon
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| 6/24/2008 |
| The Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Regina, front, and the frigate USS Vandegrift sail on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, Pacific Ocean, June 23, 2008. The USS Kitty Hawk is returning to the United States for decommissioning after 47 years of service.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Reckard
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| 6/24/2008 |
| The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Essex is guided by a tugboat onto White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa to offload the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit after a successful spring patrol, Okinawa, Japan, June 20, 2008. The Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious force commander.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Denver Applehans
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| 6/24/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Damian Doyle and other hose team members await instructions as they prepare to combat a simulated fire during a drill in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, Persian Gulf, June 20, 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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| 6/24/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Rob Anderson signals that he is ready to descend to the former Soviet submarine Juliett 484, Providence R.I., June 20, 2008. The submarine sank during a storm at her mooring point in about 30 feet of water in April of 2007. Anderson is a Navy Reservist stationed with NAVSEA Systems Explosive Ordinance Disposal Tech Support Unit in Indian Head, Md.
U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Lippmann
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| 6/23/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Barry Rouchon casts a reflection as he steers the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk while operating in the western Pacific Ocean as Seaman Robert Johnson watches, June 15, 2008. The USS Kitty Hawk is returning to the United States for decommissioning after 47 years of service, 10 of which have been in Japan.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Reinhardt
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| 6/23/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Gerold Westley, right, takes a swing at Army Sgt. Sean Kolar, who is wearing a Redman suit during training exercises at U.S. Army Garrison Schinnen, Netherlands, June 23, 2008. Made of thick foam, the suit allows the wearer to withstand blunt force without harm.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Pinkerton
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| 6/23/2008 |
| Members of the Multaka Sons of Iraq perform a pass and review during the opening ceremony before the kick-off of a soccer game between the their soccer team and a team of U.S. Army soldiers in Multaka, Iraq, June 19, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove
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| 6/23/2008 |
| Iraqi soldiers store more than 150 confiscated weapons near Sadr City, Baghdad, June 18, 2008. The weapons were found during several cordon and search missions.
U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 6/23/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Janine Duschka teaches infant Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation to Afghan medical providers during a CPR class, June 18, 2008, at the Rokha Clinic in Panjshir province, Afghanistan. Duschka is a Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team medical technician.
U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jillian Torango
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| 6/23/2008 |
| Fire Chief David Sessions, a U.S. civilian working for the Camp Slayer Fire Department in Iraq, monitors a fire in the camp's training facility building during a Mass Casualty Exercise, June 20, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joseph McLean
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| 6/23/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division provides security during a joint forcible entry exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 17, 2008. The exercise is designed to enhance cohesiveness between Army and Air Force personnel by training both services on how to execute large-scale heavy equipment and troop movement.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua DeMotts
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| 6/23/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Caesar Rivera rotates an actuator for the leading edge flap test of an F-16 Fighting Falcon during an inspection on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, June 18, 2008. Rivera is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 6/23/2008 |
| U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, talks with Trinidad Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning during a meeting inside the Pentagon, June 23, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 6/23/2008 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher S. Vanek directs passengers from two U.S Army UH-60 Blackhawks to walk in his direction on a field in Multaka, Iraq, June 19, 2008. Vanek is commander of the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove
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| 6/23/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Don Reay hammers a stake into the ground to reinforce the Indian Grave Levee in Quincy, Ill., June 22, 2008. Reay is a member of the Illinois Air National Guard, which is working with the Illinois Army Guard to provide security and help recover areas damaged by widespread flooding.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson
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| 6/23/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Academy cadets storm through a smoke grenade as they attempt to secure the Military Operations Urban Terrain village during the 71-day summer training schedule, June 19, 2008, at the academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. About 1,200 cadets are going through intensive training this summer.
U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan
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| 6/23/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps aviation crews aboard CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters prepare for a formation landing during urban flight operations training in Indianapolis, June 16, 2008.
The Marines are assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 from Marine Corps Air Station, New River, N.C. The squadron is part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit training for deployment later this year.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Greg Lundeberg
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| 6/22/2008 |
| Seaman Joshua Hube watches as the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain makes its approach along side the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis during a replenishment at sea off the coast of southern California, June 13, 2008. Hube is an aviation boatswain's mate aboard the Stennis.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Walter M. Wayman
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| 6/22/2008 |
| A line of U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 80th Fighter Squadron taxi down the flightline during Exercise Max Thunder on Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, June 19, 2008. The bilateral training exercise aims to improve interoperability between U.S. and South Korean military forces.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Araceli Alarcon
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| 6/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers examine documents and other items taken from detainees captured during a cordon and search operation in Jazzair, Iraq, June 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 6/22/2008 |
| A special warfare combat craft crewmember assigned to Special Boat Team 22 fires an M-240N 7.62-mm machine gun during an exercise at a new riverine live-fire training range at Stennis Space Center, Miss., June 17, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad Runge
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| 6/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division conduct a cordon and search mission in Bayji, Iraq, June 17, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| 6/22/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matt Strand, left, and U.S. Army Pfc. Marvin Hatton pass sandbags used to prevent erosion of a levee near Winfield, Mo., June 20, 2008. Both are members of the Missouri National Guard, which is fighting floods in the state. Strand is assigned to the 131st Fighter Wing in St. Louis, and Hatton is assigned to the 1140th Engineering Battalion in Cape Girardeau.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Desiree Palacios
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| 6/22/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Col. David Mansfield, 407th Air Expeditionary Group commander, fires an illumination round from a U.S. Army M-109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer on Ali Base, Iraq, in support of Iraqi police patrolling Nasiriyah, Iraq, June 20, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Gallahan
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| 6/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers run after getting of a Blackhawk helicopter during an air assault mission in Ludifiyah, Iraq, June 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio
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| 6/22/2008 |
| Sailors reorganize aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk after night flight operations in the Philippine Sea, June, 15, 2008. Kitty Hawk typically conducts flight operations over a 12-hour period each day, including day and night missions.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Heil
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| 6/22/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael J. Beaver cautiously approaches a chicken coup during a mission in a village near the northern Anbar province in Iraw, June 13, 2008. Beaver is assigned to Headquarters Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge
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| 6/20/2008 |
| A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 Reinforced lifts a humvee during a realistic urban training exercise on Camp Atterbury, Ind., June 13, 2008. The 26th MEU is conducting pre-deployment training and will deploy later this year.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Sgt. Daniel Leach talks to fellow Marines via radio during Operation Defeat al-Qaeda in the North, in the Northern Al Anbar Province, Iraq, June 11, 2008. Leach is assigned to the Multi National Force-West Ground Combat Element's Company D, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Task Force Mech.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Hill
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers prepare to board a UH-60 helicopter to conduct an air assault mission on Forward Operating Base Iskan, Iraq, June 12, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment's 3rd Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Rhonda Roth-Cameron
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Sancho Burlaza high-fives local children while pausing on patrol in support of Operation Sabre Tempest in the village of Madaan, Iraq, June 12, 2008. Burlaza is assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment's 2nd Squadron. Operation Sabre Tempest was launched drive insurgents from villages south of Balad Ruz, Iraq, and encourage citizen patrols.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Seeber
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Melody Colangeli, assigned to the USS Boxer, holds a baby goat while visiting a family goat ranch with a team of Army veterinarians in the Huacho region of Peru during an Operation Continuing Promise 2008 veterinary civil affairs project, Huacho, Peru, June 13, 2008. Colangeli is an aviation maintenance administrationman.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Specialist 2nd Class MC2
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Eric Oksenvaag maintains a security position along in the Jamilla Market area of the Sadr City District of Baghdad, June 18, 2008. Oksenvaag commands the 1st Armored Division's Company C, Task Force Regulars, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 6/20/2008 |
| An Iraqi boy pops a "wheelie" along Route Texas while riding past a U.S. Army vehicle patrol of military policemen assigned to the4th Infantry Division's 3rd Battalion Combat Team, June 17, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 6/20/2008 |
| A U.S. F-22 Raptor flies with the British Royal Air Force aerobatic team, The Red Arrows, during a practice flight June 18, 2008, over Langley Air Force Base, Va., for an air show June 20, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers
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| 6/20/2008 |
| Japanese Army Staff Sgt. Masayuki Inomata aims a surface-to-air missile launcher at "enemy aircraft", June 11, 2008, while Staff Sgt. Hiroshi Yamashita locates the target during Exercise Red Flag-Alaska. Both are missile operators assigned to the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored 10-day combat training exercise conducted four times a year on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 6/20/2008 |
| Members of the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing pull sandbags from a resident's all-terrain vehicle on a levee north of Burlington, Iowa, June 17, 2008. The 185th ARW mobilized 400 Airmen to fight flooding in eastern Iowa.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Wiseman
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| 6/20/2008 |
| Iraqi army soldiers conduct a search for hidden weapons in a village located in the Southern region of Kirkuk province, Iraq, June 17, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the Air Force Cyberspace Symposium, Marlborough, Mass., June 19, 2008. Cartwright spoke about the importance of experimenting with cyber warfare implementation for the battlefield.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, and U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael V. Hayden, right, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, render honors to the Stars and Stripes during Hayden's retirement ceremony on Bolling Air Force Base in Washington D.C., June 20, 2008. Hayden will continue serving as the agency's director as a civilian.
Defense Dept. photo by Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 6/20/2008 |
| Airmen from the Illinois Air National Guard spread sheets of plastic over reinforced levees along the Mississippi River near Pleasant Hill, Ill., June 19, 2008. The plastic sheets prevent erosion that could cause the levee to fail and flood thousands of acres of farmland and homes.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jack Braden
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees work along a temporary floodwall and survey rising waters near Hannibal, Mo., June 18, 2008. More than 250 Army Corps personnel are
supporting flood-fighting efforts in Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Illinois and Kansas.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Mark Kane
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| 6/20/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during a farewell ceremony for Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne at the U.S. Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., June 20, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors stand clear of a Strike Fighter Squadron 192 F/A-18C Hornet aircraft as it takes off from USS Kitty Hawk's flight deck June 18, 2008. The USS Kitty Hawk, the oldest active-duty warship in the U.S. Navy, will be replaced this summer by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Reckard
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| 6/20/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment mans a perimeter post during a joint forcible entry exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 17, 2008. The exercise is a joint airdrop designed to enhance service cohesiveness between Army and Air Force personnel in executing large-scale heavy equipment and troop movement.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rasheen A. Douglas
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| 6/20/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cory Boatwright videotapes U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 82nd Airborne Division as they parachute from a C-17 Golbemaster III aircraft during a joint forcible entry exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 17, 2008. Boatwright is assigned to the 1st Combat Camera Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rasheen A. Douglas
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out coins after he addressed airmen and civilians on McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Wash., June 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Matt Radcliffe gives a high five to a young Iraqi girl while Army Spc. Martin watches during a patrol mission through the Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, June 16, 2008. Radcliff and Martin are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Battalion Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses servicemembers assigned to Fort Lewis, Wash., during an all-hands call at Soldier Field House, June 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets servicemembers assigned to Fort Lewis, Wash., at the conclusion of an all-hands call at Soldier Field House, June 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors conduct a post-flight check on the cockpit of an EA-6B Prowler aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, Pacific Ocean, June 17, 2008. The USS Kitty Hawk is returning to the United States for decommissioning after 47 years of service.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Heil
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. sailors gather in a hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as the ship approaches Hong Kong for a port visit, June 19, 2008. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Spike Call
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| 6/19/2008 |
| MH-53 Pave Low helicopters fly over a live-fire range on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 12, 2008. The helicopters are assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emily Moore
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S., French and Djiboutian firefighters respond to a mass casualty exercise on the flight line of the Djibouti International Airport in Djibouti, June 17, 2008. The joint exercise trains the three fire departments on how to work together during an accident or emergency.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Johansen Laurel
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Franklin Myers points out various functions located on a Buffalo route clearance vehicle to members of the Iraqi National Police on Forward Operating Base Falcon, Baghdad, Iraq, June 16, 2008. Myers is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company E, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Hodge
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Troy Martin, right, and Cody Sorenson unload bails of hay to control erosion on about 14,000 acres of farmland near the Mississippi River in Burlington, Iowa, June 18, 2008. Martin and Sorenson are assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Services Squadron in Sioux City, Iowa.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jack Braden
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses troops assigned to Fort Lewis, Wash., during an all-hands call at Soldier Field House, June 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives an aerial tour of Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base, Wash., from U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., commanding general, I Corps, June 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jordan Xavier prepares to head out on a mounted security patrol outside Al Asad Air Base, June 11, 2008. Xavier, a heavy equipment operator, is assigned to Bravo Company, Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Forward.
U.S. Marine photo by Cpl. Scott McAdam
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| 6/19/2008 |
| Members of an Iraqi army bomb disposal company establish a line to pass along unexploded ordnance for a controlled detonation during a training exercise, Tikrit, Iraq, June 10, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses airmen and civilians on McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Wash., June 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| President Bush, right, shakes hands with retired Marine Gen. Peter Pace after presenting him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, June 19, 2008, during the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room at the White House.
White House photo by David Bohrer
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| 6/19/2008 |
| A student in the Air Force Phoenix Warrior Training Course crawls under barbed wire and through water during combat first aid training on Fort Dix, N.J., June 5, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol
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| 6/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Eric Hanks and Lt. Derrick Eastwood shoot a T-45 Goshawk from a catapult during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Atlantic Ocean, June 12, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 6/18/2008 |
| An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 195 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, Pacific Ocean, June 15, 2008. The USS Kitty Hawk is returning to the United States for decommissioning after 47 years of service, 10 of which have been in Japan. It will be replaced this summer by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| 6/18/2008 |
| Three MH-53 Pave Low helicopters assigned to the Air Force's 20th Special Operations Squadron fly over the Gulf of Mexico, June 12, 2008, during a five-ship formation. The helicopters are assigned to Hurlburt Field, Florida.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emily Moore
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| 6/18/2008 |
| Alf, a 3-year-old German shepherd, goes through the wall of water on the dog walk obstacle in the obedience course, June 11, 2008, during the 2008 U.S. Army Europe Military Working Dog Competition on Miesau Army Depot in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Alf is assigned to the 230th Military Police Company in Miesau, Germany.
U.S. Army photo by Christine June
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| 6/18/2008 |
| U.S. Marines clear an abandoned house during Operation Defeat Al Qaida in northern Al Anbar province, Iraq, June 11, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Multinational Force-West Ground Combat Element.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Hill
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| 6/18/2008 |
| Iowa National Guard soldiers help load sandbags onto a boat to help stem flooding on Highway 6 in Coralville, Iowa, June 17, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Chad D. Nelson
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| Iowa National Guard Master Sgt. Mike Battien, of Des Moines' 132nd Fighter
Wing, takes a family pet onto a boat while rescuing families in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 17, 2008.
Iowa National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar Sanchez
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| 6/18/2008 |
| Iowa National Guard members assist with relief efforts in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where 24,000 residents were forced from their homes due to rising flood waters. The Iowa Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing teamed up with the Guard's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry, Brigade Special Troops Brigade to help with flood relief.
Iowa National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar Sanchez
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| 6/18/2008 |
| U.S.Army Sgt. Edgar Morales checks an Iraqi soldier's shot group results after firing, June 15, 2008. The weapons proficiency training was provided by U.S. soldiers at Joint Security Station Rashid in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq.
U.S. Army Photos by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, poses with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari before meeting with him inside the Pentagon, June 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 6/18/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, forground, talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, middle background, during a meeting inside the Pentagon, June 18, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 6/18/2008 |
| Alf, a three-year-old German shepherd assigned to the 230th Military Police Company in Miesau, Germany, attacks the "suspect" during a felony apprehension scenario of the 2008 U.S. Army Europe Military Working Dog Competition, June 11, 2008. Alf and his handler, Staff Sgt. Clayton Glover, also with the 230 Military Police Company, took Top Dog honors in the competition held on Miesau Army Depot in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
U.S. Army photo by Christine June
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| 6/18/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Fleet Anti-submarine Warfare sailors participate in a jousting competition during the 11th Annual Sports Day at the Navy Sailing Center, Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., June 12, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker
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| 6/18/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Sawyer places a ratchet strap across a large patch that will be used to seal one of the escape hatches of the sunken former Soviet submarine Juliett 484 at the bottom of the Providence River, Providence, R.I., June 13, 2008. U.S. Navy and Army divers with federal, state, and local authorities are in a joint operation to raise the submarine.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Lippmann
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| 6/18/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses servicemembers assigned to Nellis and Creech Air Forces bases during an all-hands call at Thunderbird Hangar, Las Vegas, Nev., June 17, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/18/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, drives a robot used to detect and destroy roadside bombs during a visit to Exercise Mojave Viper, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 17, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/18/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Marines participating in Exercise Mojave Viper, a 30-day training immersion program designed to prepare Marines and sailors for irregular warfare.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/17/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier scans a road and field for enemies while U.S. and Iraqi soldiers search a building in Ludifiyah, Iraq, June 14, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 320th Field Artillery Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio
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| 6/17/2008 |
| U. S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Giovanni Lozano patrols the market area of Ramadi, Iraq, locally known as the souk, June 9, 2008. Lozano is assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1. This former insurgent stronghold is enjoying a remarkable return to peace and prosperity.
U. S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Casey Jones
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| 6/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Rick D. Peevy, guides his UH-60 Blackhawk in order to fill a bucket with river water to fight wildfires at Fort Carson, Col., June 12, 2008. Peevy is a crew chief assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment. His helicopter crew dropped about 22,000 gallons of water in one day to help fight the fires burning 30,000 acres.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cheresa D. Theiral
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| 6/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Bethany Scott throws a sandbag to Spc. Robert Alexander to help stop water from rising above a levee in New Harmony, Ind., June 13, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the Indiana National Guard’s 38th Military Police Company.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. William E. Henry
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| 6/17/2008 |
| Department of Defense Press Secretary Geoff Morrell holds a Department of Defense update press briefing at the Pentagon on June 17, 2008. Morrell spoke about the situation in Afghanistan and other subjects.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 6/17/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2008. Gates and Stanishev met to discuss a broad range of security issues.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 6/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Eric Morton, center, commander of the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, walks with Iraqi Maj. Ahmed Hassan and Iraqi 1st Lt. Yasev Mutasam through Shakriyah, Iraq, area during Operation New Town, June 10, 2008. New Town is a census operation in which photos of all military-age males are taken and weapons in households are counted.
U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Christopher McKenna
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| 6/17/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Valdiviez inspects the undercarriage of a new Humvee at Balad Air Base, Iraq, June 4, 2008. The Humvees must be fully operational before they are released to the unit. Valdiviez is deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 6/17/2008 |
| More than 5,000 U.S. Navy seaman return to their homeport to a waiting crowd of friends and family after a scheduled seven-month combat deployment, Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2008. The USS Harry S.Truman was deployed in support of maritime security operations in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf, as well as providing close air support for ground forces serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricardo Reyes
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| 6/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Reinsburrow holds an Iraqi child during a joint U.S. and Iraqi military police mission to distribute toys and school supplies at a girls' school in Hurriyah, Iraq, June 12, 2008. Reinsburrow is assigned to the 64th Military Police Company, Fort Hood, Texas.
U. S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Blottenberger
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| 6/17/2008 |
| A flight of Aggressor F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation, June 5, 2008, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. The jets are assigned to the 64th and 65th Aggressor squadrons at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| 6/16/2008 |
| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bonita Davis shares kid-level information on being part of Army families during an Army Birthday celebration on Fort Dix, June 12, 2008. Donna M. McGrath and Mary Ellen Pratt, both with Army Child and Youth Services, wrote the book, which features pictures, graphics and text explaining Army history.
U.S. Army photo by Ed Mingin
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| 6/16/2008 |
| U.S. sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman wave to their friends and family members as red, white and blue streamers shoot through the air after the announcement that the ship is moored, Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Offricer 2nd Class Kristopher S. Wilson
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| 6/16/2008 |
| Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan handle the phone line during a replenishment at sea with Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge, Philippine Sea, June 14, 2008. Although the USS Ronald Reagan is nuclear powered, the ship must have fuel for embarked Carrier Air Wing 14 to fly missions.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Spike Call
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| 6/16/2008 |
| U.S. Marines hold their new ranks in their hands after being promoted, At-Taqaddum, Iraq, June 4, 2008. The Marines, assigned to the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, provide security for camps Taqaddum and Habbaniyah.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert C. Medina
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| 6/16/2008 |
| Iraqi civilians gather food while others wait in line for their name to be called by Iraqi Army soldiers during a humanitarian mission on Route Kentucky in Shula, Iraq, June 12, 2008. More than two-hundred families received food during the mission.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| 6/16/2008 |
| Members of the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing unload their gear at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 15, 2008. State officials activated the National Guard to the help with recovery efforts after massive flooding caused evacuations from towns along major rivers.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jack Braden
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| 6/16/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Phillip Baiao moves a barrel across an improvised bridge during a training exercise on Camp Rapid, Rapid City, S.D., June 9, 2008. The exercise tests the ability of engineering and support units to mobilize equipment, deploy to a battle zone, coordinate combat and service support missions, and re-deploy home.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marc I. Lane
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| 6/16/2008 |
| During a downpour, Indiana National Guard soldiers assigned to the 38th Infantry Division pack sandbags in the early morning hours on a levee along the Wabash River in New Harmony, Ind., June 13, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. William E. Henry
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| 6/16/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Stephen Johnson shakes the paw of Sgt. 1st Class Freida, a specialized search dog, after a re-enlistment ceremony on Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, June 9, 2008. Johnson is commander of the 1st Armored Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michael Schuch
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| 6/16/2008 |
| An Iraqi child gives a “high five” to a passing U.S. soldier from the 101st Airborne's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, which finished a meeting with the town's tribal leaders in Ludifiyah, Iraq, June 12, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio
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| 6/16/2008 |
| U.S. Marines position themselves before attacking a Taliban stronghold in Now Zad, Afghanistan, June 15, 2008. The Marine are assigned to Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu
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| 6/16/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers detonate a demolition charge near Forward Operating Base Iskan, Iraq, June 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 760th Ordnance Company, Team 1-1.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tiffany Dusterhoft
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| 6/16/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates presents the Defense Distinguished Service Medal to U.S. Army Gen. Dan McNeill during Pentagon ceremonies held in his honor, June 16, 2008. McNeill, who will soon retire from active duty with the U.S. Army, most recently served as the commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 6/15/2008 |
| Vice President Dick Cheney delivers the keynote address at the 2008 Army Birthday Ball in Washington D.C., June 14, 2008. The U.S. Army celebrated its 233rd birthday with festivities held around the world.
U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| 6/15/2008 |
| Time magazine journalist Michael Weisskopf, left, receives the Army's highest civilian award from Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey at the 2008 Army Birthday Ball in Washington D.C., June 14, 2008. In December 2003, Weisskopf was embedded with the Army's 1st Armored Division in Iraq when he lost his hand trying to dispose of an enemy grenade that landed in the Humvee in which he was riding.
U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright speaks at the Joint Forces Staff College graduation in Norfolk, Va. June 13, 2008. Cartwright told the graduates their education would be critical as they move on to leadership positions.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, left, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulates a graduate at the Joint Forces Staff College graduation, June 13, 2008, in Norfolk, Va. Cartwright was the guest speaker at the graduation.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 6/15/2008 |
| Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey and Army Secretary Pete Geren place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns as part of the Army's 233rd birthday tribute at Arlington National Cemetery, Va, June 14, 2008. The U.S. Congress adopted "the American continental army" on June 14, 1775.
U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| From left: Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey, Army Secretary Pete Geren and the Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston sing the Army song before cutting the Army's birthday cake at the 2008 Army Birthday Ball in Washington D.C., June 14, 2008. The United States Army turned 233 years old and marked the occasion with celebrations around the world.
U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| 6/15/2008 |
| Soccer fans Danny Zilevicius, left, and Timothy Murnin express their thanks to the troops at the America Supports You booth set up during D.C. United’s 9th Annual Armed Forces and Veterans Appreciation Day, June 14, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
Defense Dept. photo by Melinda L. Larson
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| 6/15/2008 |
| Lt. Gen. Ronald Coleman, deputy Marine Corps commandant for manpower and reserve affairs, administers the oath of enlistment to people joining the military during D.C. United’s 9th Annual Armed Forces and Veterans Appreciation Day, June 14, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
Defense Dept. photo by Melinda L. Larson
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| 6/15/2008 |
| Army Gen. David Petraeus, left, commanding general of Multinational Force Iraq, watches as Iraq scores a goal during a televised soccer match in a shop in Hawijah, Iraq, June 14, 2008. This was Petraeus' first visit to this northeastern city, which has seen a 90 percent drop in violent activity in recent months.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret C. Nelson
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| Army Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of Multinational Force Iraq, walks through a market in downtown Hawijah, Iraq, with Kirkuk provincial leaders and security forces officers during a 'Battle Field Circulation" of northern Iraq, June 14, 2008. This was Petraeus' first visit to this northeastern district in the Kirkuk Province which was once considered the 'Anbar of the North' and has seen around a 90 percent drop in violence since September.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret C. Nelson
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| From left: Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey, Army Secretary Pete Geren, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston and Army Maj. Gen. Galen Jackman salute while Taps is played for the Army's 233rd birthday tribute at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 14, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| 6/15/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Rebekah D. Hall entertains an Iraqi girl as the child’s mother reviews search procedures as part of "Sisters of Ferris" training in Ferris, Iraq, June 5, 2008. The Sisters of Ferris will inspect women for weapons, suicide vests, large amounts of cash and contraband at entry control points. Hall is assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cindy Alejandrez
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| 6/13/2008 |
| Army Staff Sgt. James Young explains the Land Warrior System attached to his body armor and helmet to people attending the Program Executive Office clothing and equipment display June 13, 2008, at the Pentagon courtyard. Young serves as a squad leader with 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Defense Dept. photo by Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden
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| Army officials introduced the Team Soldier certification logo tagged on these flashlights and gloves during a during a Program Executive Office soldier display June 13, 2008, in the Pentagon courtyard.
Defense Dept. photo by Army Sgt. Michael J. Carden
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| Ward Eldridge (left), exhibit manager, Program Executive Office Soldier, explains the XM320 Grenade Launcher to Navy Capt. Ted Lucas during a display June 13, 2008, in the Pentagon courtyard.
Defense Dept. photo by Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden
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| A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Mechanized 501 and the Surfriders from Assault Craft Unit One perform an on-load of a Marine Corps vehicle assigned to Reserve Marine Air Control Group 48, Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., June 7, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom
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| U.S. Army Gen. Dan K. McNeill, former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, June 13, 2008, to offer personal insight into how he views the progress in Afghanistan.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| Three F-16 Aggressor aircraft fly in formation after receiving fuel during a mission in support of Red Flag-Alaska on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 10, 2008. The 10-day exercise involves realistic air combat training over the Alaskan and Western Canadian airspace.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder
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| U.S. Army Gen. Dan K. McNeill, former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Command, Afghanistan, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, June 13, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates thanks U.S. Marines assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Belgium after attending two days of meetings at the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, June 13, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 6/13/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates attends a North Atlantic Council meeting during the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, June 13, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 6/13/2008 |
| Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL students battle through the surf during their last day of Hell Week at Naval Special Warfare Center, Coronado, Calif., June 6, 2008. All BUD/S students must complete Hell Week before progressing to the next phase of the year-long training program to become Navy SEALs.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michelle Kapica
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| U.S. Army Spc. Chad Fawcett inspects trucks prior to an Army convoy movement, June 4, 2008, Trebil, Iraq. Fawcett is assigned to the 266th Movement Control Team.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude
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| U.S. Soldiers guide a barrier down while a crane lowers it to a street opening near the Joint Security Station in Shula, Iraq, June 8, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| U.S. soldiers look over a map with an Iraqi soldier before starting a cordon and search of the Ninewa Forest in Mosul, Iraq, June 8, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| U.S. soldiers provide rooftop security for their dismounted team during a routine inspection of a police station in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, June 10, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division Military Police.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Kathryne B. Schilling coaches a woman as she prepares to shoot a pistol during her training to become a Sister of Ferris, June 4, 2008, Ferris, Iraq. The Sisters of Ferris will inspect women for weapons, suicide vests, large amounts of cash and contraband at entry control points. Schilling is assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cindy G. Alejandrez
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| U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Rebecca Church uses a portable wind meter to take a reading at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., June 5, 2008. The instrument measures wind speed, temperature and atmospheric pressure. Church is a combat weather forecaster assigned to the 60th Operations Support Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Nan Wylie
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| A C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, performs a tactical landing on a dirt strip at the Sicily Landing Zone on Fort Bragg N.C., June 7, 2008, as a part of a D-Day re-enactment jump.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen
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| Musicians assigned to U.S. Pacific Fleet Band perform at a change of command ceremony for the guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin aboard Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, June 9, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets Bruce Weinrod, left, and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland upon his arrival in Brussels, Belgium, June 12, 2008. Gates is in Belgium to attend meetings of NATO.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division during an all-hands call at Fort Stewart, Ga. June 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Deborah Mullen and Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, commanding general, 3rd Infantry Division, visit Warriors Walk, a garden on Fort Stewart, Ga., June 11, 2008. The garden is in memory of 3rd ID soldiers killed in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/12/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a bilateral meeting with Polish Minister of Defense Bogdan Klich in Brussels, Belgium, June 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 6/12/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier and his military dog, Lucky, take a break during a cordon and search in Mosul, Iraq, June 8, 2008. The Military Working Dog team assisted with the cordon and search to find weapon caches and bomb paraphernalia.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 6/12/2008 |
| A U.S. Army soldier stands guard while fellow soldiers attempt to enter a building that will be undergoing renovation in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, June 9, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio
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| 6/12/2008 |
| Iraqi soldiers prepare to search for weapons caches outside a mosque in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, June 9, 2008.
U.S. Army photos by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| 6/12/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Larrisa Newman measures the mid-upper arm circumference of a child in Honduras, June 3, 2008, to evaluate for malnutrition. Newman is a pediatric resident from Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Robert Elwood
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| 6/12/2008 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Anthony Digiacomo, 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment commander, emerges through the smoke cloud during a training operation on Camp Grayling, Mich., June 10, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan A. Cleary
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| 6/12/2008 |
| Prototype 1 of the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon was unveiled, June 11, 2008, on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. U.S. Army scientists will put a total of eight prototypes through rigorous testing to ensure they meet performance requirements. U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren, and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George Casey Jr., viewed the system.
U.S. Army photo by C. Todd Lopez
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| 6/12/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Josh Minster, a hull technician, practices welding for the sheet metal shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, Pacific Ocean, June 9, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert C. Long
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| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher S. Vanek, the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment commander, walks hand in hand with Sheik Kamel and his daughter before a soccer game between coalition forces and Iraqi citizens from Mahus village, Iraq, June 5, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove
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| Friends and family members wave signs and shout to U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee as she makes her way to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after a four-month deployment, June 7, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl
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| U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulates Navy Cmdr. C.J. Cassidy at the National Defense University graduation at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., June 12, 2008. Cartwright was the keynote speaker at the graduation.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 6/12/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with members of the press following a day of meetings at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England gives an interview after participating in the Pentagon Memorial Tree Planting ceremony, June 12, 2008, at the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial construction site.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, and President of the Pentagon Memorial Fund Jim Laychak throw the first shovel of dirt onto a newly planted tree during the groundbreaking ceremony for the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon, June 12, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Former Defense Secretary William J. Perry speaks during the National Defense University graduation at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., June 12, 2008. Perry received an honorary doctorate from the university for his years of support for the institution.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| Marines and sailors of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit stack sand bags to reinforce the levees June 9, 2008, in Elnora, Ind. Local authorities in Elnora requested the 26th MEU provide support to reinforce the levees from flooding of the White River.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell
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| Marines and sailors of Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit move a hose through the water from the White River June 9, 2008, in Elnora, Ind. Local authorities in Elnora requested the 26th MEU to provide support to reinforce the levees from flooding of the White River.
USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell
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| 6/11/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young, a photojournalist, takes a self portrait through the sunglasses of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Horst as he conducts an assessment of a recreation center in the Mahulla 515 area in the Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, June 6, 2008. Horst is assigned to the 432nd Wisconsin Army National Guard, and Young is attached to the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Office.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Floyd, Airman 1st Class Nicholas Greer and Senior Airman Martin Smith, all loadmasters, watch a smoke grenades from the back ramp of an aircraft during a mission off the coast of Djibouti, June 3, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| From left to right, U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards of Texas, Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George Casey, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston and Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma ceremoniously cut the Army's birthday cake on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., June 10, 2008. The U.S. Army's 233rd birthday commemorates the service of America's soldiers, families and civilians here and abroad.
U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Lawrence Robinson and Sgt. Ronald Carrier, prepare the final explosive charge so they can gain access to a locked building during a reconnaissance mission in an abandoned warehouse area in the Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad on June 5, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Navy seaman clear the landing area after an aircraft launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, which is under way in the Pacific Ocean, June 5, 2008. The USS Kitty Hawk is returning to the United States for decommissioning after 47 years of service; its place in the sea will be taken by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau
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| U.S. Army Capt. Stan Goligoski talks to children at a school assembly in Gulam Ali village, Afghanistan, June 7, 2008. Goligoski is commander, 101st Headquarters Support Company. For young girls in the village, it was a landmark day as their new, all-girls school opened, providing them with the same educational opportunities as boys in the village.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jessica R. Dahlberg
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kendall Lizama gets greased up while repairing brake parts on a B-1B Lancer in Southwest Asia, May 29, 2008. Lizama is assigned to the 37th Aircraft Maintenance Unit.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Domonique Simmons
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| A U.S. Army soldier gets a lift from an Iraqi boy and his mule on Route Douglas in the Jamilla Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, June 9, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 6th Infantry Division, which is helping to clean up the market area to restore commerce.
U.S. Army photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Navy sailors drive their Small Unit Riverine Craft while conducting a security patrol to the north of Haditha Dam, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on June 5, 2008. The sailors are assigned to Riverine Squadron 3, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Hill
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| The USS Blue Ridge steams within sight of Japan's Mount Fuji as it heads for port at the end of a six-week Spring Swing tour, Shimizu, Japan, May 30, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Heidi McCormick
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| U.S. Navy seamen move cases of basic home personal supplies for distribution to villagers in the Phillipines as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2008, June 2, 2008. Philippine and U.S. maritime forces are supporting a variety of humanitarian and at-sea activities during the annual series of bilateral maritime training exercises.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Offricer 1st Class Dave Gordon
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| U.S. President George W. Bush and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel speak with each other during a joint press availability at Schloss Meseberg in Germany, June 11, 2008. During the event, Bush publicly thanked the German people for their efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 6/11/2008 |
| U.S. President George W. Bush walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the grounds of the Schloss Meseberg, June 11, 2008. The two spent the day in meetings and spoke with the press afterward. Bush publicly thanked the German people for their efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| 6/11/2008 |
| U.S. Department of Defense Press Secretary Geoff Morrell briefs Pentagon reporters on budgetary-related actions approved by Congress and events in Pakistan, June 11, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 6/11/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy sailor assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 stands atop an HH-60H Seahawk during a break in flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, Pacific Ocean, June 9, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer S. Kimball
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| 6/10/2008 |
| The 1st Cavalry Division's Horse Detachment charges across Cooper Field following the 4th Brigade Combat Team's casing ceremony, Fort Hood, Texas, June 4, 2008. The Long Knife Brigade is scheduled to deploy in June.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Creighton Holub
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| An AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter gunship from the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, prepares for a night mission in northern Iraq, May 31, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Maj. Enrique T. Vasquez
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| 6/10/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. John Sattler, right, director for strategic plans and policy for the Joint Staff, is embraced by key note speaker Gen. Jim Conway, commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, during Sattler's retirement ceremony at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., June 9, 2008. Sattler retired after more than 35 years of active duty in command positions throughout the world.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Lorie Jewell, Multinational Force Iraq photographer, helps an Iraqi boy practice his English phone etiquette in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, June 4, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| A U.S. Army soldier is greeted by a young Iraqi girl outside her home as soldiers inspect a cleaning project in her small village in Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, May 31, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Brigade, 6th Infantry.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jerry Anderson walks through the streets of Muthana in east Baghdad with Iraqi army soldiers during a combined search mission, June 5, 2008. Anderson is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Arrmy by Spc. Grant Okubo
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| U.S. Navy sailors confer as they prepare to launch an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln underway in the Arabian Gulf, June 8, 2008. The USS Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. Navy 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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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates answers a question while visiting with Air Force Space Command airmen, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., June 10, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 6/10/2008 |
| A flight of Aggressor F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation, June 5, 2008, over the Nevada Test and Training Ranges. The jets are assigned to the 64th and 65th Aggressor squadrons at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer John Hatcher plays tic-tac-toe through the tank window during Navy Week, Oklahoma City, Okla., June 8, 2008. Hatcher is a chief explosive ordnance and disposal technician assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lucinda Thierry
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| The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Bridge pulls along side the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan before a replenishment, Pacific Ocean, June 7, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Kennedy
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is greeted by Gen. John D.W. Corley, commander for Air Combat Command, and air component commander for U.S. Joint Forces Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va., June 9, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks to Air Force Space Command airmen at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., June 10, 2008. Secretary Gates is reassuring airmen that they are members of the premier air force of the world, and discussing the recent resignations of top Air Force officials.
Defense Dept. photo by Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| Djiboutian children play with U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jimmy Weber’s guitar during a performance by the Air Force Central command band, Falcon, in Negad, Djibouti, May 22, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| Newly graduated Iraqi police officers from Iraqi Police Scorpion Academy celebrate and dance after their final ceremony on Forward Operating Base Fallock, Iraq, June 07, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles Probst
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| U.S. Air Force airmen at headquarters Air Mobility Command on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., listen to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, June 10, 2008. Gates is visiting bases to reassure airmen that they are members of the premier air force in the world and to discuss the recent resignations of top Air Force officials.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, walks with U.S. Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz , commander, U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Air Force Gen. Art Licthe, commander, Air Mobility Command, and U.S. Air Force Col. Alan Hunt, Jr., commander, 375th Airlift Wing, on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., June 10, 2008. Gates has recommended that President Bush nominate Schwartz to become the next Air Force chief of staff. Gates has been visiting airmen to reassure them about the future following
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 6/10/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to Air Mobility Command airmen on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., June 10, 2008. Gates is reassuring the airmen that they are part of the premier Air Force in the world and discussing the recent resignations of top Air Force officials.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 6/9/2008 |
| A herd of cattle surrounds a U.S. Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle during Operation Fire Fortress in the Diyala province, Iraq, June 2, 2008. Operation Fire Fortress was launched to clear the influence of al-Qaida in the towns of Qubbah and Mukhisa in Iraq's Diyala province.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Seeber
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| 6/9/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons fly above the Nevada Test and Training Ranges on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 5, 2008. The jets are assigned to the 64th and 65th Aggressor squadrons stationed on Nellis Air Force Base.
U.S. Air Force photo photo Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald
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| U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army Multi-National Force - Iraq commander, waves at Iraqi citizens as he and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih walk through the Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, June 4, 2008. Petraeus is visiting Baghdad to observe Task Force Gold Operations at Joint Security Station Sadr City.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Glass, an aviation structural mechanic, wipes down the canopy of an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 27 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, while under way in the Philippine Sea, June 7, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Jason Chudy
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| U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer Charles Major shows an Iraqi woman how to handle an AK-S as part of Sisters of Ferris training in Ferris, Iraq, June 4, 2008. Major is assigned to the 6th Marine Regiment's 3rd Battalion. The Sisters of Ferris is an organization of Iraqi women who will help Iraqi police search and handle female detainees.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Albert F. Hunt
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| First lady Laura Bush is greeted by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser, center, the Combined Joint Task Force-101 commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Vincent Camacho, right, the command sergeant major, just after landing at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 8, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Christina Sinders
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Grace conducts a pre-flight check on an F/A-18F Super Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, under way in the Phillipine Sea, June 7, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Jason Chudy
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| 6/9/2008 |
| A group of Iraqi children look on as a U.S. soldier practices balancing a plate of bread on his head in the Jameela market area of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 6th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, which is attached to Task Force Regulars.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Marines prepare to jump from a KC-130J into Al Qa'im, Iraq on May 28, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the 1st Marine Logistics Group, Combat Logistics Battalion-6, 3D Reconnaissance Battalion and CLB-6 and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352. They are conducing a logistical air delivery re-supply operation to deliver water and fuel to Al Qa'im, Iraq.
U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia
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| 6/9/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier pauses for a cup of tea during a patrol break along route "Kansas" in the Jameela Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2008. The soldier are assigned to the 6th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Marine Sgt. Daniel M. Matthew stands watch in an industrial high school currently under construction, where he is assessing reconstruction progress in Ramadi, Iraq, May 31, 2008. Matthews is assigned to the Civil Affairs Detachment 2, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Jeremy M. Giacomino
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| 6/9/2008 |
| First Lady Laura Bush visits troops on Bagram Air Field to thank them for their efforts in Afghanistan, June 8, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Christina Sinders
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Ashley Glaspie sets her gun turret in position before heading out on a patrol in the Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, June 3, 2008. Glaspie is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, 3rd Platoon, 1st Squad, 191st Military Police Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| First Lady Laura Bush says "thank you" to troops on Bagram Air Field, for their efforts in Afghanistan, June 8, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Christina Sinder
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| 6/9/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Terra Salisbury hands a stuffed bunny rabbit to an Iraqi girl outside Eastern Baghdad, Iraq, June 3, 2008. Salisbury is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Military Police Platoon, which is conducting a census of homes just outside Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Iraq.
U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt
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| The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex performs a stern-gate marriage with Landing Craft Utility 1631, while back-loading elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, June 9, 2008. The USS Essex is off the coast of Sattahip, Thailand after completing Cobra Gold 2008, a Thai and U.S.-sponsored military exercise designed to enhance interoperability between joint U.S. forces and the combined forces of the United States, Thailand, Singapore, Japan and Indonesia.
U.S. Navy photograph by Specialist Seaman Kari R. Bergman
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| 6/9/2008 |
| President George W. Bush gives a salute upon his arrival on Andrews Air Force Base, June 9, 2008, before boarding Air Force One to begin a week-long trip to Europe.
White House photo by Eric Draper
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| First lady Laura Bush meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai at Gul Khana Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 8, 2008.
White House photo by Shealah Craighead
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| New Zealand's Minister of Defence Phil Goff, left, arrives at the Pentagon for bilateral security discussions with Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, June 9, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, hosts a Pentagon meeting with New Zealand's Minister of Defence Phil Goff, June 9, 2008. The defense leaders expected to discuss a broad spectrum of bilateral security issues.
Defense Dept. photo by R. D. Ward
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| 6/9/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. John Sattler, director of strategic plans and policy for the Joint Staff, listens to the reading of his retirement orders during his ceremony at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., June 9, 2008. Sattler retired after more than 35 years of active-duty service in a variety of command positions throughout the world.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with graduating students from the International Fellows Program at the National War College on Fort Leslie J. McNair in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2008. The program offers one-year fellowships to select senior officers from more than 50 nations and includes extensive travel within the U.S. to military, cultural and industrial locations.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates listens to a question from an Air Combat Command airman on Langley Air Force Base, Va., June 9, 2008. Gates reassured the airmen that they are part of the premier air force in the world, and discussed the recent resignations of top Air Force officials.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| Bamiyan Province Gov. Habiba Sarabi, center, introduces first lady Laura Bush to Col. Hafizullah Paymon, commander of the Afghan Regional Training Center, during a visit to the Police Training Academy in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, June 8, 2008.
White House photo by Shealah Craighead
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Jason Jialenes secures the 50-caliber heavy machine gun while patrolling north of Haditha Dam, Al Anbar province, Iraq, June 5, 2008. Jialenes is assigned to Riverine Squadron 3, Regimental Combat Team 5.
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| U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, commander of Task Force 134, conducts a press conference, about his recently completed 14-month tour as deputy commanding general for Detainee Operations with the Multinational Force Iraq, at the Pentagon, June 9, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen speaks at the Army War College graduation June 7, 2008, at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. During his speech, Mullen highlighted the need for senior officers to listen to their junior officers.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 6/7/2008 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen speaks at the Army War College graduation, June 7, 2008, at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. During his speech, Mullen highlighted the need for senior officers to listen to their junior officers.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 6/6/2008 |
| In special protective gear for paintball use, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Brewer leads the way June 2, 2008, at Camp Gilbert C. Grafton, N.D. The security force members are participating in realistic war-time tactics using paintball weapons to confirm shot placement.
U.S. Army photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp
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| 6/6/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Capt. Glenn Little, left, and Maj. Nicholas Dickson meet with elders In Panjshir province, Afghanistan, May 29, 2008, about a local upcoming medical visit for the village. Little and Dickson are members of different provincial reconstruction teams.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| 6/6/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Col. Jeff Harrigian, 49th Fighter Wing commander, and Lt. Col. Mike Hernandez, 7th Fighter Squadron commander, fly F-22 Raptors, June 2, 2008, over White Sands National Monument on the way to their home base, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Russell Scalf
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| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Follmuth reconfigures a fuel hose at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, May 28, 2008. Sgt. Follmuth is assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman SerMae Lampkin
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| 6/6/2008 |
| Villagers in the Panjshir province, Afghanistan, watch and wait patiently during a recent medical visit by the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, May 30, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| 6/6/2008 |
| The U.S. Navy launches two modified Standard Missile-2 Block IV interceptors from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency test to intercept a short-range ballistic missile target, June 5, 2008. The missiles intercepted the target approximately 12 miles above the Pacific Ocean 100 miles west of Kauai, Hawaii, on the Pacific Missile Range Facility.
U.S. Navy photo by the Missile Defense Agency
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| 6/6/2008 |
| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers conduct a joint patrol in Jameela Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, June 2, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to Company C, 1st Brigade, 6th Infantry, and the Iraqi soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 42nd Brigade, 11th Division Iraqi Army.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 6/6/2008 |
| Friends and family await the arrival of their loved ones as more than 5,000 sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman return to their homeport of Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2008. Truman has completed a scheduled seven-month combat deployment supporting maritime security operations in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Heather Weaver
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| U.S. soldiers go through debris after a tornado ripped through Camp Atterbury, Ind., June 3, 2008. No injuries were reported, but more than 40 buildings and numerous military and civilian vehicles were destroyed during the storm. The soldiers are assigned to the 205th Infantry Brigade.
U.S Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mark Bell
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Belgian Minister of Defense Pieter de Crem through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, June 6, 2008, to talk about bilateral defense issues.
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| 6/6/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, forward left, talks to Belgian Minister of Defense Pieter de Crem, right, during a meeting inside the Pentagon, June 6, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kate Thomas, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy, helps a patient find a suitable pair of glasses during a Pacific Partnership 2008 medical civic action program at a school in Cotabato, Philippines, June 3, 2008. The USNS Mercy is on a tour of nations that will take it from the Phillipines to East Timor and beyond.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Valcarcel
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| An F/A-18F Super Hornet fires flares above the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman during an air power demonstration in the Atlantic Ocean, May 26, 2008. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are preparing for their return to homeport following a seven-month deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin T. Murray, Jr.
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| U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis walk the flight deck after performing a final pre-flight check on an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter off Southern California, May 31, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Walter M. Wayman
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| 6/5/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees work together to rig pulleys that will be used to hoist casualties from holes at a course aboard Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Miss., May 30, 2008. The seabees are assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion1.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Demetrius Kennon
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| 6/5/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Intrepid Center at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., June 5, 2008. Gates said the "center represents America’s dedication to providing first-class treatment for troops who may be suffering combat-related stress and mental illness."
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 6/5/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, digs into the ground during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Intrepid Center at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., June 5, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 6/5/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy sailor peers out of an MH-60S Seahawk after delivering a load of ordnance onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during an ammunition on-load with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge in the Pacific Ocean, June 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Scott
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| An Iraqi army drill team puts on a show during the graduation ceremony for a Basic Combat Training course at the Habbaniyah Regional Training Center, May 28, 2008. The course, led with assistance from U.S. or coalition personnel, had more than 2,100 graduates and focused on weapon safety and marksmanship.
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Benjamin Eberle
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| U.S. Navy Ensign Elizabeth Burnett plays with a child during a community project at the Bihay Ni Nanay children's center in Puerto Princesa as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training, Philippines, June 2, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelli Roesch
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| 6/5/2008 |
| Visitors wait outside Wasit province's Agricultural Union headquarters for the ribbon cutting ceremony that would mark the grand re-opening of the center in al-Kut, Iraq, June 2.
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| U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Carla G. Hawley-Bowland, commander of North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, left, and Army Col. Patricia Horoho, commander of the Walter Reed Health Care System, center, give Army Secretary Pete Geren a tour of a new Patient Evacuation Vehicle, June 5, Washington, D.C. The vehicle is a semi-trailer-sized hospital on wheels that will make wounded soldiers' ride to Walter Reed safer and smoother.
U.S. Army photo by John Kruzel
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| Hussen Jowd, a butcher in Arab Jabour, serves a sandwich at his newly renovated butcher shop and food stand, Kalsu, Iraq, June 4, 2008. Jowd received microgrants that enabled him to increase his stock and expand his business.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kevin Stabinsky
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announces that he has accepted the resignations of both Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley at a Pentagon press conference, June 5, 2008. Gates accepted the resignation in connection with two incidents, occuring in 2006 and 2007, involving the mishandling of nuclear weapons components.
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| 6/5/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Damon Grayeagle searches a hole in the ground for threats and bomb paraphernalia during a cordon and search in Al Intisar, Iraq, May 29, 2008. Grayeagle is assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 6/5/2008 |
| U.S. Army Lt. Donald Maloy, center, and an interpreter, speak with an Iraqi family during a cordon and search mission in Al Intisar, Iraq, May 28, 2008. The soldiers, assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, spoke with local people about safety and gave contact numbers to call if they see anything suspicious.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| U.S. Navy Cmdr. John Capizzi, executive officer of the Strike Fighter Squadron 81 "Sunliners," reunites with his wife after returning from a deployment, Virginia Beach, Va., June 3, 2008.
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| 6/5/2008 |
| American troops and Royal Cambodian armed forces move supplies for Operation Pacific Angel, May 24, 2008, at Chhnang Province, Cambodia. Participating services include the active duty, National Guard and Reserve components of the U.S. Air Force, Army, Royal Thai air force, and Royal Cambodian armed forces.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tom Czerwinski
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| 6/5/2008 |
| U. S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Christopher Gantz gives the signal to take command of an aircraft while an E-2C Hawkeye waits to taxi toward catapult one on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis off Southern California, May 29, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ron Reeves
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| An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron 151 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf, June 4, 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. Marines engage targets with their pistols, May 24, 2008, in the Mojave Desert, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, based on Camp Pendleton, Calif., is currently working through Mojave Viper, a Marine training package to prepare for combat.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Shae Wheeler practices shooting targets with a pistol at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 24, 2008. Wheeler, assigned to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, is working through Mojave Viper, a Marine training cycle to prepare infantry units for combat.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Snow prepares to send a PACBOT or robot to detect and dispose of bombs to an incident site while local authorities look on in Panjshir, Afghanistan, May 24, 2008. A local farmer contacted authorities when he found two 107mm rockets on a timer aimed at a coalition forward operating base. Snow, a robot operator, is assigned to 755th Air Expeditionary Group.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| U.S. Navy sailor Carlos Chacara, a personnel specialist, smacks a high-five with a student at West Central Elementary School, the Philippines, June 2, 2008. U.S. maritime and Philippine forces are supporting a variety of humanitarian and at-sea activities during the Philippines phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2008, an annual event between the United States and six Southeast Asia nations to build relationships and enhance the operational readiness of participating forces.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Dave Gordon
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| 6/4/2008 |
| A B-52 Stratofortress flies past the USS Nimitz as two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets intercept during a training excercise. The B-52 is from the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 29, 2008.
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| U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Jason Gray, right, a Marine Corps martial arts instructor, watches his team perform drills at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, May 30, 2008. The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program combines hand-to-hand and close quarters combat techniques with morale and team-building instruction.
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| 6/4/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. James Sucher is surrounded by Iraqi children who want to practice English outside a Sadr City school, Baghdad, May 30, 2008. Sucher is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Regular. More than 100 young Iraqi men showed up at the school to apply for an opportunity to join the neighborhood watch program.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 6/4/2008 |
| U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. S. Ward Casscells, left, and U.S. Public Health Service Adm. (Dr.) Joxel Garcia, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, speak to reporters about expanding mental health services during a briefing at the Pentagon, June 4, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 6/4/2008 |
| The Air Force Thunderbirds headlined the 2008 McGuire Air Expo, May 31 and June 1, 2008, on McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. The air demonstration squadron performs precision aerial maneuvers demonstrating the capabilities of Air Force high performance aircraft.
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| Air Force Lt. Col. Russell T. Kaskel, Panjshir provincial reconstruction team commander, speaks to a crowd of more than 1,000 at the ground-breaking ceremony for a $6 million road that will link Barak to Khenj in Panjshir province, Afghanistan, May 28, 2008. The 11-mile, two-lane road is scheduled to be complete in March 2009.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| Army Brig. Gen. John Campbell, deputy director for regional operations, the Joint Staff, holds a June 4, 2008, Pentagon press briefing to update reporters on the latest news involving military forces worldwide.
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Eddingfield, left, jumps off the back ramp of an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 over the Gulf of Aden during a training mission, May 31, 2008. Eddingfield, a diver, is assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa out of Camp Lemonier, Djibouti.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| Iraqi soldiers pull security during a site survey of a building in Ghazaliya, Iraq, on May 29, 2008. They were conducting a humanitarian relief effort to distrIbute food to more than five hundred families.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| 6/3/2008 |
| Afghan National Army soldiers practice weapons discipline at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, May 21, 2008. The Afghan National Army Air Corps is being trained by the Combined Air Power Transition Force, Combined Security Transition Command.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 6/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seabees fire an AT-4 rocket launcher at a target during a live-fire training course on Camp Shelby, Miss., May 31, 2008. The AT-4 is a shoulder-launched, lightweight anti-armor weapon. The Seabees are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael B. Lavender
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| The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., May 25, 2008. In the foreground are twin radomes of the Colorado Tracking Station, part of the Air Force Satellite Control Network.
U.S. Air Force photo by Amber Whittington
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| U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Heald waits for an engine start on a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft on Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, May 27, 2008, prior to a refueling mission over Afghanistan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway
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| 6/3/2008 |
| Apache gunships provide air support while U.S. Army paratroopers assault an objective on Sicily Drop Zone as part of the Joint Readiness Training Exercise conducted on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 29, 2008. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Pryor
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| U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, presents the Medal of Honor flag to Tom and Romayne McGinnis, parents of Army Pfc. Ross A. McGinnis, during a ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, June 3, 2008. McGinnis was awarded the medal posthumously for his valor in battle in Iraq in an act that saved three lives.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, Tom McGinnis, Romayne McGinnis, Army Secretary Pete Geren and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard Cody stand by during the unveiling of a Pentagon Medal of Honor citation, June 3, 2008, in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes. The Medal of Honor was presented posthumously to Army Pfc. Ross A. McGinnis for his selfless act of bravery on Dec. 4, 2006, while deployed in Baghdad. His parents, Tom and Romayne McGinnis, accepted the award.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 6/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Harry S. Truman participate in a morning 5k run on the ship's fight deck, Atlantic Ocean, May 28, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Lazarek
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Chase Paustian gives Waldo, a military working dog, a drink of water during Operation Gravel Dump, outside Jebadin, Iraq, May 28, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stuart C. Wegenka
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| A MH-53 helicopter assigned to a Marine squadron flies low over the Gulf of Aden to drop a Zodiac boat and pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron during a training mission with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Gulf of Aden, May 31, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Robert A. Winzenried, U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Army Gens. Burwell "B.B." Bell and Walter "Skip" Sharp, and U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy Keating, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, salute the passing of the colors during the change of command ceremony for commander, U.S. Forces Korea, June 3, 2008. Sharp relieved Bell at the top U.S. military post on the Korean peninsula.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Army Gen. Walter "Skip" Sharp applauds the achievements of U.S. Army Gen. Burwell "B.B." Bell at the conclusion of the change of command ceremony for commander, U.S. Forces Korea, June 3, 2008. Sharp relieved Bell at the top U.S. military post on the Korean peninsula.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Vincent Ruiz talks with an Iraqi child outside a school where Iraqi men are signing up for a local neighborhood watch program in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, May 30, 2008. Ruiz is assigned to the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Army Gen. Walter "Skip" Sharp, left, and U.S. Army Gen. Burwell "B.B." Bell stand at the conclusion of the change of command ceremony for commander, U.S. Forces Korea, June 3, 2008. U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, rear left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy Keating, rear right, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, participated in the ceremony. Sharp assumed command from Bell at the top U.S. military post on the Korean peninsula.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Army Secretary Pete Geren, left, poses for a photo with wounded warriors and the University of Kansas Jayhawks 2008 national champion men's basketball team, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, June 2, 2008. The basketball players visited injured soldiers recovering at the medial center.
Defense Dept. photo by John J. Kruzel
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| U.S. Army Pvt. William Ojeda scans an Iraqi man’s retina in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, May 30, 2008. Ojeda is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment. More than 100 Iraqi men showed up to apply for the neighborhood watch program.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| Navy Lt. David Camburn, assigned to the "Red Rippers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 11, greets his daughter after arriving home from a seven-month deployment aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, Virginia Beach, Va., May 31, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2rd Class Jennifer L. Jaqua
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| U.S. Army Specialist Allen Cauble, right, watches as U.S. Army Pvt. 2 Shawnee Tapia prepares to fire a 120mm mortar from B-53 during the 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment mortar crew's certification, Fort Lewis, Wash., May 30, 2008.
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Yano, chief of staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Manila, Republic of the Philippines, June 2, 2008. Mullen is on an eight-day tour visiting Asian Pacific nations, their leaders and troops assigned to the region.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is welcomed by Lt. Gen Alexander M. Yano, chief of staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, to General Headquarters, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Manila, Republic of the Philippines, June 2, 2008. Mullen is on an eight-day tour visiting Asian Pacific nations, their leaders and troops assigned to the region.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Army Gen. Walter Sharp is aided by his family in pinning on his new four-star rank during a promotion ceremony presided over by U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Yongsan Army Garrison, South Korea, June 2, 2008. Sharp will take command of U.S. Forces Korea.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Republic of the Phillipines Brig. Gen. Romeo Espino welcomes U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, upon his arrival in the Phillipines, June 2, 2008. Espino is camp commander, Camp Aguinaldo, General Headquarters, Armed Forces of the Philippines. Mullen is on an eight-day tour visiting Asian Pacific nations, their leaders and troops assigned to the region.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, honors the 17,202 troops who lost their lives in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II and are buried in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Republic of the Philippines, June 2, 2008. Mullen is on an eight-day tour visiting Asian Pacific nations, their leaders and troops assigned to the region.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 6/2/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier pays his respect to a fallen comrade during a memorial service held on Forward Operating Base Iskan, Iraq, May 27, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tiffany Dusterhoft
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| U.S. Air Force load masters from a C-130 release several pallets of water, clothing and toys during an air drop of humanitarian supplies to al-Amarah, Balad, Iraq, May 21, 2008. The supplies were distributed to local citizens by the Iraqi army as they continued to bring security and stability to the region.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack G. Georges
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| U.S. Marines head into the Euphrates River near Haditha, Iraq, May 25, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment. U.S. Navy seamen, assigned to Riverine Squadron 3, assisted the Marines in a mission to clear islands in the river.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erik Villagran
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| U.S. Army Spc. Collin Kelly oversees the pay day activities for the Sons of Iraq guards in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 28, 2008. Kelly is an infantryman assigned to 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment,”2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brad Willeford
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| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Betsy Myhre, a nurse practitioner assigned to the Cooperative Medical Assistance Team on Bagram Air Field, looks at children from a nomadic Kuchi tribe before a medical engagement in Dah Khawak, Panjshir, Afghanistan, May 29, 2008. The medical engagements are an opportunity for local Afghan medical providers to partner with coalition providers and build capacity within the Ministry of Public Health.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
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| President George W. Bush leads the applause to honor U.S. Army Pfc. Ross A. McGinnis after presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to his parents, Tom and Romayne McGinnis, of Knox, Pa., June 2, 2008, at the White House.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Strange, assistant air operations officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, is welcomed home by his wife and family, Mayport, Fla., June 1, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricardo J. Reyes
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeffery Sandin, left, ship's handler, Capt. Andrew Lewis, deputy commander, Carrier Air Wing 3, and Capt. Ronald Reis, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, participate in the final flight deck scrub exercise, Atlantic Ocean, May 31, 2008.
The USS Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are preparing to return home after a seven-month deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Williams
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| 6/2/2008 |
| Philippines Navy ship BRP Artemio Ricarte maintains course with other Philippines and U.S. Navy ships during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2008, Pacific Ocean, May 31, 2008. Both countries partner on a variety of military exercises and shore-based civil relations and humanitarian assistance projects during the Philippines phase of the annual training.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Dave Gordon
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| A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter releases a series of flares during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa during the last leg of deployment from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to San Diego, Calif., Pacific Ocean, May 30, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Brandenburg
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| A UH-1N Huey, top, an AH-1W Super Cobra, a CH-46 Sea Knight and a CH-53E Super Stallion fly in formation during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa during the last leg of deployment from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to San Diego, Calif., Pacific Ocean, May 30, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Brandenburg
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Ron Nussbaum, a rifleman, watches the streets during an escort mission near Husaybah, Iraq, May 26, 2008. Nussbaum, a rifleman, is assigned to Golf Company, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray
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| 6/1/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, speaks with Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej at the Ministry of Defense in Bangkok, Thailand, June 1, 2008. During his visit, Gates reaffirmed that the military-to-military relationship between the U.S. and Thailand is based on shared democratic principles.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 6/1/2008 |
| Upon his arrival in Bangkok, Thailand, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, shakes hands with Air Chief Marshal Chalit Pookpasuk of the Royal Thai Air Force, June 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates signs a visitors' welcome book at the Thai Ministry of Defense prior to meeting with Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej in Bangkok, Thailand, June 1, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak with members of the press during the 7th annual Asia Security Summit in Singapore, May 31, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| From left: U.S. Navy Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, hold a bilateral meeting with Philippine Secretary of Defense Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and his staff during the 7th annual Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, May 31, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air ForceTech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanks Philippine Lt. Gen. Nelson Allaga, commander the Phillipines' Western Mindanao Command, at the conclusion of a meeting between the military leaders in Zamboanga, Republic of the Philippines, June 1, 2008. Mullen is on a eight day tour visiting Asian Pacific nations, their leaders and service members assigned to the region.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers questions during an all-hands call with servicemembers assigned to Camp Navarro in Zamboanga, Republic of the Philippines, June 1, 2008. Mullen is on a eight day tour visiting Asian Pacific nations, their leaders and service members assigned to the region.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walks through a welcome honor cordon with Philippine Lt. Gen. Nelson Allaga, commander of the Philippine Western Mindanao Command, in Zamboanga, Republic of the Philippines, June 1, 2008. Mullen is on a eight day tour visiting Asian Pacific nations, their leaders and service members assigned to the region.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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